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*Adya Sampradaya comes from the Sanskrit Language. Adya means original or primal. And Sampradaya means cherished knowledge given forth carefully. Each edition features articles on healing and personal growth, traditional wisdom from around the world and the news that affects our lives. "Ben Oofana is one of the most genuine people I have ever met. He walks his talk and it all comes from his heart." "Ben helped me get my life back. When we first met I was a confused, angry and broken person and my body reflected all of this pain. I was also very determined to heal. Session by session, Ben gently and patiently guided me through the process of opening up to the pain, releasing it and replacing it with what was important to me. I began to feel less fragmented, more whole; living less in the past and more in the present.
Ben’s medicine is strong; it is a process that requires commitment and taking responsibility for yourself.
That is true healing.'
"I had a very difficult childhood and before meeting Ben I often felt that I was looking at the world through a window, or that it was only a dream. I also had a low tolerance for stressful situations and would be completely worn out after a tough day.
After two sessions with Ben I noticed that I no longer had the feeling of being separate from the world around me and I cope with stress and conflict much more easily now."
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Amma’s Hug
I had received an email from a friend letting me know that she would be in the New York area. I wasn’t sure how I could make it because I had a full schedule at the time. But I decided that to catch the train out to New Jersey and see her on a Sunday when she was giving darshan at one of the Hindu temples. I could feel that being in her presence was helping me to process my own issues. I heard that Karunamayi would be giving individual blessings in New York so I made a few adjustments in my schedule so I could go back to see her again. Karunamayi touched the top of my head during the individual blessing. I could feel the shakthi travel all the way down into my abdomen. I’ve been doing hours of intensive chi gong practices where I compress the chi in my lower abdomen. And I could really tell that the practices have made me much more receptive to Karunamayi’s transmission of shakthi. I sat there for sometime afterwards feeling the shakthi vibrating in my body. I continued to breathe into the feelings and sensations to give myself the opportunity to digest the healing that was taking place.
I always experience a powerful healing taking place whenever I have the opportunity to be in the presence of Karunamayi, Ammachi and other Hindu Saints. I didn’t feel as much in the beginning, but my experience becomes more powerful year by year as I continue to go back. I’m also making a conscious effort to work with the power. I’ll breathe into any feelings or issues that surface. That makes it easier for me to dissolve difficult patterns that I’ve struggled with, to resolve the issues and digest the emotions.
Ammachi was in New York for three days this year. I was scheduled to work with my friend Nicole on a Wednesday evening during the time of Amma’s visit. I didn’t realize that she had gone to see Ammachi earlier that day. I probably would have encouraged Nicole to work with me on another day if I had known in advance, but she wanted to go ahead and do the session that evening. I could see a glowing white presence as I looked into Nicole’s aura. I also noticed a dark energetic mass that had emerged between her shoulder blades. I asked Nicole about it, but she said that she didn’t really feel anything. I asked Nicole to go ahead and breathe softly and deeply as she focused her attention within that part of her body. Nicole went into a deeper state than ever before during that session. She stayed on the table for a long time afterwards and she said that she initially felt like she couldn’t move. Nicole said that she just wanted to go to bed once she got up. I folded up my table and told her that I would call to check in. Nicole was on my mind in the days after the session. I wondered how she was doing and I was thinking that I needed to give her a call. Nicole called me the following Saturday morning to say she had woken up in the middle of the night from a deep sleep. She sat up in bed as she experienced this horrible feeling, like something really bad was going to happen. Nicole said she became really fearful and then her whole body began to shake. Nicole said that the combination of Amma’s darshan and the healing session brought all the memories, feelings and energies of abuse, fear and terror up to the surface that had been stored inside of her at a very deep level. Nicole said that it felt like walking through Dante’s Inferno. The intense fears continued to surface and that she could feel it coming out of her upper back and it felt really horrible. It felt like her shoulders and back were vibrating and that continued for about two hours. Nicole told me later that she continued to feel really shaky for sometime afterwards. She said that it felt like there was a tornado on the inside and that all kinds of stuff was moving really fast. And there were times when it felt like the kundalini was rising in her back. Nicole said that more feelings of anxiety continued to surface, but it became manageable once she remembered to breathe into it. Nicole said the way she felt reminded her of the times when she had seen a new-born horse …there’s an awkwardness because you don’t quite know what to do with yourself yet. Nicole went on to say that it feels like a huge part of her awareness is just now waking up. Nicole also studies chi gong with a Chinese Master. And she was still feeling really shaky when she saw him. Nicole told her master what she was going through. Her master reaffirmed what I said before by saying "Nicole this is something you have to work though …The discomfort will pass." I could always feel the years of pain and abuse that Nicole was holding in her body. There was just so much of it, and there were so many layers of armor built up as a protective mechanism. It can take a lot of time to work down to these levels. A strong foundation also had to be constructed to enable Nicole to handle all the feelings, emotions and memories that came out. I encouraged Nicole to allow herself to be permeable when these kinds of memories and emotions surface. "…Start by letting down all resistance. Allow all the feelings, emotions and sensations to just flow through your body as you continue to breathe into them. You can do this practice when you’re sitting at home. You also want to do this practice when you can go out and walk in nature. The magnetic field surrounding the Earth will work with you to soften and diffuse the energies and emotions that are surfacing so that they become more manageable. This will make it easier on your body. You will feel more comfortable as you ground and integrate your feelings and experiences ."Many of us have so much stress, pain and unresolved issues stuffed down inside of ourselves. We often put the brakes on and stop ourselves from feeling. Or we run when the issues and emotions begin to surface. Many of us do not understand how all these unresolved issues and emotions are impairing our ability to function in the world. But that’s what prevents us from ever getting to a higher level of functioning and moving forward in our lives. It can feel absolutely hellish when you’re in the midst of the painful feelings and memories, but it’s not going to hurt you. The discomforts will pass and you will experience a tremendous sense of relief once you come out the other side. You will find yourself becoming become much freer and lighter. You will feel stronger and gain access to many new resources as your core self begins to emerge. Working through these places will also enable you to attract new and better things into your life. I spoke with Nicole again the other day and she was telling me that she realizes how important it was for her to go through that experience …like so many other people, I was carrying all this pain around inside of me. Now I don’t have to carry that pain with me anymore. I feel much lighter now …I still have stresses to deal with, but I’m less reactive and it’s easier for me to handle the stresses and upsets. I just feel much calmer. Part of my training with Horace, a traditional Kiowa (Red) Indian doctor , involves going out on the vision quest, where I fast alone in the mountains for four days and nights without food or water. Some things that I experience during the vision quests feel very similar to what happens when I’m in the presence of Ammachi or Karunamayi and other realized beings. But I also encounter very different kinds of beings and experience a whole different range or bandwidth of power.There are times during the vision quests when I go through something similar to a near death experience. The memories and emotions associated with certain issues and parts of my life will flash rapidly through my awareness. Memories and emotions often surface from deep within my subconscious that I previously had no recall of. I can feel how these parts of my mind are being completely reformatted and my experience of life has changed dramatically as a result. The vision quests are so intensive that it takes me about a month to fully integrate the changes that are taking place. The Chinese, American (Red) Indians doctors, people of other indigenous traditions and the Gurus from India all work with very different kinds of powers. Realized beings the various traditions are tapped into very different aspects of the divine. And these distinct beings and powers operate on very different levels. No one source can address every need. The different kinds of gifts each help me heal and grow in their own unique ways. I can move much farther along and develop different aspects of myself when I combine these different healing resources. I’m looking into people’s auras every day and see how most of us are internalizing so much stress. Issues are not getting resolved and the emotions are not being digested and many people are so oblivious to what’s happening. The unresolved issues and emotions continue to accumulate within the body and mind. That deadens people’s consciousness, causes their body to break down and age faster. Many of us are growing and moving forward in our lives, but we may still fall into unhealthy patterns. We’re also affected by difficult astrological influences and many of us are also carrying a lot of heavy karmic baggage. Dysfunctional patterns tend to crystallize within us. We struggle endlessly with many of the same issues and end up attracting the same kinds of situations . We need all the help we can get so that we can stay on track and move forward in our process of evolution.I’ll go for darshan, healing sessions and vision quests any time the opportunity presents itself. All of these things provide me with the opportunity to resolve the issues, clean up more of the karmic baggage, lighten the load, strengthen my connection with the higher power and develop the resources that will enable me to heal, grow and move forward and get to a better space in life. ©Copyright 2008 Ben Oofana. All Rights Reserved. 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