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THE MASTER DANCE of TISZIJI MUÑOZ THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY PART SIX – THE ONE OR THE NO ONE? by Nancy Muñoz & Lydia R. Lynch the illumination society presents: The Master Dance of Tisziji Muñoz The Authorized Biography Part Six The One or The No One? Written By Nancy Muñoz (Subhuti Kshanti Sangha-Gita-Ma) & Lydia R. Lynch (Sama-dhani) Initial Typing & Editing By Jacob Lettrick (Jinpa) Revisions By Karin Walsh (Tahmpa Tse Trin) & Janet Veale (Kshima) Cover Photo by James J. Kriegsmann “The Master Dances To Its Own Music.” —Tisziji I The Master Dance of Tisziji Muñoz: The Authorized Biography, Part Six. By Nancy Muñoz & Lydia Lynch. Copyright © 1990 by Tisziji Muñoz & The Illu- mination Society, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the authors. The Illumination Society, Inc. Newburgh, NY USA www.heartfiresound.com The Master Dance of Tisziji Muñoz: The Authorized Biography Part Six The One or The No One? By Nancy Muñoz (Subhuti Kshanti Sangha-Gita-Ma) & Lydia R. Lynch (Sama-dhani) Copyright © July 1990 by Tisziji Muñoz & The Illumination Society, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the authors. II The Master Dance of Tisziji Muñoz: The Authorized Biography, Part Six. By Nancy Muñoz & Lydia Lynch. Copyright © 1990 by Tisziji Muñoz & The Illu- mination Society, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the authors. Table of Contents Part Six – The One or The No One? Introduction 304 chapter 61 Visions of the Sunborn 305 chapter 62 Vancouver Vibrations 318 chapter 63 The One or The No One? The Divine Emergency of Adi Da 321 chapter 64 Only Self-Liberation Is True Marriage 337 chapter 65 Pharoah Sanders The ‘Prince of Reeds’ 345 chapter 66 The Canadian Sun Sets 355 III The Master Dance of Tisziji Muñoz: The Authorized Biography, Part Six. By Nancy Muñoz & Lydia Lynch. Copyright © 1990 by Tisziji Muñoz & The Illu- mination Society, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the authors. Introduction Having studied the works of some of the greatest spiritual Masters in history, this next phase brought Tisziji into intense sound and light meditation practice. Through such practice, Tisziji be- came more attuned to inner life changes pointing in the direction of his own work. Since his youth, he had been told by his elders that his purpose and function were preordained from before this life. Tisziji’s elders had told him that the spirits would direct him through many different times, loca- tions, traditions, schools, teachings and organizations, guiding him to the few teachers and friends who were destined to meet him, practice with him, or receive specific guidance from him. Tisziji’s return to New York from Canada through Toronto and Vancouver (1973-74) marked the beginning of a very dharmically active phase in his life. He was undergoing intense inner puri- fication and was walking his way, step by step, into deeper levels of practice and world transcending self-realization, leaving his early life family karma far behind. Ellen Chrystal Tisziji in Vancouver, 1973, at age 27 304 The Master Dance of Tisziji Muñoz: The Authorized Biography, Part Six. By Nancy Muñoz & Lydia Lynch. Copyright © 1990 by Tisziji Muñoz & The Illu- mination Society, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the authors. 61 Visions of the Sunborn Up to this point, Tisziji’s Spirit-confirming research into spiritual works had led him primarily to certain Eastern teachings, but his progression through the philosophies of the East brought him closer to his own native roots. While en route to Vancouver, he experienced the power of his con- nection to his native spirits through visions and psychic recollections. While Tisziji’s realization was intact, personal, egoic, and cultural patterns (self-mechanisms) were being adjusted, transformed, recreated, or released in accordance with the work Spirit was clearing for Tisziji. These often dramatic and catastrophic changes were continuing to manifest in every aspect of his life. Toronto had been a major turning point in Tisziji’s musical and spiritual progression, but just as Tisziji had moved quickly beyond all other phases of his life, his time in To- ronto was needing closure, and he began preparing for his departure from Toronto through several visits to British Columbia. Tisziji: “Having Native Taino and black African blood, I was ready for resonance with those spir- its or entities, which I received as echoes and whisperings from the spirit world, because at that point I was actually on a vision quest, not formally initiated by native elders outside of my circle, but on the quest originally intuited by my native elders when I was a child. As a young man, my elders spoke about my native ancestors, but I did not make contact with these ancestors until I traveled across Canada through many Native American territories where their powerful vibra- tions were such that I re-established a stronger connection with my own native heritage. “During early 1971 and 1972 and June of 1973, I was moved to make three cross-country journeys from Toronto to Vancouver. The trip to California via Canada was one which seemed to have awakened ancient memories. Traveling is good for unlocking those memories on the time track that only traveling can unlock. In my case, I was contacted by native spirits so familiar to me that they seemed to have been with me since the beginning, that is, the relative beginning of the Earth itself! “In the Spirit Lords of America, a short booklet I wrote in which I elaborate upon my con- nection to and understanding of the Native American culture, I shared that many of the Natives are descendants of the East; hence the similarities in appearance, heart-tone, Earth-sky love and compassion, generosity, love-wisdom, and basic sanity. Crossing Canada brought Native spirits to me who revealed sacred knowledge, which has since been shared with friends, relatives, spir- itual companions, and in some cases, musical audiences who have felt those spirits around me in my Sound creations. My Aunt Gracie, who was a very strong medicine woman and an ancient spirit in her own right, knew of what I speak.” “While traveling to Vancouver, when I took rest at certain places, I would have peculiar dreams, or what might be called causal plane experiences. These experiences, however real to me, were not necessarily of the present or recent past life but more likely belonging to an earlier lifetime, 305 The Master Dance of Tisziji Muñoz: The Authorized Biography, Part Six. By Nancy Muñoz & Lydia Lynch. Copyright © 1990 by Tisziji Muñoz & The Illu- mination Society, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the authors. hundreds or thousands of years ago. One such experience was a dream of a past life as a native in a tribe that worshipped the Sun, conjuring the spirits of the Mayan and Incan cultures. I was initiated into the mysteries of the Sun through a number of intense rituals and ceremonies ap- parently reserved for either certain warriors, chiefs, medicine men or shamans, which left one with the distinction of being Sun-born, one born of the Sun or the light and having a very spe- cific enlightenment healing function. I was called Sunborn. In this tribe, the Sun was considered a primary symbol for the Great Spirit. Prior to this, I had neither read nor heard anything of the real practices or spirits of the Native Americans. However, since that experience, I have seen, heard, and felt the high, pure, happy, and sad spirits of many who are yet walking the Sacred Beauty Path.”1 As Tisziji experienced his ancestral memories as the heart of one spiritually Sunborn, he was able to share the essence of a Sunborn’s visionary dream and personal expression, which are captured here in his rare unpublished notes titled Sunborn. Tisziji: “Sunborn is a vision of my spirit as a Native Earthling (of all Earth); not a vision of my future as much as my past. I travel a parallel path today as a warrior of Heart-Fire Sound wisdom and silence realization.” Sunborn Born of the Sun From sky-mind And known as Sunborn, I have always prayed To the heart of the Sun As father-guru, Sound-wisdom, Soul light and life-source. The Sound-wisdom is born of light, Song is also born of light, And the music heard of the Sun Is not by ear alone But by the Soul as super Soul, Most directly related to the Sun As Heart and source of life. Those who are born of the Sun, Connected with the light and peace of heaven, Are dear to the Sun’s spirit, The spirit of freely giving, sharing, And generating the grace of radiant love-wisdom. Those who are truly Sunborn 1 Muñoz, Tisziji. Spirit Lords of America. The Illumination Society, Inc. Newburgh, NY. 1988. p. vii. 306 The Master Dance of Tisziji Muñoz: The Authorized Biography, Part Six. By Nancy Muñoz & Lydia Lynch. Copyright © 1990 by Tisziji Muñoz & The Illu- mination Society, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the authors.