Are you on Fast ?

It was a very simple question that one of my friend asked "are you on Fast today" and i replied back saying no i aint, i have to travel a lot today, and then is when i gave it a thought that what exactly is a fast? is it starving your body for entire day and then performing some ritual, or does it have deeper meaning inside which we fail to notice.

Yes it has deep meaning inside, though it might mean different things to different people, but for me FAST is testing your patience, controlling your senses and ruling your mind and not let mind rule over you. it is not attained by staying hungry but is achieved only by understanding that we all need to FAST this way every day, and gradually we would learn how to control our active thoughts and the mind that rules us and then is when we would find GOD in every thought, every human and every moment.

So lets all practice to fast hence forth, but not by starving for food but forcing your mind to starve for thought.

Jai Sri Krishna :)