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Below you can read excerpts from chapter 26, The Science of Kriya Yoga...
The science of KRIYA YOGA,
mentioned so often in these pages, became widely
known in modern India through the instrumentality of
Lahiri Mahasaya, my guru's guru. The Sanskrit root
of KRIYA is KRI, to do, to act and react; the same
root is found in the word KARMA, the natural
principle of cause and effect. KRIYA YOGA is thus
"union" (yoga) with the Infinite through a certain
action or rite." A yogi who faithfully follows its
technique is gradually freed from karma or the
universal chain of causation.
…KRIYA YOGA is a simple, psychophysiological method
by which the human blood is decarbonized and
recharged with oxygen. The atoms of this extra
oxygen are transmuted into life current to
rejuvenate the brain and spinal centers. {FN26-1} By
stopping the accumulation of venous blood, the yogi
is able to lessen or prevent the decay of tissues;
the advanced yogi transmutes his cells into pure
energy. Elijah, Jesus, Kabir and other prophets were
past masters in the use of KRIYA or a similar
technique, by which they caused their bodies to
dematerialize at will.
KRIYA is an ancient science. Lahiri Mahasaya
received it from his guru, Babaji, who rediscovered
and clarified the technique after it had been lost
in the Dark Ages.
"The KRIYA YOGA which I am giving to the world
through you in this nineteenth century," Babaji told
Lahiri Mahasaya, "is a revival of the same science
which Krishna gave, millenniums ago, to Arjuna, and
which was later known to Patanjali, and to Christ,
St. John, St. Paul, and other disciples."
…St. Paul knew KRIYA YOGA, or a technique very similar to it, by which he could switch life currents to and from the senses. He was therefore able to say: "Verily, I protest by our rejoicing which I have in Christ, I DIE DAILY." {FN26-10} By daily withdrawing his bodily life force, he united it by yoga union with the rejoicing (eternal bliss) of the Christ consciousness. In that felicitous state, he was consciously aware of being dead to the delusive sensory world of MAYA.
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