Chavah Aima

Phase One: 3 Day Juice Fast

Over the course of one to two weeks, gradually reduce the amount of cooked food you eat each day. You may begin by eating only a large raw salad at midday or evening. Next, replace your morning meal with all fruit, followed by the addition of raw vegetables for the remaining meal. You may also drink fresh organic juices.

When you have eaten raw food solely for three days, substitute a glass of freshly juiced organic vegetable juice for the midday salad. The next day, have fruit juice in the morning, drink vegetable juice at midday, and have the raw salad at night. You can also eat a little raw fruit or vegetables between meal times if you feel the need. Finally, replace the evening salad with another glass of freshly juiced vegetable juice.

At this point, you can take three to five glasses of juice daily. It is recommended that the majority of juice be vegetable, with smaller amounts of fruit juice being taken in the morning. Don’t forget to continue drinking pure living water too! You may also drink organic herbal teas. Meditate as much as possible – this is important every day, but especially during any type of fasting.

When you have taken only juices for three days, you may return to a combination of juice and raw foods. If you choose to add cooked food to your diet, make at least 50% of your diet raw, living food. From this time on, choose one day a week as a juice fast day. (more…)

I have just returned from a retreat in the mountains of New Mexico and Colorado. These areas are filled with pristine spiritual energy and I enjoyed many days and nights of deep meditative immersion in the sacred source.

The first event I attended during this sojourn was the annual Gathering of Circles in Cloudcroft, New Mexico. This consisted of five days of camping on a remote mountain top, attending and presenting workshops, a Sweet Medicine Dance that was divine, sweat lodges and fellowship with others who are walking a path of spiritual consciousness.

I taught a children’s yoga class during the Gathering, and saw first hand the new awareness that today’s children are bringing to the world. It is so important for us to focus deliberately and consciously on creating a future that insures the realization of the gifts they bring to this earth.

I also hosted an adult yoga/meditation class that was held in a high mountain meadow overlooking the Guadalupe mountain range. This was definitely a most awesome and inspiring setting for mastering these spiritual practices.

The medicine dance was a unique experience of intense trance states, bliss absorption and deep prayer. For several hours we danced around a sacred fire to the beat of the drum. Into the night it continued as our prayers rose into the starry night. What a blessing it was to be able to take part in this ancient holy practice. The body is indeed the gateway to divine consciousness!

From New Mexico I traveled into Colorado, spending time in Pagosa Springs. One early morning I took a trail ride into the high mountains wilderness north of Pagosa. What a peaceful meditation can be had on the back of a horse in the midst of wild nature! During the ride I saw deer and a coyote appeared on the trail. The vistas were breath taking and the power of nature once again induced a state far beyond mind.

Heading further north I entered into the higher elevations of the Rocky Mountains. There is a quality of energy unique to areas at elevations of 14,000 feet or more. In secret locations in these mountains there are yogi’s and yogini’s living in caves, their presence unknown to the world. They meditate blessings upon everyone from within their isolated sadhana, which links them to the forces of cosmic creation.

Several nights of sleeping on the earth and early morning meditations near crystalline streams healed body and mind from the wear and tear of city environments. In states of deep bliss I became aware again of the need to align more permanently with the energies of this special place. I came away from the mountain with inspiration and insights that will go far toward establishing a temple there in the year to come.

Heading down the mountain I passed through Sangre de Christo ranges and spent some time in Taos and Angel Fire, New Mexico. These areas are also filled with the vibrations of sacred space. The quiet is all encompassing.

Finally I returned to Austin, where they were still struggling with an entrenched heat wave and record breaking drought. Yet I sensed that some of the cool mountain air and rain had come south with me, and felt that it would rain and begin cooling any day. Within a week, there was a break in the 100+ temperatures, and now the rain has begun to return.

As the wheel of the year turns toward Fall, I am getting ready to begin a new Living Light detox group. I have also made arrangements to rent a studio space here in Austin where I will begin holding spiritual development classes. We will be practicing yoga and meditation, learning to activate more divine energy, and sharing sacred methods to create a more perfect life for ourselves and the world. Be sure to visit the Enlightened Life Meet Up Group to see all the details on these events.

Until the next time, I wish each of your all the best that life has to offer always!

Shalom!

As Director of the mystical order, Heart of the Rose, I am often asked questions about the order and its teachings. Below are some of these questions and my answers to help you learn more about Heart of the Rose, and other esoteric orders as well. If you are interested, you can become a member of Heart of the Rose at the Enlightened Life website.

Q: I am considering becoming an initiate 
into some secret order for the purpose of gaining more knowledge.

A: There are a variety of ways to gain more spiritual knowledge in addition to joining an 
order. Esoteric orders can help one learn to work in groups for spiritual purposes. Much self-knowledge can come from this, if the group is pure. Unfortunately, finding a pure group with leadership that has truly attained a higher state of spiritual awareness is somewhat rare. Most often one finds a great deal of ego in such groups. This is one reason why a period of private study is advised before beginning to work with others in a group setting.

Self-knowledge is gained quite 
easily from diligent study. Making a sincere effort to integrate the spiritual
 principles one is learning into everyday life is very important as well. After all, knowledge for 
its own sake is not a worthy goal. Only when we can apply the knowledge 
toward living a life filled with greater awareness of our inherent unity 
with others and the earth can we be said to be making true spiritual
 progress. (more…)

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Today I want to share with you a prayer I wrote during my annual 21 day fast last February. I hope you will enjoy it, and use it in your daily prayers if you like. The prayer is titled, Eheyeh Adonai, which is Hebrew for I Am Lord.

Eheyeh Adonai, Inherent Ruler of All. I am merely a cell in your vast body of
Consciousness. Yet in this cell vibrates the full power of your divine majesty
and in all things I sense your Presence. As consciousness I call upon Supreme
Consciousness, which is all love, all unity, all wisdom, and all life; to awaken
this body-mind to your celestial reality. (more…)