Guest guest Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Dear Friends, i want to get progress in spiritual path. i donot have a guidance also i donot know where and how to find a guru. i read many articles about spirituality written by many spiritual persons. one thing i am very clear that only by awakening kundalini one can progress in spiritual path and living a life without awakening kundalini is worthless. So what i should do to awaken my kundalini energy. please give me a clear answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 , vijaykesavelu <no_reply wrote: > > Dear Friends, i want to get progress in spiritual path. i donot have > a guidance also i donot know where and how to find a guru. i read > many articles about spirituality written by many spiritual persons. > one thing i am very clear that only by awakening kundalini one can > progress in spiritual path and living a life without awakening > kundalini is worthless. So what i should do to awaken my kundalini > energy. please give me a clear answer. Vijayji, you have completely misunderstood the process of spiritual enlightenment. Awakening the Kundalni is a technical by process that happens automatically, it is not the goal of Sadhna! The goal of Sadhna is to realise our one-ness with the Universe, with the Spirit, with God. The best way to do this is the way of the Gita, which follows a triple intergal path of Gyan-Karma-Bhakti(these 3 paths are one, no matter what anyone may say). I suggest you read the Gita again(or 1st time if you havent till now). For practical meditation, there are dozens of books. I suggest you buy some. I cant recommend any, as different meditations suit different people. You should try a few, & then stick with the ones you like. If there are Hatha Yoga classes nearby, I suggest you visit them. They can also teach you simple excercises. You can post questions here for guidance or further advice. with love Shantnu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 , vijaykesavelu <no_reply wrote: > > Dear Friends, i want to get progress in spiritual path. i donot have > a guidance also i donot know where and how to find a guru. i read > many articles about spirituality written by many spiritual persons. > one thing i am very clear that only by awakening kundalini one can > progress in spiritual path and living a life without awakening > kundalini is worthless. So what i should do to awaken my kundalini > energy. please give me a clear answer. > Dear fellow traveller, please click on the " Sadhna for Beginners " on this page http://www.geocities.com/silentsoul_55/SAMADHI.html it may help you aum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Dear Aumji,Your writings on "Sadhna for beginners" is very nice _/\_Pranams,Anupamaumji <no_reply > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 11:48:41 AM Re: Spiritual progress @ s.com, vijaykesavelu <no_reply@.. .> wrote: > > Dear Friends, i want to get progress in spiritual path. i donot have > a guidance also i donot know where and how to find a guru. i read > many articles about spirituality written by many spiritual persons. > one thing i am very clear that only by awakening kundalini one can > progress in spiritual path and living a life without awakening > kundalini is worthless. So what i should do to awaken my kundalini > energy. please give me a clear answer. > Dear fellow traveller, please click on the "Sadhna for Beginners" on this page http://www.geocitie s.com/silentsoul _55/SAMADHI. html it may help you aum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Here is an older post (from 2001 #670 by omprem). It talks of the 'Kleshas' how they hinder progress, and how to overcome them... ------------------ Om namah Sivaya, Blessed Self You asked for my interpretation of the kleshas as presented by Patanjali. The following is offered but only as one possible interpretation. Others may hold different opinions from which we may all benefit. The kleshas, according to Patanjali, are the five obstacles to Self- Realization that each of us in his/her own way must overcome in order to come to Brahman and know oneself as an expression of Brahman. The kleshas are: (1) avidya, ignorance of Reality. Believing ones' self to be rooted in the phenomenal world, the world of space and time and being unaware of the eternal atman or Self. (2)ahamkara, ego, the principle of individuation. Here, the jiva identifies with the messages of the senses and sees him/herself to be separate from other beings. This sets up competition and leads to estrangement and despair. (3) raga or attraction occurs when the jiva spends his/her time identifying and acquiring material things or even immaterial things such as power in the material world in order to bring pleasure to his/herself. (4) dvesha or aversion is the flip side of raga. The jiva attempts to avoid the unpleasant. The pull-push of raga-dvesha keeps the jiva locked in the illusion of pairs of opposites, including the reactive power of karma. Contentment is impossible. (5) the last obstacle is abhinivesha, the fear of death or the will to live. This is really the fear of losing one's identity as defined by the ego. Unless the jiva has a clear sense that they are more than their body, ego, senses, the jiva clings to material life tenaciously. The kleshas are due to the effect of the senses, of the gunas and of past karmas, all of which obscure our vision of Reality, The Self. According to Patanjali, each klesha is the cause of the next: fear of death and clinging to life is the result of aversion to the unpleasant and attraction to the pleasant, which, in turn, is due to the ego's need to be soothed and avoid conflict, which, in turn, is based on a perception of an outer, separated and conflicted world of the senses, which obscures Reality. Patanjali says that the kleshas can be attenuated, thinned out, to the point where one can become Self-Realized. The three niyamas, tapas, svadhyaya and ishvarapranidhana constitute Kriya Yoga and together overcome the kleshas. Tapas is austerity, an inner cleansing, a disciplined approach to finding out who we really are. Tapas includes all of the yamas which develop discipline, detachment, discrimination, and connection to the rest of the material world. Svadhyaya, the study of scripture, informed religious commentary and biographies of the Self-Realized and the Seeker inspire us to greater effort and heights. Svadhyaya is an important feature of this club. Svadhyaya also includes japa, mantra repetition. Ishvarapranidhana is devotion to the Lord, offering all actions to God, making all action suitable for being presented to God, and renouncing the fruit of all action. When the kleshas have been thinned out, they can be eliminated by reabsorbing them to into their cause or substituting the opposite mental modifications. As mentioned above, each klesha is the cause of the next. Realize this and they begin to disappear. Hari Om Tat Sat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 HARE RAM ,HARE KRISHAN > each klesha is the cause of the next: fear of > death and clinging to life is the result of aversion to the > unpleasant and attraction to the pleasant, which, in turn, is due to > the ego's need to be soothed and avoid conflict, which, in turn, is > based on a perception of an outer, separated and conflicted world of > the senses, which obscures Reality. > THANKS A LOT SIR JI FOR GREAT POSTING HARE RAM , HARE RAM , RAM RAM , HARE HARE , HARE KRISHAN , AHRE KRISHAN , KRISHAN KRISHAN , HARE HARE , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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