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That sounds pretty interesting. It almost sounds like a Vision Quest. Tom Brown Jr. talks about this in many of his books and wilderness survival classes. He's big into Native American spirituality based on the teachings of Grandfather Stalking Wolf. It involves both fasting and staying awake as long as possible. You have to go out into the woods and make a circle of rocks, strip naked and sit in the circle without eating or sleeping for 3 days at least. Tom Brown said that he actually went 40 days once, and it's supposed feel amazing when you are done, but he was struggling and was extremely weak. He said that hunting his first deer took another week or so, and he's an avid tracker. He said that you do fall asleep naturally at some points though. It's not like you just stay up for 40 days. I cannot imagine how intense that must be. I am currently on day 7 of a water fast and I want to go another 2 weeks at least. I guess it depends on how I feel though.

The last few days I've been burping like a madman. For those of you who have fasted 3 weeks+, does this eventually go away? I mean it's not that bad, just annoying and sometimes my stomach feels a little upset. Last time I fasted for 1 week total and broke it because of this. I feel a little better this time however.