Reply #7: Samsara [View All]

See the whole "no food no water" thing is the public creations of our own conditioning.

Granted if you follow the story in detail, there are questions relating to Bomjom's brother who "managed" the community that devloped around him before his disappearance. Lots of money was made, rumors were spread.

Plus anyone who's read any buddhist sutra's knows that its full of beams of light bursting from chests, levitation and other such things, although theset hings mostly come from the monks and thinkers post-gotama. Gotama's words themselves are typically irregardless of discrimination unless skillfully used to express a concept to someone who hasn't trancended duality.

Meditation slows down everything about the mind/body.. slowing down your metabolism will require alot less food and water. Perhaps the boy drank at night, perhaps he didn't. I wouldn't be suprised fi the boy ate once a month and drank once a week.

And to be honest, with some of the awe-inspiring things ive seen meditation do, perhaps the boy just didn't eat or drink.

Do your research (i dont have any links right now im sorry) and you will find out about an indian ascetic (who lives now) who claims he hasn't eaten or drank anything since his enlightenment at 8 years old.

Scientists observed him in a room for 10 days straight. Finally, they discovered someone that sunlight was reacting with his mucos, and calorific particles in the air, and creating a digestible ball of goop in the back of his throat, that becomes his life sustaining

Perhaps its real perhaps its not.

Someone correct me if im wrong but Shakyamuni Gotama Buddha fasted for the most 49 days (i beleive), according to traditional story, that is.


What I do know is that when iw as 16, i could sit still for 10 minutes, let alone 6 months.

Then again the brother wouldn't allow filming at night time, who knows.

Just as I told myself "A real buddha wouldn't be fond of the kind of corruption and confusion surrounding his meditaton" he said "there is no peace here" and disappeared.

I pray for his return in (may?) 2012, and should he come back preaching the dharma as it is relative to todays world, i may just seek him out.