Annual Fasting Month
每年十月份禁食禁饮
October is a spiritual month for us and all brothers
and sisters are required to fast at least once for 24 hours continuously
without food and water within this month. This spiritual month is a good time
for us to discard our bad habits and to be a person who can change for the
better.
Some
brothers and sisters may choose to fast for 72 hours continuously without food
and water. This is however not compulsory.
When
man was first created, they did not know how to eat and drink for the first 72
hours. We fast for 72 hours to let the Creator know that we have not forgotten
the existence of God.
The main
purpose for us to fast 72 hours continuously is to request for the Creator’s
consciousness to remain amongst mankind. When this is so, mankind would not be
evil. For an example, the Divine Law of Nature is part of the Creator’s
Consciousness: if a person is thinking of committing some evil deeds, the
Divine Law of Nature will grant good consciousness to this person to stop the
evil thoughts from manifesting.
十月份乃是我们的神圣月份，兄弟姐妹在这个月份内必须实行至少一次廿四小时禁食禁饮。这个月份是新的开始，让我们把不良的嗜好和行为改掉，做个知错必改的人。
一些兄弟姐妹更是实行长达七十二小时的禁食禁饮，但非强制性。
当天公开始创造人类时，首七十二小时并不懂得吃和喝。而我们禁食禁饮七十二小时是要让天公知道我们并没有忘记主的存在。
禁食禁饮七十二小时主要目的是不要让天公的感觉离开我们太远。当天公的感觉在人群中，我们人类就不会这样坏，比如说，神圣自然安排是天公的感觉之一，如果有一个人想要做坏，神圣自然安排会给他一个好的感觉，以致他停止想坏。
Fasting
every 1st and 15th day of the Lunar calendar
农历初一、十五禁食禁饮
Apart
from the once in a year compulsory fasting, we are also encouraged to perform
an optional 24 hours continuous fasting on the 1st and 15th day of the lunar calendar.
By fasting regularly, we can improve our health and control our emotions. We
eat to provide nutrition for our body, we read to provide knowledge for our
mind and we fast to provide spiritual enlightenment for our soul.
除了一年一次必须履行禁食禁饮以外，兄弟姐妹也受鼓励在农历月初一及十五禁食禁饮廿四小时。我们经常禁食禁饮，可强身健体及平和情绪。我们进食以提供养分给身体、阅读以提供知识给思维、禁食禁饮以提供神圣启发给灵魂。
Fasting Fund
Donation
禁食禁饮慈善捐款
Every year on 4th of October we will invite charitable
organization to participate in our celebration and we will donate the money
collected from the fasting fund to them. The fasting fund is raised from
brothers and sisters who have fasted for 24 hours continuously without food or
water. The amount donated from each brother and sister is the same regardless
of their financial status. Although the donation amount is not significant, the
fasting is of profound significance.
每年的十月四日，我们都会邀请慈善机构前来参与这项盛会，并将收到的禁食禁饮善款捐给他们。我们的善款都是兄弟姐妹们实行廿四小时禁食禁饮后所捐出。无视各人的经济水平，每个人所捐的善款数额都是一律的。虽然我们的捐款不多，但禁食禁饮的意义深长。
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