During a fast, it is almost impossible to damage essential organs, unless of course the person creates the damage by fears about the process, or by internalizing the fears of others.
"How and When to Be Your Own Doctor"
Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon
While internalizing these and subsequent "Thous" as part of his "I," his knowing place, paradoxically, he sorts out who he is, and who and what is other than himself.
"Humanistic-Nursing"
Paterson, Josephine G.