Does Food Affect Our Spiritual Progression?

Previously, we learned that everything begins with energy, which is transmuted into many different forms from the subatomic to the galactic levels in our universe. We also learned that emotions fuel our thoughts into manifestation. Similarly, food fuels our physiological and physical functions into action. Does food affect our spiritual progression? Or vice versa?

Does food affect our spiritual progression?

Guy Needler related a story about Babaji (a highly evolved, “non-ascended” master), who did a temporary walk-in into the body of a young Indian guru to give us this message:

“The frequencies are now so high, that you no longer need to do things like kriya yoga to bring your frequencies up. All you need to do is to meditate and become a vegetarian.” (Babaji introduced kriya yoga to humanity through Lahiri Mahasaya in India in the 1800’s.)

What is the basis for this suggestion?

Needler said that in reality we don’t need to eat anything. Originally, our human form was designed to function on “prana” or life force energy pulled in by breathing. He explained:

There are a number of well-documented “breatharians,” who drink water, but don’t eat any physical food. They meditate and use their chakras properly to pull in the energies at 7 frequencies to create the composite energy that fuels their physical form (see Guy Needler 1-31-16…”What Is Prana Or Life Force Energy?” – Big Picture Questions.com).
That’s what we’re supposed to be able to do. But our gross physical form is so dense now, it needs to have external physical fuel. However, the fuel needs of people may vary widely.

Some people may need some of the proteins and fuels associated with meat, while others can be vegetarian or vegan and survive on that. Most of us like the taste of food, and eat animals, animal products (e.g. milk, cheese, eggs), nuts, fruits and vegetables in raw or cooked form.

Why are we destined to change?

Generally, people are becoming more aware of what their eating and drinking/smoking/other recreational habits are doing to their physical body. Certain habits (e.g. good diet, exercise, no smoking) prolong the lifespan of the human vehicle, while other habits may shorten it.

From the soul’s perspective, we want to be here for as long as we need to fulfill our life plan and lessons, and to gain the most evolutionary content as an incarnate being.
That’s why we’ll continue to improve our lifestyles. We’ll invent and use prosthetic limbs, bioengineered tissues, organ transplants, and new technologies to prolong our lifespan.

But as we gradually ascend to higher frequencies, these mechanical functions will become obsolete. We will upgrade our physical vehicles with inner technologies, such as telepathy,* empathic communication, etc. that will change the way we operate and what we choose to eat.

Where are we at present?

Today’s people are quite detached from farming the “Big Four” (cows, pigs, chickens, sheep). There are big cultural differences in what other species may be consumed as food, and how much physical, emotional, and mental pain and suffering animals are deemed to experience.

As a veterinarian, I’ve seen the best and worst case scenarios in my lifetime. But the fact is the world population has grown from 1 billion in 1812 to 1.5 billion in 1912 to 7 billion in 2012. We need to produce a lot more food (see COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret).
Meat consumption is increasing worldwide despite the known environmental impact of greenhouse emissions, water, grain, and land usage by livestock (see These maps show changes in global meat consumption by 2024. Here’s why that matters. | Ensia; click ↓).

Most people know that the living or animated beings on our planet have different levels of sentience. Humans are fully sentient, while animals are semi-sentient (e.g. mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish), but insects, plants and microorganisms are less sentient entities.

When an animal is used for food production, the way it has been weaned, fed, raised, handled and kept, and the way it’s transported and sacrificed makes a huge difference in the energetic makeup of its meat, organs and tissues, that we end up consuming.
The higher the stress level during the animal’s lifetime, the lower the frequency in its carcass or products (e.g. milk, eggs). That’s why factory farming is the worst way to go.
When we eat meat, we absorb the low frequency and the stress associated with it, because we’re eating a meat-based vehicle used by a higher level entity than an inanimate plant.

There has to be a better way to feed the people in this world, right!? We could switch to eating more vegetables, nuts and fruits, which provide all the nutrients our body needs. We can also eat animal products (e.g. milk, eggs), IF the animals are kept under good husbandry practices.

How have you changed?

Many of us have changed our eating habits during this lifetime. Some of us have developed food allergies or intolerance to certain foods, additives or preservatives (e.g. MSG migraines, gluten intolerance, allergic eczema, etc.). We may gravitate to different food choices.

Some prefer to eat lighter foods (more vegetables and fruits), or become less interested in red or white meat, or simply eat less food (daily total) or less often (fasting some days).
You can alter the frequency and cellular resonance of your food and water by “charging it.” This is done by giving thanks, by giving it positive feelings of love and gratitude, which will reduce its toxic load (from chemicals, pesticides, etc.), according to Wendy Kennedy.

We’re all changing individually in our own way and at our own pace, as we’re ascending. That’s why there is no need to judge anybody else’s eating habits or preferences. That’s an ego trap or a form of “spiritual elitism.” It’s better to be a role model (not a nag).

Why are animals on this planet?

If our bodies can function perfectly well without eating meat, why do we have animals on this planet? Don’t their True Energetic Selves (TES/Oversouls/Higher Selves) know what they’re sending their soul projections into, when they incarnate as animals on Earth? Needler said:

The TES of animals do know. But the whole reason they’re here is to help us understand what we shouldn’t be doing, so they sacrifice themselves in some way.
Even vegetarians are eating something that is evolving in some way, shape or form.

This is all part of the whole plan. We know intrinsically, that some aspect of the Source is given to us to allow the gross physical vehicle to exist at the lowest frequency bands 1-3. But at some point in our evolution, we start to awaken:

We start to recognize that WE are part of this bigger picture.
We start to recognize that ALL of these other beings are part of Us as well.

When we start to function at a higher frequency (FB 4-10), we use our chakras more efficiently. Then we won’t need to eat solid food, meat or fish, or even vegetables.

Our spirituo-physical form doesn’t need to metabolize energy from food. The chakras are like narrow band receivers that only pick up the energy they’re designed to receive.
Together they create a composite energy, that can run our gross physical form (FB 1-3) and spirituo-physical/astral form (FB 4-7). That’s how breatharians really function.

The purely energetic part of us at FB 8-10, i.e. the “step down” function between us and our True Energetic Self can use raw free energy, that doesn’t need to be changed in any way.

Final Thoughts

The role of food in our spiritual progression can be a highly controversial topic in some circles. Nora Herold said that all the issues with food allergies, gluten intolerance, etc. are used to wake up people, to unite them collectively to remember we were able to live off prana. She said eating is an “enslavement meme” that says: “We must eat lots to survive!”

Maybe it’s time to challenge or change that belief — even if it’s one person at a time?

In closing, I’d like to quote Neale Walsch’s Daily Inspiration about Reverence for Life:

“On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know…

...that all that Life asks is that you move through Life with a reverence for Life.

Yet this reverence for Life must be displayed in all things.
Even in the littlest things. Perhaps especially so.
For instance, if you choose to consume animals,
do you limit your purchases of flesh to cook
to only those suppliers who treat animals humanely?

Do you even know who those suppliers are?
Does this matter to you? How you treat other Life Forms
does matter. It says something about how you want Life to be.
You see, we are creating all of this. All of this.”

“Who you are is an Individuation of Divinity. Why you are here is to demonstrate that.” – Neale Donald Walsch

*Note: Animals are soul extensions from Higher Selves that want to explore physicality just like our souls do in human form. They evolve, when we interact with them and give our love to them. We evolve from their purer and closer to Source consciousness and from their unconditional love, companionship, and service.

It may seem that humans have a long way to go with only 5% of vegetarians in the U.S. (30% in India). But we will live on prana one day. When we develop empathic communication and telepathy, we won’t be eating some being that we just had a chat with, right!?