Omniscientia
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I want to invent Kali-Yoga(Death Yoga) and sell it to UFC dojos.
It has been invented. It's called Bikram Yoga. It's a yoga that fries you from the inside.
I want to invent Kali-Yoga(Death Yoga) and sell it to UFC dojos.
God man=Con man
Jaggi is using his wife's soul to get things done. While talking on this subject he said there are more ghosts involved and Jaggi controls them. In India, this kind of occult has a long history. It looks like spirituality but it's not. Street magicians('modi mastans') used this to earn a few bucks while their powers seemed amazing. They used these controlled entities to bring/move stuff. Jaggi is one such person who speaks English and makes millions. He uses them to control the crowd and give some of people twitching and shaking. Claps, hissing sound, sharp clicking sounds act as invocation cues for them. My friend also said once you enter Isha ashram you are under a certain control. Residents are made to forget unwanted incidents. Once you enter you won't remember everything. I asked him why do they forget and he replied that if they had remembered everything they would go to the police.I know this is an old thread but people still read it.
I have been following SJV for around 6 years, mostly via youtube, but I have also attended Shambhavi Maha Mudra initiation, and visited the ashram in Coimbatore.
I would like to share some experiences/ observations about this topic.
I have struggled with some issues with regards Isha, in particular when I visited the ashram, they have signs up to attract corporate donations, in return for 'blessings'. This bothered me, and I think it would bother lots of people who come from my culture, where this type of practice is similar to the 'pay me money and you'll go to heaven' thing the church used to do. I gave it a lot of thought, but eventually the confusion eroded my faith in Isha and I stopped practicing. There were other, deeper reasons that I stopped practicing, but this one was on my mind.
Since then, I have decided that it doesn't matter. I have two main reasons for this - first of all, Isha spends so much money on charitable work, that I can only imagine SJVs attitude is, 'if these obscenely rich people want to spend their money, let them spend it here, and I'll put it to good use'. Which I respect to be honest. My school was bigger and more expensive than his whole ashram which is an interesting thing for me to remember. And the second reason is that he is so busy, and gives so much of his time, that if he was concerned with material wealth then that would make him a total idiot, because he hardly gets any chance to enjoy it. He's definitely not an idiot, so the only remaining option is that he's genuine about what he does.
The other point I would like to make is about expectations and what people expect from the spiritual process in terms of logic. I think if you have decided to get involved in spirituality you can have one of two attitudes - either a), everything has to fit your present understanding of what is sensible/logical or b), spirituality as a subject is mysterious and it's a process that will change you, so if you're not prepared for change, don't do it.
I think some people are dishonest with themselves about what they want - if you are saying," I want to go on a course and learn to be spiritual", but then at the same time, "I wasn't expecting this shit!!!" I think that's a bit naive. It's like saying I want to learn from a master, but ultimately they have to answer to what I think is best.
I teach improvisation, which is an interesting parallel. Lots of what motivates a student to take up an instrument is actually misconceptions. If you correct those misconceptions from day 1, they probably won't continue. You have to appeal to a student's present state of mind to get them to their eventual goal, and their understanding of that goal will evolve. Along the way, their ideas and perceptions change. But if you go full on from day 1 they will give up. I would like to spread the joy of improvisation like SJV shares yoga. SJV gives a lot of himself. He goes out of his way to make it entertaining in the beginning. This takes a lot of energy. If you teach, you'd know that it's one thing just to teach the subject, but to be an entertainer too is even more draining. He does both. I am of the opinion he does this because he cares, not because he's trying to hoodwink people and trick them.
It's good to be vigilant about people giving spiritual advice, but ultimately SJV focuses on making you actually do your practice. Every other spiritual group I've been to has been so relaxed and pithy and vague that there's no substance to the teaching because nobody is meditating. It's like a support group for a non-existent activity. SJV is very clear, do your practice. And I've found that the practice works. It hasn't led to what I necessarily expected, but I've had to come to realise that in doing these practices your playing with something bigger than yourself. If you don't want to do that, if you want to call the shots and think everything should be how you want/ expect, then I don't think you should get involved with spirituality in a genuine way.
There was a seminar at work last week with the Sadhguru Vaggi something-or-another on Isha Yoga. It's $250 for a 3-hour-a-say, 7-day off-site with him to - in my words - expand your awareness.
Any thoughts on Isha Yoga (such as "what is it - really")? Do we have another thread that touches on the subject?
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