Prabhuji - Kundalini yoga: The power is in you

KUNDALINI YOGA
THE POWER IS IN YOU

Copyright 2018
Third Edition

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ISBN-13: 978-1-945894-07-7
ISBN-10: 1-945894-07-5
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016915429

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Epilogue

Dedicated with deep gratitude to my master, a seer, an enlightened being, someone who is no one, only a presence... a seagull that loves flying more than anything else in life.

The story of my life is nothing but a long voyage: from what one believes to be to what one truly is, from the personal to the universal, from the partial to the total, from the unreal to the real, from the apparent to the true, from the temporal and transient to the eternal, from darkness to light, from the human to the Divine. This story is not public but deeply private and intimate.

I am the disciple of a seer, of an enlightened being, of somebody who is nobody. I was initiated in my spiritual childhood by the stars shining through the silence. A seagull that loved flying more than anything else in life inspired me.

In love with the impossible, I crossed the universe chasing a star. I have walked a thousand paths, following the footsteps of those who saw, with deep respect for them but always in my own way.

As the ocean that longs for the water, I sought my home within my own house. I love religion in all its manifestations, though I have never been affiliated with any in particular. I am not part of any organized religion, because enlightenment is not a social but a spiritual phenomenon. Truth does not permit institutionalization.

I publicly declare myself multi-religious because my religion is one: the religion of love, and its temple is the heart. It is there that I offer up my prayers.

I am not a guide, instructor, educator, pedagogue, guru, evangelist, or master, but only a traveler whom you have asked for directions. I will gladly show you a place where everything calms upon arrival, a place beyond the sun and the stars, beyond your desires and longings, beyond time and space, beyond concepts and conclusions, beyond you.

I have not transformed my inner life into a profession or job. It is not my intention to convince anyone of anything. I only talk to myself and think aloud. The echo of these words may lead you to the infinite space of peace, silence, love, existence, consciousness, and absolute bliss.

Do not search for me; search for yourself. It is not me that you need, because the only thing that really matters is you. What you yearn for lies within you, as what you are, here and now.

Avoid fame, for true glory is not based on public opinion but on what you really are. Choose bliss over success, life over reputation, and wisdom over information.

When you fly, you learn that what matters is not to touch the sky but the courage to spread your wings. The higher you rise, the smaller and less significant the world will look. As you walk, sooner or later you will understand that every search begins and ends in you.

Your unconditional well-wisher,

Prabhuji

If we think about a large oak tree, we suppose it has well-developed roots. If it had the roots of a small plant, it would succumb to the first autumn breeze. Though concealed, the roots are vital to keeping the oak upright.

I still remember when my family emigrated from Chile, our homeland. My father used to say that when a sapling is transplanted, it adapts relatively easily, whereas for an old tree like him, it was extremely difficult to be surrounded by a new language and culture. This comparison between a person and a tree stuck with me: just as a trees roots are proportional to its size, the depth of our internal development is proportional to our spiritual height. We flourish insofar as we are able to take root in the depths of existence. The deeper we go inward, the higher we rise. The sky is not reached by flying, but by digging into our depths.

Growing taller is nothing but an increase in size. We can grow upward, but we only mature inward. Evolution does not happen on the surface. Only as we make our way into our depths do we discover our eternity.

Kundalini yoga is a yogic path that stimulates the conscious awakening of kundalin-akti , or coiled energy. This energy is the transcendental consciousness; it is the creative power of God, and therefore, the creative potential in the human being.

Kundalini yoga invites us to awaken our divine potential and unveil the very secret of creation that lies hidden in the core of human nature. This involution banishes any sense of higher-lower or inside-outside.

Many spiritual paths suggest giving less attention to time and space and recommend isolation. Kundalini yoga, however, teaches that deep within every moment, lies the eternal; within all places, lies the infinite; within every human being, lies God.

Kualin-akti

Humans are multidimensional structures, and their souls are enveloped in many sheaths:

1. The physical gross body, or sthla-arra, includes the anna-maya-koa, or food sheath.

2. The subtle astral body, liga-arra or skma-arra , includes three layers: pra-maya-koa (energy sheath), mano-maya-koa (mental sheath), and vijna-maya-koa (intelectual sheath).

3. The causal body, or kraa-arra , includes the blissful sheath called nanda-maya-koa .

Yoga, like most eastern medicine practices, speaks of an astral body made of prana, in which the cakras , or energy centers, are found and are interconnected by ns , or energy channels.

The astral and physical bodies are united by a n resembling a silvery thread through which vital energy flows. The physical body dies when this thread is cut, separating from the astral body forever.

As mentioned above, we find three different layers ( koas ) in the liga-arra , each with their own elements:

1. The pra-maya-koa is the energetic sheath composed of ns that connect in the chakras. Even though the form of this sheath is subtle, it is very similar to that of the physical body. It is composed of the vital airs (pranas) and the five organs of action ( karmendriyas ): mouth, hands, feet, anus, and genitals. The prana sheath is made up of 72,000 ns , as is indicated in the Haha-yoga-pradpik :

catur-ati-pheu

siddham eva sadbhyaset

dv-saptati-sahasr

nn mala-odhanam

Out of the 84 asanas, siddhsana should always be practiced, because it cleanses the impurities of the 72,000 nds . ( Haha-yoga-pradpik , 1.41)

dv-saptati-sahasr

nn mala-odhane

kuta praklanopya

kualy-abhyasandte

Other than the practice of kundalini, there is no other way to wash away the impurities of the 72,000 ns . ( Haha-yoga-pradpik , 3.123)

dv-saptati-sahasri

n-dvri pajare

suum mbhav akti

es tveva nirarthak

In the body there are 72,000 n openings. Of these, the suum , which contains the mbhav-akti , is the only important one. The rest are useless. ( Haha-yoga-pradpik , 4.18)

It is also mentioned in the Upanishads:

dv-saptati-sahasri

pratinu taitilam

In each of the 72,000 nds , there is an oil-like substance. ( Kurik Upaniad , 17b)