I was drawing some images: an unusual mountain, a train going through a tunnel an old western looking township, and few other items. I then went to a place called Mt Shasta and on the way I saw all these things I had drawn. And some of them were quite unique and unmistakable, specifically one of the mountains that looks more like a pile of rocks than a mountain.

I had a dream that a fountain did not work, and a reference to finding something near a stream in a hidden valley. On my trip I stopped at a quaint place, it was a town called Dunsmuire. In this town, there was a fountain, as in the dream, it was not functional anymore. It was named the three Graces. I felt at home in the area, very at home.

I was lead to believe that something happened there and that it was the original site of a less than positive event in the past. The specific words were related to “the place where the poisoning began”. Though there apparently was a toxic spill there that took out the fish and killed just about everything in the river, the date was off – it was too recent. So I feel it was likely a more metaphorical reference and may have pertained to the actual dream reference below.

I stayed in a hotel out of town, and had another dream. In this dream I was sleeping with a woman and someone barged in. I do not know if the woman was married or not but it was a male figure that barged in on the scene. Later I came to realize that I was being lead around by my dead grandfather who I did not know so well in this life, though I met him several times I did not really know him at all.

I consider the possibility that sometimes our ancestors may be the ones that need to work things out and do so through the “sensitive” people in the family who can pick up on such things. It is possible that the boy in the above link was not actually the reincarnation of the guru mentioned, but rather that his ancestor was and might have been working through the boy as a channel of sorts. And that, by going to that location, something in his core or family’s core group of mems (parts of the alaya conciousness) woke up in him.

A closed mind does not experience growth. An open mind can and does. Since we create our own reality through the concepts, attitudes and beliefs we hold…ergo; the differences in understanding and experiences.

We either experience reincarnation…or our mind/spirit/soul has the ability to insert itself into the memories and recall of one who HAS lived that life. Thus…the knowledge and memories produced and displayed.

I have recall of several prior lives including one (to my amazement) as a siberian tiger. Those memories and experiences have all contributed to who and where I am at the moment in my spiritual progression. That’s what this life expression seems to be about…development and progression.

Read the book “Message To Irene” to learn a bit about our transitions and the attitudes we should hold while expressing here.

There are two important issues here: (1) Is reincarnation true, and(2) Is this a conflict between East and West being played out in the medical establishment and the the media?

Osel Hita Torres’ choice to study and live in Spain doesn’t disprove
reincarnation. Nor does it discredit Tibetan Buddhism because Torres
sounds like his Tibetan Buddhist upbringing was in some way a positive experience for him.

The rivalry between Eastern and Western beliefs sometimes gets aggressive. Torres’ case seems in part like an instance of cultural conflict.

The East and West have two different but complementary notions about human existence. Intelligent Westerners such as Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell have helped the West appreciate Eastern philosophy and beliefs.

It’s important to promote good relations between the East and West.
Certainly the issue of reincarnation (an Eastern belief) should not be used to instigate trouble or establish cultural supremacy.

You can read more about Buddhism and promoting good relations between East and West at the Tarot Forum at http://www.tarotforum.webs.com. — Stephen Contrado, B.A., Th.M.