An OMEGA Story
The founder of the
extraordinary Omega process was a meditation master first, an
accomplished classical musician second, and an energy genius third.
All these proved to be essential attributes for the development of
the Omega.
Before
OMEGA entered his life, his
preferred personal discipline was Mahayana Buddhism, which is thought by many
to have housed the origins of Johrei, Mahakari, and Reiki in its
Medicine Buddha tradition.
The
Mahayana Buddhist traditions, along with the Theosophical training
in which he had immersed himself, were an ideal environment in which
to plant and harvest the Omega Matt Schoener was given. He was teaching
meditation at the very moment when Father Jack entered his life and
soon after revealed the keys to the Omega tradition to him.
The
way he told it, while teaching a meditation class in Long Beach in
the '70's, a very distinguished individual wearing an unusual form
of what appeared to be religious vestments swept into his class. He approached the man
he came to call Father Jack (his full name was unpronounceable by
Western standards) and asked why he was there. Father Jack said he
had been trying to reach him telepathically for some time, but gave
up as he was "just too dense" and decided to come in person. Matt was invited to his ashram in the Western desert where a
weekend visit turned into 9 days.
At
the conclusion of the visit, Father Jack placed his hands on Matt's
head, and began a process of transmission (a cosmic download)
that literally knocked him to the ground and which he described as
feeling like a stroke. They had some visits after that initial
one, and he declined an offer to return to Tibet with Father Jack.
"Jack" shut down the ashram and did return to the Shigetse valley, and has
not been heard from since then.
During
the time Matt was testing Omega (unnamed then) under every
circumstance, he was involved in a very serious auto accident. He
lost everything he'd acquired materially through the techniques and
was bedridden for some years. Throughout those years, the complete
sorting and organizing of what Father Jack gave him took place.
OMEGA Shakti System came to be.
Matt
designed a System structured around the 49 Fires (energies) referred
to in Sacred Literature. He
learned from the restrictions of Reiki, which was all the rage in
California in those days and designed specific levels for each of
the layers of the aura, each of the chakras.
He
was adamant about specific Teacher-level attunements for the
conveyance of the frequencies, a three-tiered system, instead of
one-tiered systems which was all anyone knew about how to do it
before he entered the energy world.
When
asked if Omega was another kind of Reiki, he would testily
retort that it was "of a higher frequency and a more ancient
lineage". In inner Omega circles he claimed the Omega frequencies
(not named Omega then) went back in a direct, hands-on lineage
through long-lived Adepts, like Father Jack, all the way back to
Atlantis.
He
jousted with everyone in the California energy circles, got thrown
out of Theosophy meetings and Barbara Weber Ray refused to hear even
the mention of his name.
His
genius was such, that when they weren't hating and envying him, they
were calling him up for advice. He often gossiped with us about
leaders of other semi-famous systems who would call for advice or
discuss their difficulties. Sadly, most of it, because of his wicked
wit is unrepeatable here.
In
1988, which is about the same time that Rosanne met him, word had
begun to get around about this most powerful System - OMEGA Shakti
System. Matt had first healed himself to become ambulatory once
more, and was offering classes in California.
Rosanne
played a significant part in establishing Omega in 27 states and
several European countries. That was on a professional level. On an
esoteric level, her part was as the key female element essential to
the embodiment and manifestation of the System.
Up
to that point the two men, Matt and his first initiate, John Sullivan, were
attempting to establish an outreach, but were on the lookout for a
woman possessing certain inborn traits. Female energy and a
minimum of three individuals joined in an energy bond that
Theosophists called forming an ashram were
absolutely essential to a creation with staying power. A deceptively
casual offer from Matt, wearing a intriguing smile, led to an
experience that started with what he called a "sensitivity test"
for Rosanne. It
then became a series of escalations of frequencies and ended as a
transmission to her similar to his experience with Father Jack years
before. It wasn't experienced as a stroke, thankfully - because his
work over the years had smoothed the process out - but rather as
wave after wave after wave of ecstatic cascading expansions of
consciousness. During the process the formulas and keys of OMEGA
were "downloaded" into her mind.
An ancient remembering started then and skills from the past
continue to come flooding through.
She reports: "About the time I started Temple Academies, I had been partnering with Matt for several years, and participated in bringing through several of the later energies added to the Omega. Because of his influence I was able to polish inborn traits to the level necessary to create and develop the infrastructure of The Helix Energy system with which to serve the race. And to also redesign the common manner in which Reiki was passed, improving (in my opinion) its overall power, stability and effectiveness. . . . . When Matt vacated his Omega outreach, I also caught (or was given), his contacts on the other side, those beings who truly guide this work. A genius, he had all the blessings and curses of that condition. My many years working at his side were extremely difficult and extremely enriching, and I am grateful for all that I had learned. . . . Temple Academies teaches OMEGA Shakti, my Helix Energy System and Temple Reiki. The Academy is a vehicle for training teachers, practitioners, and students in the Art and Science of Energy."
