This is why fasting has by nature heat and dryness due to the loss of food, and it is the opposite of what nature requires. For the sake of life, it requires heat, not its passive nature, and it requires moisture, which is passive rather than cold. The fasting person met it with the opposite, so he met it with the original and passive, for he is commanded to contradict the soul, and the soul is a pure nature that is in conflict with God in itself, to stop the existence of a world. All bodies are upon it, and had it not been for it, no eye would have appeared to the world of bodies, so it became frivolous and lost. Therefore, it was said to the spirit managing this elemental body, commanded to maintain moderation over this body and look into its interests. If you see the natural soul in this state of vanity and arrogance, then forbid it from eating, drinking, and enjoying intercourse with the intention of disobeying it and intending to deviate from what it imagines. Nature, you lac