01/08/2020
Spiritual Importance of Fast and Roza
What is the Spiritual importance of BRATA or ROZA (Fast)? For smooth functioning of human body and the brain, it is necessary to have the energy at every moment, but it is much more important to have i's proper and quick use, lest this passive energy taken through food, stays in the body in an unused condition and keeps on decreasing the ability of the organs of the body instead of activating them. A person who does not perform physical and mental labour should be advised to take only a little quantity of meal. This helps in maintaining proper functioning of different body organs, which helps in leading a suitable and safe life. For if the stored energy in the body is not spent, it leads the brain towards procrastination. It results in dysfunction and disturbances in the brain. The human brain may fail to send the necessary signals to the human senses. Due to these signals of human brain to the human senses, one realises appetite but in the event of its failure, a body does not feel the appropriate need of energy. It is true that everybody needs physical work to improve the activities of the organs. To fulfil the requirement of energy in the body, the brain conveys the necessary instructions to the human senses so that one may feel appetite, but if one does not pay any attention to it and fails to fulfil the requirement of his/her own body by taking meals, the brain tries to fill up this energy gap through other sources available in the human body especially when one continues his/her work. The different organs of the body keep working even if one does not take oral energy through meals but only up to some time, as long as the energy remains available in circulating blood. So in the circumstances, when the energy is required to human body, the human brain adjusts the energy deficiency from the circulating blood in human body especially at this particular time. The availability of energy in blood remains up to a certain limit, which may be utilised only up to some time; after that a quick need of food energy is required in the human body. If one continues his/her work seriously and does not pay any attention about his/her appetite, then a stage shall come when energy level in his/her body becomes nil. Even then if one pays his/her full devotion towards concentration in work or continues worship, then a stage may come when human brain expects something from his soul, which attains all the qualities of getting special energy from outside sources of the body. However, in normal course human soul does nothing for a human body; its actual powers remain in static position during the course of one’s life. In the emergency situation, when energy level in human body becomes nil and even then one pays full devotion towards his work and tributes to God, the human soul comes in action. At this particular moment, the soul comes fully out from human body to arrange the energy for his/her body. In the normal course, soul does nothing for a human body except to keep it alive. It remains in human body throughout one's life, getting good or bad feelings in course of life, but the moment when one is so devoted towards his/her work or worship, so as not to realise a natural appetite, resulting his/her energy level in body turn to nil, a soul does something for the sake of one's life. If such a moment comes in one's life, it proves to be a boon for him/her. It is true that human soul is a real little part of supreme soul. At this particular stage, high devotion of such human power compels his/her soul to do something in these special circumstances to save the life. Normally, the soul does nothing for human body. It only enjoys either the feelings of satisfaction which human brain realise or observes distress especially when the brain feels troubled due to tension. However, in some circumstances, the body needs energy and such energy is not provided to the body due to devotion in work (KARMA) or hard worship. In such circumstances, the human soul has to come outside the body to arrange energy. In this stage, it goes upwards in space touching one's body, from where it attracts the energy of Divine power by its magnetic spiritual power. After that, it supplies the acquired energy to the human body. No doubt by adopting this process, only a little quantity of energy is supplied to human body through the soul; but this little quantity of this special energy becomes more beneficial especially when he/she do not perform any spiritual activity. It may be considered as a big success for human life because even the less quantity is fully able to improve the creativity of human organs. So in my view, the process of taking fast in Hindu culture as well as the process of Roza in Muslim culture may be a part of getting this spiritual energy in these circumstances, which was earlier observed by our saints of either Hindu or Muslim culture. After that, it takes place as tradition in these cultures. There are many people who bear the habit of taking more and more meal. However, they do not spend the energy taken by this meal; hence this passive energy remains in the body in an unused position. The useless energy starts damaging the organs and a habit of laziness is developed in body. The brain remains inactive in those stages when it really should convey the signals to the human senses for different requirements to the body. The human body retains energy through meal and most of its quantity may be utilised by doing hard work. In doing any kind of hard work, a time may come when retained energy in one's body is spent. At this time, the body requires energy but sometimes people fail to concentrate in the work and do not realise their appetites. This is the real time when something is gained by the soul for the human body. This becomes possible only when one is fully devoted to his/her work or maintains concentration towards work. In normal course, the human body cannot work without energy. It is just like a vehicle that cannot move without energy. However, some differences certainly exist in human made machinery and living machinery like human body. The almighty has made human beings in a manner so that they can remain alive and also work in special circumstances when there is no energy in human beings. These are the rare circumstances when human soul becomes active and does something to arrange the energy for his/her body from other sources. In my view, the custom of fasting is made for the purpose to get the spiritual energy from time to time when human body requires this special energy. This is possible only when one continues the pursuit of concentration either to pay full devotion to the Almighty God or paying deep devotion towards his/her work; however, such a work should be related to virtues of living beings.
------VK Jaiswal