Kriya Yoga with
Swami Aliyananda Parahamansa
This message comes to you after the weekend of remembrance. We have seen
so many beautiful sons, fathers and wives killed in action; the action
of war.
What is it that humanity is warring about? When I was with Babaji he
talked to me about the World Peace Mission and when I see the
remembrance Sunday, when I see the atrocities to one another around the
world, a peace mission seemed an impossible result.
We have in the world a new war. In fact we have many wars. The wars that
are happening are within our minds and in our natures. Humanity has come
to a very strange place of terror. Baba used to call it Satan. As we
watched and heard the generals speaking about the war in Afghanistan, so
we heard them say that they can contain it, but they will never win.
The trials of humanity come in many forms. We can have the form of
family discontent, anger, drug abuse, sexual deviation, fighting,
molesting. These are deadly sins and indeed the depths of animal nature.
The other side of this, we can have service, gallantry, surrender to
God’s plan, harmony and most of all the word ‘love’.
For me the word ‘love’ means peace and harmony, so in the middle of our
animal instincts and the chaos of terror, how do we change ourselves
enough to find that essential quality? For we are gripped with the
media, the films, the newspapers and we are fed a cocktail of violence
It is our duty when we come to earth as a human being to spend time,
diligence and respect making the journey home to our essential selves at
the heart of our being. We need strength, purpose and wisdom not to be
waylaid with the fervour of our animal excitements. As the human being
consciously steps onto the path of union with his soul being, so he
turns his back on the terror and waywardness of life. It is here that
the great master Maha Avatar Babaji and all the other great masters that
are with us on the earth, shine their light onto our paths. That light
of a celestial peace, vibrant with love helps us to extinguish the
fears. Aliyananda means the great rejoice. As we turn our backs on the
terror and with the help of kriya yoga, calm our minds, entering into
the union of divine love and peace, so the celestial heavens and the God
consciousness within you open. This is the great rejoice. This light and
consciousness is the truth of your essential self. Arising in this light
is your soul. This is you. This is who you are. Not the fears and
worries. Dropping this outer mantle and stepping into the mantle of your
soul, so you enter the kingdom of God and all life; the light of all
beings in the world. The light of that consciousness is in everything -
Mother earth, the plants, the birds and the bees. As we enter in, so we
are in the divine union, the self.
With this wisdom and understanding, so peace beauty and harmony enter
our minds, entering the home, entering the community and entering our
life. It is only the mission to change yourself and realise who you are
that will change the world. The mission is for your self realisation.
The more that people cognite and connect with their essential selves, so
the light will stream forth from the hearts of these people altering the
thoughts of mankind.
Kriya yoga, the breathing technique and meditation that our beloved
Babaji taught us, is a simple, powerful practice for humanity, which is
faith, hope and charity. For when we find the soul wisdom, our hearts
become charitable and we serve one another with kindness and love,
tolerance and bearing, peace on earth.
With love and blessings
Swami Aliyananda Parahamansa
15th November 2010