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When I was 13 years old I remember standing on a hill and praying to God. My prayer was a rant 'If this is all there is, (meaning what I could see going on in the physical world) I don't want to be here, please show me another way.
I really did not understand what I was asking for although my true self (the part that has wisdom, all knowledge and compassion knew perfectly well what I was seeking).
I left the hill and forgot about my request. Life carried on as usual, growing up adolescence, boys the whole nine yards. Between the age of 15-21 I started to search for meaning to my life, I read many books from all different perspectives. I felt a quality of 'Light' when I would sit and pray in the Synagogue, but did not like the fact that the religion had a separation factor. I was seeking an experience of 'Light' that would be all encompassing, beyond race, creed or color, circumstance or environment..
My two turning points came when I read Siddartha by Herman Hesse, and 'The Prophet'
by Kalil Gibran over 40 years ago. It was the first time I had a deep connection to anything I had read. Another experience of light occurred when I sat in a circle in a spiritualist church, I left my body and was aware that I heard a great buzzing sound in my ears, and saw an old man with a long beard taking me across a golden bridge. When I came back into my body I really was confused, I asked the leader to explain what had just happened ? She did not have an explanation for me. When I met my spiritual teacher he explained what this experience was. (more about this later).
Once again back to life with all its drama's and illusions. One of the things I loved to do was go clubbing, so at least three or four times a week you could find me hanging out in several different clubs. One night I met a guy called Jack who was quite an intense young man. He started talking about a man called John Roger, and some seminars he had attended, and invited me to come along. I went along to a flat in St Johns Wood. As I entered the flat i noticed that people were sitting on the floor, low lighting and candles were lit. Mind you this was the 70's so still the hippie era. They said a short prayer and called in the 'Light'. Then an audio seminar was played, as I listened to the speaker John Roger I was thinking wow this dude actually see's life from the same per
John-Roger and me.
spective as I do although I had never spoken to anyone about them. As I was leaving the seminar I heard a strong inner voice say 'THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR LOOK NO FURTHER'.
I started to attend seminars regularly and was advised to start doing the spiritual exercises. (A process of closing your eyes, looking into the third eye area between the eyebrows approximately and chant some ancient spiritual tones, called Ani-HU). I had many wonderful experiences of light when I would do this, and once again the buzzing in my ears would come and go)
Six months later I had the privilege of meeting John Roger, when he came to London.
I asked him about the experience I had when I left my body and saw an old man walking me across the bridge. He told me that I was a bridge for the new age, and that I would be bringing many people from the old consciousness into the new age consciousness.. The buzzing sound I was told is the 'Sound Current' an inner sound that connects us to the basis of all life. It is the audible stream of energy that comes from the heart of God. It is the spiritual energy on which a person returns to the heart of God. The Sound Current is mentioned or studied in many religions. In the Christian Bible, it is referred to as "the Word." There is a yoga tradition that focuses on the Sound Current called Shabda Yoga. In MSIA, the sacred tones chanted in spiritual exercises are in harmony with the Sound Current of God.
The Sound Current is the true self. When you are in the Sound Current, you may feel a vibration, a rhythm, a hum, a tone. If you are with the Beloved, you don’t need anything else because you're riding right in the center of the Sound Current, and like the center of the storm, it is quiet and calm. What we do in spiritual exercises is to work towards the center, towards the Sound, the true self, the Beloved.
Forty one years later I am still facing life and its challenges, and also have a deep rich inner life which provides me with the balance, and the peace I need to continue on. If this story has any value for you and you would like to learn more about my journey, John Roger and MSIA (Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, www.msia.org) please contact me at
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love, light and blessings.
Nathalie Franks
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