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7th February 2018 23:14
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Kunci (mantra)
I thought about posting this first in the "spiritual and self-help practices that seem to work" section, but decided to post it here instead due to how little is out there regarding this practice.
I grew up as an agnostic. In my early 20s I discovered Buddhism. I was so impressed with it that I thought I would ordain as a monk some years ahead. Analytically inclined (INTP personality) and cautious in nature I slowly walked that path. Then I encountered a mantra called Kunci.
Kunci is a mantra divined by a Javenese (Indonesian) man called Romo Semono
https://translate.google.com/transla...o%20Semono.php
He died in 1981. He was a meditation master. Allegedly the mantra was divined by Romo (Romo = father/God) or what we simply could call "the Source", from where we all originate, to Romo Semono. The mantra was divined one letter at a time over a long time period of several decades, during Romo Semonoīs meditation sessions. The mantra is several sentences long and more than 80 syllables. It has to be pronounced in its native language to work (I dont know why).
Upon first learning about this mantra (I learned it from someone whose parents are/were disciples of Romo Semono) I was still happy with my Buddhist meditation practice. in 2009 I decided I would try the mantra. I lied on the bed on my back in the star-formation (legs spread out about a feet apart at the end, arms along my body - palms facing up). Within minutes of saying the mantra I felt a physical sensation on my left wrist. If you tap gently 2-3 times with your right thumb at the place where you would check your pulse on the left wrist, thatīs somewhat akin to the feeling I had. Except that the feeling was inside my wrist. Another way of explaining the sensation was that it was a pump inside the wrist which pumped the blood 2-3 times. I was excited, but remained skeptical about this first "sign". Maybe it was just blood moving around I thought to myself. I didnīt take the sign as confirmation the mantra worked, but my motivation to continue was certainly not lessened.
I was never diligent with my meditation practice and practiced invariably. The next sign was more affirmative and some months later. I was arguing with the person who had taught me the mantra - I was gonna say something bad. I then got a "sign" on either the outside of my left shoulder, or on the left side of my left elbow (I no longer remember exactly where). This sign was similar to the one previously mentioned, but less of the "pump" feeling and more of a "muscle twitching" feeling. these signs can be seen as they occur. The best way I can describe what it looks like is if you use your index finger to repeatedly and gently push down a part of your body where the skin is "soft", e.g. your big fat belly (no offense meant, I just want to make sure I explain myself thorough enough), for 2-3 times with a little less than a second between each push, and then imagine your finger is not there, then that is close to what it looks like. The intensity may vary though, sometimes the signs can be very rapid and continuous in nature. Anyway, as I got the sign I realised it meant I should not say what I thought about saying. And so I refrained from saying it. Instead I told the person about the sign, and we were both happy now that I had gotten a more affirmative confirmation of the signs being real (English is not my first language, so please bear with me if I use the words a bit wrong here)
Some time later, in meditation, I got tens of signs all over my body. This, to me, was a big confirmation that the mantra was indeed special. "Kunci" means key by the way. From this point on I knew, due to my own direct experience, that the mantra was working. Both on and off meditation I would feel energy above my crown chakra. I was told this was cleansing energy.
All the experiences above happened in 2009. As time passed on, I would get signs. I kept a log over some of my signs. 27th November 2010 I was about to watch pornography. Then I got a sign on the under side of my left over arm. I thought the sign meant I should refrain from watching pornograhpy (I still did it though). Around 2 weeks later I was again tempted by my strong sexual desires to watch pornograhpy. While watching it I got 7-8 signs on the left side of my throat. In the evening of 11th January 2011 I was looking at a site which offered a course in drumming. As I was considering signing up I started to get a great number of signs below my left shoulder. According to my notes the signs lasted for 2-3 minutes, I continued to get them while writing the note, and it was probably more than 100 signs all together. I remember these signs were very rapid in succession. I decided not to join the drumming course, but to this day I still donīt know what those signs meant. Itīs a long time since I wrote something in my journal. As I mentioned earlier, I am not a diligent meditator, and for that reason I have feared the signs might stop, but fortunately they have not. I hope to ramp up my practice now, writing this post helps motivate me as well.
I believe these signs are a form of communication and guidance from the divinity within me or my higher self. I believe we all come from the same source (I will throw in the Law of One reference here), so by saying this I do not mean to say I am special as I believe we all have that divine spark within us. However, I have been told that I got the signs very quickly, without much effort. This confuses me. The signs come by themselves. The signs never come when I ask for them. They might come as I think about something special. I might get a sign on my butt while lying in bed. This, I have learned, means I should get up and meditate (depending on where on the butt you get the sign it could also mean you should get up and away, e.g. a danger might be imminent). As already mentioned, I have not been diligent in my practice and I have still much to learn and I donīt remember everything I have been told).
For the more advanced practitioner, the communication evolves and becomes more "advanced" as well (including communication/teachings from "inner voice", e.g. answer to questions etc.) I would say that I am on the advanced novice level, so far I have only received the type of signs mentioned above.
Itīs getting late and I have to go to bed now. Maybe I will write more later. It feels good to finally share my experience with someone, even if it is just on a internet forum. I have told my parents about these signs, but with less detail than in this post, and, but while I am very open-minded, my parents are less so. And I get the impression we are not really on the same page. So mostly I have kept my experience to myself. I am not trying to convince anyone of anything, as everyone has to walk their own path. Hence there is no need to "convert" anyone to anything. People will change themselves when they are ready. I just decided to share this as I have been thinking about it for some years now. This is one area where I feel knowledgeable to actually have something worthwhile to share. Ok. I will write about the mantra itself in another post.
By the way, I didnīt have any signs while writing this. Before I started writing this post I asked my Rasa (higher self / divinity within, etc.) if it was ok to share my experience. As I didnīt get any signs, I think it is ok.
I am curious to know if anyone else have had physical experiences / signs etc while meditating with mantras.
PS: I just got a single sign on the right side of my elbow while writing the above sentence. I do not know what it means.
Edited for correcting a small misrememberance
Last edited by radeev; 19th February 2018 at 22:16.
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8th February 2018 00:18
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