Spiritual Nutrition: Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and the Awakening of Kundalini

632 Pages·2005·81.95 MB·English

by  Gabriel Cousens

Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and the Awakening ofKundalini

author of Conscious Eating and Rainbow Qreen Live-Food Cuisine

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SPIRITUAL
NUTRITION

Other books by Gabriel Cousens

Conscious Eating

Depression-Free for Life

Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine

Sevenfold Peace

Tachyon Energy:

A New Paradigm in Holistic Healing

(with David Wagner)

SPIRITUAL
NUTRITION

Six Foundations for Spiritual Life

and the Awakening of Kundalini

Gabriel Cousens, M.D.

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ISBN- 13: 978-1-55643-499-0

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cousens, Gabriel, 1943-

Spiritual nutrition
: six foundations for spiritual life and the awakening of kundalini /

by Gabriel Cousens.

p.
; cm.

Originally published as: Spiritual nutrition and the rainbow diet.

Boulder, Colo.
: Cassandra Press, cl986.

Includes index.
Summary: "Offers a spiritual, scientific, and intuitive blueprint for creating a diet that

completely supports a person's spiritual life"—Provided by the publisher.

ISBN 1-55643-499-5 (pbk.)

1. Nutrition. 2. Kuonodalmai.
[DNLM:
1. Spiritual Therapies - methods. 2. Diet. 3. Medicine, Ayurvedic. 4. Yoga.
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Dedication

To Swami Muktananda Paramahansa, without whose transmission of

Grace and guidance in this one's spiritual unfoldment this book would

not have been able to be written.

To Swami Saraswati Prakashananda, this one's Enlightened Guru

uncle whose personal guidance and Agaram Bagaram life has been a

source of continual inspiration, Love, and spiritually sophisticated under-

standing of the post-Enlightenment maturing.

To Paavo Airola, Ph.D. and N.D., who introduced me to and per-

sonally inspired me in the field of nutrition.

To Rabbi Gershon Winkler and Kabbalist David Friedman, who helped

me translate the direct apperceptions of the Truth into Kabbalistic terms

and way of life.

To my soulmate and life partner, Shanti, who actively lives the Truth

with me.

To my family.

To all spiritual aspirants:

1 will put my Torah in their inner parts, and write it in their hearts;

and will be their God, and they shall be My people; and they shall

teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, say-

ing, 'Know the Lord;' for they shall all know Me, from the least of

them to the greatest of them, sayeth the Lord
.
.
.

Jeremiah 31:32

The Torah is the living cosmic Truth of the Nothing (Ein Sof) that is

already encoded in our "inner parts" (our spiritual anatomy) and heart.

Spiritual Nutrition is a sacred blueprint for the awakening of our aware-

ness to the illuminated Truth and resonance of Yah (the Divine) in our

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sacred spiritual anatomy (which includes the chakras, nadis, koshas,

subtle bodies, and sephirotic energies). The activation of these subtle

spiritual anatomies supports us in having the subjective experience of

the God-radiance of who we truly are and an increase of that illumina-

tion through our ability to hold more Light. This activation helps to sus-

tain us in the awareness of our eternal Oneness (Deveikut).

An ancient tradition says that each of the six hundred thousand people

present at the communication of the Torah (Old Testament) by God to

Moses on Mt. Sinai were given at least one section to interpret and share

as a teaching with their brothers and sisters. In each generation these

meaningful teachings of ancient wisdom are passed forward. This book

is this one's sharing of Genesis 12:1 and Exodus 34:28-29.

Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy

father's house, unto the land that
1 will show thee.

Genesis 12:1

God as the name El Shaddhai (the Nurturer) instructs Abraham: "Lech

Lecha." From the viewpoint of the "culture of Liberation," (which is the

focus of this book) this means "Go to the Self" (I AM THAT). To do this,

one must let go of attachments and ego identifications with parents, cul-

ture, country, thought forms, illusion of the personality, and all identi-

fication with the body-mind-I AM complex; let go and surrender into

the Divine Self. This book is a blessing to inspire and support the reader

in the eternal journey of Lech Lecha.

And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did

neither eat bread, nor drink water
When Moses came down from

Mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses' hand,
when he came down from the Mount, that Moses knew not that the

skin of his face sent forth beams while He talked with him.

Exodus 43:28-29

The blessing of this book is to explain the relationship of nutrition

to the Light of Communion with God so that we may journey up the
mountain to partake of Gods Divine sustenance.

And to the One
.
.
. You.

Gabriel Cousens, M.D.

Please Note

Nothing in this book is intended to constitute medical advice or treat-

ment. For development of an individualized diet or use of fasting cycles,

it is advised that any person first consult his or her holistic physician.

It is advised that he or she should remain under the doctor's supervi-

sion throughout any major shift in diet or while fasting.

Acknowledgments to the following for granting permission for quotes

and reproductions from:

Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramahansa Yogananda, Self-Realization

Fellowship, publisher.

Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tsu, translated and copyrighted by Gia-fu Feng and

Jane English, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., publisher.

How to Get Well, Are You Confused?, Hypoglycemia: A Better Approach, and

How to Keep Slim, Healthy, and Young with Juice Fasting, by Paavo Airola,

Health Plus Publishers, publisher.

The Realms of Healing, authored and copyrighted by Stanley Krippner

and Alberto Villoldo, Celestial Arts, publisher.

Live Food Longevity Recipes, by Viktoras Kulvinskas, 21st Century Pub-

lications, publisher.

Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing, by Dr. Vas ant Lad, Lotus Press,

publisher.

Kundalini: The Secret of Life, by Swami Muktananda, SYDA Foundation,

publisher.

Contents

Preface by Viktoras Kulvinskas, MS
x

Author's Introduction
xv

Acknowledgments
xx

Part I: Energetics, Evolution, and Spiritual Anatomy

Introduction to Part I
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. The Mystical Kundalini and the Six Foundations for Spiritual Life
.
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2. Evolution and Fruition of Kundalini into Liberation
17

3. The Chakra System
62

4. Healing Unbalanced Kundalini Energy
82

5. The Six Koshas
92

6. Subtle Organizing Energy Fields, a New Concept
106

7. Subtle Anatomies
124

8. Aberrant Biological Phenomena
128

9. The Human Crystal
141

10. Bioenergetic Assimilation
151

1 1. The Chemistry of Stress and the Alchemy of Meditation
169

12. Nutrition, Kundalini, and Transcendence
189

Part II: The Spiritual Nutrition Paradigm

Introduction to Part II
197

13. The Need for a New Nutritional Paradigm
199

14. Perspectives on Diet
211

15. Nutrients: The Many and the One
214

16. Food for a Quiet Mind
232

17. Veganism Is the Key
248

18. High- Versus Low-Protein Diet
269

19. B 12
275

20. The Light of Live Foods
288

21. Feeding Our Genes: A Key to Understanding Live Foods
307

22. Undereat!
329

23. Spiritual Fasting
337

24. The Ayurvedic Tridosha System
355

25. Ayurvedic Insights into Live Foods
372

26. The Rainbow Diet
388

27. Low-Glycemic Eating
398

28. Minerals - Frequencies of Light
414

29. Living Water
475

30. Go Organic - Authentically
498

31. A Conscious Approach to an Evolutionary Diet
510

Epilogue
529

Glossary
531

Notes
543

Index..
568

About Tree of Life Foundation and Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center
595

About the Author
599

Preface

An important scientific [or spiritual] innovation rarely makes

its way by gradually winning over and converting its

opponents. What does happen is that its opponents gradually

die out, and the next generation is familiar with it.

Max Planck, Theoretical Physicist

Self-realization is the knowing - in body, mind, and soul - that

we are one with the omnipresence of God; that we do not have

to pray that it come to us, that we are not merely near it at all

times, but that God's omnipresence is our omnipresence; that

we are just as much a part of Him now as we will ever be. All
we have to do is improve our knowing.

Paramahansa Yogananda

A generation has transitioned since the first publishing of Spiritual Nutri-

tion and the Rainbow Diet (in 1986) revolutionized dietary consciousness.

This new generation of readers has lived within the context of Gabriels

teachings, influenced vibrationally, as we saw ourselves changing into

the at-one-ment generation within our hearts and souls. We saw the "old

order" struggle through the war, politics, and "business as usual," totally

in the dark of the new paradigm shift taking place in the dining room.

The Light Bearers - whether they be the cultural creatives, the wholis-

tic camp initiates, the intuitives, those millions who have had the near

death experience, the fire walkers, miracle makers, reborn Essenes, or

spiritualized environmentalists - with Gabriel's redefining of spiritual

frontiers, are spring boarded within a leap of faith, moving at lightning

speed through the compost of a world redefined by famine, plagues,

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dishonesty, greed, war, terrorism, environmental toxemia, chemtrails,

global warming, and mass insanity. This book helps Mother Earth detox

into the world of tomorrow, which is being created in the hearts and
minds of the Ones who are in "at-one-ment" with the source,
"I AM

THAT." More and more of the initiates are living in the eternal Now

Globally, our numbers are reaching towards the billions.

Since this transformation is so new to many, they could easily get lost

within the media, swallowed in their innocence by the clouds of nega-

tivity and scholastic materialism-driven infrastructure just to end up left

in despair, or even worse, in a state of numbness, munching on whole
wheat tofu-burgers with organic fruit juice. Yes, Gabriel's message is

timely "Spiritual Nutrition" is the genotype with self-perpetuating inner

guiding Light for our spiritualized DNA, taking quantum leaps into

genetic upgrade.

This updated version, speaks to the "inner child's" current needs and

creates an isle of safety, where the Light Workers can gather to be empow-

ered, guided, and inspired to bring the Light to all those who are ready

to transcend.

My story began twenty years ago.
I had in the past made several

attempts to meet Dr. Gabriel Cousens during my trips to California, but
had to wait until we both shared the same flight to and from Yugoslavia,

for the World Vegetarian Congress. Our first meeting was in total silence;

1 felt his special presence on the plane, without introductions. The return
home was quite different. High above the clouds of confused earthly

thinking, we shared experiences along the spiritual path that we had

both traveled from slightly different directions. We touched upon Kun-

dalini, kinetic mechanics of Love, God, and consciousness.
I was just

as excited as he was that he was creating a book on Spiritual Nutrition.

Six months later,
I was delighted to have the book (the first edition of

Spiritual Nutrition and the Rainbow Diet) in my possession. The table of

contents gave me an exciting menu of delicacies on which my mind was

eager to feast and digest. This brother is not only Divinely inspired, but

has been transformed by God in his very entrails. He tastes God as well

as is one with, and dines with, yes, God.

During the last twenty years,
I have witnessed an onslaught of books

on nutrition that prove to be useful within a certain clinical range of

individuals, but that in general create further confusion and disagree-

ment. Finally, we have a book, Spiritual Nutrition: Six Foundations for Spir-

itual Life and the Awakening oj Kundalini, that removes all contradiction.

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It will become a standard for ages to come against which all other books

will be measured and put into perspective of relative importance.
It is

truly a book on wholism that redefines the human organism on the pre-

molecular level, and as having a relationship with all of existence.

This is not a book that any normal mortal can be expected to read

in a day, but many will be enticed to go through it in a single sitting.

Fasting while reading the book will help to keep the mind clear enough

to understand the quantum leaps of consciousness from traditional

wholistic to Divine nutrition. Reading Spiritual Nutrition feels like hav-

ing a conversation with God over a glass of wheatgrass juice. Patiently,

in the precise yet poetic language of science, spirituality, and Love, Gabriel

explains the One, how we can get to know that One, and how the sub-

tle as well as the gross universe exist and interact. We are treated to a
symphony of ideas using eternal truths, well-tested theories, hypotheses,

historic personalities, and spiritual phenomena as notes. Gabriel plays for

us a concert of timeless, eternal wholism that oscillates our chakras with
newfound happiness and outlines a natural map for activating their pow-

ers. We are shown how to bathe in an interlude of Infinite Love.

Dr. Cousenss model of Subtle Organizing Energy Fields (SOEFs), for

organizing energies as they manifest in more dense forms, helps to explain

the many seemingly exclusive phenomena: nutrition, breatharianism,

resurrection, longevity, chakras, consciousness, and biological trans-

mutation. We are presented with a unified theory, not only of nutrition

but also of existence. He describes an energy continuum with a spec-

trum of laws that apply within the specific frequency range of our mate-

rial plane. This theory lends itself to exploration beyond the limited

precepts of nutrition into the realms of Divinity.

Dr. Cousens designs a nuclear theory of nutrition.
It is of controlled

fission and fusion within enzymatic cyclotrons that create new elements.

These enzymatic cyclotrons control the micronuclear atomic bombs that

energize our essence within the full-spectrum potential of existence. We

are seduced into the experience of at-one-ment with the Source of All,

our own God Presence. His poetry is divinely inspired by Love of the

Divine Self and dedication to express
it by Love of all. His naked per-

sonal revelation of the spiritual transformation process will leave read-

ers eternally grateful and inspired to dedicate themselves to the inner

world of adventure.

The material is subtle and abstract. With Divine kindness, Dr. Cousens

keeps us from going into potential mental overload by sharing anecdotal

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stories for illustrating a point or personal poetry that crystallizes a
moment. In each chapter, he introduces us to the intellectual terrain,

then dives into the adventure of expression and play, and finally ends
up summarizing, restating, unifying chapter ideas, and giving an overview
from still another perspective.
I never felt left behind or lost in the for-

est of words. Like any good teacher, he holds our hand and reassures

us, for which
I feel readers will be, as
I was, grateful.

My first reading will certainly not be the last. Spiritual Nutrition has

helped me a great deal to better understand my path and put more

energy into correcting spots of weakness.
It is a view that is taken into

my everyday existence, and the SOEFs help me to understand more

fully the daily phenomena of life. What I find especially exciting is that

it helps to clarify the live-food concept and how the processing of food

affects consciousness, energy, and spiritual aspiration. The book led me

to a deeper understanding of my experiences with Kundalini energy: a

reawakening that took place after a period of seven months of live food

and many years of celibacy, revealing itself through physical actions in the

spine, the delicacies of taste, smell of ecstatic fragrances, sounds of cre-

ation, and light of crystalline evolution as well as gifts of healing, para-

psychology phenomena of ESP, astral travel, and, above all else, the
meltdown of ego mass and the surrender to Love of all and desire to

serve all and experience the presence of God through every manifesta-

tion.
It explained my childhood communions. My experience in a seven-

week coma has helped me, in retrospect, to reconfirm the experience

and presence of the reality of the SOEFs as well as the holograms and

vortexes of the beautiful architecture as described by Brother Gabriel.

The book is spiritual history, scientific and humanistic phenomena

in a nutshell. Great thinkers have been supported and have stood on

the shoulders of other great thinkers in order to see further and deeper.

Dr. Cousens has built an intellectual pyramid of ideas, creating a uni-

fied field of thought.

This book is much more inclusive than the title implies. Its concepts,

when applied in everyday life, ashrams, and monasteries, will lead to

the highest manifestation of what some folks might call "saintly" peo-

ple.
It is a blueprint for creating the critical mass of conscious people

necessary for the planetary transformation into a peaceful, loving, human-

istic world. This book is for all God's children. For many,
it will take

years to read; for others, it will be understood without reading. For this
book is one whose time has come to reveal the Truth to all.