Is anyone fasting

[Sarah]

You should do your own research and think on the different opinions. Sincerity is between you and Allah.

If you read the verses in context, from 2:183-184, 185 is disconnected from the previous verses and shows fasting in Ramadhan isn't an obligation as there's no mention of a penalty of feeding a person.

In 2:184 it said to feed poor if missed but it also ends with fasting is BETTER not obligatory.

Read other parts of the Quran where fasting is mentioned. There are two types, Siyam and Saum. One is of silence and one of abstaining from food, drinks and sex. They're not the same.

Where else is fasting mentioned? Hajj, wrongly killed game, compensation for killing a believer, breaking oaths, and those who liken their wives to their mothers.

Peace

So if it's not an obligation, then a recommendation? To me, it seems like a command.

[Sarah]

Glorify God for 3 days in isolation.  If you start to see fan with thread like blades rotating and becoming bright in your mind's eye, congrats you are on the right track. Otherwise, you might suddenly end up with flow of information that leaves you mentally lit up. If those dont seem interesting you can use those 3 days to get your wish fulfilled. Its a must that you take a break in between to eat and drink.

Peace

Peace Reel

I don't understand where you got this technique from? It seems like something spiritual or new ageish?

[Wakas]

It seems like it's a specific month rather than fasting a few days every month?

Yes, but my point was since I do not know when that month is (nor do Traditionalists it seems) I can fast throughout the year, few days here and there etc.

[Euphoric]

Peace

So if it's not an obligation, then a recommendation? To me, it seems like a command.

It's a choice while addressing a specific audience.

If you think it's obligatory for you then you should fast.

[reel]

Peace Reel

I don't understand where you got this technique from? It seems like something spiritual or new ageish?

I just took the verses about fasting and experimented with them by subtracting all that we were told in sects. Whatever God tells us to do in Quran always gives visible results. Quranic fasting seems to open the door to another reality of ours. Ironically, you will not go very far if you abstain from eating and drinking.

New age might have similar stuffs but their explanations are not without distortion and disagreements. Their blocks come from subtraction of God. In Quran these issues are corrected. I guess thats why we have verses like this:

Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants." 11:13

Peace