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INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS

Knowing that you are living mostly from pure energy dramatically changes your life perspective. You begin to better understand the way the mind works and you can master self-control. You receive a deeper understanding of reality—you realize you are playing a game and in this game you are the creator. It is a game played by consciousness. It is the game of being a human being and the theme of the game is: you as you see yourself here in this life. The levels of the game consist of your life experiences, your lessons and your spiritual growth.

A Happier Life

Playing the game as a breatharian allows you to choose how to perceive your life and the life you live becomes what you perceive it to be. Choose happiness and fitness and believe in your own inner strengths. When you understand you are the creator of your own reality, you discover heaven on earth.

A Worthwhile Challenge

Life is full of challenges and this is a gift! Think about it—without challenges there can be no growth. Each challenge teaches us more about ourselves and pushes our limitations and expectations higher and higher. It teaches us patience and self-discipline. It gives us more self-confidence.

Our memory system is directly connected to our senses as well as to our high and low emotional states. You will not remember what you did at 6pm on a normal Tuesday two weeks ago, but you will remember breaking your own bowling record since it is directly connected to a feeling of achievement—an important event. I like the expression, life is easy for those who live it hard because I believe one has to endure in order to appreciate. This is why over-spoiling our children can hinder them when they grow older. The feeling of your first hard-earned, money-bought item is better when you know you have worked to achieve it.

The challenge of being a breatharian can be great; some of the difficulties are discussed in a later chapter. Facing the challenges and overcoming them teaches us persistence and strengthens our ability to persevere. This builds strong character. A person who gives up quickly or who changes his or her mind all the time will invariably cope less well with difficulties throughout their lives. If we want to trust ourselves, we need to trust that we will persist when required, give all we can and do our sincere best before we give up.

Appreciation

A breatharian discovers how to truly appreciate sensory input. One learns how to appreciate even the tiniest flavor in a drink. Your sensitivity sensory stimulation is dramatically amplified. Those who go back to eating describe a newfound appreciation for the flavors and textures of food as well as for the endurance of the physical body—the vessel which has amazing abilities and enables us to have great experiences.

Less Sleep and Less Shopping

This is my personal favorite! The basic rule of thumb for a breatharian is that they only need about two thirds of their typical sleeping hours.

The most logical explanation for this is that the body requires less energy to digest food and is therefore less tired. I also have a more complex theory, namely that during sleep our minds sync with higher vibrations and the Higher Self.

As I understand it, breatharians require less sync-time because they are connected to their Higher Selves throughout the waking day. A normal human being either goes to sleep late and wakes up late or goes to sleep early and wakes up early. Research shows that only 4% of the population sleeps for about 3-4 hours a night. I used to envy this four percent; I am now one of them and sleep between three and five hours a night instead of seven to eight hours before my initiation. Sleeping less became a wonderful gift. I started to go to sleep between 1am to 3am and woke up around 6am or 7am to meditate and be the first one in the office (I love my job). As my mornings became longer, I took up frequent meditations and did basic exercises or read a chapter from an inspiring book before starting the day. I started watching movies, took long walks and learned to play the guitar.

All this additional time can be used for spiritual growth, learning and self-fulfillment. It is an opportunity for us to reach higher levels of self-mastery. Another reason for the decreased hours is that I became less preoccupied with food. I did not need to shop often, prepare food or wash the dishes. Shopping is now an occasional event to pick up some juice or basic fresh fruits for a tasty smoothie. This simpler life without feeling thirsty or hungry or needing to nourish myself with food also allows me to seek out exciting new taste experiences.

Financial Independence

Although this is not one of the main considerations you should think about before you become a breatharian, it is true that food is one of our highest living expenses. Whether the food comes from the supermarket, eating out or ordering in, most of our paychecks go toward feeding ourselves.

There are also indirect expenses such as spending money on gas to drive to stores. Saving money in this way makes us less dependent on the currently accepted system and allows us more money to spend on the things that ultimately make us happier as individuals. The key word here is: independence.

Not Thinking About Food

Because eating is a daily habit, most of us eat according to the clock. We wake up and eat; it’s one o’clock at work, so we eat; we come home from work and we eat. Some of us also have serious issues and a lot of self-judgment around eating. We judge ourselves by what we eat and how much we eat. We find ourselves in a negative or positive emotional state and either console ourselves or celebrate with food.

All of this hinges on our own perceived body image—how we physically look versus the way we think we look and the way we think others think and feel about the way we look. Our personal relationships with food are complicated and hard to define unless considered individually. Whether one is a body builder or a high school student, a tremendous amount of thinking and emotional energy goes into what, when, and how much we eat. As a breatharian, all this is simplified. It is a great advantage not to have to deal with any of this mind-play. These are the basic building blocks of happiness. In addition, if you are overweight before beginning the process, a breatharian lifestyle will ultimately bring you to your ideal weight. For most people, this means they can stop worrying about how they look, forget about diseases that may be incurred because of excess weight and accept that they are at their finest when they are living a breatharian life.