(The "Mahayana" magazine article)

Those who used to cause pain to the others by brute force: what kind of devil's abode do these individuals get into? I'd like you to think about it after acquainting yourself with real life examples. There are rather a lot people among the AUM staff who survived major car accidents. All of them say that disasters that had come in showers upon them were not just ill luck, they resulted from their own fault. For example, you look aside for a second and all of a sudden you poke out on the opposite traffic line. There were other cases like that one.
Further, whatever accidents were they all had a similar trait - even if the vehicle was shattered the diver was a survivor or just slightly injured what can be called a miracle in the circumstances.
Milarepa-Taishi's case already described in the "Beyond Life and Death" represents a typical example.
It happened when Milarepa-Taishi was a simple believer before he became the member of the AUM's staff. At the time he worked at the transport department of an enterprise which produced soya milk. Obviously most of the time he was driving. And twice did he smash his cars in the accidents.
Here's what he says about it. When he was driving a car he had a distinct vision of getting into the accident. He was momentarily distracted - and the accident happened in reality.
It's a wonder the car was crashed but he was not even slightly bruised. I think it's worth mentioning that besides Milarepa-Taishi there was also a client of his firm inside the car. But he was not so angry. Moreover, Milarepa-Taishi was not fired though he smashed two cars.
That's what devil's abode is which those who used to cause pain to the others by brute force get into. Since he started practicing as the AUM's believer he was faced with the necessity to settle up the karma he had by that moment. And the devil's abode helped him to cast accounts.
And now let's talk about the origin of such a karma. From the point of view of the common sense there's nothing bad in many young men's doing karate. Nevertheless, martial arts like karate result in rapid accumulation of the karma of causing pain to the others. Besides, in the subconsciousness appear the instincts of destruction and struggle. Since Milarepa-Taishi began practicing in the AUM he had to quickly clean his subconsciousness and destroy his karma. That's why he had successive car accidents. The quickest way to clean your subconsciousness and pay off your karma debts is to actualize your karma in the Realm of Phenomena. By the way, having survived two car accidents Milarepa-Taishi quit his firm, became the AUM's staff member and self-forgetfully plunged into the Selfless Devotion and practice. As a result nowaday Milarepa-Taishi was born. Speaking about the devil's abode you can't call it unambiguously bad or terrible. If you don't lose, if you overcome it - the whole new way will be open to you.
Meantime, Milarepa-Taishi hadn't been long into karate. That's why his devil's abode hadn't been so heavy.
The case of Anglimara-Taishi who had been into kendo for about ten years was more fearful. Driving alongside a river at 60 mph. he lost his grip of the car. His vehicle flew some 30 feet in mid-air and hit the ground. According to the policeman, such accidents don't usually have any survivors. But after all if severely injured he did survive. He karma, as opposed to Milarepa-Taishi's one, was more heavy what resulted in a heavier form of devil's abode.
So, whatever terrible car accidents occurred among those who related to the AUM there were no victims. And the reason is that their practice is based on the Truth and all of them received Shaktipats from me which provided protection for their physical bodies.
Let me give you a little bit more detailed explanation. The proper spiritual practice and my Shaktipats are aimed at the reinforcement of the Element of the Wind and the Element of the Space. The Element of the Wind is the vital energy which reinforces physical body. The Element of the Space reinforces the Astral Realm so that the subconsciousness connected with the Astral Realm can also be quickly cleaned. It makes the development (=actualization) of your karma less heavy.
So, there were no fatalities among those who lead their spiritual practice at the AUM and received Shaktipats from me whatever terrible devil's abode they got into. Basically every person can recover from the devil's abode and gradually advance in his spiritual practice.
And what happens to those self-assured individuals who lead a false spiritual practice when they get into the devil's abode? Besides their inability to protect their physical bodies the development of the phenomena is not loosened - they all come at once. And this, representing a major danger undoubtedly leads to uncorrectable consequences. That's why you always should direct your soul towards the proper spiritual practice.
Should this be the same devil's abode or another one - every one will at least once experience it. In particular I'd like novices steadily leading their every day practice to be well-prepared to the devil's abode. When the devil's abode occurs to you I wish you to put it in the base of your future spiritual growth. Then you too like Milarepa-Taishi or Anglimara-Taishi will be able to spread the Truth actively. And I will also be very glad.