Now Here's a Diet Book: Don't Eat Anything At All!

The concept of Breatharianism is one that discusses starvation as a spiritual practice.  It is clear that humans can subsist on far less food than western societies consume.  But it is also clear that entire societies would REALLY benefit from widespread Breatharian practices because they have no food.  My suggestion is that all Breatharians become missionaries.  No more hanging out in spiritual retreats, if you've got a knack for living without food, then we need you to be on call. 

Here's an in depth look at a variety of Breatharians. 

Personally, I'm not here yet.  I haven't even given up meat, so I suppose I'm still way down on the whole perfect meal scale. 

The Most In Depth Discussion of Energy Work.

Despite their age, these are still the two most comprehensive books on energy work.  Preparation, explanation of phenomena, basic patient interactions.  I found the second book much more interesting in terms of depth and concepts.  A great deal of what is said dovetails off of the Course in Miracles.  If you make it through all the text at the beginning of that book, then you've got me.  I just skipped to the lessons (spoiler:  we're all one.) 

Hypothyroidism

I wish there was a definitive book on this subject, but everything I've read misses the major point:  a great many people have this as a problem without getting treatment.  I've posted research I compiled seven years ago, and none of it has made it into conventional practice.  We need to be testing patients for a variety of markers, and looking for other beginning autoimmune conditions.  For anyone with a weight problem that does not respond to self-discipline, a complete thyroid work up would be a good idea. 

Life is fleeting, breathe.

In every breath, a molecule of the air breathed by every fallen hero enters your lungs.  Rather than speculation, this is the simple reality of the recycling of oxygen in our atmosphere.  We are literally connected. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16MjXSj-Kek

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Alchemist reminded me of this earlier work, which is better as a book than as a movie.  That is saying a lot, since the movie is very hot, but you can't translate the sense of the book's ethereal nature into a movie.  The movie is a tragedy, but the book somehow avoids that sense.