Hi (Paramhansa Yogananda's book Autobiography of a Yogi')

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shriadishakti , ashishcool tandon

<ashishcooltandon> wrote:

>

> Dear Jagbir,

>

> JSMJ,

>

> Have come across a very interesting article on the net

> regarding Kriya Yog and a deathless babaji somewhere

> in the Himalayas.

>

> Read about Kriya Yog for the first time in Paramhansa

> Yogananda's book " Autobiography of a Yogi'

>

> Would appreciate if you could share your views on

> Kriya.

>

> Love,

>

> Ashish

>

 

 

Dear Ashish,

 

i read Paramhansa Yogananda's book " Autobiography of a Yogi " after

receiving my Self-realization. During those early years i went on a

frantic search for Truth and bought many books to vet my voracious

appetite for knowledge. i sought books regarding Christianity, Islam,

Buddhism, Judaism, Sikhism and New Age. The reason was because Kash

was telling me about a Divine Mother and the messengers of God

Almighty who were meeting daily on Her. i had little knowledge about

the Divine to confirm this fact.

 

It would have been alright if this Shakti was only with 'Hindu'

deities but Kash kept insisting they were all together - Shri

Krishna, Jesus Christ, Buddha, Muhammad, Radha, Sita, Rama, Shiva,

Hanuman and others. At that time it was rather confusing because for

centuries no religious organization have ever preached the unity of

God's messengers. So i wanted to know how and why a child was

contradicting an established fact.

 

One of the books i read was " Autobiography of a Yogi " whose mystical

journeys, though different and distant from the Sahasrara, took me

quite a distance. It also helped me understand that human beings are

far more than what religious organizations have us believe, and that

i would learn and gain more spiritually the further i distanced

myself from their religious clutches and control.

 

There is good knowledge in the book but i do not believe the

deathless babaji exists somewhere in the Himalayas to guide humans to

God. Why live in some remote, inaccessible, freezing, high-altitude

mountain hideout that till today remains completely unknown if you

are desirous of guiding humanity? How many seekers are there in this

world mentally and physically fit to climb up the Himalayas and spend

weeks checking out caves for a mysterious mystic no one has met for

decades? What about senior citizens and the handicapped desiring

enlightenment and liberation? And if one does meet him how many weeks

or months must they stay with him to receive self-realization and

liberating knowledge? Is there a single verifiable case of anyone

meeting him, corroboration of a personal contact that will convince

others to take the Himalayan trek? It just does not make sense.

Evidence of the deathless babaji is as elusive as the eagles and cows

who sustained Amma in exile.

 

To answer your question on Kriya i would like to inform that the

present-day " Autobiography of a Yogi " now available on the internet

has the last chapter titled " The Years 1940-1951 " missing. i have no

idea why this very important and concluding insight promising the

flowering of the divine universal plan for humanity, precisely as

that fulfilled by Shri Mataji, has been edited out of the book. Is it

because that universal plan, just as the deathless babji, failed to

materialize?

 

This is how the original book in my possession ends:

" All great prophets have remained silent when requested to unveil the

ultimate secrets. When Pilate asked: " What is truth? " Christ made no

reply. The large ostentatious questions of intellectualists like

Pilate seldom proceed from a burning spirit of inquiry. Such men

speak rather with the empty arrogance that considers a lack of

conviction about spiritual values to be a sign of open mindedness.

 

" To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into this world,

that I should bear witness unto the truth. Everyone that is of the

truth heareth my voice. " In these few words Christ spoke volumes. A

child of God bears witness by his life. He embodies truth; if he

expound it also, that is generous redundancy.

 

Truth is no theory, no speculative system of philosophy, no

intellectual insight. Truth is exact correspondence with reality. For

man, truth is unshakeable knowledge of his real nature, his Self as

soul. Jesus, by every act and word of his life, proved that he knew

the truth of his being - his source in God. Wholly identified with

the omnipresent Christ Consciousness, he could say with simple

finality: " Everyone that is of truth heareth my voice. "

 

Buddha, too, refused to shed light on the metaphysical ultimate,

dryly pointing out that man's few moments on earth are best employed

in perfecting his moral nature. The Chinese mystic Lao-tzu rightly

taught: " He who knows, tells it not; he who tells, knows it not. " The

final mysteries of God are not open to discussion. The decipherment

of His secret code is an art that man cannot communicate to man; here

the Lord alone is the Teacher.

 

" Be still, and know that I am God. " Never flaunting His omnipresence,

the Lord is heard only in the universe as the creative Aum vibration,

the Primal Sound instantly translates Itself into intelligible words

for the devotee in attunement.

 

The divine purpose of creation, so far as man's reason can grasp it,

is expounded in the Vedas. The rishis taught that each human being

has been created by God as a soul that will uniquely manifest some

special attribute of the Infinite before assuming its Absolute

Identity. All men, endowed thus with a facet of Divine Individuality,

are equally dear to God.

 

The wisdom garnered by India, the eldest brother among the nations,

is a heritage of all mankind. Vedic truth, as all truth, belongs to

the Lord and not India. The rishis, whose minds were pure receptacles

to receive the divine profundities of the Vedas, were members of the

human race, born on this earth, rather than on some other, to serve

humanity as a whole. Distinction by race of nation are meaningless in

the realm of truth, where the only qualification is the spiritual

fitness to receive.

 

God is Love; His plan for creation can be rooted only in love. Does

not that simple thought, rather than erudite reasoning, offer solace

to the human heart? Every saint who has penetrated to the core of

reality has testified that a divine universal plan exists and that is

beautiful and full of joy.

 

To the prophet Isaiah, God revealed His intentions in these words:

 

" So shall my word [creative Aum] be that goeth forth out of my

mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that

which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

For he shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace, the

mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing and

all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. "

 

" Ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace. " The men of a

hard-pressed twentieth century hear longingly that wondrous promise.

The full truth within it is realisable by every devotee of God who

strives manfully to repossess his divine heritage. "

 

 

jagbir

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The post that got misdirected to Jagbir when meant for the

forum.Reposted again intentionally after the reply regarding

Sohniya's earlier post.

shriadishakti , Madhurima M <marycheva>

wrote:

> Dear Forum,

> I think, it is high time as sahaja yogis we

learnt to judge the book on vibrations. When you are reading

something, immediately your kundalini will tell you. I had read this

book before comming to Sahaja and frankly it could give me nothing,

compared to what Sahaja Yoga has given to me.

> Jai Shri Mataji

> Madhurima.

 

In shriadishakti , Jagbir wrote:

One of the books i read was " Autobiography of a Yogi " whose mystical

journeys, though different and distant from the Sahasrara, took me

quite a distance. It also helped me understand that human beings are

far more than what religious organizations have us believe, and that

i would learn and gain more spiritually the further i distanced

myself from their religious clutches and control.

 

To answer your question on Kriya i would like to inform that the

present-day " Autobiography of a Yogi " now available on the internet

has the last chapter titled " The Years 1940-1951 " missing. i have no

idea why this very important and concluding insight promising the

flowering of the divine universal plan for humanity, precisely as

that fulfilled by Shri Mataji, has been edited out of the book.

 

Balwinder:

I still remember reading this book in my early twenties as well as

other holy texts like Koran, Bible , Ramayana & Bhagavadgita as well

as the Granth Sahib and others.

It helped break a number of conditionings in my mind.

I would not compare it or any other Holy book with Mother's teachings

but in the same vein I must say the book helped me in my spiritual

journey.

 

I feel we Sahaja Yogis must harness whatever that has already been

written in the Holy texts and good spiritually inclined books to

further uphold Her teachings.We must avoid references of false gurus

even if what they say supports the teachings of Shree Mataji.All this

may seem unnecessary for the miniscule number of SYogi/nis in Sahaj

already since we know who the AdiShakti is.

 

It will make a big difference to newcomers who in the beginning IMHO

usually need something in the teachings of Shree Mataji which relate

to their religion/beliefs/views.Even if they do not need it for

themselves, this newcomers may need it to reason(explain) with their

families/friends etc until they reach a stage where they are totally

confident in SYoga and Mother and have taken off in their ascent.I do

not think it is pandering to their religion/beliefs/views since most

if not all divine personalities after whom the religions were started

are already being highly praised by Shree Mataji and sitting on our

chakras.

 

I am just guessing here but I think many many more people on earth

have read the autobiography of the Yogi than any book on SY.The few

that I know who read the book were positively impacted by the

book.But like Madhurima correctly observed , the impact is nothing

like the postive impact of SY.

 

Balwinder