The experiences and teachings of a woman from Australia named Jasmuheen are referenced in two of her books here. One is titled Living On Light: The Source Of Nourishment For The New Millennium (1998) her first book on the subject and practice of breatharianism. Jasmuheen has been studying physical immortality and ascension for many years and some of her information on this topic came from her own channeled sources. She took this information and experimented with it herself. At the time of the writing of this book she had been living on light for five years. She combined the modalities of research, experimentation and teaching to evolve this material that led to her next book on the topic, Ambassadors Of Light (2000). This book expands on the dynamic of life changes for people who follow a path of living on light. Her central point is that one of the powerful effects of living in this manner is that people usually evolve into the primary life focus of giving service. Once a person has had the experience of living on light, the realization that we don’t really need anything becomes crystal clear. Along with that realization comes the truth that we can create and have anything. Once in this place, breatharians find that their main interest in this life is how to create Heaven on Earth. There is a powerful desire for conditions on the planet to change in a way such that all humanity will be able to feel this same sense of empowerment and freedom. Ambassadors Of Light (2000) is a study of possibilities of how that might happen.

In her work, Jasmuheen highly recommends Dr. Hilton Hotema’s book Man’s Higher Consciousness (1962). Hotema was a raw food/fruitarian metaphysician with many books and interests. In this book, considered his most celebrated work, he covers topics related to a higher consciousness regarding diet. In 31 lessons he leads people through the possibility of gradually lightening up the foods eaten and provides inspiration regarding the possibilities of leading a breatharian lifestyle.

A book used for historical reference on breatharianism is Autobiography Of A Yogi (1946) by Parmahansa Yogananda. This book is a foundational source for many on the spiritual path as it was one of the first to bring the teachings and practices of Eastern religions to the West. Yogananda was able to make many mysteries and powerful truths available to spiritual seekers all over the world and therefore was one of the first teachers to engender unification and oneness in a highly compartmentalized religious system. The group Self Realization Fellowship are the followers and practitioners of his teachings and are quite active worldwide. In it he describes a meeting with a noted breatharian in his own country of India. This breatharian will be discussed shortly in this course.

David Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., has produced a body of work that explores levels of consciousness measured by process of kinesiology. In Power vs. Force: An Anatomy Of Consciousness (2001), he introduces the concept of being able to determine the contributing elements of raising vibratory frequencies. Dr. Hawkins tells of retreating into the seclusion of the forest for a period of ten years while he released attachments to past forms of information and going into the space of “nothing-ness.” He did this as a way of preparing to emerge ready to present this new paradigm to the world. This process of withdrawal and re-entry into the world is an important aspect of switching from being nourished by food to being nourished by prana. I appreciate that Dr. Hawkins has demonstrated this part of the change-over in his own life, just as many important teachers and healers have done. He is currently teaching this information one day a month in Sedona, Arizona. I have found his way of demonstrating and measuring the evolution of consciousness to be very useful both in the conceptualization and the practice of a breatharian lifestyle.

A recent book by Wayne Dyer, Ph.D., The Power of Intention: Learning To Co-create Your World Your Way (2004) is a book I recommend to anyone interested in making profound changes in ways of living and being in the world. Dr. Dyer has written more than 20 books over the years on practical spiritual tools and techniques. I find him to be a person who continues to push himself to the edge of his understanding and then has the ability to share that understanding very effectively with the rest of the world. We know that all the work that we have been doing over the last twenty years to uplift consciousness has been somewhat effective. Dr. Dyer has written about using our intention in a new way that is effective in this higher frequency energy. His tools and techniques teach people how to plug in to this new energy as a way to ride the crest of changes using intention. To me it feels like the difference in being on a train going North and South, trying with all of my might to get that train to turn around and go East and West. The easier thing would be to jump off that train and get on another train already going the direction I want to go. If I were planning to go through the change to a breatharian lifestyle today, I would definitely find Dr. Dyer’s information very useful.

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