Speaker B became a Reiki master at 15, then met Papaji, a disciple of Ramana Maharshi, at 20. A three-week silent retreat dissolved their sense of self so completely that the world and their personal narrative seemed to vanish, an effect that lasted for months.
Sounds very intuitive for you, but you also, I know you told me before, not on this live, that you at a young age became a Reiki master and everything. So do you think having that foundation and then getting that download?
Absolutely. Yes, this is the longer story. I was 15, got a Reiki master and did all these energy teachings. And then with 20, 20, I met a real spiritual guru, a master, Papaji, who was a teacher in the lineage of Ramana Maharshi and who is the first teacher who brought Advaita Vedanta and all these teachings to the West. Back then, many Oshos and Yacins who were very disappointed came to Papaji. And this was also like the beginning and the end of a complete new journey because it was the end of this very strict sense of self. I am this person and I have to achieve these and these things and have these goals. Like this person really dropped away after 3 weeks in a silent retreat. Basically the world and everything that I thought to be me just disappeared. And yeah, it was just being left. And well, yeah, this lasted for many months that I also, I came back to my Reiki community back then.
