tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037804520600891857.post4888478417892367040..comments2024-03-04T16:16:36.020-05:00Comments on Golden Age Journey: Kriya Yoga: Synthesis of a Personal Experiencemanoj.the.yogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17177305694041358465noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037804520600891857.post-77857252223003577962023-08-19T21:40:59.626-04:002023-08-19T21:40:59.626-04:00He is okay, but in 2020 he wasn't feeling well...He is okay, but in 2020 he wasn't feeling well for a time. He is better now. I exchanged letters with him last week--August 2023. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037804520600891857.post-1098766001517915472020-08-25T16:18:40.156-04:002020-08-25T16:18:40.156-04:00Can you explaim more about Hariharananda's tea...Can you explaim more about Hariharananda's teachings? KYI teaches complete Kriya Yoga?<br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037804520600891857.post-29478073403168563172020-03-10T20:15:45.719-04:002020-03-10T20:15:45.719-04:00Sorry, I have never been in contact with him.Sorry, I have never been in contact with him.manoj.the.yogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17177305694041358465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037804520600891857.post-24129478931639096862020-03-05T23:20:44.594-05:002020-03-05T23:20:44.594-05:00Hello sir.. i have been practicing Kriya Yoga thro...Hello sir.. i have been practicing Kriya Yoga through Ennio Nimis's book and his advice through mail. i am afraid to tell i am not getting replies from past few months.. Could you please lemme know if you have any info about him please..ವಿಷ್ಣುhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670443282401536437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037804520600891857.post-11182726855825939092018-11-08T21:08:18.398-05:002018-11-08T21:08:18.398-05:00Overall my preference is for Swami Satyananda'...Overall my preference is for Swami Satyananda's 20 kriyas, but even that I've modified considerably. My ideal practice is 20 min asanas, 20 min kriyas, 20 min silence.manoj.the.yogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17177305694041358465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037804520600891857.post-85220480060489802812018-11-06T22:45:13.035-05:002018-11-06T22:45:13.035-05:00Hi Manoj, Did you get chance to compare swami shiv...Hi Manoj, Did you get chance to compare swami shivananda's 20 kriyas vs Lahiri kriyas mentioned by Ennino in his book? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037804520600891857.post-68667401462675836562015-04-30T11:05:00.184-04:002015-04-30T11:05:00.184-04:00Anyone basing what they know of Kriya on SRF, Kriy...Anyone basing what they know of Kriya on SRF, Kriya Yoga Institute, CSA, Ananda or any other organization needs to really take the time and educate themselves before believing in any one groups statements of being the only real or authentic method. <br /><br />Ennio has done just this. <br /><br />I myself was originally initiated into Kriya via SRF, later by direct students of Paramahansa Yogananda. After some time of dissatisfaction I learned from Hariharananda’s Kriya Yoga Institute and later still from Shibendu Lahiri to include the higher Kriyas. <br /><br />All three teach very wonderful technique and some are quite different from each other. <br /><br />You the individual are the only one who can determine what fits you best, no one has the best formula for you, that is for you to discover by doing and it may take years but it is the only real way.<br /><br />Like Ennio I went out in real life spent time with the teachers of Kriya and discovered by doing and from this can say without a doubt that there is no point in choosing one way over another because if you will practice what has been taught to you then in time it will be Kriya practicing you and not the other way around.<br /><br />The organizations and teachers like Shibendu Lahiri can only give you the general outline and specifics of technique. Learning the techniques of Kriya require you to practice, then in time you actually learn, no one can impart this to another it takes doing.<br /><br />After some time has passed you will encounter the truest teacher for you in the depths of stillness in your sadhana and you will know in the depths of your very being how and what to do expertly. This is what is meant by Kriya practicing you without using popular terms like Kundalini etc…<br /><br />Beware of anyone who tells you to go against your common sense if you are dissatisfied with your practice rest assured it has nothing to do with a lack of devotion etc… this is how cults and religions entrap people by convincing others of un provable, emotionally charged sudo-facts within the framework of a self created belief system. Belief does not equal fact.<br /><br />Quite a few in the Kriya Market Place are Cults nothing more needs be said, be careful and to thine ownself remain true.<br /><br />A word of caution: Ennio does not describe the techniques exactly as he was taught in his book or as the teachers of today currently do.<br /><br />Ennio describes the techniques as it has come to him by doing just as I described above. There are books by people who have attempted to edit and organize Ennios writings it can be seen where the person has followed closely in some cases and altered the techniques more in others.<br /><br />Again this comes from this persons practice.<br /><br />SRF has done a decent job of keeping their brand of Kriya pretty much the same since the 1930's so it retains a base line way of doing things.<br /><br />KYI has also since the passing of Hariharananda.<br /><br />Shibendu teaches as he does but being that his followers are generally an intimidated bunch easily bullied and lack self confidence there is not much to go by here other than internet boards that complain about the way he teaches the higher Kriyas including the perineum as a chakra where others do not in the higher Kriyas. I can affirm he still teaches it this way as of 2014. So it is assumed he keeps his baseline of practice the same.<br /><br />Ennio does not proclaim to teach his book is for comparative analysis. This is where it shines it is a wonderful publication for those who have learned Kriya already experienced by doing daily, but I would say for a complete novice not the way to go at all. <br /><br />For a complete novice I would say that the book may cause confusion, but it also will fill in the blanks that if a person goes to learn in person will most certainly have later aiding them in understanding just what it is they are learning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037804520600891857.post-23930121724073934802014-11-06T14:03:50.599-05:002014-11-06T14:03:50.599-05:00Ennio Nimis wrote a fantastic book, IMHO. He clea...Ennio Nimis wrote a fantastic book, IMHO. He clearly explains how SRF has fallen into the error of thinking that they are the only valid conduit to disseminate the techniques of Kriya, and that their techniques are the only effective techniques. <br /><br />It is well-documented in Yogananda's publications that Yogananda, himself, varied the Kriya details over time. <br /><br />Also, Yogananda authorized non-SRF/YSS members to teach Kriya, and to teach it to whomever they deemed fit to receive it. This is documented in several of the memoirs of Yogannada's disciples and followers<br /><br />In "Autobiography of a Yogi," Yogananda mentioned those (Jesus and others) who attained great spiritual advancement through "the use of Kriya or a similar technique." Clearly, the supposed "letter of the law" of SRF techniques is merely one variation amongst many.<br /><br />The fundamental psychophysical rationale behind Kriya is not tethered to a set-in-stone suite of techniques; but is, instead, more like math: inflexible with regard to whether or not the final result is real and true, but flexible regarding the techniques used to solve the problem. (Example: calculus was independently discovered by two men in the same time frame, using different systems of notation.) <br /><br />If all of the authorized SRF Kriya teachers were to suddenly die, with no successors, would Kriya die off forever? Of course not. Yogananda himself wrote that a spiritually adventurous person would eventually tease out the underlying principles behind Kriya (just as, as I mentioned above, the principles of math have been rediscovered independently in different cultures and time frames, using similar but different approaches). <br /><br />Ennio Nimis's huge contribution is to lucidly and sincerely point out how organizational strictures and structures, such as those of SRF, are a double-edged sword: on one hand, they nobly guard against the corruption of Kriya; and the promiscuous dissemination of Kriya; and the profiteering off Kriya (a particular problem, I hear, in India) -- but, taken too literally, these same safeguards can make the spiritual aspirant mistake the rule for the underlying rationale; and the organization for the underlying reality. Such misunderstandings can cause what has been called "scrupulosity," which can paradoxically slow spiritual progress. <br /><br />Bravo to Ennio Nimis for his sincere and clear reporting of his journey on the path! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037804520600891857.post-30013858948310373182013-10-25T16:45:51.561-04:002013-10-25T16:45:51.561-04:00You will find "more information" by bein...You will find "more information" by being loyal to your initiation and practicing till death even without results:God knows,not you or Ennio ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037804520600891857.post-72114570834503423002013-02-23T16:43:11.791-05:002013-02-23T16:43:11.791-05:00Thank you for your excellent website and help with...Thank you for your excellent website and help with yoga and kriya.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037804520600891857.post-3457936286366097822013-02-05T20:11:57.365-05:002013-02-05T20:11:57.365-05:00Everyone is different. Some are able to learn adva...Everyone is different. Some are able to learn advanced mathematics with little effort while others must study relentlessly to just learn the basics.<br /><br />I would guess spirituality is the same. The question you have to ask yourself is how badly do you want to become a master, whether of mathematics or spirituality or anything.<br /><br />Jesus fasted and meditated in isolation in the desert for forty days straight. Buddha went to even greater extremes. There is nothing to get frustrated about.<br /><br />"Do, or do not. There is no try." -Yoda<br />manoj.the.yogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17177305694041358465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037804520600891857.post-13941200015054565922013-02-05T10:59:02.319-05:002013-02-05T10:59:02.319-05:00Hi, Manoj!
This has definitely gotten my attentio...Hi, Manoj!<br /><br />This has definitely gotten my attention. I seem to recall in "Autobiography of a Yogi" a description of a monk in SRF, who had practiced Kriya faithfully for 19 years, and never had the experiences others had. I have felt frustrated by the unreliability of results, even though Master assured everyone there would be results. It takes quite a commitment and time, and these days people in many countries aren't even getting enough sleep every day. I am looking forward to more information about this book. Thank you!Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00508416995689267364noreply@blogger.com