Man Claims To Go DECADES Without Food or Water (AMAZING STORY)

[THUNDER HANDS]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3236118.stm

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Doctors and experts are baffled by an Indian hermit who claims not to have eaten or drunk anything for several decades - but is still in perfect health.

Prahlad Jani, a holy man, or fakir, who is over 70 years old, has just spent 10 days under constant observation in Sterling Hospital, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.

During that time, he did not consume anything and "neither did he pass urine or stool", according to the hospital's deputy superintendent, Dr Dinesh Desai.

Yet he is in fine mental and physical fettle, say doctors.

Most people can live without food for several weeks, with the body drawing on its fat and protein stores. But the average human can survive for only three to four days without water.

Followers of Indian holy men and ascetics have often ascribed extraordinary powers to them, but such powers are seldom subject to scientific inspection.

[Richardo]

1. Hey! Found a photo...

[brainshrub]

2. LOL Right on!

This is going to be debunked soon.

[corarose]

6. LOL

:kick:

[Zuni]

8. LOL--great picture

that was a good one

[demnan]

3. A very interesting article

seems he has a hole in his palate for ingesting water that trickles down - still amazing he can go so long on so little sustanance.

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. he went 10 days without water

urin was seen entering his bladder, then it was absorbed right back INTO his bladder.

I've never heard about anything close to what's described in this article. Luckily I work in a hospital, so I'll be passing this around to doctors asking them their thoughts.

[Occulus]

10. A certain set of monks

and I honestly can't remember what sect, but I think they're in Tibet- are known for their ability to survive conditions, unprotected, that would kill any other person. They're in trance when they do it.

Clearly, the mind/body link goes much deeper, and is capable of much more, than current medical science can account for. It's a bit related to the saying 'the eyes are the windows to the soul'- the eyes are the only part of the brain that makes contact with the outside environment (I say 'part of the brain' as there's a direct connection between the eyes and the brain via to optic nerve); looking at someone's eyes can tell you a bit about what may be going on inside their head. It's been observed that truly evil people occasionally can have their eyes get darker over time. I read one report of a man who self-described as 'becoming evil' over time- since reformed- however, his family tells of his eyes actually getting darker as his mood progressively changed for the worse, eventually becoming almost entirely black. I saw a photo of the guy, once, on a Discovery Channel special about people who had a "near death experience"; the photo was taken just before he almost died, and his eyes were almost completely black. They were dead holes in his face, devoid of almost all humanity. It was creeeeeeepy.

Now, if our moods can control the color of our eyes (even mine change from green to grey-green for no apparent reason; seems to be connected to my mood), it stands to reason that the brain can have an effect on other aspects of our bodies as well. Persons with severe depression might show a weakened immune system; the very old, upon losing their lifelong spouse, are known to occasionally lose their desire to live and quite literally will themselves to death.

Again, I think this only points yet again to a brain-body link deeper than we are really willing to recognise, probably because it smacks of magic (keep in mind, these 'abilities', such as the guy in this article and th Tibetan monks I mentioned above, are usually ascribed to holy men of X religion). I personally think that we wouldn't have legends of 'magical' abilities if there weren't really something to it at the basest of levels.

Why can't people have these abilities? Why is it 'impossible'? Because we can't explain how it might happen?

Isn't that a bit thin?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

4. When I met Owsley in 1990,

you know, the LSD guy, he claimed that he was beefarian - and had consumed nothing but beef for many years. No bread, no vegetables, no chicken, no seafood, no grains, no fruit.


Right. :eyes:

[Zuni]

9. I heard that he was into weird stuff

He always was a weirdo, and I think I might have read that little tidbit in a book about the Dead.

[flamingyouth]

12. The origins of the Atkins diet, perhaps?

:evilgrin:

[Think Globally]

7. Followup story headline:

"Republicans cite example of Indian hermit to justify cuts to food stamps and school lunches."

[trackfan]

11. I remember, about 20 years ago

there was this guy in San Francisco who claimed to be President of the Breatharian Society, and that he neither ate nor drank anything. Some people actually believed this guy. An enterprising reporter tailed him, and caught him going into a McDonald's.