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DAY 9(Sunday, 27 April 2014)CANONIZATION MADNESSWent to bed at 1AM and woke up at 8AM feeling fresh and strong on my 9 th day of hungerstrike. There is still no hunger whatsoever and no discomfort. The weight loss has slowed downconsiderably since the body has reached its first point of resistance. In the last two days,although I have walked at least 30Km, I have only lost 400 grams and now weigh 84.1 Kg. Thismeans I have lost 8.4 Kg so far, and that translates to 9% of my initial body weight.I am beginning to enter a state of grace, as I like to call it. The mind acquires clarity and the eyesmirror the mind and look piercingly clear. All other senses are enhanced, including the sense ofsmell, which one would think would be a source of constant anguish but it is not. I smell foodeverywhere but my hunger instinct is not responding, it is shut down, like a light switch.This freedom from eating is extraordinarily liberating, as it frees the spirit and the soul from theimprisonment of matter, if only for a few days or weeks.After taking care of communication and the matters related to the filming of the documentary,Nick and I set out towards the Vatican City to witness the canonization, or at least be a part ofthe crowd from a distance since the square was closed to the public and was reserved only forofficials and the catholic delegations of various nations.Once the ceremony was over, however, we were able to make our way through the c. 1 millionpeople strong crowd down Via della Conciliazione (Avenue of Conciliation), which leadsstraight to St. Peter’s square and looks rather grand and elegant. And as luck would have it, wemanaged to see Pope Francis driving past in his bullet proof mobile. This was more than weexpected, since we only hoped to get video footage of the throngs of people that we could thenuse for the sound recording we will make later today and in which I will discuss the covertmethods of depopulation.Our work continues at a relentless pace, but both Nick and I feel very privileged to be doing this.46