Hi Fredd,
Thanks for your post. I definitely agree with you that pain is not a definition of the person themselves. If this was true and the one who was in pain would introspect, find a character or faith flaw, transform themselves and than what? be healed????? Newsflash...we don't need doctors or any health practitioners, all we need is to be good law abiding God fearing people and we won't have any pain? - ridiculous.
Actually, what is a tantric priest? As far as previous lives affecting us in the present, I find the subject very fascinating. I just finished reading a book about the life of Edgard Cayce who was a "sleeping prophet?". He gave readings to people while asleep about their health and what to do to recover. In addition he gave life readings which told them who they were in previous lives. There was a stenographer who recorded all his readings and now they have thousands of these cases written down and people studying them.
I must have been trampled on my nose by a horse in a previous life! (just kidding)
I definitely agree with you that pain is not a definition of the person themselves. If this was true and the one who was in pain would introspect, find a character or faith flaw, transform themselves and than what? be healed????
That is what they claim, as long as they are not the one in intractable severe chronic pain. Severe enough pain can break through their belief system. My F-I-L refused to take the prescribed opioids when he was dying of cancer because he believed them to be immoral. He kept complaining to the doc of the terrible pain and finally a family member tipped off the doc as to his not taking the meds. The doctor told him that he was a fool and that he didn't have to keep suffering if he didn't want to, that it was his choice. The doctor stood right there while he took the precribed pill and in 30 minutes he was smiling and feeling ok. He contiued the dilaudid until his death. He had been condemning of me for being in chronic pain until then.
what is a tantric priest?
Tantra is very misunderstood. It is a spiritual practice that includes kundalini yoga (an "energy" yoga), non-dualist jnana yoga (depending upon translation knowledge, wisdom or divine wisdom yoga), healing, nutrition and mysticism. It uses the bodies energy systems including energies considered sexual and erotic. The word "Tantra" is also "weaving", as in weaving together one's life and is a method of Alchemy. A "Tantra" is a verbal or written item that is the transcript of a channeled divine conversation between Shiva and Shakti often, on esoteric and esoteric sexual matters. The "Tantric meal" of the 10th century, consumed often in a ceremonial feast or as individual practice was the acitve b12 protocol of its day in a vegetarian society. The miraculous seeming effects, allowing mystical experience, all day ritual sexual intercourse, healing and health was considered to have such power because it violated the taboos against eating flesh. In a person horribly deficient of b12 the few mcgs in the beef and fish would be enough to cause major startup effects. 1mcg of b12 can raise the serum level 200pg/ml. The 5mcg that might be in the fish and beef could increase somebody's serum level from 125 to over 1000pg/ml in 3 hours. Believe me, that is enough to cause startup in somebody that deficient. In addition the meal contained a whole grain dish with "aphrodisiac" qualities and other delightful foods suitable for a ritual feast. In effect the meal contained adb12, mb12, methylfolate, omega3 oils, b-complex and high quality proteins and so on. It was magik in it's day. Now it is nutrition technology. (Any sufficiently advanced technology looks like magic). It was one of the mainstays of healing and restoring function. In addition herbs, other special foods (high in antioxidents, etc), energy manipulation (think accupressure, massage, Kundalini) were all part of it and mystical practice guiding people to union with God.
So perhaps from that viewpoint, consider the active b12 protocol to be spiritual practice, helping clear those things within us preventing union with God. A "Yogi" is one who is yoked to God.
As far as previous lives affecting us in the present
For me this is not a matter of belief. I don't do "past life regressions" as hypnotists might attempt. I get into trance with a person, feel where the blocks are and help release them. Then when the blockage breaks, I remember/re-experience the occurance with the person and they tell me about their experience of it afterwards, we get hit by sacred lightning (Shaktipat or LOVE in other terminology) and usually have a very intense cry and the influence of the past trauma is cleared. I share the entire experience with them, basically holding their hand as they walk through the valley of the shadow of death as it's put in some other terms, and release the fear. Most have a mix of current life traumas and past life traumas.
They spontaniously report the sometimes past life nature of the experience if that is what comes up in the release. If it isn't past lfe I have no idea what it is. I have had my own experiences along those lines working with a Tantric priestess. We also had together some joint past life experiences, nothing traumatic, just everyday life experiences circa 2000 years ago or so. No way to date it exactly.
The Edgar Cayce biography, THERE IS A RIVER, is fascinating. I have had many experiences similar to some of his but I don't do "medical readings" as such. ALso, Robert Monroe (JOURNEYS OUT OF BODY, FAR JOURNEYS and ULTIMATE JOURNEY I think they are called) all quite interesting.
