A moment of silence that changed everything
Picture this, You’re having a passionate conversation about life, energy, and transformation when suddenly complete silence. Not the awkward kind, but the profound kind. The kind where truth lands so hard it stops time itself.
That’s exactly what happened during my recent conversation with Rupesh Kotecha, the visionary behind Los Angeles’ prestigious Festival of Tabla. What started as a simple discussion about our upcoming collaboration became a life-changing moment of clarity that I’m still buzzing about.
When Two Worlds Collide
Rupesh was describing his festival with the kind of passion that only comes from deep purpose. “The tabla doesn’t just make music,” he explained, his voice alive with energy. “It presents the purest form of rhythmic expression. Every beat connects directly to your soul, bypassing your logical mind and delivering immediate, transformative energy. People leave our festival with a completely different flow in their lives.”
As I listened, chills ran down my spine. He was describing exactly what I experience every day through Raw Foodiest, my plant based raw food lifestyle that I’ve been living for over 16 years. The parallel was undeniable.
“That’s incredible,” I told him. “Because that’s precisely what raw food does for the body. It nourishes with the same purity and directness. Just like our tabla rhythms feed the soul with unfiltered energy, raw plant foods feed our cells with unaltered life force.”
The Question That Stopped Time
Then came the moment that will forever be etched in my memory. Rupesh’s curiosity got the better of him.
“Wait,” he said, “you’ve been eating only raw food for 16 years? How can you possibly live without eating cooked, hot food?”
I paused, knowing this was one of those moments where simple truth speaks louder than complex explanations.
I said quietly, “except humans, no other animal on this entire planet eats cooked food.”
~ R A D I O S I L E N C E ~
I could feel the weight of that truth settling into the space between us. You know that feeling when a single sentence rearranges everything you thought you knew? That’s what happened.
Finally, his voice came through the phone, softer now, “Wow… that’s actually true.”
The Beautiful Paradox of Human Evolution
Here’s the thing that keeps me awake at night in the best possible way, cooking food was once humanity’s greatest breakthrough. It helped our ancestors access more calories, survive harsh conditions, and evolve beyond our primate relatives. Fire and food transformed us from chimpanzees into the remarkable beings we are today.
But here’s the twist that changes everything, what was once our greatest blessing has quietly become our greatest burden.
Think about it. Walk through any hospital, any doctor’s office, any pharmacy. Look around you. We are surrounded by chronic disease, autoimmune disorders, digestive problems, energy crashes, and mental fog. We’ve become the only species on Earth that is systematically, chronically sick.
We are nature’s only sick species.
While every other creature on this planet thrives on the foods nature provides in their original form, we’ve convinced ourselves that we must alter, heat, process, and fundamentally change our food before it’s “safe” to eat. We’ve created a world where dead food is normal and living food is radical.
The Energy Connection
During our conversation, something magical clicked into place. Rupesh and I realized we’re both in the same business; We’ve become the only species on Earth that is systematically, chronically sick.
His tabla rhythms deliver pure sonic energy that realigns your spirit, awakens your consciousness, and sends you home vibrating at a higher frequency. My raw foods deliver pure nutritional energy that realigns your cells, awakens your vitality, and transforms your entire relationship with what it means to feel alive.
Both are immediate. Both are transformative. Both connect you directly to source energy without interference.
When you hear the tabla’s ancient rhythms, you don’t need to intellectualize the experience. Your body just knows. Your soul responds instantly. The energy flows through you, changing your entire state in moments.
When you eat living foods, sun-soaked fruits, vibrant greens, enzyme-rich nuts and seeds your cells don’t need to process artificial additives or recover from heat damage. They just absorb pure nutrition and respond instantly. Energy flows through you, changing your entire physiology in ways that feel almost magical.
The Raw Truth About Energy
After 16 years of this lifestyle, I can tell you something most people have never experienced, what it feels like to have your body working exactly as nature designed it.
Imagine waking up without an alarm, naturally energized and clear-minded. Imagine eating without feeling heavy or sluggish afterward. Imagine your skin glowing, your eyes bright, your thoughts sharp, and your mood stable not because of supplements or medications, but because you’re finally giving your body the fuel it was designed to run on.
This isn’t about being extreme or difficult. This is about coming home to what we actually are part of nature, not separate from it.
Why This Matters Now More Than Ever
We’re living in times when people are desperately seeking authentic experiences. We’re craving real connection, real energy, real transformation. We’re tired of artificial everything, artificial flavors, artificial relationships, artificial purposes.
The Festival of Tabla offers something increasingly rare, authentic, pure musical expression that connects you directly to timeless rhythms that have moved human hearts for thousands of years.
Raw Foodiest offers something equally rare, authentic, pure nutritional experiences that connect you directly to the life force energy that has sustained every living creature for millions of years.
Both are about returning to source. Both are about remembering what we actually need to thrive.
An Invitation to Experience Both
This year, I’m honored to be exhibiting at the Festival of Tabla, and I couldn’t be more excited about this perfect pairing. While your soul soaks up the purest musical vibrations on the planet, I invite you to discover how your body can experience the same level of purity through living foods.
Come find me at the Raw Foodiest booth. Let’s talk about what it actually feels like to align your eating with nature’s design. Let’s explore how you can bring this incredible, life-changing energy into your daily experience.
Try some living foods. Feel the difference. Ask me anything about the lifestyle, the transition, the science, the philosophy, or just how someone manages to thrive for 16 years without cooking.
Most importantly, let yourself imagine what becomes possible when both your soul and your body are receiving the pure, unfiltered energy they’ve been craving all along.
The Rhythm Continues
As Rupesh and I wrapped up our conversation, we both recognized something profound, we’re not just organizing an event or sharing information. We’re part of something bigger, a movement back toward authenticity, purity, and the kind of energy that actually transforms lives.
The tabla will rhythm its ancient wisdom into your consciousness. The raw foods will rhythm their living energy into your cells. And you’ll leave with a completely different understanding of what it means to be truly nourished.
Come experience the beat of life both heard and tasted, both felt and lived.
Come discover what happens when pure music meets pure food.
See you at the Festival of Tabla. Let’s make some beautiful music together with sound, with food, and with the rhythm of a life truly lived.
Ready to transform your relationship with food? Visit Raw Foodiest at the Festival of Tabla and discover what 16 years of living food wisdom can teach you. Your body and your soul will thank you.
–Axay Shah
IN NATURE WE TRUST
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