Is breatharianism true?

[TheSomeBody]

 

i am here just to put my thoughts and get some perspectives

The Breatharian Experiment

First of all, there have been experiments involving breatharians, and the results are staggering—almost unbelievable. But skeptics argue that:

He could just be fasting and eating in secret as doctors recommend.

He might be lying for money, fame, or other reasons.

His muscular physique could be due to a well-planned diet rather than breatharian practices.

So, is he lying? And if so, why?

Why Would a Breatharian Lie?

Money?
If he’s doing this for money, it doesn’t add up. He already has a well-paying job in high-tech, and his retreats are relatively cheap—€2,500 for nine days, including a room (but no food, obviously). These retreats usually have fewer than ten participants, and most people only attend once in their life. If he wanted to make money, he could easily earn more by teaching yoga or something similar.

Risk vs. Reward
These retreats are dangerous. Why would he take such a huge risk for so little financial gain? If he were only in it for profit, this seems like a terrible business decision.

Fame?
If he’s seeking fame, it doesn’t seem worth it. He’s mostly ridiculed online, has a harder time dating and making friends, and barely gets any attention these days compared to eight years ago. Yet, he continues doing this year after year. If fame were his goal, why keep going when it’s not benefiting him anymore?

A Cult or Personal Gain?
Unlike some spiritual movements, he doesn’t have a group of devoted followers. He’s not gaining power, status, or sex from this. So if he’s lying, what’s the motivation?

The Big Questions:

Are breatharians lying? If so, what’s their real reason?

If they’re not lying, could their claims actually be true? If breatharianism is real, it sounds like an amazing way to live.

[The Crocodile]

It's definitely possible. Most of the people that claim to be doing it are probably fake though.

There's a specific knowledge for how to do it, and even then you have to put a lot of effort into it.

The Shiva Samhita gives explicit instructions for how to levitate with specific practices, and by them you're able to levitate it also says you're able to eat as much as you want without harm or to not eat at all, without harm.

Tom Campbell (the physicist) went 15 days without eating trying to transcend it. And Aurobindo doing a 10-day fast and sleep depriving in solitary confinement he partially physically levitated. He also later did another fast where he said, "I fasted for 20 days, did not sleep, observed no rules in breaking the fast. I did not feel weakened. Only the body got emaciated. The physical substance in the body (cells) gets disintegrated and it must often be newly built up by food, otherwise the body sinks." Basically he didn't figure out how to replace the physical stuff in the body without other physical stuff being food, but he did remain high energy the whole time through prana.

Edited February 26 by The Crocodile

[Something Funny]

Sounds legit.

There are 8 billion people on our planet and not a single one of them became a breatharian and agreed to participate in an actual monitored study.

Not a single yogi decided to step up and share this incredible breakthrough with the rest of humanity, potentially solving world hunger, reducing our polution, environmental impact, allowing people to go on long voyages withouth having to stock tons of food.

I guess they just don't care

 

[TheSomeBody]

17 hours ago, Something Funny said:

Sounds legit.

There are 8 billion people on our planet and not a single one of them became a breatharian and agreed to participate in an actual monitored study.

Not a single yogi decided to step up and share this incredible breakthrough with the rest of humanity, potentially solving world hunger, reducing our polution, environmental impact, allowing people to go on long voyages withouth having to stock tons of food.

I guess they just don't care

 

just listen to the video i put on the post and you will discover that he answers all the things you are talking about...

21 hours ago, The Crocodile said:

It's definitely possible. Most of the people that claim to be doing it are probably fake though.

There's a specific knowledge for how to do it, and even then you have to put a lot of effort into it.

The Shiva Samhita gives explicit instructions for how to levitate with specific practices, and by them you're able to levitate it also says you're able to eat as much as you want without harm or to not eat at all, without harm.

Tom Campbell (the physicist) went 15 days without eating trying to transcend it. And Aurobindo doing a 10-day fast and sleep depriving in solitary confinement he partially physically levitated. He also later did another fast where he said, "I fasted for 20 days, did not sleep, observed no rules in breaking the fast. I did not feel weakened. Only the body got emaciated. The physical substance in the body (cells) gets disintegrated and it must often be newly built up by food, otherwise the body sinks." Basically he didn't figure out how to replace the physical stuff in the body without other physical stuff being food, but he did remain high energy the whole time through prana.

why would they lie about it if they make not much money?

[The Crocodile]

5 hours ago, TheSomeBody said:

why would they lie about it if they make not much money?

Somebody would prefer to sell ice cream over being a Wall Street stockbroker.

Like they just like it more.

[The Renaissance Man]

On 2/26/2025 at 8:37 AM, TheSomeBody said:

€2,500 for nine days

This is not cheap! €2,500 x 10 people is €25,000! In nine days!

Maybe it's not super expensive as a retreat, but still it's enough money to really want to try to get yourself known. Say he eventually made 1x month, that's €300k per year. Make it 20 people, and that's €600k. Would some lie for this kind of money? ...

 

On 2/26/2025 at 8:37 AM, TheSomeBody said:

If he’s seeking fame, it doesn’t seem worth it.

There are 5 billion people posting on social media, 95% of them for approval. Seeking fame is as natural as seeking food. If you see an opening to grow an audience, you'll want to binge on it.

 

I am with the doctors on this one.

I just made a post on this kind of topic: 

When in doubt, think: wrong until proven right. And the only proof here is this dude's word, making a crazy claim. Hmmmmmmmmmm