![]() Blavastky, based its headquarters in Wheaton, IL making a combination of Hinduism and other occult/mystical Eastern religious literature more available to Westerners.ĭuring the 60’s and 70’s, a surge of gurus (men claiming to be gods) traveled from India to America on a mission to convert the West to Hinduism. In the 1920’s, the Theosophical Society, co-founded by the famed Russian occultist, Helena P. Hinduism made a splash in the United States at the 1893 World Parliament of Religions held in Chicago, IL where Swami Vivekananda extolled its virtues as he called for the religions of the world to unite under its philosophy. It’s assumed that masters of yoga possess occult powers such as telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, levitation, and mediumistic abilities. These writings are claimed to have been “channeled” by the sages who were considered “seers,” god-men with super-human powers capable of dematerializing and shape-shifting. The practice can be found in the Upanishads, which comprise the last part of the oldest religious Indian writings recorded, the Vedas, and in the Hindu favorite, the Bhagavad Gita, composed by the revered sage, Vyasa. The Vedic sages have been credited for the development of yoga. Their religion was Vedism, which evolved into Hinduism. Yoga is an ancient Hindu/occult spiritual discipline that can be traced back to the Indo-European people who lived in India during the 2nd millennium, B.C. What is Kundalini Yoga? Where did it come from? Why is it used? What are the risks involved? Who is the instructor? Such a promise of healing carries great responsibility and necessarily raises a few questions. The ad in the park district’s brochure assures the participant that through the use of movement, sound current, breath and meditation, Kundalini Yoga “brings a greater feeling of well-being and happiness” and can “heal your mind and body.” While the mission of the New Lenox park district Board of Trustees is to provide “safe recreational opportunities” for residents, the ad does not make one aware of the potential physical, mental and spiritual dangers many yoga instructors warn about. That’s the diagonal energy, that’s tantric energy.This summer, classes in Kundalini Yoga have been made available through the New Lenox Community Park District to members of the growing Illinois community. But there is a pleasure also which is everlasting, in which you become a new all the time. Pleasure comes out of newness, enjoying newness. Otherwise you will be victim of your own perpetual permanent fear.įor every success, for every achievement, for every love or for everything, we want a newness. In that unisonness, is the beauty of life. There is no two opinions about it, to experience yourself and all in you. That’s why Guru Nanak put before it, “Ek Ong.” It is total permutation and combination to create that sound. The difference is, Ong and Om, when Om cannot be chanted, cannot be spoken, it is written in the Puran but it can be experienced. I bow to you, “Ong Namo,” Oh creative total self. “Guru” means who brings light into darkness. Oh transcendental, transparent, “Guru Dev” is transparent. That’s why the opening mantra of the class is, “Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo.” We don’t say “Om Namo,” we say, “Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo.” Here’s what the Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan said at a lecture on Main Los Angeles, CA about his mantra:Īctually, all teachings are there to tell you to be yourself…. It is chanted at least three times before practicing Kundalini Yoga. This mantra is used for “tuning in” to the divine flow and self-knowledge within each of us and linking us to Yogi Bhajan and the Golden Chain of teachers. I bow to the Creative Wisdom, I bow to the Divine Teacher within.
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