Solartarian?
According to Hira Ratan Manek you can live off of solely sunshine (first hour of morning light and last hour of the evening light) and liquid. He claims never to get tired or jet lag traveling all the time to give lectures. He claims only to sleep 4 hours a night.
How does it accomplish this? There are several major and minor supernatural abilities that yogis can learn to develop. Not eating for long periods of time is one of them. I’m not talking about just a month or so but over a year and longer.
Hira Ratan Manek claims to live off of sunlight and water. In 2000 he went 411 days without food documented by 21 doctors and scientists and later on went over 130 days documented by Thomas Jefferson and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
http://www.solarhealing.com/
According to an interview with raw foodist David Wolfe David mentions Hira has not eaten food in ten years.
http://www.sungazing.com/
Disclaimer: do not ever stare directly into the sun due to the possibility of eye damage and blindness. it is at your own risk that you would participate in such an activity.
His formula was simple, stand on the earth and stare directly at the sun for 10 seconds with an addition of 10 seconds each day. In 6 months your hungers would be under control and understood. Stand there for 10 months you would never have the need for food again. Not only that, but, you would not have to stare at the sun again. After 44 minutes of sungazing one would be ‘full’, energized, just like a solar charged battery. There was no need to continue the practice; so, within a year HRM was preaching anyone could reach an incredible level freedom.
Very interesting article, but… Human beings are incapable of photosynthesis, other than Vitamin D there is nothing that sunlight can give us, nutritionally (and Vitamin D is produced by our bodies in reaction to ultraviolet rays, it’s not like the sun’s rays are magically nutritious).
A human being that has not eaten in 10 years – there’s billions of those (6 feet under the ground!).
I looked at the site and though Mr. Manek’s site claims extensive research (even by the University of Pennsylvania), there is no proof, no links to scientific research, data, experiment notes, etc. All the accessible documents are PDF documents that have no official stamps, seals, etc. and are all archived and hosted by the domain name that Manek’s site has (meaning it’s not a link to an actual study at University of Pennsylvania’s webpages).
With further available research and documentation, I’d be more able to comment further.
It’s really interesting, obviously, but I’m just not sure how it is possible from a medical point of view.
However, discounting ALL of that, on a spiritual basis only, I do believe in miracles and I do believe in very peculiar, supernatural things occurring on Earth that cannot be explained by modern science. So it is entirely possible from a spiritual, religious standpoint, but I don’t really want to apply personal religious beliefs to scientific fact.
Very interesting article, but… Human beings are incapable of photosynthesis, other than Vitamin D there is nothing that sunlight can give us, nutritionally (and Vitamin D is produced by our bodies in reaction to ultraviolet rays, it’s not like the sun’s rays are magically nutritious).
A human being that has not eaten in 10 years – there’s billions of those (6 feet under the ground!).
I looked at the site and though Mr. Manek’s site claims extensive research (even by the University of Pennsylvania), there is no proof, no links to scientific research, data, experiment notes, etc. All the accessible documents are PDF documents that have no official stamps, seals, etc. and are all archived and hosted by the domain name that Manek’s site has (meaning it’s not a link to an actual study at University of Pennsylvania’s webpages).
With further available research and documentation, I’d be more able to comment further.
It’s really interesting, obviously, but I’m just not sure how it is possible from a medical point of view.
However, discounting ALL of that, on a spiritual basis only, I do believe in miracles and I do believe in very peculiar, supernatural things occurring on Earth that cannot be explained by modern science. So it is entirely possible from a spiritual, religious standpoint, but I don’t really want to apply personal religious beliefs to scientific fact.
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How does it accomplish this? Lack of sunlight upon the human body effects the brain adversely. While I think the claims are exaggerated, there is certainly an effect on the hypothalamus from the exposure to sunlight.
While it’s true the human body doesn’t photosynthesize, it is however sensitive to the amount of sunlight it receives.
I would certainly need to see the evidence of these claims before I’d bite. If humans could live without spending $$$ on nutrition they guy would be a gazillionaire.
How old was Thomas Jefferson by then?..LOL
Perhaps whatever effect the technique actually has on a human is similar to the effects of lack of sunlight on those diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder?
http://www.nosad.org/
Tell Mr. Wolfe I haven’t eaten in 11. You can’t prove/disprove either mine nor Hira’s claims.
Note: I wouldn’t recommend the methods of "staring at the sun" that website encourages.
"Stand there for 10 months you would never have the need for food again."—you would be blind way before that. You would burn out your retinas or something along those lines.
What if it’s a cloudy day? Do you have to start from scratch?
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I’d have to see the data and methodology first.
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I believe the guy drinks tea, lots of tea with lots of milk.
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Sounds like quackery to me. I don’t believe it and I’m not sending him any of my money.
It reminds of "Autobiography of a Yogi." There were all kinds of Indian holy men in that book who claimed to have magical powers.
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