To: K-list
Recieved: 1999/11/09 07:36
Subject: Re: [K-list] Tibetan memories
From: Adele Chatelain
On 1999/11/09 07:36, Adele Chatelain posted thus to the K-list:
Dear Amanda,
Thanks so much for your great post! I will hold it
close to my heart.
And thanks for the video tip about the Tibetan salt
seekers.
I don't think I mentioned meeting the Dalai Lama before
on this List. Anyhoo....this is how the Tibetans see it:
it's very, very rare to have the opportunity to be in
the presence of the Dalai Lama. Most Tibetans never get
that chance (or rather, they never did in the past). But
now that the DL travels around the world, we have a unique
opportunity to see/meet him. According to the Tibetan
Buddhists
this is a great blessing.
You asked me what branch of Tibetan Buddhism I follow.
I started as a Gelupa, then did a number of years with
the Kagyu and now I'm back with the Gelupa Order. I'm very
fortunate in that the Philadelphia group is directly
connected with the Dalai Lama's Monastery (my teacher being
the former Head Mandala painter to His Holiness). That's
how I got to see the DL in 1991.
At heart I am a Kagyu; I am basically a lone meditator
by
nature. But I'd have to have a car to get to NY in order to
attend the Kagyu teachings, and that's impractical.
There's an amazing Tibetan Buddhist Temple in North
Philadelphia.
I saw it once and it was like being back in Tibet. It is
the
inside of an old auditorium (school?) and is converted to
a REAL temple, complete with artifacts that the
Tibetan/Mongolian
community here brought out of Tibet. It's very authentic and
its
like going into another world. I felt very, very blessed to
see
it.
Now....what does all this have to do with Kundalini?
Well,
although Tibetan Buddhists don't call it Kundalini, they
have
a similar practice. It was when I saw the Dalai Lama that I
had my first amazing K. experience. Every day for 4 days we
received the teachings in the morning, then in the afternoon
we
could go back to our hotel room to meditate on the day's
teachings
or ....go shopping. I chose to be very serious about it all
and
went back to my room to meditate. No TV. No talking. I
had
my own room.
The morning of the third day, I woke up and saw a blue
light emanating from my body. I sat on the side of the bed
and looked down on my hands: I could see right through them,
like an x-ray to the bones. My hands were made up of blue
radiant light.
I was frightened. I thought I was mentally losing it.
On the other hand, I kept saying to myself, 'it finally
happened;
after all these years of practice, I UNDERSTAND....'
I went to the bathroom, very slowly and looked inthe
mirror. I could see the reflection of my head----but it was
transparent blue light and not only could I see the skull
bones
but....I could see WHAT WAS BEHIND ME.
I remember reaching for the toothpaste and brush;
everything
was bathed in this cobalt blue light. I put them down on
the
sink and then slowly went back to my bed and sat down on the
edge of it.
After a while the light disappeared and I remained my
usual solid self!
The feelings during and after can only be described
as bliss and tremendous energy. To this day I can 'see' my
central channel in my mind's eye and because of this 1991
experience I 'KNOW" this energy and this light are our true
selves. And somehow the purpose of this Life....is knowing
this radiant light of compassion. Nothing else matters.
My life totally changed after that. I made a
complete
turn around, in my lifestyle. I find, for one thing, I can
now regulate how much of K. to conjure up to do daily tasks,
etc.
for other's benefit.
So......Amanda, the Dalai Lama, his presence will change
you.
Lots of hugs,
Adele
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