Dharma of Excretion or Dharma of Fasting

Animals are free to urinate anywhere any time. For anyone, the output is more important than the intake of food. If we eat before sunset and then rest the body, around midnight, the dharma of fasting begins to do its internal work. It continues until we eat something solid again next morning.

If we take fruits, raw vegetables or juice, they don’t hinder excretory action. Around 9 or 10 a.m., we can eat sprouts or some breakfast. Then, after an hour the excretory action comes to an end.

As soon as you get up, say around 6 or 7 am, if you drink coffee or tea, it stimulates your body interrupting the excretory process. That’s why you are advised to take light food in the morning.

Our health depends upon the amount of time we give to this excretory action. If we wish to have a bright, energetic body, free from any ailment, we must respect this dharma of fasting. The food we take is converted into energy, but in the process even waste matter is secreted. It is released in the form of solid, liquid, or gas. If these three forms of waste material have to be eliminated by our excretory organs, we should at least be considerate of them and provide them rest.

If we eat before 7 pm our excretory parts will function effectively. However, if we delay eating until 9 or 10 pm, they will not have sufficient time. Waste materials get stagnated in the body. Food eaten at 10 pm will not be digested completely before we rise the next morning. Typically, immediately after we get up, we eat again. It means we are eating further before we can even eliminate the waste material of the previous day. In a way, we eat too much. That leads to many diseases. Diseases spoil the temple in which our soul lives. How can we lead proper lives then? If we wish to be disease-free, we must follow the dharma of rest and allow our body to eliminate waste material first. If we don’t adhere to this dharma, no doctor, no specialty hospital, no God, and no amount of money can save us. We can continue to be human beings only if we live by this dharma. Otherwise we are demons in the form of men.