It was 9PM, the last day of my 72-hours water fast and my third week doing it. Thirty minutes into my evening walk, streetlights pulsed with an almost sacred glow as I walked through my neighborhood. Colors had never been this vibrant. Sounds had never been this clear. The mental chatter that usually filled my head had vanished, replaced by profound stillness.

I wasn’t on any substance. I was simply on day three of drinking nothing but water.

This wasn’t just “feeling good,” this was a state of consciousness most people spend their entire lives chasing through meditation, substances, or spiritual practices. All accessed through the simple act of not eating.

Meanwhile, most people you know are walking around in a persistent mental fog. Sluggish thinking after meals. Energy crashes at 3pm. Anxious thoughts that never quite shut off. Disconnection from their bodies, their purpose, their potential.

What if I told you the key to mental clarity, spiritual connection, and personal power isn’t adding something to your life, but temporarily removing what you’ve been told you need?

What ancient leaders, spiritual figures, and now modern science has confirmed is that there’s a hidden doorway to extraordinary consciousness, and it opens only when you master the most basic human drive of all.

THE FOG OF MODERN CONSUMPTION

It’s been 1.5 hours since you ate your last meal. You start to feel hungry again. You reach for a snack to suppress the hunger. Or is it just a craving?

Most people struggle with discipline over their animalistic body. They can’t differentiate between real hunger and craving for that chocolate bar. You might even feel a craving just by reading these words.

That’s your mind speaking, not your body. We’ve been conditioned to eat 5 times a day, believing that by not eating, we are putting ourselves in danger.

I grew up in an environment where my grandparents and parents saw eating as something important. Large portions meant health. Not eating meant something was wrong. You were sick, struggling, or ungrateful.

But what if fasting wasn’t weakness, but control?

What I realized during my water fasts was a doorway into something mystical than anything I’ve experienced before. An access to deeper levels of thinking while working, and a presence that felt like being high on shrooms. All from resisting basic cravings.

Modern life keeps us trapped in the physical realm through heavy consumption of food and other fast pleasures, blinding us from the mental clarity and spiritual benefits that comes when we step away. It’s like cooking in a loud kitchen for hours with the fan on full blast, then finally switching it off and feeling the sudden relief of silence. But the silence that follows isn’t just comfortable, it reveals a disturbing truth about what this constant consumption has been costing you all along.

OPERATING AT HALF CAPACITY

Have you ever sat down to write, or worked on a project, and nothing comes out?

You know what you want to say, but your thoughts feel stuck. As if fog clouds your head you can’t push through. You sit there staring at the screen, trying to dive deeper, but it’s like something’s blocking the way. Layers of noise exist between you and the clarity you know is in there. And no matter how hard you try, you can’t break through it.

It’s like trying to run in a dream. It’s all in slowmotion, not getting anywhere. You might think it’s normal. It’s not. Nothing is wrong with you. It’s the way you treat yourself that’s wrong.

The ancient Hermetica states:

Your external chaos is reflecting an internal disorder. What most people don’t realize is that this mental fog is directly connected to their relationship with food. Your internal disorder is created through poor choices. One of them being discipline over your body and mind. The constant stimulation of eating and giving into cravings.

When your body is constantly digesting, it takes energy from your brain, leaving you operating at partial capacity. Career choices, relationship conversations, financial plans, all made in this compromised state, functioning at 50% of your potential.

I’ve experienced this for years before understanding the difference between thriving and surviving.

Weeks ago, I struggled writing newsletters, feeling stuck in my own mind and unable to tap into a flow state. It cost me hours of frustrated effort and undermined my confidence in delivering what I’d promised myself. When I changed my relationship with food, I discovered what true mental clarity felt like.

You spend days working your ass off, meeting a huge wall that feels impossible to climb due to lack of energy and mental clarity. On the other side of that wall are your deadlines waiting to be accomplished, leaving you with a sense of hopelessness and caffeine as you desperately try to access what’s meant to be yours naturally, flow and creativity.

This isn’t just about missed deadlines or wasted hours.

It’s about the dream life you’ll never create, the businesses you’ll never build, and the impact you’ll never have.

It’s about reaching age 80 and wondering why you spent decades operating at half your capacity when your full potential was just one decision away.

The tragedy isn’t that you’re choosing a Fiat life over a Ferrari existence.

The tragedy is that you’ve convinced yourself the Fiat is all you deserve.

But what if the wisest minds in human history discovered a simple practice that unlocks mental clarity most people never experience?

What if the answer isn’t adding more to your life, but strategically taking something away?

BEYOND THE PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION

It was the weekend before June, more than a month ago. After finishing pizza, I felt sluggish. Looked at myself in the mirror and thought:

I was tired of failing myself. Every year, for the past few years, I’d been telling myself the same thing.

I was ready to do anything (except taking drugs to get in shape), and I had heard a lot about water fasting—not just the mental and spiritual benefits, but more importantly, the physical ones. So I challenged myself:

Three-day water fasts, every week in June. Twelve days total.

I documented every step, from before-and-after pictures to daily check-ins and weekly reflections.

I wanted to reset. Feel better in my body and mind. Maybe get shredded too. But what I got was something else entirely.

The mental clarity, energy, and spiritual alignment, changed everything about how I approach life.

THE THREE-DAY THRESHOLD

The first week was brutal. Day one felt surprisingly easy since I still had fuel from that pizza. Day two hit hard. It felt like going into battle with nothing but a fork as my sword and an empty plate as my shield against hunger. I couldn’t stop thinking about food. I opened YouTube and the first thing I saw was Owen Han making a juicy sandwich. I could hear my stomach bubble, screaming for melted cheese.

But something strange happened on Day 3. Mental clarity arrived, like thinking in 4D. An inner sense of peace, calm and purity washed over me. I understood why people give up water fasting, but that third day showed me heaven after 1.5 days of hell.

The Transformation Deepens

By the second week, I’d made a critical discovery: staying in ketosis between fasts transformed the experience. I switched to a ketogenic/carnivore diet with minimal vegetables between fasts, which meant I was already in ketosis when starting each fast. This eliminated the carb cravings that had made the first week so difficult.

During an evening walk in the second week, I experienced what I can only describe as a psychedelic-like state of presence, immersed in the moment, thoughts crystal clear. Street flowers appeared vibrant. The music in my ears felt like massage for my spirit. Whenever I tried to enter my mind and imagination, I was pulled back to the present moment. Like a magnet. For years, I struggled with the reverse. Being stuck in my mind trying to come back to the present, but here I was, effortlessly, living in my natural state.

Projects that had overwhelmed me for months had obvious solutions.

The third week, my body had adapted.

Surprisingly, my gym performance improved while fasting. I felt stronger, which makes sense with research showing growth hormone increases 5-10 times during extended fasts. The emotional turbulence of earlier weeks had leveled into steady energy.

MASTERING THE MIND-BODY CONNECTION

By week four, I witnessed the complete transformation.

I woke naturally before my alarm, mind sharp and ready. My stubborn fat, the last few kilos that had resisted every previous summer’s effort, had finally surrendered. Not all of it, but a big part.

On the second day of my fourth fast, I experienced something remarkable. Walking through the city, I felt an unmistakable strength coursing through my body. Not just mental clarity or absence of hunger, but physical power. I could have gone to the gym and lifted heavier than normal.

I worked productively for 12+ hours with sustained focus. On the third day, I finished 3-4 hours of deep work in the evening and still had energy to go for a walk. The contrast with my first week was amazing, from struggling to function to thriving on nothing but water.

But the most profound shift wasn’t physical. I realized that “as within, so without,” a clean internal state creates an ordered external world. When your temple is clean, your mind is clear, and your spirit connects effortlessly to something greater.

I understood why our ancestors could hunt while fasting. I gained control over my “animalistic body,” proving to myself that hunger doesn’t control me, I control it.

And this realization extends beyond food. If I can master not eating for three days straight, what other challenges might yield to this newfound discipline?

What started as a vanity project to look better for summer became a gateway to profound mental and spiritual alignment. I discovered that humans are meant to thrive, not just survive. When body, mind, and spirit align, everything within and around you flows naturally.

This isn’t just about losing weight or getting shredded, though that happened too. It’s about reclaiming power over yourself and connecting to something deeper. It’s about cleaning your internal house so your external world can come into order.

I’ll continue with weekly 24-48 hour fasts now, and perhaps attempt a five-day fast soon. But whatever comes next, I know I’ll never look at food, or my own capabilities, the same way again.

So how to do a water fast? How to experience the tremendous benefits, without dying of hunger? How to prepare for a challenge like this?

Based on my experience and research online, I’ve discovered that a 3-day water fast works best by preparing for it. Here’s how.

PREPARING FOR YOUR FIRST FAST

Preparation is key.

First, consider buying electrolytes. That means magnesium, potassium and sodium.

Why?

Because as you fast, your body flushes out water and critical minerals along with it.

Without electrolytes, you’ll likely experience headaches, muscle cramps, dizziness, and fatigue, symptoms many mistake for “hunger” when they’re actually signs of electrolyte depletion. Sodium helps maintain proper fluid balance, potassium supports heart and muscle function, and magnesium assists with everything from energy production to sleep quality during your fast.

I learned this the hard way during my first fast when a splitting headache almost made me quit. After adding electrolytes, the difference was night and day. I could function and experience the mental clarity benefits rather than suffering through physical discomfort.

Adding salt to water helps, particularly pink Himalayan salt or sea salt which contains trace minerals beyond just sodium. A pinch in your water throughout the day helps maintain electrolyte balance and makes plain water more palatable during longer fasts.

If you come from a background of eating a lot of carbs, cutting it down some days or week before the fast could make a huge difference.

I started my first water fast after a cheat meal of pizza. Even though it helped me the first day, it actually made the following days much harder by triggering stronger carb cravings throughout the remainder of my fast. The initial glucose spike from the pizza meant my body had to go through a more dramatic metabolic switch to ketosis, making the hunger pangs and mental fog more intense during days two and three.

This is why in subsequent fasts, I switched to a ketogenic/carnivore approach between fasting periods. By already being in a fat-burning state when starting the fast, I bypassed much of the difficult transition and accessed the mental clarity benefits much sooner.

MENTAL & STRATEGIC PREPARATION

The second critical component is mental preparation. Schedule your fast during a period with minimal social obligations centered around food. Tell a trusted friend or partner about your plans, not for their approval, but for accountability. And most importantly, set your intention: are you seeking mental clarity, spiritual connection, physical transformation, or all three? Your “why” becomes your anchor when the hunger waves crash against your resolve.

Finally, ease into your first water fast with a 24-hour trial run before attempting the full three days. This allows you to understand your body’s initial responses without committing to the full experience. Think of it as reconnaissance before the main mission, understanding how your body responds to fasting.

BEGIN YOUR CLARITY JOURNEY

The doorway to extraordinary consciousness isn’t hidden in some ancient temple or exclusive retreat.

It’s within you, accessible through a practice humans have used for millennia.

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P.S. You don’t need to wait for a guide to start. Skip breakfast tomorrow. Go for a walk. Listen. Observe. The silence might surprise you.