Golden Mystic
- Amy Carmichael
- 6 days ago
- 5 min read
Updated: 5 days ago

What do you want to be when you grow up? Everyone answer that question before continuing to read this! When I was little I wanted to act on Broadway. I have the worst stage fright and no, I never want to "work through it" thank you very much. I am complete.
However after I completed my undergrad where I am not sure that I learned much of anything. I went on a trip to India where I began to learn about myself in a profound way. I was inspired to go to India after having a vision of an Elephant writing in the sand with his trunk the words: Go to Goa. I did not know where Goa was nor did I know much about the country and culture that I was about to embark upon. I was lost, adventurous and brokenhearted. A perfect combination for a trip to India.
I did spend the months that I visited wisely. I studied the basics of Ayurveda at an Ayurvedic Hospital and Cultural center. I could go on and on about the experience and how amazing it was. How I found solice in learning about ancient methods, cultural identity, the sound of temple bells and badam pista for breakfast. It was a remarkable time. It was the beginning of a series of life changing experiences that changed my tragectory in unexpected ways. One experience inparticular during my stay in South India left an imprint that has shaped what I am doing today.

We were told during the Ayurvedic course to visit a jyotish, ayurvedic astrologer. Upon recommendation I hopped on a tuk-tuk and found the address in a little obscure side street. It was someone's home. What I witnessed next ignited a spark somewhere deep in my psychi. A man in white approached his gate with a dove (I think) on his shoulder. It all seems like a dream to me now, but this happened. He graciously invited me into his home where his wife was seated at the kitchen table. They read my forecaste and I went on my way. There was something extremely magickal about the atmosphere of their home that still today I cannot fully explain. It felt like time had stood still and was shimming around me. Their mysticism left an enormous impression on me. I wanted that, what ever it was. It inspired a deep- seeking within myself that I still have today.
Many years have gone by since that moment in time. I still remember the beach where a thunderstorm rolled while in Udapi. After visiting a Durga temple and one very old Krishna temple I purchased a small heart shaped clay lamp that I still use. The memory is a wonderful friend. More importantly, maybe I received a boon or a gift or something to push my silly self towards what was to happen over the next few years. I ended up living in Los Angeles of all places. LA was never really on my radar. I am a country mouse not much of a bright lights big city girl. Without oversharing my personal tragedy, 1 year and a half after I moved to LA I met not only 1 Enlightened Master but 2!

June 28, 2008 was the first time I met Paramahamsa Vishwananda, who I call Guruji or Guru. He gave the name Ujvala. I was invited to an event at a high rise in Downtown LA and it was for him. He was there in a blue satin robe and smiling while people carried on, not doing much of anything. I was able to ask him a question I had and the moment he answered me with a big smile and lots of long curly hair I was taken. Days later I would come to realize that the mystic who I did not know I was searching for was this Swami, well he is more than a Swami but at the time this term was simple and clear. Now many people can share about their experiences with him, witnessing first hand the unexplainable miracles and other magkical things that happen around him. There is movement and a following. But I want to say something else. The siddhis (magkical experiences ) that happen, the psychic awareness, the beautiful embodyments can all be explained. He is teaching the ancient saddhu mysteries in a very grounded way. Also he teaches in a traditional way which means that you will not just be sitting in a classroom frantically waiting for a certificate at the end of each lesson. He is a Master in these ancient teachings and there is no way to precisely explain how the work is learned other than to show up and be present. You have to experience it internally. The more you are open the more you will understand.
Yes His organization has courses designed in an organized way that will help you alone the way. I highly recommend any of them. But your path is yours and you will open up to what it really is, what is the main objective in life as well as who you truly are and how you can become your best self. My path has lead me to working in the mystical fields and I absolutley love the mystery traditions. I learn as many as I can, sometimes I take on too much but it comes from a place of shere joy for the inner work. I owe my love and gratitude to Paramahamsa Vishwananda who has been a Saint in my life. Clearly he has the patience of one to still be guiding me! Go and meet him if you have the chance. Don't make it a thing, just go.

This mischievios picture shows one of my clients and a friend who is a brother in spirit. He successfully made it through my Primitive Witch Course, a rigorous 3 month series of customized classes. This day was a spiritual cleaning day. IE - ghost hunting! I'll just leave it at that. Always fun and spirit lead!
This client's remarks: A series to go to if you want to deepen your practice as a practitioner.
The energy sessions ( meditation, reiki, sound) has opened doors of understanding.
Discussing different cosmologies has provided a unique perspective to my own path.
I have witnessed first-hand healing and growth both as a student and within the teacher.
Personally, I look forward to what comes next. This path that I am on, my trajectory, The Guru, and all of those who I mix and mingle with along the way mean the world to me. I work from a deep place of care for the human experience as it relates to human potential, not capital, potential. There is so much untapped energetic capabilities that are still unknown to the general public. It has nothing to do with technology and being hooked up to a machine. This is not an arguement about tech, but missing out on meeting glorious jewels who embody these abilities, such as Paramahamsa Vishwananda, who are willing to teach them to the indvidual is just foolish. Become a seeker. Step out of your comfort zone and try something new. Expand yourself while you have a body and a brain. I am not in any secret cult. People waste time on trivial trends when we could be accessing miraculous technology already designed in the human body by God. The Saddhus, Gurus, some Witches, and many others are trying to teach and remind everyday people there is more than their current petty dramas. As much as I love a good petty drama I love the inner sciences more.
If any of this interests you seek out what you are looking for. Do not be afraid to reach out to me. I am always happy to help to the best of my ability. Bright Blessings! and Jai Guru Dev.
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