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BREATHARIANISM

What Is A Breatharian?

A breatharian is a person who chooses to live mostly or completely from pranic nourishment. A breatharian does not need food to survive. However, they will probably choose to continue ‘tasting’ food for pleasure. A breatharian has escaped the hunger-compensation cycle completely and is free from food dependency.

The two processes currently known to me that allow one to become a breatharian are sungazing and pranic nourishment via the pranic living process. These transformational processes are discussed in later chapters. Each of these processes naturally increases the percentage of prana in the body and if an individual persists, the intake can increase up to 100%. Most people have less than 10% prana in their bodies and they run on electricity and need to be plugged into food for energy. By contrast, a breatharian runs on wireless solar power.

Currently, there are approximately 50,000 people who have undergone the pranic living process. Unfortunately, due to the challenges which this lifestyle entails (see Chapter 9), many people do not persist in this choice. There are only a few thousand practicing breatharians in the world. Despite this, the pranic living process itself can be a very positive life-changing event even if you do not continue to follow a breatharian lifestyle. It is getting increasing attention as more and more people become seekers of knowledge, looking for ways to be healthier and experience life more fully.

Most choose to eat or drink in small quantities, but not regularly. This practice is not based on a need to eat, but a desire to experience taste and texture or to fulfill social commitments. I calculate that a breatharian consumes between zero and one-third of his/her original recommended caloric intake because they no longer need to balance the body with nutrients. The pranic living process itself changes and balances the four physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. That being said, a sensation of hunger can be triggered by negative emotional states.

I proved to surprised doctors through my television exposure that contrary to current scientific belief, my blood composition did not change when I stopped eating and drinking. I neither felt weak nor was I bedridden. The breatharian way of life is thus an option open to whoever is willing to take on the challenge and receive its many advantages but it is generally not suitable, appetizing or lasting for the majority of people alive today (more about this in Chapter 6).