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Why returning to eating after fasting can feel like spiritual regression

Every time I eat after fasting I feel like I'm falling back into unconsciousness and I'm starting to think normal life is just spiritual failure but I can't fast forever.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The contrast between elevated states during practice and ordinary consciousness can create a false hierarchy that devalues normal human experience.

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