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The destructive tendencies of the unconscious get silenced with the blessings of one's parents. --Sri Bhagavan, Oneness University, India
Awakening, or self-realization is the journey of the Kundalini, a latent spiritual energy at the base of the spine. The hierarchy of all ancient cultures and spiritual paths, including Christianity and Islam, understood that to move into higher states of consciousness they needed to have their Kundalini awakened. The Hebrew Kabbalah calls it the Secret Fire. In India this practice to awaken the Kundalini is historically called "Deeksha," meaning blessing or benediction.
Relationships
Seekers of awakening always looked to great masters and Self-realized beings to receive the Blessing and energy transfers that would initiate this process. Today in Chennai, southern India is a respected spiritual school called Oneness University. Led by husband and wife Sri Bhagavan and Sri Amma, the purpose of this spiritual school is to give this Deeksha or Blessing now to anyone who has a passion to awaken. Integral to Oneness awakening is the healing of relationships.
Seekers of awakening always looked to great masters and Self-realized beings to receive the Blessing and energy transfers that would initiate this process. Today in Chennai, southern India is a respected spiritual school called Oneness University. Led by husband and wife Sri Bhagavan and Sri Amma, the purpose of this spiritual school is to give this Deeksha or Blessing now to anyone who has a passion to awaken. Integral to Oneness awakening is the healing of relationships.
People who have attended the University reveal their transformative experiences on Facebook and YouTube, particularly the healing of relationships. In fact, Sri Bhagavan often says "Life is Relationships. See who you are, accept yourself as you are and love yourself as you are," says the 63 year old Bhagavan. "When this happens, very naturally others see you as you are, accept you as you are, and love you as you are."
Man or Myth?
David Lean's movie "Lawrence of Arabia," with Peter O'Toole, is classic Hollywood rendering of the dashing desert warrior. I just finished Michael Korda's book, "Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia." It open's a window into the consciousness of a multi-faceted British icon who avoids close relationships. Obsessed with secretiveness and filled with self-loathing, the solitary war hero steps out of the pages of history a bewildering enigma.
David Lean's movie "Lawrence of Arabia," with Peter O'Toole, is classic Hollywood rendering of the dashing desert warrior. I just finished Michael Korda's book, "Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia." It open's a window into the consciousness of a multi-faceted British icon who avoids close relationships. Obsessed with secretiveness and filled with self-loathing, the solitary war hero steps out of the pages of history a bewildering enigma.
Fearless, impervious to pain, Lawrence the soldier seeks the most dangerous assignments. Solitary and withdrawn, Lawrence the peacetime recluse finds someone he pays to whip him daily. Even his need for speed is revealing, driving one fast motorcycle after another, until he meets the speed that kills him.
According to archival letters and his autobiography, "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom," Thomas Edward Lawrence is the illegitimate son of his governess who is also illegitimate-scandalous in those days. Though he knows he's his mother's son he distrusts her, and until adolescence he thinks his well known father, Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, is not his biological father. Since his natural parents are not married to each other (his father to someone else), they live in fear of being discovered by neighbors, and constantly change addresses. So it isn't surprising that Lawrence the adult dresses in Arab clothing, adopts the character of the dazzling hero, yet remains detached and a loner. In fact he hates being physically touched by anyone.
Seven Pillars
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom are honor, justice, responsibility, courage, determination, honesty and integrity; they arise from basic characteristics that shape the whole well-balanced person. But the integrity of this matrix depends on love. Love is the glue that binds it together. Though Lawrence has friends, there is no evidence of any close bonds, parental or otherwise.
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom are honor, justice, responsibility, courage, determination, honesty and integrity; they arise from basic characteristics that shape the whole well-balanced person. But the integrity of this matrix depends on love. Love is the glue that binds it together. Though Lawrence has friends, there is no evidence of any close bonds, parental or otherwise.
Legacy of a Hero
T. E. Lawrence is British military genius, secret agent, diplomat, and guerrilla warfare pioneer whose counter-insurgency tactics are still analyzed in American intelligence and military circles. Though he fails to realize his dream and the promise he makes to King Faisal for an Arab State, the revolt in the desert Lawrence masterminds and leads against the Ottoman Turks during WWI is his legacy, along with some of the problems in the region today.
T. E. Lawrence is British military genius, secret agent, diplomat, and guerrilla warfare pioneer whose counter-insurgency tactics are still analyzed in American intelligence and military circles. Though he fails to realize his dream and the promise he makes to King Faisal for an Arab State, the revolt in the desert Lawrence masterminds and leads against the Ottoman Turks during WWI is his legacy, along with some of the problems in the region today.
That Great Britain and the other colonial powers have no intention of giving the Arabs anything after the war; that Lawrence's shuttle diplomacy at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference is in vain, does not preclude his genius and doggedness on behalf of Great Britain and Faisal to unite the Arabs.
The War and After
World War I sends T.E. Lawrence off on his quest to unify certain Arab tribes. An exhibitionist, he thrives amongst the unpredictable clans, sheds his uniform and dresses in their robes. An ascetic, he endures unimaginable hardship and suffers torture and rape at the hands of the Turks. He loves every minute of the punishing Arabian desert and the role he plays as a leader of men.
World War I sends T.E. Lawrence off on his quest to unify certain Arab tribes. An exhibitionist, he thrives amongst the unpredictable clans, sheds his uniform and dresses in their robes. An ascetic, he endures unimaginable hardship and suffers torture and rape at the hands of the Turks. He loves every minute of the punishing Arabian desert and the role he plays as a leader of men.
When recommended for officer promotions the Oxford educated Lawrence turns them down. When offered advantageous jobs, he prefers to remain incognito within the military, gives false names and accepts menial jobs with low-level pay. Is it the child inside the man that feels ashamed, that thinks 'I'm not good enough?'
When praised by his superiors Lawrence morphs into the paragon of humility, timidity and shyness. He avoids the media except for renowned newsman Lowell Thomas who makes him a legend. A relatively small figure, five foot six inches, the end of the war has Lawrence living the role of a recluse with no purpose but daily flagellation. At age 47 on an English country road, the final curtain comes down on a man with a thousand faces, none of which belong to him.
What If?
What if Lawrence had thought well of himself? What if he had understood his parents' behavior was due to what happened to each of them in their own mother's wombs, their own early childhoods and the rigid society in which they had to pose secretively as man and wife? What if he had known that every human being develops to maturity as a result of accumulated subconscious impressions from parents, ancestors, early life and past lives? That no one's to blame, and shame is the worst kind of unwarranted self abuse.
What if Lawrence had thought well of himself? What if he had understood his parents' behavior was due to what happened to each of them in their own mother's wombs, their own early childhoods and the rigid society in which they had to pose secretively as man and wife? What if he had known that every human being develops to maturity as a result of accumulated subconscious impressions from parents, ancestors, early life and past lives? That no one's to blame, and shame is the worst kind of unwarranted self abuse.
Would books and films have been written about Lawrence of Arabia? Would he have led a revolution that leaves footprints in the sands of the 21st century? Probably not. But maybe he would have died old and happy. Through the grace of Sri Amma and Sri Bhagavan at Oneness University, I have made peace with my own parents, and with that peace comes something that cannot be described. Divine love.
"You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level." --Eckhart Tolle
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