Inedia, Breatharianism, Non-Eating, Living on Light, Fasting.

cooperlee · Joined: 15 Feb 2011 Posts: 7

Had some-one told me a few years ago that humans didn't need physical food to survive, I would have struggled to believe it. I'm sure many people in this forum feel the same way.

I wonder if there are people out there who have managed to eliminate the need for SLEEP?

Does any-one have any knowledge or thoughts on this?

Draginvry · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 121 Location: Texas

Candid · Joined: 15 Jul 2018 Posts: 119 Location: Reading, UK

Yogananda wrote (in his Autobiography of a Yogi) that many yogis didn't need to sleep. They did, however, meditate for up to 20 hours a day!

About 30 years ago I took the Silva Method training https://www.silvamethod.com/ in which participants were shown how to get to the level of alpha brainwaves. It was recommended we could use the technique when we were very tired but needed to get something done.

blackpirate · Joined: 22 Dec 2019 Posts: 40

I would love to know more about this too. Supposedly not eating or drinking leads to not having to sleep for some reason, or at least a good less need for sleep.

Candid · Joined: 15 Jul 2018 Posts: 119 Location: Reading, UK

Which makes you wonder what we'd do with all that extra time.

Hikari · Joined: 21 Jan 2019 Posts: 77

For my part I am not sure I am still sleeping at night,
Since about a few weeks I do not manage to sleep long ,

Sometimes I still sleep because I dream but the dreams I make seems much more realistic like as if they were giving me answers or bringing to light things that I was not aware from my subconscious, sometimes I am not even sure I really sleep, it seems more like a different state of mind that is more dreamy. As deep meditation maybe.

Candid · Joined: 15 Jul 2018 Posts: 119 Location: Reading, UK

blackpirate · Joined: 22 Dec 2019 Posts: 40

In order to eliminate the need for sleep, you need to sleep every other night until you reach 7 days. From then on you shouldn't need anymore sleep. You need to come off it like any other drug.

Candid · Joined: 15 Jul 2018 Posts: 119 Location: Reading, UK

I doubt that's true unless you're already super-healthy. A major part of sleep is about mind and body healing.

For me, the order goes like this:

1. addictions, including alcohol and prescribed drugs
2. animal-based foods, including eggs and dairy
3. all other foods

I believe in drinking lots of water at this point, and deep breathing. Both are cleansing. It seems highly likely to me that there's a reduced need for water after that point, although I've never got there myself.

A work in progress.

blackpirate · Joined: 22 Dec 2019 Posts: 40

Idk if sleep is for healing as much as people say it is. I wonder if the body gets addicted to the chemicals the body produces as we do sleep. I think anything that makes one become unconscious is a drug.