6 Foundations

The following was copied from Dr. Rabbi Gabriel Cousens  Blog on the website http://treeoflifecenterus.com/ that no longer exists. 

NUTRITION

A vegan, organic live-food, high-mineralized, low-sugar, and high-hydration diet and spiritual fasting.

BUILDING PRANA (LIFE FORCE)

Yoga asanas, pranayama (breathing practices), the Ophanim (the energetics of the Hebrew letters), T’ai Chi, Reiki, Tachyon Energy or other energy practices, and sacred dance. These all enhance and expand the consciousness of the body-mind complex, filling it with increased life force energy or prana.

SERVICE (SHEIRUT) & CHARITY (TZEDAKA)

In the process of service and charity, we are able to face our attachments to things (seva), as well as to feel our connection to all of the family of humanity. This helps to expand consciousness through the direct experience.

SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND INSPIRATION

Satsang, being in the energy of Truth in the presence of a liberated or awakened spiritual teacher. Satsang gives meaning, value, heart, and energy to spiritual wisdom teachings and spiritual life energetics. In the Kabbalah, satsang is termed yechidut. Sangha or kehila (chavurah), which is spending time with spiritual people or community. Expanding and refining the mind with spiritual wisdom teachings, the great scriptures such as Zohar, the Torah, the Tao Te Ching, the Vedas, great mystical poetry such as that of Hafitz, Rumi, and Blake. Wisdom literature helps formulate and focus our consciousness and expand it. Zero Point, sacred music, and spending time in nature are also part of this Foundation.

SILENCE

Meditation, prayer, repetition of mantra (hagia), and chanting (in the God focused traditions)

KUNDALINI AWAKENING

Shaktipat initiation (S’micha M’shefa/Haniha), which is the awakening of the Divine force that is resting in potential within us. This is known as the descent of Grace. It usually occurs through a living enlightened spiritual leader, but may occur spontaneously. Once the spiritual energy is activated, it begins to spontaneously move through our body, spiritualizing every cell, every aspect of the DNA, every chakra, every nadi (which are the channels of the subtle nervous system), every organ and every tissue, so that all consciousness becomes activated into the next evolutionary stage.