Here is a quote regarding the importance of inner guidance. Hello, Manoj! I've been following your blog for a few years and first of all, I'd like to congratulate you for your dedication and for your help building those courses. They're really helpful for the beginner. I came to know you work because of the book "a Systematic Course.. It still stands as the best and most resourceful book i've ever read by far.
It's a kind of a life guide to me. Even after all these years I can't seem to find anything so throrough and straight to the point. So, I was always curious to know the difference between the Kriya taught by SRF, by Satyananda and by those who claim to have rescued it from the teachings of Lahiri Mahasaya. The approach described by Stevens really resonate with me, as I am the self-taught no-guru kind of person but that may change with the circumstances, you never know. All the best to you!
Thanks for the kind words Flavio! And I agree completely regarding both " A Systematic Course All the best! C Stevens fifth edition???? Click the link in this post to Goodreads, then click the Amazon link and you'll be able to buy the fifth edition. Thank you for your generous gift of knowledge. I am following and learning. I am grateful and thankful. I look forward to learning more. Peace to you.
Thank you a thousand times over for sharing your knowledge and experiences with us. Hello Manoj, I don't have the book, do you think it's necessary or would it suffice following your videos?
Thank you for your excellent material! My videos are enough for the core techniques, but the book provides alternate techniques as well as a lot of supplementary information.
Thank you very much Manoj, there are hundred of yoga courses on line, but I found yours to be the best for me. Outstanding work. Pages Home About Download. It is then that this energy in the body loses its limitations and becomes identified with Cosmic Energy. This is what is meant by Pranayama or control of life-force in spine and heart and nervous system, which results in breathlessness and the calming down of heart and lungs.
It is then that the life-force, which is dependent on oxygen, loses its breath-slavery and moves spiritward. That is wrong. The real meaning of Pranayama, according to Patanjali, the founder of Yoga philosophy, is the gradual cessation of breathing, the discontinuance of inhalation and exhalation. Trying to control the life force by holding the breath in the lungs is extremely unscientific. While inhaling and exhaling, imagine that the breath during inhalation is going upward from the coccyx to the point between the eyebrows; and during exhalation, imagine that it is moving downward over the back of the spinal column.
The breath actually does not circulate around the whole length of the spine, but the increased life-force derived from the transmuted breath is directed by will and visualization to circulate lengthwise, within and without, through the inner and over the outer side of the spinal cord continuously during Kriya.
This converts the entire spine into a magnet which draws all the bodily current away from the senses and nerves. The five telephones of the senses — touch, taste, smell, hearing and sight — are thus disconnected and the attention freed from the invasion of the senses. This is also the greatest psycho-physical method for actually reversing the searchlights of life forces, consciousness and the senses from matter to spirit. Drawing up and feeling a cool current and the breath within the inside of the spine, feeling a cool current from the coccyx to the point between the eyebrows, and spraying the current and breath as tepid over the back of the spinal tube from the point between the eyebrows down to the coccyx is equal to one compete Kriya exercise.
This exercise should be performed from one to fourteen times in immediate succession, morning and evening. Remember, there are two indications of the correct practice of Kriya. During inhalation, the upward-floating breath and current should produce a cool sensation throughout the entire length of the imaginary hollow in the spinal column, from the coccyx to the point between the eyebrows.
The inhalation must be accompanied throughout by the deep sound of "Hau" made by the expanded throat. During exhalation, the downward-floating breath and current should be felt as a tepid, fine, thread-like sensation, accompanied by the sound of "E" made by the expanded throat.
Do not jerk the chest by moving it up and down with inhalation and exhalation, while practicing Kriya. Always keep the throat expanded during this exercise. The expansion should be like that experienced in rolling the tongue backward toward the uvula. You may practice Kriya with an expanded throat by rolling the tongue backward.
Drawing the breath and current upward must be accompanied by a deep, full sound of "Hau" made by the throat. Likewise, in sending the current downward over the spinal column, it must be fine, thread-like and tepid. This exhalation must be accompanied by the sound of "E," made by the throat. The repetition of Kriya twelve to fourteen times equals one year's natural evolution in development of body, mind and soul.
The life current quickly spiritualizes the spine and brain, which in turn spiritualize the whole body. Hindu Yogis state that this current actually changes the atomic composition of the body cells. Ordinarily the progress of the human body, mind and soul keeps pace with the revolutions of the earth around the sun. Of course, this natural progress is retarded if disease, accidents, despondency or ignorance be permitted to invade the body, mind or soul. Just as the Earth's complete revolution around the sun produces one year's effects in the human body, so the Yogis discovered that the time of human evolution could be quickened greatly by revolving the life-force the earthly physical energy around the elliptical path of the spinal cord and its six centers, upward from the coccyx to the point between the eyebrows, and downward from the point between the eyebrows to the coccyx, with the soul as the central sun.
The solar year through outside influences of rays and vibrations quickens the body, mind and soul to a certain state in a year's time. The Yogis found that the same result of one year's complete bodily evolution and spiritual change can be brought about by internal methods for energizing and spiritualizing the spine which is extremely sensitive. This quickening of evolution can be accomplished only if Kriya is practiced correctly, if the body is kept free from diseases and accidents, and the mind from disbelief and error.
Normally, the human body, brain, mind and soul undergo a complete change once every eight years, if the individual be progressive. The Scriptures say it requires about a million uninterrupted mundane years of human progressive natural evolution to clarify and sensitize and enlarge the brain, mind and soul capacity so that they can hold and reflect all the knowledge in the Universe.
Ordinarily, the human brain is too limited even to hold all the words of an enlarged Webster Dictionary. Imagine what a highly developed brain is necessary to hold and express all knowledge. However, if Luther Burbank could bring a walnut tree to the fruit-bearing stage in five years instead of the normal ten to fifteen years, it is reasonable to suppose that there must be a scientific method for developing an all-wisdom-producing brain within a few years, instead of a million terrestrial years as usually required.
This is why the Yogis of India have devised this ingenious Kriya exercise for internally refining the brain and spine. Kriya is mathematical in its result. All who practice it correctly and regularly will learn this for themselves. By practicing Kriya correctly 14 times, morning and evening, while in good health, the spine, brain and mind become completely changed.
To bring about an equivalent change through natural evolution requires one year. Consequently, by practicing Kriya fourteen times in the morning and fourteen times in the evening, two years of natural evolution can be achieved in one day. One must remember that one million years of evolution can be achieved in less than 50 years by perfecting one's technique, deepening concentration, and by increasing the number of times in the practice of Kriya.
This is not to be attempted without the permission of the Guru, which may be obtained after several months of faithful practice, by reporting on the state of your health and mind.
You can also practice the lesson, the Art of Super-Realization, especially the Kriya, in the following way: Sit upright. Expand your throat by rolling the tongue backward, keeping the mouth almost closed, and circulate the cool and tepid currents as directed to do in the other method of Kriya practice.
While drawing the cool current upward from the coccyx to Medulla by the sound of "Hau" you can mentally chant Aum Om at each of the six centers. During exhalation, accompanied by the sound of "E", mentally chant Aum Om at each center as the tepid current flows downward.
See following illustrations. Maha Mudra should be practiced on the floor on a woolen blanket. The purpose of this exercise is to loosen the vertebrae and distribute the obstructed life current into the organs.
Maha Mudra is performed in three parts, as follows: a Bend the left leg and sit on the sole of left foot. Bend the right knee upward, having right foot flat on the floor; place hands with fingers interlocked over right knee.
Keep the spine straight. Inhale, cooling the inside of the cerebro-spinal tube as in Kriya, bringing the current up inside the tube to the forehead, between the eyebrows. Then, holding the breath, bend head forward and downward, resting chin on chest, and stretch right leg forward, straight on floor. With both hands take hold of the great toe of the right foot, and pull it toward you. Count from one to six in this bent posture breath still being held , then sit up, straightening spine, and lifting the right knee upward knee flexed in comfortable position.
Then exhale with the sound of "E" as in Kriya, sending the warm current over the outside of the tube downward to the coccyx. With fingers interlocked and placed over knees, draw current upward to the sound of "Hau" as in Kriya. Hold breath, bend head down, with chin on chest, then stretch both legs straight forward on the floor, keeping them together.
Shift interlocked fingers to toes of both feet and, holding toes, pull them toward you. Count from one to six, holding breath, then sit up, straightening spine, and exhale with the sound of "E. Sit erect. Put thumbs of both hands loosely over tragus of both ears. Place first fingers lightly over the outer corners of the lids with gentle pressure. Place middle fingers lightly over nostrils.
The position of third fingers should be over corners of the upper lip and that of the little fingers over the corners of the lower lip. With all fingers lightly held in these positions, inhale with the sound of "Hau," drawing current up through the cerebrospinal tube from the coccyx to the point between the eyebrows.
Hold breath. Knit eyebrows tightly and quickly. Press eyeballs gently so they do not revolve or rotate. Press all fingers firmly, closing mouth, nostrils, ears and eyes. Count from one to 12 or 25, holding breath, and see the revolving light of the spiritual eye the star of wisdom, the third eye, the dove descending from heaven, the single eye, the star of the East through which your wisdom must pass to meet Christ Consciousness.
The astral eye in the beginning will reveal astral lights. Then, by deeper concentration, this eye will become spiritualized, revealing spirit.
Watch the spiritual Aurora Borealis, then loosen fingers, while keeping them in the same position, and exhale, sending the current down over the spinal column with the sound of "E. Practice once before going to bed. Mind can do everything. Through this practice, the time limitation in evolution is overcome, and the receptive power of the spine, brain and mind is increased, so that the Yogi knows, sees and feels all from within.
Yoga is the super-method by which the evolution of body, mind and soul can be quickened. That is how the attainment of wisdom and realization, which usually takes a million years and numerous incarnations of natural evolution is possible in one lifetime.
By this exercise, the consciousness which is in the body, and which is identified with the senses, is transferred to the spine and the brain, and thus transmitted into Super-consciousness and Cosmic Consciousness.
Kriya is an initiation into Cosmic Consciousness, or the transfer of consciousness from the body to the spirit. In order to do this, one must transfer consciousness from the senses to the spine. After practicing Kriya and resting for a short while, one is able to do inspired work in connection with literature, art or science.
Then intuition develops of itself, without effort, because one's consciousness is transferred from the senses to the spine and brain.
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