65 year old woman is attempting to live of LLE and sunlight...

[Propaganda]

Yahoo!

For the past five weeks, Seattle woman Naveena Shine, 65, has lived on water and sunlight as part of a bizarre experiment she's calling "Living on Light."

Naveena Shine has been living without food for more than a month. (Facebook)
For those you unfamiliar with the woefully unsound practice of breatharianism (think vegetarianism but without food), the people that follow the "diet" claim to live exclusively on water, sunshine and artificial light.
"Can a person indeed live on light without food? I intend to find out! If I'm not thriving, I will stop," she writes under the "About" section of her Facebook page.
Shine stopped eating on May 3, her 65th birthday, in an attempt to try breatharianism for four to six months. She has been documenting her progress on her website, Facebook page, and with YouTube videos. She sits in a controlled environment careful to waste too much energy by moving vigorously and has eight cameras documenting the whole affair. So far, she claims to be fairing well, save for some bile in her throat, nausea and constipation.
Errrr...did we mention she's lost 20 pounds so far?!
Also see: You might want to pass on this diet trend
Her fourth week YouTube update seems surprisingly upbeat and mentally clear as she says, "I don't think what I do here will satisfy any real scientist." Duh.
Her motivation is not entirely clear, though she does write on her website:
"Can you imagine, if we did not have to eat, just how free our lives would be? A vast amount of time, effort and resources go into merely putting food on the table."
Nevermind the fact that breatharianism, which some describe as a cult, is responsible for a at least three recorded deaths. Founded by Jasmuheen (birthname Ellen Greve), the former financial advisor claims we can get all the nutrition we need from prana, the universal life force.
As for Shine, she seems to be eating up the words of her leader and is now rationalizing her current physical experience.
Also see: The craziest fad 'diets' of all time
"I have the feeling that my body has reached a point where it has used up all its stored fats and is now looking around for what next to consume," she writes on Facebook.
"I suspect this might be the point where it decides either to find and hook into the source where it is able to live on Light, or consume the body for sustenance. I am doing all I can thorough consciousness to open up the space for ‘Living on Light.’ We shall see," she continues.
Translation? Shine believes she can live off of spiritual energy. That some other deeper force in the universe will help her along her journey and save her body from consuming itself for energy.
Of course this is extreme, but placed into a wider context of human beliefs throughout history, it may not be all that nutty. To date, there are still people on this planet, Evangelical Christians for example, who believe in all sorts of miracles -- including people being cured of life-threatening diseases and quadriplegics miraculously being able to walk.
Amen to that.

word to leyet.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

some dude started a cult/religion involving not eating and staring into the sun for energy, theres a documentary on it somewhere, he went to see an eye doctor and the doctor told him he had severe cornea damage and the dude was stunned

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

bytch thinks she's a plant. But even plants absorb nutrients through their roots.

 

[blackzeus]

If you didn't need to eat, why do you have a digestive system? This is retarded.

 

[yo moms]

If you sun gaze during the first and last hour of sunrise and sunset, it does no damage to your eyes at all. There's that man in India who hasn't drunk or ate in like 80 years and he's still alive fine.

 

[Type Username Here]

If you sun gaze during the first and last hour of sunrise and sunset, it does no damage to your eyes at all. There's that man in India who hasn't drunk or ate in like 80 years and he's still alive fine.

It's a hoax.

 

[yo moms]

It's a hoax.

They monitored him and he survived a week without water and food multiple times

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

@LeyeT.

 

[Type Username Here]

They monitored him and he survived a week without water and food multiple times

That was part of the hoax.

When Western Scientists tried to replicate the study they were denied the ability to do so. Several groups of scientists expressed interest in doing this in 2010. It's 2013 and they have not had the chance.

The two studies were performed by the same doctors and the results and methods heavily concealed.

 

[Blackout]

bytch thinks she's a plant. But even plants absorb nutrients through their roots.

 

[Brown_Pride]

so when she dies what's to be said? She didn't do it right? She didn't put miracle grow in her water?

 

[acri1]

Hopefully she reads about what happened to other people who tried this...

Swiss woman dies after attempting to live on sunlight; Woman gave up food and water on spiritual journey - NY Daily News

 

[OsO]

If you sun gaze during the first and last hour of sunrise and sunset, it does no damage to your eyes at all.

great post. this is an excellent spiritual practice and will produce many positive results.

That was part of the hoax.

When Western Scientists tried to replicate the study they were denied the ability to do so. Several groups of scientists expressed interest in doing this in 2010. It's 2013 and they have not had the chance.

The two studies were performed by the same doctors and the results and methods heavily concealed.

just out of curiosity, why do you definitively say its a hoax? clearly the veil placed over the situation does not allow us full access to all information, but why make a conclusion one way or the other if you dont have to? imo the mind operates much better in this state

so when she dies what's to be said? She didn't do it right? She didn't put miracle grow in her water?

highly improbable any human can just up and decide at 65 years young to start surviving on life force energy. the thoughts, emotions, and physical body all need to be operating in unison at top levels to survive only off the breath. it's an objective that takes a level of intention and will most humans cannot even imagine.

 

[Type Username Here]

just out of curiosity, why do you definitively say its a hoax? clearly the veil placed over the situation does not allow us full access to all information, but why make a conclusion one way or the other if you dont have to? imo the mind operates much better in this state
.

If someone walks up to you with a box, and they say to you "I have God inside this box" and you ask him to show it to you and he says no, would you be skeptical?

The man made his claims. Western scientists took him at his and the doctor's word and wanted to replicate the study under their own control, and both times it was denied.

Also, simple biology would say that such a feat is impossible. So, if you are claiming to do the impossible, people should be skeptical

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

great post. this is an excellent spiritual practice and will produce many positive results.



just out of curiosity, why do you definitively say its a hoax? clearly the veil placed over the situation does not allow us full access to all information, but why make a conclusion one way or the other if you dont have to? imo the mind operates much better in this state



highly improbable any human can just up and decide at 65 years young to start surviving on life force energy. the thoughts, emotions, and physical body all need to be operating in unison at top levels to survive only off the breath. it's an objective that takes a level of intention and will most humans cannot even imagine.

So do you think that someone could live on nothing but sunlight and water as long as they started young enough?