Adventures

The life cycle of a human is divided into seven Adventures. The child's rhyme describes them very neatly:

Kochans are born in a cradle of hands,

And sheerishta binds them with many sweet strands.

Hanas give milk back and play like the flowers,

Tertons seek treasure and build mighty towers.

Shinzos have soft hearts and tell lovely tales,

Jogins are clever and carry the scales.

Babaylans have wisdom and hold up the light,

Arahants go gently into that great night.

These life stages correspond to the seven chakras of the human body, and each one is demarcated from the one before by a ceremony. It is thought that in the discipline of opening the chakras, there are gateways, potential blockages, between each chakra, and the ceremonies are designed to get the karmic through the gateway. They are as follows

Kochan: Birth to puberty


 * Baby: birth to Go Games


 * Gamester: Go Games to Sentinel Party

Hana: Puberty to around thirty five


 * Forester: Sentinel Party to Thola Party


 * Carouseler: Thola Party to (if childing) Earthtouch Party or Levelup


 * Childer (optional): Earthtouch Party to child's Go Games

[Note; if the karmic does not child, then she goes straight to Levelup when the time comes.

Terton: Thirty five to fifty five

Doula (optional): Levelup to Earthtouch party or Down Tools

Shinzo: Fifty five to sixty five. Down Tools to Klimacteric

Jogin: sixty five to 130. Klimacteric to Streamdance

Babaylan: 130 to 185. Streamdance to Moksha

Arahant: 185 - Moksha to death.