Testimonials: Spiritual Sharing
My Spiritual Journey
As far as I remember, when I was in primary school I enjoyed the Hindu religious activities. I liked to pray and even to fast during certain days and I even invited and coordinated my friends to pray diligently and conduct religious ceremonies.
Everything went as normal until I became an adult and started my own family. All this time I felt that my understanding about religion and what is taught by my religion was very good. Every time I finished praying I felt calmer, happier and life continued normally. Every time there was a problem I prayed to the Creator, I felt comfortable and peaceful and I could convey anything that I experienced and felt to the Creator so that afterwards I would feel calm and joyful. At that time, for my standard it was more than enough. But there was one thing that didn’t feel right in my heart. My religion teaches me that the purpose of life, that is attained after death, is moksha and to return to the Creator completely. However, I did not find the way to reach moksha and I thought only priests/ religious leaders or holy people could return to the Creator completely.
For sure it would have to be through a very long and continuous meditation. As I am just a normal person, how could it be possible? What is the way? My understanding of religion is also minimal, mainly continuing the rituals that were passed down from generation to generation and the religious studies at school. That was the biggest question mark that I felt, but I thought by doing what I had been taught by my religion it should be enough, even though I did not know where I would end up. I just did my best, until I attended a Reiki Tummo workshop, which I joined after fighting through various battles within myself. I asked myself, why would I want to learn something else if all the teachings of my religion are already more than enough?
Even though I felt a lot of inner disagreement, I could also feel something different; every time I practiced what was recommended in the workshop, I felt something else: calmness, peacefulness and other kinds of joy that I have never felt before. The more diligently I practiced, the more clearly I could feel everything until I could feel the beauty, longing and love that is so tangible from True Source.
When I attended the spiritual retreat level, it was explained that it is the destiny of every being to return to True Source. Ahaaa…! I then started to have the hope that ordinary people like me can also achieve the ultimate destiny as taught in my religion. The way and path to reach the destination is also explained in a crystal clear manner, that is by opening our heart completely to True Source. Encouraged by my strong curiosity, I then joined the “Open Heart Workshops”. From here my heart became more and more certain that I could now feel and experience for myself everything that were formerly merely stories; the key is by opening our heart. I then started to choose to follow my heart. Then I decided to continue to the more advanced level until I attended the True Self Retreat. There, I was able to experience my spirit/true essence consciousness while still being alive on earth. It is incredible…I really could not imagine I had the chance to experience all of this…and it is all so real.
Now I can feel the real spiritual journey, when I pray my feeling becomes more beautiful, joyful, I feel so close to True Source and there is always a longing to make time to be connected to True Source.
The path to return to True Source feels so clear and direct. It turns out that True Source has been waiting for me to come home to True Source. All this time I never knew. I assumed that whatever I had learned, as long as I did it well enough would be sufficient for my afterlife. In reality, it is nowhere near. I can feel and experience this realization so clearly not only for myself, but actually for all other beings because True Source equally loves all beings and it is True Source Will for all beings to return to True Source. When I realize this, my heart expands without limit, so beautifully and joyfully. I am so grateful to True Source because I can realize and feel all of this. When I am in True Source Love and feeling the beauty, the joy of being loved by True Source and being able to share the Love as True Source instrument, it feels so much more tangible, even compared to all the physical things that are only temporary. Everywhere there is only love that is so gentle, feels so safe and comforting to be within…and I am supposed to be within the Love continuously because that is what my heart has been looking and longing for. It is so beautiful and I am so grateful to be able to feel and start to realize about this matter.
Layer by layer, my heart opens more and more, the Love feels clearer and the true joy starts to emerge and be freed so beautifully.
It turns out that all this time everything has been confined so deeply within the heart and covered with limitations and walls that I created myself. However, when my heart is open, everything feels so free and so beautiful. When True Source Love touches the deepest part of myself, there is a part of me that has been waiting for something. I am half in disbelief, what else am I waiting for? Isn’t True Source Love the one my heart has been looking for and has now been found? Only when the part that has been waiting is touched, does everything open. It turns out, to return to True Source completely, I do not need to go anywhere, because The Creator Himself has come down to Earth and has come to give salvation to me and all beings through His parts. I have heard of stories about the parts of True Source who incarnate on Earth several times. Only when the last part incarnates, then everything is completed. When my heart realized that, my heart reacted so beautifully so much love and joy, so beautiful. So, the deepest part of me that has been waiting has been waiting for the arrival of the last part of True Source. That will complete everything True Source has planned through His parts that have previously incarnated as the key to open everything. If I use my brain, it seems near impossible or even preposterous because our brain is limited and temporary. Because of this limitation it can only understand limited and temporary matters. Only our inner heart, which is the spark of True Source within the heart that has been opened, can realize this unlimited divine matter. I feel that even my gratitude is not enough to express my appreciation because I can realize all of this by feeling and experiencing it directly.
True Source loves me so much that His Own part came down to Earth to give me salvation. That is why I have been born on this earth: because True Source knew that we could not find him. Try to think, where can we find True Source, with what, how? But True Source is the All Knowing and Almighty. Because of His unlimited and abundant Love, True Source Himself, through His Own parts, came down to look for me. All I have to do is just be willing to accept the presence of the final part of True Source, who came down to look for me, and be willing to be brought to wherever, in order to be with Him forever and ever. Even for this, True Source has organized and designed everything in the most beautiful way. Everything can be realized and experienced once my heart, inner heart, and the spark of True Source within me have been opened, freed and no longer imprisoned inside.
It was then that everything looked very bright, clear, and very real–no more secrets, no more doubts. Yes, I choose to trust my inner Heart, the spark of True Source within me because that is what the Creator wants.
The Creator placed the Creator’s spark in the deepest part of my heart so that when my heart is open enough, I can realize, choose and follow what the Creator wants me to follow: the true truth from within my own heart. I no longer have to follow stories from other people. I feel very relieved, very free, very joyful, and very grateful to the Creator, and I realize that even this is only a fraction of what I still need to realize. I know that there are many Gifts of Love from the Creator I have yet to accept, as there is abundance and unlimited Blessings from the Creator.
Even with my limited realization, I have experienced significant changes in my daily life. I feel so much beautiful Divine Love every time I smile to or interact with others; I appreciate others better, and I don’t feel superior to others. When I am able to invite others more directly to open their hearts to the Creator, my joy and gratitude to the Creator is even freer and more real. This is especially so when I witness my friends, who initially had difficulty smiling because they were burdened with problems and negative emotions, smile joyfully at the end of the Open Heart workshop. When they continued on to the next level all the way to realizing their true selves, I became even more grateful to the Creator because the Creator guides, helps, and directs each of them patiently and lovingly. It feels so beautiful and I’m so grateful. A true joy that can not be compared to anything else.
My relationship with my family members has also improved: we are now warmer towards one another and we are now more joyful. Although problems continue to exist, we are able to deal with them very differently now. I face all adversities in life now relying on True Source Love. Even prosperity comes to me without trying too hard to get what I want. It feels like True Source has organized everything so beautifully. The more we open our heart to the Creator, letting our- selves be loved and taken care of by the Creator, surrendering to the Creator, letting the Creator take care of everything, the more beautiful and meaningful life becomes. I no longer have to search high and low or go here and there because this earth is now just like the highest place I would have looked for in the past to find True Source. This is because True Source, through His Part is always with me on this Earth and being together with True Source is the true and eternal joy. I am so grateful to True Source. Thank you also to Mr. Irmansyah Effendi who is always guiding, directing, loving me so sincerely, patiently continuously even though sometimes I keep my distance. I am always reminded to return, continuously. Thank you to everyone for this beautiful togetherness as one heart for True Source, for True Source’s beautiful plan for all beings: to return completely to True Source.
I would like to share my experiences with Reiki TUMMO. At this point in my life, I feel truly blessed to have found my way to the practices, teachings and guidance provided by Master Irman. They truly are life-changing. Reiki TUMMO, Shing Chi, the Inner Heart and Master Yoga provide healing mechanisms for all levels of one’s being. In particular, I was drawn to this work because on the level of resonance I knew at the deepest level that it provided a most direct means of returning to and serving Divine Source.
My first contact with Reiki TUMMO was through the Reiki TUMMO website. When I went to the site and tuned into the energy and essence behind the words, I immediately recognized an integrity, purity and heartfelt Love-Nature contained therein. This prompted me to send an email to Master Irman to introduce myself and ask for more information. Master Irman directed me to one of his advanced students, Rama.
As a practitioner and student, I have been trained in and practiced deep forms of meditation for many years. In my personal practice, I have worked with kundalini, various shaktis and other healing energies and modalities. In my life, I have been blessed with the opportunity to work with several yoga masters from the Kundalini, Taoist and Tibetan traditions who have provided much helpful assistance and guidance. I have a very deep level of appreciation for each of these teachers. I am a Reiki Master in the Usui and Shamballa traditions. I convey the above not to bring attention to myself but to let the reader know that I had some level of background-experience prior to beginning with Reiki TUMMO, Shing Chi and the Inner Heart. This provided a basis for evaluation.
In April of 2002, I received distant attunements for Reiki TUMMO 1 and 2 from Rama. In June these were followed with distant attunements for Reiki TUMMO 3a and Shing Chi 8. For me, the attunements were as strong and powerful as if I had been there in person to receive them. They strengthened the kundalini flow, further opened and developed the chakras and enabled my heart to receive a much greater level of love and light. In a most definite and concrete way, the Reiki TUMMO attunements strengthened all of my previous work. The bonus Shing Chi 8 attunement received in Reiki TUMMO 3a was wonderful. Working with it and allowing it to merge and integrate with the spiritual heart is a delightful experience all can enjoy.
In August of 2002, I had the privilege of sponsoring Master Irman and bringing him to central Pennsylvania in the USA to teach a series of workshops that included Reiki TUMMO (1, 2, 3A), Kundalini and Meditation. Master Irman came and shared himself and teachings, changing the lives of many who attended. Those who attended came with a variety of backgrounds. Some were completely new to this kind of work, others included Reiki masters, healers and meditation practitioners of various traditions and disciplines.
Master Irman gave equally to all. He was unceasing in his giving, spending extra time in the evenings after the workshops had ended, working with any who wanted to come and further open their ‘Inner Heart’. For many of us, “Smile, relax and surrender” took on a whole new meaning and experience. Personally, I very much enjoyed and benefited from the Reiki TUMMO, Kundalini and Meditation workshops. In addition to the Reiki, I learned a number of very effective methods to open, cleanse and purify the chakras, nadis and the various layers of the sushumna and surrounding auric field. Their use has accelerated my progress. However, for me the ‘Inner Heart’ was the work that was most transforming. Working with the inner heart has transformed everything that I do. Not only my daily life but also my healing sessions, practices and training I have received from other traditions.
The benefit of attending a workshop and being with a teacher like Master Irman who has truly traveled and mastered the spiritual terrain is immeasurable. His heart is completely surrendered to Divine Source and provides an excellent example for us all. I can only begin to imagine the depth of his realization, love and service. And yet, he is perhaps the most approachable person I know … as easy to talk to and be with as your best friend. His foremost desire, present at all times, is to share and assist others whenever the opportunity is given.
As a sponsor of the central Pennsylvania workshops, I had the opportunity to receive feedback from the participants. Many spoke of working with the inner heart and how it has changed their lives for the better. Others wrote with stories of how the attunements improved and benefited their healing and individual practices. Others about their kundalini flow, grounding and TUMMO meditations and how much the workshops strengthened their practice and experience. Two interesting conversations revealed how the pineal gland attunements received in the Meditation workshop had the unexpected benefit of improving their sleep making it much easier for them to fall asleep at bedtime.
For me, the greatest satisfaction was to see the delight and benefit that so many received and took home with themselves. In a very real sense, a family was created. Here in Pennsylvania, we look forward to sponsoring and having additional workshops, to come together to practice, share, grow, laugh, love and have fun. For those of you that are in this part of the country and would like to attend, please come and join us. You will be most welcome. May Divine Source’s Blessings be with each of you.
18 months later …..
Eighteen months have passed since I wrote the above testimonial and life has continued to change for the best. My understanding, experience and realization have continued to develop in ways I could never imagine. There is a deeper sustained awareness, more love, joy and beauty that permeates my everyday life.
During this period I had the opportunity to repeat the Reiki TUMMO 1-2-3A, Kundalini and Meditation workshops with two wonderful teachers and friends, DJ and Rama. Each time was new and fresh … the results of the workshop attunements and exercises evolving and improving as my heart experience and surrender deepened. My Reiki TUMMO family has grown larger and now includes friends and loved ones from around the world including many parts of the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia and Canada. There has been much joy and delight in making new friends and sharing together from the depth of our awakening hearts. We are loving and helping each other Home enjoying and embracing increasing levels of happiness, peace and calm along the way. We regularly get together joining online for Open Heart Prayers.
It has also been my special pleasure to spend additional time with Master Irman. His love touches my heart and encompasses all. With Master Irman teaching, I have attended several iterations of the Inner Heart workshop, Spiritual Retreat, higher Shing Chi attunements, Master Yoga(s) (1-1, 1-2 and 1-3) and Mastering Reiki TUMMO. These courses have been structured step-by-step to build the necessary foundation to enable everyone to unfold spiritually and directly experience the deepest realizations of their own True Self. The one-day Mastering Reiki TUMMO workshop can only be described as a quantum leap forward into the love and light of Divine Source. For me, it was unequivocally the most transforming and impactful day of this lifetime.
Life is and will never be the same. My heart continues to open and unfold, layers peeling away as I allow the love and blessings of Divine Source to work directly upon and through my heart and Self. With each day and week, I am learning to let go, surrender and become a better tool for Divine Source, to be an instrument to share and radiate the love, light and blessings of Divine Source to all beings and existence. I now experience greater depths of joy, happiness and being. More of my soul and spirit are directed to and serving in loving relationship with Divine Source. Divine energy, love and blessings touch me more and more continuously. All of this, the result of the powerful spiritual path that begins with Reiki TUMMO, relies completely upon the direct love and blessings of Divine Source, the One that loves you best, and leads back Home to the Creator, true Yoga. All are invited and welcome. May Divine Source’s blessings be with each of you.
The Meaning of Spiritual Journey for Me
I am so grateful to True Source, the All Loving for His unlimited Love for all beings in the whole existence. Thank you to Mr. Irmansyah Effendi M.Sc. who has guided me and thousands of other Padmajaya/Padmacahaya alumni to realize the meaning of the real spiritual journey and to enjoy this life as a part of the spiritual journey that is so beautiful to experience. Please find my sharing below about the meaning of spiritual journey for me after learning to open my heart to True Source and True Source Love.
In this lifetime, I was born as a Balinese and my religion is Hindu, so my concepts and knowledge about karma, soul, atman/spirit, are quite complete. According to the understanding of my religion, the true purpose of life is to reach moksha or yoga, which is union with the Creator who is far above us. I once thought of becoming a yogi and meditating to cleanse my karma and practicing to reach yoga; however, with the busyness of the modern lifestyle, it seemed impossible to do.
I used to follow a spiritual organization that is led by a very famous teacher from India. He had millions of followers/students all over the world. He could create a lot of miracles, starting from healing various illnesses, creating something from thin air, as well as knowing about someone’s future. I was actively involved with the social activities of that organization for 15 years, in Indonesia as well as in Australia when I completed my Masters. The humanitarian programs that I joined from those organizations such as helping the poor, providing food and aid for those who need etc. made me feel like I had completed my duties to others as taught in my religion. The spiritual programs that were taught such as meditation and other weekly practices as well as the ceremonies from the Hindu tradition made me feel that I was on my spiritual journey to become closer to True Source. In other words, I felt like I had completed the duties of my religion to become closer to True Source.
In 1998, I started to be acquainted with Reiki Tummo and then I also learned about opening heart to True Source and True Source Love from Mr. Irmansyah Effendi M.Sc. through the programs of Padmajaya Foundation. I started to realize more and more the meaning of the true spiritual journey. Before I knew and practiced opening my heart to True Source and True Source Love, I felt like I was already a good person, because I often helped others, meditated and prayed, and completed the religious ceremonies to become closer to True Source according to my religion. Evidently, after opening my heart, I only started to realize that all this time, my heart was still polluted with negative emotions, such as anger, vengeance, jealousy, arrogance and so on. I began to realize that I could not be close to True Source if my heart was still filled with negative emotions causing my spirit/atman/true self within my heart to become smaller, dimmer and further from True Source. By using my heart and inner heart as director, I could clearly feel how far my spirit was from True Source before I knew about opening heart to True Source and True Source Love and before letting True Source Love help to cleanse my heart.
The real changes in my life started to happen after I became more diligent in practicing the lessons about opening heart to True Source and True Source Love. My relationship with True Source became more beautiful and deeper. In addition, my relationship with others, my relationship with my wife and child also changed in quality. When doing good deeds for others, if our heart is not opened to True Source and filled with True Source love, these deeds alone will not touch our heart. I realized more and more that the real spiritual journey cannot be completed without the help of True Source Love through our heart that is opened to True Source Love. The spiritual journey that I thought was so difficult and long, filled with suffering, changed into something very beautiful as True Source Blessing to be enjoyed and walked with gratitude to True Source.
After joining the more advanced programs, I began to realize as a true essence more about the true relationship between our true self/atman/spirit and True Source, the Source of every being’s true self. Then the meaning of the real spiritual journey, our real purpose of life and our existence as a human on earth becomes clearer. I realize more and more how our spiritual journey is the journey of our spirit/ atman/true self in our heart to become closer to True Source. When we open our heart to True Source and True Source Love, our spirit/atman/ true self in our heart also grows/develops and the spiritual lessons that we learn as humans on earth also become easier to understand and go through. This means that at the same time, we are opening our heart to True Source and True Source Love, sharing the Love to others while interacting as humans, so that our spirit/atman/true self within our heart can also experience spiritual advancement, expand and become closer to True Source. This is neither difficult nor full of suffering, but rather it is so beautiful to experience.
Yes, we do not need to go to a holy place far away or become a hermit. Whoever we are, whatever we are, wherever we are it is sufficient (done in the proper way), to open our heart and embrace True Source Love and let True Source Love do everything needed on our whole heart and selves. Then True Source Love can cleanse our true self and everything that is not the best, including our negative karma, and bring our true self closer to True Source every moment. This beautiful realization shared by Mr. Irmansyah Effendi M.Sc has been experienced by thousands of practitioners around the world, fundamentally changing the meaning and purpose of the real spiritual journey. By realizing and experiencing directly as your true self, it is very clear that True Source really loves and cares for every being, and always helps every being to become closer to True Source. Even True Source Love helps us directly to bring us closer to True Source, without us needing to go somewhere special. I can feel so clearly, from the deepest part of my heart, that the spiritual journey of returning to True Source, is the destiny of every human. It is the Will of True Source for us.
I express my appreciation and gratitude to True Source who has brought me to meet Mr. Irmansyah Effendi M.Sc so that I can understand the meaning of the real spiritual journey. I do not need to use any of my own concepts/ideas or wants/wills to be closer to True Source because everything has been prepared and designed by True Source, The Creator in the best and most perfect way and so full of Love, a long time before I was born. We only need to be willing to be helped, cared for and loved by True Source completely. Infinite thanks to Mr. Irmansyah Effendi M.Sc and all of my spiritual sibilings for all the help, prayers and love so that we can help each other so everyone can return to True Source completely.
Spiritual Seeker
I became an ardent spiritual seeker about forty years ago and my journey took me on many explorations searching for the truth of why we exist, the purpose of life and how to fulfill it. While engaging in different meditation disciplines for multiple hours, I thought I knew what it meant to follow my heart. While engaging in different spiritual pursuits, I was under the illusion that I was following a path that would lead to an advanced state of spiritual evolution. It was not until I became introduced to Irmansyah Effendi and the Padmacahaya Foundation curriculum, that I began to have my spiritual questions answered. These answers were not just something to fulfill my intellectual curiosity or my mind’s wanting to know something more. These answers were realizations that came from the core of my being, and continue to ring so true and real. Previously, I did not realize the difference between soul and true self, and I thought that reaching a higher dimension was the appropriate direction to seek. Without a proper understanding of the difference between soul and true self (spirit), we may end up following a very limited path under the illusion that soul development is the same as spiritual growth. I thought that spiritual fulfillment was directly related to “me” being in charge of my spiritual achievement and did not realize the Source of unconditional Love is waiting to give us the best of the best, beyond whatever I could possibly achieve by my doing. If you have been practicing meditation of any type, with the understanding that it is up to us to get to a “better place”, then this book may be challenging to your paradigm. If this is what you are feeling, I understand because of the way I approached my spiritual journey for so many years. I would like to assure you that what you are reading in this book is not just a theory, but something that you can experience for yourselves. We can experience a spiritual transformation beyond what our mind may have even deemed possible and this can have a positive impact on every aspect of our life as we begin to experience profound gratitude to the Source of unconditional Love for mundane events or even the smallest of things.
Knowing True Source
My name is Rida Fitara. I am a housewife and also a career woman. I am Buddhist. When I was small, I associated God with deities because I was influenced by my parents’ beliefs. When I grew up and was much older, after going through a myriad of life’s trials and tribulations, after getting bored with this and that, life started to feel empty and boring. I started to realize that going to the temple, filial piety, and taking care of the endless problems at work is not enough.
When I started to “search” – I tried to learn about Buddha Dharma – I felt it is in line with Buddha’s teachings. When I felt ready to deepen my spiritual understanding, I came across Padmacahaya Foundation. At that time I became interested when I read the book “Inner Heart”.
It was at Padmacahaya where I started to realize, while being given guidance by the Teacher, that the true God is the Source of Eternal Love and Light, the only one who can bring us back to Him.
Since opening my heart, my relationship with True Source became better and better. By practicing diligently and following the workshops according to the curriculum, I realized more and more that True Source really loves us all so completely. Without asking, True Source has given us more than we need. It is so incredible.
My relationships with others also became more ideal. In the past, I often felt pity for those who I assumed were in a difficult situation. However, it turned out that I was not helping them be independent instead they became dependent on me. After opening my heart, I became more selective, I could sort out those who needed help according to True Source Will. The result is extraordinary, beyond my comprehension. I trust more and more that True Source is the All Knowing, Wisest beyond All, All Loving, All Everything. Now I no longer need to be burdened by unnecessary matters.
Every day I feel joyful and there are no more excuses not to be joyful. The beauty of True Source Love fulfills all the emptiness I was carrying within all this time. In working, I no longer need to be emotional, stressed etc. I used to consider that as normal. I am also more patient in facing competition. The result is beyond imagination. Without having to work extremely hard my business runs smoothly, even loans that I thought would never be recovered were paid back without having to harass anyone. It is so incredible.
After I realized the end purpose is to return to True Source, spirituality is no longer about chasing after what we want, but a facility to be closer to True Source, a facility to return to True Source completely according to True Source Will.
Now I see religion as a preliminary facility to know True Source on the surface. As a being with a brain and conscience, for sure we should not waste anything that our religion has taught us for so long. I continue to respect, love according to True Source Will, because it was not the religion that was lacking, but it was I, who did not open my heart enough to True Source – perhaps it was not time yet.
I am so lucky to join Guru Irman who constantly reminds us to prioritize True Source always, to trust and surrender everything including all of our problems to True Source, so that life feels more comfortable, peaceful, joyful, just being grateful to True Source every second.
I am so grateful and joyful to be able to be True Source instrument:
Sharing His Love and Light to all beings, helping every one of True Source beings and creations to return to True Source.
Oh, True Source, thank You for all of Your beautiful blessings. You are the Almighty. We are so grateful to You True Source, for all the abundant blessings to all of us. Please let Your Love help us so we can all love You and prioritize You in everything continuously, eternally.
Thank You, True Source. Thank you, Guru.
My Journey to find True Love
After my mother passed away when I was small, I was raised by my grandmother. She was a teacher of the Al-Quran. It was with her that I learnt to read the Al-Quran in Arabic to completion (Khatam). I also learnt to do my prayers (Sholat) and fasted with Grandma. Grandma put me in a religious school and made me enjoy studying religion and listening to the lectures given in the mosques. Since I was small, I always asked within my heart, how come I still cannot understand the content of the Al-Quran that entails guidance for human life?
In my teenage years, I received an Al-Quran with translation. I felt so happy. Every time I finished reading the verses of the Al-Quran, I always read the meaning, until I read every single verse of the Al-Quran. Even though I finished reading the Al-Quran, I still did not understand, because I was only reading without realizing.
In 1960, my uncle invited me to live with him and my auntie in Jakarta until I got married. I continued to enjoy listening to the recitation of the Al-Quran. I desired more and more to comprehend the Al-Quran.
I am so grateful to Allah, in 1980, Allah granted me the wealth to complete my pilgrimage to the holy land of Mecca. In front of the Ka’bah, I always prayed: Allah, your subject wants to know the meaning behind the words of the Al-Quran. Allah, please open your secrets within the Al-Quran to your subject…
I prayed the same prayer for 40 days in front of the Ka’bah.
When I returned from Mecca, for years, I continued to search many places, looking for a teacher who could teach me the meaning of the Al-Quran to guide my life. Unfortunately, what I was looking for, I was still yet to find.
So I prayed again: Allah, wherever that teacher may be, whether beyond the ocean or in the furthest place, as long as you give me sufficient wealth for me to reach him/her, I will go, I will sacrifice all of my wealth and life according to your Will. Allah, please help your subject…
I continued to search without losing hope. Following in the footsteps of Moses looking for his teacher, Moses said, “I will not stop (walking) until I meet the teacher that I have been looking for, or I will continue to walk for years”.
Meeting a Teacher
Around 1985, Allah blessed me to meet a teacher who taught me about understanding the Al-Quran, that is by: “The verse is explained by the verse in the Al-Quran”. According to him, the Al-Quran consists of 6,666 verses. Similar to a stack of rattan wattle connected into a building; they are all interconnected (help each other) and he taught me in a language that I understood, Indonesian. In the beginning of the learning process, he asked me “What is your purpose in learning about the Al-Quran?” I answered, “So I can understand the fundamental principles of life”. He then asked again, “Once you have achieved what you want, you will have the responsibility to share it with others.” Then I said, “Yes, ustadz (term for a Muslim religious Teacher), I will share with others.”
Knowing Myself
When I first learnt from that teacher, he asked me to read one of the Al-Quran’s verse, that says: May you know that there is no God other than Allah.
After I read it, the teacher told me that the meaning is the literal understanding, and that the meaning within is: “That you have the responsibility to search for knowledge about Allah,” he repeated. “Then go look for knowledge so that you know Allah”, he added.
Mohammed the prophet once said: “Whoever knows himself will undoubtedly know His God.” Because of that, the first lesson I was taught is to “know myself”: who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I now? And where am I going?
He taught me beginning with the realm of souls, then the realm of the womb, realm of earth, and at the end of life we will return through death’s door, separation of body and spirit, doomsday, the place where humans congregate at doomsday, heaven, hell. Starting from the creation of the body until our spirit is blown into it. We are alive because of the union of the spirit and body. Someday, our spirit that is given vision, hearing and inner heart will return to Allah. So, during prayer, we meet with Allah. He also gave to me knowledge about Allah. Allah is the Infinite layers of Light. Allah is Love. Within us is a little part of that light and love.
We must be able to see Allah, we must meet again with Allah while still alive.
There is a verse in the Al-Quran that explains, those whose hearts are blind on earth; they will be even blinder and lost in the afterlife.
When my teacher succumbed to sickness due to old age, I asked him, do you have a friend who could teach me this? In return, he asked me, “Who bestowed the Al-Quran?” I answered, “Allah.” He continued, “Then Allah should be your teacher.”
Since the death of my teacher, my desire to meet Allah became stronger in my heart. I looked everywhere. I have met so many teachers, but what I wanted was to have knowledge about Allah, inner heart, spirit, soul; everything that is mentioned in the Al-Quran – I was yet to attain. I was also yet to find the practical method to connect my inner heart to the unlimited Source of Light.
At a certain time at night, I used to always find myself awake and asked Allah to help me meet someone who could teach me how to connect my inner heart with its Source. Because the Al-Quran teaches us that those who are devoted are those who can feel their connection with God.
Allah Listens to all Prayers
One day, I met someone who told me of a place where I can “open my heart”, guided by a teacher by the name of Irmansyah Effendi. My heart was moved to learn. The lessons to open heart are given step by step, starting from level 1: the level of true self consciousness until more advanced levels, through the deepening of spiritual understanding.
Praise to Allah, the Most Holy, the All Loving and All Caring. Allah has granted my wish. During one of the events of deepening our spiritual understandings, I had the opportunity to chat with Mr. Effendi. He was so patient in listening to all my questions and in guiding me.
Feeling the Meeting with Allah
Through the lessons of opening heart, I have attended the true self consciousness program twice, I can start to feel and enjoy the beauty of praying, directing my face to Allah, especially when I say, “Wajjah- tu wajhiya lillazi fatarassamawati wal ardo hanifan musliman.” Which means, I am directing my face to God who created the sky and the earth sincerely I surrender myself.
I am so grateful to Allah, that I have started to feel the beauty of the connection between the small nur (inner heart) and the Big Nur (Allah). Especially when I am sitting down, doing my tafakur, I can really feel how the light and love of Allah really flows and works beautifully within my heart and my whole body. Especially when I pray according to Mohammed’s teaching: “Allah, please give light to my heart, give light to my hearing, give light to my vision, give light to my left, give light to my right, give light to my front, give light to my back, give light above me, give light below me, give light to my flesh and blood, give light to my hair and body.”
Through these open heart lessons, I started to feel and realized that more and more meaningful and beautiful changes happen in my life. I started to feel the peacefulness, calmness and joy in my daily life with my family and friends. Gradually, the love and light of Allah that has filled my heart also erased the illnesses of the heart, such as arrogance, jealousy, showing off, vengeance, anger, ill-thoughts, being hypocritical, never satisfied, complaining, stingy, greedy, irritation, helplessness, etc.
Wherever I am, I started to feel the presence of Allah with me. Wherever I face, I can start to feel the beauty of all of Allah’s creation around me. I can feel the beauty of nature, trees, leaves, grass, air, animals that I never realized before. I can also start to smile with joy and be grateful from the deepest part of my heart to God.
When I pray, I no longer ask for worldly matters, I only ask to be loved by Allah. I am so grateful to Allah, in facing the trials and tribulations of life, I start to realize how all of them are facilities to help me become closer to Allah. Through those facilities, I learn to surrender everything to Allah. I trust in the promise Allah made, that is whoever surrenders their lives to Allah always, Allah can bless them in unimaginable ways, Allah will ensure their needs are fulfilled and Allah will help in all of their matters.
I am so grateful to Allah for all the blessings of Love that have given me the opportunity to feel the beauty of being loved by Allah. Allah has given me this chance to open my heart because through my heart I can feel the presence of Allah through His Love. I feel that I have found what I have been looking for. And I am so thankful to my teacher, Mr. Effendi who has patiently guided me to The unlimited Love and Light of Allah.
I wanted to share with you all the beautiful experiences that I had during the recent workshop in Mechanicsburg, PA. I am so thankful to Steve Ficks who talked to me about the workshop before I made my decision to land there.
When I saw Master Irman, I was absolutely thrilled from within as if I had come to a very old friend. What moved me more was his utter simplicity and his ability to bind with anyone so personally. He was so energetic and NEVER wasted a single minute. He wanted us all to learn and experience things for ourselves rather than spoon feeding it to us. I bow to you with all my heart, dear Master!
Then began the Inner Heart workshop. This was one workshop that showed me clearly how far I have drifted from the real goal of this human life. Words would sound too shallow to describe this absolutely moving experience. Absolute Joy is our true nature and that is what we have to remember and re-learn in this life. We all got a glimpse of this in the workshop.
I also attended the Kundalini and Meditation workshops. These too were very powerful. For divinity to fully blossom in you it us absolutely necessary that the body apparatus be capable of handling the energy that comes with it.
Apart from the workshops, the most touching aspect of this trip for me was that I met some really radiating souls who were so loving and humble. For the first time in my life I really felt that I belonged to a bigger family of wonderful souls. I thank you all for the love that you have showered on me. I remember you all in my prayers.
On this note, I would like to encourage everyone reading this book (Reiki TUMMO) to attend such workshops as and when possible. The amount of progress and learning that happens is truly indescribable.
About five years ago, many people talked about “New Age” as a way to balance our life. As a professional consultant who works for the largest worldwide technology and consulting business, I was also eager to know what the “New Age” was all about. I thought that Reiki TUMMO was one of the “New Age” products, so I enrolled, together with my husband, in Reiki TUMMO courses. I felt so happy after learning Reiki TUMMO, levels 1 and 2 because I knew that I could help others to be healthy. I started to practice channeling energy to anyone who wanted it, either in the office or by distance.
As time passed, I started to get bored with channeling energy to my friends and family. Also, I no longer had much time to practice or to attend Reiki TUMMO courses. I was too busy enjoying my new position as an Asia Region Finance Lead. I was not interested in rejoining Reiki, although my husband was very involved and active in Reiki TUMMO events and activities. I convinced myself that I didn’t have time and besides I was challenged to prove that someone from Indonesia could perform well in a regional role in this truly global firm. So, Reiki TUMMO and other spiritual activities were not on my priority list.
Two years later, I got promoted as an Asia Pacific Finance Lead. With the expansion of my role, I spent longer hours in the office. My career accelerated and my contribution to the Firm was acknowledged, but in reality I found no happiness in my life. I seemed unapproachable and felt so stressed. I became impatient, was easily irritated and worried.
To make a long story short, one day I decided to return to Reiki TUMMO and enrolled in Reiki TUMMO, level 3a and other workshops. I started to practice channeling energy again, to smile (this seems to be easy but it is the hardest one), to open my heart, to love others, to be within my heart, and the many other techniques taught by Master Irman. I knew I had not done the homework as often and as properly as it should be. Yet, I started to feel that my life became so lovely, happy, bright and calm as more Love filled my heart. I have also become more patient and relaxed when facing problems and deadlines, and much happier. I now feel the longing to always be within the Love of the Divine Source and I feel the presence of Divine Source’s love in my heart.
People in the office have started to acknowledge the change in me. They say that I look happier and that my smile is more sincere and full of love than before. I will never regret coming back to learn Reiki TUMMO and I realize that this life is a spiritual journey towards the Divine Source.
It seems like my whole life has been a preparation leading me to Reiki TUMMO. It is a pity that it took a medical condition for me to slow down and pay attention to developing my spiritual life. They say that, “There is a silver lining to every cloud.” In my case, that is true. But, let me start from the beginning. I would like to tell you how and why my spiritual quest ended in Reiki TUMMO.
When I was 16, I had to have two knee surgeries. I woke up in the middle of the first surgery, as they had misjudged the amount of anesthesia to administer. For the next surgery, they over-compensated with the anesthesia and I was out for several days. During this time, I had an out of body experience which motivated me to research and study Astral Projection and Raja Yoga. I also became quite involved with my church.
After graduation from college I became involved in Buddhism. I studied and traveled with a master for several years. Later, and while doing additional college studies, I studied with the Rosicrucian Order. Several years later, I became interested in Judaism, studied this religion, and converted. Then, I became interested in different cultures and I married a Muslim and moved to his country and became immersed in his culture. Several years later, we divorced and I was back in the US. I returned to my original religion, feeling I had come full circle.
I was a single mom raising two kids alone, so I began working all the time and my spiritual life was placed on hold. This went on for many years, until my knees gave out on me once again and I had to go on medical leave. I decided to use this time wisely and obtain my master’s degree. One of the classes I chose was Mind-Body healing. I chose this as I thought I might learn something about healing that I could use to recover quickly from my surgeries. One of our assignments was to interview a Reiki healer. I could not contact one locally, so I searched the Internet, and got in touch with a medical doctor who had experienced Reiki TUMMO. She introduced me to the Reiki TUMMO coordinator who invited me to participate in the workshops.
My first weekend of workshops was quite an experience. After the first day I went home and practiced on my husband. He stated he felt the warmth coming from my hands. For two days I sat all day in these classes only a few months after one of my surgeries. I was worried about my leg swelling and being painful. My legs never swelled that weekend during the workshops nor did I experience any pain. I attribute this remarkable experience to all the healings we did on each other during the training.
The next day my husband and I spent the day in Santa Monica. I used my scooter and he walked. My leg swelled quite significantly that day, just from sitting in my scooter, but not during the two previous days, sitting in class! This was my first experience with the benefits of Reiki TUMMO.
During the following months I continued to practice, more for the benefit of healing my legs than being really committed to the practice. I attended the Inner Heart and other Reiki TUMMO workshops several months later and I met Master Irman. The experience of knowing Master Irman and being guided by him was truly a blessing. After the workshops were over, Master Irman stayed an extra day. A few of us were blessed enough to spend that day with him. I will never forget it. It was like getting private lessons with the Master. And I became even more intrigued with Reiki TUMMO.
I had asked Master Irman how I would do with the next and final surgery. He told me the first day would be difficult because of the anesthesia, but that I would recover quickly. I had just had three surgeries that year and had experienced no trouble with anesthesia at all. I went into this last surgery with no fear, as I had with the previous ones. I knew I had a lot of new spiritual brothers and sisters and they were praying for me. This was remarkable, as that inner peace had not existed when I had undergone the previous surgeries and the doctors had been compelled to give me something to calm me down. Well, Master Irman was right. The first day after the surgery was the “day from hell,” as one says. The anesthesia wiped me out. During the next few months of recovery, I faithfully did my exercises and knew everyone was praying for me. I recovered as quickly as Master Irman had said.
After attending the Spiritual Retreat several months later, I became totally committed to Reiki TUMMO. My improvement in my ability to walk was so noticeable during the Retreat that everyone around me noticed it. The things I experienced and learned at the Retreat allowed me to realize the full meaning of my life and existence at last. This, I must tell you, is very powerful! More powerful than my being able to walk! This realization is what people take all their lives, and maybe many lifetimes, to figure out and ponder.
I began doing Reiki TUMMO healings for the local breast cancer society. Every healing I do is not only noticed by the people I channel healing to, but by myself also. Some of them get pain relief, others experience a letting go of emotional blockages and some just feel very relaxed and a deep sense of inner peace. The incredible thing is that when I do these healings, I also receive the healing. It is amazing! I truly feel that I am an instrument of the Divine Source and experience this every time I channel healing to someone.
For the skeptical mind I must say that anyone who experiences Reiki TUMMO knows the benefits. Anyone who studies Reiki TUMMO is not shown the way, but is guided instead. What Reiki TUMMO does is to show one the way to figure out all realizations and truths for yourself, by experiencing them yourself. Reiki TUMMO lets you experience for yourself, the truth for you. You can listen to many philosophers and opinions about the meaning of life and existence, but only YOU know the truth for yourself. That is why Reiki TUMMO is the end of a long journey for me.
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