Panache Desai & the energy of love
I promised to tell you about my experience with Panache Desai, and after a hour of sunbathing, more reading (the way I spend the majority of my time here. Not surprising huh mom and Kate!) and a wonderful dip in the lake, I am now ready to put finger to keyboard and try to somehow relate an experience that most people will never have, receiving a type of energy transmission. I might even say it was a form of "shatki pat" which in Hinduism is from guru to disciple.
Panache Desai is descended from a lineage of yogis and Indian saints. His father Amrit is the founder of Kripalu Yoga. Panache told the group assembled that he was born always feeling the power of love fully and completely. Therefore he couldn't understand why those around him were always meditating and doing yoga to to reach that place. (Later, I found out from his web site that he had an experience in the last decade that led him to share his gift with the world.) That gift is purely the experience of love. Panache Desai | about. Panache gave a talk to those of us assembled that evening about how we are all a divine expression of love . Now this is not news to those of us who do a lot of spiritual study, yet I must say that experiencing that in another person, such as Panache, the Dalai Lami, Amma Chi, etc. is a different story. And feeling it in yourself even more elusive for most of us.
Now of great interest to me was watching my reactions throughout his talk and the beginning of his working with people. You see, before going to hear Panache I heard talk around the guest services office where I work that Panache "knocks people over" with his energy. So I had that little tidbit in my mind as I listened to him speak. Panache walked comfortably around the circle in his chinos and moccassins while laying out his vision for humanity; all the while lovingly chiding us and making us laugh about our all too human foibles. He was affable, cute and just enough of a showman to entertain us without going overboard. While I agreed with what he was saying and was enjoying myself, my critical mind began to go into overdrive. I began to ask myself,"Why is he walking in a circle? Is this part of a hypnosis so later he can "knock us out?" For many minutes I stayed in this state looking for the strings behind the scene that would give him away. Given my years of study in energy based bodywork I was surprised at how I was reacting. I thought myself more open to new experiences. After about fifteen minutes of talk his assistants began to get people ready to receive from him. Then, even though I raised my hand to receive, I began to get nervous. "Catchers" had been pre-arranged to help people to the floor when their knees gave out from his transmission. They stood and were arranged in a line. Next the first group of people who wished to receive were lined up in front of the catchers. Instructions were given to not judge what our reaction was to his transmission-each would receive differently in his own way. Even those who did not want to go up would be receiving some thing. Panache nonchalantly and with no show of hubris walked up to the first person. He looked into their eyes and then lightly touched their third eye, the area just above & between the eyebrows. After a few moments their legs gave out and they went to the floor. Person after person had similar reactions. Soon there was three lines of 6 people each lying on the rug. Some people went completely unconscious, while others seemed more awake. Many stayed on the floor for a few minutes seemingly blissfully asleep. Continuing on Panache got playful. Sometimes he would blow energy to a person with a kiss from across the room before stepping up to him. Some would receive a hug. Others a touch in two places. Once he even pretended to kick a soccer ball to someone before honing in his gaze. All of this he did with good cheer and complete naturalness. At first, as the lines of people "sleeping" began to grow I thought about tent revivals and such. What was going on here? Then I began to get excited. My fear turned to glee as I reveled in his playful and pinpoint use of energy. Although I couldn't see the energy (that skill is yet to be developed but is on my bucket list) I watched closely and was soon cheering him on. I felt like I was watching some sort of spiritual sports event where normal human beings shared the experience of divine athleticism. Now it was close to my turn. I walked up and was gently placed in line by one of his assistants. My excitement grew even more heightened. I wondered when Panache would approach me and would he be alone or in tandem with one of the two young children there (audience members) who became transmitters through him while he carried them on his hip? With my back turned to him while he worked with those behind me I began to feel some pressure changes around me that pressed me to either side. Soon he was next to me. I was ready! By the time he came to stand in front of me of me I was stoked as if I had just won an outrigger race! He looked directly at me, nothing extraordinary or supernatural in his visage at all. He opened his arms for a hug at the exact moment I too felt YEAH LET"S HUGG. It was a good hug-he has a wide soccer ball player type of torso. I felt some tingling where our bodies met (tingling for me is how I experience energy in my bodywork) but nothing huge. I noted that I could feel his heart beating. I felt completely lucid. Suddendly my legs just gave out and I was layed gently on the floor. (Panache had told us that when our system had reached enough it would do this)I was awake but not in a normal state. I was conscious of what was going on around me - yet my heart center (solar plexus area physically, heart energetically) was wide open. I was laughing with joy! Inexplicable bliss. "Wow thanks Penache. I needed this. Yes you were right-you just reminded me of what our true being is." On a physical plane-I remembered this feeling from really good shiastu or accupuncture sessions I have had in the past, yet without the laughing. I lied there for awhile until I got up and returned to my seat. Just another night at Omega. And another promise of what is to come.....
