About Kriya Yoga...
The most overlooked keyword in "Kriya Yoga" of Babaji.
While many students learn Kriya Yoga, they leave behind this important concept which changes the perspective of the student completely towards not only the yogic practice but every walk of life. This powerful perspective enables the practitioner to re-write the destiny by overcoming the consequences that follow every action, no matter if it thought, word or deed. It becomes fundamentally important to understand awareness and when it occurs.
While this is loosely used by everyone today, the keyword unfortunately remains lost and confined to just another fashion jargon in the current world where yoga gets constantly commoditized innovatively.
Kriya
Kriya Yoga
Kriya Yoga is profound in how it influences the life of an individual.
It's undeniable a race in this AI (Artificial Intelligence) led technological age, where the technology innovation is unfolding so rapidly like never before in human history; this has certainly aggravated the confusion in which our typical individuated consciousness is usually engrossed. Kriya Yoga of Babaji certainly is the need of the hour in such a situation as it balances both energy and conscious levels of the individual leading to health, inner joy and ultimately to the lasting happiness.
Babaji is merciful to revive this sacred knowledge of Tamil Siddhas of South India and give equal access to his kriyas to every individual across the world. While yoga is defined to be the process of purification, Kriya Yoga does this purification at levels of human existence.
Pilgrimage
It is a custom in every spiritual tradition that the seekers go onto a pilgrimage.
The human consciousness is constantly bombarded by the fluctuations that always forces it remain entangled in the whirlwind of worldly impermanent manifestations. When it becomes meritorious enough to start its journey inward by the grace of the Guru, the force of egoist mind may intensify to pull it back into the same confusion again and again. This is why, like any vehicle we use needs a service at some regular periods, our body-mind system also needs spiritual support to make progress on the path. That is where, the pilgrimage comes to the rescue. By visiting the powerful reservoirs of spiritual energy - the holy places like temples, caves where enlightened masters have done intense practice, the premises or lands-of-God (Dev Bhoomi) like Badrinath - the seekers may draw inspiration to purify themselves by the grace and blessings of those masters and deities.
Initiation
We all have learnt so many things from so many people in our life at every stage. It means that we have so many people in our life who play the role of a teacher - first among them being mother, father, grand parents and so on. Whoever taught us, they knew what they taught and perhaps some experience.
Initiation is the sacred ceremony, in which a seeker gets an opportunity to learn Kriya Yoga practically from a trained and authorized teacher so that he/she could start their journey under the guidance of Sathguru Kriya Babaji, who is the only Guru of this lineage. Marshall Govindan Satchidananda Ji rigorously train the Acharyas before inducting them into the Order authorizing them to initiate the aspirants into Kriya Yoga. This is conducted with utmost sacredness by invoking the presence of the Guru, Sathguru Kriya Babaji, to inspire and guide the kriyabans (initiates). All 144 kriyas bestowed on by Babaji are categorized into 3 initiation levels.
Below books are recommended for beginners -
"Kriya Yoga: Insights Along the Path" - by Marshall Govindan Satchidananda
"Babaji and the 18 Siddha Kriya Yoga Tradition" - by Marshall Govindan Satchidananda
"Kriya Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Siddhas" - by Marshall Govindan Satchidananda
"The Voice of Babaji: A Triology on Kriya Yoga" - by V.T.Neelakantan, S.A.A. Ramaiah and Babaji Nagaraj
"The Grace of Babaji's Kriya Yoga: A Correspondence Course" - by Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas
"Babaji's Kriya Yoga: Deepening Your Practice" - by Jan "Durga" Ahlund and Marshall Govindan Satchidananda
