Dharma is a yogic term referring to the path or purpose of a being. It is the answer to the question "Why am I here?". So why are we here? What is the purpose of life? The answer really is simple: to know God. What the hell do I mean by that? I mean that the purpose of this human experience is to grow, evolve, and merge with the Divine Unified Living Field of Oneness while still walking in a human body-mind. Simple right? Ha! We are here to become Liberated from the mistaken identity that is our 5 sense biocomputer mind-body-I am-ego-personality-complex. The key is to be a living, doing, thinking, eating, human while simultaneously holding the awareness of the illusory temporal nature of all phenomenon and the Realization of the Infinite Oneness that you are, here now always. This is the Highest High!
Now the tricky part is that we all have our own unique dharma as well. That is to say that we all will arrive that the essential Dharma (to know God/hold God-awareness) by different paths. This is the dharma that we usually are talking about. We are one, but we are also unique; we live in the duality of these realities. What's your dharma in this lifetime? Why are you here? It is key to know that your individual dharma will take you to the essential Dharma; to Liberation. This is how we know we are on the right track: we are evolving and growing spiritually. This doesn't mean that things have to be "perfect" in your external world; your dharma may be painful and difficult, or it may be ecstatic and blissful, it will likely be both. The key is understanding that TrueBliss comes from within and is unperturbed by your external reality. This is being High on Life!
Now what does this have to do with nutrition? In a book called Biochemical Individuality, by Dr. Roger Williams, it is made clear that we are anatomically and physiologically very unique. This seems very obvious right? Everyone is different. The reason this is important to understand is because our medical system and conventional view of nutrition assumes that there is such a thing as an "average" or "normal" model of a human being that they can then prescribe normal daily values and homogeneous diet plans for everyone. Roger Williams clearly establishes that we are not only unique, but there is so much variation within humans that this "normal" human that the medical and nutritional establishment is constantly comparing your health and needs to, absolutely doesn't exist. There is no one diet that can be prescribed to everyone. Now let me clarify something: I am not saying that some people need meat, dairy, and cooked food; these have been proven to be unnatural and degenerative for everyone and the planet. EVERYONE CAN BE VEGAN! EVERYONE CAN BE RAW! What I am saying is that everyone's raw-vegan diet will be unique and vary with the seasons of the year as well as the seasons of one lifetime.
Forming the right diet is an experimental and personal process that requires a scientific mentality and a compassionate understanding. I have met many people who have gone raw and became ill or out of balance only to revert back to there old ways and proclaim that raw is not for them. They simple had the wrong raw diet. Gabriel often says that "raw food is like jet fuel; and to be successful you need to go to jet pilot school."
No one can tell you what your dharma is, just as no one can give you the perfect diet for you in any moment. We must learn to listen to our bodies; they know exactly what's right, but we don't always hear its calls. Be compassionate with your self and make clear, small changes to see how something effects your being. In my next post I'll give you some really helpful tools for individualizing your diet. Until then your homework is to become a scientist and really begin noticing how foods effect you. Let your intuitive-heart be your guide in this life, and accept no dogma other than it's.
Peace-Love-Bliss
Baba
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