Edit-expanded 2024-04-20:
My originally written in June 2009 blog titled, On Rapture Musings, describes three types of descends of Divine Force into my bodily being. I am astonished still, after all these years (early 90s') at the intensity of those Initiations, as well as my unwavering Trust in what was 'happening' (because I knew I was 'in good hands'). I was not a scholar of wisdom teachings or a meditator, and didn't know there were other beings who have undergone same or similar Initiations. . .And, when many years later I read Aurobindo's statement on karma, the pieces of this Kosmic puzzle fell into place: "Karma is not luck, it is transmission of past energies into the present".
In its now vastly edit-expanded form, the now 'Path Ordained by God', title, is a better fit. It reads like a 'new' blog - hence the decision to do a 'do over' in this space.
In this post I will describe three types of Soul level Initiations that are now grounded in a very much grander 'verifying' context *they happend years before I was guided to check out Sri Aurobindo's work. The descent of Divine Force-Light-Bliss-Ananda takes place at the zenith-point of one's eternal self-Soul's evolution. These events, or experiences fall into the Soul science category that act like bridge that joins Humanity and Divinity in a 'not two', sense. Genuine Saints and Siddhas demonstrate that 'Soul Powers' are real. We know that recipients of Grace-bestowed Divine Revelations, have a moral duty to obey the inner call of our vocation for the benefit of all beings.
We encourage: 'open your soul to the Eternal - but it must be the Eternal that draws forth your strength and beauty, not desire for growth. For in one case you develop in the luxuriance of purity, in the other you harden by the forcible passion for personal stature' - in words of an unknown Master.
We remind the spiritual aspirant that, the surrendered one relies on Grace to help us patiently endure years upon years of continous elemination of karmic baggage.
What I share *descends of Divine Force-Light-Bliss-Sound* takes place at the zenith-point of one's eternal self-Soul's evolution (post-enlightenment stages). And, because I didn't misuse this Knowledge, or betray it by imagining I was 'special', I was able to sustain the responsibility of its Command to bring to the world's evolutionary spirituality table, the Story of what needs to happen before one attains the Final Samadhi. In other words *in poetic speak*, the attainment of the stage of Coronation in Omniscience in all its aspects, Wills us to 'bring down heaven to earth for ourselves and mankind'- Aurobindo's quote
Sri Aurobindo confirmed for me that: 'Divine condition descends from above, is given by the Divine. + The higher spiritual planes create their own formulations in the subliminal in the depths within us. + We do not found ourselves on faith alone, but on great ground of knowledge which we have been developing and testing day and night for years upon years more scrupulously then any scientist his theory and his method on the pysical plane". + From: The Life Divine, p.956 "For real transformation there must be a direct and unveiled intervention from above; there would be necessary too a total submission and surrender of the lower consciousness, a cessation of its insistence, a will in it for its separate law of action to be completely annulled by transformation and lose all rights over our being."
Brief descripitons:
1. This particular Initiation experience was unlike any other, yet just as startling-intense as the rest *circa 1993*, and occured during a hands-on energy balancing session, in our Master's (Dr. Kiara Galbreath) home. On this rare occasion Kiara allowed us to practice on her. I joined the three students after I finished working on fellow student. Standing room only and hands on teaxher's knees suited me fine, until seconds into it I felt so much energy surging through me that my hands began 'jumping' with strong zaps of electric like currents. Minutes later, a very much 'solid' column-like of Energy began pounding my Crown chakra in rhythmic waves. This was the most fascinating thing to me, because I was standing in a room of talking and laughing people! I know I had to stay as still as possible and take long deep breaths - in order to accommodate the influx of this Energy into my bodily beingsys. I knew I was in an altered state of consciousness because even though I heard the noise/sound as if from great distance, it made my heard hurt. The noise felt very jarring/uncomfortable and very annoying, I decided to ask for silence. . .I made that request more then once, and finally the woman sitting at teacher's feet heard me, and said: "Helen is asking for silence". No one heard her, so she asked again and the room fell silent. The instant that happened, I became very self-conscious of my breathing and asked the Energy to cease its action. . .Within few seconds this Force's rhythmic wave-action diminished in strength and came to a full stop.
2. I named the following *extremely intense* Initiation in 94, 'Thundering Combastion Experience'. I was flat on my back when suddenly my head became like a thunderously roaring ready to explode missile, and thought this Energy will render me 'toast' *dead* and utterd "God be with me!" Next instant I disappeared - without name and history 'I' became a witnessing awareness aware of the transcendent Intelligence immensity and magnitute so great that is beyond the wildest imagination. I don't know how long I stayed in this state, but felt what happened the instant my extremely subtle body snapped back into my flesh body. The impact was so strong-abrupt, I felt my light body's torso rise-up to sitting position before gently laying down.
*Edit-adding 23-05-18, verifying quote from the Darsana Upanishad (6.36-38) "The Darsana Upanishad describes the sound heard when the consciousness becomes centered in the Brahmandra (anterior fontanelle), located in top-center region of the head: when air (prana) enters the Brahmaranda, nada (sound) is also produced there. Resembling at first the sound of conch blast and like roaring of a mountain cataract. Thereafter, O great wise one! The Atman, mightily pleased, will actually appear in front of thee. Then there will be ripeness of the Knowledge of the Atman from Yoga and disowing by the Yogi of worldly existence." - Guy L. Beck, Sonic Theology, pp 39-103
Edit-adding 2024-01-25 recently discovered *verifying* passages penned by the Rig Veda seer and Shankara; on 'the mighty Rudra'. Adi Shankara defined the name Rudra as: "One who makes all beings cry at the time of cosmic dissolution." + "The strength of Godhead never departs from Rudra, him who is sovereign of this world, the mighty." (2.33g).
The Rig Veda seer named the Godhead's Power 'Rudra', which is often associated with the sound not heard with our ears."+ 'His terrifying howl as he embraks on his destructive rampage' *karmic 'demolition* + 'The might of the mighty eradicates problems'. Rig Veda's prayer to Rudra, includes this verse: "We worship the three eye one who has matted hair who shines like the Sun".
Edit-adding 2024-04-20, on 'mighty wind' verifying passages from (King James)
Acts 2:2-4 "And suddenly there came a sound from heaven of a rushing mighty wind, and filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it set upon each of them."
And: Jeremiah 5:13 "And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them."
The rushing wind imagery emphasizes the dynamic and transformative nature of the Holy Spirit's presence.
John 14:26 testified what Jesus promised his disciples:
"But the Helper the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to you remembrance of all that I have said to you."
I am happy to say one who beheld with the eye of Spirit Jesus' spiritual Grace-bestowed 'pure in Spirit' stature, wrote: "Had I lived in Palestine in the days of Jesus of Nazareth, I would have washed his feet with, not with my tears, but with my heart's blood." - Vivekananda.
I am happy to say that Aurobindo confirmed for me/us that: "There are many Forces (but) it is only the Supramental Force that works absolutely because it ccreates its own conditions. The Force descends for two things: 1. To transform Nature 2. To carry out the work through the instrument. + The descent of Peace, the descent of Force or Power, the descent of Light, the descent of Ananda - these are the four things that transform nature. + At first one is not conscious entirely and in detail. + All these different actions of the Force on the adhara with the intention of opening it up from above and below and horizontally also. The action from above opens it to the descent of forces from above the Mind and the ascent of consciousness above the lid of the ordinary human mind. The horizontal action helps open it to the cosmic consciousness on all its levels. The action from below *Erotic potency transmuted into true force of Ananda* helps to connect the superconscient. Finally the consciousness instead of being limited to the body becomes infinite, rises infinitely above, plunges infinitely below, widens infinitely on every side. + There is besides the opening of the centers to the Light and Power and Ananda that has to descend from above." -Excerpts from: Letters on Yoga - On Descent. *The River of Light Revisited, riffs on same theme*
3. I was awakened suddenly because my entire being was vibrating with a loud high voltage note frequency. That too felt uncanny, but not entirely surprising as by then Kundalini Shakti put me through many types of 'cosmic makeovers'.
Edit-adding in 2023-06-18, statement on Shabd *Sound* penned by Rig Veda seer: "But the perfect saints, irrespective of whether they belong to one religion or the other, have gone beyond this and have spoken of Sar Shabd and Sat Shabd as well, and regions beyond Brahmand." -wikipedia/surat_shabd_yoga
Becuse of these, and many other types of Initiations, long time ago I wrote: 'I am neither Christian, or any other world's tradition mystic, because the Supreme Shakti initiated me into all Wisdom traditions. At this stage-attainment one has the spiritual authority to declare: 'I jumped out of all possible systems by becoming one with the very source of all power, and therefore, am no longer bound by any of them'.
