Look Ma, No Guru;-)

[Guest guest]

Why is KY so exclusively different from all other types of yoga, in

that no guide, except the inner-one, is needed?

 

When I first read "Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda,

I became instantly interested in Kriya Yoga. When I searched for

info on the internet, every site I found said that the initiation

into the system had to be done by a Guru (sigh).

 

I believe the term for someone else activating or cleansing the

Chakras is called "Shaktiput"; why is this not a common practice (or

is it) in KY?

 

I realize that this question has been posted on this site before, but

I would really like some more clarification---please;-)

 

Mal

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam Mal:

 

> Why is KY so exclusively different from all other types of yoga, in

> that no guide, except the inner-one, is needed?

>

> When I first read "Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramahansa

>Yogananda, I became instantly interested in Kriya Yoga. When I

>searched for info on the internet, every site I found said that the

>initiation into the system had to be done by a Guru (sigh).

>

> I believe the term for someone else activating or cleansing the

> Chakras is called "Shaktiput"; why is this not a common practice

>(or is it) in KY?

 

There is no shaktipat (initiation) in the KY tradition. The teaching

is that not only can you do it for yourself, but that you must do it

for yourself. The beauty of KY is that all the techniques you need

to do all this work for yourself have been presented, and you get

many benefits from doing it for yourself, like discipline, knowledge,

and self-empowerment.

 

One of the consequences of traditions that practice shaktipat is

disciples (followers). It is easy enough to raise the Kundalini

energy. The difficulty is to keep it raised, to cope with the

aspects of life that close us down, to clear away the subconscious

garbage that accumulates every day. If you depend on someone else to

uplift you, what happens when you can't get to that person? Many

disciples never learned the disciplines and techniques to uplift

themselves, and when the guru left, they were lost.

 

YB has always been very clear that his goal was to create teachers,

not followers. The consequence of self-initiation is that you become

a teacher. You have already discovered this experientially, Mal,

because, as we faithful readers of the list know, you have already

become a teacher (see, it works!

 

Love & blessings,

Sadhant

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam,

 

I want to praise Satsang Kaur and Sadhant Singh for these two great

responses about the need for a teacher and who the real teacher is.

 

And I love the subject designation.

 

If anyone else every asked this question, we now have the answer.

 

Sat Nam,

 

Gururattan Kaur