Kali-Yoga

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Namaste everyone,

 

Kali-Yoga was created by my Sadguru, Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati. The

Parama-Guru of our lineage is Neem Karoli Baba and some of Her

Teachers are Shirdi Sai Baba and Bhagavan Sri Nityananda of

Ganeshpuri. It's a meditative practice (which inclused Kali asanas,

Kali pranayamas, Kali mudras, Kali pujas, selfless service and Kali

Chakra meditation). If you go on Her ashram's website, in the "Ma's

Thoughts" section, there are sketches of some mudras. Kali Yoga is

the yoga of transformation, which teaches the path of spiritual ego

death and the ability to consume life. By the fire of the breath,

Kali uses our impurities as fuel in each of our chakras to project us

more in the Jivamukta state of being. She eats it.

 

Inner Peace

by Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

 

 

Many have asked me, "What is inner peace?"

 

The very thought of life sometimes brings to the human mind the

thought of chaos. When one does not converse from a place of the

higher self, then the struggle through life becomes harder. This

inner peace that most seek, most talk about seeking, is really the

ability to be by yourself, within yourself, at a very special time

each day. There is a place that one can find, a place that is totally

yours and belong only to you. Perhaps this place is a place in the

universe that you can find while you are sitting very still, becoming

very aware of your breath, your life and the moment.

 

Inner peace cannot be obtained outside of the moment. It does not

exist. It does not exist in yesterday's memory of beauty, profound

happiness or tomorrow's thought of richness and wealth, or even

health. Inner peace comes from simplicity, and that simplicity must

dwell in the core of your being.

 

One can attain inner peace by taking a few seconds each day and

saying, very simply, "Stop!" Stop and feel the breeze on your face.

Stop and feel the warmth of the sun on your being. If one stops for a

moment every day, the chaos of life will become something that can be

used as fuel, and inner peace can be found. This is not just for a

short while but for the rest of your life, if you begin the rest of

your life in the moment of now.

 

Life can be very chaotic and overwhelming. How does one find peace in

the midst of life's chaos? Sometimes I am hungry for chaos.

Sometimes, on a spring day, I am working with the dying, it is this

young child and myself all alone in the room of death. I want the

chaos of her screams of joy and laughter. I want the chaos of running

after her while she's playing amongst her little friends. That type

of chaos is enjoyment. That type of chaos you don't miss until you

don't have it anymore. To work with the dying one becomes very

proficient in understanding the rules of life. To work with chaos,

the only tool there is, is the appreciation of that chaos that you

hate so much. Make order of your life but don't make it so orderly

that you forget the beauty in chaos.

 

What can we do as individuals to create peace in our environment,

workplace and home? What is it you want? Do you not want to run like

a child even if you're in your 50s, 60s, 70s or older? Do you not

want to experience life to its fullest?

 

Perhaps this is not a peaceful explanation, but indeed it is

something we all need to want to do. We need to move our bodies in

order to have peace. We need to balance our lives, looking straight

into the face of chaos, and then breathing it in and sorting it all

out in our deepest meditation. But do not seek peace when it is truly

movement of peace that you want. If you keep your mind steady on a

mantra, if you keep your mind steady on your heart and your breath

all day with a great awareness of all that you do; that will

absolutely bring you a certain amount of calmness to enjoy all chaos

and bring an inner peace deep within your soul so you are able to

radiate joy. Use the breath, be aware and repeat the

words, "(Breathing in) I know I am breathing in. (Breathing out) I

know I am breathing out." You will see, as you meditate and from all

that you do, everyone around you will feel your oneness with the

universe. And they too will become calmer. Thus you will create a

peaceful environment around you and with others.

 

One of my students asked me, "How do shakti (spiritual energy) and

peace relate?" Shakti is connected to nothing. It is individual in

itself. It is permanence. It is impermanence. It is the power of the

Mother and does not only ride in the Mother's soul. It is just there

as the Mother breathes. It is not connected to her, nor is it

connected to you. You may absorb it as one absorbs water when you

place your hand in a flowing stream. It goes right into your cells

and erases dryness. If you sit in the face of Shakti you will be

eating Shakti, devouring your life instead of your life devouring

you. Shakti will give you the energy to walk tall and strong

throughout life. Shakti, if used right, will bring you the greatest

amount of peace. It will bring the greatest amount of encouragement

and fortitude to do what needs to be done in life.

 

Be aware, be in God, breathe in the Shakti and you will find peace.

 

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A simple Kali-Yoga meditation from Her website:

 

Mother Kali

 

I have only one path to teach and that path is love.

I use love as a razor to scrape away the scars left over from the

ego's war with the heart.

This is my Puja, this is my Prayer,

 

Ma

 

 

Sit with a straight back and call for the Dark Mother of the Agora,

she will come silent and full to the caller. The worshipper must

destroy inside of himself the small I in order to be in the presence

of the Divine Mother.

 

Call gently Her Name: Kali Ma. Now all you have to do is wait without

wanting. You need not believe in the Black One. You need not even

believe in Guru. You need only to believe in yourself and in the

ability to sustain the substance of silence.

 

 

In the empty space of the heart that has burnt in the Dhuni there is

a feeling of death, a death that is good and strong. What I mean by

strong is that this is the death of the ego, the death that so many

seekers have looked for but didn't have the strength to find. Not one

person can hurt you, but you must also remember that not one person

can help you.

You are the maker of the moment.

 

Mother of all that is light and dark, show me your form. I shall hold

my hands so close to your being that perhaps my fingers will burn. I

shall fill myself up with your purity and become aware of the Earth

and all the pitfalls that can call a child away from its mother. You,

Kali, are the mother of all.

 

The All Good and All Powerful One, Kali, is without beginning or end.

Where her consort creates, she preserves and withdraws the world of

extended matter. May she, the Black One of the dead night's glory,

forgive those who live in the silence and have never - due to lack of

meditation - felt her hand on their breast. I am Ma, and I beg you to

go deeper into the place of the terrifying horror of the dying ego.

I shall be there with you.

 

- Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

 

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It feels great to have this opportunity of interfaith satsang with

fellow Kalidas(i)s!

With prem,

 

Varuna