The Six Foundations for Spiritual Life
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, filHng 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 (Seva), as well as to feel our connection to all the family of humanity which
expands Consciousness through Direct Experience.
4. Spiritual Guidance and Inspiration (Satsang): 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 energet ics. In the Kabbalah, Satsang is termed Yechidut. Sangha or Kehila
(Chavurah) means spending time with spiritually-focused people or community. Expanding and refining the
mind with spiritual wisdom teachings, the great scriptures such as Zahar, the Torah, the Tao Te Ching, the
Vedas, the Holy Bible, and profound Mystical Poetry such as that of Hafiz, Rumi and Blake . Wisdom
literature helps us formulate and focus our consciousness while expanding it . 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 methods to unveil Spiritual Silence
6. Kundalini Awakening: Shaktipat Initiation (S'micha Le'shefa - Haniha) is the Awakening of the
Divine Force that is resting in potential within us. This is known as the Descent of Grace and usually
occurs through a Living Enlightened Spiritual Leader, but also may occur spontaneously. Once the
spiritual energy is activated, it begins to spontaneously move through our body from the root of the
spinal cord upwards, spir it u aliz ing every cell, every fiber of the DNA, every Chakra, every channel of
the subtle nervous system (Nadis) , every organ, gland and tissue, so that all Consciousness becomes
activated into the next evolutionary stage of gro wth.
Gabriel Cousens M.D.,M.D.{H}
From "Spiritual Nutrition, Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and the Awakening of Kundalini"
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, filHng 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 (Seva), as well as to feel our connection to all the family of humanity which
expands Consciousness through Direct Experience.
4. Spiritual Guidance and Inspiration (Satsang): 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 energet ics. In the Kabbalah, Satsang is termed Yechidut. Sangha or Kehila
(Chavurah) means spending time with spiritually-focused people or community. Expanding and refining the
mind with spiritual wisdom teachings, the great scriptures such as Zahar, the Torah, the Tao Te Ching, the
Vedas, the Holy Bible, and profound Mystical Poetry such as that of Hafiz, Rumi and Blake . Wisdom
literature helps us formulate and focus our consciousness while expanding it . 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 methods to unveil Spiritual Silence
6. Kundalini Awakening: Shaktipat Initiation (S'micha Le'shefa - Haniha) is the Awakening of the
Divine Force that is resting in potential within us. This is known as the Descent of Grace and usually
occurs through a Living Enlightened Spiritual Leader, but also may occur spontaneously. Once the
spiritual energy is activated, it begins to spontaneously move through our body from the root of the
spinal cord upwards, spir it u aliz ing every cell, every fiber of the DNA, every Chakra, every channel of
the subtle nervous system (Nadis) , every organ, gland and tissue, so that all Consciousness becomes
activated into the next evolutionary stage of gro wth.
Gabriel Cousens M.D.,M.D.{H}
From "Spiritual Nutrition, Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and the Awakening of Kundalini"
