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Natural Yogaby Yogeshwar Muni

Second Edition 2004

Online Edition 2005

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Natural Yoga

Open the heart and surrender

Captured energy

Surrendering to anything

$hree ways to awa*en the li%e energy

$rans&ission o% divine energy

Stages in +atural Yoga

2 Surrender

Surrender is the *ey

Advantages to practicing +atural Yoga

,ey principle o% +atural Yoga

-eaction to surrender

.lti&ate &ethod Surrender is not %or everyone

/i&itation o% will%ul techniues


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1alue o% will%ul techniues

+o will%ul acts in +atural Yoga

Mind or attention in +atural Yoga

)s boring O,

3od3oddess is the therapist

One can do &any hours

Yogic sleep

Attach&ent to the ego

Slave &aster 3od in the %or& o% nature

)denti%ication with doership

ruits o% action

+ot doing anything

Cycle o% pleasure and pain

6irect *nowledge

#liss

6i%%erent na&es %or divine energy

Swa&i ,ripalvananda

Yoga o% love

3 Divine Energy

Male and %e&ale principles

6ivine energy

6ivine intelligence

$he evolutionary %orce and li%e energy

,undaliniConception

#irth

3rowing

Constrained evolutionary %orce Se7ual urge

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$eenager

orce enslaved

our ways to release the energy

E7ercise and pure diet

6eep sincere love

8ro%ound concentration

8hysical" e&otional and &ental i&purities

Creative ple7us

6ivine grace o% 3od

Ethical standards

Evolutionary activity

8ath o% renunciation

6ivine energy is not abstract4 On Natural Yoga Science

Scienti%ic precision

8uri%ying actions and postures

Energy seals

inal stage o% postures

OM and ancient sounds

-ate o% progress

8rogression

Mind

$houghts

$ranuil power

/i%e energy awa*ens

Singing

.nstruc* divine sound

9ith seed euani&ity

Substages o% with seed euani&ity

Surrendering :udg&ent

Seed;%ree euani&ity

!"at is Surrender#

Awarding victory


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9ill%ul 9estern way

9ay o% the body

Appeal to sincere students

Meeting ,ripalu

,ripalu's share

6ionysianis&

3iving over control

$ %reedo& of C"oice and 'utual Surrender

reedo& and surrender

Conscious and %ree choice

-esisted e7periences

Choice o% relating

ree choice Mutual surrender6uties o% a teacher

Swa&i Shivananda

Ac*nowledging %reedo&

Spiritual progress

Ability to choose

8articipating in li%e

Contacting others

Changes

Apparent contradiction

9hat you are to another individual

)llusion o% ti&e

)dentical natures

Metaphysical approach

( )odies* t"e Evolutionary %orce* and Evolution

6ivine energy and the body

)&portant uestions

8urpose o% a body

Evolution

6isorder to order

Converting the physical world

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-ando& accident

$wo aspects o% 3od

See*ing union

#ody co&es into being

+otochord

1ery;*ind;%low energy channel

6ivine energy

Strea&ing energy

6+A

,undalini de%ined

Mani%est li%e

Energy drawn up

#ody inevitable step8reparation %or yoga

E7ercise

Continence or se7 8rocreative process

)&&ortal body

Evolutionary process in health

-eich and orgone energy

-eichian therapists

=ealing crisis

8uri%ication crisis

=erron's /aw o% =ealing

#eco&ing a saint

6ivine living %lower

Etheric body

>uestion

>uestion 2

>uestion


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>uestion 5

>uestion @

+ ,dvice on -o. to Do Natural Yoga

+atural Yoga roo&6o +atural Yoga alone

3roup practice o% +atural Yoga

-egular schedule

Altar

Sy&bolic action

8rayer

)nstructions %or &editating

9hile &editating

Missing scheduled &editation

Surrender only to 3od

6evil

One principle

Messages

3randiosity

Source o% spiritual guidance

)rritable and &entally unstable

8robation period %or +atural Yoga

-esolving doubt

)deal conditions

8roselytiing

6isturbance

$rue see*er

,ripalu's gi%t o% +atural Yoga

8anic

Moderation

3ive it up

Su//le&entary 'aterial0

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T"e Evolutionary %orce undalini ,ccording to t"e ,ncients

Ecer/ts fro& Scri/tures

( Misconceptions

2. Shiva Samhita

3. Hathayoga Pradipika

4( Bhagavad Gita

5( Yoga Sutraso% 8atan:ali

@( Shiva Samhita

B( Hathayoga Pradipika

( Shiva Samhita

!( Hathayoga Pradipika

0( Yoga Sutraso% 8atan:ali

( Hathayoga Pradipika

!"o S"ould )e Initiated Into Natural Yoga#

irst reuire&ent

Second reuire&ent

$hird reuire&ent

ourth reuire&ent

i%th reuire&ent

Si7th reuire&ent

$hose who want help

$hose who want pleasure

C"a/ter 1

Introduction to Natural Yoga

)n the 9estern world it is not considered very i&portant to be guided by

the heart( 9e would all li*e to be &ore able to love and be loved" but wehave learned to trust our heads( 9e have been educated" not only in oureducational syste&" but also in our society as a whole to use our heads( )thas brought us a certain degree o% &aterial success" but it has not succeededin giving us the happiness" the peace" the consciousness" and the love thatwe all want(

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O/en t"e "eart and surrender

$he teaching o% +atural Yoga is the way o% natural union with 3od( ro&&y spiritual teacher Master ,ripalvananda" ) learned a &ethod o% opening&y heart" a &ethod o% surrender( $his is not to say that *nowledge is a badthing" because it is not( #ut it is not enoughD nor is :ust opening your heart(

9e are so &uch &ore advanced in our heads than in our hearts( 9hat weneed is to learn to open the heart and surrender(

#ut surrender to what )n +atural Yoga one surrenders only to the $ruth(Another na&e %or the $ruth is 3od( 3od is the AbsoluteD the Absolute is8er%ectionD and 8er%ection is $ruth( +atural Yoga is about *nowing 3odnot :ust intellectually" but consciously and directlyD it is about surrender to3od(

Ca/tured energy

)t is necessary to re;release the energy captured by the closed heart( $heheart" in turn" has been captured by the &indD and the &ind controls it( )t isnot possible to %igure out how to re;release or to liberate the li%e energy that

has been entrapped( $he &ore you use your will to &a*e it happen" the&ore li%e energy gets captured( #ut when the heart is re;opened" the &indloses its grip on the previously captured energy" and li%e begins to %lowagain(

Surrendering to anyt"ing

)% you surrender to anything and everything" your li%e beco&es a co&pletewaste( Your desires run wild and you run into incredible di%%iculties( )n+atural Yoga" by surrendering to 3od" by surrendering to the $ruth" thesuppressed energy is released and trans%or&ed( $hen liberation is achieved(

Once you surrender the body" %eelings and &ind to 3od" the puri%icationprocess begins( #ut the ego resists it( )t says" Oh" no" you don't( $his

surrender business is not %or &eFG

)% you have a lot o% to7ins in your body" there will be a strong reaction( )%you are sic*ly" overweight" use drugs" s&o*e cigarettes" or drin* co%%ee oralcohol" the body will react very strongly and &a*e it very di%%icult %or youto continue surrendering( )% you sincerely want to do +atural Meditation"you need to wor* through these di%%iculties and prepare %or the process o%%ull surrender" o% co&pletely giving over your body" %eelings and &ind to3od( $hen as you continue to surrender" your &ind begins to puri%yspontaneously(

%our .ays to a.a5en t"e life energy

$here are %our ways to awa*en or liberate the li%e energy( One o% the& isby physical e7erciseD another is by understanding the $ruthD the third isthrough devotionD and the %ourth is through the trans&ission o% divineenergy %or& teacher to student(

)% you do a lot o% e7ercise" stop using drugs and eat a pure diet" your bodywill beco&e purer( And when it puri%ies" the li%e energy will be liberated(


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My li%e energy was liberated by understanding the $ruth( ) had a realiationo% the $ruth o% li%e( As a result" the li%e energy in &y body wentwhoooosh(G ) rolled all over the %loor and acted cray( ) didn't *now whatto do with itF ) tried to %igure out what it was all about( or years ) tried to%ind out what to do with it and how to handle it(

) did not succeed until ) &et Master ,ripalvananda" a%%ectionately called,ripalu( =e is the only one ) ever &et who really *new what to do with thevital energy( =e was a great yogi %ro& the great tradition o% +atural Yoga(So&ething led &e to his %eet( =e had the *nowledge" &ethod" and power totrans%or& the li%e energyD and he could teach and trans&it it to others(

And %inally" i% you devote yoursel% to whatever is divine to you and openyour heart and serve it" through great love" your li%e energy will beliberated(

Trans&ission of divine energy

)n +atural Yoga" the li%e energy is awa*ened through the trans&ission o%divine energy %ro& teacher to student( $he trans%erence is a gi%t o% li%e

energy %ro& the teacher to the student( $he great advantage o% trans&issiono% divine energy %ro& teacher to student is that you *now what ishappeningD you how it has co&e aboutD and you *now you have so&eone toguide you( Once the divine energy is trans%erred" the rest happensspontaneously and auto&atically as you continue to surrender(

Stages in Natural Yoga

( You begin to treat people better" not because you are %orcing yoursel%"but :ust because you want to(

2( $he body per%or&s puri%ying actions" &oving spontaneously into yogapostures whether you have ever heard o% the& or not( $he postures occur inthe e7act way necessary %or your body to puri%y(


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are trans%or&ed into 6ivine /ove %or others( Eventually a co&plete andper&anent trans%or&ation o% one's hu&an nature ta*es place( $his is along;ter& pro:ectD yet it is the pro&ise o% +atural Yoga(

C"a/ter 2

Surrender

Surrender is t"e 5ey

$he *ey to +atural Yoga is surrender( #y surrendering in &editation youachieve union with 3od or $ruth( $here are &any na&es and ways o%thin*ing about the .lti&ate( Choose the way that has &eaning %or you" thensurrender and go into union with it(

+atural Yoga is natural union" a union that happens naturally without theuse o% will%ul direction or guidance( +atural Yoga&eans %ollowing thenatural path" the path that is auto&atic and spontaneous( #ut this can onlyco&e through surrender( $his is why surrender is the *ey( 9ithout

surrender" the will is involved( 9hen the will is involved" nothing happensnaturally(

,dvantages to &editating naturally

$here are a lot o% advantages to &editating naturally( You &ight say thatsurrender is letting it be(G /etting things be the way they are" is a %or& o%surrender(

$he dictionary de%ines surrender as the opposite o% victoryD surrender isyielding or giving in( )t i&plies being %orced to give in" to give in againstyour will( )n +atural Yoga surrender &eans giving in by your own choiceand letting the will o% so&ething other than you have its way(

)n +atural Yoga" you not only surrender" but you also surrender to the$ruthD you surrender to 8er%ectionD you surrender to the AbsoluteD yousurrender to the .lti&ate( You surrender to the cos&ic %inality( Call itwhatever you li*e(

ey /rinci/le of Natural Yoga

You don't :ust surrender( You surrender to an .lti&ate( You have thechoice to surrender or not( )n +atural Yoga you choose to give in to the6ivine( $his is the *ey principle o% +atural Yoga( You don't need to *nowanything else( Everything else supports this *ey principle( So you need tounderstand it well(

)t is not easy to surrender" but it is the *ey to spiritual growth( )% you

surrender to the 6ivine" then auto&atically and spontaneously" you are onthe path to the $ruth" to the %eet o% the /ord" to 6ivine /ove" withouthaving to plan" to *now" to %orce or to concern yoursel% in any way(

6eaction to surrender

$he di%%iculty is that when you choose to surrender" there is a reaction(

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$here%ore" you can only surrender to a certain degree( )% you couldsurrender to the $ruth totally" all at once" you would e7perience the $ruthand have co&plete union with the $ruth(

So&e people re%use to surrender at all( $hey say" )'& using &y will andthat's it( )'& not surrendering at allFG A %ew have surrendered totally( 9e

call the& 3od( Most o% us are in between with so&e degree o% surrender(9hen you have a reaction to surrender" don't stop surrendering( Si&plysurrender &ore( Even i% you don't want to" go ahead and do it anyway(8erhaps you pull bac* your surrender to so&e degree( #ut i% you dosurrender" a little bit o% puri%ication ta*es place( +ot only do concerns goaway" but also the body and the &ind puri%y to so&e degree( So when yousurrender that &uch again" the reaction is not so strong( And as youcontinue" your capacity to surrender grows deeper and deeper because thereactions are less(

7lti&ate &et"od

)t would ta*e a li%eti&e to sort out the best way to have a supre&ely happy

li%e" achieve co&plete liberation" attain absolute %reedo&" and reach totalunion with 3od( #y the ti&e ) %ound +atural Yoga" &y li%e had been spenttrying to wor* this out(

) had asse&bled about %i%ty di%%erent" uite e7cellent &ethods o% dealingwith the body and &ind" li*e &assage" 8olarity $herapy" -ol%ing"elden*reis" =atha Yoga" breath restraint" good diet" 3estalt $herapy" MindClearing" E&otional $rau&a -elease" praying to 3od" and &any others(

) was trying to design an assess&ent &ethod to test every person who ca&eto our spiritual growth center and then direct the& to the techniues theyneeded( ) had an elaborate plan wor*ed out with a &arvelous testing syste&so that each person's plan could be ad:usted to :ust the co&bination they

needed and varied as their needs changed( ) was e7cited by all o% this andwas beginning to &a*e so&e sense out o% it even though it was a %airlyco&ple7 sub:ect(

$hen one day ) &et &y beloved spiritual teacher" ,ripalu( =e taught &e+atural Yoga( 9ith +atural Yoga all you have to do is surrender to 3od(And the per%ect thing happens to you at :ust the right ti&e with the correctintensity to do e7actly what is necessary %or you whether it be in your&ind" your body or your %eelings( )t brings about the e7act degree o%puri%ication you need( And then the process continues naturally withoutany need to as* uestions or &a*e plansF 9hat a relie%F 9hat a 3odsendF

Surrender is not for everyone

.n%ortunately not everyone can surrender to 3od( irst o% all" &any havenot %ound 3od( Others have no absolute anywhere in their li%e( )t's di%%icult%or the& to %ind anything to surrender to(

Secondly" &any are so i&pure and to7i%ied that i% they do surrender even alittle bit" their ego can't stand it( $hey cla&p their will down with all their&ight( $hese people &ust %ind $ruth" through so&e other &ethod" through


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Enlighten&ent )ntensives" %or e7a&ple( $hey need techniues to re&ovetheir &ental and co&&unicative obstacles( Once their &inds beco&e pureras a result o% techniues such as the Enlighten&ent )ntensive" thensurrender is possible %or the&(

or those who are ready" %or those who have prepared the&selves" the path

o% +atural Yoga is open( +atural Yoga is an option i% they so chooseF Manyhave had deep e7periences o% 3od" $ruth or 6ivine /ove( #ut thesee7periences %ade with ti&e(

8i&itation of .illful tec"ni9ues

All will%ul techniues are li&ited because you can only *now 3od in asurrendered state( As soon as the will is re;activated by arising desire" thedeep e7perience lost( Many people are sincerely driven ti&e and ti&e againinto the real& o% pea* e7periences only to %all bac* again when desirearises(

So&e have sought e7periences using drugs" only to crash again( $a*ingdrugs is certainly will%ul and you cannot will%ully &aintain union( Only in

the state o% surrender to the $ruth can the .lti&ate goal be continuallye7perienced(

T"e value of .illful tec"ni9ues

)t's a gradual process( 9here will%ul techniues leave o%%" surrender begins($his is not to say that will%ul techniues have no value( $hey doF )t isnecessary %or al&ost everyone to participate in the& to get the&selves tothe place where they can surrender &eaning%ully to the $ruth( $o do+atural Yoga" one &ust be able to surrender and let the will another bedone( )t is 3od who is the doer in +atural Yoga(

No .illful acts in Natural 'editation

)n +atural Yoga you release the body %ro& will%ul acts( You allow the li%eenergy in the body to do what it wants instead o% will%ully trying to doso&ething(

)% your body gets tired" let it %all over or :ust collapse on the %loor( Once thebody rests %or awhile" it wants to &ove again( 9hereas ordinary &editationuses the will" in +atural Yoga you let the li%e energy" guided by the divine"&ove the body in whatever way it sees %it(

T"e &ind or attention in &editation

6o not try to concentrate your &ind or attention on any particular thing( )nwill%ul &editation you concentrate on one sub:ect or will%ully try to&aintain a state o% openness( )n the case o% +atural Yoga" you let the

attention go wherever it wants( )t &ight go onto anything( You surrenderthe control o% your attention to the divine and letting it do what it wants($he divine directs the energy that guides the attention( )t will go where itneeds to go in order %or you to &a*e the &ost rapid progress in your&editation(

Is boring O#

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Meditation &ay not always be what you wantD and o%ten" it is not(So&eti&es it is boring( So&eti&es it does see&ingly pointless things li*ethe grocery list( #ut that is what needs to be done( $he energy is trying torelease your attention %ro& the grocery listG so it can go on to other things(

You say" Oh" ) shouldn't be thin*ing about the grocery listD so )'& not

going to thin* about it( ) should be thin*ing about 3od(GYou are using your will( )t is all very well to thin* about 3odD but i% youare using your will to direct your attention" then you are de%eating the&ethod o% natural union with 3od( )% you surrender your attention to 3od"the li%e energy in the body and &ind will be guided appropriately(

:od;:oddess is t"e t"era/ist

)n &editation you go through what you need to go through( +o one has totell you anything( 3od is the only therapist( )% you have 3od or the $ruth asyour therapist" you can not do better( $he only %ee 3od wants is surrenderto =i&(

You can say =erG i% you pre%er( $he 3oddess is $ruth( $ruth is the waythings actually are no &atter what perspective you ta*e( You :ust let&editation happen whatever way it wants( /et =is will be done" not yours(

Surrender" then" is to choose to let 3od" the $ruth" or whatever you want tocall it" guide your body" %eelings" and &ind" your thoughts and attention(You will be led through the &ost %ascinating" e7citing" so&eti&es boringand even terri%ying :ourney to union with the $ruth(

One can do &any "ours

#y surrendering to the li%e energy" the body can naturally go through whatit needs to go through in +atural Yoga( )t does not beco&e tired( $he &indgoes through what it needs to go through so it does not beco&e stuc* or

%rustrated trying to control the attention( And the %eelings can %low whenthey are readyD when they are not ready" nothing happens( So :ust let it be(

One can do &any hours o% +atural Yoga over long periods o% &onths andyears( $he serious aspirant can devote his or her whole li%e to this activity(our to eight hours a day spent in &editation is not unusual %or a seriouspractitioner o% +atural Yoga(

Yogic slee/

3enerally" the energy in &editation &oves a lot at %irst" then slows down tonothing and the aspirant goes into yogic sleep( You &ay thin* that youshould be alert and busy( Your will tells you" ) thin* ) should be awa*e"active and busy(G And there is 3od's will(

Sleep is co&ing on naturally( )% you have truly surrendered" you let sleepco&e( )% a hand wants to &ove" let it &ove( 9hatever happens let ithappenF $here is only one condition" surrender your body" &ind and%eelings to the $ruth"( )% you have done that" there is no error( 9hateveroccurs" including sleep or anything else" happens properly andauto&atically(


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,ttac"&ent to t"e ego

9hy doesn't everybody do +atural Yoga )t's so easyF ) &entioned theobstacle o% reaction( Many people are attached to the egoD that is" their egowants to be in charge( )t wants to be the doer and wants to cause things tohappen( )% ) do this" then ) want that result( And ) want the %ruits o% &y

actions(Gollowing the ego is the ordinary 9estern way o% proceeding( )t is also theOriental way o% proceeding to so&e e7tent( 9hen you will%ully act" 3odresponds to a degree" i% you have acted ethically(

You can get bound to the ego and get stuc* in the role o% the doer( You arethe one who is doing it" rather than surrendering( ollowing the ego canonly ta*e you so %ar( #ut &ost people are not ready to give up the role o%doership(G $hey are not ready to go on to +atural Yoga(

Slave &aster

3od is the doer o% all things( )&agine a slave &aster who has &any slavesand who wants to build hi&sel% a nice house( =e sits up on his dais andsays" Slave" you co&e over here and you carry these stones( And youslaves there" you pile the& up( And you &i7 the &ortar( And you design it(Co&e on" :u&pFG

And they start :u&ping and carrying stones and they build the palace(9hen the palace is %inished" the slave &aster invites his neighbor over(And he says" /oo*F See the palace ) builtF See what ) didFG

$he slave &aster is the ego and the slaves are 3od(

:od in t"e for& of nature

3od is the doer o% all things that appear in the %or& o% nature( 3od in the%or& o% nature does all things( $he ego sits bac* and says" /oo* what )'&

doingF See what ) didFG $he ego thin*s it is the doer( #ut the ego does notcreate anythingD it does nothingF

$he body is part o% natureD the &ind" %eelings and thoughts are part o%nature( $he entire physical universe is part o% nature( All that happens isdone by 3od wor*ing in and through nature( Surrender releases the divineenergy that &a*es everything wor*( $he divine energy is what guides yourbody" &ind and %eelings in +atural Yoga(

Identification .it" doers"i/

)% you are strongly identi%ied with doership" surrender will not occur( #utyou can give up the ego and say" 3od" ) surrender to you(G )t would be li*e

the slave &aster saying" Slave" ) surrender to you( ) realie that you havebeen doing the wor* anyway and )'ve :ust been ta*ing credit %or it(G )t is not:ust a &atter o% stopping what you were doingD it is a &atter o% realiingthat you never were and are not the doer( 3od in the %or& o% nature does allthings( $he act o% surrender is si&ply the gradual realiation o% the $ruth(

%ruits of action

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As long as you are attached to the %ruits o% action" you are held in a trap(You hold on to the idea that you are the doer( ) did it( ) wor*ed all day( )want &y pay(G

So i% you are attached to the %ruits" you are auto&atically the doer( #ut it isnot true( $he %ruits do not belong to you( $hey are all 3od's( You are not

the doer( 3od does it all(So what are you You are the one who either surrenders to that %act" orresists it( You are the one who can &a*e the choice( You can eithersurrender to the natural way which brings about union with $ruth or youcan %ight it" saying" +oF +oF +oF )'& going to do it the way ) wantFG

Not doing anyt"ing

So&eti&es people %eel that i% they decide to stop doing so&ething" nothingwill happen( $hey thin* that not doing anything is surrender( $his is nottrue( $hey thin*" ) won't thin* any thoughtD ) won't &ove a %ingerD ) won'tbreathe(G $here is a very si&ple way to test this(

9ell since )'& the breather" )'ll stop breathing(G #ut it is not you whostarts breathing again because it was not you who was breathing in the %irstplace( 3od in the %or& o% nature is causing the body to breathe" not you(And in the sa&e way" nature causes the brain to thin*" the hunger to co&e"the se7ual urge to arise( All these things happen by the will o% nature(

$hus it is the ego that stops people %ro& doing +atural Yoga( Everyone hasan ego( =owever" i% you can :ust yield so&e o% your doership" so&e o% yourattach&ent to the %ruits o% action" then you can open the door to +aturalYoga(

Cycle of /leasure and /ain

+atural Yoga liberates you %ro& both pleasure and pain( You protest" 9ait

a &inute" don't you ta*e &y pleasure awayF )'ll put up with so&e pain aslong as ) get so&e pleasure(G

#y surrendering to the $ruth" you gradually get over the su%%ering o% painand the en:oy&ent o% pleasure( )n li%e" pain is the pay&ent" pleasure is thereward( )t is the %ruit( 3etting caught in this endless cycle o% pain andpleasure is ordinary hu&an li%e(

An individual who wants liberation see*s to transcend this cycle( Apractitioner o% +atural Yoga" instead o% pursuing pleasure and avoidingpain" see*s only union with $ruth" per%ect awareness o% the way thingsreally are( =e or she beco&es &ore and &ore detached( #oth pleasure andpain beco&e the sa&e( A sincere &editator see*s pure consciousness o% the

way it is( $he Hway it is' is o%ten called H$hat' in yogic scripture( 8ureconsciousness o% H$hat' is bliss(

Direct 5no.ledge

8ure consciousness o% the way it isG IHthat'J &ay be called direct*nowledge( 9hen you have direct *nowledge o% H$hat' which is true" youare in bliss( $his is union with 3od( A liberated individual having

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transcended pleasure and pain co&es to *now 3od directly( )% so&eone :usttal*s to you about $ruth" it tends to be dry( )% so&eone :ust tal*s about 3od"you &ay %eel belittled( #ut when you are the one that ends up *nowing the$ruth directly" you are in the state o% bliss(

)liss

#liss is not the sa&e as pleasure( #liss is pure consciousness o% $ruth( $hestate you are in when you go into union is bliss( #liss is not the titillation o%a nerve endingD that is pleasure(

)% that nerve is not titillated" then it is pain%ul( Oh ) %eel so loneso&e andle%t out( ) %eel depressed and hurt(G $his happens because the nerve %iberdid not get its electrical sti&ulus( #ut i% you have pure consciousness o%3od or $ruth" it is bliss( )t is union with 3od(

=ow do you to reach bliss #y the realiing that you are not the doer( #ysurrendering to the $ruth( $his leads to pure consciousness o% the $ruth andyou have bliss(

) spea* not %ro& theory" but %ro& e7perience that this is the case( Surrendereven in the early stages o% the process o% union with 3od" leads to bliss andto 3od( #y the grace o% &y spiritual teacher it has happened to &e( ) cansay that direct *nowledge o% $ruth is 3od" beyond doubt" beyond certainty(

Different na&es for divine energy

$here are &any schools o% thought" &any religions and teachers who teachsurrender to 3od in the %or& o% the divine energy( $he Christians on theday o% the 8entecost were invested with the =oly Spirit which is the sa&ething as divine energy( $hey spo*e in tongues and rolled on the %loor"called out to 3od" cried" and laughed with :oy( $he puri%ication had begun($he =oly Spirit had descended upon the&(

Chi is another na&e %or the divine energy( $ai Chi tries directs this energy($he na&e is HOrgone' to the -eichians( $hey per&it the energy to %low andto surrender to it( $hese are all steps in the right direction( $hey are alle7cellent techniues( )n +atural Yoga" we deal with the sa&e energy( )nyogic tradition" the guru gives Sha*tipat initiation awa*ening the divineenergy in his or her students(

S.a&i ri/alvananda

My spiritual teacher has provided us with a broad perspective o% thespiritual growth process based on his e7perience in +atural Yoga( =e&editated ten hours a day" seven days a wee*" every day o% the year %orover thirty years(

=is li%e was +atural Yoga( =e understood and practiced +atural Yoga inthe conte7t o% ancient scripture( =e was taught by his teacher" /ord/a*ulisha" who achieved divine body through +atural Yoga(

+atural Yoga has a history o% thousands o% years o% sincere &editatorse7peri&enting" going up blind alleys" %inding the way and then staying oncourse( $hey continued until they achieved the highest state o% union with

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3od" the develop&ent o% the divine body" and the %ul%ill&ent o% li%e(

Yoga of love

$here are &any na&es %or this &editation( 9hen ) was in )ndia" Swa&i,ripalvananda called &e bac* into his roo& and wrote on his chal*board in=indi I) had to get the translatorJ" $he na&e o% this yoga is love(G

) did not *now what he &eant at the ti&e( +ow ) have a good idea( /oveand surrender are the sa&e( One's &ost outstanding uality is love( And3od is love( So when you surrender to 3od" to 8er%ection" to $ruth" youlove =i& so =e can love you( $his is what leads to union( 9ithout lovenone o% it is possible(

/ove does not &ean surrendering to people's personalities" wea*nesses"inabilities" %ailures" or i&purities( You surrender to the 6ivine" the 6ivinethat is everywhere and in everything( You should not surrender toi&per%ections" disease" insanity and %alse *nowledge( Surrender only to the6ivine $ruth which is in the heart o% everyone( $his is the act o% love(

,ripalu told &e that %or thousands o% years" it has been the custo& in )ndiawhen greeting or parting to say" 1ictory to 3odFGJai Bhagawan

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Divine Energy

'ale and fe&ale /rinci/les

All o% e7istence can be understood in ter&s o% the &ale principle and the%e&ale principle( $he &ale %actor is the being" an individual beingconscious( $he %e&ale %actor is +ature( +ature is all the world(G 9hen )say" all the world"G ) &ean not only all the things and all &atter in the

world" but also all the space" ti&e energy" events" thoughts" and bodies(Everything that is and everything that ta*es place is what ) &ean by +ature(

$he aspect o% +ature" which &oves and e&powers is divine energy( 6ivineenergy is power or directed energy( )% a &otion or an event has so&edirection or intelligence guiding it" then this is power( )t is divine energy(

9hen we spea* o% divine energy we are not tal*ing about so&ething&ysterious( 9e are tal*ing about the so&ething ordinary( )t is that aspecto% nature that e&powers" gives energy and direction(

Divine energy

$he concept o% divine energy applies to the entirety o% nature" real&s" li%e

%or&s" space" and ti&e" %orever and ever( )t is universal divine energy(ro& the very beginning o% the universe to the very end" including thepresent" everything is e&powered by universal divine energy(

)n Christianity" this is also discussed( $he #ible spea*s o% 3od" and the9ord o% 3od( $he 9ord o% 3od is +ature and is the sa&e as divine energy($he e&powering %actor in Christian theology is the =oly Spirit( $he =oly

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Spirit &a*es everything %unction( 9ithout it nothing ta*es place( $he =olySpirit" on the &ost universal level" is identical to the divine energy(

$he =oly Spirit is the e&powering %orce" the energy %ro& 3od" directed by=is intelligence( $he entire %or&ing o% the physical world o% &atter and theevolution o% the suns and gala7ies" the stars and their interaction in galactic

%or&s" the %or&ation o% planets" all have been e&powered by divine energy(9ithout this energy creation would not ta*e place( 9ithout the energy andintelligence o% the =oly Spirit" the physical world would not %or&( $herewould not be coalescence o% &atter or substance( +or would &atter %or&into intelligent patterns li*e the spiral %or& o% the gala7y or the roundnesso% stars

Divine intelligence

$he intelligence contained in the laws o% nature" acting by the energy o%3od" &a*es the world the way it is( Kust as planets are %or&ed by thedirection o% intelligent energy" li%e %or&s on the planets and biological%or&s" si&ple viruses" bacteria" si&ple plants" and one;celled ani&alsevolve( 6ivine energy is at wor* to &a*e li%e" whether it is plant or ani&al(9hen divine energy is operational in a li%e %or&" we call it the li%e energy(#ut it is still the sa&e divine energy that %or&s the universe(

Consider the intelligence %actor also" a guiding hand o% divine energywithin the %or& o% the 6+A( )t guides the %or&" pattern" structure andactivities in o% the biological %or& in the %inal analysis( $he divine energyis in the very structure o% the cell itsel%( 9ithout it" a cell cannot live(6ivine energy is also the energy that &otivates and binds the &olecules(

$he &aterial world and the divine are not two separate things( $he divinepervades every aspect o% the living %or&( $he intelligence that &a*es theorganis& the way it is" is divine( As cells co&bine and relate through theintelligence that is contained in the structure o% the 6+A &olecules" li%e%or&s beco&e &ore and &ore co&ple7(

Evolutionary force and life energy

$he sa&e principle guides the evolutionary %or&ation o% the hu&an body(9hen the intelligent divine energy" this power" drives evolution on towardsa &ore co&ple7 and per%ect organis&" it is called the evolutionary %orce($he overall e&powering %orce o% a body %or& is called li%e energy( $he%orce contained in the 6+A &olecule that is the driving power o%evolution" is called the evolutionary %orce( )t has a goal in &ind" a place toarrive at( )t drives the body toward &ore and &ore co&ple7ity andper%ection in its biological %or&(

undalini)n Sans*rit the evolutionary %orce is *nown as *undalini( ,undalini literally&eans Hthe %e&ale coiled one'( Yogis thin* o% the evolutionary %orce as ashe;sna*e( $he giant &ale sna*e that %ills and &oves the universe is the li%eenergy" a giant cobra( And the little %e&ale sna*e is *undalini" the %e&alecoiled one" which is contained in each and every body" in each and every


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plant" in each and every ani&al" in each and every cell(

$he physical %or& o% the evolutionary %orce is in the 6+A &olecule( $heenergy %or& o% it in the lower part o% the body is the se7ual urge( $hese7ual urge gets you to reproduce" driving you into contact with anotherbody( $his brings about %urther evolution o% the species( $he se7ual urge is

not so&e sort o% a casual thingD it is inherent in every cell o% the body( )t isthe evolutionary %orce that drives bodies towards the per%ect state(

Conce/tion

9hen the hu&an body is conceived" two parts o% the evolutionary %orce'spattern" the 6+A pattern" co&bine in union( One hal% is %ro& the ovu& o%the &other and one hal% is %ro& the sper& o% the %ather( $hese two patternsco&e together and %or& a new pattern" opti&ally &ore per%ect than the onebe%ore( $he evolutionary %orce is released at this point o% conception whenthe sper& and the ovu& co&e together(

$he %orce starts driving hard( )t has been encapsulated te&porarily in eachone o% the sper& and the ovu& hal%;cells( $he hal% cells are incapable o%

sustaining li%e on their ownD but when they co&e together" the dor&antevolutionary %orce is released( )t starts out with tre&endous power" guiding"e&powering" and directing the &ultiplication o% the cell into a hu&anygote within the wo&b o% the %e&ale(

As it grows" it passes through the evolutionary stages rapidly( $he ygoteo% a hu&an %irst loo*s li*e that o% any other ani&al( $hen it begins torese&ble the ygote o% a %ish and then o% a reptile( )t goes through thevarious &on*ey;li*e stages" and %inally evolves into the hu&an %or&" thehu&an %etus" the hu&an baby(

)irt"

$he tre&endous trau&a o% birth puts a da&per on the rate o% evolution( $he

evolutionary %orce has to start coping with the worldD it has to startdigesting &il* and breathing air( )t has to deal with being neglected andgetting cold and hot( $he evolutionary pattern" nor&ally associated with thebreath" is battered( #ecause o% the interaction o% the evolutionary %orce withthe environ&ental %orces" evolution is so&ewhat %rustrated(

:ro.ing

You" as an individual associated with a body" try to use your Hwill'" as yougrow year by year" %or your own purposes and ends( #y using your will" asyou try to respond socially to your parents" the evolutionary %orce is %urtherconstrained" perverted and distorted( #y the ti&e you are %our" %ive or si7"the will in the %or& o% the &ind" has started to capture the energy to behave"

to stay out o% no;no's" and to get a piece o% candy(

And so you &a*e the body sit still and do what it is supposed to doaccording to you and according to society instead o% :ust letting it do whatthe evolutionary %orce *eeps wanting it to do( )t wants to %idget" runaround" :u&p up and down" and yell" because it is trying to &a*e the bodyevolve the way it wants it to evolve( #ut you direct it through your will" to

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not urinate or de%ecate" to eat when the ti&e is right" to sit still" and to learnto read(

Constrained evolutionary force

And so the evolutionary %orce is constrained and constricted to socialnecessities( 9e are not to bla&e %or this( $his is the *ind o% world in which

we live( 9e are battered by the environ&ent" physically and socially( 9econtinue %or the ne7t %ew years with the energy so&ewhat captured( )t triesto brea* out again" tries to e7press itsel%( #ut because it is captured" it triesto e7press itsel% through se7ual reproduction" beginning at or aroundeleven" twelve" thirteen or %ourteen( $he se7ual urge brea*s out at puberty(

Seual urge

You try to have intercourse with a &e&ber o% the opposite se7( $he energyis essentially saying" )% ) can't &a*e this evolution per%ection in this body")'ll &a*e a new body( )'ll try it that way" and see i% it can &a*e it(G #utbecause o% social circu&stances" even that is constrained( Se7uale7pression is held in by social pattern" by social necessity" by lac* o%

&oney" by lac* o% education( You cannot get &arriedD you cannot have se7Dyou cannot let this energy e7press itsel% in :ust any way or any ti&e it seesa &e&ber o% the opposite se7( )t cannot have se7 i&&ediately and instantlyas in the case o% ani&als(

So you use your will again under social pressure to constrain theevolutionary %orce which has bro*en out in the %or& o% se7ual drive( )t isheld down and suppressed again out o% necessity( +o one is to be bla&ed(#ut this is what happens( 9hen this energy is constrained in this &anner" itleads to tension" headaches" unhappiness" and disease( +eurotic behaviorbegins( A%ter puberty" co&es neurotic behavior( And teenagers start to get&ore and &ore neurotic( $hey %ight against it" they struggle against itD butbecause o% social pressure and necessity" gradually the evolutionary %orce is%orced to yield to social patterns(

Teenager

#y your late teens" you have learned enough about li%e to encourageindependence( You say" )'& going to let this energy do what it wants"Gthin*ing that is what you want to do" which is all right" ) suppose( And you&ay thin*" )'& going to live independently( ) don't need &y parents" and )don't need society( $o hec* with itF )'& going to go &y own way(G

You pull out o% the household" and %ind that you have to &a*e a living( Youhave to wor* at a :ob or study at school or else you will be le%t out in thecold" hungry" without support( And so the necessity o% &aintaining the

survival o% the body causes you to use your will again( $his ti&e it is togrind by the hour over boo*s in college" or grind by the hour" day in andday out" at so&e wage :ob" trying to &a*e a living(

T"e force enslaved

$his co&pletes the :ob o% enslaving the evolutionary %orce( 9ith a %inalgasp the power o% the evolutionary %orce is lost( $he evolution o% your body

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stops( )t uits growing in sie and the nervous syste& stops re%ining( At thispoint" around seventeen" eighteen" nineteen or twenty" %urther growth o%your capacity and creative powers is suppressed( Your intelligence ceasesto grow any &ore" and the process o% death begins( You slowly start to dieright at about that age( You &ay not notice it at %irst( )t &ay ta*e you tenyears be%ore you notice it( #ut it starts right at that age( /i%e loses so&e o%

its glow( And you begin to give up( #ut the evolutionary %orce has notgiven up( )t is still there and it still tries( )t never uits( $he evolutionary%orce is so captured by the will" through the agency o% the &ind and is soenslaved by the ego that evolution stops(

A %ew o% us develop so&e outstanding talents up to the age o% abouttwenty;seven or twenty;eight( #y that ti&e the suppression o% growth isco&plete and we %eel li*e saying" 9hat's the useG $he process o% decaybegins &ore rapidly( As you can see" the evolutionary %orce is no &ysteryat all( )t is an every;day thing( )t is suppressed and held at the base o% thespine" captured and enslaved by the &ind %or social and survival purposes(

%our .ays to release t"e energy

/iberation o% the evolutionary %orce ta*es place in the conte7t o% purity( )tcan be released in one o% %our ways? by e7ercise and pure diet" by deepsincere love" by pro%ound concentration" or by the 6ivine grace o% 3odeither directly or by a spiritual teacher(

Eercise and /ure diet

( Exerise and pure diet 8hysical i&purities hold the energy down( $heyare created by bad diet" cola" doughnuts" co%%ee" bad air" and diseases thathave battered the body and accu&ulated in it( $hrough e7ercise li*eswi&&ing" through deep breathing and pure diet" you can puri%y theaccu&ulations o% to7ins and trau&as o% childhood diseases( $hen theevolutionary %orce will brea* out again( $his o%ten happens in outstandingathletes and dancers(

Dee/ sincere love

2( !eep sinere "ove All the to7ic accu&ulations o% e&otional hurts"disappoint&ents" suppressions and %rustrations o% the evolutionary %orcehave captured the e&otional energy and held it down( A person who hasthe capacity %or deep" sincere love" who is not concerned about hurt%eelings" can have a heart opening( $heir love is so strong either %or anotherbeing or %or 3od that they are easily brought to tears( or the devotionalperson" the evolutionary %orce &ay brea*s %orth spontaneously in the& withpoetry( $hey are in love( $his is true devotion( Once released" the

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in the &ind and act as i&purities( $hrough tre&endous concentration" acreative person such as an artist" &usician" or writer" &ay %ocus acutely hisor her attention and bring about a degree o% puri%ication o% the &ind thatallows the creative energy o% evolution to be released(

)t is the sa&e with the concentration o% the scientist see*ing $ruth( =econcentrates" sees through &isconceptions" and begins to understand theworld( $his process releases %i7ed ideas that he or she has accu&ulated" and%rees the &ind( $he evolutionary %orce brea*s out in the %or& o%e7ceptional &ental activity( A creative genius li*e Einstein &ay blosso&(

$he Len aspirant sitting in &editation hour a%ter hour %ocusing on the $ruthcan brea* through the &ind and directly *now the $ruth( AhFG and theevolutionary %orce rushes in the puri%ied the &ind(


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So that leaves us with the %ourth %or& o% awa*ening the evolutionary%orce;;through the divine grace o% 3od either directly or through the agencyo% a spiritual teacher( #y the grace o% 3od or guru" the trapped and dor&antevolutionary %orce at the base o% the spine is released and activated( 9henthis ta*es place" you receive the *nowledge to handle and trans%or& this

energy in the puri%ication process(

Et"ical standards 8uri%ication ta*es place spontaneously throughsurrendered action and auto&atic suspension o% the li%e energy in&editation( or this to occur" you &ust have adopted ethical standards toguide your actions in li%e( Eventually through the puri%ication process o%+atural Yoga you will act in an ethical &anner(

As the &editation process continues" you will de;identi%y %ro& the sense%aculties" concentrate &ore deeply in &editation" increase your ability to&editate" and %inally achieve union with 3od( $his all happensspontaneously because the evolutionary %orce has been awa*ened and thedivine grace and *nowledge o% the spiritual teacher is activated through

your connection to the lineage(

Evolutionary activity

$he evolutionary activity goes on not only to puri%y the body" &ind and%eelings" but also to bring about their %urther evolution( irst" you reachgenius;level capacity seeing everything the way it actually is( $hen asaintly level %ollows where you beco&e a glowing &ani%estation o% love"*indness and $ruth( )n the %inal stages o% evolution" you evolve the per%ectbodily %or& called the divine body( Kesus achieved divine body" as did &yteacher's teacher" /ord /a*ulisha( )t is a per%ect body" an i&&ortal bodythat has not only puri%ied but also has evolved to the %inal state(

$his is the goal that drives the evolutionary %orce( )t is possible to achieve it the %inal evolutionary per%ected body %or&( $he divine body is &entionedin $he Autobiography o% a Yogi( #aba:i" the teacher o% Yogananda'steacher" achieved it( $his %inal %or& is 6ivinity itsel%D it is 3od in %or&(

)t is true that not everyone who practices +atural Yoga is going to co&pletethis pro:ect in this li%eti&e( )ndeed" it is said that on earth a great one attainsa divine body every %ive hundred to a thousand years(

#ut every degree o% progress that you &a*e through surrender in +aturalYoga ta*es you to liberation( 9hile everyone will not co&plete theevolutionary process in one li%eti&e" the progress you &a*e in this li%eti&e&oves you %orward in the ne7t li%e(


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teacher" the proper understanding o% the process can occur allowing theevolutionary %orce to ta*e over and eventually %inish the %inal phases o% thedivine %or&(

,ripalu" &y teacher" was in the %inal phases o% this path when he died( Onesign that the evolutionary %orce was well advanced in his body was the

appearance o% a vertical white strea* in the &iddle o% his the %orehead" li*ethe one seen on drawings and paintings o% ,rishna and other gods(Actually" at one ti&e" ,rishna and the other gods were :ust ordinary peopleli*e you and &e( $hrough the techniue o% +atural Yoga in ancient )ndia"they brought about the %ull evolution and per%ection o% the divine body andbeca&e what are now *nown as gods and goddesses( $hey were :ustordinary people in the beginning( ,rishna has a strea* down the &iddle o%his %orehead( $he %e&ale has a red dot in the &iddle o% her %orehead" thesignature o% the %e&ale divine body( $his is caused by the upward %low o%the evolutionary %orce or the se7ual energy the se7ual %luids" actually($he %luids" %lowing upward" appear on the %orehead in the %inal stage o% theevolutionary path(

Divine energy is not abstract

So you see" divine energy is not abstract( $he =oly Spirit is not abstract(9hen Kesus' disciples received the =oly Spirit %ro& =eaven on the day o%8entecost" their evolution and puri%ication began i&&ediately" right there inthe public suare( $hey began tal*ing in tongues" twisting" singing" androlling( $his is the puri%ication( $he disciples eventually beca&eoutstanding geniuses and saints because o% the evolutionary %orce( 9e aredealing with *nowledge that was *nown in the 9est and was integral inChristianity( $he divine energy is present every day o% our lives and &a*esevery breath ta*e place( 3uided by the *nowledge passed down to us" thedivine energy can ta*e us to the highest levels o% union with 3od(

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On 'editation Science

Scientific /recision

Although the surrender techniue is not scienti%ic in that one can predictwhen particular events will occur" it is e7act in that one *nows what isgoing to happen( $he sa&e things happen to everybody &ore or less( $here&edies %or typical proble&s that co&e up apply in every case( $his is notto say that there are not &iracles( $here are so&e(

$here is the scienti%ic precision in +atural Yoga( $he course o% events in+atural Yoga is a progression(

)n the beginning" when one %irst receives initiation" the aspirant wille7perience at least so&e period o% nothing happening at all( $his &ay betwo or three seconds" two or three &inutes" two or three hours" two or threedays or it &ight be two or three &onths( 1ery %ew people will continue to&editate an hour or two a day %or three &onths without anything

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happening" but so&e have(

#y continuing" eventually so&ething starts to happen( #ut generallyso&ething happens within a %ew &inutes( )t &ay be that the body collapseson the %loor and stays there( $hat is so&ething( 9hen you re&ove the will%ro& the body" it slips down( 9hen the energy starts to &ove" then the

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until the hands are in the proper position( ,ripalu has been photographedde&onstrating the %inal stages o% the postures( $hey have been published ina boo* called Asana and Mudra I8ostures and Energy SealsJ( )t issigni%icant that eventually you co&e to do the postures in the sa&e way thateveryone else does(

Even though an aspirant &ay have never *nown anything about yoga" he orshe will sing the original syllables in the end( At %irst it co&es out garbledwith nonsense English( $he brain is being puri%ied( 8erhaps one goes %ro&one sound pattern to the ne7t" yet it always ends up with the basic pattern?da" ba" &a" da" sa" etc(

O' and ancient sounds

9hen it has gone through the ancient set o% sounds" the process ends upwith one sound? OM( $hat is always the %inal sound( $hen even thatvanishes( $his pattern happens %or everybody( )n the &eanti&e" perhapsyou will dance around the roo&( or so&e the head will go up and down"or perhaps so&eone else will do a +ative A&erican dance( 8erhaps later onthey will sound li*e a cantor in a Kewish synagogue( $hey &ay call out andsound li*e a Musli& standing at the top o% a &inaret calling the people toprayer( $hese are spontaneous sounds on the way to the basic ones( $heseare puri%ying actions that lead to the basic ancient sounds and %inally to OM and then only 3od(

6ate of /rogress

So&e people go through phases %aster than others( )t depends on the degreeo% surrender" the degree o% i&purity" how &uch ti&e per day is spent&editating" how well one %ollows ethical behavior" how deeply onesurrenders to the spiritual teacher" how wise the teacher is" how i&pure theenviron&ent is in where one lives( $here are &any %actors that deter&inethe rate o% progress( #ut no &atter how variable" it all eventually convergesat the end( Everyone does the sa&e postures and the sa&e energy seals(

)t is an inherent pattern with a built;in structure( )t is a pattern that *nowswhere it is going( 9hen you surrender to 3od" you are led to itauto&atically and spontaneously( 9hen ) saw so&e o% those pictures o%,ripalu" ) said" My body is never going to do so&e o% those poses(G

#ut one day ) was &editating and the body :ust wanted to &ove into thisposition or that position and there ) was there %or a long ti&e( )t &ust havebeen %i%teen or twenty &inutes( ) was %eeling very bliss%ul( ) noticedwill%ully that nothing was happening( 9hy isn't so&ething happening$he body is cal&( )'& :ust sitting hereFG $he body was in an incredibleposture and ) was paying no attention to it at all( )t :ust see&ed per%ectly

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%loor" or swear in -ussian( As ti&e goes on" the energy puri%ies and theevolutionary %orce is awa*ened(

$hen the evolutionary %orce starts to pierce the energy centers in serialorder( At this :uncture the second phase" the inter&ediate %or& o% posturesand the suspension o% the li%e energy begin(

At a certain place in an aspirant's &editation" a teacher can predict al&oste7actly what will be reported" what uestions will be as*ed( =eShe willgive the answer that is appropriate to that stage o% practice( Speci%ic help%ulin%or&ation is given at the correct ti&e(

#ased on the teacher's e7perience he or she *nows a particular person'sprogress in +atural Yoga and responds accordingly( )t is a&aing that thepattern is so predictable( )t is &uch &ore detailed than you &ight i&agine($he sa&e progression happens with everybody(

'ind

9e have been tal*ing &ainly about the body" but what about the &ind$he &ind at %irst is loaded with doubt( )t does not *now whether the will isdoing it or the energy as a result o% surrender( )s 3od doing it" is it &e or isit &y ego Everyone e7periences a degree o% con%usion and doubt( $hishappens until the energy is released( $he release can be li*e a da& brea*ingand the energy e7ploding( A%ter that there is no doubt about what is &ovingthe body around( $hen you *now( $he doubt then tends to disappear andthe &ove&ent cal&s down( #ut the li%e energy is %lowing all around thebody(

$he stages proceed and the energy eventually beco&es steady in the throat"then in the &ind( 8erhaps you will wonder what will happen ne7t( Youshould let whatever is going to happen" happen( Surrender your attentionand do not try to &a*e it go any place( .h" but ) thin* )'ll listen to the

ringing in &y ears( Maybe that's what )'ll do( +o" no" he said to surrenderand let it co&e out any way(

T"oug"ts

=ere ) a& having all these thoughts( Maybe ) ought to stop having thesethoughts )s this &e )s this &y thought or is &y thin*ing 3od thin*ing9ho's thin*ing =ow can it be thin*ingG And as i% that is not enough"&aybe you will be thin*ing about the &ovie you saw last wee*(

$he &ovie starts playing in your head" and you thin*" You *now ) %orgotto balance up &y chec* boo*( You *now" ) don't thin* Suy loves &eany&ore(G You &ay get %ive or si7 o% these thoughts going si&ultaneously(#abble" noise" chatter( )t &ay see& intolerable( #ut this is only puri%ication(

)t happens to everybody a%ter a %ashion( You &ay co&plain that all that ishappening in your &editation is that you are lying there thin*ing( $his isthe passionate state o% the &ind( )t is a predictable occurrence( 9hat%ollows the passionate state is tranuil power(

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$his &ind pattern re&inds &e o% a &ovie ) once saw about colonists inA%rica( $hey were going inland in their covered wagons to settle the land($hey had been tre**ing %or a nu&ber o% days( $hey unhitched the wagonson the slope o% a hill to %eed and rest the horses( So&e o% the children weresitting and playing in one o% the wagons( One o% the children bu&ped thebra*e and released it( $hey started rolling down the hill( $he people started

running a%ter the&( $he &en got on horses and were chasing the&( $hewagon was &a*ing a lot o% noise and the action was getting louder andwilder( Everyone was shoutingD the &others were screa&ing panic;stric*en"running a%ter the&( And they went o%% the edge o% a cli%%F

$his is li*e the &ind( )t gets busier and busier and goes to a %rantic pea*Dand %inally it goes? %%%sssssst(((pea*(((death( Yes(((and peace also(So&ething dies at this point( )t is not you" but the %rantic &ind trying to*eep itsel% busy and entertained( Eventually the &ind gets so pure it :ustgoes to nothing( You &ay strainD you &ay %ind you can still thin*" but it is:ust a thought(

8ife energy a.a5ens

$hen a new phase o% an entirely di%%erent nature arrives? the li%e energyawa*ens( 9hen this happens" both physical and &ental puri%ying actionsoccur( $he &ind goes through an entirely di%%erent e7ercise digging out thedeepest" dar*est" &ost perverted desires that could ever e7ist( )t brings the&up and puri%ies the& until every desire is puri%ied" until there is :ust nothingle%t( )% you loo* %or desires" there are none( You &ay be te&pted to useyour will to test it( Your &ind is no longer busyD there are no desires(

+ow" there is only one thing le%t to do that is to *eep surrendering to3od( You &ay e7perience that the dawn o% pin* love is %inally co&ing toyou beauti%ully and slowly( Everything turns to love and to 3odauto&atically( You do not have to &a*e it that way( You do not have to

evaluate the e7perience( $his love does not happen by chanceD nor is itte&poraryD it stays(

Singing

$hen the ne7t step is a whole new cycle( Singing starts" spontaneoussinging %ro& the heart( $here is no &ind or thought involved at all becausethere is no way to structure the words or the language( )t is pure incrediblesound( $here is a tape o% ,ripalu in that state( 9hen ) %irst heard it ) was sostartled that ) could not believe what ) was hearing( )t was so power%ul($his was happening auto&atically and spontaneouslyD it was not a will%ulact(

7nstruc5 divine sound

A%ter this state had been occurring %or so&e ti&e" so&eone &aderecording( $his spontaneous singing is called unstruc* divine sound" heartsound( 9hen it is %or&alied it sounds li*e a #rah&in priest chanting%or&al chants( 9hy #ecause this is how the chanting originated(

Ancient yogis" practitioners o% +atural Yoga who had achieved union with

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3od" sang spontaneously %ro& their hearts( $hese songs were &e&oriedand passed down to the &odern #rah&in priesthood( Analogous thingshave happened in 9estern culture" 3regorian chants" %or e7a&ple(

.nstruc* divine sound illustrates the precision and the e7actness o% thescience o% +atural Yoga( 6ivine patterns are uncovered by the puri%ication

in +atural Yoga and produce universal e7periences that have beenoccurring in the sa&e way %or thirty thousand years( )t would be a &ista*eto con%use +atural Yoga with the latest %ad in the personal growth &ar*et(

!it" seed e9uani&ity

At a certain point" euani&ity" union with 3od" begins( $here are twostages and sub stages o% euani&ity( $he %irst general stage is Hwith;seed'euani&ityD the second is Hseed;%ree' euani&ity( )n with;seed euani&ity"there is union with 3od but one still has a &ind( $he seeds o% desire stillre&ain( )t has %our sub stages( Euani&ity is i&possible to describe( )t isthe result o% the activity o% :oining with 3od( )n with;seed euani&ity theprocess is not %inished( )n the %irst general stage o% union with 3od" a:oining together between you as a divine individual and divine othernessoccurs" but the &ind re&ains(

Substages of .it" seed e9uani&ity

Euani&ity is beyond the senses and the &indD however" it &ay be help%ulto understand that in euani&ity one co&es to *now directly that what oneis" is the sa&e as what 3od is( Yet at this stage in &editation the &ind isactive( -easoning acco&panies union" which leads to the substages o%doubt and uncertainty( $hen auto&atically the ne7t substage" sel%;inspection" begins( /ater one surrenders not only one's brain but also one's:udg&ent( 9hen surrendering &y :udg&ent ca&e up in &editation" ) putthe bra*es right on( )t ca&e to surrendering" to giving into 3od's hands" &yability to discri&inate between right and wrong" good and bad" up anddown" and who and what(

Surrendering =udg&ent

8utting on the bra*es happens to everyone to so&e degree( =owever" %or&e it was especially hard because ) had an ego attach&ent to being able totell what was happening in li%e( 9ould ) lose this power 8erhaps ) wouldbeco&e an idiot i% ) turned &y :udg&ent %aculty over to 3od( And when )did" it was true that so&e days ) could hardly spea*(

#ut when ) turned over &y power o% discri&ination to 3od" it proved to be&y greatest gain in &editation up until that point( Since then ) have beenwilling to be a happy idiot who does not *now anything( ) do not *now

anythingD ) cannot decide anything( 8eople say" 9hat are you going todoG ) do not *now( )t is up to 3od(

$he %inal substage o% with;seed euani&ity has the uality o% non;:udge&entalness because the :udg&ent %aculty has been transcended( $hisis true euani&ity? all is the sa&e" and all is divine(

Seed>free e9uani&ity

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$he second general stage o% union with 3od is called seed;%ree euani&ity($he &ind itsel% Ithe desires and the will%ul activities to satis%y the&J isdissolved away through surrender to 3od( You &ay thin*" 9hat will ) dothenG =owever" you need not worryD %or by this ti&e you will be truly in3od's hands(

C"a/ter

!"at is Surrender#

,.arding victory Surrender is so central to +atural Yoga that it deserves%urther clari%ication( +atural Yoga" that is" the natural way o% union with$ruth" co&es about by surrender to 3od( $he uestion is what is that 9hois doing itD who is surrendering what" to who& )n the dictionary"surrender is awarding victory to one side( $he choice has been &ade( $hereis so&e truth to that( So&e people thin* that surrender &eans de%eatD and ina way they are correct( Surrender is the de%eat o% the ego(

!illful !estern .ay) you have been trying very hard to have li%e your own way( You try to&a*e it co&e out the way that you want( 8eople do not li*e li%e the way itis" so it see&s logical that they would try to change it to so&ething else( )%you do not li*e it" well" do so&ething about itF $hat is the will%ul 9esternway(

$here%ore" to surrender has not been socially approved" even though Christtaught surrender to 3odD and the 9est is pri&arily a Christian culture(So&ehow" we have wandered away( $his is understandable" because it isnot easy to surrender(

$o give up control o% your li%e" to wor* hard and have no attach&ent to the

%ruits o% your labor is not easy( )t is not natural %or the body to surrenderanything" to anyone" ever" under any circu&stances( Yes" it will do what itis told when it is threatened( 9hen it gets hungry enough" it will do what ithas to do to eat( 9hen so&ebody threatens it with a gun" the body will bac*o%%( )t is a total coward( #ut i% it does not have to give anything" it givesnothing( Such is the body(

!ay of t"e body

)% one is going to live the li%e o% the body" never surrenderG is the correctphilosophy( #ut in hu&an*ind's %our or %ive;&illion;year tenure on earth"this approach has not produced anything &ore than te&porary pleasure( #yusing your will" you can only go so %ar in elevating your consciousness and

see*ing union with $ruth($he people" who are serious about growth and want to continue past acertain point" &ust entertain the concept o% surrender( 9ill%ul &ethods andtechniues are bene%icial and should be doneD they will ta*e you partway(#ut when you have yoursel% together physically" &entally and e&otionally"what then


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,//eal to sincere students

) would li*e to &a*e an appeal to the dedicated people who have spent longhard hours will%ully i&proving their lives" to all the sincere students andparticipants in personal growth( ) want to say" You have done well( +owwhat =ow do you get past the li&itations o% the te&porary pea*

e7perience =ow do you continue to i&prove your li%eG $he answer issurrender to $ruth(

Entertain this answer seriously( ) used to be one o% you( )% anyone wor*edhard at personal growth" night and day" %or over twenty;%ive years" it was )() used will%ul techniue a%ter will%ul techniue" this way and that"crossways and into the center( ) grew a lot %ro& it" learned at lot" realied alot" and even touched the $ruth &any ti&es( ) even stopped calling it $ruth"a%ter a while" and started calling it 3od" when ) had deeper e7periences( #ut%inally" ) %ound &ysel% sty&ied( $ry as ) would" ) was only slowly crawling%orward" inch by inch(

'eeting ri/alu

$hen one day ) &et a swa&i" a &aster" in )ndia( ) had &et practitioners o%yoga be%ore" -inpoches" &ullahs( #ut this &aster *new the answers to &yuestions( =e *new why ) was sty&ied and could not grow rapidlyany&ore( =e instantly opened &e up( ) sat down" and ) was gone( ) startedcrying( ) did not *now why" and ) did not care( =e had been there" and )wanted to *now what he *new( $hat is it" very si&ply( Master ,ripalu" theH&aster o% co&passionate grace'( =e taught &e surrender(

) had read about surrender" and ) had done -eichian wor*" 8ri&al $herapyD) had studied the =oly -ollersD ) *new the teachings o% ChristD and ) *newthe principle o% surrender( #ut ) did not understand it( )t see&ed to &e to bean avoidance o% responsibility" a giving up" and a wea* place %or thede%eated(

#ut ,ripalu was the living $ruth" and contradicted &y assu&ptions( =ewas not de%eatedD he was victorious( =e had won over li%e( =e had wonover anger( And &ost o% all" he had won over passion and lust( =e haddanced on the head o% lust and &ade a %ool o% it(

ri/alu?s s"are

) said" Master" how does this wor*G ) will share with you what he taught&e( $here is that which is other than you( )% there is nothing other than you"there is nothing to surrender to( $hen the whole principle o% surrender isnonsense( Kesus was wrongD ,rishna was wrong( All the &essiahs" teachersand saints have said the sa&e thing( $here &ust be so&ething other than

youD or there is nothing to surrender to(You could say" ) could surrender to &ysel%"G but that is illogical gibberish($here &ay be so&ething that you thin* is you that is actually other thanyou" but then it would not be you( )% it is other than you" it cannot be you($here's &y hand" and ) will surrender to it( ) a& surrendering to &ysel%(G#ut that would not be trueD it is other than you( Your hand is not you( $hat


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is &erely your hand( 9hose hand $hat is the uestion( As ) said earlier"who is surrendering what" to who&

Dionysianis&

)% you surrender your body" %eelings and &ind to nature" you will get intotrouble( $his is the way o% 6ionysianis&( $he 6ionysians in 3reece and

the +ear East surrendered to natural %orces( $his leads to wild"uncontrolled" anti;social behavior( )t ends up with things li*e Ki& Morrisonand even Charles Manson( $his is not correct(

On the other hand" i% you ta*e the body" the &ind and the %eelings andcrush the& with your will" what will you have le%t A crushed body" &indand %eelings( 9ho wants that $here%ore" in +atural Yoga" the teaching isthat one surrenders the body" the heart or the %eelings" and the &ind to$ruth" to 3od" to 6ivine /ove" to the Absolute" to 8er%ection" whatever youpre%er to call it( $hese are di%%erent na&es %or the sa&e thing(

:iving over control

#y your surrender" the body is ta*en out o% your hands( So it is no longeryour body( )t is as i% you say" =ere $ruth" here 3od" it is yours( You dowith it what you wantG $his is the act o% surrender( )n +atural Yoga youuit using your will( You uit controlling the body's actions( And you givecontrol over to the divine( $his is proper surrender(

C"a/ter $

%reedo& of C"oice and 'utual Surrender

%reedo& and surrender

)n spiritual li%e" we are set in an apparent contradiction between surrender

to so&ething other than ourselves and total %reedo&( All spiritual paths o%any i&portance reuire that the individual have %reedo&( $he ancient yogiswent into the %orest( $here they could have %reedo&( $hey yelled andscrea&ed" did not have to wor*" ca&e and went as they pleased" and owednothing to anyone( $hey could do anything they %elt li*e doing( $heyusually spent the whole day in conte&plation because they %elt li*e it(

Much o% the &eaning o% renunciation is su&&ed up by %reedo&( You arenot tied down( You are %ree o% reuire&ents" yet you are held %ast throughyour own choice by the ar&s o% the /ord( $he *ey is that it is by your ownchoice(

Conscious and free c"oice

)n order to prevent people %ro& thin*ing that union is :ust a psychologicaltric*" yogis" who are individuals who have achieved union" do not &a*e&uch o% this point although they the&selves *now it is all;i&portant( $hey*now that at all ti&es" whether we *now it or not" we are in the hands o%the /ord( Yogis *now that it is by one's own choice that one gives over hisor her li%e to the /ord( )t is a conscious and %ree choice(


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Your li%e is run by 3od whether you have given it over to =i& or not( #utthe %act that you have surrendered your li%e to 3od consciously and o% yourown %ree choice &a*es the di%%erence( )nstead o% accu&ulating &ore and&ore &ental i&pressions in the activities o% li%e" the undigested e7periencesand the psychological i&pressions dissipate( $hese i&pressions are" inessence" what i&purity is( $hey are e7periences %ro& the past that were

resisted and thereby suspended in your &ind" body and %eelings(

6esisted e/eriences

+ote that ) said e7periences that were resisted( 9hen you %reely give yourli%e to the /ord" the resistance disappears( 9hen you give it to =i& or =er"there is no action done by you and no action being done to you( $hat is thetruth o% the &atter anywayD so you are not deluded( You are not under aveil o% illusion( $hings are as they are( $here is no &ore accu&ulation o%&ental i&pressions(

C"oice of relating

)n &odern ti&es" this approach could easily be &isunderstood and casually

thought o% as being :ust another psychological attitude( 8erhaps it would bedis&issed as a %or& o% sel%;hypnosis or autosuggestion( )n our culture" it isnot *nown that the essence o% li%e is the relationship between one divineentity and another divine entity( )t is not *nown that the choice o% relating isabsolute( You can relate" or not( $here%ore the %act o% choice is all;i&portant" and not :ust a psychological tric*( At the very root o% what ishappening in li%e is whether you choose to relate" or not(

%ree c"oice

$hat %reedo& &ust be given and ac*nowledged by teachers and others or itis a denial o% the truth( $he truth is that we have choice( )t is a %ree choiceDand it is not in anyone else's hands other than the individual who chooses(

So any teacher who does not ac*nowledge student's %reedo& o% choice isdenying the truthD and the teaching is bound to %ail( Students will spendtheir ti&e trying to prove to the teacher that they have a choice(

) re&e&ber when ) discovered this principle in the early days o% &yteaching( $hen by being totally per&issive" ) &ade an error in the otherdirection( Once the student has given hi&sel% or hersel% by his or her %reechoice" he or she needs guidance and a %ir& loving hand( Surrender &ustco&e %irstD then the teacher can guide properly and %ir&ly(

'utual surrender

Any good teacher *nows that the student is co&pletely %ree to do as he orshe wishes( 9hen a student chooses and surrenders" he has accepted the

teacher's power o% choice" and then accepts the teacher's guidance( $heteacher has surrendered to the student in advance" by choosing to be ateacher( =e or she says" ) will teach you(G $hen he or she will give his orher li%e on behal% o% the studentD and the student will give his or her li%e onbehal% o% the teacher( $hen it is &utual surrender(

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E7ercises discipline every day to do a good :ob o% teaching

Spea*s only the truth to his or her students and does not delude the&

Ac*nowledges the %reedo& o% the student

E7ercises discipline to *eep the teaching %ree %ro& hisher own i&purities

Co&&its to re&oving hisher own i&purities

6oes hisher own spiritual practice

Accepts proceeding without the presence o% hisher own guru i% necessary

S.a&i S"ivananda

So&e students do not li*e to ac*nowledge the authority o% the teacher(

$hey say" ) own you( )'ve have co&e all the way to be with you" so you'vegot to do what ) say(G

Swa&i Shivananda laid down rules %or his ashra&( So&eti&es the youngbuc*s" who at the ti&e were 1en*ateshananda" 1ishnudevananda"

Satchitananda" Chitananda and others" would not recognie that the ashra&code o% ethical conduct was i&portant( So they would wa*e up" and theMaster would be gone( $hey would loo* all over -ishi*esha" and theycould not %ind hi&(

A neighbor would say" 9e saw Master go down the road(G $hey wouldpursue hi& and %ind hi& %i%teen or twenty &iles down the road(

Master" what has happened 9here are you goingG they would say(

=e would reply" ) a& going so&eplace where the students will %ollow theashra& code(G

#ut you have started this ashra&" you are reuired to stay(G

And he continued o%% down the road(

inally they threw the&selves at his %eet and said" 9e will do what yousay" no uestions as*ed(G

,c5no.ledging freedo&

$he &aster also has %reedo&( Every individual" by his true nature" hasco&plete %reedo&( #ut you do not have %reedo& to enslave others becauseeach o% us has %reedo&( Most people spend their lives not to allowingothers to have %reedo&( $hen others have to prove that they do( A greatpart o% the con%lict between parents and children is about ac*nowledgingeach other's %reedo&( )t is the sa&e in &arriage(

S/iritual /rogress

Spiritual progress in a teacher;student relationship begins when %reedo& is&utually ac*nowledged and then voluntarily given up( )t is at this point thatthe teacher and student relationship is established and teaching can begin(Spiritual progress is &ade in an at&osphere o% the ac*nowledge&ent o% the%reedo& o% the student and the teacher and the ac*nowledge&ent o% the


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bond to each other by %ree choice( 9hen &utual surrender e7ists" realspiritual progress is possible(

,bility to c"oose

9hat we are is the ability to choose( 9e do in %act have absolute choice(9e are divineD 3od is not enslaved( As an individual entity with divine

ualities" nothing can happen to you( Since you are involved in li%e anywayby your own ancient choice" you &ight as well &a*e it conscious and say"All right" ) a& participating in li%e by &y own %ree choice(


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3od your understanding will be co&plete" not because o% &y words" butbecause ) pointed to the truth enough ti&esD and you e7perienced it %oryoursel%( A teacher can only point at the $ruth" and say" )t is over there(G$he student &ust choose to loo*" to see(

C"a/ter (

)odies* t"e Evolutionary %orce* and Evolution

Divine energy and t"e body

) %irst heard about holistic health %ro& a 6r( Everts /oo&is( =e had beeninvolved in &edicine o% the whole person %or about %i%ty years( #ut healthand &edicine are not the sa&e thing( ) a& no e7pert on either &edicine o%the whole person or holistic health( #ut ) do *now a %ew things about thebody and the relationship o% divine energy to the body and to health(

I&/ortant 9uestions

)n order to do anything about the health o% the body" you need to *nowso&ething about the body( Most people do not even raise the uestions"9hat is a body 9hat is it %or 9here did it co&e %ro& 9hy is it theway it is And what is the role o% illness in the cos&ic planG


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Disorder to order

A tree grows out o% &inerals in the ground" carbon dio7ide in the air" andwater" &a*ing a very orderly tree( $hen ani&als co&e along and eat theapple o%% the tree and they restructure it( )t is as i% one were ta*ing disorderand putting it into &ore order(

So&e scientists say that in the non;living part o% the physical world there isa constant increase in disorder" whereas in the living part o% the world"there is a constant increase in order( #rains get &ore and &ore patterned(Matter is ordered according to a pattern(

So&e o% the &ost advanced thin*ers o% &odern ti&es have said" Aha" wehave %ound the answerF $his is what li%e is %or(G $hey have noted what iscalled in physics an increase in entropy( $he universe gradually gets &oreand &ore chaotic and less and less orderly(

Converting t"e /"ysical .orld

You could say" /i%e is going to consu&e the entire physical world and&a*e it nice and orderly so there will be one big body( $he whole universewill be a nicely ordered crawling organis&(G So&ehow this idea o%orderliness has an appeal( $here is an inherent sense that order is betterthan disorder( 9e are &a*ing a step in a direction that is use%ul( $heevolutionary %orce is bringing this about by gradually converting thephysical world into a living world( $here is one proble&" however( 9hat isthis li%e %orce 9here did it co&e %ro& 9here does the intelligence co&e%ro& to convert a rando& physical world into highly intelligent" patternedbody %or&s that continue to survive ro& what has this sprung =as italways been here )s it inherent in the physical world

6ando& accident

)s it that ato&s :ust got together in a certain pattern that had superior

ualities o% survival $his is the best response that the physical scientistshave been able to co&e up with? that li%e and its %orce were a rando&accident(

According to the yogis who achieved union with 3od in ancient ti&es" allthis has all sprung %ro& 3od( )t is not a new theory that everything is basedon 3od" and that 3od has no e7istence or lac* o% e7istence( According tothe& there are two aspects o% 3od? nature I&atterJ and consciousness %actorIthe individual who would be conscious o% &atterJ(

T.o as/ects of :od

/et us ta*e this one step %urther( 9hat we are really tal*ing about here is

two aspects o% 3od( One way o% loo*ing at it is that one part o% 3od issetting out to regain union with the other part( And in trying to reach union"all o% li%e un%olds(

/i%e is the process o% uni%ying one part o% 3od with another( $hat is theprocess o% li%e" in the wider sense( Stars" space" ti&e" energy" the planets"everything that happens and everything that is" is a result o% the process o%


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one part o% 3od co&ing into union with another part o% 3od(

See5ing union

$his is a di%%icult tas*( )&agine you are one o% the parts( 9hat you truly areis the consciousness %actor" one o% those parts( Everything else is the otherpart o% 3odD and you are see*ing union with nature" with that everything

else"G with 3od(

=ow does this co&e about )s this so&e *ind o% abstract" &etaphysical"re&ote cos&ic occurrence that has nothing to do with li%e ) a& suggestingthat this union o% two parts has everything to do with li%e and withevolution( $hat is what all o% this is( =ere we are on this planet with bodies(So&ething is happening( $his is the very sa&e process(

)ody co&es into being

+ow perhaps we can co&e up with an answer about what role bodies play"what their purpose is( Your body is a very centralied point o% contactbetween you and 3od( 9here you and 3od &a*e contact" or are atte&ptingto %ul%ill that contact" the body co&es into being(

$here is you and 3od( )% you were to draw a line representing thepossibility o% contact between you and 3od" the line would represent thenotochord in e&bryology( 9hen the cell gets %ertilied" it begins to divide()t continues dividing and eventually &a*es a ball( $hen a %old occurs in theball li*e a rubber ball that is pushed in( #etween one end o% the ball and theother is the notochord( 3od is on one end and you are on the other(

Notoc"ord

$he body continues to develop around that central line o% the notochord($hat central line is the spinal colu&n" the central plane that goes throughthe body" the %irst acupuncture &eridian" one one( $he yogis call it the

very;*ind;%low energy channel" the central energy channel( $he notochordis the very;*ind;%low energy channel that goes %ro& the base o% the spine tothe top o% the s*ull(

@ery>5ind>flo. energy c"annel

You are on one end" the top" and 3od is at the other end" the botto&( $hebody has evolved and %or&ed %ro& those two ter&inals" you and 3odsee*ing union(

Around the central tube" the body pattern has %or&ed( $he potential ordi%%erence between you and 3od is what &a*es the li%e %orce( Energyalways has to have a di%%erence between one end and the other" betweenpositive and negative" up and down" and here and there(

Divine energy

$he di%%erence &a*es it possible %or things to act" to %low and &ove( $heyogis call the li%e %orce between you Ia conscious entityJ and 3od IdivinepowerJ the divine energy( $he Christians call it the =oly Spirit( $hescientist calls it the universal energy( #ecause there are two ends to the


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very;*ind;%low energy channel" the process o% the energy %lowing %ro&3od to you brings about evolution" the direction o% the develop&ent o% thebody(

Strea&ing energy

or billions o% years li%e %or&s have been evolving( )t is this interplay

between the conscious entity Ithe individualJ and 3od that &a*es order outo% &atter and &ud( Energy strea&s %ro& 3od to the individual( $hestrea&ing energy ta*es the &ud and puts it into a pattern that &a*es thebody( $he strea&ing energy %lows in a de%inite direction %or a de%initepurpose( )t is to reach union between the two" between 3od and theindividual(

DN,

$he pattern o% the body is gradually evolving( $he divine energy &ade the6+A" the genetic pattern in each cell( )t has a central pattern with a doubleheli7 around it( $hose two heli7es are bound together by hydrogen bonds($he divine energy that supplies all %or&s o% energy is the %low %ro& 3od to

the conscious individual(

Can this be proved +ot a chance( ) could not prove any o% it and ) wouldnot try( ) a& giving you what has co&e to &e as direct *nowledge in &yown e7periences o% union( ) spea* as a practitioner o% &editation who hasco&bined those e7periences with &y %or&al scienti%ic training( )t is ane7planation that &a*es sense to &e( 8erhaps your own e7periences in&editation will help settle %or you the validity o% the evolutionaryperspective presented here(

undalini defined

$he energy %lowing through the central channel %ro& the base o% the spineinto the s*ull is called

natural meditation 2004

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