Visitation from other-worldly entity?

[DarkMind]

Hi everyone, this is an introduction of myself (being my first posting in this forum), with the following cut and pasted from my participation in another forum: "Hi all. Maybe a short introduction about myself (this will also set the context and background for understanding my dreams). I am male of chinese descent. I am a Singaporean. (Singapore is a small south east asian country) I am currently 30 years old. Recently I have become more spiritual and my intention is to strive towards a more spiritual path in life. I have inclinations towards Theravada Buddhism (in particular, Thai Buddhism). The short version of the reason why I am inclined towards Buddhism: because of the various experiences in my life, I have realized certain truths for myself, even before I came to know more about Buddhism. And so, when I got to know more about the teachings of Buddhism, I realized that the truths expounded coincided with what I had already realized and known for myself, through personal experience. I have begun meditation recently (about 3 months or so) and it has contributed to quite a number of interesting and significant dreams that I experienced during sleep. If I am not mistaken, less than a month of meditation unintentionally led me to have a spontaneous Kundalini awakening, and I believe this has contributed to me having better recall of my dreams, more interesting and unusual dreams, as well as more control over my dreams (close to lucid dreaming or perhaps is some form of lucid dreaming)." Note (updated information) : I have been meditating for about 4 months or so now. Note to those reading this thread: Please feel free to comment if you wish. I'll respond/reply to you if I have the time

[DarkMind]

Title of dream: Visitation from an astral entity? A brief account of a dream I had sometime during 13/8/2005 (everything below is cut and pasted from an email I had sent to some of my closest friends) (I had also put up this dream recount in other forums, not necessarily Dream Forums): There were other parts to this dream, but right now I only remember the last part of it, moments just before I woke up. Just before I woke up, my consciousness in my dream suddenly noticed an entity (until then, my consciousness or awareness in my dream was focused on something else until this entity suddenly caught my attention). It appeared to me that this entity wanted to elude my awareness, and didn't want me to know who she was (it seemed to me to be female) and didn't want me to know that she was observing me. And so I could not really focus my attention/consciousness on her. Let me try to explain what this means: it is as if she sensed that I had suddenly noticed her and so she sort of eluded my conciousness (and/or perception) by blanking out or erasing that part of my mind that could forumlate an image of her. Suddenly all I saw of her image was literally a white blank! A blank sheet of white.......as if one has used Photoshop software to blank out the image from a digital image file/picture. Not only that, at this time, I realized that I was already in a state of semi-consciousness and I knew would probably wake up soon. I also in my dream remembered that a respected guru monk of Thailand (Arjaan Mun, known as an eminent meditation master who was respected by the Thai Royal Family. He has since passed on a long time ago) mentioned that to determine the fundamental nature of an entity, one could attempt to focus one's citta (heart; for the layman, you could take it as consciousness or awareness) on the entity. And so, that's what I tried to do. But as soon as I focused my citta on the mysterious entity, the following is what happened: 1) I was shocked by a sudden loud sound. The sound sounded something like a cross between electrity (like a electric shock sound u hear in movies) and huge splatters of blood (don't ask me how I know or what makes me think of blood when I heard that sound). What is perhaps even more strange is that the sound seemed to come not from the Dream itself (or not just from the dream itself) but from my ears in the waking world! ( I was already somewhat semi-conscious by this stage) In other words, the sound didn't (or didn't just) resonated in my mind, but from an external source that my physical ears in the waking world perceived. I then knew (or it confirmed my suspicions) that this entity didn't want me to know of its presence and its nature. I also had begun to chant my Buddhist chant ("Namo Tasa...sambuddhasa". (as a protective measure I guess) At this time, I also happened to notice (or managed to notice) that this entity had a little servant girl by her side. This little servant girl was dressed in red with 2 pigtails (hairstyle looks like Nezha of Chinese mythology), carrying a basket of red flowers (or perhaps red leaves) and throwing it. (I thought that this little girl initially had a kind of small white curved knife also, but this dispappeared so I am not quite sure about this). The little servant girl looked quite eerie and had a face which looked white (as if there's thick powder on it). Quite cute actually if not for the fact I felt quite eerie during the dream. I managed to notice all this as I was waking up from my dream and trying to remember as much details as I can of this strange (but interesting) encounter. I was still reciting my Buddhist mantra/chant in my mind as I woke up from this dream, until I felt a sense of calm. (In other words, I was reciting my Buddhist mantra when I was still in the Dream world and when I woke up into the waking world, and (assuming they exist) in the worlds or journey in between these two worlds) After consulting with a friend, he says the little servant girl sounds like a KuManNee (a KuManNee is a female counterpart of KuManTong. In other words, the layman can take the KuManNee to be a female child spirit) but he has no idea what entity she is serving. I asked him if he knew any entity from mythology (Chinese or others) that has a servant girl like that, and he says not that he knows of. I had also asked him to consider that the entity could be a deity or a demon (since I felt quite eerie during the dream; it has been said that if the visitation is from devas, which the layman can take to mean entities akin to angels, the feeling will be one of pleasantness or joy (and not a feeling of eeriness).

[Leo Volont]

Originally posted by DarkMind Hi everyone, this is an introduction of myself (being my first posting in this forum), with the following cut and pasted from my participation in another forum: \"Hi all. * Maybe a short introduction about myself (this will also set the context and background for understanding my dreams). * I am male of chinese descent. * I am a Singaporean. (Singapore is a small south east asian country) * I am currently 30 years old. * Recently I have become more spiritual and my intention is to strive towards a more spiritual path in life. I have inclinations towards Theravada Buddhism (in particular, Thai Buddhism). * The short version of the reason why I am inclined towards Buddhism: because of the various experiences in my life, I have realized certain truths for myself, even before I came to know more about Buddhism. And so, when I got to know more about the teachings of Buddhism, I realized that the truths expounded coincided with what I had already realized and known for myself, through personal experience. * I have begun meditation recently (about 3 months or so) and it has contributed to quite a number of interesting and significant dreams that I experienced during sleep. If I am not mistaken, less than a month of meditation unintentionally led me to have a spontaneous Kundalini awakening, and I believe this has contributed to me having better recall of my dreams, more interesting and unusual dreams, as well as more control over my dreams (close to lucid dreaming or perhaps is some form of lucid dreaming).\" Note (updated information) : I have been meditating for about 4 months or so now. * Note to those reading this thread: Please feel free to comment if you wish. I'll respond/reply to you if I have the time Well, it is wonderful that you have gotten on the Spiritual Path, but I should warn you against partaking of the more primitive form of Buddhism that is available to us. Hinayana Buddhism is little different than ordinary Stoicism, the premise of which is to ingore the world and everyone in it in order to secure one's own Peace of Mind, which alone is the only thing worth considering. We can see why it would take a selfish and spoiled Prince to create such a Religion. And then we can see in the early demigraphics of Buddhism -- its popularity in the Urban Business Classes, that it was a Religion for Selfish non-caring morally hedonistic escapists. Yes, that fairly describes Modern Society, doesn't it, but one should resist yielding to the Tempation of a Philosophy that indulges all of our worst impulses and tendencies. Hinayana Buddhism has no moral component apart from warning one to be moral enough to keep from being arrested, which would, again, disturb one's peace of mind. It is not morally positive in the least. The Advance that Mahayana Buddhism struck over the primitive Hinayana Buddhism was that it added a Moral Component and thus qualified itself to be a Higher Religion. But, since you have a Risen Kundalini, you will soon know all of this for yourself, since the Risen Kundalini bestows Wisdom and Wisdom has now come to include enough of a sense of Morality in order to exclude basic Hinayana-ism. I myself am a High Initiate of Kundalini Yoga, and I agree with you that with the onset of the full blooming of the Kundalini, a higher and more intense Dream Life ensues.

[Leo Volont]

Oh... what an interesting Dream. I like the Instruction from that Old Guru, that to understand an Entity, one should focus one's heart (citta) upon it. It reminds me of the Doctrines of the Indian Guru Ramana Maharshi who emphasized the heart chakra over the head chakras, as closer to the existential center of being. That Primary Entity with its Sound of Electricity and Life (static and blood) would seem to be forbiddingly Holy. But you were lucky that this Most Powerful Entity was accompanied by a Minion Angel... a serving Angel. The Little Girl veritably represents that entire layer of Godesses which subsume all Religion once any duality is admitted in order to account for the existence of the Universe as distinct from a Unitary God. That little Angel signifies that you enjoy the Spiritual Patronage of that Most Powerful and Forbidding Entity. Oh... by the way... were you standing or kneeling? I would have thought that it would be almost impossible to remain standing in the Presence of such a High Spiritual Entity. Usually one collapses down on one's knees before Entities and that Highest Level.

[DarkMind]

Originally posted by Leo Volont Oh... what an interesting Dream. I like the Instruction from that Old Guru, that to understand an Entity, one should focus one's heart (citta) upon it. *It reminds me of the Doctrines of the Indian Guru Ramana Maharshi who emphasized the heart chakra over the head chakras, as closer to the existential center of being. That Primary Entity with its Sound of Electricity and Life (static and blood) would seem to be forbiddingly Holy. *But *you were lucky that this Most Powerful Entity was accompanied by a Minion Angel... a serving Angel. *The Little Girl veritably represents that entire layer of Godesses which subsume all Religion once any duality is admitted in order to account for the existence of the Universe as distinct from a Unitary God. That little Angel signifies that you enjoy the Spiritual Patronage of that Most Powerful and Forbidding Entity. * Oh... by the way... were you standing or kneeling? *I would have thought that it would be almost impossible to remain standing in the Presence of such a High Spiritual Entity. * Usually one collapses down on one's knees before Entities and that Highest Level. Hi, sorry for the late reply. Thanks for taking your time to reply to my post. Thanks for your interpretation. I appreciate it To answer your question: 1) If I am not mistaken, I didn't have a 'physical body' in that dream. My consciousness was in 2 spheres or realms (My consciousness was simultaneously in the realm of the Dream world and in the waking world; in other worlds, I was aware of this dream and at the same time, aware of my sleeping body in the waking world just prior to waking up). Since I didn't have a body in this dream, I was neither kneeling nor standing in the dream, it was more of like a vision in that I was seeing/viewing what was happening in the dream. Hope I have answered your question

[DarkMind]

Originally posted by Leo Volont Well, it is wonderful that you have gotten on the Spiritual Path, but I should warn you against partaking of the more primitive form of Buddhism that is available to us. *Hinayana Buddhism is little different than ordinary Stoicism, the premise of which is to ingore the world and everyone in it in order to secure one's own Peace of Mind, which alone is the only thing worth considering. *We can see why it would take a selfish and spoiled Prince to create such a Religion. *And then we can see in the early demigraphics of Buddhism -- its popularity in the Urban Business Classes, that it was a Religion for Selfish non-caring morally hedonistic escapists. *Yes, that fairly describes Modern Society, doesn't it, but one should resist yielding to the Tempation of a Philosophy that indulges all of our worst impulses and tendencies. *Hinayana Buddhism has no moral component apart from warning one to be moral enough to keep from being arrested, which would, again, *disturb one's peace of mind. *It is not morally positive in the least. *The Advance that Mahayana Buddhism struck over the primitive Hinayana Buddhism was that it added a Moral Component and thus qualified itself to be a Higher Religion. * But, since you have a Risen Kundalini, you will soon know all of this for yourself, since the Risen Kundalini bestows Wisdom and Wisdom has now come to include enough of a sense of Morality in order to exclude basic Hinayana-ism. I myself am a High Initiate of Kundalini Yoga, and I agree with you that with the onset of the full blooming of the Kundalini, a higher and more intense Dream Life ensues. Hi, I realized u had private messaged me as well. Thanks For the benefit of the forummers here, I will reply to u here instead. Thanks for your views given. I am aware of the criticisms made against Theraveda Buddhism. May I ask what lineage of Kundalini Yoga are you from? Thanks

[DarkMind]

Originally posted by Leo Volont Well, it is wonderful that you have gotten on the Spiritual Path, but I should warn you against partaking of the more primitive form of Buddhism that is available to us. *Hinayana Buddhism is little different than ordinary Stoicism, the premise of which is to ingore the world and everyone in it in order to secure one's own Peace of Mind, which alone is the only thing worth considering. *We can see why it would take a selfish and spoiled Prince to create such a Religion. *And then we can see in the early demigraphics of Buddhism -- its popularity in the Urban Business Classes, that it was a Religion for Selfish non-caring morally hedonistic escapists. *Yes, that fairly describes Modern Society, doesn't it, but one should resist yielding to the Tempation of a Philosophy that indulges all of our worst impulses and tendencies. *Hinayana Buddhism has no moral component apart from warning one to be moral enough to keep from being arrested, which would, again, *disturb one's peace of mind. *It is not morally positive in the least. *The Advance that Mahayana Buddhism struck over the primitive Hinayana Buddhism was that it added a Moral Component and thus qualified itself to be a Higher Religion. * But, since you have a Risen Kundalini, you will soon know all of this for yourself, since the Risen Kundalini bestows Wisdom and Wisdom has now come to include enough of a sense of Morality in order to exclude basic Hinayana-ism. I myself am a High Initiate of Kundalini Yoga, and I agree with you that with the onset of the full blooming of the Kundalini, a higher and more intense Dream Life ensues. Oh by the way, I have read some of the interpretations u have done for the forummers here. I have to say that they are very well-thought out and you do have a lot of knowledge and skill in dream interpretation