It had been six years since Arne last stood in the presence of Lujan. Six years since his body moved through the invisible spirals of Lo Ban Pai under the guidance of his teacher
And though distance and time had passed, something deeper endured — a connection that never dissolved.
In this powerful testimonial, Arne opens his heart to share the truth of his journey: a time marked not only by global turmoil but by a personal reckoning he describes as “crunch time.” Like in the final minutes of a basketball game — when the pressure intensifies and everything counts — Arne faced the return of every shadow he thought he had already overcome.
Everything I thought I had dealt with before, and solved, appeared again.
Sometimes the topics just said hi and went away… but some stayed longer. They asked to be seen again.
The Path of Return Is Not Backward — It’s Deeper
For many spiritual practitioners, there comes a time when the silence stretches. When progress feels imperceptible, and the very teachings that once lit the way now seem distant. It is in these moments that practice either dissolves… or becomes the fire that quietly purifies from within.
For Arne, Lo Ban Pai remained his refuge. He continued the internal movements. He breathed through the resistance. He trusted the invisible spiral pulling him inward. And slowly, through the constancy of presence, new insights began to bloom.
Lo Ban Pai was my anchor, my safe haven.
Many beautiful realizations came through in the silence. It wasn’t loud, but it was real.
Meeting the Teacher Again
When the time came to return, to see Lujan in person once more, Arne arrived transformed — not because everything was resolved, but because everything had matured. The path had ripened him. He no longer sought breakthroughs. Instead, he returned with reverence for what had held him through the dark.
This reunion was not a dramatic awakening. It was a quiet homecoming — a circle closed not by completion, but by continuity.
He speaks not from triumph, but from authenticity. Not to perform insight, but to share the human truth of walking this sacred way when no one is watching.
The Quiet Heroism of Spiritual Endurance
In times of crisis — global or personal — it is easy to abandon subtlety in favor of survival. But what Arne’s story reminds us is this: the deeper practices, the ones that nourish the soul and align the energy body, are not always loud or visible. Their work happens beneath the surface.
Lo Ban Pai is one such practice. It rewires the nervous system. It reorients the compass of the heart. It anchors you in your own knowing when everything outside seems uncertain.
To walk this path, as Arne has, through years of solitude and subtle transformation, is an act of great spiritual strength.
And in his return, we are offered a mirror — a reflection of what it means to truly walk the spiral path. To circle back not to where you began, but to where you have always belonged.
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Thank you Arne, so sincere and beautiful.