The Strange World of Breatharianism
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2020
- In 2013, a RUclipsr named Naveena Shine documented her attempt to become a breatharian-a person who claims to nourish themselves on air and light, rather than food. Breatharianism has been operating in the far fringes of new age esoterica for decades, with its history of fraudulent gurus, public humiliation, and tragedy.
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Original Soundtrack by Ryan Probert: ruclips.net/p/PL5a3UXdh_ybYHwzb-JFbMTmm3TWlFOJ1m
Further reading/viewing:
Naveena's Living on Light RUclips channel: ruclips.net/channel/UCMBZdxVz9EnXolJn2sFenag
Jasmuheen's 60 Minutes broadcast: ruclips.net/video/cnCuzUd4eC0/видео.html&t
Wiley Brooks' book: web.archive.org/web/20191116020344/www.breatharian.com/books/Breatharianism-Breathe-and-Live-Forever-by-Wiley-Brooks.pdf
Wiley's website: breatharian.com/
PA Straubinger's website: www.lightdocumentary.com/
"The People Who Think Air is Food" by Breena Kerr: www.gq.com/story/breatharians-the-people-who-think-air-is-food
Interview with Naveena: www.vice.com/en/article/9bnx4a/the-woman-living-off-water-tea-and-light-for-100-days
Interview with Wiley: www.vice.com/en/article/kwpzwm/breatharian-leader-wiley-brooks-lives-on-light-air-and-quarter-pounders
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Funny we have so many organs devoted to something so apparently unimportant.
This is a brilliant comment, I wish it were pinned to be the top comment. It reminds me of something Spock from Star Trek would say. Pure logic.
I think if we're supposed to mainly absorb sunlight, we'd have organs resembling solar panels
I said this the whole ass video
we would be green, like plants! 😂
actually, we would have cells with chloroplasts in them, because that is the organelle that contains chlorophyll, the pigment which performs photosynthesis. we would also be green.
'food causes aging'
He isn't wrong, without food you get to die young instead. What a visionary.
That was actually the one thing he said that was correct lol. Not only as you have stated, but calories do actually cause ageing. The problem is you die without them. So pick your poison.
caloric restriction and intermittent fasting do slow aging, look up research by Jason fung or David sinclair. the reason so many fell for this breatharianism hoax is likely that there IS an element of truth to it: it works to a point, enough to convince superstitious people that there might be no limit to it if they're just dedicated enough.
Ironically I read it's actually breathing that causes aging, and not in a "haha get it you'll die if you don't breath" way.
Common sense makes you old too, what a pity.
😂
I havent eaten for 45 years. I have a deep breath for breakfast, a middle size breath for lunch, and an ever so small inhalation for dinner. I now weigh 3Lbs 2 Oz and get carried around in a bucket.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS.... THIS DOCUMENTARY IS SO HILARIOUS ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE END WHEN THE NEWS INTERVIEWER ASKED IF SHE COULD LOOK IN THE GUYS REFRIGERATOR HE SAYS NOOOO LOL
#bucketlife 😂🤣🤣🤣
It's not a bucket your getting carried around in its a urn...
@@tylerrobertson2660😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I give Naveena credit. Not only did she admit she was wrong, but also came to realize how her experiment could hurt people. That sort of self-awareness and responsibility is sadly lacking in many religious leaders/scammers and more recently social media influencers.
After she made her money
@@MrNickMoor she had like 100 views per video. She didn’t make money from it.
The digestive system isn't there for decoration.
I disagree, they make quite a good replacement for tinsel.
Finally someone answered my question!! 🤣🤣
its there for food huh?
Best comment
Bill The Butcher: “I’ll festoon my bedchamber with his guts!”
I'm a foodarian. I haven't breathed in 17 years.
Watching this eating a delicious supper. You could say I... inhaled... it.
My mom says I inhale chicken.
FAAAAKE!!!
😁😂
Omg thats incredible. Tell me more
Dependence on air is an acquired habit.
I did a full termite building inspection on "Jasmuheen's" house/centre years ago. I didn't know who she was while I was doing the inspection, but researched her straight after, as I could see that she was some kind of "guru" and overheard a meeting with her accountant and her partner/assistant. They were talking about investment schemes and the the whole time they were eating lunch. Lunch that looked more like sandwiches than thin air.
Of course they were discussing how to get rich without doing actual work, off the backs of others! Speaks volumes.
Interesting
She's been seen coming out of Hungry Jacks many times with bags of junk food.
@@Victoria-gq8gtSpeaks volumes of the veracity of this comment
They were conveniently talking about, and doing, something potentially incriminating while a total stranger was in the house
@@Sorrelhas noo it couldn't be... people being dumb??
There is an old German saying "you can't live off merely air and love". I never thought someone would try to prove this wrong.
Oh! Heard that one as "On ne peut pas vivre d'amour et d'eau fraîche" which is near identical, "We can't live off love and fresh water.", fun to hear the saying exists in Germany!
¿ Conoces al alemán Markus Witte ?
Or Zyklom B.
Technically, you can go the rest of your life without eating.
*Insert classic Goofy laugh*
Or breathe.
I mean jokes aside yes? Many people get their nutrients through tubes
@Filthy Fingers of Fury that's a great technique for flying for the rest of your life, highly efficient
@Filthy Fingers of Fury Peggy gets to do it twice
"You will eventually need no foods, no water and no sleep..." . Very true. Most dead people dont need those things.
MOST?!?
@@avrilavigne21, obviously you haven't watched enough zombie movies. 😁 Everybody know they like brains.
😅😅😅👍👏👏👏👏👏
wait... "most"??? 😳😳😳
hey guys some people are dead inside
lol sounds like that movie gore verbinski made. Take the cure!
A weird hidden positive in all this is that we live in a time where food is so common and readily available that people have actually forgot what starvation looks and feels like on a personal level. You probably wouldn't fall for this idea if you actually lived alongside hunger as a regular feature of life
It's more damning that we live in a world where people are so privileged that, even with our modern understanding and access to knowledge, we forget that there is a significant portion of the global population that does not experience the same quality of life.
Are you insane? Your privilege is disgusting. There are millions of food-insecure families in developed countries, not to mention this is also the case for the majority of people in developing countries.
There’s an older SNL skit parodying Who Wants to be a Millionaire, featuring contestants from less fortunate countries. The contestant was doing well and won a bowl of soup. Double or nothing, the question was to match the definition to the mental disorder. I’m pretty sure it was anorexia. She was completely confused that it was a real issue and chose the wrong answer. No soup for her!
Thought about that a lot while watching this. Whether positive or damning, may I simply go 🙄🙄. Bless these folks’ little hearts.
I first heard of breatharianism in the early 1970s. I was newly divorced at rhe age of 22. I was working temporarily in a factory, lifting and oacing all day long. I decided to try breatharianism. Ar lunch hour, I sat outside and took in light from the sun. People began offering me foid, and i said tgat i was not hungry. In fact, when you go through a long time of not eating, you actually do stop feeling the hunger. I kept doing this until i weighed 85 pounds. I wanted to travel, but my doctor said he would not sign the health rekease until i started eating and gained weight. I started out by eating one dry piece of tisst oer day. Then after about a week i added an apple each day. My mother notuved and began fixing lunches for me - raw vegetables, fruits, and oeanut butter on celery. Gradually i gained enough weight to please the doctor. Years later, I read about anorexua and realuzed that i had exierienced that. I still have anorexuc episodes now and then. But i am seriously overweight now!!! Please do not make fun of overweight people ir tell them to stop eating!!! That can be enough to bring in anorexia, resulting in serious metabolic disirders that can result in heart disease. Be kind. Allow people the space and the grace to heal. Thank you.
Well said! I hope you get better
Thanks for sharing. Everyone has hidden struggles and we could all use a little more grace. Hope you continue to strive to be happy and healthy. You deserve it 😊
Thank you for sharing your story and completely agree with the point you made in the end! Much love ❤
You know the cult is legit when someone dies and the leads say "they didn't believe hard enough". I mean they believed it enough to die following it...
Just like convid xD only people I seen or heard of getting sick or those who be-lie-ve it and follow the guidelines like it's a religion.
@@starlitzone what
@@starlitzone Bullshit, give me statistics that prove your point or it didn't fucking happen, have you personally monitored every single person that has been infected to confirm that all of them without exception followed covid restrictions to the letter? No? Then shut the fuck up.
@@starlitzone Like the president of the US that continually called it a hoax, refused to follow guidelines, actively opposed medical professionals, then caught it and had to be treated by the best medicine in the country on taxpayer money?
@L Franco Is survival the only important thing? How about people who are permanently impacted by the effects of the virus? "It's 99% survivable" are words used by people that can't read past headlines that confirm their bias.
A woman convinced herself that she could live without food, and on sunlight alone...
In Scotland.
😂😂
she should have moved to sahara
@I HATE TOUCANS No.. starvation definitely starvation. The point of highlighting she was Scottish was that the sun doesnt exist in Scotland
Best comment by far 🤣🤣🤣🤣
XDDD
Underrated comment of the video.
Adults subjecting themselves to these atrocities is conceivable to an extent. But people subjecting their children to this should be criminally charged without exceptions
Oh most definitely. Charged to the fullest extent of the law.
I feel so bad for that woman, she was literally starving herself and still held out so much hope, My mother also watched this with me and got sad, we both felt extremely sad for her. I can't imagine how horrible it must have felt, and still, gaslighting your own brain into thinking it was ok.
When breatharians starve themselves they’re “mystical” and “inspiring” but when I do it I “have an eating disorder” and “need therapy”
That raises an interesting point. How much overlap is there between the breatharian community and the eating disorder community? It seems like they are coming from very different places, but I could definitely see some people in the one finding solace in the other as some kind of validation or excuse...
@@TheZahirNT2 there’s a lot of overlap a lot of people with EDs cover their EDs with specialized diets excuse it for sports or career, spiritualism even some vegans with EDs use veganism to only eat safe foods with high water content and low calories
Yea what the hell is up with that!?
I came here for this conversation
I think the main difference has to do with what originally influenced this kind of behavior, eating disorder are triggered in most cases with a sense of control over ones life or image whereas breathariasn are triggered from a sense of spiritualism or higher calling...while there is overlap they both start from very different places.
Ppl: omg shes dead..
Breatharians: that's normal & expected part of the process. Lol
"She's not dead...she just ascended to level 5!!"
"It's that simple!"
😂
its true you dont need food at all once you're dead!
@@Aarongeddon just, you know, ride, now, ride- ride for ruin and the world's ending!
I always find it ridiculous to expect to uncover some ancient or secret knowledge that will set apart and for it to only tell you something that is obviously false. I think people enjoy the idea of being special or chosen and so things like this capture those type of people.
I think your right. And people who obsessively search for "enlightenment" are often perfectionists. They want complete control over their minds, bodies, and fate. And are willing to do anything to achieve this 'perfect' state of being. Where breatharianism becomes an effective scam is that those who struggle with perfectionism are very susceptible to eating disorders.
the only thing more alluring than someone promising an easy way to get you something you really want, is to say it works if you’re special
Years ago when I was addicted to heroin fentanyl and meth/cocaine whatever I could get my hands on i forgot to eat or drink and barely slept, by some miracle someone realized and forcw fed/drank me around day 29/30ish, even when they slowly introduced me to food and water I didnt have bowel or urine movements for like two additional weeks after. I got sick as hell from reintroduction of water and food and barely survived, i didnt intend to starve i just had went so long without barely any sleep (maybe an hour every three days) from drugs and i had only enough money for drugs so i basically became so strung out and delusuonal that i only recieved nutrition from iv water that i put my drugs in. After barely survivinh reintro to food i then cut out the drugs one by one and this ordeal was a brural awakening. The several long month recovery sucked but i made it out, drug free and healthy. Seeing myself so imaciated vs the new healthy me looks likw two diffeeent people. I think the drugs carried me through i cant explaim how badly off i was, i was over a month wothout pooping or peeimg total insanity. Why anyone would willingly enter that hell sober is mind blowing to me
I'm glad your survived. I wish you well 💛
Congrats on your recovery ☆☆♡
The first thing a newborn does after taking a breath, is root around looking for a nipple, if food was an acquired habit, why would a newborn do that?
The definition of a delusion is a fixed held belief that can withstand challenges- aka you can’t logic with these people. I’ve ‘challenged’ delusions in patients about all sorts that make even less sense- you never get anywhere until they are medicated
Just because its the first thing to happen doesn't mean its right
@@mohamedfawzy9945 It's not about being right, it's about the debate/idea of food being a 'habit' rather than a necessity. Which shouldn't even be a debate, really. And of course a newborn looks for a nipple to feed from, because humans are biologically created to need food, water and air to survive, to keep our cells alive and keep our hearts pumping.
@@mohamedfawzy9945 so you’re trying to say that baby drinking from a nipple may not be right, and that there’s an alternative which allows us to leave the baby alone and potentially die of starvation?
Or maybe that just proves that boobs are naturally in our attraction database from birth.
"Food is more addictive than heroin" - Someone who's never done heroin
Clearly. It also discredits food.
Clearly you don't eat food. I eat that shit 3 times a day, sometimes I snack in between "meals" as we call them on the streets. I spend so much money on food, so much time cooking it up in pots and pans (that I also spent a bunch of money on) and it gives me the worst stomach problems. Maybe once a day, sometimes twice, I'll be expelling the horrid smelling waste the food has created, and I need an entire room to lock myself in with ventilation just to get through it. Sometimes I'll go out late at night and hit up some teenager through his window and give him 20 bucks for a bag of food. I literally need it to live.
@@morganbass3231 i like this comment a lot
You obviously never had a donut injected in you or u would know the struggle is real
@@nataliemoraes2033 I've only free based donuts. Never injected. It's probably amazing.
Glad naveena pulled the plug and hope shes living happily today.
I remember watching a documentary about a self-proclaimed breatharian. Unbeknownst to him, they followed him around with a camera and filmed him going in and out of restaurants many, many times. LOL. Busted!
Try as I might, I'll never be able to come up with a line as unintentionally humorous as "When you walk into McDonald's, just know you are in a vortex of unconditional love." Because that is the last thing I feel when I go there.
That line was so dystopically capitalistic, that I couldn't believe he would say that.
2020 is the year when satire loses its meaning
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING DNDBDJKR I wanna make that into a fancy calligraphy sign even though I barely even like McDonald’s (and definitely don’t like capitalism) it’s just so fucking hilarious and out there
Most fast food places have very toxic people working there lol
I went into McDonald's once about 30 years ago. Never again!
"Don't eat anything"
*Gets caught eating at mcdonalds*
"Don't eat anything that isn't a double quarter pounder with cheese and a diet coke, as this isn't food for your stomach, but rather nurture for your soul"
At least a diet coke tho. I mean quarter pounders are so good. 😌
McDonald's should hire him to do their advertising. God, that would be weird...
Also, yellow fries
Don't eat anything that isn't two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.
That was the most buck wild part of the whole video!
I’m in recovery from an eating disorder. I’ve been in recovery for about 5 years now. At my worst, people thought I was on drugs because I was so thin. But I was so ashamed, I’d rather them think it was drugs than know that I was purposefully starving myself. I knew I’d die if I didn’t get help, and I NEVER would’ve encouraged anyone else to take the same dangerous actions for any reason.
Wtaf is wrong with these people, though? Encouraging people to literally unalive themselves??? For what, fame? A bit of money?
I think she was very genuine. It takes a lot of guts to confess to being wrong, especially to an internet full of haters. I'm glad she stopped in time.
After she made her money
I am a Drugarian, I nourish myself with only drugs and nothing more. Through my spiritual practices I am able to reach alien dimensions and communicate with angelic entities.
H aaa you got me to laugh for the first time today! These flaky nut bags are sickos with eating disorders...
If carbohydrates are drugs then yeah
Ok let me join your cult.
I hope the drugs are top notch
Hahaha this vid is nuts, have you seen the Indian Jesus boy who didn't eat for a year? He was caught getting food slipped food at night by his followers
Now this is a cult I would like to join.
She only ate “When the urge to experience a particular taste arose”
Yeah that’s called being hungry.
It’s hilarious how airy fairy these people become semantically. Most of it is utter white noise.
Lol
The concept of "eating breatharians" is just brilliant as well
@@tabbymoonshine5986 definitely definitely white
ıss also called entertainment.
Disgraceful to those struggling with eating disorders and those who do not have access to enough food in the world.
Very dangerous for those sensible to the message and presenting risks of anorexia, binge eating or having a pregnancy, the damages are already present!
Just asking: if humans "can do without eating food", then why doesn't it apply to other animals as well? Lions spend hours and hours of their time basking on rocks beneath the African sun. If they can live on light, why do they need to hunt?
Imagine being a child starving in Africa and some weird midwestern lady just tells you 'you don't need to eat, just photosynthesise'.
I'd be speechless.
Hell even plants need water to survive, some even eat meat. We have teeth, a stomach, and a digestive track for a reason haha.
To be fair, those children don't know the master password 😂😂
Yeah, that's what I kept saying to myself - why are all these African people dying during droughts if they have all that lovely sunshine! Unbelievable what some people will believe!
I’m speechless now... depressing
After the Child dies she’ll tell the vultures to eat the light
Millions of people: Hey, we’re starving to death. Please help.
Naveena: Have you tried just not dying?
🙌😩🙌
Have you tried breathing?
Absolutely outrageous and appaling. These people ought to be silenced and incarcerated.
@@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1 you’re an idiot. These people can be as insane as they want until they start abusing children or forcing people to do it. Otherwise, there is absolutely no reason to censor such stupidity. The people who fall for this are not worth saving
yeah, but the poor people starving are not "spiritually pure" enough to live on light. Or they just "want" to die.
It's just another extreme form of religion "do this and this to achieve this".
These people just can not accept humans are living organisms consuming other living organisms to survive. Self-Consciouness does not make us special among animals, just more prone to existential crisis.
There is also the case of Finn Bogumil, who died in 2017 after trying to live on light. He was found dead in the jungle where he tried to meditate and fast/switch to light as food.
I actually kind of admire Naveena. She did the research, made I think a reasonable assumption that with thousands of claims, they can't ALL be lies (although I don't know that there are THOUSANDS of claims anyway), she decided to experiment herself with a way for people to verify she was being truthful, and then realized the method was dangerous and stopped doing it. Pretty solid scientific method even if it sounds stupid that you'd think this would work in the first place.
the whole movement just feels like a slap in the face of every person whose ever died of starvation
Yes. Good point!
and people with eating disorders
A million Ethiopians just turned over in their graves.
Right... this is absurd. 21 day fasts are pretty common among people who fast, they sure as hell hydrate though.. but come on. Anyone with any physiology and nutrition background knows what crap this is! We live in a physical body that has physical needs.
A slap in the face with a juicie steak they'll never eat.
Imagine being a well known public individual, whose fame is destroyed by being caught *consuming nutrients* .
You can’t make this shit up Lmaoo
Hahahahaha
Well, if you search long enough, you'll see how some people fake being vegans on social media, and then they're randomly caught (and/or exposed, accidentally or on purpose) eating meat.. so...
And the person you described most likely has an eating disorder. which is beyond sad.
Like Oprah?
Not for eating. For lying, and especially misleading people who could be harmed by the lies.
Moral/spiritual perfectionism/striving and restrictive/disordered eating are often found together. From more rare examples such as anorexia mirabilis, to all the fasting and restriction that occurs in practices such as Lent, Ramadan, Yom Kippur etc.
The Ethiopians couldn't survive on the sun only when they had the food shortage in the 80's, and they had plenty of sun.🤔
I was a breatharian when I was a kid, but we called it being poor.
Same lol.
LMFAOOO SAME
They're all breatherians in africa apparently.
@@robertasvaicius4437 Yes we are. And on cloudy days we call it fasting.
😭
One of my mom's idiot friends believes she's living on light. Also, she doesn't count anything liquid as food, so she gets to enjoy her Nutella smoothies while "living on light"...
That’s some big brain shit right there
Make a pizza smoothie real quick-
@@xyzyzx1253 "Check out the big brain on Brett!"
Saw an influencer with the same approach; claims he hasn't "eaten" in 3 years, later his partner let slip he just has soup everyday. 😂
Lol, it's like, there's more to eating than chewing, my man. 🤡
These freakin' ppl, ISTG.
And in doing so failing to work out their jaw muscles...
"Money is a kind of energy" is a hell of a bomb to slip into conversation
i struggle with an eating disorder, and at the peak of my addiction - to not eating - i did a two month fast. obviously, it nearly killed me, even though i was convinced i could be a perfect being without food, stronger than if i ever ate anything. even healthy foods. i thought my period stopping, my frail body, and my ability to overcome what i thought was a disgusting vice made me feel perfect, and holy. i know many others with severe anorexia have felt the same way, and i wonder how many of the participants of this movement are motivated by poor body image and a feeling of desecration when eating.
this video is well done, by the way. i like how you laid it out, with naveena's story being the focus, drawn out from beginning to end. its sad that she wanted to make the world a better place, since it gave way to such a dangerous movement. i'm glad i never found this movement during the height of my eating disorder.
Weeeeennnhhh. Make it about me! And my problems!
@@daytonasayswhat9333 It's a directly relevant anecdote that helps to explain why people might've gone along with the thing the video is about, chucklefuck. But feel free to make it about you and your need to comment when you've got nothing to say lol
I don't know if anyone else has noticed but...
we aren't plants.
Even plants need water though! Lol
😂
Nooo. Noooooo, you're fooling me. You mean I've been standing in a bowl of water by the windowsill with my arms outstretched, all this time, for _nothing?!_
WE NEED MORE PROOF APPARENTLY, GOD DAMNIT!
That’s true, but some people do seem to have the intelligence of a plant 🌱 🧠
If we could live on light, then we would have organs for photosynthesis, not digestion.
maybe we’re going to “evolve” into plants? lol. if we start living “right” and living on light that is... 🙄🙄🙄
Even then, plants still require soil from which to extract vital minerals and nutrients, especially nitrogen, that they cannot get through photosynthesis or even through their stoma.
They're called breatharians, not lightarians...
@@RewdAwakening then why was the book called "living on light"?
@@Gunners_Mate_Guns good point
Naveena seems so delightful
Name checks out. Narrator is a top notch researcher and communicator. Wish there were more channels like this one. Liked and subbed.
"Hunger pains are just the old spirit leaving the body" technically true because that's what death is lol
It’s pangs
@@essies4294 literally everyone who does this is a loser
Go back to reddit
Hunger pains are your body eating itself.
@@_thoughtcriminal_9102 you’re ignorant
@@essies4294
Pang also means pain. He’s not wrong or ignorant.
I have asthma so this is not a valid diet for me.
Not a valid diet for anyone is the point !
It took me half a beat then I just snort laughed when I got it. 😂😂
Breath thru your nose
I just LOLED 😂
😂😂😂😂
Great video. Well researched, and exceptionally presented. Looking forward to many more.
Living on chi. Swiss chi, Provolone chi, Romano chi, Cheddar chi….
everyone knows you have to chant "photosynthesis" or it doesn't work
hhhh
That is too funny!
😅
😂
I chant no carbs, no carbs, OM.
This....is extreemely cult sounding. Calling those who die not 'devout' enough is a typical cult reasoning, wow....
Come and join us, The Sunlight Scripture.
We teach photosynthesis and through prays, mental and physical fulfillment we live healthier lifestyles.
All under supervision from qualifying Medical professionals.
Most of the time you'll be tending to a plant for the photosynthesis... Oh you thought you could photosynthesis?
Crazy...
Just like many Christian sects about those who pray rather than seek medical help but still die. Classic victim shaming.
You do have the rite to die or live your choice not anyone else and dor this bias story first let me share i do eat food im not affiliated with any groups once you starte one some get sabotaged when it affects some corporate pockets....and this story requires balance especially how the good and bad side of eating food and it killed millions of people in this video rhey found "what" a total of 10 death.......come on people wakeup and do the math.....now im going out to eat a piece of chocolate cake.....peace and love
Obviously a cult
@@traci0133 Sure, I agree that someone can choose to end their life if they want to. But these people didn't choose to die. They chose to believe what these conmen told them about living on air and sunlight, which led them to their death.
This is absolutely one of the best documentaries I have watched in a long time. Amazingly written and researched, and objective enough, but the splash of personal opinion to add colour to the narrative. I definitely subscribed and am excited to watch the other stories you have found! I also love that you provided some links for the information you used.
I will add my first introduction to 'Breatharianism' was with the movie "Hook", and since a child, to stymie hunger briefly, I used to try and gulp down air. Definitely never made it to more than 5% pranic nourishment ;)
This is so well done. I've never heard of this. The most recent information I could find on Naveena was in 2021. Her friend tagged her in some photos on FB, and she looked very healthy and happy. I hope shes still doing well.
Good!
Otherwise known as "delusionally optimistic anorexia."
Like Jesus isn't pro Uber Eats.
spiritual anorexia
exactly!
Bulimia, starving and binging
That is accurate
as a result of watching this, i got scared and started gulping down water. i am being hydrated. my kidneys are praising the lord. my lifespan has been extended by 2 minutes.
Praise be!
And you spent those two minutes typing out this comment. It's a sick game life plays, isn't it
@@Shockblock99 generating engagement for a well made yt video isn't a waste
@@Shockblock99 i really played myself this time
Tw: mentions of eating disorders but I’ve had ARFID off and on and I’ve actually had weeks where I literally COULDNT get myself to eat anything except green tea or Powerade. I had to force feed myself and I could only get down a few bites. I know what starvation feels like and no one understands why. I don’t understand why. Any smell would make me so nauseous. Looking at food made me gag. Like a literal visceral response. I was so hungry but there was a tightness in my stomach I began to find comforting. I know that feeling of needing to lay down. I almost wonder and worry if they had this similar kind of issue at times. That their bodies would have these times of rejection that are wildly uncomfortable and this was the explanation they came up with for themself. I didn’t know how sick I was getting, but I knew I didn’t feel very good. People still don’t even know that I almost died because of it. No one could understand that I just COULDNT eat. I didn’t understand why I couldn’t eat. I went to college for psychology just to try and figure that kind of stuff out I think lol. ARFID was thought until VERY recently to be something that only children could experience. Most likely it’s been an adult struggle for generations and can be misunderstood as possibly anorexia nervosa, but at least for me it was ONLY a physical response. I had the normal insecurities but I didn’t have the intrusive thoughts associated with anorexia. I just felt sick at the sight or smell of food. It was also believed for a long time that when people are in distress they will overeat in search of comfort. This is true for some and not true for others. Some are predisposed to a loss of appetite during distress. This can be associated with high stress, depression, anxiety issues, or at any time of heightened emotion.
As someone who used to be anorexic I can't imagine wanting to literally starve yourself and it not being an eating disorder. But even at my lowest point/weight I was eating every day and I felt like absolute garbage and had the feeling I wouldn't get through the night at times.
I've been eating "normally" (to the best of my ability) for almost 3 years now and my body still hasn't gotten used to it again, if it ever will. And I was "only" sick for 2 years, so I've either messed up my digestion/stomach or something or it's going to take more time until I regain the ability to feel hunger or have an appetite.
Sounds like a very enlightening and freeing experience, right?
I am a Youtubarian, I dont eat, I feed off the light coming off the screen while playing RUclips videos.
Samesies
That’s just depression! 😂🎵🎶Hello darkness my old friend..🎵🎶
i give you about 2 days to live good luck lol im jk of course live long and prosper my youtubarian wilda beast friend with the really "leong" name lol silly goose
Me too
@@basicindiebro same
As a type 1 Diabetic, I really hope that light has carbohydrates just in case my blood sugar gets low.
same
Diabetics just have to reflect the light off sugar and absorb that.
Ok
When my BG gets low I just stare into the sun. The blinding pain makes me forget all about the low.
Don’t worry the light energy should eventually fix your pancreas right up! Don’t forget to meditate and manifest! (/s)
I always love it when the experiments are short enough that a person can survive without food, as long as they can sneak some water from time to time.
Thank you for this great video ! I am really impressed with your research, your editing and "story-telling" capabilities : the understing of the subject is very complete and lay out in a compelling manner ! I am very sad for all those people taken on by grifters, and i hope the survivors find the help they needed.....
I mean, like, I wish Breatharianism was real, because food is expensive, man.
And a hassle
And tastes nice. I wouldn't exchange the taste of bacon for the taste of air.
It really is. I struggle to make it through the month
Amen!
I know some breatharians. They are doing fine and they fast for a time and eat whatever they want for a time and go back to fasting.
Oh wow, we don't actually have to eat? I bet everybody who died of starvation feels pretty silly right now.
@lyiyt No, they died because they didn't starve the "right" way
omg this comment sent me ... laughing like crazy right now
Well said
Weren't you listening?
They died because they wanted to die.
/s
🙈..😩😂😂😂
This was definitely the weirdest thing I've heard of in a while. Very good video though! I'd love to see more of your work.
Very well done video. Really great narration.
I went four days without food once... but I was a “cocaine-arian” back then. Nothing but beer and yayo, no sleep or food. If u wanna venmo me $1500 I’ll share my secrets with ya. They call me... Mahatma Montana.
😂
Linda Mae Mullins 😉
Plenty of calories in beer.
@Sergeant Gutsy Can confirmed, was an honorary Metharian due to my high ranking status in the Heroarian fellowship. The shadow people are usually very nice by the 7th day, but rather frightening by the 11th. Cool lads.
@Sergeant Gutsy I can confirm
There's something very disturbing about the growing popularity of easily-debunked lies.
Think about how old Christianity is...same shit
@@jesseminns Yes, but compared to the availability of information we have now it should be so much easier to debunk or verify information to some extent, and with such little effort. It's literally at our fingertips (Although many things obviously aren't so simple and require study to understand or life experience. Also, some things are more nuanced and are not so black and white.).
Of course, with that easy access to mountains of information to sort through, including legitimate accurate info, comes misinformation (intentional or otherwise) and if we don't teach critical thinking apparently many people cannot differentiate between the two. Then of course there are unfortunately those who are willfully stupid or are profiting from taking a position publicly (for example politicians bought by oil/ energy companies denying climate change for example when they know they are full of it and they also know their paychecks depend on them pushing a false narrative as they did after tobacco company lobbyists paid them to try to silence or at least delay the findings that smoking causes cancer and that their product is a carcinogen among many other instances throughout history unfortunately where people put greed over truth and the common good/ public welfare and health). Also every single one of us (myself included obviously) can fall prey to our own confirmation biases or putting emotions before logic and holding onto some belief stubbornly because we associate it with patriotism or tribalism and/ or see it as part of our identity or a billion other reasons that make little sense but appeal to our egos.. unless we are aware of it and work diligently to make an effort to not fall into those traps and logical fallacies which will help us avoid it but we can still once in awhile fail.
I suppose the problem is that well educated and intelligent people have made life too easy for the imbeciles. I really can't feel too much sympathy for people who are this gullible.
I used to think the Internet would bring an age of enlightment. I didn't realize lack of information was NOT the reason people were saying and doing dumb things.
@@MadsterV seems like some people are just genetically predisposed to idiocy
im so so glad naveena was responsible, and that she saw what was happening and understood the danger.
I love your videos so much you are a very good researcher
I had to eat while watching this. Nomnomianism.
Non denomnomnational?
Love that.
I eat breatharians. I'm a Breatharianarian.
Same!
Love this comment lol
Why is simply being human not mystical enough? The human condition, and all it is made of, is complex and simply amazing. Why do people feel the need to mess with that?
Ikr? They dont like Nature. Always trying to defie it.
It reminds me of a largely forgotten Christian heresy/spirituality misconception called "angelism," the pretension that humans could be like angels on Earth if they were spiritual enough. That included not eating, not n1 or n2, and a bunch of mystical side effects. Craziest heresy ever.
Theological librarian here. Saw that in an old book, but seen the idea in action in several saints bios, who then rejected it and embraced their redeemable, wonderful human nature.
Exactly, being human is enough. It doesn't matter who you are, where you are from, or how you look or what you have. We are all the same species, we are all human. I do not see the need to feel or become higher than we already are by going on 'breathanarian diets' and following some nutjob cult's orders. Many do not realize the amount of mystery, amazement and miracles that lie inside us. Our cells, the way our brain works, hell we just recently discovered a new organ. We've managed to manipulate our surroundings and managed to LEAVE THIS PLANET onto OUR DAMN MOON. And if you wonder why that is such an achievement (for some reason), IS 384,400 km apart. A blue whale is 25 m long (On average females)
Most people dont care to learn how things work really.. even if it's the machine they live in everyday of their life.
because they are board with a life without serious struggle, so they invent a way to make life more interesting. this doesnt explain religion, it explains cults. also mental disability, but that can be mitigated if the country actually cared enough to try.
Love the docs.. Instant sub!
I had a grandfather that was an alcoholherian
So no one's pointing out that "Living On Light" is L.O.L. ?
Nice
She might be the funniest troll ever 🤣🤣🤣
😂🤣😂🤣🤪
lol
@@jacksmith4530 maybe one of the most dangerous too...
"I can't think all of them are lying..."
I sure can.
How naive are you to think that if thousands of people believe in something than that thing is true.
See also qanon flat earthers 9/11 truthers and so on and so forth
There will always be outliers, even among absolutes. If there's anything I've learned these past few years, its that you can gaslight anyone at anytime for anything.
Same here.
I have a basic understanding of biology
So what's actually happening is very simple. There is a small number of grifters, these people are at the top, they make a majority of the content. Under them is an equally small group of followers, these people tend to be mentally ill or lack critical thinking. They assume any failures they have with the process are their own fault.
What happens tho is the grifters end up grifting for so long that they delude themselves into thinking they're doing it for real and any inconsistencies in how they live isn't strange.
As we see with the lady near the start, she does this for so long that she deludes herself into thinking she eats food because she "desires the taste/experience" rather than the fact she's starving.
so impressed by your work
I found this piece fascinating. Thank you for sharing.
I am quite surprised Naveena Shine found such little financial support during her experiment. Maybe she just lacked access to the proper people and technology to get things setup. I would think live streaming an experiment like that would have had no problem finding tons of supporters/watchers. With the rise of new streaming platforms like Twitch, seems something like that could have been a huge hit, even back then.
It seems she's gone radio silent now for almost a decade. I hope she is happy and well. Out of all the other so-called practioners of this strange practice, she was the only one that seemed genuine and real about giving it a go and willing to be honest about the results.
I honestly have to respect the audacity of the guy who just went straight from "I have spiritual insights that allow you to live without food" to "OK, but what if eating McDonalds is actually the most spiritually pure thing possible?" after he got caught out.
It sounds straight out of South Park
HAHAHHAH
What a player
He died six years ago apparently....
That is hilarious and a great insult to the whole movement.😀
this just seems like an eating disorder for the spiritually inclined
There needs to be a class for this honestly
It is, its how my mother has been justifying her anorexia. Shes beed diagnosed but hey the crazy will find a way to keep it going.
nuns who didnt eat and died months later justified their eating disorder through spiritualism ..
and at the times they were praised for it , and they still died :(
@Alianova Preobrazhensky Really how so?
Fasting?
What a surprise that this revived with social media
Good music! Love that smoky Jazz vibe and those Jazzy drums. I wanna hear more of that rhode jam. Not the fan of not eating But that is Jazz with a Capital J! 😍
“The body usually does what you ask it to do.” Yeah tell that to all the kids with cancer, the people who desperately want to get pregnant and can’t, and all the little kids in Michigan poisoned by lead in their water. Do they not “ask” “nice” enough?
No use trying to reason with these nuts, the ones that aren’t totally delusional, are money grubbing scammers that prey on the vulnerable and stupid.
@@jeanbastien9424 it’s very unfortunate
Not to mention that most alternative medicine charlatans and users are middle to high income white people usually woefully uninformed or uninterested in the plights that cause things like poverty, making it easy for reactionaries to get them to believe their crap
Let's not forget people with mental illness. I mean, if a schizophrenic just asked their brain nice enough, the hallucinations will go away, right?
At best, these people will ignore the question. At worst, they'll look you in the eyes and say yes
this is honestly insulting to anyone who has experienced starvation, not by choice
I had an eating disorder as a teen and really messed up my stomach...later I was too broke for 3 meals a day. Neither of those experiences was a good time, morbid if anything.
Yeah this would have been some handy shit during the Holodomor or the Great Leap Forward huh?
And homeopathy is insulting to people that died of untreated disease. Anti vaxxers are insulting to people that died of the flu or measles.
This is kind of the case for anything like this.
The man that knows something knows they know nothing at all...
There’s a difference between being forced to starve and living on light. It’s the same as when some religions fast for a month at a time. Your nutrients is about connecting to god. Having an eating disorder or not being able to eat is a whole other issue. And if you actually cared about that issue wouldn’t you want to look into this potential solution instead of being insulted that you lived this long and your just now finding out you know nothing at all and writing it off😂
Why do people get so mad about what they don’t understand...
You’ll evolve to find out that our intention is the most powerful thing in the world. It can be like magic
“they can’t all be lies” oh honey yes they can, never underestimate grifters
My first time hearing about breatharians was Joseph D'Lacey's "Meat". This video is the second . ty for helping contextualize even a little of that book
Bruh the amount of money you can make just by straight up lying never ceases to amaze me
Wait until you find out about politicians
I might have to switch careers
Flat earth, breatharinism, big foot, faith healers, these people are loaded
P. T. Barnum lives! What an insult to the millions and millions of people who have starved to death.
I know, I swear I need to write a book full of new age nonsense and I'll probably get rich off of millions of idiots who will eat it up
Because starving people in Africa didn't realize all they needed to do is stand in the sun? Really?
LMAO
They forgot to stare at it duuuuuuu.....
Facts
That was my thoughts exactly!
Maybe they need light skin for their bodies to properly feed of from the sun
I'm a food-breatharian. We believe in the coexistence of consuming nourishment through sustenance as well as the taking in and out of air.
Yeah…. My mother did the same thing. She wanted to see how long her body could survive without food. Obviously she died. 😐
as someone who’s recovering from anorexia, how these people have failed to realize that this is textbook disordered eating is beyond me. it’s genuinely terrifying how easy it is to convince people to harm themselves under the guise of healthier living.
Please take your time to recover well!🥺💙 Get well soon💝💞💪
@@danielaboohene624 thank you so much!! 💕💕💕 i’m trying my best! 🥺
Hope you are well. That is very tough 🙏🏻❤️
congratulations on ur journey to recovery!!! i am in one too but for both BED and anorexia. we’ll get thru it!
It's essentially a religious equivalent of pro-ana.
Breatharianism, or "It's my religion, not an eating disorder"
so her religion is a eating disorder lol
Lol next time I talk to my therapist, I'll tell them that. I'm cured hallelujah 🙌
@Sarah Hulsey not really lol im raw vegan and its not really that deep. Thus lady flat out crszy tho.
@Sarah Hulsey let me show you the way of my people how to be a fat vegan....join us...don't misrepresent what a choice against cruelty is. -
Signed, a lifetime overweight vegan.
@Sarah Hulsey for not wanting to torture animals for no reason? Here’s some news - we don’t need to eat animals or their byproducts to survive, and eating them causes pandemics and is the biggest contributor to climate change.
A vegan lifestyle aims to prevent unnecessary suffering of animals as practically as possible while also fixing problems that will plague the human race indefinitely. What’s YOUR lifestyle do to improve the world around us?
Much respect for the Indian groups trying to expose these con artists in their country.
The story of the Seattle woman was just. So inspiring and heart breaking. The passion for something so incredibly stupid is both inspiring and sad. She seems like such a sweet genuine kind hearted person. But that doesn’t detract from the fact she’s a quack. A lovely kind hearted quack
Every terrible movement can be traced back to a “Smooth talking man from California”
Smooth talking man from California:Bard
Florida Man: Barbarian
Or Karl Marx
It's only cause ours have a lesser tendency towards suicide and isolation that it's notable. Also big state with lots of people some of which have too much time and money.
Lol with a saxophone
I guess we will ignore the clear Asian influence and origin, Jasmuheen being from Wales, and even one of the first recorded books of the subject being in French so we can continue the "California, amiright?" joke.
In my strange country of Romania, we have a say "when you are stupid, why would you tell others?"
I mean... if you can capitalize off of it... you tell those that lack critical thinking
Because you are too stupid not to tell others
Lol I love that
I think this quote made me a breatharian cause I'm dying laughing
@@jaelrj2551 good one
To think that during those famous wartime famines that drove people so mad they had to resort to cannibalism, whilst all they had to do was to re-align their prahnic energy.