"Spiritual Nutrition, Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and the Awakened Kundalini"
Rabbi Gabriel Cousens M.D., M.D.(H)

1. Nutrition: A Vegan, Organic, Live-Food, High-Mineralized, Low-Sugar, High-Hydration Diet, and Spiritual Fasting
2. Building Life Force (Prana/Chi): Yoga Asanas, Pranayama (Breathing Practices), Ophanim (Energetics of the Hebrew Letters), T'ai Chi, Reiki, Tachyon Energy, and other energy practices such as Sacred Dance all enhance and expand the Consciousness of the body-mind complex, filling it with Life Force Energy.
3. Service (Sheirut) and Charity (Tzedaka):In the process of service and charity, we are able to face our attachments to things as we feel our connection to all the family of humanity. This expands Consciousness through Direct Experience.
4. Spiritual Guidance and Inspiration (Satsung):In the Kabbalah, Satsung is termed Yechidut. Sangha or Kehila (Chavurah) means spending time with spiritually focused people or community. Satsang means being in the Energy of Absolute Truth. It can also mean being in the presence of a Liberated Being who has realized this Truth, such as an Awakened Spiritual Teacher. Satsang gives meaning, value, heart , and energy to spiritual wisdom teachings and spiritual life energetics. Wisdom literature helps us formulate and focus our consciousness while expanding it. Examples of spiritual wisdom teachings include the great scriptures such as the Zohar, the Torah, The Tao Te Ching, The Vedas, the Holy Bible, and profound Mystical Poetry such as that of Hafiz, Rumi, and Blake. Zero Point, Sacred Music and spending Time in Nature are also Part of this Foundation.
5. Silence: Meditation, Prayer, Repetition of Mantra (Hagia) and Devotional Chanting in the God-Focused Traditions are all methiods of unveiling Spiritual Silence.
6. Kundalini Awakening: Shaktipat Initiation is the awakening of the Divine Force that is resting in potential within us. This is known as the Decent of Grace and usually occurs through a Living Enlightened Spiritual Leader, but also may occur spontaneously. Once the spiritual energy is actibated, it begins to move through the body from the root of the spinal cord upwardds, actibation and enlightening every cell, every fiber of the DNA every Chakra, every channel of the subtle nercous system (Nadis), every organ, Gland and tissue, so that all Consciousness becomes activated into the next evolutionary stage of growth.
   

The Six Foundations are not goals to be attained; rather they are foundational lifestyle practices for "Awakened Normality". The spiritual life requires commitment and intensity and is not an easy ride. The spiritual practices are designed to help people come into balance in all aspects of life. They are a chance to build your spiritual body so that it may hold more light.

Joshua A. Pfeil
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