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Breatharian Yogi Held Up to Scientific Scrutiny
As science marches forward at a frenetic space it has looked at countless aspects of the ancient yogic teachings. Many of these teachings have been validated by the process while some have been disproved without any doubts.
Prahlad Jani spent a fortnight in a hospital in the western India state of Gujarat under constant surveillance from a team of 30 medics equipped with cameras and closed circuit television.
During the period, he neither ate nor drank and did not go to the toilet.
Amrita, the nectar of immortality
Many scriptures refer to the sweet ambrosia, or nectar of immortality, which can be accessed through practices such as kechari mudra.
The teachings state that in ordinary folks this cool nectar is dripping and end up being burned up in the digestive fire in one's belly. When preserved and tapped by the yogi it tastes like a sweet nectar and can be the source of youth distributed in the whole body.
As far as I know this aspect of the teachings has no parallel in our modern understanding of physiology.
As explained in this article this old sadhu not only claims that he hasn't eaten or drunk anything in 70 or so years but that he can do it because since he was very young a Goddess has been pouring ambrosia through his crown chakra.
This provides some food for thought - no pun intended.
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