Comments on: The Final Days of My (Maybe) Final Fast

By: Jaellayna Palmer

Jaellayna Palmer — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:27:59 +0000

In reply to Nita Gandfor. Thank you, Nita. I just now (28 Feb 2020) saw your comment from last year, Though you may not see my reply, I still want to acknowledge it. I'm so happy you enjoyed the article and also my writing.

By: Nita Gandfor

Nita Gandfor — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 08:15:07 +0000

Thank you for this excellent personal insight into the period of fasting. I found it informative and uplifting. I enjoyed your writing style too, building in a humorous component. Thank you.

By: Jaellayna Palmer

Jaellayna Palmer — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 14:57:42 +0000

In reply to Candyce Carson Ricco. Hi Candyce. As a result of your research in the synoposis & codification, you may have by now also realized that as soon as the day of your 70th birthday passes then you are "over 70" in the sense that you have then completed your 70th year in this physical life. I don't know what people do when their birthdays fall within the 19 days of the Fast, though I suppose the "exemption" would at that point apply. There is so much to learn about all of this!

By: Jaellayna Palmer

Jaellayna Palmer — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 14:52:18 +0000

In reply to Candyce Ricco. Thanks for sharing your own story, Candyce. I'm happy these ideas are helpful to you.

By: Candyce Carson Ricco

Candyce Carson Ricco — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 01:05:45 +0000

In the Baha’i reference library, in the synopsis and codification of the Kitab-i-Aqdas it is stated that those ‘over 70’ are exempted from fasting. Do we have one more Fast?

By: Candyce Ricco

Candyce Ricco — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 01:00:04 +0000

I am also 69 and I think back on my years of fasting, the failures and the successes. Will I fast after turning 70? Knowing me, probably not. However I love your offerings of ways to fast, without the actual fasting from food. I thank you for these words that will help guide me next year.

By: Jaellayna Palmer

Jaellayna Palmer — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:00:31 +0000

In reply to K'omolo Elvis Otieno Lorry. Thank you for sharing this piece of your own experience with the Fast. You are right in mentioning both challenges and temptation, but that's part of how we learn.

By: K'omolo Elvis Otieno Lorry

K'omolo Elvis Otieno Lorry — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 05:57:26 +0000

I really thank God, the God of Bab, the God of Shoghi Effendi ,I Fasted for the first time ,at first I thought it was simple but later i realized it was tricky and had many challenges and temptations, I almost broke my fast mid way but God gave me strength through, am humble befor Thee ,tge fast nourished me spiritually and I had time to communicate to my God,Be blessed

By: Jaellayna Palmer

Jaellayna Palmer — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:08:27 +0000

In reply to Larry Raymond. Greetings Larry. I love that we are asked to think for ourselves, to respect our maturity, and to recognize our own wisdom. That doesn't make it any easier to think about now, I suppose. But it does sounds like you (and me, too) will know next year what to do. You are right, more to think about. No need for any decisions yet. (thank goodness!)

By: Larry Raymond

Larry Raymond — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:52:38 +0000

Hello Jaellayna. I also turn 70 before the next Fast and have been meditating on whether to fast or not. Just read the following from the Kitab-I-Aqdas (Note 20, last paragraph page 173); ‘However, the House of Justice counsels that, in deciding whether to do so or not, the believer should use wisdom and realize that Baha’u’llah has granted these exemptions for good reason’. More to think about.