by
Paul
BenhaimIn the search of a long, healthy and happy life, let us not
forget that a diet of pure foods taken in moderate quantities is
most helpful. This is talked about by such spiritual masters as Sri
Ramana Maharishi.
There are reports of people, such as Trailanga Swami,
who have lived to 300 years old. These people are said to survive
on very little food, meditation and quiet living, which enables them
to maintain a fit and active physical body. There are many such
studies of various people who have lived to well over 150 years
old. Another moderate eater, Thomas Carn, who died in 1795 at
the age of 207 shows us that the possibilities are phenomenal.
Other documented examples include:
Ann Maynard of Finchley, died 1756 aged 112; Mrs Smith
of Dover died 1785, aged 103, and lived mainly on buttermilk (the
food of the Tibetans); Bernard Le Borie de Fontanelle of Rouen,
France died 1757, aged 100 - attributed his long-life to regular
strawberry eating; In the year 1566, a native Bengal, named Numa
de Cugna died aged 370; Thomas Whittington of Heillingdon died
in 1804, aged 104 - the only liquid he drunk was London Gin, 1-
11/2 pints daily!
These examples are of fine living people who have shown
no usual signs of old age such as loss of faculties or physical
ailments. The last example reaffirms that a healthy life is not totally
down to a pure diet, but a more holistic lifestyle that includes the
mind and soul as well as the body. Whittington was also said to
have led a stress free life and often displayed (let go) of his
emotions. In no way do I recommend drinking alcohol, no matter
how pure or useful it may have been to Thomas Whittington.