Is That a Fact? by Schwarcz Dr. Joe

Author:Schwarcz, Dr. Joe [Schwarcz, Dr. Joe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781770905283
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 2014-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

Breatharians and Nutritarians

Breatharians and nutritarians. Never heard of them? One represents the extent of human folly, while the other is a scientifically legitimate attempt to improve health. A breatharian is a person who, under the proper conditions, can live without food. Who says so? Wiley Brooks, who just happens to be the founder of the Breatharian Institute of America. “If food is so good for you, how come the body keeps trying to get rid of it?” asks this mental wizard. “Eating is an acquired habit,” Brooks continues, “all of the constituents we need can be taken from the air we breathe.”

Of course one must ascend to a certain spiritual level before one can forego food, and Mr. Brooks is happy to show us the way. But a consultation with this ascended master, who claims to have not eaten for over thirty years, doesn’t come cheap. The minimal fee is $10,000! Just think, though, of all the money you’ll be saving by not having to buy food for the rest of your life. Brooks apparently has lots of experience in advising others to attain “incredible love, peace, and joy” through living on air. You see, he has had past lives as Adam, Zeus, Jesus, John the Baptist, Joseph Smith, and curiously, William Mulholland, an engineer who designed Los Angeles’ aqueduct system. Quite a puzzle even for believers in reincarnation, given that Jesus and John the Baptist were contemporaries.

You would think that Brooks is a unique looney. He’s not. Ellen Greve, who has taken on the name of Jasmuheen, heads the CIA. No, not that CIA! This “Cosmic Internet Academy” is in Australia and “offers some unusual solutions to world hunger and health issues.” Unusual is right. The solution to world hunger is “pranic nourishment.” “Prana” is the universal life force that can provide all. It does seem to provide nicely for Greve, who charges $2,000 for her enlightening seminars about eliminating food except for tea and an occasional bit of chocolate or ice cream when she needs a “taste orgasm.”

When the Australian version of 60 Minutes challenged her to put her breath where her mouth is, that is demonstrate that she can live on an intake of “cosmic particles,” she failed miserably. A physician ordered the test stopped because this sage, who had authored a book about a twenty-one-day program that allows the body to stop aging and attain immortality by living solely on light, was on the verge of proving her mortality as her kidneys began to shut down. Her rationale? The polluted city air was void of nutrients.

Jasmuheen lived to see another day after being rehydrated, but the same cannot be said for four unfortunate souls whose deaths from dehydration have been linked to their having followed her zany publications. Jasmuheen explains that such tragedies can occur if you haven’t found the light that will nourish you.

Prahlad Jani, an Indian guru, apparently has found the divine light. He claims to have lived without food or water since 1940.

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