be happy with myself, and similarly if I
wish to be protected, I should constantly
protect all others."
A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life,
Chapter VIII, No. 173, (Buddhism, Tibetan,
Words of Shantideva)
Reaching his hand to me out of the
ether, the swami handed me a book whose
title read, 'Early Beloved.' As I opened the
book to peer upon its contents, I was quickly
guided through two separate energetic
emergences which manifested as ecstasies
originating in my lower chakras which
thrust upwards throughout to the crown. As
this completed itself, I began to spin
uncontrollably like a vortex, as elements
from within my soul were becoming more
outward and elements from without were
becoming more inward.
Many hands were now appearing to
me in the ether, and they all seemed to come
from the swami. Hundreds of hands
surrounded my soul, and each would
emerge from its place of benign status, to
sound forth another harmonic spin within
my soul. As I spun, I traveled to many
worlds and realms, only to remain a