Sun gazing is a practice that includes gazing at the sun for the purpose of purported nourishment or spiritual practice. One of the most famous sun gazers, Hira Ratan Manek, also known as HRM, says that one must practice sun gazing for a period of nine months, and the practitioner need never take food again. He and his followers practice sun gazing and they receive nourishment (or other benefits) from sun gazing, often to either complement or replace eating food, a form of inedia (“breatharianism”). Proponents of sun gazing claim increased energy levels and decreased appetite; as with other forms of inedia.  Scientists refer to the pineal gland as the “atrophied third eye.” Indeed, it, along with the pituitary, is the third eye chakra or energy center, but they’re just dormant, not atrophied. In the distant past, man was in touch with the inner worlds through an activated pineal and pituitary gland. Considered the most powerful and highest source of ethereal energy available to humans, the third eye has always been important in initiating psychic powers (e.g. clairvoyance and seeing auras). To activate the ‘third eye’ and perceive higher dimensions, the pineal and the pituitary must vibrate in unison, which is achieved through meditation or sun gazing. When a correct relationship is established between the personality, operating through the pituitary, and the soul, operating through the pineal, a magnetic field is created.