Healthful Living International aims to assist in creating a global community of healthful living beings, skilled in the principles, practice and art of healthful living. HLI is taking shape and is the international focus for Natural Hygiene, transformation and healthful living in the 21st Century.

All aspects of healthful living are interrelated and require a wholistic perspective. The following points address some of the indivisible aspects of a healthful lifestyle for a new consciousness and world

Healthful Garden Culture/Nutrition/Ecology/Abundance

A healthful agriculture or garden culture is one that is based on the principles of healthful living. We know that a plant and tree-based culture and diet of living-raw, organically grown, whole foods is best for the health of our bodies and best for the health of the Earth. A diverse garden culture would be most suited to such healthful food production. A food-bearing garden supports health by providing fresh, whole foods, connection with Nature, trees, beauty, fresh air, self-sufficiency and the opportunity for physical activity. A community of healthful living beings would encourage the beauty and health enhancing nature of forests and gardens to weave their way into our lives, our architecture, our town planning, our work places and living arrangements. The art of creating beautiful, organic, food-bearing gardens and other skills that enhance self-sufficiency would be a major part of an individual's education in a healthful world.

The food shortage/soil degradation problem would be solved once and for all as the healthful living credo takes root and the roots of food-bearing trees and plants spread under the earth holding it together.

Universal Consciousness, Equality and Healthful Living

"Equality Consciousness" stems from the truth and perception of Oneness, namely that we all come from and are expressions of Universal Light, Energy or Consciousness. In this perception of Oneness, science and religion merge. The Universal Light, Energy or Consciousness of which we are, is the unifying factor of all humankind and all of life. This awareness of Oneness leads to "equality consciousness". In "equality consciousness" we have the perception that all are in essence equal and the same in this Oneness, regardless of external characteristics which differ according to colour of skin, race, sex, belief, role, experience, aptitude, species or culture. On the social level in human society, "equality consciousness" manifests as equality in law and in practice of socio-political-economic rights, freedoms and responsibilities regardless of external differences such as race, sex, colour, social status, sexual preference, religion, culture or belief. If we are aware of our Oneness, then we would not seek to deny others within the Oneness the same rights, resources, responsibilities and freedoms that we enjoy. We would not seek to discriminate against others on the basis of external differences as we would only be discriminating against our Self. An awareness of Oneness enables us to simultaneously enjoy and honor the diverse expressions of this Oneness whilst savoring the feeling of love, peace and joy that comes from recognizing the underlying unity of these diverse expressions of Life.

For thousands of years, human society and consciousness has failed to live in the awareness of Oneness. Human consciousness and society has been and still is divided and conflicted along lines of sex, class, race, ethnicity, religion, ideology, social status and species. These artificial and manufactured social divisions prevent us from realizing our Oneness or Unity with all of Life. Such artificial divisions also give strength to the power elites who manipulate human beings around such divisions to fight, struggle and compete against each other. There is also the opposite strategy of being brought into a false unity, one which is still based on fear, control and the dominance of power elites, who use the facade of unity to gain ever greater control. Current trends towards globalization of control of wealthy, powerful elites and their vision of "One World Government" re examples of "false unity" strategies.

An important part of healthful living is being whole and becoming free in one's consciousness of unnatural, man-made divisions, free of fear and free of control strategies. The more we realize our true Oneness in Light, the more whole and healed we become and the more whole and healed the Earth becomes.

As part of healthful living we need to correct the current power imbalance between the sexes on this planet. For thousands of years we have had a patriarchal paradigm that grants or promises men power and dominion over the Earth. Within this paradigm the relationship between men and women has been structured around domination and subordination rather than expressing unity, love and equality. For healthful living to manifest we need to abandon the perverted, power/domination paradigm which has imprisoned and poisoned the Earth. Healthful Living is based on a relationship of "Love/Co-operation/Harmony" with the Earth. Instead of seeking power over others or over the Earth, healthful living beings connect with the delightful power of Truth, Love and Joy within and give this energy to the Earth. As the Earth nourishes and sustains our bodies, healthful living beings bring the nourishment of their Light and Love to the Earth.

The power imbalance between the sexes has also extended to a domination of conditioned "masculine" intellect over the feelings that are considered to be "weak" or "feminine". An important aspect of becoming whole is balancing and integrating our intellectual nature with our feeling nature. Intellect and feeling are twin aspects of our one consciousness and neither should dominate or cloud the other. For healthful living we need to awaken our intellects and purify our feeling nature so that both can flow harmoniously together in service of Truth, Wisdom, Health and Love.

To remove causes of poverty and overpopulation, we need to support and encourage women in their quest for human rights. Women require freedom and equitable access to social resources to determine their destinies on all levels. In a healthful world there would be encouragement for breastfeeding and economically independent motherhood by creating mother/baby friendly working environments and or paid maternity/paternity leave. There would also be encouragement and support for men to be involved in caring for children. A healthful living world requires a genuine, respectful relationship between women and men as equally valued, free, unique beings. Identity based on the duality of sex or gender would not be primary in a healthful world. Instead as free beings, we would be taking delight in and primary sustenance from unlabeled, ungendered, unconditioned Be-ing which is our True Nature.

Science and Technology

As humans turn into healthful living beings the demand for Life-enhancing, Nature-harmonizing technologies would replace the current plethora of life-draining, Nature-disrupting, polluting technologies. Healthful living beings and their scientific endeavor would be based on the principle that we are an integral part of Nature and not the overlords or manipulators of Nature. The purpose of science and technology would be to better understand Nature and to co-operate with her in ways that can enhance life rather than in ways that poison, distort, enslave, manipulate or mutate life.

A True Health-Care System

Any health care system required in a healthful world or in transition to it, would need to be based on identifying and removing the causes of disease and facilitating the individuals self-healing power through education in healthful living. In a health-aware world we would no longer see disease as the enemy which we need to fight with drugs, vaccines, radiation and other harmful methods. Instead we would realize that our faulty lifestyles are the cause of all our diseases and the only way we can prevent disease or heal once diseased is through adopting the ways of healthful living. The new type of health practitioner would be one that is educated, not in the symptomatic treatment of disease, but one that is educated in the principles and practice of healthful living and self-healing. HLI has already created an international group of "Healthful Living Consultants" who are working towards supporting and educating such true health practitioners.

Healthful Education

In a healthful living world the focus in education would shift from mere cultivation of intellect and accumulation of knowledge to a healthfully balanced culture of body wisdom, nature connection, heart-centered awareness, physical activity, aware learning and unlearning, rest and recuperation . Courses in Healthful Living would jump to the forefront of Curriculums. The understanding of meditation would find rightful place within education to enable us to appreciate the importance of quietude and emptiness of mind to understanding, fresh perception and learning. The educational process would be forged within a balance of knowledge acquisition and knowledge shedding, critique and openness to new perspectives. Education for a quiet, alert, aware, unburdened, spacious and free mind would open us to greater depth, awareness,and joy in living. Health of body and mind would be encouraged not as ends in themselves, nor to idolize or fetishize the body, but rather so we can more readily tune into undivided integrity of be-ing, feel our joy in living, our oneness in spirit and bring those qualities into daily living.

Purpose of Healthful Living

In a health-aware world the deeper meaning or purpose of living would shift from competitive achievement, status acquisition and perpetuating past traditions, to discovering the here and now moment of living, discovering what or who we really are and what we are doing here on this planet. Ongoing awareness of our multidimensional selves, our true nature, discovery of our connection with other life-forms and the Earth that supports, sustains and nourishes us, would be both the meaning and art of living.

Liberation From Fear

Understanding the principles and practice of healthful living can free the human race from the most powerful energy ever manipulated for our continued enslavement. That energy is FEAR. The human race is caught in fear and the control methods that stem from fear. There is fear of disease, fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of aging, fear of viruses, fear of environmental degradation, fear of our self-healing energy, fear of letting go of traditions, fear of the Gods we create, fear of aloneness, fear instilled by systems of religion, military, government and medicine. The orchestrated economic crises unleash fear of economic uncertainty and potential or real poverty and deprivation.

By beginning with understanding the needs of our super-intelligent bodies and nurturing them into high level health, by learning to understand our minds and emotions, and the social context in which we live, by connecting with our True Nature from moment to moment, we can start to dissolve the layers of fear within and without which keep us from living fully as free and aware beings. The HLI vision of a healthful world, is one that is liberated from the fear/control/illusion energy, that is still dominant on this planet. Once our limited consciousness is freed of fear/control/illusion, our inner awareness or enlightened consciousness will unfold spontaneously on all levels.

Attaining a Healthful Consciousness and World

We do not need any ideological blueprints or systems for attaining a Healthful World. Ideological blueprints trap us in the limitations of conditioned thought and trap us in the inevitable divisions and conflict that ideologies engender. Instead of tethering our minds to ideologies of the past, we need instead to trust and flow with the Now Moment. The Now Moment is timeless and lifts us beyond the limitations of conditioned thought. If we understand the principles of healthful living and also trust and flow with the Now Moment of Life, that combination will usher in spontaneous and deep transformations on an individual level. As all individuals are interrelated, individual transformation also manifests at the collective level. Such transformation is ongoing and occurs from moment to moment, in ways that are beyond the grasp of our limited minds.

A consciousness which is free from attachment to beliefs and ideologies, a consciousness which is beyond political, religious, social and economic divisions is the consciousness best poised to usher in a healthful living world. We do not have to wait till tomorrow or next life for this free consciousness. We can incarnate it Now, through awakened minds/hearts/bodies. Healthful Living Beings will become highly tuned antennae for the influx/outflux of healing energies for the planet and ourselves. To feel ourselves Now in the Oneness of Life is the gift that healthful living can bring.

Creating the Global Community of Healthful Living Beings

If living in a health-loving world is the environment you would like to live in, if you would like to realize an awakened, free consciousness in your life and support the development of an international focus for Natural Hygiene/ transformation/healthful living, consider sponsoring and connecting yourself to the HLI Community of healthful living beings. Monies raised are being put towards supporting the aims of our nonprofit organization, including administrative support for HLI, promotion, education and HLI events and activities. Please visit our Sustainerships web page at <http://www.healthfullivingintl.org/sustainerships.html>.

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