Starving yogi' astounds Indian scientists

[Charles Pegge]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100510/tod-starving-yogi-astounds-indian-scient-451ab4f.html

[danbaron]

[font=courier new]I read it. I like it.

I don't know how it could be possible.

If he doesn't, "go to the toilet", that would seem to mean that somehow, his body is a sealed system, no atoms enter or leave it.

In that case, I guess all of his molecules are somehow recycled. He never loses any, so he doesn't need to gain any.

You can tell me what prevents evaporation.

If there is no exchange of matter, and he "runs" on solar energy, then, the only explanation I can think of, is that he is not really human, but actually, a cleverly disguised machine, yes?!?!!

:oops:
Dan :x :P

[Charles Pegge]

We would expect his abdominal organs to become very small if he was not using them.

Without drinking, dehydration would show up very quickly - within a day or two. But since he was taking regular baths, he might be able to absorb water through the skin.

I doubt he is a robot since the concept of Yoga has not entered the field of robotics yet.

Note that it is the military who are taking a keen interest!

Charles

[Michael Clease]

Not a pleasant topic but I did read about a guy (Bear Grylls) who made tv program where he was on an island doing survival stuff and gave himself and enema with undrinkable water before sailing off on a raft, I assume it was to absorb as much water as possible before the journey.

Perhaps this yogi has a similiar technique (without tubes) :shock:

[zak]

such a man when he died, indeed we can't be sure he died realy, so in such bizzare situations if he burried in a tomb must supplied by a phone to talk to his relatives for a rescue if he awake suddenly, indeed there are many cases i have read in newspapers in which the people awake before burried; but what about if he is burried and his relatives went home?? then he awake in his grave ??.
i suggest someone brave to make a company in which it will provide the dead man by a satelite phone and oxygen and a light for just $50 including Tax, so if he awaken within 2 months he will just press a button to alarm the company for a rescue and to send emails to dedicated sites, the company may be called "the dead human rescue service", i am not kidding at all, many people burried alive daily in all over the world,
and from the commercial viewpoint it is a profitable project for a brave man or woman,if you want to be a millionere be the first to originate such a project, thousands will subscribe for this service.
just search google for people burried alive and you will astonished.
as an example :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_burial

[danbaron]

[font=courier new]I could be wrong, but I think, yogis are Hindu, and Hindus are burned, not buried.

:oops:
Dan :x :P

[jack]

I read long time ago in one of the volumes of "Isis Unveiled" by H. P. Blavatsky that they found a yogi in meditation with tree's grown all around the yogi, the trees had sprung up and grown as the yogi was in a trance, when they tried to clear the tree's (closely interwoven with the yogi) they killed the yogi.

[Charles Pegge]

A more extensive report on Prahlad Jani can be found towards the end of this article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inedia

Clip from Reuters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_zGRUKbqWc

Interesting picture of the yogi meditating. I wonder if the Shiva trident is an energy collecting device :)

http://www.desihits.com/news/view/the-starving-yogi-goes-for-70-years-without-food-or-water-20100511

[danbaron]

[font=courier new]It seems to me, you need to put him in a cell without a toilet, for a year.

Somehow, you need to insure that the only thing that can pass into or out of the cell, is air.

I think, that's not easy to do.

I guess, analogous to double-blind testing, a method must be used, which makes the probability of someone secretly enabling him to cheat, extremely small.

In that case, if his claims are genuine, then the world will be astounded.

If he is a fraud, then, mostly likely, he will either refuse the conditions of confinement, or if he is confined, it will soon become apparent that he cannot do what he claims.

[Charles Pegge]

He was also investigated in 2003

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3236118.stm

Some scornful critique at that time:

http://www.skepdic.com/news/newsletter34.html

It is intriguing that no-one has yet uncovered any cheating over the last seven years.

Charles

[danbaron]

[font=courier new]If he hasn't eaten since he was 13, then, I think his skeleton should not have grown since then (first link). So, we would expect him to now be the size of a 13 year old Indian boy.

On the other hand, according to articles similar to this one (first link), maybe he should live, approximately, forever.

1) http://www.scientificpsychic.com/health/crondiet.html

On the third hand, there have been hoaxes that were successful for extended time periods.

2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin ( - presumably)

3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turk

4) http://www.911truth.org/ ("insane"?, "uncivil"?, "idiotic"?, "moronic"?, "imbecilic"?, "paranoid"?, "very dangerous"?, "treasonous"?, "communistic"?, "delusional"?, etc. :zzz:)

[Charles Pegge]

I've been looking out for more substantive articles - we will have to wait a while, but here is a video giving more details about the yogi and the rigorous investigations which were carried out in hospital. . - and yes the bath water was measured before and after.

Charles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewoDVPCLnt0

[danbaron]

[font=courier new]To be clear, my preference is that Prahlad Jani is genuine.

:oops:
Dan :x :P

[Charles Pegge]

This chapter from Yogananda's autobiography, describes a visit to a woman who had not taken food or water for fifty years. It is a long time since I read this book - it is an engaging narrative, and the story of Giri Bala bears some similarity to that of the Yogi.

Charles

http://reluctant-messenger.com/yogananda/chapter_46.htm

[danbaron]

[font=courier new]I read about Giri Bala.

It looks like a good book.

I know I've seen that yogi's picture before.

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Chapter 39 - Therese Neumann

http://www.answers.com/topic/therese-neumann

[kryton9]

I wonder if they did body scans on him to see if they could find any different organs inside of him? Perhaps he has a mutation where as the stuff that would normally come out as urine or movements can be reprocessed by his body somehow, but still you would have perspiration and dehydration that way unless he could absorb the humidity instead of perspiring, perhaps his skin absorbs moisture?

[danbaron]

[font=courier new][size=8pt]Here's what Wikipedia says.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inedia :x :oops: :P