Mitel - This Now is Eternity: 21 Ancient Meditations for Awakening to Whom You Really Are

THIS NOW IS ETERNITY

21 Ancient Meditations for Awakening to Whom You Really Are

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FOREWORD

O n a beautiful spring day of May 2013, I went into meditation in the quietness and serenity of the surroundings of the Mediterranean Sea. The waves were gently and softly touching the shore. Immersed in the bliss of the moment, my breathing had almost stopped. Shortly, I reached the breathless state.

Like no other meditation, memories of what happened more than twenty years ago began to appear. They were so vivid that I was sure I was there again.

After some time I opened my eyes. I took the laptop and started writing. The title came naturally to me: This Now is Eternity.

And I wrote continuously for a couple of hours. I have heard stories about writers that need inspiration and motivation to get into their writing mode. That was not necessary.

It was as if a voice was guiding me. It did not take much time to write it. It was like spring water streaming out of the mountains rocks, flowing naturally towards the valley.

When I finished the book, it took me a while to reconnect back to who I am, here and now. I meditated for a few months to reestablish a bridge between the past, the present and the future, until I felt that all I have is now, here.

And now I know: all I have is here , now .

If you have a chance to read this book it means that you are ready for it. If you are ready for it, this means that you are ready to live now .

If you are ready to live now , nothing else matters.

Daniel Mitel

July, 2014

PART 1: Tenzin Rinchen

To my Higher Self, my connection with God, who gives me so much.

This entire book was written together with my Higher Self;

I could say that this book is a conversation with my Higher Self.

The Monks

T he Master is here. As usual, I am surprised by his movements.

Tai Chi performed by Di Yu Ming is unique. He flows like water. We all follow him as if we are in a trance. I cannot help but wonder whether I will ever be able to flow like he does.

After an hour of Tai Chi, he gives us the signal to start meditating. My favorite spot is right on the left side of the master, where I am able to admire the beauty and the majesty of the mountains. I love this spot. I wonder how it can be possible that Toronto has no mountains, and yet, Vancouver is surrounded by so much of their beauty!

I go into meditation. The Master never leads us through the meditations. I love how he allows us to just naturally be. Whatever comes to you is a gift.

Beautiful

After a few minutes, my breathing slows down to the point that it has almost disappeared.

I become enormous; I feel like I have expanded all over.

Suddenly I feel the coldness of the air. How can I possibly feel so cold during this time of the year in Vancouver? I inhale the freezing air. I feel snow over my face

I realize that I am in another place. I remember. I am in Tibet and my car has broken down. I have been walking for almost two days since the engine stopped working.

I am almost convinced that I am going to die. In fact, I stop a couple of times to meditate whenever I am able to find a place that is shielded from the wind.

Actually, one place seems to be a shelter. I realize, however, that it is unlikely that anybody will pass by here, with the exception of a caravan perhaps once per month. The chance of surviving in such a place is dire....

I am not afraid of the prospect of dying. I am actually calm and relaxed. I even marvel at how resistant the human body can be, since I have been walking for over twenty-four hours continuously, without any food other than some melted snow between my frozen lips.

I fall down on my knees. I feel released. In my dizziness and having almost frozen to death, I look around at the white glittering snow, which reminds me of the innocence of a child, the purity of a lamb.

I can see a fuzzy light somewhere ahead of me, not far from where I have fallen.

* * *

Images rush quickly in front of my eyes. I cannot tell whether my eyes are open or shut, but I sense hands lifting me out of the snow, carrying me towards that light.

Have the Angels come to take me to a gate of some kind between dimensions?

He will need a lot of kalsang (good fortune), in order to survive, says a calm but warm voice.

Yes, Tenzin but remember our dreaming and the signs given by great Sangye Buddha. It might be happening now. He is backhe might be the rinchen -the precious- or maybe just a lost traveler around our temple, came an answer from a similar voice.

I lose my senses I hear a chant around me for days on end It seems like an eternity. From time to time, drops of hot liquid are poured into my mouth. I can feel it in all my cells.

Hands. A lot of hands are touching me. I feel waves of energy flowing in and flowing out. I feel as if I am an opening to energies that are passing through me. Colors pass through my half-opened eyes; rainbows and rivers of light. Energies. River of energies enter me. There a moments when I feel that I am all these rivers of light; no form; nothingness.

From time to time, I sense a presence near me. Not a human presence. A form of communication is taking place between me and that intelligent form that is watching over me.

I ask that energy what she is doing here and a clear thought/answer comes back: I am Dharmapala -The Protector- of this place.

Whenever I talked with Dharmapala , I would feel a blue energy of some kind coming towards me; intuitively I would feel that whoever Dharmapala is, she was helping me a lot.

I ask Dharmapala what she really is; I say she and not he, because I feel Dharmapala has more of a feminine energy. I think she might be a Guardian Angel. She immediately sends a thought/answer back to me: I am the Dharma Protector ( Dharmapala ) of this monastery: I am an emanation of a Buddha or a Bodhisattva. I help the monks to pass over inner or outer obstacles that stop them from reaching spiritual realizations. I arrange all the necessary conditions for their practice to be done well and without issues.

The dialogue with Dharmapala continues for a while. I can also feel that some humans are witnessing our conversations. I feel as if Im a dream. The days and nights pass without count

* * *

A warm hand gently touched my face.

I am Tenzin Dhargey . Welcome back to the world. I was directed to help and assist you.

I thought I was not in this world anymore, I replied.

You are in the world, said Tenzin.

Well, then I am Daniel. Happy to be back, I introduced myself.

Danielwe asked for permission and guidance from higher levels of consciousness and we are going to call you Tenzin Rinchen . We hope you do not mind, said Tenzin with a warm smile.

There are a lot of Tenzins here, I remarked.

I heard a laugh from the corner of the room. Yes, indeed. Our Kunduns personal name, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, is also Tenzin Gyaltso and it was given to him by his religious tutor. Gyaltso in Tibetan means Ocean of Enlightened Qualities. I am Karma Dorje .