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THE MANY BENEFITS OF A BREATHARIAN LIFESTYLE

Becoming a breatharian presents a great and exciting challenge to the spiritual seeker. It is a lifestyle choice not to be lightly undertaken and should only be pursued by people who feel a genuine inner calling. If you can accept that a pranic lifestyle is possible and if you have the desire to connect to a higher calling to push yourself to your own maximum potential, you might be ready to become one. You should however, understand that such a journey requires you to appreciate a power greater than yourself—whether you call it God, Spirit, Higher Self or any other name that describes faith in a greater power.

It is also important to recognize that becoming a breatharian is not the same as committing to an endless fast. This is what many people fail to understand when they first hear about this lifestyle. Breatharians have simply traded the traditional nutritional source of food for a purer source called prana.

This may sound daunting and difficult but from my own experience, I can say it is much easier than you may think. Don’t let your imagination and anxiety get the better of you!

Most people are afraid of fasting without ever having experienced it; simply the idea keeps them from entertaining a breatharian lifestyle. People who complete a fast often recount that it was much easier than they expected, as long as they maintained the right mindset.

Many breatharians undergo one of the known breatharian initiations (discussed in Chapter 7), like the Pranic Living Group Initiation, simply for the experience and then go back to eating normally soon after. Remember, this is not a one-way track and no one expects you to make a lifelong commitment. The process of transformation itself has enormous benefits for personal development, so if you are interested in undergoing the process even just once, I recommend that you continue your own research and find a guide or a group to assist you. The pranic initiation is easier than most people think. The real challenge starts right after, but this lifestyle brings many gifts and is totally worth it! I have categorized these gifts into four sections: Health Benefits, Individual Benefits, Spiritual Benefits and Environmental Benefits.