Past Lives and Kundalini

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In a message dated 5/13/1999 3:57:27 PM Atlantic Daylight Time,

mumblecat writes:

 

<< Dear Harsha,

 

I hate to take up your time, but seeing as you have

had a lot of experience with ppl awakening,

do you have views

on K and awakening in relation with past lives ?

 

More specifically whether K may be present in several

consecutive life times or has to be awokened in each

life ?

 

Also, whether there can be a sort of adjustment process

going on over several life times ?

 

Have you come across anything on this in experience

or in reports from others ?

 

Best regards,

 

Amanda. >>

 

Hi Amanda. I will forward your post and my response. Perhaps others can also

give you different insights. I remembered one of my past lives as a yogi when

I was around 12 very clearly, sitting on the top of roof in the veranda in my

grandfather's house in India. It came with such clarity and seeing what I had

to do led me to formulate my first principle of teaching which came in a

sequence of thoughts which repeated themselves in my mind with such force

again and again that I can never forget them. They were, "The students should

know that if one has to ever choose between a teacher and Truth, one should

always choose the Truth and if one ever has to choose between me (Harsha) and

the Truth, one should always choose the Truth." At that time, I had been

practicing meditation for some years but my Kundalini was not awake in the

classical sense. Later when my Kundalini awoke in the classical sense I

started to have other types of superconscious experiences. Some years later,

when I was in my early 20s I had a vivid dream/vision of Ramana Maharshi, in

which I had a different face. Ramana Maharshi walked over to me and squinted

his eyes and was looking at me and a stream of thoughts started to be

conveyed from him. He was saying "Do I know you.....do I know you.........I

don't know ..........I don't know if I know you....". Then he stepped forward

and touched me on the head as if saying, "Now I know you." Suddenly rockets

burst in my whole body and I was in a different state. I did not feel scared

as I was used to such experiences happening. When I opened my eyes, I felt

the dream had made me aware of a close connection with Ramana Maharshi. In

fact, every since then, the great sage and his teachings completely dominate

my consciousness. About a year later, through the grace of Ramana, letting

everything go, I experienced Nirvikalpa Samadhi and Recognized clearly the

nature of the Self. After that I lost interest in things like past lives,

supernatural powers, etc., as my mind does not go in those directions. I feel

content with what I know and what I don't know. My experience is that past

lives can be known with meditations both without obvious manifestations of

Kundalini and with special meditations involving the Kundalini shakti and

different centers. I do not know if that is the best use of one's energy. If

experiences of past lives come spontaneously, that is fine. If one seeks

them, one cannot be sure if it is imagination. In the end, it is all

imagination.

 

Harsha

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Hi harsha,

 

When i first met Rinpoche i was surprised because his face had changed.

Other than that, i've not myself had much past life memory stuff. altho

they tell me at certain levels that comes pretty fast. Guess im not there

yet (surprise surprise!).

 

maitri,

 

--janpa