Kriya Yoga: Insights Along The Path
Book Specification
| Item Code: | NAD817 |
| Author: | Marshall Govindan & Jan Ahlund |
| Publisher: | Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Trust |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2008 |
| ISBN: | 9781895383492 |
| Pages: | 158 |
| Cover: | Paperback |
| Other Details | 8.5 inch X 5.5 inch |
| Weight | 250 gm |
Book Description
My wife, Jan "Durga" Ahlund and I have recognized for many years the need for a book that would explain to both those interested in learning Kriya Yoga and those already embarked on its path, why they should practice it, what are the difficulties, and how to overcome them. We believe that this book will help prep "'1"e everyone for the challenges and opportunities that Kriya Yoga pro I~-es. Every one of us faces the resistance of our human nature, ignorance as to our true identity, and karma, the consequences of years of conditioning by our thoughts, words and actions. By cultivating aspiration for the Divine, rejecting egoism and its manifestations, and surrendering to our higher Self, pure Witness consciousness, we can overcome this resistance, our karma and the many obstacles on the path. But, to do so, we need much support and insight along the way.
| Preface | 5 | |
| Part l: The Dilemma of human existence: Finding lasting happiness things which do not last | 7 | |
| 1 | Why Do We Practice Yoga? | 7 |
| 2 | Karma: Cause or Consequence? | 15 |
| 3 | Liking and Disliking: the Disease of the Mind | 27 |
| 4 | Doubts | 29 |
| 5 | Sincerity | 31 |
| 6 | The Eternal Smile | 32 |
| Part 2: Finding the spiritual path | 34 | |
| 1 | Guru Purnima and the Guru | 34 |
| 2 | Aspiration | 41 |
| 3 | Receiving the Grace of our Satguru Kriya Babaji Nagaraj | 44 |
| 4 | Discipleship or Devoteeship | 52 |
| 5 | The Significance of Initiation | 54 |
| 6 | What is Babaji's Kriya Yoga? | 56 |
| 7 | Imagine | 72 |
| 8 | Getting It and Keeping It | 74 |
| 9 | The Art of Meditation, You and What You Are Not | 75 |
| 10 | By Contentment, Supreme Joy is Attained | 88 |
| 11 | A Man's Home is His Ashram | 90 |
| 12 | Satsang | 95 |
| 13 | Sacred Space | 97 |
| Part 3: Making our life our Yoga | 99 | |
| 1 | Moving towards equilibrium: Calmly Active, Actively Calm | 99 |
| 2 | What the World Needs Now is Love and Compassion | 101 |
| 3 | Judgment, or How to Avoid Harming others and Ourselves | 104 |
| 4 | Yoga as a Social Movement | 111 |
| 5 | All countries are my homeland and all persons are part of my family | 115 |
| 6 | Holy madness, Kundalini, Shakti pat and Ego-Crushing | 119 |
| 7 | How do we know whether we are progressing spiritually? | 123 |
| 8 | The Yoga of the 21"' Century | 132 |
| 9 | Tapas: Voluntary Self-Challenge | 134 |
| 10 | Samadhi | 137 |
| 11 | Kaivalyam: Absolute Freedom | 142 |
| 12 | Sadhana of Life | 145 |
| 13 | Questions and answers | 148 |
| How should we concentrate in practicing mantras? | 148 | |
| How to balance internal and external focus, in order to optimize both? | 150 | |
| In Advaita Vedanta, one focuses only On the Self. Why do we have other points focus in 8abaji's Kriya Yoga? | 152 | |
| How does 8abaji's Kriya Yoga compare with the Kriya Yoga promoted by Yogananda and his successors? | 154 |
