I just saw the documentary on the TV on 2 individuals who had gone without food for a very long tim simply by just meditating!
This is a 16 year old boy who has gone without food for 10 months meditating in the hollow of a tree in Nepal. Many claim that he was a buddha reincarnated. According to his family, he was supposed to go into meditation for 6 years without food or water.
This attracted many followers and definitely the media. One of the media even taped him continuously for 4 days straight. Based on science, a body cannot survive without water for more than 4 days. They managed to capture him without taking any water or food for 4 days. How he survived, no one can explain. All the while he was deep in meditation. Such focus is incredible.
However there is a twist to the story. Apparently he disappeared sometime in March 2006. I wonder what happened? Many think this could be a scam as his family was collecting donations during the period of time he was meditating in the tree. It could mean that perhaps he ran away with the money? However some devoted followers think that he could have gone deeper into the forest for the meditation.
So is it possible then for a human to go without food and drink and just survive by meditation?
In the documentary, it also shows another man, an indian holy man who claims he did not eat or drink since the age of 12. Doctors in India had placed him in a sealed room and observed him for 10days. And the report was that he really did not eat or drink during that time! The holy man even claims that he can easily live up to a thousand years!
Is it really true then?
