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OM SRI GURUVEE NAMAHA

OM SRI MATHREE NAMAHA

 

Dear Brother,

Hope you might have read the one of the great epic

RAMAYANA.In RAMAYANA sage VISHWAMITHRA gives RAMA and

LAXMANA the mantra called BALA ATHIBALA. This mantra

is a Devi mantra if you chant the mantra for 100,000

times the letters in that mantra you will not feel

thirst or hunger. This mantra is still avilablefrom

the guru. which is given at last before maha vakya is

given.

Yours Lovingly Brother

Krisshnan

--- Devi Bhakta <devi_bhakta wrote:

> From the Kerala News website, comes this amazing

> story of an elderly

> gentleman who claims Devi granted him the ability to

> live without

> food or water. What do think? Is it a fact of

> science? A miracle of

> faith? Or simply deception and fantasy?

>

> MAN DEFIES LAWS OR NATURE, LIVES WITHOUT FOOD OR

> WATER

>

> Ahmedabad, Nov 25, 2003 - Doctors here never stop

> gaping at 76-year-

> old Prahlad Jani, who claims not to have taken a

> drop of water or a

> morsel of food for the past 65 years.

>

> His amazing lifestyle has transcended the boundaries

> of medial

> science and become the talk of the town in the

> principal city of

> Gujarat in western India.

>

> Doctors at Sterling Hospital here have kept Jani

> under observation

> for 10 days and found to their astonishment that he

> lives without

> consuming food or water.

>

> "Neither has he put a morsel of food in his mouth,

> nor has he

> demanded water. His body too does not perform vital

> functions like

> passing urine and stool," said Urman Dhruv,

> secretary of the

> Association of Physicians of Ahmedabad.

>

> "On November 12 we put him in a special room and

> kept him under

> constant observation with the help of video cameras,

> but this man

> seems to have some superhuman strength to defy

> hunger and thirst."

>

> The association, a body with over 400 members, in

> association with

> the New Delhi-based Defence Institute of Physiology

> and Allied

> Science, is heading the research on Jani at Sterling

> Hospital.

>

> Doctors say Jani's ability to live without food or

> water is

> superhuman, but he says his strength springs from

> the blessings of a

> goddess.

>

> "I was blessed by Goddess Amba while visiting her

> cave in Ambaji

> when I was eight years old," he claims.

>

> Call it fantasy or faith, Jani claims to have seen

> Goddess Amba in

> one of the caves at Ambaji, a Hindu pilgrimage site

> near Rajasthan

> border, 120 km north of here.

>

> Since his childhood, he made that particular cave

> his home.

>

> According to Dhruv, nearly 100 doctors of the

> association have

> examined Jani in the past 10 days.

>

> "A panel of doctors -- including physicians,

> cardiologists,

> neurologists, a neurosurgeon, a gastroenterologist,

> an

> endocrinologist, a diabetologist, a nephrologist, an

> uro-surgeon, an

> ENT surgeon, a psychiatrist, an opthalmologist, a

> genetic

> counsellor, a radiologist, sonologists and many more

> - have examined

> him," said Dhruv.

>

> "We have deputed a team of doctors and security

> personnel on round-

> the-clock duty around his room," said V.N. Shah of

> Sterling

> Hospital.

>

> Jani agreed to avoid bathing during the examination

> period but was

> given 100 ml of water every day to wash his mouth

> that was collected

> and measured.

>

> According to doctors, Jani has not passed urine

> since his admission

> to the hospital and lived without food or water.

>

> "Jani has not passed urine since he was brought here

> on November 12.

> He has not taken anything by mouth or by any other

> route - not even

> water during this period," said Dhruv.

>

> "All his body parameters are within the normal

> physiological range.

> Initially, the project was to continue for seven

> days but his health

> allowed us to extend it."

>

> Tests have showed that Jani's body has shown

> evidence of formation

> of urine, which seems to be reabsorbed from his

> bladder wall.

>

> "Through studying the various functions of his body,

> we are trying

> to understand a new dimension in medical science and

> help mankind,"

> said neurologist Sudhir Shah.

>

> The committee of doctors is yet to conclude their

> research.

>

> "We hope to come out with our findings into the

> causes of Jani's

> resistance to hunger and thirst very soon," said

> Dhruv.

>

> By Sukrat Desai, Kerala News

> Source:

>

http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?

> action=fullnews&id=1242

>

>

 

 

 

 

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Very interesting! There is a story in Paramahamsa Yogananda's

Autobiography of a Yogi of a woman (referred to as a "saint" by

Yogananda) who also does not need food or water. Her

circumstance came about from a problem with her mother in

law, and it seemed brought on by emotional and psychological

factors, as well as her will. It will be fascinating to see what all

the doctors come up with.

 

, "Devi Bhakta"

<devi_bhakta> wrote:

> From the Kerala News website, comes this amazing story of

an elderly

> gentleman who claims Devi granted him the ability to live

without

> food or water. What do think? Is it a fact of science? A miracle

of

> faith? Or simply deception and fantasy?

>

> MAN DEFIES LAWS OR NATURE, LIVES WITHOUT FOOD OR

WATER

>

> Ahmedabad, Nov 25, 2003 - Doctors here never stop gaping at

76-year-

> old Prahlad Jani, who claims not to have taken a drop of water

or a

> morsel of food for the past 65 years.

>

> His amazing lifestyle has transcended the boundaries of

medial

> science and become the talk of the town in the principal city of

> Gujarat in western India.

>

> Doctors at Sterling Hospital here have kept Jani under

observation

> for 10 days and found to their astonishment that he lives

without

> consuming food or water.

>

> "Neither has he put a morsel of food in his mouth, nor has he

> demanded water. His body too does not perform vital functions

like

> passing urine and stool," said Urman Dhruv, secretary of the

> Association of Physicians of Ahmedabad.

>

> "On November 12 we put him in a special room and kept him

under

> constant observation with the help of video cameras, but this

man

> seems to have some superhuman strength to defy hunger and

thirst."

>

> The association, a body with over 400 members, in

association with

> the New Delhi-based Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied

> Science, is heading the research on Jani at Sterling Hospital.

>

> Doctors say Jani's ability to live without food or water is

> superhuman, but he says his strength springs from the

blessings of a

> goddess.

>

> "I was blessed by Goddess Amba while visiting her cave in

Ambaji

> when I was eight years old," he claims.

>

> Call it fantasy or faith, Jani claims to have seen Goddess

Amba in

> one of the caves at Ambaji, a Hindu pilgrimage site near

Rajasthan

> border, 120 km north of here.

>

> Since his childhood, he made that particular cave his home.

>

> According to Dhruv, nearly 100 doctors of the association have

> examined Jani in the past 10 days.

>

> "A panel of doctors -- including physicians, cardiologists,

> neurologists, a neurosurgeon, a gastroenterologist, an

> endocrinologist, a diabetologist, a nephrologist, an

uro-surgeon, an

> ENT surgeon, a psychiatrist, an opthalmologist, a genetic

> counsellor, a radiologist, sonologists and many more - have

examined

> him," said Dhruv.

>

> "We have deputed a team of doctors and security personnel on

round-

> the-clock duty around his room," said V.N. Shah of Sterling

> Hospital.

>

> Jani agreed to avoid bathing during the examination period but

was

> given 100 ml of water every day to wash his mouth that was

collected

> and measured.

>

> According to doctors, Jani has not passed urine since his

admission

> to the hospital and lived without food or water.

>

> "Jani has not passed urine since he was brought here on

November 12.

> He has not taken anything by mouth or by any other route - not

even

> water during this period," said Dhruv.

>

> "All his body parameters are within the normal physiological

range.

> Initially, the project was to continue for seven days but his

health

> allowed us to extend it."

>

> Tests have showed that Jani's body has shown evidence of

formation

> of urine, which seems to be reabsorbed from his bladder wall.

>

> "Through studying the various functions of his body, we are

trying

> to understand a new dimension in medical science and help

mankind,"

> said neurologist Sudhir Shah.

>

> The committee of doctors is yet to conclude their research.

>

> "We hope to come out with our findings into the causes of

Jani's

> resistance to hunger and thirst very soon," said Dhruv.

>

> By Sukrat Desai, Kerala News

> Source:

http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?

> action=fullnews&id=1242

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Quite honestly this is no big deal(though dont ask me to do it:-)).

There is a world wide movement called Breatharianism who believe that

it is not necessary to eat or drink- they have chapters in every

major town . Since then I have also come to know of lots of people

who fast for 40/80 days or more with little body weight loss, if you

can live for 80 days without food and water, you can live without it

the whole of your life.

 

-yogaman

, "Mary Ann" <maryann@m...>

wrote:

> Very interesting! There is a story in Paramahamsa Yogananda's

> Autobiography of a Yogi of a woman (referred to as a "saint" by

> Yogananda) who also does not need food or water. Her

> circumstance came about from a problem with her mother in

> law, and it seemed brought on by emotional and psychological

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