Coming to the R.A.T Gallery in Gardenville, PA…

Freedom and Vibrant Health Through Nature

With Matthew Warner

What does freedom mean to you? To me freedom is independence of anything outside the domain of one’s self.  In a spiritual or an emotional sense this would mean that everything we need to satisfy our desires must be sought from within. In a more gross physical sense, the domain of one’s self would extend to the entirety of the physical body and include the elements of the earth and all other beings with which we share our existence. This is the domain that I will refer to as “Nature”. Nature provides us with air, water, food, sunlight, love, affection, touch, along with all the tools and intuitive knowledge we need to enjoy the pinnacle of healthful joy. Anything created outside of this “Nature”, often through manipulation and manufacturing, creates a void between ourselves and our inherent opportunity for total freedom and sustainability. When there is an apparent necessity for something outside of nature, i.e. medicine, supplements, refined micronutrients, drugs, alcohol, stimulants, etc., it is merely an indication that the principles of nature are being ignored in some other aspect(s) of one’s lifestyle. Our bodies are fully capable of every task necessary for vibrant health provided we maintain enough awareness to remove all obstacles that arise due to the self destructive lifestyles that have become convention.

Learn how to remove all of these obstacles and more importantly how to avoid allowing new obstacles to crowd your path to total freedom. We will explore and discuss practical lifestyle aspects from an anatomical, physiological, biological, mental, emotional, ecological, and philosophical/spiritual perspective. Of course not everyone is ready, willing, and/or able to make such a total reform, but gaining an understanding of this perspective is sure to provide a beneficial shift to some part or parts of your lifestyle and outlook.

Our philosophies tend to be geared toward an honor and reverence for nature because we can intuitively identify with the power and peace found in the miraculous natural world. The more you align your actions with that philosophy the more of that power and peace becomes accessible to us as individuals. When we are able to fully embrace a truly natural lifestyle we may find that all of our greatest desires are fulfilled without any boxed, packaged, bottled, electrified, digital, or destructive outside influences. We are able to joyfully experience and appreciate all that already is and break our attachment to fleeting material distractions. Optimum health and infinite joy is the natural state of being. Open your mind to the possibilities of a return to nature and the natural state of Freedom. (more…)

What is a Cleanse/Detox Diet? It seems to be a euphemism of sorts. A more direct way to phrase such a diet would be to refer to it as a temporary cessation of poison consumption.  Our bodies are naturally designed and equipped to break down and eliminate toxins on a regular basis. The fact that these faculties exist does not mean that we are designed to purposely consume toxic and poisonous substances. These methods are in place to handle the toxic debris that are a byproduct of everyday metabolic function. In every moment our body is cleaning up after itself and it has all the right tools for the job. There is nothing that can be consumed or supplemented that will make this process any more efficient or effective. The key is simply too reduce the amount of toxins consumed to as little as possible in order to lighten the load of the bodies eliminative faculties. Furthermore, it is not only the digestion of toxins that impedes the perpetual detoxification process. Digestion itself is a strain on the bodies energy supply and as a metabolic process inevitably produces byproducts to a degree that is proportionate to the complexity of the foods eaten. Therefore, the practice of cleansing or detoxification through the ingestion of ANY substance is completely illogical. Foods, Herbs, tonics, and tinctures that are used for this purpose are simply a counterproductive manipulation of the bodies eliminative facilities.  The evidence to support these theories is made abundantly clear in the process of Fasting. When we stop eating altogether for a set period of time we are not only avoiding the consumption of toxic substances, but we are also allowing our bodies to take a break from the potentially taxing process of digestion and distributing that energy to the rest of our bodies systems, especially the eliminative organs. During this period of time your body is given the opportunity to leave the frontline unguarded and attend to some serious deep cleaning in areas that have been otherwise neglected due to lack of energy. (more…)

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A “Raw Food Diet” should be synonymous with a “Natural Diet”. The idea behind a raw food diet is that all food was created perfectly for our bodies and that to alter it in any way would be invariably harmful to our health and our environment.

The term “Raw” is not an ideal description, however. Just being raw does not make something an ideal food for our consumption. We must realize that we are only one of countless species of herbivores/frugivores, and many raw plant foods, although, high in certain nutrients and seemingly convenient in unnatural circumstances, are far from the best choice for our physiology.

The term “Natural” implies that the food is in its original, unaltered (RAW) state and further defines that they are foods that are most compatible with our digestion and performance.

The raw food movement really began at the dawn of creation. Human beings as well as every single other species were designed to consume all of their food in a raw natural state for ideal performance and growth. Somewhere along the way humans turned their back on this natural truth. No one can say for certain why it happened, but as humans began to migrate away from their original sub-tropical habitats, fire became a necessity for survival. Being removed from the fertile soils of their natural foods, humans were forced to hunt animals, and store their food for survival. Cooking their food then became crucial as a means of preservation and sterilization. From this point on the nature of food had been lost and the idea of cooking and eating animals became widely accepted as man set out to dominate all areas of the globe.

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