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  Inedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Breatharians claim that the body can be sustained solely by prana (the vital life force in Hinduism), or according to some, by the energy in sunlight.
Breatharianism or inedia may also refer to this philosophy practiced as a lifestyle in place of the usual diet.
While it is often seen as an esoteric practice performed by eastern ascetics, recently some groups such as the Breatharian Institute of America have promoted the practice as an option for anybody, once the proper techniques for accessing it are made known.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Breatharian   (1017 words)

  
 Breatharian - Wikipedia
Een Breatharian is iemand die een dieet volgt waarin geen voedsel (en mogelijk ook geen water) wordt geconsumeerd.
Breatharians claimen dat ze leven van 'lichtenergie' (of prana), en dat dit 'dieet' een mogelijkheid is voor iedereen, zodra de juiste technieken bekend zijn.
De beweging meent dat het "niet eten" geen "alles of niets" kwestie is; velen eten een tijd niets en dan weer een tijdje wel (meestal heel licht en vegetarisch).
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Breatharian   (271 words)

  
 Breatharian Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
There is no accepted scientific evidence for any of the claims put forward by the breatharians.
The only breatharian to undergo scientific scrutiny -- Ellen Greve (aka Jasmuheen) -- became ill and bowed out after a few days without food or water, citing stress as the cause for her symptoms.
The breatharian movement also suffered a credibility blow some years ago when another of its leading lights, Wiley Brooks, was caught sneaking into a hotel and ordering a chicken pie.
www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/b/br/breatharian.html   (201 words)

  
 Guardian | Let them eat air...
Breatharians claim to live on cosmic light alone, but their leaders have been dogged by rumours of furtive snacking.
Breatharians call it "pranic nourishment", and argue that they have discovered not just a source of enhanced energy, better health and a more fulfilling sex life, but a viable solution to world hunger.
A copy of Jasmuheen's best-selling breatharian primer Living on Light was among her possessions, and her diary suggests she had embarked upon the 21-day initiation programme recommended in the book - beginning with a week of complete abstention from food and drink.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,3906584-103409,00.html   (1040 words)

  
 Life Style Without Food   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Also, we don't call anybody a breatharian when one is fasting or on starvation diet, despite the fact that food is not consumed during some time, because such situation lasts only temporary and then food consumption is resumed.
Breatharianism is more like one of characteristic features of a life style and is not restricted to stopping all food intake.
Because a breatharian sets her/himself free from the need to feed the body, she/he has got the choice to eat or not to eat, but one thing is certain, that the breatharians don't need to eat to keep the body working normally.
www.geocities.com /joachimmwerdin   (1417 words)

  
 Breatharianism :: Swallowing air   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Breatharians claim we could all tap into their nourishing life force if only we attained their level of discipline and enlightenment.
Now the alpha breatharian is Jasmuheen, an Australian woman who says she quit eating in 1993 and has since altered her DNA to make food all the more unnecessary.
Two Australian breatharians went to jail for letting another initiate starve to death in 1998, and a German death the year before is tied to the teachings.
www.religionnewsblog.com /archives/00000547.html   (826 words)

  
 All they need is the air ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Breatharians claim to be nourished by prana, a Hindu term for the universal life force.
The Breatharians' findings - based on surveys of those who have completed the 21-day fast and interviews with alternative health practitioners - will be published in late 1999.
Many of the Breatharians' ideas are based on the teachings of St Germain, a 16th century European monk and alchemist, through his writings and "more recent channelled material".
www.rickross.com /reference/breat/breat06.html   (583 words)

  
 Media Interviews with Jasmuheen - Bangkok Metro
Breatharianism is the ability to absorb all the nutrients, vitamins and nourishment one requires, to maintain a healthy physical vehicle, from the universal life force, or chi energy.
Many breatharians choose to have the odd taste to satisfy the taste buds - this may be in the form of a chocolate biscuit once a month or whatever they are drawn to.
Many breatharians have embedded their conscious awareness in the eternal now and choose to meditate formally for the joy of being in the stillness without the external distraction often experienced in a busy Western culture.
www.selfempowermentacademy.com.au /copy_of_jasmuheen/_disc3/00000009.htm   (3877 words)

  
 Breatharian Breatharianism, Inedia Inediate, Life Style Without Food, non-eating.
This is a state of man (breatharian, inediate, non-eater) characterized (among other things) by the absence of eating, resulting from (or rather being a stage on the way to) expanding of the Consciousness sphere in which a person lives.
Permanent non-eating, inedia or breatharianism are states which usually appear as a side effect of expanding one's sphere of the Consciousness.
Because an inediate or breatharian sets him/herself free from the need to feed the body, he/she has the choice to eat or not to eat, but one thing is for sure, a real inediate or breatharian does not need to eat to keep the body working normally.
www.breatharian.info   (1419 words)

  
 Rotten Tomatoes Forums - To all you Breatharians out there:
I'd really like to talk to a breatharian who's been faithfully practicing for 20 or more years and buy a used car and some real estate from him or her.
Wiley: A Breatharian is a person who is in alignment with the philosophy of Breatharianism, just as a Catholic is a person who is in alignment with Catholicism and a Mormon is a person who is in alignment with Mormonism.
Breatharianism is relative to the breathing of air for food.
www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=379588   (965 words)

  
 Breatharian - Encyclopedia, History and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Both current scientific theories about nutrition and generally accepted common sense indicate that a person who followed these diets would die of starvation (if only a no food diet) or thirst (if both no food and no water).
The breatharian movement also suffered a credibility blow some years ago when another of its leading lights, Wiley Brooks, was caught sneaking into a hotel and ordering a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich.
Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi details two alleged historical examples of breatharianism, Giri Bala and Teresa Neumann.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Breatharian   (278 words)

  
 The Daily Ping: The Breatharians (7/21/2000)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The conclution I came to was that normal breathing and light is not enough to sustain the body.
Breatharianism is not something you want to do...its something you become when you are superconsious
HRM drinks tea, buttermilk, eats fruit etc and is not a breatharian, check this false claims made about and concerning a test etc with NASA, and research shows it is not true.
www.dailyping.com /archive/2000/07/21   (2556 words)

  
 How to become a breatharian, inediate - methods.
Symptoms may be such as a loathing for food, sicknesses, and vomiting accompanied with every attempt of eating.
Probably this is the most rare method of becoming a breatharian, if at all we can say here about any method.
In this method, a person is convinced about possibility of becoming a breatharian by forcing the organism to stop eating.
www.breatharian.info /methods.html   (1069 words)

  
 Breatharianism : Jasmuheen Apologetics research resources on religious cults and sects
Breatharianism is a concept which promotes living on light and almost entirely without food and liquids.
Breatharians believe they are sustained by Pranic light, an ancient spiritual belief in the light of God which is found across the universe and inside everyone.
Continuous fasting, known as "breatharianism", is also practised by Tibetan monks but for shorter periods.
www.apologeticsindex.org /b12.html   (622 words)

  
 Breatharians
A breatharian is a person who does not eat or drink and is nourished by pure energy.
Some sources say that breatharians live of light, some say they live of prana, others say it is sunlight, or air.
The second category of breatharians are the ones who do not live of light, but do not eat or drink.
www.angelfire.com /stars3/breathe_light/types.html   (1007 words)

  
 breatharian
She is a very religious person, and she stopped eating because she simply felt it was something she should do.
She did not even know the word "Breatharian." HISTORICAL BREATHARIANS (This section is a copy of a page from Dr. J.
It was reported by Hilton Hotema of Health Research that Marie Frutner, a Bavarian girl, lived on water without food for 40 years and was under observation for a time in Munich in 1835.
blog.lide.cz /breatharian/2004/07/21/203   (620 words)

  
 Gettingit.com: Living On (Hot) Air
That's the view of many Breatharians, devotees of the theory that you can "be free of the addiction of food," in the words of movement guru Jasmuheen, and subsist on nothing but air and light.
So you see that for a Breatharian the air is so deadly that we have to take something not to increase energy but to decrease the sensitivity to the air.
Linn's co-workers say they didn't know her to be a Breatharian, but she was found with a copy of Living on Light and a diary indicating she was engaged in a 21-day fast.
www.gettingit.com /article/344   (969 words)

  
 Is living as a breatharian really a possibility ?
All breatharians who say they are, all seem to drink something or eat something here and there or more.
We can all say we are breatharians if we say we eat when we want to or if we want to etc, if we all breath than we can say we are breatharians I guess.
Living without food, also known as breatharian seems to not be possible from what I have seen.
livingonlight.org /cgi-bin/YaBB-en/YaBB.pl?board=LOL&action=display&num=1087331813   (770 words)

  
 Breatharian info and resources.
It is a fact, that majority of breatharians are a highly spiritual developed people, who are not interested in fame and publicity.
A lot of them are barely recognizable because you can invite them for a dinner, to pub, they can participate in parties and then they eat in order to avoid sensation, however they need neither food nor liquids to keep the body in perfect condition.
One of a very few persons on Earth, who can explain breatharianism so well, based on her own experience and tuning in the matter.
www.breatharian.info /breatharians.html   (1943 words)

  
 web.scan
According to the Breatharians, this whole business of eating and drinking is a kind of addiction passed on from parents to their children.
But these days, Brooks himself seems to be keeping a lower profile, and the new rising star of Breatharianism is Ellen Greve, a 42 year old Australian woman who now calls herself Jasmuheen.
According to Stang, the Breatharians suffered a bit of a setback in the 80s when Wiley Brooks was discovered to have been making secret late-night trips to pick up junk food from his local convenience stores.
www.infidels.org /infidels/web.scan/1999/scan11.html   (1308 words)

  
 Breatharianism - Living on Light
A breatharian is a person who is nourished by light and has no need for food or drink.
Breatharianism is within human potential, but for most it remains dormant.
She has gone public about being breatharian, and helps many realize their inner wish of living on light.
www.angelfire.com /stars3/breathe_light/breatharianism.html   (445 words)

  
 Breatharians: Liberated From Food, Drink And Good Sense
It's hard to believe that a no-food, no-water cult known as "breatharianism," is still around and breathing.
At least 23 people have died after trying to live on a bare-bones diet consisting mostly of breathing techniques and exposure to light, according to a news report in the Skeptic.
Breatharianism is a phony, phony concept and I can remember one so-called follower who was interviewed on television and claimed to live without food or water.
www.healthcentral.com /drdean/408/29389.html   (410 words)

  
 DailyOM - Breatharians
Breatharians believe that human beings can be completely sustained by light energy, known as prana which can be harvested most efficiently by simply breathing clean air.
Many Breatharians abstain from most or all liquid and solid foods and choose instead to rely on fresh air as the substance that builds and nurtures their physical bodies.
Breatharianism goes together with the realization that we are all spiritual beings sustained by healing breath and that as such, we are all members of the same global family.
www.dailyom.com /articles/2004/292.html   (347 words)

  
 Brigham Young University - Idaho Scroll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Breatharians believe that living off of air and light alone is not only healthy, but essentially more beneficial than food, according to www.breatharians.com.
Jasmuheen, an Australian Breatharian woman, was challenged by Australia’s 60 Minutes TV to live under surveillance without food.
While Breatharians may continue to live without food, a healthy diet is still considered the most nourishing way of life.
www.byui.edu /scroll/092402/11.html   (329 words)

  
 Breatharian lifestyle
This may for many aspiring breatharians be the greatest obstacle to overcome, I know it is for me. Not only do we have old habits to break and a new structure to make for our lives, the reactions of people in our lives is not always positive.
It helps make breatharianism known, understood, and most of all accepted, and people who feel it is right for them shouldn't have to hide it or be treated negatively.
And the more breatharians who go public, the easier it will be for the breatharians who don't want all the fuss or criticism.
www.angelfire.com /stars3/breathe_light/lifestyle.html   (1066 words)

  
 Living and Raw Foods: Brian Clement Workshop notes
Second, although becoming a breatharian is not feasible for most of us, one thing is clear: if you practice certain yoga deep breathing exercises known as pranayama, you can significantly reduce the amount of food and sleep you require.
Basically, the issue of breatharianism is primarily a spiritual topic, and not a scientific topic.
* a current advocate of breatharianism advises her followers that they can eat for social purposes or fun, and still consider themselves breatharians (such a claim is highly suspicious, in my view).
www.living-foods.com /articles/clement.html   (2035 words)

  
 JErm’s Blog » Breatharians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
But at the very top of the holier-than-thou diet list are breatharians, who claim to subsist on nothing but air and light.
The most well-known advocate of breatharianism is Jasmuheen (nee Ellen Greve), a former businesswoman from Australia who claims she hasn’t eaten any real food since 1993.
breatharian or not, i will still gain weight because my body metabolism is shit.
www.jermexpress.com /archives/2005/06/20/breatharians   (740 words)

  
 breatharian
Breatharian Institute is based in Boston MA, USA with Prana Peter as director and with branch in Providence, RI, USA which is run by Michelle Woo: dailyprana@yahoo.com http://photos.yahoo.com/dailyprana her picture is under the text in this article
Breatharianism, or living on air and/or light is the ideal state for humans, sadly, the presently polluted state of our planet makes this very difficult to achieve.
Well, she did a lot for popularization of breatharianism and as far as I know she is very respected in her native Australia with vegan, raw food community.
blog.lide.cz /breatharian/english   (13291 words)

  
 Hoax Forum Topic: Breatharians
Wiley Brooks (Head of the Breatharian Institute of America) claims that by abstaining from food and living on air alone, one can live for centuries.
I don't have the article at hand, but the consensus is that the Breatharians are obviously lying when they claim that they are living on air alone.
There was another case where they isolated a Breatharian woman in a room for 2 weeks.
www.museumofhoaxes.com /hoax/forum/forum_comments/1750   (341 words)

  
 breatharian
This is from one of my friend in my group; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/breatharians where we talked about connection between being barefoot all the time and prana circulation...
The point is that's very important for breatharians to be barefoot as much as possible to get alternative energy from Earth...
ADVERTISEMENT Cultural Anthropology wise: it has been reported that in Australia the Arunta people - when needing to discuss "important" issues in a conversation sit on the ground.
blog.lide.cz /breatharian/2004/06/02/131   (411 words)

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