[greenbunny]

Did you meant to "not" natural in your post DH?

Just for you DH I will summarize what I wrote:

There is no reason to believe anyone who says that they are a breatharian without simple proofs - especially since there hasn't been one Westerner out of many claiments that has passed simple tests (there might be one Indian Sufi, but that is uncertain because he did lose weight). I talked about many individual cases. There is even less reason to believe that "anyone can do it". This is an utterly ridiculous thing to say and brings even more doubt to other claims.

I hold my mind open to anything being possible and holding one's mind open is a beautiful thing and species do evolve in often strange ways. There's no telling what our next evolutionary step is. It could be radically different than what we obvioulsy need now. However, believing someone that you don't know (especially over the internet) and starting to starve yourself slowly based on such unverified claims makes no sense. People have died already because they believed fully in someone's claims that they had become a breatharian and believed unflinchingly that they could do so too because she told them they could. When the original claimant was tested, she failed.

Put simply - it's silly to believe everything you hear or read, but keeping your mind open to wonders and miracles keeps you open to experiences beyond what the world sees as possible. You can have an open spiritual faith and use your intellectual discernment at the same time. Until someone actually proves that they have accomplished this there is no reason to believe the process that they dictate to you for accomplishing it - especially if it dangerous.

There have been claimants that say they have used spiritual means to become breatharians suddenly with no starvation, never losing a pound and only gaining in energy. It seems more prudent to believe them than to believe someone who says that you should starve yourself slowly and that anyone can do it.

I am trying to be the voice of reason for those that might read this that aren't thinking clearly. I am saying simply: Don't starve yourself based upon unverified claims.

Greenbunny