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She attempted this lifestyle after viewing the 2010 documentary “In the Beginning There Was Light,” which tells “of an Indian guru who claimed to have lived off sunlight and without food and water for 70 years.” Austrian filmmaker
Peter-Arthur Straubinger may have derived the title of this documentary from Genesis 1. If so, it seems misleading because Genesis (KJV) outright tells us that “In the beginning…” there was “darkness upon the face of the deep” before there was light.
Not only that, God proceeded to retain both, calling the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." God then proceeded to also divide waters from waters, Heaven from Earth, grass from trees, sun from moon, fish from fowl, and beast from man. So
here’s the question: If Light were the only spiritually valuable (and/or nourishing) part of Creation, then why did God bother to sculpt out the rest?
Okay, you say, this is just the Bible’s “take” on things. Perhaps this Indian guru (the word “guru,” by the way, has two components: “gu”
meaning “shadows” – and “ru” meaning “he who disperses them”) was instead inspired by Yoga (meaning “yoke”). This leads right to another question:
What, exactly, is being “yoked” with what? (Possible
answer: Creation with Creator?)
In any event, Yoga is often associated with Hindu teachings. The Hindu Trimurti includes three essential forms: Creator (Brahma), Sustainer (Vishnu), and Destroyer (Shiva). Perhaps, then, Light is mostly associated with Creation - whereas Sustenance may come in other forms (such as earthly food and water). Omitting the
Vishnu part of the Trimurti “equation” could tragically result in a premature shift from Creation
to Destruction (as it seems to have done in the case of this Swiss would-be Breatharian).
Resources
http://global.christianpost.com/news/swiss-woman-dies-from-sunlight-diet-73972/
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1&version=KJV
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