\u201cI am grateful that you remembered me\u201d, Lady Hypatia grinned at her husband and the Three, bowing deeply. \u201cI am honoured to meet you, and I\u2019m sorry for not having introduced myself alongside the rest of my family, for I had to greet the souls that recently departed Earth\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cLady of Piercing Insight, and Dignity of God, the honour is ours\u201d, Padmasambhava spoke, and all three bowed. \u201cYour work is of immense importance, so we came to see you here, knowing that you are now somewhat free\u201d, he grinned.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour enlightened Divine Persons are such a healing sight for my sore eyes\u201d, Hypatia smiled widely. \u201cYou cannot even imagine what we had to deal with recently, ever since the plague of Justinian. It felt like the end of the world, only in a spiritual sense, and unfortunately not a physical one. The contrast between what the three of you look like, and the state of my \u2018patients\u2019, is staggering\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you don\u2019t mind me asking…\u201d, Yeshe Tsogyal sipped her coffee as they got comfortable, \u201cHow did you even manage to attain enlightenment on your own down there? There was no teaching of Buddha, so you couldn\u2019t have had the technical knowledge. You also didn\u2019t have a guru<\/i>, unlike myself and my sister-wife. So, how did you do it? The very thought of going through it alone makes me shiver with terror, for I would certainly have been lost to the samsara<\/i>\u201d, she trembled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a good starting point, having been an angelic being of blue vajra<\/i> before I started incarnating on Earth\u201d, Lady Hypatia nodded. \u201cThis means I had a good head start, but I still had to sublimate and transcend the five elements during life, in order to build higher energy bodies, which I did as part of my meditative practice, not even knowing how practical the results were going to be, and as I choked in my throat I thought it to be spiritual ecstasy, while I later understood it to be a part of the initiation into vajra<\/i>. Also, as I had good teachers and good philosophy to guide me, I managed to also raise my spiritual frequency to indigo\/violet, and expand the size of my soul by calmly enduring suffering, and compassionately helping others learn and overcome ignorance. I only attained godhood once I discarnated and met my husband here, to whom I surrendered in worship and adoration, and we both ascended at once\u201d, she glowed with a deep, brilliant smile.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut still, you are incredibly amazing to have attained such a glorious outcome with such little support\u201d, Padmasambhava noted, and his wives nodded in assent. \u201cAnd you are saying that nothing is known about energetic yoga<\/i> in the West?\u201d, he wondered in amazement.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo; the concept is wholly unknown. In hindsight, though, I see how adherence to high spiritual and moral principles controls and drives the spiritual energies, as if gripping the nadis<\/i> in a vice, and not allowing the energy to dissipate and flow into the lower channels\u201d, Hypatia mused. \u201cWe just didn\u2019t think in terms of calling energetic states by their proper names; we perceived them from the level of emotions and thoughts, and how they need to be disciplined and controlled. The result, apparently, ended up being close enough to being the same, from a functional viewpoint\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you were a brahmacharini<\/i>, if I am not mistaken?\u201d, asked Mandarava.<\/p>\n
\u201cA virgin\u201d, her husband translated the concept.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes\u201d, she nodded. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t so much a decision, a vow or a form of spiritual practice, as it was an unfortunate side effect of not having met a man whom I would have recognised as my husband, and also having been very much absorbed in study and teaching\u201d, she smiled. \u201cMy husband, fortunately, later healed me of that malady\u201d, she snickered, as he kissed her neck.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a hard path\u201d, nodded Yeshe Tsogyal. \u201cWe had it easy in that sense; each having support in our sadhana<\/i>, which removed both solitude and fear of error, as any of us who reached an impasse or strayed in our spiritual practice had plenty of skilled help to assist them\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was indeed a great terror for me, knowing that I must at all times be perfectly disciplined, for none could save me had I faltered\u201d, Hypatia was grim with recollection. \u201cI feared stumbling in the dark of that world and not having a hand to pull me straight, and this fear further strengthened my discipline and focus, for had I failed, not only would I myself have been lost, but I would also have adversely affected others who looked up to me. Even in my torturous death, I was careful not to behave in ways that would diminish my image in the eyes of others, because that would have hurt them spiritually. Later, I saw this discipline as one of the important reasons for my almost immediate spiritual ascension\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see the memories of your death now\u201d, Padmasambhava noted with great respect. \u201cThe fanatical mob grabbed you, tore flesh off your bones with shards of pottery, cut your eyes out and dismembered you, and you were worried about leaving a good example for your students, if any happened to watch or hear testimony of your death\u201d, he spoke in amazement. \u201cNo wonder you are a Goddess, standing here as a Judge of Karma and a Divine Consort to Lord Yama, as a paragon of compassion and righteousness\u201d, he bowed deeply. \u201cYou are an incredibly amazing person and I bow to you, again and again\u201d, he bowed again, as did his wives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cI am grateful that you remembered me\u201d, Lady Hypatia grinned at her husband and the Three, bowing deeply. \u201cI am honoured to meet you, and I\u2019m sorry for not having introduced myself alongside the rest of my family, for I … Continue reading