When i first heard of this i was obviously dismissive as no plausible mechanism appeared besides fraud. That has changed now we understand the importance and information density of our spirit body.
The spirit body should be quite able to supply energy to the physical body easily enough. Again it is about intent and plausibly some concentration. So that it has been demoed by adapts is no surprise.
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Now we need to figure out how.
Breatharianism: Science Examines People Who Claim Not to Eat & Here’s What They Found
Posted on February 4, 2017
Breathariansim refers to the practice of sustaining oneself without the need for food.
Arjun Walia,
http://wakingtimesmedia.com/breatharianism-science-examines-people-claim-not-eat-heres-found/?
Breathariansim refers to the practice of sustaining oneself without
the need for food. This concept is not new; in fact, for thousands of
years, various cultures around the world have written of this ability.
In the third book of the Yoga Sutras, for example, approximately
twenty-five siddhis are listed as having extraordinary abilities. This
is a common theme throughout Buddhism, and various other spiritual
traditions as well. Clairvoyance, psychokinesis, and many more are all
special traits attributed to the siddhis, as is the liberation from
hunger and thirst.
Though modern day science has seen evidence of extended human
capacities like telepathy, remote viewing, and pre-cognition, very
little work has gone into examining breatharianism. Some brilliant minds
do believe it’s possible, however, including Nikola Tesla. In 1901, he
made the following argument:
My idea is that the development of life must lead to forms of existence that will be possible without nourishment and which will not be shackled by consequent limitations. Why should a living being not be able to obtain all the energy it needs for the performance of its life functions from the environment, instead of through consumption of food, and transforming, by a complicated process, the energy of chemical combinations into life-sustaining energy? (source)
Liberation from food and hunger does indeed sound unrealistic and,
from what we know of modern day biology, impossible. But the history of
science has shown us many times that the impossible can become the
possible in an instant. A great example of this is the recent discovery
that humans can actually influence their autonomic immune system using the power of the mind.
Let’s take a look at what happened when people who claimed that they don’t eat were examined by science.
Breatharianism
The Qigong practice of Bigu, and Qigong practices (which include the
liberation from food) examined by science have yielded some
extraordinary results. A study published in the American Journal of Chinese Medicine, as
seen in the the US National Library of Medicine, demonstrated that a
woman with special abilities was and is able to accelerate the
germination of specific seeds for the purposes of developing a more
robust seed stock. This is one example of many; you can find the study
and read more about it here.
The Catholic Charism of India also involves the claim of living well
without eating food. Dean Radin, Chief Scientist at the Institute of
Noetic Sciences, explains the concept in his book Supernormal: Science, Yoga, and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities:
The implication is that the human body can transmute ambient energy into nutrients, and through the practice of cultivating this ability one can live comfortably for as long as one wishes without food, and possibly without drinking water. This is described as a siddhi in the Yoga Sutras as Pada 111.30: liberation from hunger and thirst.
This flies in the face of a substantial body of medical knowledge, which has established that the human body can last about five days without water, and a few weeks at most without food. Beyond that, you’re dead. As a result, despite a host of historical examples of people lasting for years without eating, and sometimes without drinking, most nutritionists and biochemists regard such claims to be ridiculously impossible, and the people who make the claims—currently dozens to hundreds worldwide—to be seriously delusional. Some of those claimants may well be delusional. But all of them?
Prahlad Jani
Prahlad Jani is a local of Ahmedabad, India, who claims that at the
age of 11, the Hindu goddess Amba appeared to him and told him that he
would no longer have to eat food. He has apparently lived in a cave
since the 1970s, and claims not to have eaten anything for most of his
81 years (as of 2012).
Jani was tested in 2003 and in 2010 at Ahmedabad’s Sterling Hospital
by Dr. Sudhir Shah and his large team of doctors. Dr. Shah is a
consultant neurologist who has been practicing for 20 years, as well as
a professor and department head of neurology at KM School of PG Medicine
and Research.
During the first test, which took place in 2003, Jani was monitored
24/7 by hospital staff and video cameras, where it was confirmed that
Jani neither ate nor drank. He also did not show any physiological
changes which, according to modern day medicine, should be impossible.
This test took place over a 10 day period. Although it might not seem
like a significant amount of time, to go 10 days without food and water
and not experience any physiological changes is actually quite
astounding.
He was tested again at Sterling Hospital in 2010 from April 22nd to
May 6th. This time, he was observed by thirty-five researchers from the
Indian Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, among other
organizations. This time, Jani was observed to not eat or drink for two
weeks. As with the previous test, he exhibited no deleterious
effects from this abstention.
This truly is unbelievable, and goes against everything we know about
both human physiology and the nutritional requirements of the body.
As one might expect, neither these tests nor their results were
published in medical journals. The studies have also generated a lot of
criticism. The main arguments against these tests were, however, quite
weak in my opinion. One argument holds that Jani escaped the scrutiny of
the hospital staff and video cameras with the assistance of his
disciples, and that he did in fact eat/drink something. Yet hospital
staff maintains this is impossible because he was monitored around the
clock, as per the requirements of the study.
Even with these criticisms, the evidence is solid and appears to correspond with a known siddhi.
A statement from a scientific group (which included the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences) given to ABC News back in 2012 reads as follows:
We realized that, if this whole phenomenon really exists in a human being even for 15 days, it would have immense application in unraveling secrets of medical science and its application for human welfare.
Instead of ignoring this case, we selected to investigate further, in a rational and scientific way. We again make it clear that the purpose of this study was not to prove or disprove a person, but to explore a possibility in science and study a new phenomenon. (source)
It’s an interesting case, isn’t it?
Michael Werner
Another case comes from a doctor of chemistry named Michael Werner,
who is the managing director of a pharmaceutical research institute in
Switzerland. This man claims to not have eaten any solid food since
January 1st, 2001. He was studied in a ten-day observational test in
October 2004 by the intensive care unit at a hospital in Switzerland,
and as with Jani, displayed no significant or dangerous physiological
changes. These results have yet to be published, however.
Dean Radin offers an insightful explanation for why these results
might not ever be published, and for why not much attention has been
given to this phenomenon:
Perhaps the most curious aspect of the breatharian tests is the in-your-face nature of the claimed phenomenon and yet an almost complete lack of interest from the scientific community. If it is possible to live well without eating food, this ought to be easy to demonstrate, and if it held up, the scientific and social consequences would be astounding.
The fact is, as with many other observed phenomena that science can’t
explain, most researchers regard things like this as ridiculous and
extremely unlikely, and therefore don’t even take the time to look into
them. They dismiss the claims out of hand rather than approaching them
with scientific neutrality and curiosity.
Another reason for this silence could be simple fear; researchers
rely on funding from various parties, and they know it will be denied
them if the topic seems too ‘out there.’ They also know what kind of
criticism they would face from the mainstream scientific community
should they go ahead and publish a study on something so esoteric.
Werner learned of breathariansim from an Australian spiritual teacher
names Jasmuheen, who teaches how to transition from eating to not
eating. And Jasmuheen has also been the subject of a study, but she
began showing signs of stress, high blood pressure, and dehydration
after just 48 hours. As most of you reading this know, this is not
something you can just go and try. It can be very dangerous, and there
have been multiple reports of deaths occurring as a result of people
engaging in this practice. Clearly, there is much more involved than
simply refraining from eating or drinking.
The Science Of Fasting
Science is now showing just how beneficial food deprivation can be.
Mark Mattson, the current Chief of the Laboratory of Neuroscience at the
National Institute on Aging and a Professor of Neuroscience at Johns
Hopkins University, gave a great TED talk on fasting in 2014. This
practice has been shown to generate new stem cells, repair DNA, fight
cancer, fight both Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, and more.
It’s also interesting to note that all caloric restriction models in
animal studies have shown significant health benefits and improvements,
including a longer life span.
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