The Awakeners of the Plant World: Portraits of Three Inspired Souls
They chose the plant world not out of ideology, but out of a revelation. Three portraits of people who quietly shift the lines of what we eat and who we become.
The Invisible Thread of Food Consciousness
From Pythagoras to Patrik Baboumian, from Leonardo da Vinci to Alexis Gauthier, one same axis is drawn: what we put on our plate shapes our relationship to the living, and therefore to the world.
This text shows that food consciousness is neither a fashion nor a contemporary whim, but a recurring intuition among the most visionary minds:
- Pythagoras: the first "vegetarian" of the West, for whom killing an animal was an attack on a sister soul.
- Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance genius freeing caged birds and refusing to eat "what had a life".
- Einstein: prophetic lucidity on vegetarianism as a condition of humanity's survival.
- Gandhi: extending ahimsa onto the plate, experimented with near-scientific rigour.
- Tesla: an energetic and ecological vision ahead of its time, denouncing the waste of animal farming.
To these luminaries we add the contemporary pioneers:
- Alexis Gauthier, Daniel Humm, Matthew Kenney: proof that high gastronomy can be 100% plant-based without giving up excellence.
- Patrik Baboumian, Lewis Hamilton: living embodiment of strength and performance without animal products.
- Joaquin Phoenix: radical voice of compassion, from childhood to the Oscars.
The central message:
The way we treat animals and the way we feed ourselves is a mirror of our level of consciousness.
This thread is unbroken: it invites each of us, in turn, to grasp the continuity between non-violence, ecological lucidity, human performance, and joy of living — starting with the most intimate and daily gesture: eating.
Raw cacao is rich in serotonin precursors (tryptophan), magnesium, and anandamide — often called the "bliss molecule". Consumed in moderation and without sugar overload, it offers a subtle mood lift, a feeling of open heart and connection, in resonance with the idea of food that nourishes the mind as much as the body.
Composés actifs
Vibration of Food Choices: From Violence to Consciousness
Unités Bovis (UB)
L'échelle de Bovis mesure la vitalité énergétique d'un aliment — plus le chiffre est élevé, plus l'aliment soutient la vitalité du corps. Indicatif, pas dogmatique.
Animal-based, ultra-processed products, rich in additives and invisible suffering. They make the body denser but weigh down the spirit and normalise violence on the plate.
Mixed eating with voluntary reduction of meat, attention to origin, farming conditions, and overall quality. First step toward coherence between values and plate.
Mostly organic, seasonal, minimally processed plant-based cuisine, prepared with intention and gratitude. It supports mental clarity, compassion, and stable energy.
The higher the level, the more food tends toward non-violence, vitality, and inner coherence.
Three Ways of Eating: Violence, Habit, Consciousness
Everyday eating
Plate of normalised violence
Daily consumption of industrial animal products, ultra-processed dishes, fast food, and excess sugar. Food choice is dictated by speed, price, and cultural conditioning.
Exemples
Industrial burgers, nuggets, cold cuts, ready-made meat meals, sodas.
Effets
Chronic inflammation, heaviness, mood swings, progressive desensitisation to animal suffering and ecological impact.
Plate of conscious transition
Meat reduction, introduction of vegetarian meals, growing attention to product quality and origin, without fully leaving old habits behind.
Exemples
Meatless Monday, better-quality meat but less frequent, more vegetables and legumes.
Effets
Gradual improvement in energy, beginning of coherence between values and acts, more frequent inner questioning.
Plate of creative non-violence
Mostly or fully plant-based cuisine, inspired by compassion, ecology, and the pursuit of beauty in taste. Every meal becomes an act of contribution to the living.
Exemples
Plant gastronomic menus, colourful bowls, home cooking based on raw, local, seasonal products.
Effets
More stable energy, feeling of physical and moral lightness, reinforced empathy, joy of taking part in something larger than oneself.
Moving from chaos to divine doesn't happen in a day, but at every meal. Each plate is a silent vote for the world we wish to inhabit.
“As long as men massacre animals, they will kill one another. Whoever sows murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.”
Écrit par
Virgile
Chef & Chercheur en nutrition végétale
20 ans de recherche. Chef résident Maison ilā (The Times Top 50 World Spas). Fondateur levegetalien.fr. Je formule des aliments qui transforment ce que nous ressentons et pensons.
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