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		<title>Sacred India Highlights 2010</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sidika</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Participants from the first Sacred India Tour share some of their highlights:

Oh to be again embracing and being embraced by the tree where Osho became enlightened...held in infinity as in the arms of the most pure and tender lover.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Participants from the first Sacred India Tour share some of their highlights. From the funeral pyres and pujas of Varanasi, to the sacred sexuality of Khajuraho; from the ecstasy of Osho&#8217;s enlightenment tree to the simplicity of his birth place and the beautiful welcome from the people of his village; from the serenity of ancient Tantra temples to the hustle and bustle of the marketplace, and the unique experience that is travelling through India!</em></p>
<p>Oh to be again embracing and being embraced by the tree where Osho became enlightened&#8230;held in infinity as in the arms of the most pure and tender lover.</p>
<div id="attachment_1000" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/flower-candle-down-ganges.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1000 " title="DSCF2683" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/flower-candle-down-ganges-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sending prayers down the Ganges</p></div>
<p>Sitting under the stars in a little boat on the Ganges, watching our little flower candles carrying prayers and &#8220;let go&#8217;s&#8221; float with purpose in the current til out of sight.</p>
<p>Sitting with death and feeling the Heavenly Comforter at Varanasi&#8217;s burning ghat funeral pyres &#8211; so natural, so timeless. Everyone should be able to do this once on their life&#8230;&#8230;<strong>Anand Aasta</strong></p>
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<p>The special highlight for me was visiting Osho&#8217;s birthplace and experiencing meeting the local villagers. It was very touching to be greeted by such warm friendly people. Osho&#8217;s house had such a wonderful warm nurturing energy and surrounded by such beautiful unspoiled countryside. The magical soft late afternoon sun made the whole experience feel  like dropping back in space and time&#8230;..<strong>Shraddha</strong></p>
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<div id="attachment_998" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/Khajuraho-temples.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-998 " title="DSCF3146" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/Khajuraho-temples-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The stunning beauty of Khajuraho</p></div>
<p>Actually, the biggest challenge for me was to come away in the first place &#8211; to an unknown country , with a group of people I hadn&#8217;t met before. There are many highlights to mention, but the two that stand out  were the burning ghats in Varanasi and the sunset meditation in Khajuraho. It was deeply moving and emotional to witness the sacredness in which death is held here. The sunset meditation in Khajuraho -a new experience for me to meditate with open eyes in the darkness with the full moon up. And what a beautiful group of people we were. I&#8217;ve made many new friends and the whole tour was a complete adventure. I will always remember this time. Thank you all&#8230;&#8230;.<strong>Ian</strong></p>
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<div id="attachment_1002" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/Oshos-tree.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1002 " title="DSCF3189" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/Oshos-tree-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Total abandonment at Osho&#39;s meditation rock</p></div>
<p><strong>Death </strong>in Varanasi &#8211; what a baptism into death/life. Life in death &#8211; each enfolded in the other. Disturbing for me. I came to India to &#8216;die to self&#8217; &#8211; and I &#8216;lost&#8217; my passport &#8211; my identity. I dipped in the Ganges and let go (Challenge) of old patterns of thought that do not support my journey.</p>
<p><strong>Sex </strong>in Khajuraho. Ganga&#8217;s personal guided tour of the temples and personal chat about non-possessiveness in love was very special.</p>
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<p><strong>Birth </strong>- total abandonment meditating (Transformation) at Osho&#8217;s rock with the sound of Dynamic Meditation in the background. Challenge: letting go of the mind. Transformation: glimpsing the kingdom is within&#8230;&#8230;.<strong>Phil Shankland</strong></p>
<p>Definitely Varanasi &#8211; deeply touched by the contrast of chaos, noiseness, dirtyness in the town compared to the peace, calmness, quietness at the river Ganga and the burning ghats.</p>
<div id="attachment_996" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/Ganges2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-996 " title="DSCF2704" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/Ganges2-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">On the banks of the Ganges at Varanasi</p></div>
<p>Big relief about the natural integration of death in daily life -accompanied by an Indian guide on top of a building near the ghats, I enjoyed a very special meditation watching a body burn. Standing behind the fire source of the burning ghats and feeling the enormous power of the fire and the power of transformation.</p>
<p>Visiting the tantra temples in Khajuraho guided by Ganga &#8211; listening to his explanations of the old Tantra rituals and traditions.</p>
<p>Visitng the enormous tree in Jabalpur where Osho was enlightened &#8211; getting the message of purification and the value of it for myself and the whole world.</p>
<p>Visiting the Marble Rocks by boat in the moonlight &#8211; like an intergalactic adventure &#8211; incredible!&#8230;..<strong>Joy Beate</strong></p>
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<div id="attachment_1005" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 624px"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/Varanasi-puja.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1005 " title="DSCF2613" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/Varanasi-puja.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="461" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The endless nectar of the Shiva puja in Varanasi</p></div>
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<p>The puja in Varanasi for Shiva with endless, endless nectar never ending which just reinforced the Tantra group we had done the week before. It just went on and on &#8211; this pouring of milk over the Shiva lingam &#8211; and at the end placing salt, curd and an abundance of beautiful flowers. Osho&#8217;s Buddha tree had amazing earth energy and was the cuddliest tree I ever felt!</p>
<div id="attachment_1010" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/oshos-house.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1010 " title="DSCF3395" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/oshos-house-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The simple house Osho lived in as a boy</p></div>
<p>And in Osho&#8217;s birth place I felt again the intense heat through the ears and cheeks that I had felt in Darshan with Neelam the week before. It has all been amazing!! Good and bad experiences have all created growth and expansion in me&#8230;.<strong>Sophie Churchyard</strong></p>
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<p>For me the Shiva Puja in Varanasi was incredibly beautiful and powerful. The chantings by the three priests (with us joining in the best we could) and the many offerings invoked a trance-like state. I felt extremely blessed to be a part of the ceremnoy -though operating my video camera and stills camera was a bit challenging with ghee or milk-covered hands!</p>
<p>Standing at night by the burning ghats was intensely serene and moving.</p>
<p>Listening to Osho&#8217;s guide, Ganga, at the temples in Khajuraho was a real transmission  -what a beautiful man!</p>
<div id="attachment_1008" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/Sidika-and-Osho.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1008 " title="DSCF3387" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/Sidika-and-Osho-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sidika soaking up the vibe at Osho&#39;s house</p></div>
<p>Osho&#8217;s enlightenment tree opened my heart and brought me to tears &#8211; especially poignant when Sarita said that for anyone who hadn&#8217;t met Osho in the body (i.e. all of us apart from Sarita), this tree held the same energy.</p>
<p>Marble Rocks by moonlight &#8211; beautiful and eerie &#8211; I almost expected (hoped for?) a pirate ship with Johnny Depp to appear out of the shimmering darkness!</p>
<p>The last &#8216;highlight&#8217; was rather unexpected. After narrowly managing to board our return flight from Bhopal to Delhi, complete with 5-Star takeaway dinner in polystyrene containers, the  flight crew amazingly agreed with Niten&#8217;s request for us to eat our own food. Niten and I juggled plates and chappatis, curry, rice and dal in the narrow serving space at the back of the plane &#8211; ducking between the rest of the flight crew as they simultaneously served up the standard airline food. I negotiated the aisle with laden plates of food, luckily not slopping any over the fellow passengers&#8217; suits. One Indian gentleman in the back row commented, &#8220;Never before in my life have I seen anything like this!&#8221; I apologise but he appeared amused/bemused rather than annnoyed!</p>
<p>Many thanks to Sarita for inspiring the tour and huge appreciation to Niten and Santoshi for steering us with grace and humour through the chaos and adventure that is &#8216;part and parcel&#8217; of travel in India&#8230;.<strong>Sidika</strong></p>
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<div id="attachment_1014" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 527px"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/sacred-sites-of-India-2010-crew.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1014  " title="D" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/sacred-sites-of-India-2010-crew.jpg" alt="" width="517" height="317" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sacred Sites of India 2010 tour party</p></div>
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		<title>A miraculous new expansion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarita</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarita reveals how since May she has been leading a double life and is now ready to reveal an exciting new direction in her work. Following her enlightenment in May, she is going to be co-teaching many workshops with Japanese master Uezusan, called 'Aisho' or Radiant Love.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since May, I have been leading a double life.</p>
<p>Now, circumstances are provoking me to come out of the closet.</p>
<p>It is time for my secret to be revealed.</p>
<p>As with all revelations, there is a multifaceted story behind it. In the telling of this story, I bare heart and soul.</p>
<p>My friend <a title="Champaka" href="http://www.schoolofawakening.com/ito-thermie-facilitators.php" target="_blank">Champaka</a>, who together with his wife Ramya, guides the Sacred Japan Tour, has introduced me to two rare and unique enlightened beings, <a title="Kohrogi Sensei" href="http://www.schoolofawakening.com/ito-thermie-facilitators.php" target="_blank">Kohrogi Sensei</a> and <a title="Uezusan" href="http://www.schoolofawakening.com/sacred-sites.php" target="_blank">Uezusan</a>. I have studied with, hung out with, and adored Kohrogi Sensei for the past 16 years. And I met Uezusan 3 years ago on the first Sacred Japan Tour. Subsequently, I invited him to come and present his work for the first time in Europe. He came to Glastonbury in May 2009 where we did sacred sites touring and a meditation retreat. I love the direct simplicity of Uezusan’s approach, which centers on one method of meditation and one powerful message. His message is, “I am God. God is Love. You are God. Wake up to your true nature.” His method is called Dhamma Ball and is highly effective for opening the door to cosmic consciousness. I love to simply ‘be’ in his presence. He emits a perfume of transcendental wisdom, which is such a blessing to meditate with.</p>
<p>During his retreat in Glastonbury, he was moving around the room offering hands on healing to the roomful of people who were doing the Dhamma Ball Meditation. As he put his hands on my crown chakra, I disappeared as a self, moving through a portal into universal consciousness. Imagine the best orgasmic experience you have ever had, the greatest ecstasy, the most powerful love union. Now, magnify that about a thousand times through the whole body, with crown chakra dissolving into shooting stars, or the sun itself. All is light and love, pulsating ad infinitum. There is no time, no mind. Infinity is revealed as ever present. As this was happening, Uezusan announced loudly to the whole room, “God is now entering Sarita. She is one with universal consciousness.”</p>
<div id="attachment_300" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 240px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-300 " src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/Sarita-and-Uezusan-Stonehenge-300x225.jpg" alt="Sarita and Uezusan Stonehenge" width="230" height="170" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Uezusan and Sarita at Stonehenge</p></div>
<p>He then asked for the microphone to be placed in front of my mouth and requested me to speak. I felt like a virgin being asked to describe her first lovemaking experience as it was happening. It was beyond shocking to find my words echoing out into the crowded room. “All is light. Only Godliness is. Love is our very nature.”</p>
<p>After this, during questions and answers in the group, Uezusan was speaking about his enlightenment, and was careful to mention me in the same breath, as inhabiting the same space. When the group finished, my body went into chaos and became very sick with high fever. It took time to integrate the Glastonbury event. I was very busy with work, and was finally able to rest and recharge in the first two weeks of September. During this period I received an invitation to co-teach groups with Uezusan in 2010. I felt very honored to be invited to work alongside this great master and said “yes!” In my meditation I feel in deep psychic communion with him on an ongoing basis.</p>
<div id="attachment_302" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 157px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-302 " src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/Uezusan-225x300.jpg" alt="Uezusan" width="147" height="185" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Uezusan</p></div>
<p>In early November, I went to France to take part in Uezusan’s Meditation Retreat. During this retreat, he went on showering me with his love and appreciation. He said, “I am Sarita and Sarita is me; we are one.”  He gave a long talk on the benefits of our combined teaching presence, as it is an experiment, which is happening for the first time, two enlightened people teaching together, a man and a woman, joining east and west, yin and yang. Uezusan and I spoke at length, through Champaka as translator, and he let me know that he would like to teach with me on a regular basis. He said he knew the first time we met that this would happen, that it was only a matter of time. When I am with him, I melt into a devotional way of being, which feels so delicious. His yang element is very powerful, and this becomes the perfect balance for my divine feminine nature.</p>
<p>And so, I find my life spinning into metamorphosis. Uezusan and I come from different backgrounds, and like two musicians playing different instruments, our combined presence creates magical music. I believe Uezusan is extremely courageous to merge his work with a Tantra teacher. As we all know, there are a lot of misconceptions, which abound in the world, regarding the path of Tantra. He appears to care more for truth, and less about his reputation, as he throws himself into this wild river of bliss. And I, in an ecstasy of abandon, find myself living in a world of ever expanding light and love, savoring his divine presence.</p>
<p>As one body can only do so much in our world of time and space, it looks like I will be sharing more of my Tantra work with my ‘dream team’ of <a title="Tantra teachers" href="http://www.schoolofawakening.com/tantra-facilitators.php" target="_blank">Tantra Teachers</a> who have worked with me over the last few years. This will take a clearer form from 2011. As my work with Uezusan increases, my presence in Tantra groups will become more rare, and therefore, something to be treasured. I adore the Tantra work and wish to keep nurturing this exquisite flowering.</p>
<p>With Uezusan, my contribution will be to offer ways of experiencing meditation in everyday life. This means essentially, meditation as a tool to bring transformation to body, mind, emotions and senses. I believe we will be able to touch and transform many more people through our combined presence. It is in fact, nothing short of a miracle to work together like this. We are calling our work Aisho, which means, &#8216;radiant love.&#8217; I imagine I will be seeing many friends I know, as well as many new friends at Aisho events. We can have a good laugh together, and enjoy mysterious Leela, the Divine Play.</p>
<p>In the last group with Uezusan, some people were feeling confused about whether they should hug me, or namaste me. I started laughing, seeing this dilemma. Just to set the record straight, I still love to hug! Not only that, I still love to tell jokes! And guess what? I still love to cook fabulous meals and to watch funny movies!  In short, I enjoy ordinary and grounded enlightenment. If you see me floating up to heaven, please pull my feet to bring me back to earth. I am a lover of life. It is my sacrament to honor and worship this earth, this body, this moment.</p>
<div id="attachment_298" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 288px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-298" style="margin: 4px" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/Lotus-Okinawa-300x225.jpg" alt="Lotus Okinawa" width="278" height="202" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Lotus from Okinawa</p></div>
<p>Uezusan and Sarita will be co-teaching together in 2010:</p>
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<li>4&#8211;9 February, Mahabaleshwar, India-<a title="Champaka's link" href="http://web.mac.com/sacredjapantour/Sacred_Japan/Booking.html">more info</a> (Please book NOW if you would like to join this retreat, latest by 20th December)</li>
<li>21&#8211;23 April Okinawa Japan, (as part of the Sacred Japan Tour 2010) &#8211; <a title="Champaka's link" href="http://web.mac.com/sacredjapantour/Sacred_Japan/Booking.html">more info</a></li>
<li>15-20 June, Ardeche, France</li>
<li>22&#8211;27 June, England</li>
<li>26&#8211;31 October, Paris, France</li>
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<p>For more information: please contact <a rel="nofollow" href="/mc/compose?to=info@schoolofawakening.com" target="_blank">info@schoolofawakening.com</a></p>
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		<title>Morocco Colour Light journeys</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarita</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarita and an intrepid group of colour light practitioners and clients experienced a profound healing journey in Morocco in July. As well as taking part in powerful colour light sessions, the group also discovered the richness of Morocco’s culture and landscape. One highlight was experiencing an all night trancedance ritual with Dar Gnawa, a traditional healing music group and master shaman musician, Abdellah El Gourd.]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">During the month of July there was an unusual and very profound journey in Morocco. We were nine people, which included Colour Light Therapy session givers and clients. Some of our group came from France, and some from England. The event expanded to include many Moroccan people who also came to receive sessions, once the word spread. Some clients received a series of sessions. Three clients had a series called Transmitter Relays, 12 sessions of two hours each. This series cleanses and releases past, present and future traumas, including childhood, the time in the womb and past lives. It works on physical, emotional, mental and soul levels, bringing harmonization and healing to all these dimensions.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica" lang="EN-US">One client received the Male Female Balance series of nine sessions, which releases negative imprints from mother and father, helping us to live in tune with our individual truth. It should be added, that we cannot release the light essence of mother and father, but only neurotic aspects which do not serve our well-being. This series helps to draw out our innate birth potential and will improve the relationship we have with our parents by releasing emotional issues and confusion which stand in the way of a harmonious connection. It also balances the right and left hemispheres of the brain.</span></p>
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<div class="mceTemp"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-US">Another client received the Holographic series, seven powerful sessions which work on healing any degenerative, life threatening disease patterns. In essence, this series helps the client to experience a death of the old way of being, and to choose a new blueprint for life which will better serve his or her soul calling. It lifts us up to the holographic dimension from where our life choices are made before incarnation. From here, we become aware of a multitude of positive life enhancing choices we can make to better serve our true nature. Going through this process opens up tremendous healing potential.</span></span></div>
<div id="attachment_176" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-176" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/6group-dining1-300x225.jpg" alt="Colour light group dining in Morocco" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Colour light group dining in Morocco</p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">One woman received the prenatal series, which cleanses and heals any trauma which happened during the time in the womb and birth. It also includes healing of the Bardo levels, or the space in-between lives. Many addictions stem from prenatal issues, which normally makes them difficult to heal. Since the trauma is preconscious it is difficult to access. One of the wonderful things about Colour Light Therapy is that it sneaks behind all our armoring and defenses and helps us to become liberated from stuck patterns at a cellular level, as well as psychological and emotional levels. Therefore it is perfect for healing pre-conscious issues, or issues buried in the deep subconscious.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-US">The people who came for a single session were amazed to discover the rapidity with which physical symptoms were healed. Chronic back pain, ankle pain, or hormonal imbalances and stress, were all treated quickly and effectively.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-US">These profound life transforming sessions took place within the exotic ambiance of Morocco. We visited four different locations, making our journey very rich in both inner and outer experiences. Highlights included megalithic stones which are almost exactly the same as Stonehenge in their formation and size. The Hamman in Tangiers was an unforgettable experience. This cave like space, had heated floors, and an overflowing source of hot water, creating a steamy, mysterious atmosphere. Naked women of all shapes and sizes filled three large rooms, while matrons with pendulous breasts moved around, taking on the task of soaping us like little babies, then scrubbing us from head to toe till we were literally like a snake who has shed it&#8217;s old skin for new. Feeling thus refreshed, we were ecstatic to feast on delicacies afterward in the hot humid night air, on a terrace overlooking the plaza.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-US">In a resort by the Atlantic Ocean, the waves were so powerful it was impossible to swim for long distances. We had to accept the fact that this beach was more for receiving a wave jacuzzi massage, being tumbled into turbulent water. Some of the beaches in Morocco are a disgrace, since the people seem to have no idea about protecting environment, but leave their broken glass bottles littering the sand. We did see many signs telling people to take care of the environment, but this message has not sunk in. We saw huge fields literally carpeted with plastic bottles and litter of all kinds. As in every place in the world, there are drawbacks, and there are areas of astonishing beauty. The artisan crafts on display in the ancient walled cities in the various towns we visited are truly masterful. Many a time, I was wishing I had come in a big van, to be able to buy some of the wonderful objects, such as carpets, pottery and furniture, all hand crafted. </span></p>
<div id="attachment_180" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-180" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/5typical-houses-in-chefchaouen-225x300.jpg" alt="Typical houses in the village of Chefchaouen" width="225" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Typical houses in the village of Chefchaouen</p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">The highlight of our trip was in Chefchaouen, a Sufi village in the mountains, next to a beautiful river. The old town has all blue-washed buildings. Being there is like stepping back to the time of Aladdin&#8217;s cave. The ancient winding cobbled streets have a wide array of arts and crafts on display. Coming to the edge of the town, there is a wide river with tingling cold water straight from the mountain heights. Here carpets are washed in the old way, beaten in the river and laid out to dry on the bank.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-US">Traveling further up the river by car, there are wonderful bathing areas, with waterfalls, pools and little beaches. Here we spent a very pleasant day. The only strange thing was, to notice the definite lack of women bathing in the water. They hung out on the bank, fully dressed with scarves and long sleeved dresses in the full burning sun, while the men and children cavorted in the water in bathing suits.</span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-US">On the last evening of our visit, our French hostess of the guest house we were staying in, organized a very special event. This was with Dar Gnawa, a traditional healing music group who play for all night trance dance events, called &#8216;Lila.&#8217; The master shaman musician is named Abdellah El Gourd. He also plays fusion music with some of the greatest musicians of the world. We were spellbound as they made their way onto the terrace, in full costume, beating huge drums and singing. The music gets under the skin, and creates an irresistible urge to dance. They play huge castanets, and Abdellah plays a special stringed instrument. </span></p>
<div id="attachment_175" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-175" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/wp-content/uploads/7dar-gnawa-musicians-300x225.jpg" alt="Dar Gnawa Musicians playing for an all night trancedance ritual" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Dar Gnawa Musicians playing for an all night trancedance ritual</p></div>
<p>They sing, and take turns dancing, inspiring the audience to join them. The music builds in tempo, finally exploding into an orgasmic crescendo. After each piece, they smoke and drink sweet mint tea. In this way, they continue till sunrise. As the audience joins in, if there is someone who feels a call to be healed, they can put some money at the feet of the master. At this point something beyond words takes possession of the person and they dance to a frenzy, purging and expressing whatever is sitting on their energy as they dance. Finally, they collapse on the floor in a faint.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-US">Of course, I went straight into trance with this very hypnotic music. At a certain point in the evening, in a state of no mind, I found myself putting my money at the feet of the master. As soon as I did this, the music, musicians and I became one. I was completely possessed by a powerful, healing, purging energy, which expelled all impurities from my psyche and body. I let go completely into it, dancing beyond time and mind till as one, we all let go. As my body fell to the ground, the music stopped suddenly. As my body lay prone, loving feminine energy surrounded me, bringing a special scent under my nose, caressing my face, bringing water to my lips. It was a death and a rebirth. I have deep love and respect for this type of healing ritual, and would love to see this spreading in the world. I believe when people go to raves, deep down, they are actually searching into their ancestral memory for this kind of healing and purifying event. As I complete this blog, I would like to express my gratitude to these musical healers, and to all the people who participated in our healing retreat in Morocco. What a gift it is to open to healing energy, with Colour Light Therapy, with music, and all the other healing modalities which weave their way through our lives! </span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarita visits Okinawa and meets Japanese Masters and Healers: Kohrogi Sensei and Uezusan. Meditations and healing sessions with them. Visits to the Kamakura Bamboo Temple and Sacred Sites on Okinawa (Utaki).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">OKINAWA PARADISE, AN OCEAN OF AUM</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> 7<sup>th</sup> April 2009</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am in paradise, in the form of a resort in Okinawa. From the large comfortable room, which I am sharing with Anne, double glass doors lead onto a big balcony, which looks directly over luxurious lawns leading to the private beach. Tropical trees create a lush environment. The sea is clear turquoise and I can see small islands dotting the horizon. In our tour group are 13 wonderful people from France, Lithuania, Riga, Slovakia, Germany, Scotland and England. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have just received an Ito Thermie healing session with <a title="bio of Kohrogi Sensei" href="http://www.schoolofawakening.com/ito-thermie-facilitators.php" target="_blank">Kohrogi Sensei</a>, an awakened healer and spiritual teacher. I gave him a gift of a hemp bag, which he was delighted with. Using the technique Ito Thermie, which uses burning incense placed in two slim stainless steal rods, he made long sensuous strokes all over my body, something like a master calligrapher. He spent a long time on my belly with a very hot flame. I went into deep surrender. For the first time receiving Ito Thermie, I heard music through the sensation. I was bathing in an ocean of Aum. It was phenomenal, and yet I felt so relaxed with it, just enjoying the eternal moment. At the end, he said, “you have taken a big step in your meditation and I am very happy to see you don’t have attachment to this.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Yesterday our tour group arrived here, having traveled from Kamakura in the morning. We took a train to the airport in Tokyo, and from there took plane, rental vans and ferry to this island, stopping on the way for a fabulous macrobiotic lunch.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">SHOWERED BY BEAUTY: KAMAKURA REVISITED</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px;"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/KamakuraBambooTemple.jpg"><img title="Kamakura Bamboo Temple" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/KamakuraBambooTemple_tn.jpg" alt="Kamakura Bamboo Temple" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Kamakura Bamboo Temple</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The few days spent in Kamakura were quite simply, becoming drunk on beauty. The cherry blossoms were in full flower and the whole population was out in force, celebrating this yearly event. We visited many Zen temples, each one more beautiful than the last. In perpetual awe and wonder, we were further overcome by the phenomenal macrobiotic meals served to us, each one a work of art and utterly delicious. We also experienced a few Za-Zen meditation sessions guided by Zen Masters of Zen stick fame. Yes, I did get hit with the Zen stick, which brought me sharply out of my jet lag! </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">I am in my element, like a fish in water. In a few minutes, I will have to tear myself away from this letter in order to go and eat another fabulous feast served overlooking sea. The air is humid but not too hot, just pleasant. Afterwards, Anne and I want to go for a long walk. Today, all day, Kohrogi Sensei is giving sessions to everyone in the group, one at a time. So we have free time around this schedule to enjoy and relax. I feel as I absorb all this pleasure, beauty and meditation, I am somehow sharing it with you and carry love for you in my heart as I go to lunch.</span></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px;"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/Kamakura1.jpg"><img title="Our group in Kamakura" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/Kamakura1_tn.jpg" alt="Our group in Kamakura" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Our group in Kamakura</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">NATSUKASHI, DISCOVERING THE ORIGINAL FACE</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">8<sup>th</sup> April</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px;"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/NatsukashiiGroupOkinawa.jpg"><img title="Natsukashi group" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/NatsukashiiGroupOkinawa_tn.jpg" alt="Natsukashi - coming back home" width="300" height="171" /></a></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Natsukashi &#8211; coming back home</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a note before going to bed. Today our Natsukashi group started. Natsukashi means ‘coming back home’ in Japanese and stands for remembering our original face. We are 20 people, 13 Westerners and 6 Japanese, plus one translator and Kohrogi Sensei. It has been such a lovely day. It is not so easy to describe inner experiences, so perhaps the best way is to just say it as I live it. Kohrogi guides us in a very subtle way into no-mind, the space beyond time and rational thought. We relax deeply, and begin to unwind into original essence. I have crossed a threshold and find myself in the space of the soundless sound. Usually I am very visual, but today find myself simply dissolving into an ocean of sound. I hear the sound Aum through every pore of my body. Thought becomes obsolete.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During the break, I was sleeping and sunk into a deep trance, dreaming that I was at a sacred place with a stone shaped like a spiral which took me into another dimension. I woke up from within the other dimension. I asked Kohrogi about it and he said he will explain it tomorrow. Some Japanese women told me this sacred place I dreamed about is the place where God descended on earth and we will be visiting this island in a couple of days. So my dream seems to be a premonition.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 231px;"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/FindingNatsukashiiFace.jpg"><img title="Discovering the original face" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/FindingNatsukashiiFace_tn.jpg" alt="Discovering the original face" width="221" height="300" /></a></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Discovering the original face</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Today, I also gave two sessions of the unhooking treatment. This treatment allows the person receiving it to dissolve anything, which they feel is hooking them and holding them back from being who they want to be. It uses numerology combined with Colour Light Therapy. Both of the sessions were very powerful. Since I don’t have internet access, I can’t be distracted by anything, and am simply enjoying letting go into the moment.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>KOHROGI SENSEI ON LIFE AND DEATH </strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kohrogi Sensei said such beautiful things about life and death, such as, “darkness is light taking a rest.” And, “death is the ultimate lover. In death, we find the opposite sex we have been searching for. It is the polarity to life and sex. It is the ultimate experience of lovemaking. However, we don’t have to go searching for it. It is waiting for us to arrive to it.” He spoke a long time about Aum, telling us the secret of life as embodied in the sound AUM. Ahh is birth, and Mmmm is death. Between the two is the sound. The Japanese characters for this mean, darkness, and the symbol is that of a temple with the two guardians on either side. One guardian has open mouth, symbolizing birth, and then other has a closed mouth, symbolizing death.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now I must turn off the light because Anne is in bed.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE </strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">9<sup>th</sup> April </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It is a great pleasure to share these days with you through writing. </span></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px;"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/KohrogiSan.jpg"><img title="Kohrogi Sensei" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/KohrogiSan_tn.jpg" alt="Kohrogi Sensei" width="300" height="215" /></a></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Kohrogi Sensei</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Today, Kohrogi sensei guided us into childhood memories and played with the phenomenon of past present and future, this moment being the bridge, suspended between past and future. He guided us very skillfully into a space where we could be in contact with our higher self, and from there we stepped beyond time and mind. He works through acceptance with all that is. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">He asked us to hold mind in our hands, imagining our hands to be the lotus which opens at infinitum. Then he spoke a long time about Mu, and gave us a beautiful meditation, which transmits the essence of Mu. (Okinawa used to be part of the Mu continent and there are some remnants of that civilization here.) During the meditation, I experienced a merging of my inner male female aspects and from there; I simply popped into another dimension where all is made of light, nothing being solid. From the dimension of light, I could see into the dimension of matter and knew it to be illusory, like a strange dream. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kohrogi Sensei enjoys being ordinary and human. He smokes, drinks, has a wife and lives a simple life, and at the same time, he is living in a state of being, which is beyond. Sometimes, like today, when he transmits his powerful presence beyond time and space, it simply blows me away. Tonight, he played his songs and music for us in concert. He had us all dancing, just with his guitar and voice. So simple, innocent, and joyous. </span></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px;"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/KohrogiSanandSarita.jpg"><img class="alignleft" title="Kohrogi Sensei and Sarita" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/KohrogiSanandSarita_tn.jpg" alt="Kohrogi Sensei and Sarita" width="300" height="260" /></a></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Kohrogi Sensei and Sarita</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Tomorrow we will do more group work and then will travel to another island. So, this story is to be continued.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">FABULOUS JAPANESE TOILETS AND BATHING</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">10<sup>th</sup> April</span><strong><span lang="EN-US"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have a few minutes before we have to load our bags in the van. I realized I didn’t yet tell you about the marvelous experience of using Japanese toilets. I love to go for bowel movements at least three times a day just for the refined joy of this marvelous invention. When entering the toilet, house slippers are removed, and one is requested to put on special toilet slippers. The seat of the toilet is warm. After moving the bowels, you can push a button and a warm jet of perfectly aimed water washes the anus. If desired, this can be used as a mini enema, really cleansing inside and out. Another button brings on the warm air to dry. And, if you happen to be a woman, there is the additional option of another button of precisely aimed warm water, which can be used to cleanse the yoni, or if the woman squirms around ever so slightly, it can be used for pleasuring the clitoris. In some toilets, there is even a button for bird song, in case you wish to cover up rude noises. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In most hotels, there will be a communal bath area, one for women and one for men. There is a row of stools and sit down showers. We are expected to scrub and rinse thoroughly from head to toe, and can then step into the steaming hot pool of water, big enough for several women, or several men, at once. This is such a nurturing way to enjoy bathing. We relax, and share intimacies or beauty secrets. Afterwards, it is easy to fall into deep sleep. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">MU MEDITATION AND THE COSMIC SPIRAL</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This morning in the group, we did more Mu meditation. The structure of it is so simple, and yet produces a profound effect. I experienced the dimension of light and this dimension co-existing simultaneously in and around me. As we went on, I experienced all time, past present and future merging into one space, and the cosmic spiral eternally spinning here and now. Such bliss and yet so ordinary. The merging of heaven and earth and all time space within each cell of the body is a living breathing experience. The way Kohrogi Sensei explains our human reality sweeps all great cosmologies into the most simple and transparent understanding. In his explanation, heaven and hell, yin and yang, ecstasy and suffering, and the answer to this koan we call life, are all contained in a simple demonstration he did with a cord. Please remind me to give you this demonstration some time, although of course, it would be far more enlightening to hear it and see it from him. Now I have to go, everyone is waiting and ready for the next phase of our adventure.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">SACRED SPACES IN MATRIARCHAL OKINAWA</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">12th April </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Yesterday was so full I couldn’t write. It was a day of utter perfection; filled with so many blessings it is a challenge to recount all of it. It is said gratitude bears the fruit of more to be grateful for. Yesterday was like a thousand petalled lotus, opening up a little at a time until the whole lotus was revealed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We went to visit sacred sites, called Utaki in Japanese. Okinawa has many of these places of powerful spiritual energy and physical beauty. These places tend to represent a mirroring of the cosmos in human and earthly form. The society which was the caretaker of these sites was entirely matriarchal. The women were thought to be the custodians of the earth through their ability to be mediums for divine energy. The last such priestess caretaker just retired this year. She has no successor. The old ways are dying, and, like a phoenix the transmission from spirit will be reborn in a new form. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">A THRESHOLD INTO ANOTHER DIMENSION</span></strong></p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text">Sacred Site on Okinawa</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We visited three Utaki. The first one held the nurturing quality of a woman’s breasts. The love and nurturing of overflowing bounty were in evidence throughout. There was one special place of initiation, which had a threshold not permitted to pass over. This was a half moon cave-like area, surrounded by beautiful tropical foliage. Entering this cave like area we had to pass through a triangle shape in a rock. The threshold had little steps leading up to it, a magnificent view of the sea beyond, and a drop down into jungle. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I immediately felt magnetically pulled towards the threshold. My whole being was pulled to cross over. Kohrogi Sensei spoke of this place. He said, “Only very few people were allowed to enter this place, after long initiation. It is so powerful that if someone goes there, either they will die, or go mad or become enlightened. In this place beyond the threshold, all of a person’s karma from their whole past will fall on top of them to be transformed immediately. If they are not prepared for this, then they will explode in one way or another.’ He looked very serious when he said this, and I laughed loudly and made a gesture as if to jump. He laughed also, and said he would have to pull me back. Then Roshani and Ramya also came forward and said they wanted to cross the threshold. We joked about it, and secretly made a pact that we will come back and sneak into this forbidden place sometime. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">SACRED WOMB AND ORGASMIC ECSTASY</span></strong></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px;"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/WomanUtakiOkinawa.jpg"><img class="alignleft" title="Sacred Womb Utaki" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/WomanUtakiOkinawa_tn.jpg" alt="Sacred Womb Utaki" width="300" height="211" /></a></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Sacred Womb Utaki</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The second Utaki is in a beautiful grassy place which gives rise to a mountain path. As we ascend higher up the mountain, we come to a gateway in the rock, shaped like a yoni. Entering this place is to truly enter inside the womb. It has tremendous power, which both purges and renews. Kohrogi Sensei told the men to go out and for the women to meditate there. I went into otherworldly healing and unwinding. We fell into deep silence. Then all the women gathered, and we made a circle. As soon as we made the circle, we were overwhelmed by such a powerful energy that we started experiencing simultaneous kundalini and orgasmic explosion. We were laughing uncontrollably, and finally staggered out of the yoni entrance into bright sunlight. We were very drunk, having just made love to existence itself. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We had lunch in a wonderful café overlooking the sea and from there, went to another island by ferry. The café had an amazing toilet whose lid rises up by itself as someone enters the small toilet room. I can’t figure out why we don’t have such toilets in the west. They are definitely addictive! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">THE NAVEL OF THE UNIVERSE</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Island we went to is one which doesn’t allow cars. We got bicycles and went on winding shaded country paths to our guest house. We installed ourselves in our tatami rooms overlooking the sea and then proceeded to go and visit the most holy of holies, the very navel of the woman, the earth and the universe. There was another barrier, which didn’t allow us to enter into the sacred grove where ceremonies used to be held every 12 years. We sat at the entrance and meditated. The custodianship of the earth, the well-being and renewal of the earth took place here in secret ceremonies guided by the woman priestesses. What a pristine energy was experienced! My navel was buzzing for hours afterwards, feeling the umbilical cord connecting directly to the cosmic navel. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">SWIMMING, AND KOHROGI SENSEI ON ENLIGHTENMENT</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">After that, we bicycled to a paradise beach, just for us. Such beauty, set in semi tropical lush vegetation, turquoise clear water, sparkling white sand. We swam and sunbathed, and finally, as the tide came up, went back to our guest house and to a wonderful macrobiotic dinner. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">After dinner, we sat with Kohrogi Sensei. He spoke about enlightenment, and going beyond, trying to discourage us from rashly and unconsciously choosing such an option, saying how precious it is to experience and know the beauty of life in this five-sense world. His manner of expression is so refined, and such pure Zen, that it is even beyond Zen. He stands for absolute uncompromising acceptance of life as it is in this body and in this moment. He answered our questions and then gave us Ito Thermie sessions, using such a hot flame that it provoked utter let go. Afterwards, I meditated for a long time and when I slept, I dreamed all night of priestesses in white initiating me into the mysteries of their forest grove. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Anne, Roshani and I determined that we will come back for a month at some point, and just be in this powerful energy, receiving the transmission which hangs pregnant in the very air. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Today, in the morning, we had a last sitting with Kohrogi Sensei, which was very deep and special. He looked into each person’s eyes for a long time, then used sound, then hugging, as a beautiful completion. Then he went to the airport and we went to a fabulous spa and natural hot springs with healing mineral water. After that, we went to lunch at a wonderful macrobiotic restaurant. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">THE WISH FULFILLING ISLAND AND MEETING UEZUSAN</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px;"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/UezuSanOkinawa.jpg"><img title="Master Uezusan" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/UezuSanOkinawa_tn.jpg" alt="Master Uezusan" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Master Uezusan</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Now it is night. We have traveled to another island, one, which has the specialty of granting whatever one wishes for. Our purpose for being here is to do world peace meditation with Uezusan, the mystic healer who will be doing his first visit to England and France this May. We have already had one evening session with Uezusan. You may think I am really off my tree, but I assure you, he is truly as powerful a presence as one could imagine Christ to be, or Buddha. It is beyond the scope of imagination in fact. When that blast of universal energy hits you, oh my God! I felt my insides had turned inside out, and my guts were actually outer space. Or, that the whole of the cosmos is actually inside me. His presence has that much impact that we remember and reconnect with the whole. Tonight he gave a discourse, saying: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US">“God is asking you, how long will you be confused by your ego self, and misunderstanding it as your ‘self’? When you insist that this physical body is you, you are in illusion. This physical body is like a boat to travel your life journey. Is this boat the real you? The caption, who can control and express through this boat is the real you. </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US">The essence, which allows and makes it possible to exist is the caption. Without a caption controlling, how can you use this physical body rightly? The purpose of your life is to wake up to your true self. Wake up to your real self. If everybody wakes up to the real self and lives through that, then war and terrorism are not possible. Peace is possible only in love. </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US">The real you is love, The real you is harmony. If you know this, you cannot express anything wrong. Separation is an ignorant state. That is why I explain to people everywhere I go, wake up to yourself, give up your small ego, wake up to the great light of god. Unless human beings reach to this real point, then world peace will not be possible. I would like you to live your life, feeling yourself in everyone and everything, Gautam Buddha was speaking of this. I am the universe. This vast universe is I. Only this exists.“</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Tomorrow morning, we will begin meditation at 5:30am. This brings great joy. I soak it up like a sunflower turning towards the sun.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">RECEIVING HEALING ENERGY FROM UEZUSAN</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">14th April 2009</span><strong><span lang="EN-US"> </span></strong></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> Yesterday I didn’t write anything because we were so occupied with meditation. There are about 150 Japanese people here. Uezusan gives healings all day and all night. We can sit in his presence while he is healing, and at other times he is guiding the Dhamma Ball Meditation or world peace meditations, or giving discourses. His life is simply one of service.</span><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/QuestionSessionwithUezuSan.jpg"><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have been imagining how to describe the effect of receiving energy from him when he does individual healing. It is similar to the state just on the verge of orgasm, when every cell sings in ecstasy. Or, it is like when making love and being penetrated by the most magnificent lingam but instead of coming through the yoni, this lingam of light enters through the crown chakra and therefore, it is a feeling of making love to the universe. This of course is the feminine perspective. I have been laughing with Anne because she said she feels like she has lost her virginity at the crown chakra and her crown chakra and third eye centre are pulsating in orgasmic waves of ecstasy. We are staggering around as if we are perpetually drunk. For a man, I am not sure how they would describe this experience. I will have to ask the men in our group to tell me and then I will report it to you. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Of course, I also made time to have a luxurious hot bath in the spa looking over the very beautiful beach. There was a tropical rain storm, and so this felt very cozy. Now I am in a room with Anne, Roshani and Manine. This is because the hotel is crowded with so many people. However, today, the Japanese people will go and we will have only the western tour group will remain with Uezusan for a private day of meditation, a chance to ask our burning questions, and healing.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">15 April 2009 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Now, it is early afternoon. I am on the airplane going from Okinawa to Tokyo. Our tour is over. I will be staying in a hotel in Tokyo near the airport with Anne tonight, then tomorrow morning I will be going to the international airport to fly to Delhi. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As promised, I asked a couple of men how they experience receiving energy healing from Uezusan. Champaka said, “I feel the descent of grace. This opens my heart into deep silence and my heart goes on expanding into infinite space. There is profound peace.” Fergus said, “I feel as if I am plugged into the mains. It is pure electricity. Kundalini energy ripples up my spine, creating powerful awakening. This morning, it was so strong I simply became the electric mains!”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">THE DHAMMA BALL MEDITATION</span></strong></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 258px;"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/UezuSan.jpg"><img title="Master Uezusan" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/UezuSan_tn.jpg" alt="Master Uezusan" width="248" height="300" /></a></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Master Uezusan</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Yesterday, and this morning with Uezusan was divine. I believe we all felt ourselves entering the pure Buddha land. Uezusan guided us into the Dhamma Ball Meditation. He spoke to us about it as follows. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">“<em>I want you to be transmitters of love so that your love vibrations will support the earth and the whole universe. Please make your spine straight and in a relaxed position. Imagine a ball inside your head at the level of your for-head, ‘Ajni Chakra.’ The ball can be any size you like and radiates white light. Please imagine this white light of love is being released to the whole earth and the whole universe. You are love from the very beginning. You are love now. You will be love eternally.</em></span><em><span lang="EN-US"> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US">Please recite this mantra inside, “I am love, I am god, I am universal truth. Allow this vibration to expand at infinitum. As this happens, you may begin sensing the vibration of Aum. Let it expand infinitely and embrace the whole universe. The vibration of love that you radiate expands to the whole earth and to the whole universe infinitely. This vibration of love, which you are releasing, will be used to harmonize everything in this world. Please expand it infinitely, spread it infinitely. I am infinite Aum.” </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">During the meditation he moved around our circle giving us hands on healing, touching the third eye, the crown, and the heart. Being in tune with him and through him, the experience of universal consciousness is the most wonderful gift imaginable. His meditation method is simple and also extremely effective. Infinite love is palpable in his presence. In addition to this, he is very humble. He is an uneducated person, which adds to the quality of innocence he radiates. He grew up in the jungle of Argentina in a mission. From a very young age he declared he was one with god and was often punished for that. When he speaks, he does so with the simple and direct authority of one who has experienced the divine in all of life. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">UEZUSAN ANSWERS QUESTIONS</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">After our meditation, Uezusan answered our questions. This went on for about 3 hours, as each person in our tour brought out their deepest issues. We could feel his answers came direct from source, with an intelligence beyond mind. I shared with him about the project of the eco resort, asking if this is a good direction for my energy. He gave his blessing for this. I asked him about the traditional Indian sound temple for chanting Aum, which I want to create there and he said people should be prepared to enter it by going through cleansing of their past burdens, as this temple will be very powerful. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I also shared with him that as we were meditating I experienced merging with him, and feeling the Dhamma ball as big as the planet, radiating brilliant white light. I experienced all dark and unconscious energy as being sucked into the ball like a vacuum, and once swallowed by the ball, exploding into infinite love and light. When I shared that, he became very happy, almost dancing in joy, like a small child. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">INFINITE GRACE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MASTER</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">After dinner, he gave longer, whole body healing to each one of us. We completed this at 12:30 at night. We were all very tired, with crown chakras pulsating with grace and divine energy. At 6am we were back in the group room for another Dhamma Ball meditation with him. This one went into infinite space. Time evaporated. Mind was no more. The energy kept on spiraling higher and higher into more and more subtle realms. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Afterwards we had breakfast. He asked me to sit with him and to prepare questions for the short film clips to be done after breakfast. Ivo is a documentary film-maker and is doing a series of short film clips of Uezusan speaking on various subjects. We all sat there while Ivo filmed him answering the questions. I was taken by surprise when he asked me, and hope I came up with good questions, since I was still floating in the universe after the meditation. Luckily I had good training with Osho about going into cosmic consciousness and then coming back with a bang, ready to be in this world in the whirl of action. I call it learning to hold the divine wine. How much can I drink and still be functional? That is the question! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Now the plane is going to land, so I have to stop writing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I embrace you with all my heart and soul. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Love,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Sarita</span></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px;"><a href="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/SunriseOkinawa.jpg"><img title="Sunrise in Okinawa" src="http://blog.schoolofawakening.com/images/SunriseOkinawa_tn.jpg" alt="Sunrise in Okinawa" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Sunrise in Okinawa</p>
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