It’s 1972. You’ve been on a spiritual quest for some time, studying many traditions with different teachers. Today you’re working with an instructor who has been teaching you about alchemy. You’re sitting across from your teacher with your eyes open doing a meditation.
All of a sudden, your teacher disappears before your eyes and you see in his place an odd-looking man. He’s about five foot three and wearing simple clothing in an ancient Egyptian style. The man has gentle eyes and appears to be in his seventies.
This strange man communicates to you. He says that there are three missing atoms in the universe and he wants YOU to find them. Then he demonstrates in a mysterious vision exactly what he means. And then he disappears. Your alchemy teacher is sitting in front of you as if nothing happened. Your teacher didn’t see this strange Egyptian man or know that anything unusual was going on during the meditation.
Twelve years later this being reappears in your life. And now you discover that this is Thoth, a man who is thousands of years old. He tells you he was once a king in Atlantis and is a very advanced soul who had reached “ascension.” But instead of ascending to another reality, he and a small group of others like him decided to stay behind and to remain on Earth until humanity reached a certain level of consciousness. In ancient Egypt he was known as the god Thoth, who taught humanity many important things, including the art of writing.
You continue to have interactions with Thoth until 1991, when Thoth says humanity finally reached that desired level of consciousness. After that, Thoth disappears, supposedly ascending to a higher dimension.
If you are Drunvalo Melchizedek, this is your life.
Drunvalo (born Bernard Perona) is a metaphysical teacher best known for his Flower of Life workshops. These workshops employ a system of meditation and imagery that supposedly activates a sacred geometrical form called the “merkaba” around the aura of the body. This merkaba field is said to do a lot of wonderful things – enabling you to travel comfortably between dimensions, regenerate health, and more.
And Drunvalo says this merkaba meditation was taught to him by an advanced being named Thoth, the same being he met through the circumstances described above.
The description of how Drunvalo first became involved with Thoth was provided by one of Drunvalo’s students, a man name Bob Frissell. Frissell is a rebirther, a Flower of Life teacher, and an author. Find out more about Frissell here: BobFrissell.com.
Drunvalo has released books and DVD’s, and his latest book was published in January 2008. It’s called Serpent of Light: Beyond 2012.It describes various mysterious healings Drunvalo has done with indigenous elders from around world, many of them designed to awaken the Earth’s “kundalini.”
If we go back into Drunvalo’s history a little, long before he encountered Thoth, he had befriended other mysterious, otherworldly beings.
For a while Drunvalo and his then wife were seriously studying Hinduism. Shortly thereafter the following happened:(from his bio here: Drunvalo’s Bio)
Then, one day, after practicing meditation for about four or five months, two tall angels about ten feet high appeared in our room! They were right there. One was green and one was purple. We could see through their transparent bodies, but they were definitely there. We did not expect this appearance to take place. . . From that moment on, my life was never the same. It wasn’t even close.
The first words the angels said were, “We are you.” I had no idea what they meant. I said, “You’re me?” Then, slowly they began to teach me various things about myself and the world, and about the nature of consciousness … until finally my heart just completely opened to them. I could feel tremendous love from them which totally changed my life.
These angels seemed to be rather bossy.
Over a period of many years, they led me to about seventy different teachers. They would actually tell me the address and the phone number of the teacher I was to go see. They would tell me either to call first or just show up at his or her house. So I would do this — and it would always be the right person! Then I would be instructed to stay with that person for a certain length of time.
Drunvalo seems to have been very good at taking orders from these beings. No wonder they kept him so busy with various projects. He never objected to being bossed around.
Now, I personally have little experience with Drunvalo’s work except I briefly viewed one of his Flower of Life videos back in the 90’s, plus I’ve read a couple of Bob Frissell’s books which describe a lot of Drunvalo (and Thoth’s) teachings. The video seemed to show a sincere man, Drunvalo, who was doing his best to describe what he obviously felt was a very important metaphysical concept – teaching people how to activate their own merkaba field. I didn’t really resonate with it, and I soon returned the video to the friend who had loaned it to me.
The Bob Frissell books offer a pretty standard New Age hodge podge of discussions of ancient Atlantis, coming Earth changes, and the transition of humanity into a higher level of consciousness. You find that in a lot of New Age literature.
But the stuff I find the most interesting in Frissell’s writing are his explanations of just what is going on with Drunvalo.
From You Are a Spiritual Being Having a Human Experience:
Drunvalo’s second name is the name for a special class of beings who have attained the ability to move freely throughout the 144 different worlds or dimensions of reality that make up our “octave” – our region of the universe.
He goes on to say that when a person becomes a Melchizedek, they’re faced with a choice. Either they can leave this part of the universe and enter into a thirteenth dimension where everything is very different, or they can remain in this “octave” and serve as a troubleshooter or helper. Drunvalo supposedly made the decision to stick around and be a troubleshooter for humanity.
In order to fulfill his mission it was necessary for Drunvalo to take the form of an ordinary mature human being and to live his life among us without the appearance of being a magical or supernatural entity. It was necessary that he really be an ordinary person in order to communicate most successfully with as many of us as possible. . . As a matter of fact, he actually is an ordinary human being at the same time that he is a Melchizedek.
How can this be so?
This is because Drunvalo is what we call a “walk-in.” A walk-in is a being from a higher dimensional reality who has made a benevolent arrangement with an ordinary human being so that he can occupy a human body and personality in order to fulfill his task. Drunvalo “walked in” April of 1972. The person whose body he now occupies agreed to pass on, in exchange for which his spiritual evolution was sped up and enhanced.
Invasion of the Custodial body snatchers, anyone?
The “walk-in” concept was very popular in the 80’s, but you don’t hear quite as many New Agers talking about it now. The whole idea is a pretty nasty one. The idea that a human would knowingly give up a body and allow another entity to take it over, allegedly for spiritual reasons, sounds like a load of bunk.
And many of these self-proclaimed walk-ins become teachers with a decent-sized following, who become enamored with the “higher energies” and “advanced spiritual nature” of the walk-in.
Why would an advanced being hijack another person’s body? Doesn’t sound very “advanced” to me. This isn’t even a case of “channeling,” where an entity plugs into a person’s voice and speaks through them. A walk-in involves a total personality erasure and a complete body hijacking.
So with Drunvalo Melchizedek we have a few classic Custodial scenarios playing out.
First, there is a mysterious transition from a man formerly known as Bernard Perona to a new persona that is supposed to be in touch with ascended masters and advanced metaphysical teachings.
Second, we have a history of this person getting the bulk of his guidance from three mysterious characters – the “green” and the “purple” angels who appeared to him after he began practicing a Hindu form of meditation, and an immortal, ancient “ascended” master who has hung around since ancient times and is known as Thoth teaching him, too.
YUCK!
This Thoth character does indeed go back a long way. If you return to the ancient Sumerian texts, many scholars believe his equivalent in the Sumerian pantheon of gods was a being known as Ningishzidda. In ancient Greece, this same being was called Hermes. In Roman times, he was Mercury.
This guy sure got around.
The story of Drunvalo and his Flower of Life movement is fascinating because it’s one of the few situations where we have a metaphysical teacher who claims to have been in close, physical contact with an actual Custodian from ancient times, and he derived a large portion of his teachings from this very same being over the course of almost 7 years.
When you look closely at the Flower of Life material, the main theme of it is that humanity supposedly needs to learn how to erect a merkaba field around the body so that we can ascend to another dimension.
The need for ascension is all tied up in beliefs that the earth (and/or humanity) are ascending in consciousness from a third dimensional state of awareness to a fourth dimensional one.
And apparently, according to Drunvalo (and Thoth) humans need to create this energy vehicle which will allow them to make this transition peacefully.
Like many New Age traditions, the Flower of Life/merkaba teachings are bound up in escapism. It’s not really that different from belief systems that tell adherents to prepare for the spaceships to come and rescue them, or even the traditional belief that a few divinely chosen “elect” will be taken from the Earth during a coming Apocalyptic time of Tribulation.
Why are we always so willing to run off with the Custodians and their ships or their light vehicles?
And shouldn’t we question teachings that arise from someone whose body has been hijacked by an outside entity and forced to become a “walk-in?”
If an advanced being really wanted to come down and teach humanity some cool stuff, he wouldn’t need a body to do so. He could hang out in the etheric and inspire people to create wonderful things like an angel or a muse. Or he could probably put in some dramatic appearances in “3-D” as advanced beings like Jesus and Mother Mary may have done.
Somehow, I don’t see Jesus coming down and saying, “Guess what, bub, I’m going to need your body for a while so I can talk to some people.”
“Uh, okay – for how long?”
“Well, bub, do you want the bad news or the good news first?”
“I’ll take the good news.”
“The good news is that when I take your body I’m going to use it to help a great many people, and this will really benefit humanity.”
“Okay. What’s the bad news.”
“The bad news is that you’re outta here, bub. Sorry! Have a nice afterlife!”
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Actually the entity that would take over as you put it would be your higher self, from what I understand.
Hello KRH,
Actually, no. According to Bob Frissell, one of Drunvalo’s most well known students (and author of several books,) Drunvalo is a walk-in. He writes that an outside entity came into Bernard Perona’s life.
A walk – in is not the same as merging with aspects of the Higher Self. It is a takeover (whether through force or by manipulation of the invading entity) of another entity hijacking the body.
I knew a young woman years ago who was going through a tough time in her life and was becoming very suicidal. She told two “healers” about this and they attempted to do a “walk-out” on her. From what the young woman told me, the “healers” laid her down and put her in a trance and connected with the deceased spirit of a woman, and this dead spirit was about to take over the young woman’s body but at the last minute the young woman summoned some spiritual willpower and told the healers she no longer gave permission for the “walk-in” to take over her body.
There are many ways that “walk-ins” can happen, but I don’t recommend that ANYBODY embrace this highly dangerous process. You’re basically committing suicide. You were born into this body for many reasons, and I don’t think anyone should so easily relinquish life and hand over their body to another entity who never bothered to come through a proper birth process, anyway.
That sounds or least kinda reminds me of when Don Juan ( in the book titled; The Art of Dreaming )would call an inorganic being… sorta
oops replace when with what
Let us attempt to apply logic to this hypothetical construct of a “walk in.” Let’s say that you are an entity from the highest overtone of the 12 dimension. You are a being of infinite compassion that wants to help the human race evolve at a very precarious time in their history.
Does one float in through the window of the Whitehouse like a messianic archetype? Well, this would result in that being become an object of worship… perhaps feared. Many would flock, in panic, begging to be “saved” by this outside source. The result? Further enslavement of the population to this “magical” and “godlike” entity… the continuation of a “powerless” people undermining their own potential to evolve themselves in exchange for the worship of another with “the power.” In this universe, this would be a violation of an omnipresent law: FREEWILL.
Remember, the modus operandi of this hypothetical being is to help Earth’s population rediscover their own inherent power. For an outsider, like our anonymous author of “Custodial Smackdown” [a fully indoctrinated skeptic that runs a rigid course dictated by social mores & societal concepts of status quo (i.e. "this is possible, this isn't")], these mysteries may allude him indefinitely. His potential will never be reached in this “repeater” mode; he will smugly & snugly remain in his self imposed cube of continual conformity… a self deputized member of the thought police. This is not meant to be derogatory, for simple ego gratification is one’s own choice; one’s birth right.
For one to achieve true knowledge of self, one must become a sort of seeker; an esoteric sleuth that must find their own “truth” through a myriad of avenues: from cross cultural history, to quantum and hyper-dimensional models of physics… From meditation to body detoxification. One’s own ego is one’s own worst enemy (for there is never any new information coming from one’s ego). Therefore, the ego must first be muted if one is to learn anything of substance for oneself.
Our hypothetical benevolent entity would only seek to help seekers of truth… not to violate the freewill of the contented sheep. That is not their purpose. If one wishes to sleep, let them be as comfortable as possible (as long as they harm no other).
A “walk in” situation is not a “body snatcher” scenario. A “walk-in” is a greater aspect of one’s own self.. one’s own soul. Viewed (awkwardly) from the linear continuum of Space/time (three dimensions of space & one of time), this “walk in” would be possibly millions of years evolved from the current state of the “host” personality.
A “walk in” is not a “take over,” it is a merging or an expansion of self with a larger, cosmic consciousness. There is no violation of one’s freewill. This is not unlike the descriptions many astronauts have historically had, including the recent disclosures of the Apollo 14 lunar lander module pilot Dr. Edgar Mitchell (6th man to walk on the moon). He, like most of his astronaut brethren, returned to earth a changed man. He had experiences that could not simply be explained by conventional gnosis. He began to excel at astral projection, psychic intuition, remote viewing, et al. He spent over 40 years empirically researching and compiling data to scientifically explain the reality of such topics.
I was the biggest skeptic and atheist one could ever meet; a magnificent bastard. I used to love stroking my own ego by unleashing my classically schooled silvered tongue upon neocons, missionaries, alien contactees, new agers, M theorists, etc… an equal opportunity asshole. I would broadside them with the brute force of supposed “hard” data, often bringing them to tears as they were barraged by my hubristic parade of historical facts & presentations of self inherent hypocrisies relating to their own, poorly researched dogmas.
Then one day, my scientist girlfriend and I witnessed a series of phenomena that could not even remotely be explained by any conventional model of physics, or by any traditional school of academia. Thus began my initiation into the mysteries.
I’ve never looked back. My studies eventually lead to research in which Mr. Drunvalo Melchizedek was involved. Things have been witnessed, filmed, & rigorously documented; physical phenomena that would bake one’s proverbial noodle.
Give the peanut gallery a break and look within… one might be surprised
at what one finds.
“There is more to heaven and earth, Horatio, than is dreamt of in your philosophy.” -William Shakespeare (or was it really Francis Bacon?)
well, first of all, when you say first of all, then you say secondly, not second of all. if you want to write a public document, you should learn some gramar first.
secondly, a “walk in” situation has nothing to do with a body hijack as you call it. before the exchange takes place, the person genuinely has a wish to leave the planet, it is someone who is contemplating suicide. and thirdly, before the walk in exchange takes place, the person gets a few test rides before it happens. read the work of bryan weiss who is a certified and well known therapist, university professor and qualified psychologist because you are speaking on a subject about which you are obviously misinformed. so before you comment on drunvalo, read up on your subject dodo
In the 1990s I too was exposed to Drunvalo; I even had the entire series of Flower of Life workshops on video tape. I remember the person who sold the tapes to me told me I wasn’t “suppose” to see them without the merkaba initiation, yet I somehow talked him into selling them to me . . . . Anyway, before I even heard of Drunvalo, I was already familiar with the term “walk-in” – but from the teachings and stories from India. Namely, from the Yoga lineage now known as “Kripalu”, which was founded by the late Swami Kripalvanandaji.
The famous Indian Swami reported that his teacher was an incarnation of an ancient manifestation of the Hindu God Siva – Lakulish. Lakulish reportedly also performed a “walk-in” (around 1950s or 1960s?), which allowed the avatar/teacher/hindu god to personally teach Swami Kripalu. According to this tradition, the body that is chosen for a “walk-in” must be completely pure . . . or in other words, in super-deluxe optimum health, and possessed only by an extremely advanced Yoga practitioner. (As you can tell, we are delving into a topic not covered in your modern Yoga classes, which are simply based on the branch of “Hatha Yoga”.)
To sort-of digress for a second . . . not only was it once believed that very advanced Yogis could leave their bodies at will, but to stay in your body was not necessarily viewed as we see it today. Life, for Buddhists and Hindus, was viewed as somewhat expendable . . . probably due to the philosophical emphasis on the inclination of the physical body being something akin to pain and suffering which is naturally brought upon by by the aging process. Anyway, as is still taught today by some Tibetan teachers – death – for a Yogi – was a matter of “willing”, and was something quite within the “control” of the Yogi. For one example, Sogyal Rinpoche describes how – during the violent take over of Tibet by China – how some Tibetan monks who reportedly “willed” their own deaths before the Chinese military could kill and torture them. Sogyal Rinpoche talks a lot about this subject (how death was viewed in ancient Tibet and India) for those who want to study further.
Anyway, in this way, some Yoga traditions hold that extraordinary Yogis possessed suitable, pure bodies for “walk-ins”. Therefore, according to Hinduism/Yoga philosophy, assumedly a God like Lakulish does not just “hi-jack” the body of a regular Joe. But rather, the view here is sort of like how a princess cannot just marry someone of non-royal blood. A princess must marry a prince, and similarly, a suitable body for a walk-in must be very, very pure for the godly being who is about to do a “walk-in”. (After all, for a Yogi the body is viewed as quite impermanent and will decay anyway). The body of the advanced Yogi is given up by free will, and the exchange is said to take place during the final expiration of the Yogi (and first inhalation of the walk-in). If one is interested in this topic, I highly suggest reading the book “Infinite Grace” by Swami Rajarshi Muni. It also narrates the story of how Lakulish used the body of an extraordinary Yogi for his own “walk-in”. The book also describes Lakulish’s abilities such as bi-location, or the ability to be in two places at once.
As far as Drunvalo goes . . . like anything or anyone, I personally take it all “with a grain of salt”. Like any Western teacher, he lacks a documented lineage of teachers (often illustrated as a family tree) that stems back thousands of years – as is commonly noted among Tibet and India spiritual lineages. Therefore, Drunvalo lacks that special kind of tangible credential some of us (who prefer Eastern paths) are looking for.
I found only one scholarly book on the merkaba at the U of Penn library in Philadelphia. In fact, you might have noticed Wiki does not even mention Drunvalo under “merkaba”, but treats him as a completely separate entity from the ancient Jewish writings on the topic.
Anyway, my final point is that Swami Kripalvanandaji and Drunvalo both require the practitioner to have “faith” in their personal stories which tell of mysterious meetings with a god (both Siva and Thoth respectively). Needless to say, these are faith-based paths, and they are therefore subject to the criticism of those who are not prone toward such paths. These are difficult subjects to wrap our minds around . . . perhaps the mysterious forces that govern such phenomenon can never be truly known until we personally experience such things for ourselves?
Krow