Chapter Three
Nutritional Liberation
"How and why the body and the mind hang
together no mortal may ever know."—William
James
Personal evolution, be it in relationships, spirituality, or the intellect, derives its life from cell nutrition. This fundamental fact is not known by most of us when we embark upon the path of accelerating our personal enlightenment.
Our cells are what we eat. In other words, our food becomes our cells. We must approach our nutrition from the viewpoint of the cell, and that we are systems of cells. Nutrition is one of the most effective tools we have for the development of our higher powers. Our godness requires us to grow and expand within the physical Earth energy which trends to contract, and to reconnect it with the energy of our higher powers which tend to expand.
The word "light" of which so many speak is used in at least four different ways: (1) physical light, (2) inner energy, (3) cellular energy, (4) the light of knowledge. Our inner light radiates from the gods we are.
The Cell Wall. In a healthy cell, nutrients pass through the cell wall freely. Communication within and between cells is efficient, and the person is well.
An unhealthy cell wall, instead of being permeable, is too dense for nutrients to easily enter the cell, or for toxins to easily exit. Nutrients are not as readily assimilated, and wastes are not as easily excreted. Our cells no longer function or communicate well with other cells and cell-systems. The result is that oxidation—the "burning of energy"—decreases. This causes a drop in our energy levels, a chronic low energy. All this affects us greatly on a physical, psychological, and spiritual level.
A starving person has only one thought. Food. In order to move beyond that one thought one needs food. Nothing else will do. This is an extreme case, but in our so-called developed world millions of people are "starving in the midst of plenty." The foods that we eat today contribute to the hardening of the cell wall.
In this unwell and persistent (chronic) condition, so we seek stimulating substances in order to cause our cells to create more energy. Unfortunately this can lead to a cycle of addiction to addictive stimulants. The more we rely on stimulants for energy, even though it is a false energy, the more we crave the stimulants. But stimulants are dehydrating and ultimately lead to our energy contracting even more—a chronic "hangover."
Hardened cell walls also lead to a an unhealthy psychological state. A hard cell wall is rigid, inflexible to change, unable to adapt evolutionarily. When the cell is blocked and cut off from efficient communication with other cells, a person can be "blocked" at mind level. The closed cell in this semi-conscious state is not free to make healthy choices. A closed cell takes away one’s personal liberty and independence. Open cells have liberty and independence, even though this may make us feel vulnerable. Behind the hardened cell wall, we shield and protect ourselves. The rigid cell wall blocks integration of our physical, emotional and spiritual natures. We remain separated from our higher power. The evolution of the human god ultimately depends upon the nutritional liberation of our cells.
Cells convert the physical energy derived from food, which tends to dissipate (contract), into an energy which tends to grow (expand). The expansive energy is known as the "life force," the "light," consciousness, chi, etc. Nourishing ourselves with this knowledge of cell nutrition gives us the tools to accelerate the evolution of our chakras. When the chakras don’t receive sufficient energy, as for example when the heart chakra does not receive enough life force converted from physical energy by the cells, the heart becomes apathetic. ("Apathy, not hate, is the opposite of love.") The health of the cell wall determines how much "light" or chi is created by the cell.
Expansive and Contractive Foods. We need to know which foods best produce the expansive life-force energy, and foods which are contractive. Today our diet contains an abundance of contractive foods that are high in sodium, calcium, sugar, and fat. These foods demand a high water content because they tend to dehydrate the cells. Foods such as red meat, dairy products, and wheat can, for many of us, cause our energy to contract. Foods that are high in saturated fats tend to slow down the oxidation in the cells, and once again energy contracts. When the energy contracts, the oxidation levels slow down with a consequent drop in life-force energy. For energy to flow and expand it needs sufficient fluid levels and foods that raise the cell's expansive-energy levels.
We need sufficient water, carbohydrates, protein, essential fats and minerals in our diet. Some of us do not do well with a diet that is high in carbohydrates and seem to do better on a diet that is higher in protein and with limited carbohydrates. However, there are others who are the opposite. They need carbohydrates without which they feel spaced out and become easily dehydrated. For them, carbohydrates help the cells hold onto water and enable them to stay hydrated. This is especially true of brown rice.
Foods which expand cell energy are protein, omega-3 oils, and also foods that are rich in minerals such as magnesium, potassium, zinc and selenium. But we also need the balancing affects of carbohydrates in the diet.
The philosophy of many nutritionists is that raw foods are to be preferred because they are rich in natural minerals and enzymes. But this is a philosophy that works best in warmer regions where one can eat the raw foods year round. The raw food theory translated into the colder climates doesn’t work as well. This is because raw foods tend to slow down and cool the energy of the stomach and spleen. The colder climate demands that we include warming nourishing foods in our diet to help us to generate heat.
Beginning the Detoxification Process. We need to ingest more of the breakdown catabolic foods such as fruits, vegetables and omega-3 oils. Some of us also need to eliminate red meat and dairy products, and reduce wheat in the diet. This will begin the process of the detoxification of the cells. Within the cell wall is a sodium pump to provide a high internal potassium and a low internal sodium. Magnesium and potassium inside the cell assist oxidation, and sodium and calcium outside the cell wall help transmit the life-forced produced. The healthy cell wall favors intake of nutrients and elimination of waste products. The person feels healthy, protected and grounded.
Sometimes making simple changes in one's diet is sufficient to bring about profound transformation, though this might take a few years. And usually supplements are necessary in order to cause the cells to release their toxicity. For example, magnesium is a very powerful detoxifying mineral. It stimulates the sodium potassium pump on the cell wall and this initiates the cleansing process. Some women in France, for example, take a course of magnesium in the spring to get their bodies to throw off any toxicity that may have built up over the winter. This may be one of the reasons that fewer French women have a weight problem. The omega-3 oils found in linseed and fish oils work on softening the cells. This is evident after a few weeks of use as you can see the effects on the skin as it feels so soft and smooth.
Avoid fasting, however. Cells cannot quickly eliminate toxicity. Use food itself to do the detoxing. Even then, one can experience tiredness, nausea, dizziness, a foul taste in the mouth, diarrhea or constipation, or both. Once we give up certain foods such as wheat, which tends to block elimination, there can be a great release of toxins from the cells. The is why is advisable to take it slowly.
Eating with Reverence. We become what we eat. So food is a godly substance which we eat for energy, warmth, to keep us connected to the Earth plane, and for comfort; and especially for accelerating our personal evolution. Food, through the nourishment of the physical body, has the power to help us develop our emotional and spiritual natures. This requires complete communication within cells and between cells in their cell systems.
Softening the cell walls tends to soften the person. As we go through the stages of detoxing our cells, we go deeper and deeper and uncover many layers. Many psychological issues are stored in our cells, so as we work on cellular health many of these issues will come up to be released. Once issues such as fears of abandonment are released we expand and grow. Each time we clear issues we begin to get rid of problems that are blocking our light. Some people may find that they need to work on issues of compassion and forgiveness, and other heart chakra emotions. Often the issues that clear first are issues pertaining to the lower chakras. emotions such as anger, fear, loss, envy, greed. When these are cleared we go onto the heart and the higher chakra emotions such as love, truth, hope, kindness and compassion, and maybe most important: reverence of each other.
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