FastinG
I wrote elsewhere in the book that fasting during an awakening is not a good
idea because of kundalini’s huge energy demand, and because the tissues need
protection by plentiful antioxidants. Releasing toxins into the system when the
immune system is already compromised, and when ones antioxidant reserves are
already being used to the full is not a good idea. However fasting after an awakening,
especially at some point during the exhaustion phase might be absolutely essential
to reestablish physiological function and hence higher emotional, mental and
behavioral performance. To overcome anhedonia, acedia and a general dissociation
from life we may need to do an extensive fast or series of fasts to reinstate our
neurotransmitter and hormone receptors.
“Prolonged exposure of receptors to hormones leads to down regulation of
receptors. This decrease in the number of gonadotropin receptors in the plasma
membrane of ovary or corpus luteum cells can result from either an internalization
(endocytosis) of existing receptors, a decrease in their rate of synthesis or both.”
MBC 3320 Pituitary hormones II
http://www.neurosci.pharm.utoledo.edu/MBC3320/ACTH.htm
Formerly medicine was based on the concept of homeostasis: the maintenance
of the internal physiological environment of an organism within tolerable limits of
a “set-point”. Now however, evidence shows that the parameters of physiological
regulation of the “set point” are not constant and the new concept of allostasis
is emerging. allostasis is a term used to describe the idea of ‘viability through
change’ and explains how regulatory events maintain organismic viability, or
not, in diverse contexts with “varying set-points” of bodily needs and competing
motivations. With allostasis the body adapts to changing circumstance through
the activation of neural, hormonal, or immunological mechanisms.
In understanding the phenomena of allostasis the basic concepts of physiological
homeostatic protection are integrated with damaging effects of the mediators
of stress and adaptation disorders like depression, stress, anxiety and addiction.
The key point in the evolution of the theory of adaptation from homeostasis to
allostasis suggests the goal of regulation is not “constancy,” but rather fitness under
natural selection to promote efficiency, prevent errors and minimize costs. Find
more reading on allostasis in Allostasis, Homeostasis, and the Costs of Physiological
Adaptation, Edited by Jay Schulkin, Georgetown University, Washington DC
If we did not gain complete equilibrium between the intensity of the kundalini
alchemy and our body’s allostatic ability to respond to the rapid changes, then
chances are we have some rehabilitation work to do to reestablish the potency
of our messengers and receptors. Besides the sex hormones we need to revive the
insulin receptors so that our metabolism supports allostatic efficiency, for the
radical metabolism of the awakening may have produced insulin resistance and
possible atrophy of the pancreas. Fasting will allow greater efficiency in metabolism,
minimize error, dysfunction, fall-out, malformation and reduce the “costs” of ones
physiology. Fasting will also allow the body’s negative feedback mechanisms to be
better heard and thus bring about a strong allostatic efficiency.