Key Takeaways
1. Man's Original State: Breatharianism and Physical Perfection
God breathed into his nostrils the Breath of Life, and man became a living entity (Gen. 2:7).
Divine animation. Man originally came into physical existence as a Perfect Breatharian, requiring only the Breath of Life to sustain his body. This divine breath supplied all animation requirements, making man immortal and free from wants. The Ancient Masters taught that the less man needs, the more he resembles gods, who are immortal and use nothing.
Cosmic sustenance. In this perfect state, man's body was entirely free of material wants, with all needs supplied by the pure air of his perfect environment. This cosmic perfection enabled his evolution from spiritual potentiality to physical actuality. The body, composed of trillions of cells, each a miniature solar system of atoms and electrons, was sustained by invisible cosmic essence, not food.
Freedom from wants. Poverty, want, and sickness are not natural but are products of man's acquired habits and desires. As man multiplies his wants, he increases his burdens and deviates from perfection. The path to improvement lies in reducing these wants, moving towards a state of economic freedom and completeness, where the mind and senses are under control, released from the chains of desire.
2. Eating is an Acquired, Detrimental Habit
We eat to live, and we eat to die.
Unnatural practice. Eating is not a natural function but an acquired habit, akin to smoking or drinking, and is a primary cause of degeneration and death. The body's cells, being self-existent and self-sustaining, are not produced or nourished by food. Instead, food acts as a stimulant, activating the body's machinery, but ultimately contributing to its decline.
Stimulation, not nutrition. What man consumes as food merely stimulates cell function, rather than providing true nutrition. This stimulation, while appearing to give strength, is often a reaction to toxins from previously eaten food, creating a vicious cycle of craving. Fasting, conversely, often leads to recovery and rejuvenation, demonstrating that food is not essential for sustenance.
Half-truths abound. Authors promoting vegetarianism or carnivorism often present half-truths, omitting the damaging qualities of their favored diets. All foods, including vegetables and cereals, contain properties that force the body to adapt at the expense of its vitality. This adaptation leads to a gradual weakening of the body, making it tolerate substances that are inherently harmful.
3. Devolution, Not Evolution: The Decline of Man
Modern Man is the degenerate descendant of the Breatharian.
Descending path. Contrary to modern scientific theories of evolution, all evidence from ancient scriptures and the Law of Vital Adjustment proves that modern man is a product of descending evolution, or devolution. Man has slowly degenerated through stages:
- Breatharianism (subsisting on air)
- Liquidarianism (adding water)
- Fruitarianism (adding fruits)
- Vegetarianism (adding vegetables and cereals)
- Carnivorism (adding flesh)
Loss of perfection. Each step in this "progress" has led to a decline in health and a decrease in lifespan, from an estimated eighty thousand years in the Breatharian state to much less than a century today. This degeneration is a result of the body adapting to increasingly unnatural environments and harmful habits, which it was never originally designed to endure.
Rudimentary organs. The presence of rudimentary organs in the human body, such as the alimentary tract in its original state, serves as evidence of these past stages. These structures, once functional, withered when no longer needed, or developed from rudimentary forms when new, unnatural conditions demanded their use, allowing the body to change rather than perish.
4. The Law of Vital Adjustment: Adaptation at a Cost
Such adaptation can occur only at the expense of a depression of all the vital functions, which must be injurious if long-continued or often repeated.
Body's endurance. The human body possesses an extraordinary power of vital adjustment, allowing it to adapt to adverse conditions and poisonous substances that would otherwise cause instant death. This adaptive capacity enables survival in hostile environments and with harmful habits, but it comes at a significant cost to overall vitality.
Immunity is weakness. What medical art terms "immunity" is, in fact, a condition produced by reducing the body's vitality and dulling the nervous system. A healthy, vital body would react strongly against poisons, exhibiting symptoms of "disease" as it attempts to eliminate them. A weakened body, however, tolerates these dangers without protest, leading to a slow, insidious decline.
Examples of adaptation:
- Smokers' bodies adapt to tobacco poisons, eventually craving them.
- Drug addicts' bodies become physiologically dependent on destructive poisons.
- People in polluted cities adapt to toxic air, losing sensitivity to its harm.
This adaptation prolongs existence under adverse circumstances, but it is a process of vital reduction, leading to chronic illness and premature death.
5. Polluted Air: Civilization's Silent Killer
The Breath of Death is the foul, stagnant, polluted air of civilization, in which civilized man lives in sickness and misery, aches and pains, and grows feeble and decrepit when he should be in his prime.
Ubiquitous poison. Civilization's air is saturated with hundreds of poisons, including carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulfuric acid, and industrial fumes. This polluted air is a primary cause of widespread illness, degeneration, and premature death, often misdiagnosed as "heart attacks" or other diseases.
Direct damage. Unlike poisons ingested through the mouth, airborne toxins enter the lungs directly into the bloodstream without neutralization, causing immediate and cumulative damage. This leads to:
- Lung degeneration (black lungs, reduced capacity)
- Brain damage (insanity, mental weakness, cerebral hemorrhage)
- Blood poisoning (anemia, heart disease)
- Various ailments (colds, flu, pneumonia, cancer, arthritis)
Invisible foe. Carbon monoxide, being colorless, odorless, and tasteless, is particularly insidious, killing thousands quickly and millions slowly. The body's adaptation to this vitiated atmosphere leads to a depression of vital functions, making people tolerate conditions that would instantly kill a healthy individual. The constant inhalation of such air coats lung walls with tar and carbon, obstructing oxygen flow and vital gas exchange.
6. Water and Minerals: Contributors to Aging
If hardening of the arteries could be prevented, our life-span would be pushed far beyond the dreams of man.
Ossification process. The gradual accumulation of earthy minerals in the body, particularly after maturity, is a primary cause of aging, leading to ossification, rigidity, and decrepitude. These deposits, chiefly composed of lime salts, transform the soft, pliable body of youth into the stiff, creaky body of old age, affecting tissues, blood vessels, and joints.
Hard water's role. Most water consumed, especially spring or well water, is "hard" due to dissolved lime and other minerals. While essential for growing children, excess minerals in mature bodies form damaging deposits, contributing to conditions like:
- Hardening of arteries ("goose-neck arteries")
- Kidney and gall bladder stones
- Stiff joints and bunions
- Reduced vitality and senility
Pure water is key. Distilled water, or naturally distilled water found in fruits and berries, is free of these harmful minerals and acts as a powerful solvent to dissolve existing deposits. Its consistent use can facilitate the removal of deleterious compounds, thereby retarding the aging process and prolonging life.
7. Dormant Spiritual Powers and Cosmic Intelligence
The kingdom of God is within you (Lu. 17:21).
Inner realm. Ancient science taught that man is a microcosm, a miniature universe, containing a spiritual realm within himself, located in the "Spiritual Chambers of the skull," or the Five Sinuses. These chambers, unknown in their true function to modern science, are the seat of man's Intellectual Divinity and spiritual sense-centers.
Cosmic connection. These spiritual organs are designed to receive "Mental Spirit" and higher intelligence directly from the Cosmic Source through the nostrils. In primitive man and wild animals, these centers are functionally developed, explaining their "uncanny powers" or "instinctive knowledge," such as navigation, distant perception, and warning of danger.
Degeneration's impact. Polluted air and artificial living dull and dormantize these spiritual centers, crippling man's ability to contact the spiritual world and higher intelligence. This degeneration limits man to his physical senses, which are themselves often deficient, leading to a state where he is "spiritually dead while physically alive," and mentally weaker than his ancestors.
8. Longevity Through Natural Living
Ages well beyond 250 years were common. Men of well attested age up to 150 years were recently married and raising families of children.
Historical evidence. Numerous historical and anecdotal accounts, often dismissed by modern science, describe individuals living for centuries. These centenarians, like Li Chung-Yun (256 years) or Numas De Cugna (370 years), often lived simple lives, consumed natural foods sparingly, and resided in unpolluted environments.
Frugal living. The common thread among these long-lived individuals is not a specific "miracle food" but a lifestyle of moderation, often involving:
- Frugal eating (sometimes only fruit, milk, or herbs)
- Drinking pure water (rain or spring water)
- Living in open, unpolluted air (hills, forests, deserts)
- Regular, but not excessive, physical activity
- Avoiding harmful habits like smoking and excessive alcohol
Body's renewal. The body is constantly renewing itself, with physiologists suggesting a complete cellular turnover every seven years. This inherent capacity for renewal means that "periodical rejuvenation" is not needed unless degeneration has set in due to bad habits and environment. Longevity is a natural outcome of living in harmony with cosmic laws, not a medical mystery.
9. Critique of Modern Science and Medicine
Materialism, once a plausible theory, is now the fatalistic creed of thousands (of physical scientists), but materialism is nothing better than a superstition, on the same level as a belief in witches and devils.
Ignorance and illusion. Modern science, particularly in medicine, is depicted as being in its infancy, often operating on "childish physico-chemical conceptions" and "superstition." It is criticized for:
- Limiting investigation to material things, ignoring the spiritual.
- Focusing on effects (symptoms) rather than underlying causes.
- Perpetuating theories (like the germ theory of disease) that are deemed false.
- Suppressing facts that contradict its materialistic framework.
Conflicting claims. Even prominent scientists like Carrel, while exposing medical ignorance, exhibited internal contradictions, acknowledging the body's inherent intelligence and immortality of cells, yet adhering to the idea of their death and need for nutrition. This intellectual confusion stems from a refusal to integrate spiritual principles into scientific understanding.
Profit over health. The medical profession is accused of profiting from sickness, with billions spent annually on treatments that often address symptoms rather than causes. This economic incentive, combined with a materialistic worldview, prevents the widespread acceptance and promotion of natural health principles that could lead to genuine well-being and longevity.
10. Path to Regeneration: A Gradual Return to Nature
The return or transformation to Breatharianism, where food is no longer essential for body stimulation, must be slow and gradual.
Reversing degeneration. To reverse the degenerative process and regain health and longevity, a conscious and gradual return to natural living is essential. This involves:
- Slowly reducing food intake to allow the body to adjust.
- Seeking pure, unpolluted air, ideally in high-altitude, natural environments.
- Consuming pure water, such as rain or distilled water, and fresh fruits.
Body's adaptability. Just as the body adapted to degeneration, it can adapt to regeneration. Symptoms of discomfort during this transition, such as reduced appetite or cleansing reactions, are signs of the body purging toxins and restoring its equilibrium. These should not be suppressed with remedies but understood as part of the healing process.
Holistic change. True health and eternal physical life are attainable by aligning with cosmic laws, which means changing one's habits and environment to foster perfect correspondence between the body and its surroundings. This involves recognizing that "Air is Life" and that the body's vitality and powers increase as it frees itself from the insulating and corrosive effects of food and polluted air.
