Did your spirituality change/transition after becoming raw?

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Permalink Reply by foxy man on October 12, 2009 at 9:21pm

Big YES ! As I realized many yrs ago, something is adjusting to my spiritual needs, since I was raised roman catholic all the teaching are based on dogma and scarring judgment. After turning my diet around , I noticed a very strong connection to animals, plants, all life in that matter. Living foods is not a mistake to call it like that, but also I realized that Living energy is so much alive in my body and mind. Putting aside all the dead and dogmatic religions, which trully miss out on teaching clean diet , my perception of my journey upon this planet in this reincarnation took wild turn. I started loving my kin, all animals alike, noticed some sort of connection with water, trees and that is only with this planet, but true ( please forgive me for using terms like True ) connection came with energies of some sort of invisible universal mind. Many , propably would call it God mind, or at least a connection. In my opinion this universe is made up of living energy and nice clean, living foods give us that missing link to spirituality. There are many who whould disagree with these statements, but I stand by my experiences. When I ate dead food, attented church regurally and followed dogmatic way of life, I felt dead inside and on the outside. Also, in my own personal journey after dietery changes I put my self into a test; I lived in back woods of Missurie and Arkansas to reconnect with nature, or natural spirituality and can say/write with all confidence, that I found that connection. I'll say, eliminating dead food, that includes organic dead animals will help upon spiritual growth. Also I highly doubt that universal mind or GOD as many call it would agree with animal sloughter for food, especially in times where plants are in abundance...............................

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Permalink Reply by jodykwik on October 12, 2009 at 9:29pm

i follow an eclectic approach, trying to maintain as much of an open mind about things as i can. looking for the common thread through spiritual approaches, whether they be from organized religion or from pursuits a little more off the beaten path seems to help me out the most, and in turn gives me a great idea of where i can be of the most service. this pursuit has been sharpened i guess by being raw, but i was already on that path before becoming raw.

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Permalink Reply by Lauren Maris on October 13, 2009 at 10:02am

Well actually not that much, though I am a very spiritual person I do not let everything being inspired or influenced by spirituality, because I do believe in some parts of my life I would like to leave it out of the box of spirituality, faith and so on. Is that actually understandable?

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Permalink Reply by Timothy James Yardley on October 15, 2009 at 9:27am

Going Raw has made a profound difference on my spiritual life,I have been a Kriya Yogi for 4yrs devotee of Paramahansa Yogananda,Self Realisation Fellowship.I have received Kriya for 2yrs,I feel prana running up and down my spine through out the day now,this energy comes from God and is God,so I feel connected when it happens,special,loved,the experience is also much stronger during Kriya Practice and meditation,making the communion deeper,being introduced to Raw has been a great blessing for me..I have also noticed that the way I perceive the world has changed their has been a definite shift in my consciousness,I also feel this has also occurred from the influence of the other Raw people backgrounds I have read and also talked to.The people on this sight a playing a big game it is inspiring.I have said this before I see going Raw as a progression of my spiritual Journey and that after Becoming a disciple of my Guru,is the most important descision,andthe best one I have made in my life .
Timothy Yardley

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Permalink Reply by Lee on October 18, 2009 at 1:59am

I was curious to see what Kriya Yoga is and looked it up on Wikipedia, does this consist of breathing meditations? Tantric buddhism has also kriya initiation, it involves visualizations and mantras that help investigate the nature of reality and cultivates certain qualities

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Permalink Reply by Debra on October 31, 2009 at 10:42pm

I used to do Kriya - the guru was Swami Hariharananda (http://www.kriya.org/) - looks like he's passed away. I'm not sure what connection he had w/Yogananda - we did this meditation technique that involved focusing on moving energy up and down the spine.

Then I was led to the Apostolic Pentecostal faith (speaking in tongues and all that) which was kind of a big culture shock but I was kind of used to seeing a lot of spiritual manifestations from being in more new age stuff so it didn't freak me out. Jesus is like my guru.

Pentecostals and most Christians in general seem to have a very low awareness of health nutrition so I kind of wonder if being led to raw is a way to help me raise awareness in that community. It's been kind of cool to get back into the holistic stuff and I definitely feel a lot more energy flowing through me when laying hands on people and praying intensely at church. I have also been learning a lot about the food industry (Michael Pollan and such) and how the whole 'system' works to create disease, disorder, dysfunction, wacked out food and economic devastation, mainly due to profit margins and greed. It's very evil really w/all that Monsanto stuff and dreams of controlling the world's food supply.

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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on October 21, 2009 at 5:52am

yes that sounds really interesting Tim..

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Permalink Reply by Phill on October 21, 2009 at 6:16am

Amazing :)

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Permalink Reply by Mark on October 31, 2009 at 10:46pm

No. But then again it's hard to remember.

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Permalink Reply by Rawgreengoddess on November 1, 2009 at 7:42pm

eating raw foods~ i feel clearer more in tune with myself my spirituality and those around me,and very sensitive to my surroundings,i seem to absorb so much more of what i encounter in people,good and often not so good :)on the other hand i have learned to detach and to say no when i dont feel like doing something...Time and eating raw has give me the courage to be myself,and to keep growing and learning more about this wonderful life xo

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Permalink Reply by Iggy Franich on November 1, 2009 at 11:19pm

i was brought up roman catholic. i never found answers in it though. parents werent really catholic. its like the believed in it but dont know what they were standing for. then i went with jehovas witnesses. i copped alot of flack fo rthis but they had answers. i liked aspects of it. after a few years i left JWs. shut the door over night and was lost in limbo (due to all the religious programming and doctrination). i felt very lost and confused as the JWs beliefs did not completely mesh with the way i was. i felt controlled and suppressed. i looked into new age. it was ok but contradictory. eventually through this i found the work of Dr John Ray who promotes raw food eating. his work is called Body Electronics. my sense of self and spirituality developed here alot that was about 11 years ago now. although i dont believe everything he says (not into ascension theory anymore etc) i believe in self development and loving what is. I find the work of Byron Katie and Eckhart Tolle to have value. through all of this i feel more in tune with myself. i think we live with lots of stories. its a matter of undoing them all and seeign what is really there. could never go back to any relgion. anything which is makeing you believe in a belief is not my idea of "god". to me god is a feeling experience. that is god.

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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on November 1, 2009 at 11:36pm

I have never heard of Ray before. Thanks!

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