It was October 1989. As I mentioned earlier, I was at that time a second-year student pursuing a special degree in Botany at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. According to my understanding, I was a clever student in our batch, and I was also a good sportsman who actively participated in extracurricular activities.
As I mentioned before, this period was an era when terror ruled the country. There was a severe armed struggle between the government side and members of the JVP party, which was a major communist party in the country. During this era when terror prevailed, even stepping outside the house was extremely dangerous, as terror ruled throughout the country, and democracy and peace had disappeared. The government at that time imposed severe repression on JVP leaders and members, and people from both sides were subjected to cruel torture and killed, with thousands being burned on tires at roadsides and junctions.
During this period, our university academic activities had collapsed, and universities were opened occasionally, then closed again, disrupting academic activities. Our second year had stretched to four years. The entire education system had collapsed, and the country was in a state of anarchy.
By October 1989 that I mentioned above, universities were closed, and I was at home during these days. One day during this period, I went to the official residence of my best friend who was a government surveyor. I stayed for a few days relaxing and reading books at this official residence, which was located in an isolated, quiet place. Meanwhile, I also read several Buddhist sacred texts while I was there. In fact, I was not someone who was strongly inclined toward religion, but rather someone who acted moderately regarding Buddhist teachings. Also, although I was an ordinary Buddhist, as I mentioned above, I equally respected other major religions such as Islam, Catholicism or Christianity, and Hinduism since childhood. On this day I’m talking about, I borrowed the Maha Pirith book (Piruwana Pothwahanse) from my friend’s father, who was a very devout Buddhist layman, and read it. That evening, I felt a very strong devout sensation and feeling in my mind, and almost as the night began, I spontaneously started to experience a series of very strange and wonderful spiritual experiences.At this point, I was sitting cross-legged in the room where I was alone, and I continuously meditated while mentally reciting the verse describing the virtues of the Buddha: “Itipiso bhagava arahan samma sambuddho vijjacarana sampanno sugato lokavidu anuttaro purisadamma sarathi sattha devamanussanam buddho bhagavati.” In this way, I stayed awake throughout the night, mentally reciting this Buddha-virtue verse and meditating. (In fact, I did not know at the time that doing this was a form of practicing “Buddhanussati” meditation, and I had not performed any such meditation before). While continuously meditating and mentally reciting the “Itipiso bhagava arahan…” verse, I experienced and faced a series of extremely surprising and wonderful spiritual experiences.
Thus, I spent about two days continuously engaged in meditation – throughout that night, the entire following day, and the following night. During this time, I only got up from my meditation posture to wash my face, clean my body, and use the toilet. Throughout these two days (actually two nights and a full day), I didn’t consume any food, only drinking water. As I continuously recited “Itipiso bhagavā arahan…” mentally while meditating, I felt various invisible forces and energies entering my body and mind. At that point, I felt my mind and body becoming too fatigued to continue with that meditation. So I recited aloud the verse “Sabba pāpassa akaraṇaṃ, kusalassa upasampadā, sacittapariyodapanaṃ, etaṃ buddhānusāsanaṃ.” When I did this, the discomfort in my body and mind disappeared, and afterward, I resumed meditating on the qualities of the Buddha continuously.As I continued, I again felt various invisible forces and energies entering my body and mind, and then my mind and body again became inactive and fatigued, making it impossible to continue the Buddhanussati meditation. When I recited the “Sabba pāpassa akaraṇaṃ…” verse several times again, those discomforts in mind and body disappeared. I then resumed the Buddhanussati meditation. In this way, I remained continuously engaged in this spiritual practice for about two days. During this period, my mind paid no attention to external matters or surroundings, and I remained continuously engaged in this practice throughout the two nights and the entire day.(As I mentioned above, I did not know that what I was practicing was a form of Buddhanussati meditation, and I had never done any such meditation before. However, since January 2, 1999, when I began my spiritual research, I have been practicing Buddhanussati meditation daily, continuously and very accurately from February 2007 until today. Because of this, I feel that I must have practiced Buddhanussati meditation in past lives in samsara, and as a samsaric habit, I must have been automatically drawn as above to practice Buddhanussati meditation in this life. I don’t know how true or untrue this is, but that is my belief about it.)
Thus, I continuously engaged in the above-mentioned special spiritual experiences and meditation for two whole nights and one whole day, and spontaneously stopped this spiritual process on the morning of the second day. After these spiritual experiences, my mind felt happier and lighter than before. Also, as I described earlier, special spiritual light signs or very bright shining small light stars or extremely bright and minute sun-like special spiritual light signs first began to appear in specific unique instances before my naked eyes and in my mental eye (the black screen that appears when eyes are closed is referred to as such), appearing automatically without my control, persisting for a while, and then disappearing. Also, after this series of special spiritual experiences, knowledge about the universe, universal laws, universal truths, universal theories, the human mind, and human behaviors began to flow freely into my mind like a stream of water. However, I let all of these remain as they were and began to live my normal life.
After the above amazing and wonderful series of spiritual experiences, I naturally stopped everything normally, and when I got up from meditation the next day, my friend was somewhat agitated, and because of his agitation, I had to face several new experiences in my normal life. I intend to describe this to you in detail in the future. Therefore, I will not write anything about it for now.
After these spiritual experiences that lasted for about two continuous days as described above, I went to my home and engaged in my usual daily routines. I allocated about an hour a day to religious activities, and during the rest of the time, I was engaged in my household daily chores and university activities.
I should especially mention here the book “Kundalini Yoga Exercises” written by Sarathchandra Jayakodi, which I studied , practically incorporated and utilized into my spiritual research that I began on 02.01.1999 and continue to this day, based on exploring numerous factors including the investigation of the extraordinary meditative and spiritual experiences I mentioned above. If someone shows interest in the description I provided about the extraordinary, strange, and miraculous spiritual experiences that I spontaneously underwent in October 1989, you should read the chapter titled “Experiences of Those Who Awakened Kundalini” contained in pages 61-70 of the book “Kundalini Yoga Exercises” written by Sarathchandra Jayakodi. Then you will gain some understanding about all of this.
At the beginning of 1990, the government suppressed the armed struggle by killing a large number of leaders and members of the powerful Communist party mentioned above and using force. Almost as soon as the government won the struggle, all universities in Sri Lanka were reopened, and relevant examinations were held after a certain study holiday period. I too successfully sat for my second-year examinations. Later, I learned that I had passed those examinations successfully and well.
After the above examinations, I stayed in the university hostel and was preparing for my degree research under the supervision of the professor in charge of me. During this time, I was studying textbooks and other educational materials, obtaining necessary instructions from the professor in charge of me, and planning for the research. This was May 1990.
That was May 8, 1990. According to my memory, it was Vesak Poya day. Since it was Vesak Poya day, it was a holiday for me, and I was in my room at the university hostel after having breakfast. At this time, due to university vacation period, most students were not at the university, and only a small group of students like us who were engaged in special activities were at the university during that period. During this time, I had dedicated about an hour in the evening for my religious activities, and I engaged in religious activities only during that time. I spent almost all the rest of my time on my academic work for my degree research.
While alone in my room at the university hostel , I began to feel deeply devotional sensations and emotions (like I had experienced earlier in October 1989), and a strong self-compulsion arose within me saying, “Write a letter, write a letter,” leading me to grab a pen and paper. I had no prior idea or plan to write any letter at that time, and I was just relaxing in my room. Even though this strong self-compulsion to write a letter came from within me, I didn’t know what I should write or how I should write it, and I had no understanding about it. However, due to the strong compulsion that arose automatically from within my mind, I took a pen and paper and sat down to write. After a short while, the letter that I present below wrote itself automatically. When I finished writing it and read it, I was astonished. What were these things written in it? How did these ideas, spiritual matters, prophecies, and predictions come? How did all of it write itself through me? I couldn’t comprehend any of this. But I put the letter aside and later continued with my academic and normal activities. I engaged in my degree research studies under the supervision of the professor in charge of me. Meanwhile, I mailed copies of the above letter to several friends in my batch. Time passed, and the university reopened for academic activities, and our third-year academic activities began. Along with that, I faced a very tragic situation. I will not write about it now as I hope to explain it to you in detail in the future. I hope to present to you in the future that special, miraculous letter that wrote itself through my hand.