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| Report by Lyssa Royal
In July 1998 I completed my eighth year of conducting seminars and private consultations in Japan. Each year my Japanese friends take me to sacred power spots that they feel guided to visit. I have traveled from the southern tip of Japan (the Hiroshima area) to the northern tip of Aomori and so much in between. This year my interpreter, Ms. Kazumi Hoshina, took twelve friends including myself to Kamakura - a well known tourist spot because of its huge statue of Buddha and many temples and shrines. Instead of visiting these tourist areas, we went to some lesser known Buddhist temples that Kazumi felt were ancient ceremonial sites of significance. She has an uncanny Higher Self that continuously tells her exact locations to visit which later prove to be intense power spots that profoundly affect those of us who visit. Our first stop was Goryo-Jinja, a Buddhist temple away from the throngs of tourists in Kamakura. As we ascended the steep steps to the temple at the top of the hill, I wondered what exciting adventures and discoveries we would have that day. Upon walking around the grounds of the temple, it seemed at first to be typical of the many thousands of temples in Japan - impeccable architecture that evokes a deep sense of spirituality and reverence. The Buddhist priest was performing a ceremony for a newborn child and his family. Other than that, we were the only ones present. Kazumi asked us to walk around, feel the energy, and use our intuitive perceptions to access any esoteric information about this site. My guides directed me to a certain spot near some lion statues. As I stood there, my guides told me that this was an ancient ceremonial site of ascension well before the Buddhist temple was built. It took a moment to realize what I was staring at as my guides were telling me this. There, under the paw of the mythological lion figure, was the Flower of Life sphere! [The photo accompanying this article was taken in July 1998 at Goryo-Jinja.] For those of you not familiar with the Flower of Life, it is a sacred geometric template that contains the blueprint for all other geometrical forms and thus for consciousness itself. In ancient times (most specifically in Egyptian mystery schools) initiates learned sacred geometry as a path to spiritual awakening and the Flower of Life symbol was known to be among the most sacred because of what it represents -- the unity of all consciousness and life within the universe. My husband Ron Holt (president of Flower of Life Research, Inc.) and I enjoy traveling the world looking for the Flower of Life symbol in temples. Other than in Egypt we have thus far found no temples with this sacred symbol. However, there it was in front of my eyes...in a location my guides had told me moments before was an ancient ceremonial site of ascension. Excitedly, I relayed this to Kazumi and she translated it into Japanese for the group. When she did, an amazing thing happened. I said the words, "This was an ancient ceremonial site of ascension and the Flower of Life symbol is frequently found in these sites." As soon as I completed the sentence, the temple priest suddenly began playing the ceremonial drum in a perfectly timed gesture that gave each of us goosebumps. Once we understood the importance of that statement, the priest stopped playing the drum. It was one of those synchronistic experiences that are difficult to explain, but powerful to experience. Later that day we made a visit to Hokoku-ji, commonly referred to as Take-dera ("Bamboo Temple"). This temple sits on the grounds of an amazingly pristine bamboo forest. The bamboo trees have an average width of about 6-8 inches each and are perhaps 50 feet high at a minimum. This place was an old Zen Buddhist temple from the 14th century. As you walk into the bamboo forest, a tea house sits amidst the trees and serves traditional green tea. Visitors sit staring out at the trees in hushed silence. The beauty of this spot is nearly impossible to describe. As Kazumi and I sat drinking our green tea, I heard a male voice loudly to my right (in perfect American English) say, "Flower of Life." I quickly looked to my right but there were only three Japanese tourists seated there. They were all speaking Japanese quietly or sitting in silent contemplation. Thinking I must have imagined it, I shrugged it off. However, a few minutes later my curiosity got the better of me. I told Kazumi what had happened. She looked incredulous. She said she heard the same thing, only she heard a female voice rather than the male one I had heard. Since this was "impossible," we realized that perhaps the experience at Goryo-Jinja earlier was one that had a deeper significance than we realized. Perhaps as we begin to remember more and more of our spiritual heritage on Earth and begin to embrace our connections to all life, the Flower of Life information as taught to the ancients will begin to resurface in sacred sites all over the world. This experience still remains a mystery but seems to be a piece of an even greater puzzle. It is very possible that even today's Flower of Life initiates do not yet realize the significance of the information that they have learned. Only time will tell. For more information on sacred geometry or the Flower of Life courses around the world, you may visit their web site at www.floweroflife.org. If you travel around the world and encounter a Flower of Life symbol, please send a photo along with a written account of your experience to Flower of Life Research at 1618 E. Bell Rd., Suite 106, Phoenix, Arizona 85022. If it is appropriate, they will publish it on their web site. You may email them at merkaba@floweroflife.org We wish you many exciting journeys! Lyssa Royal Holt July 1998
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