Comments on: Esurience http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2007/01/17/esurience/ "Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane." - Philip K Dick Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:32:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Edd http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2007/01/17/esurience/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Edd Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:49:02 +0000 http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2007/01/17/esurience/#comment-94 Thanks for the comments. Seb: That's awesome. I think I might be more successful if I have a really definite goal like that to help focus my energy. Adam: Sounds good, I'm really looking forward to seeing the effects. Well, perhaps looking forward isn't quite the right phrase. Thanks for the comments.

Seb: That’s awesome. I think I might be more successful if I have a really definite goal like that to help focus my energy.

Adam: Sounds good, I’m really looking forward to seeing the effects. Well, perhaps looking forward isn’t quite the right phrase.

]]> By: adam http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2007/01/17/esurience/comment-page-1/#comment-92 adam Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:52:40 +0000 http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2007/01/17/esurience/#comment-92 havent tried fasting but i have done the see-how-long-i-can-stay-awake challenge. i made it to 45 hours. i started from about 11am and got sleep at around half past seven two mornings later, i needed to get sleep as i had a lecture at 12 that day. i found it easy to stay up for about 20 hours but as i wasnt active during the following early hours i spent most of it fighting to keep my mind occupied. at around 11 when i had to go to a lecture it was an actual struggle just to stay conscious though after lunch i gained energy and felt normal, probably due to the food and fresh air. after that i was fine again until around two when my mind tried to close itself down again, i found that a little food and exercise kept me awake though i think that if i had had any more it would have worked against me and increased my tiredness. i ended it as i said at around 7 as i felt that i wouldnt be able to make it through until the next evening and didnt want to switch my sleeping rhythm to nocturnal in the process. so i snatched a few hours, enough to let my mind recouperate on some of its exhaustion. something i have experienced before is that it is very surreal waking during the day. for a while i was quite disorientated and had no idea what was going on and no immediate memory of anything prior to sleep. that wore off and i got through the day, still pretty exhausted but the sleep the following evening was the best in a long while. havent tried fasting but i have done the see-how-long-i-can-stay-awake challenge. i made it to 45 hours. i started from about 11am and got sleep at around half past seven two mornings later, i needed to get sleep as i had a lecture at 12 that day. i found it easy to stay up for about 20 hours but as i wasnt active during the following early hours i spent most of it fighting to keep my mind occupied. at around 11 when i had to go to a lecture it was an actual struggle just to stay conscious though after lunch i gained energy and felt normal, probably due to the food and fresh air. after that i was fine again until around two when my mind tried to close itself down again, i found that a little food and exercise kept me awake though i think that if i had had any more it would have worked against me and increased my tiredness. i ended it as i said at around 7 as i felt that i wouldnt be able to make it through until the next evening and didnt want to switch my sleeping rhythm to nocturnal in the process. so i snatched a few hours, enough to let my mind recouperate on some of its exhaustion. something i have experienced before is that it is very surreal waking during the day. for a while i was quite disorientated and had no idea what was going on and no immediate memory of anything prior to sleep. that wore off and i got through the day, still pretty exhausted but the sleep the following evening was the best in a long while.

]]> By: Seb http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2007/01/17/esurience/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Seb Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:56:27 +0000 http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2007/01/17/esurience/#comment-91 I have had similar experiences when I fast (not very often) - I'm a Christian, so when I fast I try to pray in the times when I'd usually be eating. However, I usually end up just thinking about food most of the time! Therefore I'd say the reason I fast is not to try to 'connect with God' as such but more to show Him that I'm willing to sacrifice my earthly comforts to obey Him. I have had similar experiences when I fast (not very often) – I’m a Christian, so when I fast I try to pray in the times when I’d usually be eating. However, I usually end up just thinking about food most of the time! Therefore I’d say the reason I fast is not to try to ‘connect with God’ as such but more to show Him that I’m willing to sacrifice my earthly comforts to obey Him.

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