Oh no, this is deeply embarrassing. But I was afraid it would show up sooner or later, I just hoped that if I would fail to mention it, it would be later.
I must admit that I am involved in Breatharianism, as a matter of fact each semester break I take the time to get back to it. Today I have had nothing to eat or drink, and I am better than fine.
Starting from the age of 17, I begun to have experiences that led me to Breatharianism. That is about the time I made that website, which I subsequently begun taking down for obvious reasons being that this is not a safe topic to distribute.
I have and had a great deal of insight into this topic, perhaps more than any of its other proponents, which is why at a young age I was invited to do a series of lectures on it. I was reluctant to be filmed and had I a choice today this material would not even be available from me at all. It is funny, actually, that I arrived to do a very simple one hour talk, but the man arranging this kept urging me to go for at least four hours.
I have not earned a penny off this. I did get paid a one-time amount after each lecture, but that amount simply covered my travel and accommodation expenses, which I paid for. I have not been given any amount for videos sold by this person or for the part that I have in his book. Nor have I asked to. This is not a profit-oriented thing for me, although I do admit that some others in Breatharianism are earning/scamming impressive amounts.
I will be very careful with what I share about this, because the last thing I want is to encourage someone to not eat or drink, who is incapable of doing Breatharianism safely, successfully, and comfortably. This is a very important part of my life, it is also highly personal, intimate, private, and spiritual and religious. I will gladly answer questions and explain things about this, however I do appreciate if we do remain civil, since this is very personal and intimate to me.
Since those years, I have become a science student. But I still maintain my personal and religious identity in what is my personal space. I would have hard to believe that my personal experiences, my choices of food, and my spiritual and religious beliefs, all of which are guarded by laws that prohibit discrimination, would lead my professional scientific career to suffer. Especially since I practice pure and conventional science in my work, in every much the same way as any person of any personal or religious belief.
However, I will gladly partake in the merciless dissection of this subject that I am sure will now follow. I am today a skeptic and science student, and I do realize the controversy and seriousness of this potentially lethal subject. Rather than promoting this to others, I advocate safety and common sense, and I do believe that any part of a controversial pseudoscientific topic such as this, that does not survive scientific and skeptical perspective is certainly to be discarded. However, no amount of common sense changes the fact that this does remain a real, true, and very important part of my life.
Aw, and just as I was hoping to retire from all of this.
