The Master Cleanse [Day 5]
Another uneventful cleansing today. Though I'm losing weight, I'm not losing the toxins inside of my colon. This is unfortunate. Unless progress dramatically changes, this cleanse ends Monday night (after 7 complete days of fasting/cleansing). After that, I continue the Daniel fast until March 2nd and my house guys are each ordering a pizza from different companies. For some reason, we've craved all sorts of pizza brands (Papa John's, Louie's, Boriello Brothers, etc.), so we're getting those varieties! I'm totally stoked for that.
An uneventful cleansing day, but still an eventful day. Here are some of those events.
- I edited some pictures I took yesterday. Some of them turned out like man-engagement pictures. A lot of bro-mance going on, but they like women (picture below)
- I went to Denver for a gathering of Kingdom leaders in Colorado. It was an encouraging experience to hear what the LORD is doing through out the state. I believe God is going to marry different strategies and the generations in order to bring awakening and reformation on an unprecedented scale. Some of these seasoned leaders are giving young emerging leaders--like--me a voice and are serious about this whole spirit of adoption and unity in the body. I loved it.
- Went bowling with a group of friends.
The Master Cleans [Day 4]
Besides that, I have no updates.
On a different note, a group of friends and I went out and followed the "spirit of adventure."
This manifested in several ways:
- Shining a spotlight and alarming people with a blowhorn as they made out in the Colorado Mountains. These people parked near an overlook and did their business while we snuck up with a million candle flash light and a blowhorn. Some people were really startled, angry and surprised and we caught people in some startling situations. Quite hilarious.
- Grabbing street cones
- Trying to walk into gatherings held at a Hilton Hotel
- Jumping into a coffee shop drive thru
- Having a conversation about walking in the power of God for evangelism
It was a decent night.
-Pradeepan
The Master Cleanse [Day 3]
Still, not much is happening. A few of my friends are experiencing the same--just "water poops."
On the other hand, two guys are experiencing short scale cleansing. What's the deal? If you've done The Master Cleanse and experienced the same, please let me know and give me insight.
EVENTS FROM DAY 3
- Dominated the Salt water flush (suprisingly, drinking a quart of salt water is getting easy)
- Not experiencing too much hunger (I believe the Maple Syrup helps a lot)
- Using the Urinal quite a bit
- Really wanting to eat "Louie's Pizza" (a bunch of us moved a gigantic hot tub and got this pizza as a reward, but I didn't partake)
- Really wanting to eat Burger King (their dollar menu is off the hook!)
- I can feel the potion burning inside of me
Those are pretty much the events from Day 3
-Pradeepan
The Master Cleanse [Day 2]
Not much is happening. It’s only day two, but I thought more junk would come out of me by now. These are some of the highlights.
- Not a lot of junk is coming out of me, water.
- Drinking a quart of salt water was a lot easier this morning.
- Felt a little hungry today—the potion helps sooth that.
- Always cautious of farting because water is always wanting to come out.
So far, as I’m reading online testimonials and relating them to my experience, I feel like this cleanse is a hoax. Only finishing two days, I’m not yet ready to make a conclusion. Be it fake, I’d still go through this process to simply enjoy the journey with my friends.
-Pradeepan
The Master Cleanse [Day 1]
My friends Philip, Amreitha, Bailey and I bought organic lemons, Grade B Maple Syrup (whatever that is), Sea Salt, Cayenne Pepper and distilled water last night in order to begin “The Master Cleanse.”
All this organic stuff is really expensive. Jesse Mutzebaugh responded to this well when he said
"It should not cost that much money to fast."
I’m curious to see if this cleanse is really going to get rid of all the caked up junk inside of me. Curiosity, as it typically is, my primary motivation for this—even above the healthy and spiritual ones.
EVENTS FROM DAY 1
- Philip and Started the day with a Salt Water Flush. We drank 1 quart of salt water and it was Hell. For some reason, Philip had no problem whatsoever pounding it down. My gag reflexes went crazy. I vomited some of it. Instead of chugging, I sipped my salt water on my way to 7 a.m. prayer.
- This Salt Water flush causes your bowels to move rather fast. In prayer this morning, 5 of us had started the master cleanse right before. Most had to ditch the place of corporate prayer (for awhile) and use the restroom (for awhile).
- The potion we are drinking is filling. I’m surprised to not feel the hunger usually felt in a fast.
- Besides getting rid of the salt water, I’m not releasing as much as I would like to.
Nothing too exciting happened today. If you’re curious about this process, I’m going to be updating this daily and potentially put some videos up (not in the toilet).
-Pradeepan
The Master Cleanse
During this month, a lot of my friends and I have been doing different types of fasting. I'm finding that we are becoming more and more comfortable with a "lifestyle of fasting." This lifestyle has many health, as well as spiritual, benefits.
When a few of the disciples found themselves unable to cast a demon out, Jesus told them they needed to fast. I'm seeing a lot of vices and faults today that the Church is unable to cast out, and I wonder if Jesus' principle still applies here. In that passage, Jesus then discusses the issues of faith. If you have the faith of a mustard seed, He says, you can throw mountains into water.
Because Jesus addresses faith, it seems like unbelief is the issues that prevented these few disciples from casting out the demon. When we fast, we are so dependent on God, that our unbelief begins to dies. We become more sensitive to the things of the Spirit and the death of sin. Unbelief begins to die when fasting--at least that's what I'm experiencing.
With all the issues of the Church, I believe fasting and praying will help us clean up and begin a revolution. A revolution that sees many Christians enter into a true relationship with Jesus Christ and begin the process of societal reformation. If you are dealing with unbelief and want to change, I suggest you fast. If you are wanting to see the Church function as she was supposed, I suggest you fast. If you want to walk in a deeper level of dependency on the LORD, I suggest you fast.
-Pradeepan
P.S.
When a person fasts, he or she is not starving--just changing the diet from natural food to spiritual food, like reading the bible (eating the scroll) and praying.