Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Paramhansa Yogananda on KRIYA


the outgoing life force 
is not wasted and abused 
in the senses,
but constrained to reunite 
with subtler spinal energies.
By such reinforcement of life,
the yogi's body and brain cells 
are electrified
with the spiritual elixir.
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The advanced yogi, withholding 
all his mind, will, and feeling
from false identification 
with bodily desires,
uniting his mind with 
superconscious forces 
in the spinal shrines,
thus lives in this world 
as God hath planned, 
not impelled by impulses from the past
nor by new witlessnesses 
of fresh human motivations.
Such a yogi receives fulfillment 
of his Supreme Desire,
safe in the final haven 
of inexhaustibly blissful Spirit.
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Kriya, controlling the mind 
directly through the life force,
is the easiest, most effective, 
and most scientific avenue
of approach to the Infinite.
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Kriya may justly be called
the airplane route.
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Kriya Yoga is an instrument 
through which human evolution 
can be quickened,
Sri Yukteswar explained to his students.
"The ancient yogis discovered 
that the secret of cosmic consciousness
is intimately linked 
with breath mastery."
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The Kriya Yogi uses his technique
to saturate and feed all his physical cells 
with undecaying light
and keep them in a magnetized state.
He scientifically makes 
breath unnecessary,
without producing the states 
of subconscious sleep 
or unconsciousness.
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Kriya Yoga is a simple, 
psychophysiological method
by which the human blood 
is decarbonized 
and recharged with oxygen.
The atoms of this extra oxygen 
are transmuted into life current
to rejuvenate the brain 
and spinal centers.
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Untying the cord of breath
which binds the soul to the body,
Kriya serves to prolong life
and enlarge the consciousness 
to infinity.
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All scriptures declare man 
to be not a corruptible body,
but a living soul;
by Kriya he is given a method
to prove the scriptural truth.
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Kriya Yoga is the real fire rite 
often extolled in the Bhagavad Gita.
The purifying fires of yoga 
bring eternal illumination,
and thus differ much 
from outward and little-effective 
religious fire ceremonies,
where perception of truth is oft burnt, 
to solemn chanted accompaniment,
along with the incense!
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A yogi who dies 
before achieving full realization
carries with him the good karma
of his past Kriya effort;
in his new life 
he is harmoniously propelled
toward his Infinite Goal.
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"The Kriya Yoga 
which I am giving to the world 
through you
in this nineteenth century, 
Babaji told Lahiri Mahasaya,
"is a revival of the same science 
which Krishna gave, 
millenniums ago,to Arjuna, 
and which was later known
to Patanjali,and to Christ, 
St. John, St. Paul, 
and other disciples."
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O Spirit, 
beloved Father, 
Oversoul of the Universe,
Spirit of Spirits, 
Friend of Friends,
teach me the mystery 
of my existence!
Teach me to worship Thee
in breathlessness,
in deathlessness.
(Whispers from Eternity, 1949)

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