Pilgrimage celebrating Dattatriya Siva Baba’s 61st Birthday

We are flying en route from Istanbul to Cairo. As the plane hovers over the Giza Plateau swooping into Cairo airport, the monochromic sandstone expanse of the Giza Plateau comes into perspective. For a few moments I catch a clear aerial view of the three pyramids, arranged in the same alignment as Orion’s Belt looking south. As above, so below.

A male voice resounds inside my brain, “I am here to reclaim my land.”

He said it three times, in a gentle but assertive way.

Okay, I said back to him inside my head. I’ll figure this out soon enough….
By late afternoon we are already joined with the group for Baba’s birthday pilgrimage, almost eighty strong, gathering from all over the globe. Ruth Shilling, All One World chief tour co-coordinator, Ehab Mahmoud (Egyptologist), Hazem and her crew of local guides are there to greet us. They have provided invaluable help and support throughout our entire journey. My narrative of our week-long pilgrimage is at best cursory. Videos and digital images posted at the end of this article may convey the quality of the places we visited on a more subtle energetic level. The account below is simply a modest attempt to capture vignettes of our magical journey.


BARDO: BIRTH-AND-DEATH SHAFT

Our first morning in Cairo begins with visit to the Red and Bent Pyramid of Dashur. The Red Pyramid is actually the third largest pyramid in Egypt after the Great Pyramids of Khufu and Khafre at Giza. Once we have made our way inside, we get our first chance of descending a shaft. Hunkered down, in single file, we move along a passage sloping downwards at an angle of around 27°. While the shaft itself measures about 3 feet in height and 4 feet in width, the first time of descent is still a jolting experience. The smallness of the shaft necessitates the body to “shrink” and crouch. The force of gravity exerts its pull immediately on the thighs, calf muscles and knees. On top of that, the oxygen level diminishes significantly as we wend our way through the narrow passageway. Squatting on my heels with my head and neck tucked in is not a natural position for my body. In fact this precipitated an immediate shift in my consciousness.



Spontaneously, my neurons kicked into an altered state.  It is hard to describe this in words since it’s such a tactile, kinetic experience. Plunging into the unconscious is akin to going through the bardo experience of birth and death, except you are experiencing birth-death, birth-death in byte-sized increments. Suddenly, my reality began to crunch and collapse right inside my body-brain, simultaneously tumbling into a wild, unpredictable new reality.

In the days to follow, we are to descend various shafts—the bardo state, if you will. Descending, and then struggling to reach what seems like “the other side.” After you’ve endured a few rounds you become truly disoriented and can’t tell top from bottom. Some of our group members had trouble catching their breath on their way up the shaft due to diminished oxygen supply. However, by now I have gained a new understanding. By subjecting the body to these unnatural exertions we are being forced out of our comfort zone which is where the ego so complacently resides. By stretching our own energy field, we are allowing the input of a new and foreign, yet strangely familiar, matrix to enter into us.


DESERT WALK

After our exit from the Red Pyramid, we walked across a stretch of the Dashur desert, heading south for about half a mile, to the Bent Pyramid. As the wind whizzed by my ears, I became acutely aware that I was stepping on to an electro-magnetic grid of highly charged crystalline particles. Somehow the word gypsum came to mind. The desert is composed primarily of minerals of prismatic crystalline base. This grid acted as a landing pad for higher intelligence lifestreams in the past--even in current time as well.

Later I found out that that indeed a very fine-grained white or lightly tinted variety of gypsum, known as alabaster, is commonly found here. Alabaster is widely used by the Egyptians in their architecture as well as fashioning the statues of their gods and religious artifacts.

Could the Pyramids have been built with the help of ET technology? Could the massive stone blocks be raised by sound frequencies instead of slave labor and a cast of thousands? Could the ancient Pharaohs be guided by higher intelligence in their design and execution of these monumental tombs/astrological observatories? It’s hard to believe that these gargantuan structures were built by human hands alone, no matter how labor-intensive. Even our current technology is incapable of reproducing the Pyramids with such accurate alignment to celestial bodies and true North.

We spent the afternoon in Saqqara pyramid field, visiting the Step and Teti Pyramids. Inside the Teti Pyramid we perused oldest versions of the “Book of the Dead.” The Book of the Dead, is also known by its Egyptian name The Book of Going Forth by Day. It was a collection of spells which cautioned a person to avoid the perils of the afterlife and also aided their existence. The spells were to assure the deceased of "not dying a second time in the underworld.” We were blown away by the raised relief on the inside walls—elaborate, vibrant depictions of daily life of ancient Egypt more than 4,000 years ago, executed with consummate skill and sense of humor.


PHILAE TEMPLE

After evening seminar and dinner at the hotel, I greedily snuck in a few hours of sleep. Our luggage was packed and by 1:30 a.m. the next morning we bused out of the hotel. Boarding a domestic flight to Aswan, we embarked upon our journey to Upper Egypt, considered the source of the Nile for the Ancient Egyptians. It was now Friday (Goddess Day), also Thai Poosam.

Every year Thai Poosam, or ‘Day of Light’ falls on the full moon in the Tamil month of “Thai,” January-February. This year Thai Poosam falls on January 29. This day is associated with the ‘Guru’ or teacher and therefore enlightening spiritual growth. Today is also the Birthday of Lord Muruga, and marks the event when Lord Muruga was gifted the Vel by his mother Parvati. January 29 also commemorates the ascension of the great saint Swami Ramalingam who after attaining a full Light Body, ascended from the earth plane on this day in 1874. This great Tamil saint has been recognized as the former incarnation of Dattatriya Siva Baba.


ISIS-DIVINE MOTHER

From Aswan we headed for a ferry boat ride to Philae Isis Temple. A pearl-colored horizon became streaked with rays of gold just as we stepped into ferry boats motoring towards Philae. Isis is the most popular goddess and her worship continues to this day. Philae Temple was the last place that the ancient Egyptian religion was publicly practiced. Isis became very popular throughout Greco-Roman world as the Goddess who placed the Sun God Ra in the sky.  She married her husband-brother Osiris and conceived Horus, the original Son of God. Her "Mother of God" or "Divine Mother" role was later assumed by the Virgin Mary.

Isis’s wings are the most evocative and stunning of her physical attributes. Sometimes her form was painted on royal mummy cases. It was believed that her full-plumed wings would catch the departing soul and guide it to a new life. Hieroglyphic hymns praise her as the protectress, "she who made light with her feathers and wind with her wings."

The bas relief on the temple walls are filled with depictions of Isis, Horus, Hathor and Osiris—certainly some of the most exquisite we’ve seen in Egypt. Isis is often portrayed with the horns and sun disc of Hathor. The two goddesses seem to share interchangeable properties here. Hathor the cow goddess is an archetypal goddess of agriculture, music, joy, motherhood, and love.

In the holy of holies is a stone altar where the Mother Goddess is honored.  Baba led our group in the Goddess chant, and we felt Her exquisite maternal presence.

Our afternoon was spent sight-seeing en route to the city of Luxor.

We drove pass palm tree plantations, also miles and miles of desert. The sun was setting as we recited “Arut Perum Jyoti,” its golden amber light casting long and gentle shadows on the patient desert sand.  Just as the sun was sinking on the west, the full moon was rising from the east. Angela took a few snapshots of the sun. Two images of the sun—a white one next to a golden one-- came up on the photos. The sun and its ka (etheric double)??

By the time the bus reached our hotel at Luxor, the boats along the east bank of the Nile were lit with cheerful, bright lights. Luxor Temple situated right at the entrance of town was all illumined, like some splendid vision conjured from the past.


RAMESSEUM SUN TEMPLE

Early in the morning we took a ferry boat ride along the Nile to “cross over to the other side,” from the East Bank to the West Bank. Since the west represents the hereafter (where the sun sets), the tombs and mortuary temples are situated in this region. The Ramesseum Temple, mortuary temple of the famous Ramesses II, was indeed impressive. His 67 year-long reign, his physical and psychic prowess, and his personal vanity enabled this Pharaoh to leave an indelible mark on his country’s legacy.

Against a steel-blue sky, the Valley of the Kings nearby exuded a magnetic attraction. We wandered through the memorial temple complex.  The pylons and outer walls were decorated with reliefs commemorating the pharaoh's military victories and keeping records of his dedication to the gods. Beyond the second courtyard, at the centre of the complex, was a covered 48-column hypostyle hall, surrounding the inner sanctuary. Every Ramesses temple centers around one theme: his close kinship with the gods, in fact, his claim to be one of them.  As Pharaoh he was god on earth, and the Ramesseum is a place of worship ensuring his long-lasting memory even after his physical passing.


PURSUIT OF EVERLASTING LIFE

The ancient Pharaohs were obsessed with achieving eternity in the afterlife and nowhere do we find this obsession fine-honed to a divine science as in the temples and memorials of Ramesses. They are focused on one thing: rebirth in eternity.

Everywhere on the temple columns and walls were depictions of the ka (life force” or double, etheric twin) as a slightly smaller body. The ancient Egyptians believed that when death occurs the ka leaves the body. However, ka was sustained through food and drink, and for this reason food and drink offerings were presented to the dead.  After mummification, the ka had to be reunited with the ba (soul, with its unique personality, often depicted as a bird with a human head and arms). The union of the Ba with the Ka in afterlife creates an entity known as an Ahk (meaning "effective one"). Once the king’s akh has joined the heavens, sun and stars, it reaches the status just short of that of a god, and his spiritual essence is resurrected. Incidentally, mummification was considered a vital process of transfiguring a corpse into a body “filled with magic.”

Baba points out that whereas the ancient Egyptians were preoccupied with resurrection from the afterlife, in the dawning or our current Golden Age, humanity is blessed with the availably of the Light Body. The Light Body represents the next rung in the evolutionary ladder of humanity; the physical body and personality undergo magical transfiguration until they turn to Light. But this divine technology is not accessible to only a small elite; it is available to all of humankind provided they are ready to cultivate the path of awakening.

After lunch we set out for the Valley of the Kings, where we visited 4-5 tombs. The Tomb of Ramesses VI was exquisitely restored and the colorful wall paintings of Nut the Sky Goddess, the stars and the astrological implications are indeed fascinating.

By late afternoon we were back by the east bank of the Nile, ready to hop on a felucca sailboat. Someone in our group proposed to his girlfriend, right on our sailboat! Against the backdrop of the deepening sapphire sky and softly-rippling, fluorescent waves of the Nile River, our boat ride felt all the more romantic and divine.


LUXOR TEMPLE

The nameLuxor refers to both the present-day city  that was ancient Thebes, and the temple on the eastern bank adjacent to the town. Built largely by Amenhotep III and Ramesses II, it provided the grand setting for an important ritual--the festival of Opet. The festival carried out with pomp and fanfare, was staged to reconcile the human aspect of the ruler with the divine office. At the outset, much pomp and circumstance involved transporting the dynastic statues of the gods from Karnak all the way to Luxor, amongst cheering crowds and courtiers, dancers and musicians. Once at the temple, the king and his priests entered the back chambers. There, the king and his ka (his divine essence created at birth) were united, and the king was transformed into a divine being. The crowd outside, waiting with great anticipation, would cheer wildly as the transformed king emerged. This ritual certified the king as a god, and as such the festival formed the spiritual backbone of the pharaoh's rulership.


KARNAK TEMPLE

After lunch, we headed out for Karnak Temple.

The massive complex of Karnak comprises a vast conglomeration of ruined temples, pylons and other buildings, notably the Great Temple of Amen and a massive structure begun by Pharaoh Amenhotep III (ca. 1391-1351 BC).

Although badly ruined, no site in Egypt is more awe-inspiring than Karnak. The largest temple complex ever built by man, it is the culmination of genius and artistry of generations of builders. This vast complex was built and enlarged over a 1,300 year period. The three main temples of Mut, Montu and Amun are enclosed by enormous brick walls.  I could have spent hours admiring the subtleties of the site, but time was running out and there were too many tourists milling around. In a future trip I would like to explore Karnak Temple at a quieter time of the day.

For me, the most memorable incident in Karnak Temple was the upfront encounter with Sekhmet.

Even before we set out for Karnak, Vedavathi (Isis) came up to me and confided, “I am filled with trepidation. I know we will have a meeting with Sekhmet, and her energy is pulling me and scaring me at the same time.”


SEKHMET-MIGHTY LION-HEADED GODDESS


Eventually Ehab took us to the north eastern edge of the huge temple complex. The brown earth was raised in small mounds and restoration was going on. Ehab greeted a local guard, and he took us on a dirt path until we arrived at a small stone building housing the shrine of Ptah. The word “Egypt” means ‘The land of Ptah’. Ptah is the archetypal force credited with creating the world by thinking it into being and invoking it with his words.

His consort is Sekhmet, the awe-inspiring lion-headed goddess.

The afternoon sun was beginning to cast long shadows on the stone walls and pillars, and the heat had cooled off significantly. The guard took us through a modest looking shrine. Before we stepped into the small stone building, Ptah’s temple, Ehab briefed us about the legendary Sekhmet statue presiding here. Apparently she is considered to be a “living” statue. We were instructed to enter respectfully, in single file.

When we stepped into the small temple, we entered a room where in the center was an elevated dais, on which sat a headless statue of Ptah. The reliefs on the walls depict the great architect and physician Imhotep interacting with the deity Ptah, revealing this shrine to be a place where healers might have been initiated.

And now comes the real reason for coming here. Ehab directed us toward a dark doorway to our right. Inside stands the only living statue of Sekhmet in Egypt—one that was placed in this crypt by the Pharaoh Thutmoses III in roughly 1450 BC. The guard stationed across that door opened up yet another small room. We would have totally missed it unless we were guided.

Each of us filed in, our eyes blinking while adjusting to the darkness. A small hole in the ceiling let in a tiny shaft of light. From the smoky ambience a black stone statue of Sekhmet emerged. She was slender, standing, and replete with lion’s head and sun disc from which the cobra uraeus was raised. The statue was life-size, standing a good seven feet including her base.

We were stunned into silence.

Baba was the first one to enter, and he had poured water over the statue as an offering. Someone lit a stick of incense, and another person offered a flower. The rest of us were awestruck. We were told to go into the silence of our heart and connect with Sekhmet, and ask her one question. Waves of energy emanated from the black granite statue, telepathically transmitting to each person what they were ready to receive. Suddenly I was aware that the Goddess who has been protecting this area for over 3,500 years was breathing, conscious, and alive.

I stood against the back wall watching her, silently communing with her. Her intimidating presence almost had a paralyzing effect. For a brief moment the hair on my back stood up. Since almost eighty of us were single-filing in, I had to tear myself away to allow others to come into the room. What lasted maybe five minutes felt like an eternity. An endearing close encounter with the mighty leonine goddess.

Who is Sekhmet? And what is behind her mysterious powerful attraction? Her name is derived from the Egyptian word 'Sekhem', which means "power" or "might". The word sekhem is literally inseparable from Sekhmet and Her worship.

Sekhmet is one of the oldest known Egyptian deities. Her seated statues show her holding the ankh of life, but when she is standing she usually holds a scepter formed from papyrus. Sometimes called "Nesert," the flame, Sekhmet can be a terrifying goddess. However, she averts plague and cures disease, and so she is the patron of Physicians, and Healers. Her priests in Thebes and Karnak were revered as skilled doctors and surgeons.

Sekhmet makes her presence known whenever planetary consciousness is ready for a quantum leap. Now is such a time. This is why she has become more and more active in the past decade. I first became aware of her presence in early 2,000. Thereafter I completed a three-year Masters Teacher training program in Sekhem, a vibrational healing system believed to be practiced by the healer-priests of Thebes, Karnak and Heliopolis. Sekhem was brought through by Helen Belot who distinctly recalls her own stature as high priest in Sekhmet Temples in Karnak.

The Goddess Sekhmet’s unbridled force can be potentially terrifying as she wages widespread destruction. But we can rest assured that her action is always 'appropriate action'. Her destruction is never random or chaotic. She only destroys that which no longer serves us.
Baba urged us to buy a statue of Sekhmet and start making offerings to her on our personal altar at home. By making an intimate connection with the Goddess, we are ever protected by her invincible strength. She is here to destroy our negativity, fear and doubt so that our Hearts are awakened to welcome in the Golden Age. Sekhmet’s mantra is Sa Sekhem Sahu:

Sekhem is the power that animates the Sa (our life-force at the moment of conception); the awakening of Sahu is the last stage of integration of the Five Bodies, into becoming a Realized Human. By chanting her mantra we are invoking the power of the Mighty One that ignites our spiritual consciousness and leads us to full realization!

BABA’S BIRTHDAY, SUN TEMPLE at ABU GURAB

On the morning of Feb 1 we all woke up with a buzz. Today is Baba’s birthday and we will celebrate it in style. Ruth had gotten special permission from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities to visit a unique place which is not open to tourists--the Sun Temple at Abu Gurab. Built by King Niuserre, one of the Sun Kings, this is indeed the most appropriate choice. Baba’s given birth name is Baskaran (a name for the Sun God).

The temple is out in the open, uncovered by a roof. At the base of the pyramid is a large alabaster altar with four hotep (blessing-offering) hieroglyphs, pointing to north, south, east and west. The altar (sun disc) symbolizes the Central Sun emitting blessings and sending its rays to the four directions, and each of the four directions returning their salutations to the sun. Our group gathered around Baba as he approached the altar. The excitement was invigorating. Then Baba stepped up on to the center of the Sun Altar, and he said,

“This is the most important Birthday day for me. In fact, I have been born today. This is the day of regeneration for the earthplane.

I want to declare that not only is this the day I am born, but also the Golden Age is born.

Up until now, Egypt has remained a land that people visit for tourism. Hereafter, it’s going to be different. People will be able to relate to the Gods and Goddesses in an intimate manner. They are not part of dead mythology. Now they have to be revived.”

Standing regal and beaming, Baba continued, “The Sun Temple is one of the oldest temples here- where you can access the Sun’s energy directly. Egyptian kings were the descendants of the Sun God Ra. All the kings had Ra added to their names. The Sun is pure energy and life force- without the Sun there is no growth.”

Everybody clapped and cheered. “Happy Birthday, Baba!”

Baba made a 360 degree turn blessing the four directions, above and below. For a cosmic moment it was as if the Central Sun directly entered into him. His face became flushed with golden effulgence and an expression of pure bliss.

“The visit to the Sun Temple will change the destiny of all those who expose themselves to the energy of the Sun. The Sun’s energy is never depleted.

“This is an important day for the entire world. I feel a very different energy than I have ever felt before. We are very thankful to all the Gods and Goddesses that we came into contact with their shrines.

“Being in Egypt has really opened me up. I never thought there would be so much power here. When I climbed up and stood on the Sun disk, I changed. It empowered me, and in turn I can empower you.”


GREAT PYRAMID OF CHEOPS AT GIZA

In the early morning before dawn, we are already driving towards the Giza Plateau. Ruth has secured a two-hour private visit of our group. We will have the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) all to ourselves!

Khufu (Cheops) Pyramid was aligned almost perfectly north. The largest pyramid ever built, it incorporates about 2.3 million stone blocks, weighing an average of 2.5 to 15 tons each. We were lucky to have access to all three burial chambers. The first is underground, carved into bedrock. The second, aboveground chamber was called the Queen's Chamber by early explorers. But we know it was never intended to house one of Khufu's wives but perhaps a sacred statue of the king himself. The third is the King's Chamber, fashioned out of pink granite, where a red granite sarcophagus sits almost exactly at the center of the pyramid.

The Great Pyramid could have functioned as a stellar observatory during its construction, with elaborate systems indicating solstices and equinoxes.

It is the most accurately aligned structure in existence and faces true north with only 3/60th of a degree of error. The position of the North Pole moves over time and the pyramid was probably exactly aligned at one time.

Another point of note is that the Great Pyramid is located at the center of the land mass of the earth. The east/west parallel that crosses the most land and the north/south meridian that crosses the most land intersect in two places on the earth, one in the ocean and the other at the Great Pyramid.


DESCENDING TO LOWER CHAMBER

Hunkered down we began our descent of the shaft to the lower chamber. About 3 feet high and 3 1/2 feet wide, this shaft goes down at 26° angle through the masonry of the pyramid and into the bedrock beneath it. After progressing 345' the passage becomes level and continues for a further 29' to the Lower Chamber, which appears not to have been finished. At some point during the descent, the passageway becomes so narrow that taller people had to inch ahead on all fours. Eventually we dead end at a pit dug in the floor of the chamber. It’s not known the purpose of this lower chamber. General theory has it that it may have been an attempt at making the chamber deeper, or it may bear some ritualistic significance as a conduit for the subterranean primeval waters.

Some Egyptologists suggest the Lower Chamber was intended to be the original burial chamber, but that King Khufu later changed his mind and wanted it to be higher up in the pyramid. Egyptologist Bob Brier believes it was an insurance policy in case Khufu died early. When he was still alive and healthy, after about 5 years of construction, he began the second (Queen's) chamber. Sometime around the 15th year this chamber, still unfinished, was also abandoned. The last or King's Chamber was built high up in the center of the pyramid.


KING’S CHAMBER ASCENT

After exiting from the Lower Chamber, we began our ascent to the upper chambers. This involves climbing up a series of passages including a 26-foot-high Grand Gallery. Originally this was sealed off from grave robbers by sliding granite blocking systems.

Several mystery shafts extend from the king's and queen's chambers. It is believed that these airshafts were designed to allow Khufu’s soul to travel to the stars in his afterlife.
Near the top of the Grand Gallery, three pink granite monoliths form the door to the Kings Chamber. The Kings Chamber measures 10.45 meters by 5.20 meters, with a height of 5.80 meters. It is made entirely of pink granite. Considered a great feat of architecture, its flat roof (composed of nine huge granite blocks) supports over 400 tons of masonry above it. In order to achieve this, the builders constructed five relieving chambers. In the 4,000 years since their creation, only one small crack has developed in the ceiling slabs near the south wall.

For an hour, our group toned and chanted sacred mantric sounds inside the King’s Chamber. I have heard about the perfect acoustics of this chamber. At long last, I was standing inside this Star Chamber, a portal to infinity. This is the place where the Pharaoh was lay to rest, with the full belief that his spirit body would arise, merge fully with eternal Light, and be resurrected.
The King’s Chamber acts as a major energy transmitter and receiver, of cosmic proportions. I was aware that any sound, or any thought-form that I sent out from this haloed space was projected into the reaches of outer space, and in no time would come back to me again. The photos that people took revealed hundreds of orbs inside the King’s Chamber, also all over the Pyramids.


The 3rd Pyramid of Menkaure (“Divine”)

By now it was around 8:30 a.m. and the tourists were arriving in droves. Our group exited and the bus dropped us off at the 3rd Pyramid of Giza. This third pyramid is named "Menkaure is Divine.” Notably smaller than the other two, it was constructed during the 4th dynasty. However, it has its own divine quality. We were glad to be given free time to roam around the extensive complex including the causeway leading through the various smaller temples.

Basking in the morning sun which filled us with warmth and hope, many of us sat outdoors on the massive stone boulders and meditated. The solar and stellar codes that came through the Cheops Pyramid were so stupendous that we all needed down-time to digest and integrate them.

The hour and a-half allotted to our integration process was much appreciated. I enjoyed a sweeping panorama of the Giza desert, in silence.  A soft breeze blew past my ears. Here I was—in the land of my childhood dreams. Soon we were spirited off to a camel ride in the desert.

As I meditated facing the morning sun, an inner voice resounded, “You are complete now.”
Complete in what sense?

“Your entire program of the Egyptian desert.”

Including past lives, current resolution, and commitment to a new future—the Golden Age?

“Yes.”

I have come to honor and trust this inner voice. It comes from a higher part of myself, a place of full knowing.

For a moment my heart opened up wide and a few tears of joy trickled down my cheek.

I had traveled many lifetimes to complete this time-cycle. And now I am done.


MYSTERIOUS SPHINX

It was now 11 a.m. We were glad to have a coffee break, having woken up at five in the morning and endured the desert chill. Over a delectable caffè latte, Petek and I gazed out at the Sphinx from our perfectly situated sun chairs. The Sphinx has been the subject of my nocturnal astral travels ever since childhood.  Many times I would be spirited off to the Giza desert, and plunked down gently in front of the paws of this magical creature. I always had the same guide. A dark, handsome Egyptian man in his prime endowed with a trim and graceful body. In an instant he would transport me inside a subterranean network of passageways and tunnels that led to various temples, shrines, and classrooms where the most wonderful and esoteric subjects were taught—geometry, science, astronomy, alchemy, spells and incantations. This chasm existed underneath the paws of the Sphinx, but in dimensional lockdown. The Hall of Records is hermetically sealed and protected, and its wisdom will only be divulged when mankind has evolved to a level when we can use this information in a positive and unselfish, non-destructive way.

I was informed that the other students in the subterranean classrooms are initiates or adepts beamed here from various dimensions--including our own earth plane--often during trance or dream states. In essence I was interacting with their etheric bodies, not their physical personalities. My mentor had a commanding yet loving presence. Sometimes he appeared with an ibis head. Only much later did I find out his name—Djehuti (Thoth).

And now, I stand beneath the Sphinx.  I have come face to face with this enigmatic leonine icon in real time. What do I feel? I had to pinch myself to assure me that this is real.

Carved from bedrock in front of the pyramid of Khafre (son of Khufu, AKA Cheops), the Sphinx depicts the pharaoh as a human-headed lion, wearing the headdress of the pharaohs. The most widely-accepted and current theory regarding the builder of the Sphinx says it was commissioned by the 4th Dynasty King, Khafre (2558-2532 BCE). Khafre was one of the sons of Khufu (AKA Cheops who built the Great Pyramid of Giza).

Although it is supposed to be the modeled after the likeness of a Pharaoh, yet the Sphinx emanates a mysterious feminine energy. You can’t take your eyes off of its beautiful face, finely contoured body and noble stature. This creature has fired up the imagination of poets, writers, rulers and explorers for centuries. Yet to this day much of its basic data—whom it was modeled after, when it was made, commissioned by whom, etc, are still hotly debated. Enigmatic and true to form, the Sphinx leaves us guessing.

Lucky for us, Ruth secured a special permit allowing us right inside the Sphinx enclosure. For about half an hour we gathered around the dream stela. We touched the Sphinx and went directly in between the paws, and then we walked all the way around the limestone bedrock, admiring this magnificent figure from every angle.


DREAM STELA

It was King Thutmose IV (1425 - 1417 BC) who commissioned the stela that stands between the front paws. On the stela Thutmose describes an incident when as a young prince, he had gone hunting and fell asleep in the shade of the Sphinx. In a dream the Sphinx spoke to Thutmose and told him to clear away the sand. The sphinx assured the prince that if he did this, he would be rewarded with the kingship of Egypt. Thutmose carried out this request, and eventually he did become the Pharaoh. The Sphinx answers our dreams!


CONCLUSION: RECLAIMING MY LAND

On the night of our farewell seminar, Baba announced that the gods/goddesses were so activated that some of them came marching right into our persons. Thereupon he re-named two of his close students. Bhuvana became Sekhmet, and Vedavathi was renamed Isis, because they are now carrying key aspects of the two Egyptian Goddesses. He also endowed the happily-engaged couple, Haya and Shreem from Singapore, with blessings for a divine marriage. Wow, what a jubilant and blissful energy!

So much has been given to us.

My days and nights are blurring into one amorphous continuum. Vivid landscapes of stone temples and sacred vortexes by day, blending into translucent dreamscapes at night. The gods and goddesses come alive and start walking into my body. Djehuti, Isis, Horus, Osiris, Sekhmet…

This downloading has continued to unravel now that I am home. One thing I know for sure-- I would never be the same person, not after Egypt. Ruth has likened the pilgrimage to a zipfile effect.  En site we download all the codes and energy from this ancient land; when we go home we unzip the files at a pace comfortable for each one of us. The integration process is in full blast and will probably go on for weeks and months. For some people it will last a lifetime.

Maybe there’s something strangely prophetic to the voice I heard flying over the Giza pyramids for the first time, “I have come to reclaim my land.”

What does it mean to welcome the archetypal deities of Ancient Egypt into our being?  How do we become refreshed, revitalized by the nourishing energies of this eternal land? The gods and goddesses are ever abundant, wise, generous, playful, resourceful and awesome. It will take a little earth-time to reconfigure and complete a programming of their codes.  With faith, this can happen very fast. 100% faith means instant manifestation.

It’s often said, “Ask, and it will be given.”

And I know how to ask: not from my head, but my Heart—the seat of my soul.

Baba said it the best. On his birthday while standing on top of the Sun Disc in the Sun Temple, he said, "This is the most important birthday for me.  In fact, I have been born today.  This is the day of regeneration of the earth plane.  I want to declare that this is the day that not only I am born, but also the Golden Age is born.  ......Up until now, Egypt has remained a land that people visit for tourism.  Hereafter, it's going to be different. 

People will be able to relate to the Gods and Goddesses of Egypt in an intimate manner.  They are not part of dead mythology.  Now they have to be revived.  They will play an important role in evolving humanity.” 

Huge Orbs over the Pyramids

3) Beloved
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video by Anandhi