During fasting, the body literally eats itself alive.
First come the carbs—glucose stores in blood and glycogen in liver and muscles. Then the liver turns amino acids and fats into glucose. Later the body shifts to fats, and the liver brews ketones for the brain. End game—muscles and organs break down.
And if short voluntary fasting can help, long forced hunger means certain death.
No matter what a man wants, his body burns fuel smart—to stretch his life as far as it goes. It nudges him gentle but firm: “Be a pal, feed me, or else...”.
Just like that, dormant Potential gnaws at him from within. In psycho talk, the Self slowly swallows the Ego. Or in myths and tales—the gift morphs into a curse.
The gift just craves life—eat, drink, root down, grow tall, burst into bloom. Solid urge, right? Trouble is, the man shoots back: “Hold up, I’m not set. Not today.”
So he betrays himself. Payback hits hard. Apathy, depression, addiction, madness, flares of “baseless” rage.
Sound familiar? Time to feed your Beast and free him from the cage.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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