Marshall Govindhan in his book Babaji and 18 Siddha Kriya Yoga Tradition writes about Kundalini and stages. The content below is an excerpt from his book. Kundalini refers to that dormant power in the human organism which lies at the root of the spinal column. The word kundalini Sanskrit means "coil", and so kundalini has been referred to as that which is coiled. However, the word kunda also refers to a cavity or pit. In this sense, kunda refers to…
Gautama Buddha (Shakya Muni) and his disciples I have taken kriya yoga initiation in October 2010 at Rishikesh, Kriya Yoga Ashram and It's been a decade of my spiritual journey. I am trying to look back and see what all happened these years (2010- 2020) in terms of my spiritual growth, my association with master, spiritual friends and managing a Yoga Trust. I wrote my first article about my initiation experience and titled it as "Wise Master and Stupid Disciple".…
Kriya Yoga Ashram, Rishikesh 07 – 21 October 2010 This is a story of 14 days which starts with a New moon day and ends with a Full moon day which symbolizes my spiritual journey from Darkness to Light. I reached Rishikesh ashram by 5: 30 in evening on 6th October for which I took flight from Delhi at 4:00 pm and then a cab from Dehradun to Rishikesh. At the reception, I met the receptionist who I felt was…
Disciple Hemachuda and his guru / wife Hemalekha from Tripura Rahasya When Hemachuda understood the significance of his wife's parable he was agreeably surprised. His voice chocked with pleasure as he said to her:"My dear, you are indeed blessed, and clever too: how shall I describe the profound wisdom of the story of your life, narrated to me in the form of a parable."Up to now I did not know your progress. It has all been made as clear to…
Disciple Rama and his Guru Sage Vasishta - Yoga Vasistha Rama asked, “Tell me sage. After a holy man is acquainted with the supreme essence that is without beginning or end, what perfection does he seek?” 2 Vasishta replied:— Hear the high state arrived at by a holy man after he has known the knowable, and how such a man conducts his life throughout the whole course of his existence. 3 He lives apart from human society in his solitary…