I spent most of the early morning that day meandering through some of the shops in Kathmandu.

Even though I was distracted by the sights and sounds of Kathmandu, I couldn’t quite get the dream I had of my future self out of my mind.

Rather than go snowboarding that day, I decided to heed my future self’s advice to seek out Master Fwap instead.

Master Fwap greeted me at the door of his temple, and ushered me to his living quarters. He seemed very happy to see me again.

His room was small and clean. It contained a bed, a writing desk with a small chair, and a meditation table that had several white candles, and a small bronze figure of the Buddha on it.

On the floor in front of the meditation table was a large yak-hair carpet, upon which Master Fwap invited me to sit.

After exchanging pleasantries, Master Fwap picked up his narrative from the previous day, telling me that he had finally encountered his long sought-after master, on the outskirts of a small town in western Tibet, an older Buddhist monk standing by the side of the road.

When Master Fwap was about to pass, the elderly monk stepped in front of him, blocking his passage. Master Fwap came to an immediate stop, and out of Buddhist courtesy, waited for the older monk to walk by.

But the monk continued to stand his ground, and stared fiercely, directly into Master Fwap’s eyes.

It was precisely at that moment, while staring into the unknown monk’s eyes, that Master Fwap had, both literally and figuratively, seen the light.

He suddenly saw thousands of waves of golden light surrounding the aged monk’s entire body.

Seeing this, Master Fwap intuitively realized that the monk was none other than his past life master from his previous incarnation.

The master’s name was Fwaz Shastra-Dup, and he revealed to Master Fwap that day the secret mystical teachings and techniques of the Rae Chorze-Fwaz. Information, Master Fwap told me, he in turn was going to reveal to me.

Master Fwap said that because of my karma from previous lifetimes, he was going to initiate me into the innermost secret Tantric teachings of the Rae Chorze-Fwaz Buddhist order, just as he had been initiated by his master, Fwaz Shastra-Dup, in a Himalayan cave on that fateful day of their multi-life reunion.

It was all karma, he said.