"One cannot really know who Babaji is, or even begin to conceive of his grandeur, without appreciating the culture of the Siddhas from which he has emerged. Rather than seeking an other worldly escape in some heaven, after realizing the presence of the Divine within, the Siddhas sought to surrender their entire being to It, and to allow It to manifest at all levels. They sought a complete transformation of our human nature." [Babajiskriyayoga.net]
It is in very few occasions that we get to establish out of this world relationships and if Miracles do exist then Babaji has proven to be more than one. He has never seized to surprise me when it comes to Love, Life and Relationships..
The first time I saw his picture somewhere in my soul went "ah, there you are" it was an instant recognition that surpassed anything that I have ever understood. since then our relationship has expanded to great heights and there have been moments when it got tough and I could literally feel his presence and words pushing me on - He grew from a picture and stories I read to passing messages in the dream state and affirming them immediately I wake or a friendly tag, whisper and now to conversations that last hours & opening me up to the Bio energetic world where most of our trainings occur. I have come to understand now that these trainings are known as THE KRIYAS:
Kriya Hatha Yoga - Postures, Locks & Asanas
Kriya Kundalini Pranayama - powerful breathing technique to awaken one’s potential power and consciousness
Kriya Dhyana Yoga - a progressive series of meditation techniques to learn the scientific art of mastering the mind
Kriya Mantra Yoga - the silent mental repetition of subtle sounds to awaken the intuition, the intellect and the chakras
Kriya Bhakti Yoga - the cultivation of the soul’s aspiration for the Divine. It includes devotional activities and service to awaken unconditional love and spiritual bliss; it includes chanting and singing, ceremonies, pilgrimages, and worship.
It is in very few occasions that we get to establish out of this world relationships and if Miracles do exist then Babaji has proven to be more than one. He has never seized to surprise me when it comes to Love, Life and Relationships..
The first time I saw his picture somewhere in my soul went "ah, there you are" it was an instant recognition that surpassed anything that I have ever understood. since then our relationship has expanded to great heights and there have been moments when it got tough and I could literally feel his presence and words pushing me on - He grew from a picture and stories I read to passing messages in the dream state and affirming them immediately I wake or a friendly tag, whisper and now to conversations that last hours & opening me up to the Bio energetic world where most of our trainings occur. I have come to understand now that these trainings are known as THE KRIYAS:
Kriya Hatha Yoga - Postures, Locks & Asanas
Kriya Kundalini Pranayama - powerful breathing technique to awaken one’s potential power and consciousness
Kriya Dhyana Yoga - a progressive series of meditation techniques to learn the scientific art of mastering the mind
Kriya Mantra Yoga - the silent mental repetition of subtle sounds to awaken the intuition, the intellect and the chakras
Kriya Bhakti Yoga - the cultivation of the soul’s aspiration for the Divine. It includes devotional activities and service to awaken unconditional love and spiritual bliss; it includes chanting and singing, ceremonies, pilgrimages, and worship.
ABOUT bABAJI
Babaji was given the name "Nagaraj," which means "serpent king," referring to "kundalini," our great divine potential power and consciousness.
He was born on the 30th day of November 203 A.D., in a small coastal village now known as Parangipettai, in Tamil Nadu, India, near where the Cauvery River flows into the Indian Ocean. His birth coincided with the ascendancy (Nakshatra) of the star of Rohini, under which Krishna was also born. The birth took place during the celebration of Kartikai Deepam, the Festival of Lights, the night before the new moon during the Tamil month of Kartikai. His parents were Nambudri Brahmins who had immigrated there from the Malabar coast on the western side of south India. His father was the priest in the Shiva temple of this village, which is today a temple dedicated to Muruga, Shiva's son.
At the age of 5, Nagaraj was kidnapped by a trader and taken as a slave to what is today Calcutta. A rich merchant purchased him, only to give him his freedom. He joined a small band of wandering monks, and with them became learned in the sacred religious and philosophical literature of India. However, he was not satisfied. Hearing of the existence of a great siddha, or perfected master, named Agastyar, in the south, he made a pilgrimage to the sacred temple of Katirgama, near the southern most tip of Ceylon, the large island just south of peninsular India. There he met a disciple of Agastyar, whose name was Boganathar. He studied "dhyana," or meditation, intensively and "Siddhantham," the philosophy of the Siddhas, with Boganathar for four years. He experienced "sarvihelpa samadhi," or cognitive absorption, and had the vision of Lord Muruga, the deity of the Katirgama temple.
At the age of 15, Boganathar sent him to his own guru, the legendary Agastyar, who was known to be living near to Courtrallam, in Tamil Nadu. After performing intensive yogic practices at Courtrallam for 48 days, Agastyar revealed himself, and initiated him into Kriya Kundalini Pranayama, a powerful breathing technique. He directed the boy Nagaraj to go to Badrinath, high in the Himalayas, and to practice all that he had learned, intensively, to become a "siddha." Over the next 18 months, Nagaraj lived alone in a cave practicing the yogic techniques which Boganathar and Agastyar has taught him. In so doing, he surrendered his ego, all the way down to the level of the cells in his body, to the Divine, which descended into him. He became a siddha, one who has surrendered to the power and consciousness of the Divine! His body was no longer subject to the ravages of disease and death. Transformed, as a Mah or great siddha, he dedicated himself to the uplift-ment of suffering humanity.
BABAJI'S LONGEVITY
Since that time, over the centuries, Babaji has continued to guide and inspire some of history`s greatest saints and many spiritual teachers, in the fulfillment of their mission. These include Adi Shankaracharya, the great 9th century A.D. reformer of Hinduism, and Kabir, the 15th century saint beloved by both the Hindus and Muslims. Both are said to have been personally initiated by Babaji, and refer to him in their writings. He has maintained the remarkable appearance of a youth of about 16 years of age. During the 19th century Madame Blavatsky, the founder of the Theosophical Society, identified him as the Matreiya, the living Buddha, or World Teacher for the coming era, described in C.W. Leadbetter's "Masters and the Path."
Although Babaji prefers to remain obscure and invisible to others, he does on occassion gradually reveals himself to his devotees and disciples, capturing their hearts in various types of personal devotional relationships in which he guides them in their development. His relationship with each of us is unique and according to our individual needs and nature. He is our personal Guru. As our hearts expand our communion with Him culminates with the "universal vision of love," wherein one witnesses Babaji in everything.
BABAJI'S REVIVAL OF KRIYA YOGA
Babaji revives Kriya Yoga, which Siddha Patanjali refers to in his famous "Yoga-Sutras." Patanjali wrote his classic text of yoga about the 3rd century A.D. In it he defines Kriya Yoga in II.1 as "constant practice (particularly by the cultivation of detachment), self-study and devotion to the Lord." However, along with what Patanjali described as Kriya Yoga, Babaji added the teachings of the tantra, which includes the cultivation of "kundalini," the great potential power and consciousness, through the use of breathing, mantras and devotional practices. His modern synthesis of "Kriya Yoga," includes a rich variety of techniques. It was in 1861 that Babaji initiated Lahiri Mahasaya into his powerful Kriya Yoga system.
Om Kriya Babaji Nama Aum
(The guru mantra of Babaji's Kriya Yoga)
Om - is pranava, the primordial sound of the Universe that runs through the prana.
Kriya - is ”action with awareness,” which is both the vehicle and the destination of practitioners of Kriya Yoga, by making all of our actions the object of awareness.
Babaji - is the Guru of the Kriya Yoga tradition, who synthesized its ancient teachings and who has disseminated them in modern times. This is the same Babaji referred to in Paramahansa Yogananda’s “Autobiography of a Yogi.”
Nama - is Salutations or “I call to you”
Aum - the primordial sound resonating within
*This guru mantra, Om Kriya Babaji Nama Aum, has the power to connect our pulse to the pulse of Babaji, tuning us into the Grace of the legendary Himalayan Siddha, Kriya Babaji Nagaraj.
Through the mantra he reveals himself to his Devotees. Through its repetition the inner guru, or supreme intelligence abiding in the crown chakra becomes accessible. The mantra is shakti, conscious energy. It has power, as the Guru transmits his shakti through the mantra and the shakti enters the disciple through the mantra. The root of the mantra is the guru's word, and indeed, the mantra is a form of the guru himself.
Kriya - is ”action with awareness,” which is both the vehicle and the destination of practitioners of Kriya Yoga, by making all of our actions the object of awareness.
Babaji - is the Guru of the Kriya Yoga tradition, who synthesized its ancient teachings and who has disseminated them in modern times. This is the same Babaji referred to in Paramahansa Yogananda’s “Autobiography of a Yogi.”
Nama - is Salutations or “I call to you”
Aum - the primordial sound resonating within
*This guru mantra, Om Kriya Babaji Nama Aum, has the power to connect our pulse to the pulse of Babaji, tuning us into the Grace of the legendary Himalayan Siddha, Kriya Babaji Nagaraj.
Through the mantra he reveals himself to his Devotees. Through its repetition the inner guru, or supreme intelligence abiding in the crown chakra becomes accessible. The mantra is shakti, conscious energy. It has power, as the Guru transmits his shakti through the mantra and the shakti enters the disciple through the mantra. The root of the mantra is the guru's word, and indeed, the mantra is a form of the guru himself.
Information on Kriya Yoga and Babaji's History found at www.babajiskriyayoga.net
Song & Melody created by Deinah Khakasa
Instrumental Co-Composed with hIrAM for IAMusic
©2017
Instrumental Co-Composed with hIrAM for IAMusic
©2017
Visualize the Violet Flame/Light on your crown chakra as you listen and/or chant along.
This practice tunes one's whole being and turns one's consciousness turned toward the Divine, and opens one to the flow of divine energy and grace.
Visualize the Violet Flame/Light on your crown chakra as you listen and/or chant along.
This practice tunes one's whole being and turns one's consciousness turned toward the Divine, and opens one to the flow of divine energy and grace.