I hear you, but I'm sticking to this: Anybody reading this, monk or not, I want to go on record saying that you should not kill yourself, or let yourself die of starvation. Yes, I am presumptuous enough to make the claim that--at least in this one instance--I know what is best for somebody else. As long as you are healthy, you should stay alive. If your monk-reasoning disagrees, then there is a flaw in your monk-reasoning. I'm not learned enough to find it for you, but I'll still tell you that it's there somewhere.