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in present context for somebody who wants to be a long-term space traveler or planet traveler. Amazing! It is time to note that our routine food is not the only source to sustain the body.
The role of mind :
What ever said, in this step, (i.e. the step II of deriving the energy from the sun & transforming it in body.) the mind may be playing the crucial role. It is well known that the mind has enormous capacity, (The soul has even further or infinite capabilities). Through Sun Tratak & Meditation, tremendous capacities are attained, which will bring tranquility to mind and also slow down metabolism, as mentioned in step I. Mind can do every thing including so called miracles. It can revitalize body, it can heal diseases, it can know things in advance & it can manipulate laws of physics. The phenomena of telepathy, reading somebody's thoughts/ teleporting the things, bending the items, all are very well known examples of human mind capacities. If a strong mind decides to do unusual fasting, it can certainly do. It is unclear till this date whether mind is a separate entity or the pineal gland it self. According to some, each cell has mind and thus in other words mind is a diffuse electromagnetic and biochemical continuous process and one thing is clear, that out of all body organ, mind has a direct access to cosmic energy. Our mind is an invagivation or outpouching of cosmic mind and cosmic energy and pineal in that case would be the knobimportant hub of the mind.
The faith & blessings from Yogis & Gurus have their own roles in sustaining oneself in adverse situations. On religious days, under high spirits & a cultivated atmosphere, a few people surprisingly do unusual things; like walking on fire or piercing pointed swords, through their bodies without damaging themselves. On similar lines, if some one does fasting, these blessings and faith may help to pull one through the period of physiological problems; till one enters chronic adaptation phase.
(3) Energy Economy in efficient ways and re-cycling the energy in his own body:
Those, who are chronically deprived of energy, learn to utilize the available energy in more efficient ways - so that even at the low energy state body metabolism and vital functions including nervous system do not suffer. This is quite logical & one can imagine this happening in the individuals caught in natural calamities, or those left alone in the sea or survivors of high altitudes after
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