I would hardly call any of the so-called doctors or scientists that observed him impartial. "What the bleep..." participant? Ayur Veda doctor? These guys all have a stake in having that guy be successful in his fast.
I don't believe it for a second. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=72872132228 > > > Solar Healing Lecture with Hira Ratan Manek > > Living off the Energy of our Sun > > Host: > Andy Toepel > > Type: > <http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=400000010&c1=3> Education - > <http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=400000010&c1=3&c2=28> Lecture > > Network: > Global > > > Date: > Sunday, August 23, 2009 > > Time: > 12:00pm - 12:05pm > > Location: > Fairfield, IA > > City/Town: > Fairfield, IA > > Description > > HRM studies the art of living off of sun light. Gladys Gonzales contacted > him and asked him to come to Fairfield, IA. His response was that if we can > get a min of 100 folks to attend he would be happy to. He'd be doing this > sometime in August, the exact date has not been determined yet. > Here's a nice description of his life from www.solarhealing.com > > Hira Ratan Manek was born on 12th of September 1937 in Bodhavad, India, was > raised in Calicut, Kerala, India, where he had his Mechanical Engineering > degree from the University of Kerala. After graduation, he joined the family > shipping and spice trading business and continued working there until he > retired in 1992. > > After he retired, he began to research and study the ancient practice of sun > gazing in which he had been interested in since his childhood. This method > was an old but forgotten method, which had been practiced, in the ancient > times in many different parts of the world. (see Sun Gazing - History) > > > After working on this method for 3 years, he was able to re-discover the > secrets of sun gazing. During his study, he was mainly inspired from the > teachings of Lord Mahavir of Jains, who was also practicing this method two > thousand and six hundred years ago. Other inspirations for sungazing came > from ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Native Americans. > > Since June 18th, 1995, HRM has and continues to live only on sun energy and > water. Occasionally, for hospitality and social purposes, he drinks tea, > coffee and buttermilk. Until now, he had three strict fastings, during which > he had just sun energy and only water and was under the control and > observation of various science and medical teams. > > The first of these fasting lasted for 211 days during 1995-96 in Calicut, > India directed by Dr. C.K. Ramachandran, a medical expert on allopathy and > ayurvedic medicine. > > This was followed by a 411 day fast from 2000-2001 in Ahmedabad, India > directed by an International team of 21 medical doctors and scientists led > by Dr. Sudhir Shah (Dr. Shah's synopsis report) and Dr. K. K. Shah, the > acting President of Indian Medical Association at that time. Dr. Maurie D. > Pressman, MD also describes his experience with HRM in an article he wrote > and later joined the team for the next observation on HRM. > > After the excitement of the findings at Ahmadabad, HRM was invited to Thomas > Jefferson University and University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where he > underwent a 130 day observation period. This Science/Medical Team wanted to > observe and examine his retina, pineal gland and brain, therefore this > observation team was led by Dr. Andrew B. Newberg, a leading authority on > the brain and also featured in the recent movie "What the Bleep Do We Know", > and by Dr. George C. Brenard, the leading authority on the pineal gland. > Initial results found that the gray cells in HRM's brain are regenerating. > 700 photographs have been taken where the neurons were reported to be active > and not dying. Furthermore, the pineal gland was expanding and not shrinking > which is typically what happens after mid fifties and its maximum average > size is about 6 x 6 mm, however for HRM, it has been measured to be at 8 x > 11 mm. > > There have been many other sungazers who have achieved similar results and > have volunteered to be tested, however due to lack of funding and other > lifestyle restrictions the results have not been documented. The uniqueness > of HRM is that he has surrendered his living body for observation and > experiments to the scientific firmament for several extended periods of > time. Although scientists and doctors have agreed that hunger is being > reduced if not eliminated, due to the complexity of the various brain > functions, they have not been able to explain how sungazing has such > positive effects on the human mind or body, however more research is > underway. > > In 2002 Hira Ratan Manek gave over 136 lectures in USA and has been invited > by government agencies of many countries to help them understand this > process at which point he established his International Headquarters in > Orlando, Florida. In 2003 HRM gave over 147 lectures in US, Canada, > Caribbean and UK and nearly 400 newspapers all around the world have > published articles on him. Additionally, many television channels have > broadcast stories about him and he was most recently interviewed by BBC > World Services. In December, 2003 HRM traveled to India for 4 months and > delivered 70 lectures to various cities such as Chennai, Pondicherry, > Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Palitana, Kachchh, Jodhpur, Pali, Balotara, > Lucknow, Delhi, Chadigarh, and other areas. Additional lectures in Delhi , > Mumbai, Lucknow and Dhadigarh were sponsored by Times Foundation whose > Chairperson Smt. Indujain has taken a keen interest in spreading the > universally popular HRM Phenomenon (Suryanamaskar). Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, > Founder of Art of Living Foundation and Surya Foundation of International > Naturopath Organization and Salila Tiwari doctor of Indian Prime Minister > Vajpayeeji have also taken a keen interest in HRM Phenomena spreading all > over the world. It was at the house of Salila Tiwari that ZTV interviewed > HRM and where Surya Foundation made a detailed film on him. ZTV released the > HRM interview on March 25th in their Hindustan Hamara Program and has > repeated it many times since then. BBC World Services also repeatedly > broadcast HRM's interview on July 22nd, 2003. Other media groups from all > over the world have reported on HRM including those from Europe, Russia and > Gulf Countries. > > There are now Solar Healing Centers coming up all over the world and > facilitating a global group of HRM Phenomenon practitioners. For those who > are interested in learning more about the sun energy is an effective healing > source, HRM recommends these books: > > - "Light, Medicine of the Future", by Jacob Lieberman > - "The Healing Sun: Sunlight and Health in the 21st Century", by Richard > Hobday. >
