Friday, March 11, 2011

The Three Births




Ratu usually talks after the shakes. He puts his hands together signaling 'time out' and we're all grateful to bow with him and rest for a minute before he greets us all with "Om Swastiyastu" and begins his entertaining talk. He usually has everyone laughing in short order, brings various people up to demonstrate and fits in some pretty serious ideas. One feels that Ratu has no secrets and doesn't allow anyone else too many either. He'll speak of his wife, of his family, of his mission of happiness; he'll acknowledge this as an 'international' event and also address certain parts of his talks to the Balinese who also shake with us. Sukri usually translates for him and sometimes can't stop laughing herself when she gets his gyst. Most of the time, the rational mind can't remember much of what he says, but I was able to hold onto a couple of ideas:

In Ratu’s talk after one mid-day shake he said there are 3 births:

1st – from our mother (we are born crying)

2nd -from knowledge

3rd -from nature, energy, vibration

Ratu got the message that he must do this work when meditating on Mt. Agung. Deva said Ratu is the door, the shaking is the boat/vehicle.

Reading from the book about Ratu and bioenergy: When water droplets fall into the sea, their individual identity merges in the ocean. When we become aware of our soul, we find ourselves in the ocean of happiness of the supreme God. There’s a unity between God and mankind. The philosophy behind Ratu Bagus bio-energy meditation is in line with non-dual philosophical concept of advaita.

Tat Tuam ASI – everything that exists is a reflection of myself. There is consciousness in sub-atomic particles; we can communicate with sub-atomic matter. The free movement (of shaking) supports our aspiration for liberation from the bondages of false conditioning and delusions.

After feeling great for two days, I was back into a process this morning. My whole body was vibrating after the morning shake and I had to lie down before breakfast. I had a feeling my kundalini was waking up.

Last night we listened and danced to the gamelon players, who rehearse each night in the 'parking lot.' I had a nice talk with Nikki, Ratu's wife, who has a strong connection with the Huichol Indians, as I do. She was a fire-keeper for them and told me about a group in NY State. She said some people there may remember her, though she's been gone for about 8 years, and am excited to make that connection.

She then told me how she and Ratu got together. Sue, my lovely roommate has been filling me in on some of the stories but Nikki told me a great story about how he recognized that they had been together in many lives and gave her a kiss that at first shocked her. She apparently came around to the idea and now seems like such a good support and balance for Ratu.

I had shown her my lesion earlier in the day and she had Ratu give me a wad of tobacco from his mouth. She said the tobacco is the great medicine. I want to learn more about that.

Full Moon breakthrough: Ratu gave us each a cracker imbued with 'alpha' and once I took it in my hands it was hot and my hands in prayer position could not stop shaking, then I laughed and suddenly I was weeping from deep inside. He said something about loving the mother and my love for my mother welled up so strongly inside me that I cried without shame for the rest of the time, laughing and then crying more, with big tears and great grief. It was so healing to feel the love I truly had/have for my mother and to see any longstanding unforgiveness give way. I wept even has I left the taman and went to my room. It was only when I got to dinner that it subsided.

Last night Ratu spoke of himself, implying all of us, that he had both male and female inside of himself.

My shaking is getting so much stronger. I am able to get into and maintain the electricity and found the link to the laughter tonight. The last shake was my strongest so far. I was able to keep a steady shake longer without changing position as much, not in imply there's any right way. In a room full of people, everyone seems to shake in their own unique way.

I wove baskets with the Balinese women and later swept the car park with Electric Katut and others. Ratu was in the parking lot watching over all the projects taking place in preparation for the Governor of Bali coming later this month. He asked me to shake with another girl who was having a very strong clearing.

There was a big celebration for the leaving of one of the ashram's longtime European residents named Florian. He's going back to Germany at Ratu's suggestion that he needs to find his life. He's lived at the ashram for three and a half years and does a lot of work around the place. There was a big circle of hugs and his former Balinese girlfriend sang him a song. It was very moving. I shook and cried through the whole thing.

Three days before I was to leave, Ratu called me up to the front of the Taman after the morning shake 3 times in a row. He held my wrist while I shook, and I saw white light and laughed from deep inside myself. He said many things which I could not follow with my mind but some that I have gleaned included that I will be an example when I get home; people will see the change in me and I will see the changes more when I get home; also when you shake when you are older all the cells are renewed and if I keep it up for 2 or 3 years I will really see the changes.

This laughing is serious business, and expensive, but people young and old flock here from all over Europe to shake and laugh at the endless antics of Ratu Bagus, the Balinese Brahmin. He came from a low birth to earn and achieve a rank where he is respected and looked up to by the many birthright Brahmins and visiting Balinese who fill the ashram to overflowing on the weekends. The Brahmins are distinguished by, among other things, the tight knot of hair on their crowns.

The story goes that Ratu, who was a Ketut, the fourth born in a poor family of 10 kids, was spiritually gifted from an early age, with healing and visionary powers. He could heal people but realized that for healing to last, people had to take it into their own hands. He used to go up to Mount Agung to meditate. That's where he had a vision from Shiva directing him to build the ashram on its present location and spread the shaking practice to help people heal and enjoy happiness. He was told (to his disbelief) that the practice would spread around the world.



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