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People who value fasting should study how Orthodox Christians fast and experiment with that approach, including the focus on the feasts that break the fasts and the rituals and stories around all of it.

Now imagine doing that with an entire community made up of people who are all struggling to do the same thing. Then bring them all together under the same roof multiple times a week to participate in the same rituals together while being annoyed with each other’s quirks and foibles. Have them all examine in minute detail how they failed to live up to their ideals and then expose those failures to someone they trust deeply.

I have fasted many times over the years but never gave any thought to any of that. I definitely haven’t experienced it, but now I find myself thinking about it a lot.

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DonkHODL🗿🌽🦨 2y ago

Haven’t fasted much other than intermittent. The balancing of hangry and patience for others’ hangry ways must have been brutal. But an interesting way to all feel each other’s pain and gratitude at the same time.

Jac 2y ago

No hangry with leptin. Eat the fat.

Bourbonic Plague 2y ago

It’s so humbling. It’s a quick and powerful way to remind myself how weak I am.

When I imagine an entire village going through Lent together with few artificial distractions I can’t help wonder what that experience must have been like.

DonkHODL🗿🌽🦨 2y ago

I grew up Catholic observing Lent but not in a very rigid way. I certainly took the experience for granted as a boy.

Skipping meals as a man for different reasons altogether coupled with your take on imagining what communities must have gone through is food for thought!

Bourbonic Plague 2y ago

My longest fasts were 7 days. Fascinating experiences.

But when I started regularly watching the Divine Liturgy from a local Orthodox Church and started doing daily Orthodox prayers, it really opened my eyes to what they have been up to for a couple millennia.

I grew up Catholic too and was a raging atheist for decades after. But bitcoin helped me see the value of living inside a mental model that aligns you morally with other people and the way that can affect your worldview.