An Intimate & Interactive Evening with Dr. Gabriel Cousens in Toronto

Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine Lecture, screening of “Simply Raw: Reverse Diabetes in 30 Days” followed by Q&A

On Thursday, November 13, 2008, I attended an event at Mel Lastman Square/North York City Hall, screening the documentary, Simply Raw. Seeing the six people in the documentary at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center (all diagnosed with Diabetes: five were type 2 and one was type 1) grapple over 30 days with executing Gabriel Cousins’ multi-levelled, food-based cure was gripping.

The challenges were striking: dissatisfaction with the raw menu, cravings for SAD offerings, lack of familial support, dealing with detox/withdrawal symptoms, the intense discomfort of shifting gears, and shifting expectations of the possibility of a real cure for diabetes. Been there.

Success seemed to come from surrendering to the process, patience, and working collaboratively and compassionately as a community. Gabriel later commented that change is better to come from a self-chosen internal place that involves the pleasure principle versus coming from an externally imposed force. It occurred to me as well that in fact all success, personal development, and self improvement, transitions through similar phases.

I was moved by some of the close ups showing facial expressions of shock, hurt, joy and compassion. Been there too. I was disappointed, as was most of the audience, when one of the older, male participants chose to leave the program half way through, in spite of his dramatic health improvements, due to his overwhelming psycho-physiological resistance to the change.

After the film, using a PowerPoint Gabriel overviewed some of the subjects outlined in his book Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine: calorie restriction and longevity; cause of disease as compromised terrain versus bacteria or virus; the self-composting action of the imbalanced body; the action of microplasmic pleomorphic protits; the necessity of growing your own food; list of mycotoxins; list of disesases; list of pathogenic microorganisms; grains, soy, GMO, vaccinations, chemtrails, and finally, a summary of his Phase I, Phase I.5 and Phase II anti-diabetes diet.

Questions from the audience included:

• Did the participants stay raw?
• Does the diet correct renal disorders?
• Does the diet correct low blood sugar?
• Is breatharianism possible?
• What is the youngest a person should be to healthfully fast?
• Can you go raw in a cold climate

The evening ended with a 30-minute meditation during which Gabriel shared shaktipat with each audience member. I’m looking forward to another shaktipat experience at the Shabbat led by Gabriel Cousins tonight.