I've been asked several times to explain what is meant by listing my occupation as MTHN.
Were I to divulge that information, I would be violating a well-kept secret and practice known to only a few hundred people. The consequences of revealing said occupation would cause me and others of my ilk serious harm and death. Chronologically, I am seventy-one years young; and am becoming younger as I age. No, I haven't discovered the Fountain of Youth. You'll not find The Wandering Jew. Are you asking, "Then, what is the purpose/reason for this blog?" You will know the answer in quick or due time. Before I proceed, let me say that the few hundred people who've achieved the occupational status of MTHN, some deceased or disabled, boast the distinction of having an appellation shared by no one else. Yes, I am the only Mongo Kalahari Taribubu in the world. Twelve plus years was a long time to remain steadfast in a discipline that would offer limited personal freedom, leisure and comfort, but the learning process, along with some disappointments, intermingled with rays of encouragement made it worthwhile; giving the experience deeper meaning to the twinship of agony and ecstasy. Sometimes cushioned people want to leave the couch of expectation and step into unscathed territories, swim with dolphins, soar with eagles and tempt the sun. I was allowed to do just that after my initiation into MTHN. One goal of being an MTHN is to bring about positive change in the world by changing one person's attitude about human emergence, purpose and limited power when it comes to forces far greater than our own. Throughout the centuries, great entities, avatars, braving human flesh and form have visited this world to spread various doctrines (some detrimental to the well-being of the human race). AS A STUDENT, I leave you with this riddle: You, too, can become a disciple of MTHN without twelve years of rigorous, dedicated study by understanding the power embodied in the reverse of MTHN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With me
There is no "I"
No "mine"
There is nothing.
All inner desires
have melted away.
Whatever I do,
I do nothing.
My mind has stopped working,
It has simply melted away,
and with it
dreams and delusions
and dullness.
And for what I have become,
There is no Name,
no "I" no "Mine"
no "Me"
(Ashtavakra Gita 17:19:20)
To be continued.
