Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda ; (Kundalini Yoga Guru)
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Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda
In 1962, Swami Nityananda was born into the heart of an Indian
family.
The rock upon which Nityananda's spiritual training rested was his close,
lifelong relation****p with Swami Muktananda. From 1978 Nityananda
travelled
the world with his Guru. In 1980 he was initiated into the order of
Saraswati monks and given the name of Muktananda's own Guru, Nityananda.
Two
years later, Swami Nityananda was formally installed as Muktananda's
successor. In May 1995, the spiritual leaders of Hindu society, (the
revered
Acharyas and Mahamandaleshwars ), elevated him to the rank of
Mahamandaleshwar - the youngest in history. Through 'Shanti Mandir', Swami
Nityananda fulfils the role handed to him by his Guru, sharing with us the
process of inner awakening and transformation.
Kundalini and Pentecostalism compared: SAME AS CHARISMATICS AND
PANTECOSTALS
RAJNEESH: "the former Oregon guru tells one of his followers in his
book, "Dance Your Way To God," just be joyful ..."
It is typical teaching that Rodney Howard-Browne tells people God
likes to have fun with His children and wants them to laugh; this laughter
is equated with "the joy of the Lord." (seen in video of Browne)
RAJNEESH: "God is not serious ... this world cannot fit with a
theological god ..."
Rodney Howard-Browne: "One night I was preaching on hell, and
laughter
just hit the whole place. The more I told the people what hell was like,
the
more they laughed." "The Holy Ghost ... might have you do something that
no
one's ever done before, and he might have you do something that's totally
unique. But don't question, and don't argue, and don't ask, and don't try
to
devise and to plan it out but just follow the prompting of the leading of
the Spirit of God and, oh, great and wonderful things shall be done, for
God
will move in diverse ways and with diverse anointings in these last days."
According to the August Charisma article, Rodney Howard-Browne
"disparages"
people who "try to apply theological tests" to what he does (SPIRITUAL
COUNTERFEITS PROJECT article).
RAJNEESH: "drunk on the divine"
RODNEY HOWARD-BROWNE: "We're drinking of that new wine. It's the wine
that is divine." (seen in video of Browne)
RAJNEESH: "Rajneesh encouraged his followers to come and "drink"
from
him.
RODNEY HOWARD-BROWNE: "Take another drink ... the bar is open... . Be
filled! We loose the power! Have another drink!" (seen in video of Browne)
RAJNEESH: "Bahgvan's spiritual "wine" was often passed along with a
single touch to the head."
RODNEY HOWARD-BROWNE: This same phenomena is typical of Rodney
Howard-Browne in his services. (seen in video of Browne)
RAJNEESH: "Many of his Sannyasins would fall to the floor in ecstasy
after their encounters with Rajneesh."
RODNEY HOWARD-BROWNE: This same phenomena is typical of Rodney
Howard-Browne in his services. (seen in video of Browne)
Researched by Ed Tarkowski
Kundalini Yoga Manifestations
Kundalini Yoga Manifestations
Feelings
SAME AS CHARISMATICS AND PANTECOSTALS
Ecstasy and intervals of tremendous joy, love, peace and compassion
Energy rushes or immense electricity circulating the body
Itching, vibrating, prickling, tingling, stinging or crawling
sensations
Intense heat or cold
Strange activity, and/or blissful sensations in the head,
particularly
in the crown area.
Intensified or diminished ***ual desires
Vibrating, tingling sensations
feeling of heat flashes
Aches
weeping; crying; anxiety because of the childhood traumas now being
healed
Actions
Uncontrollable Laughing
Spontaneous vocalization of animal sounds
Jerking, Tremors, Shaking
yoga postures, stiffness
Muscle twitches or spasms
Energy rushes, electricity circulating in the body
Postures or moving one's body in unusual ways
Muscle twitches, cramps or spasms.
Emotional outbursts; rapid mood ****fts; seemingly unprovoked or
excessive episodes of grief, fear, rage, depression
Alterations in eating and sleeping patterns
Episodes of extreme hyperactivity or, conversely, overwhelming
fatigue
Sounds
Hearing an inner sound or sounds, classically described as a flute,
drum, waterfall, birds singing, bees buzzing but which may also sound like
roaring, whoo****ng, or thunderous noises or like ringing in the ears.
Smells
Experiencing the smell of flowers, incense
Mind
Mental confusion; difficulty concentrating
Altered states of consciousness: heightened awareness; spontaneous
trance states; mystical experiences (if the individual's prior belief
system
is too threatened by these, they can lead to bouts of psychosis or
self-grandiosity)
Psychic experiences: extrasensory perception; out-of-body
experiences;
pastlife memories; astral travel; direct awareness of auras and chakras;
contact with spirit guides through inner voices, dreams or visions;
healing
powers
Spontaneous trance states
Guidance through inner voices, visions, dreams
Mental confusion, difficulty concentrating
Out-of-body experiences
Abstract. The occult practice of Kundalini [energy] and the Toronto
Blessing experience are compared. It is disturbing to note how the at
least
1000-years old Kundalini and the contem****ary Toronto movement are almost
identical in at least the following aspects:
Two primary augments:
1.. the both involve the very same bodily manifestations
2.. the both are distributed by a touch from one already "in fire''
3.. the phenomena being very contagious.
4.. the bodily manifestations are the very same.
5.. the genuineness of the experience is based on identical proofs.
6.. the both require the same initial mental conditions for one
receiving
the power
7.. the both consider the transfer of the power to be a central issue
and
subject to scientific considerations
The Similarity of the Outward Manifestations
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Briefly, according to classical literature the signs of an awakened
kundalini can be grouped into: mental signs, vocal signs and physical
signs.
Mental signs can include visions that range from ecstatically blissful to
terrifyingly frightful. Vocal signs can include spontaneous vocal
expressions that range from singing or reciting mantras to make various
animals sounds such as growling or chirping. Physical signs include
trembling, shaking and spontaneously performing hatha yoga postures and
pranayamas.
From a more subjective perspective the more pleasant experiences
associated
with a kundalini awakening may include: waves of bliss, periods of
elation,
glimpses of transcendental consciousness. The less pleasant experiences
associated with a kundalini awakening may include: trembling, sharp aches
in
areas associated with the cakras, periods of irrational anxiety, sudden
flashes of heat.
[Kundalini FAQ: What are the signs of an awakened kundalini?]
The Kundalini FAQ mentions the following manifestations: singing, reciting
mantras, animal sounds, trembling, shaking, yoga postures, waves of bliss,
elation, altered consciousness, aches, anxiety, and feeling of heat
flashes.
The counterparts of these manifestations in the Toronto Blessing are found
in the table below:
The Similarity of the Outward Manifestations
The Similarity of the Outward Method
Kundalini
Toronto Blessing
Broadly speaking there are two radically different direct approaches
to awakening kundalini. One approach requires initiation by a guru and
relies upon a technique called shaktipat, or "descent of shakti." It is
variously called: Siddha Mahayoga, Kundalini Mahayoga or Sahaja Yoga
(Spontaneous Yoga)...
While not every long-term student ... necessarily shows signs of
kundalini awakening it is amazing how many people have had instant
awakenings of kundalini through initiation from siddha gurus...
[Kundalini FAQ: So how do I awaken kundalini? and the next section]
Shaktipat means "the descent of power (literally: kundalini)'". The
most common form of shaktipat is a touch by the guru on the individual's
forehead. This is exactly the method that is used greatly to impart the
"anointing'', for example by Rodney Howard-Browne. This is also the most
common way to receive the power.
The Contagiousness of the Phenomena
Kundalini
Toronto Blessing
There is no doubt that shakti is contagious. The mere presence of a
single being whose shakti is strongly active can awaken the shakti of
those
around him. Similarly being in the presence of many people whose shakti is
awakened to some degree can awaken one's own shakti.
[Siddha Mahayoga FAQ: Can one receive shaktipat just by being in the
presence of those with awakened shakti?]
The "anointing'' is known to be contagious by nature and easily
transferred from one to another. John Arnott compared it to a "spiritual
virus''.
It also spreads from men to men in macro scale (between towns) and
occasionally regionally even in smaller scale (in the midst of a meeting,
for example when the members of a group of people keeping another's by
hand
fall simultaneously).
The Similarity of the Proofs for Validity
Kundalini
Toronto Blessing
Ultimately the validity of any spiritual tradition rests in its
ability to transform the beings of its followers. The real value of siddha
mahayoga is in transforming the minds of those who practice it.
[Siddha Mahayoga FAQ: Are these kriyas some sort of self-hypnosis or
some sort of New Age phenomenon?]
The Toronto Blessing advocates say that they cannot understand why
these phenomena are happening. They continue by saying that, however, that
the phenomena belong to a genuine work of the Spirit is clear because of
the
transformations appearing as a result in the minds of the believers.
So we see that the experience is justified by the same means.
The Distributors of the Power
Kundalini
Toronto Blessing
To continue the analogy, in theory "anyone on fire'' can give
shaktipat, i.e. anyone who's kundalini is already awakened. The more
relevant question is: "Who should give shaktipat?''...
Giving shaktipat is a science and it is helpful, if not essential,
to
be instructed in that science...
Therefore, it is desirable that the guru be empowered to give
shaktipat by his own guru and has been trained in an unbroken lineage back
to a great master who was fully aware of the science of shaktipat. In this
way some quality control is maintained.
[Siddha Mahayoga FAQ: Who can give shaktipat?]
In general, TB is known to be easily transferred further from anybody
"already on fire''. However, usually short courses are held to direct
intercessors before they go on to minister people.
The method for distributing the TB anointing is different from the
traditional view of Christian intercession. When in the traditional
intercession focus is on God and His work needs no control, surveillance
or
intervention from people, in TB the intercessors are instructed to watch
people and their bodily manifestations to know what the spirit is doing.
In
this way, TB ministry resembles science more than the traditional
intercession.
In Toronto meetings, usually only appointed ministers are allowed to
pray for people. This is because of some quality control. In a sound
Christian assembly, all are required and allowed to pray for another's,
not
just appointed ministers.
Who can give Shakti-pat?: anyone who has received the ability from
the
guru or one of his disciples.
Who can administer the "blessing": anyone who has received it from a
person already "blessed."
How one receives Kundalini Awakening: Through the laying-on-of-hands
during "Shakti-pat" initiation
How one receives this "Blessing": Through the laying-on-of hands
called
an impartation by someone.
The Similarity of the Goal
Kundalini
Toronto Blessing
KundaliniKriyas, literally "activities'', are spontaneous movements
that occur after kundalini awakening. These include bodily activities such
as trembling, shaking and spontaneous yoga postures; vocal activities such
as yelling, or spontaneous chanting and mental activities such as visions.
These kriyas eliminate the blocks to kundalini rising within the spine or
central channel.
[Siddha Mahayoga FAQ: What are kriyas?]
Blocks, known as samskaras or impressions, do not just obstruct
kundalini, but they embody attachments, conceptions and other mental
afflictions that limit the freedom of our consciousness. Left unattended
these attachments lead to actions which only reinforce the attachment. For
example if we have impressions of anger then we will manifest anger in our
activities which only reinforce our impressions. As kundalini rises it
will
purify the anger and as a result of the purification process the kriyas
will
occur...
It seems more useful to think of kundalini as a natural intelligent
force whose natural movement untangles the knots which limit its
expression.
The garden hose analogy makes another point clear as well. Imagine what
happens if the hose is very tangled. Turning up the water pressure may be
a
very dramatic and perhaps even counter-productive process.
[Siddha Mahayoga FAQ: How do kriyas purify one's consciousness?]
The common explanation for the "kriyas'' happening in TB meetings is
that the God is doing some inward work on the people's lives and that it
results in the outward manifestations.
Also, more generally, that the touch of the power from God results
in
the manifestations.
Also, one alleged purpose of the manifestations is to remove blocks
from people's lives (such that pride, self-control etc.) that sustain the
Spirit from moving freely in one's life.
So we see that the supposed purpose and reason for the
manifestations
is -- below the surface of religious terms -- exactly the same.
The Similarity of the Requirements for a Receiver
Kundalini
Toronto Blessing
The unique perspective of Siddha Mahayoga is that because kundalini
is
an intelligent force it will, upon awakening, naturally direct the
practice
of the student. All that is required is that the student completely
surrender to this force. As a result of kundalini's unfoldment spontaneous
purifying movements, called kriyas will occur...
Even to reach the point of simply surrendering to shakti takes some
practice for people. Some aids in cultivating surrender are chanting and
selfless service. These practices open the heart and make one more
susceptible to the influence of shakti.
[Siddha Mahayoga FAQ: So what happens after shaktipat? What's the
practice of Siddha Mahayoga?]
In Toronto Blessing the receiver is asked to surrender to the "power
of
the Holy Spirit'' and to receive the good work ("purifying kriyas'') of
Him
without questioning. So this is exactly the same initial condition that is
required for the awakening of kundalini.
Also, chanting spiritual songs is done abundantly in Toronto
meetings.
This is supposedly to pray to God, but at least as a side-effect it moves
people to light trance (this is widely known in psychology) and so enables
one to receive counterfeit spiritual experiences.
Charismatic Preachers
AND
Sathya Sai Gurus
We can't tell the difference... can you?
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