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Lakbir Singh - The Palmist
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In altered states of
consciousness, it is possible to observe your body talking and moving
without feeling that 'I' am the one doing it. Your body might as well belong
to someone else, if not for a fundamental, yet incomprehensible, feeling of
close-range sensed proximity that also arises internally like a drone tone.
Without this grounding, deep drone tone, your spiritual experience might be
classified within psychiatry as 'dissociation.' |
This realization can occur
spontaneously when your awareness is vigilant and clear enough to see that
the feeling of 'I' doing this or that is merely a trick of the brain. In
heightened states of awareness, you will feel the total freedom and joy of
realizing that everything is happening automatically—much like how you
digest food intelligently: You don't need to involve the notion of 'I am
doing this' for your intestines to function.
Similarly, living in this heightened state, there is nothing to understand.
The intellectual brain is not an essential organ in this body of truth—it is
more a byproduct, like exhaust from a car. We are, in fact, functioning in
layers of intelligent non-verbal systems more akin to the fabulous
cooperative workings of slime mold than to the little thinking mind that, in
its own world, sees itself as a 'Witgensteinian' king of kings.
So, just for the joy of intellectual engagement, let us inhale some
philosophical thoughts: As a consequence of the fact that everything is
happening by itself, we could entertain the idea that everything is
predestined to occur just as it does—including 'my' efforts to enact change.
Why do I offer this prolonged prologue here? I do so because the first time
I met Lakhbir Singh, I had a profound cosmic experience of being a
choiceless entity, with a clear realization that free will is both an
absolute and a wonderful illusion. Everything is just happening because it
could not be otherwise.
In this context, it is interesting to note that some spiritual people in
India have developed a remarkable ability to read the lines of predestiny.
Now it is time to introduce Lakbir Singh. Generally, I am not in favor of
occultism and excessive focus on past life matters. However, Lakbir Singh's
skills as a palmist and reader of human beings were absolutely
extraordinary! He is, in fact, the first convincing palmist I have met—far
beyond the commercial tricksters one might encounter as a tourist in the
center of New Delhi. There is no doubt that Lakbir Singh Ji is also an
educated man with great intuitive and psychological insight. But his palm
readings were astoundingly precise, even referring to small details and
events in the lives of people he had met for the first time. What Lakbir
Singh could do in minutes might take a trained Western psychologist months.
Was this really palmistry, or was it a display of almost supernatural human
intuition?
I later went to Lakbir Singh's house with some friends from Germany
and Denmark. We were sitting in a circle in his beautiful garden (photo
below), along with Lakbir's friends and devotees. A wonderful peace
accompanied the fragrant smell of the flowers. We had offered him mangoes
and other fruits, and his devotees now served us chai.
Lakbir put his hand in my lap and said:
Now you read my hand!
- But Sir! I don't know the art of palmistry!!
- Oh! Sure you do. I see that you can do that. Divine intuition is the most
important.
I couldn't tell him anything apart from what could be inferred with a little
intuition, but he seemed to be satisfied. Now my friends were lining up, and
one by one, he sculpted precise human portraits that left us all
speechless—even shocked. It seemed like he was reading hand lines like
letters in a book. Sometimes, he was also using a magnifying glass.
"I am really not interested in reading hands," he said after
the long session.
"God is my only true concern, and several times I have had visions of
Christ and the Holy Mother Mary. I repeat a secret mantra and the name of
Jesus over and over with great intensity in my meditation. And in blessed
moments, Jesus comes to me as real as you are sitting in front of me! I hope
to be fully realized in communion with Him before I leave this body. My time
is short, but my goal is in sight. Nothing this world can offer can compare
with the bliss of being together with Him."
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Lakbir Singh was sitting in his beautiful garden
when he said, 'When I have realized enlightenment, I will visit you in
Denmark. Even after the death of my body, I will do so!'
I must add that, at least to my own limited knowledge, he never did visit me as
he promised.
Lines that indicate spiritual longing has manifested.
Hmmm...don't tell others...keep quiet!
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