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Edit-expanded 2024-03-06

In this post I will describe three types of  Soul level  Initiations (post-enlightenment stages). These events or experiences fall into the Soul science category that acts like a bridge that joins Humanity and Divinity in a 'not two', way. Genuine Saints and Siddhas show that 'Soul Powers' are real, show that recipients of Grace-bestowed Initiations, have a moral duty to obey the inner call of our vocation for the benefit of all beings. We encourage: 'Open your soul to the Eternal - but it must be the eternal that draws forth your strenght and beauty, not desire for growh. For in one case you develop in the luxuriance of purity, in the other you harden by the forcible passion for personal stature'- in words of an unknown Master. . .We remind the spiritual aspirant that the 'surrendered one relies on Grace to help us patiently endure years upon years of continuous 'demolition' of karmic bagage.

What I describe happened many years before I was guided to check out Aurobindo's work.  What I share *descents of Divine Force-Light/Bliss-Sound* takes place at the zenith-point of one's eternal self-Soul's evolution. And, because I didn't misuse this Knowledge, or betray it by imagining I was 'special, I was able to sustain the responsibility of its Command to bring to the world's evolutionary spirituality table, the Story of what needs to happen before one attains the Final Samadhi. The attainment of the Stage of Coronation in Omniscient in all its aspects, carries with it a responsibility to 'bring down heaven to earth for ourselves and mankind'.

Sri Aurobindo confirms for us that,
'Divine condition descends from above, is given by the Divine. +  The higher spiritual planes create their own formulations in the subliminal in the depths within us. + (but)  To know them, the Supermind must descend into us. +  We do not found ourselves on faith alone, but on great ground of knowledge which we have been developing and testing day and night for years upon years more scrupulously than any scientist his theory and his method on the physical plane." + From The Life Divine, p.956 "For a real transformation there must be a direct and unveiled intervention from above; there would be necessary too a total submission and surrender of the lower consciousness, a cessation of its instence, a will in it for its separate law of action to be completely annulled by transformation and lose all rights over our being."

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Brief descriptions:
1.  This particular Initiation experience  was unlike any other, yet just as startling-intense as the rest (circa 1993) - and occurred  during hands-on energy balancing sessions while working on my Master Dr. Kiara Galbreath. On this rare occasion I decided to join the three other fellow students after I finished working on someone else. Standing room only and hands on Kiara's knees suited me fine, until I felt so much energy surging through me and my hands began 'jumping' with strong zaps of electric-like currents. Couple of minutes later, a very much 'solid' column-like of Energy began pounding my Crown chakra in rhythmic waves. . . This was the most fascinating thing to me, because I was standing in a room full of  talking and laughing people!  I knew I had to stay as still as possible and take long and deep breaths in order to accommodate the influx of this Energy into my system. I knew I was in an altered state of consciousness, because even though I heard the noise as if from a great distance,  it made my head hurt.  Because the noise/sound felt very  jarring-uncomfortable, it was really annoying and at some point I asked for silence.  I made that request more then once, then finally the woman sitting at Kiara's feet heard me, and said: "Helen is asking for silence".  No one heard her, so she asked again - and then the room fell silent . . .The instant that happened, I became very self-conscious of my breathing and asked this Energy to cease its action.  And it did.  Not instantly, but within seconds this Conscious Intelligence-Forces' rhythmic wave-action slowed down before ceasing altogether.

*  In retrospect I realized that everyone was so talkative and 'happy' was not just because 'Big Bob' was telling stories about his vacation in Florida with teen daughters, but in addition, they felt the influence of this (transcendent) Bliss Energy.
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2.  I named  the following *extremely intense* Initiation  (in 94) 'Thundering Combustion Experience'.  .   .
I was in bed flat on my back when suddenly my  head  became like a thunderously roaring,  ready to explode,  missile.  .  . I thought this Energy will render me toast (dead) and uttered  "God be with me!"  Next instant I disappeared. . .without  name and  history  'I'  became  witnessing awareness, aware  of  the Intelligent Immensity and Magnitude so great  that,  it is beyond the wildest imagination.
I don't know how long 'I' stayed in this state, but felt what happened  the instant my extremely subtle body  snapped back into my flesh body. The impact was so abrupt, I felt my light body's torso  rise-up to a sitting position before gently laying down.

* Edit adding  23/05/2018, verifying quote from The Darsana Upanishad (6. 36-38) -- which I  chanced upon in 2013 - and am including here with permission from Mr. Sandeep www.auromere.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/the-subtle-sounds-which-indicate-progress-in-yoga.

"The Darsana Upanishad describes the sound heard when the consciousness becomes centered in the Brahmandra (anterior fontanelle), located in top-center region of the head: Whe air (prana) enters the Brahmaranda, nada (sound) is also produced there. Resembling at first the sound of conchblast (sanka-dhvani) and like a roaring of a mountain cataract (giri-praravanna). Thereafter, O great wise one! The Atman, mightily pleased, will actually appear in front of thee. Then there will be ripeness of the Knowledge of Atman from Yoga and disowing by the Yogi of worldly existence." - Guy L. Beck, Sonic Theology, pp 39-103

Edit-ading 2024-01-25 recently discovered *verifying* passages penned by the Rig Veda seer and Shankara, on 'the might of the mighty Rudra'. Adi Shankara defined the name Rudra as: "One who makes all beings cry at the time of cosmic dissolution." + "The strenghth of Godhead never departs from Rudra, him who is sovereing of this world, the mighty" (2.33. g).
The Rig Veda named the Godhead's Power 'Rudra', which is often associated with the sound not heard with our ears' + 'his terrifying howl as he embraks on his destructive rampage' + "The might of the mighty eradicates problems" *karma*.
Rig Veda's prayer to Rudra inludes this verse: "We worship the three eye One who has matted hair who shines like the Sun."
The Bible has references to 'rushing mighty wind': (King James) Acts 2:2-4 "And suddenly there came a sound from heaven of a rushing mighty wind, and filled the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it set upon each of them."
Jeremiah 5:13 "And the prophets shal become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them".
The rushing wind imagery represents the the dynamic and transformative nature of the Holy Spirit.

I am happy to say that Aurobindo confirmed for me/us that: "There are many Forces (but) it is only the Supramental Force that works absolutely because it creates its own conditions. & The Force descends for two things: 1. To transform the Nature 2. To carry on the work through the instrument' & "One feels the force only when one is conscious of it." & "The descent of Peace, the descent of Force or Power, the descent of Light, the descent of Ananda, these are the four things that transform nature. All these different actions of the Force on the adhara with the intention of opening it up from above and below and horizontally also. The action from above opens it to the descent of forces from above the Mind and the ascent of consciousness above the lid of the ordinary human mind. The horizontal action opens it to cosmic consciousness on all its levels. The action from below helps to connect the superconscient. Finally the consciousness instead of being limited in the body becomes infinite, rises infinitely above, plunges infinitely below, widens infinitely on every side. There is besides the opening of the centers to the Light and Power and Ananda that has to descend from above. & "A sound does sometimes come with a particular descent of conciousness or Force from above."
Excerpts from: Letters On Yoga - On Descent intyoga.online.fr/triple3.htm

3.  I was awakened suddenly because every fiber of my being was vibrating with loud, high voltage note-frequency.  That too felt uncanny but  not entirely surprising because by then, Kundalini Shakti put me through many types of energy balancing Initiations.

* Edit-adding in 2023-06-18, statement on Shabd *Sound* penned by Rig Veda seer: "But the perfect saints, irrespective of whether they belonged to one religion or the other, have gone beyond this and have spoken of Sar Shabd and Sat Shabd as well, and regions beyond Brahmand". - wikipedia/Surat_Shabd_Yoga
Because of these,  and many other types of Initiations, long time ago I wrote: 'I am neither Christian, or any other world's tradition mystic, because the Supreme Shakti  Initiated me into all Wisdom Traditions.  I integrated them all by directly comprehending the Essence of each Tradition's teaching.  At this stage-attainment one has the spiritual authority to declare: 'I jumped out of all possible systems by becoming one with the very source of all power, and therefore, am no longer bound by any of them'.

P.S. Today, I revisited some notes from years gone by - a time I was posting on Shambhala forums (which are long gone) where spiritual types congregated and am smiling. In those years I called myself 'spiritual baby'  and asserted nothing. I shared mystical experiences and read what (mostly) Buddhist types shared with each other. . .I also word-played, because my nature was/is dancing with Joy. I am smiling because one man wrote something to me that caught my fancy, and I want to share what he said said to me:
His avatar name was ogb -  comment's heading said: "Why?"- posted 7/8/2002 at 19:50 AM  (to my response whose content I don't recall).

Just to be with you at the end of the world...
skipping on wide stone path,
like children returning home.
From a single touch of your tummy
comes realizations of kicking imaginations;
fetus of futures truth unborn.
Within you love is right.

Edit-adding 30/06/2018 link to, Cosmic Tonglen Duty www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2011/03/cosmictonglen-duty.html