Atma Namaste!
Master Choa Kok Sui (MCKS) is indeed a sea of infinite love and kindness, and even though he was not present physically at the retreat his spirit was indeed omnipresent. As a seeker I have explored various paths leading to the Divine, but none has brought me close to experiencing divinity as the meditations at the Retreat. This true recollection that I am the soul, and final union is the only purpose for which we incarnate life after life. I have no words to express gratitude for the Guru who has laid out this path back home so explicitly and clearly. As a very small tribute to the family of Arhatic Yogis and Grand Master, I humbly share my experiences at the retreat.
I did my basic pranic healing course in December 2006, Advanced and Psychotherapy happened in quick succession. Therefore, for me MCKS was just a picture on the back cover of the various books, and even though I was impressed with the enthusiasm and dedication of the teachers at my center, I had no intention to take this any further. But the Master had other plans for me, and so I sighed up for the Arhatic Prep with absolutely no intention of going for the retreat how naïve I was!
The Preparatory program itself was an awakening. I have been a practicing Buddhist for over three years now and understood concepts of loving kindness, compassion and forgiveness and tried to put them in practice ever so often. But it is only after using the blue triangle that I am truly able to gradually rid my self of negative tendencies. Even though the karmic seeds are there the negative energy, which was providing fertile soil for these seeds to sprout and bear fruit, has been disposed off. Making it so much simpler to be non-injurious in thought, word action, emotionally and financially generous, focused.
Absolutely nothing prepared me for the ecstasy I was to experience during these five days. I have had several spiritual experiences in my life but they had been scattered and I was unable to put together the pieces and find direction; the retreat provided me a sanctuary where I encountered my soul and have emerged from it emotionally cleansed, centered, spiritually nurtured in my quest for union with Divinity.
Shaktipath
As I mentioned before unlike most of the other Arhatic Yogi’s I did not share too much of a connection with MCKS. So I really did not miss his bodily presence at the retreat. And this may be the reason for what followed. When Master spoke to us on the phone I was to my utter amazement hit with waves of joy. And in the meditative silence that followed I was engulfed in sensations predominantly in my heart and crown chakra , experiences of love, bliss joy in my minds eye I say all the bodies around me melt and merge in to one mass within the master’s being. And then more bliss as I saw myself at the masters feet experiencing exquisite ecstasy in my entire being. My face was drowning in tears. That is when I realized that my search for a Guru is over.
Blue Pearl Meditation
I close my eyes and touched my tongue to the upper palate and felt waves of peace, there was a purple dark Indigo ball before my eyes and for some time I focused on the golden flame but soon my consciousness expanded and was spreading in all directions. I felt I was being pulled out of my body from the top of my head and the feeling was of excruciating ecstasy I regret that I have no words to describe this feeling. It was as I was so filled up that I would burst with the bliss and then I let go and was in a deluge of powerful yet blissful golden light I had tears streaming form my eyes from sheer bliss!. I had absolutely no desire to return back to my body but Acharya Hector was adamant. So here I am.
Om Chanting
While Chanting Om, in the last leg of the three days, I had an out of body experience and felt the separateness of the body and soul/consciousness. My entire being was enveloped in extremely bright sunlight, at some point I was floating above the hall. My consciousness traveled extensively, a lot of it I cannot remember nor describe. But my body was absolutely still, almost breathless and. But when Achary Danny asked us to return to our bodies to my surprise I was not able to. My neighbour kindly shook me and asked me to end my meditation but I was unable to return to my body. I was aware of my heart palpitating yet I was not in my body. The consciousness was enjoying its freedom….My physical body and brain wanted to bless the list of projects for 2007 as all other souls in their bodies were doing. But this soul continued its sojourns and did not return, I sat in meditation out of body, through the next set of exercise and meditation …In fact the retreat ended and I still out there somewhere, now rather concerned about my catatonic state….and suddenly I felt my self going deep below as if I were shrinking like in a Sc-Fi movie….I even wondered how my body was managing to sit in Ganesh Pose without experiencing the usual discomfort….Finally, I swooped back and it is only when the pain hit my legs I realized that –I AM NOT MY BODY I am the soul, truly.
Master’s photo
At the end of the retreat the hall emptied rapidly and I moved closer to the stage to take a photograph of the Masters beautiful photo up on the backdrop. Half bemused after the above experience, I looked in through my cell phone camera and was completely stunned to saw master’s lips moving, as if chanting. I looked at all the others and they seemed very mundanely going about their business. I thought I was hallucinating and so made a video of the still photograph of Master and even in the video his lip continue to chant. For those of you who are interested I have posted this video (not very clear) on Youtube please click on the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t61ZvvOvWaI
Thank you PHFD for organizing the retreat so beautifully. Thank you Master Choa Kok Sui and All the Acharyas at the retreat. Thank you all for reading this.
(Jyoti Dandass, Jan. 2007)