KAYA KALPA
Kaya kalpa translates to immortal body where Kaya stands for body and kalpa stands for immortal. Kaya kalpa yoga is a very old technique that was practiced by the saints or the ‘siddhas’ from the southern India to enhance the energy of life. It has three main objectives that are:
Maintaining your youth and physical beauty and health
Slowing down and preventing the natural ageing proce
ss
Extending your life span
Kaya kalpa yoga involves the study of the functions of the human system that consists your mind and physical body, your life force or energy and the bio magnetism and the vital sexual fluid. The kaya kalpa yoga benefits you in the following manner:
Improves your memory and understanding ability. Makes your brain cells active so it performs at its optimum level. Prevents the attack of hereditary diseases on your system. Reduces and cures chronic diseases like diabetes, asthma, skin diseases and piles. Makes a woman’s reproductive system strong and treats and reduces problems related to the menstrual cycles. Alleviates stress and tension and helps to get rid of unhealthy habits. Transforms your character and lifestyle. Makes you physically and emotionally calm and happy as it increases the life energy. Improves your general health and prevents and treats problems and ailments related to the ageing process. By practicing kaya kalpa yoga your sexual energy is transformed or converted in to spiritual energy as it is directed to the crown chakra and beyond it. Kaya kalpa yoga dose not include the use of any medicines unlike the other forms. It keeps your body functioning at an optimum level and also keeps your spiritually satisfied so you have both, a healthy body and a peaceful mind. This keeps you physically fit and helps you to be in an emotionally calm and peaceful state. It works as it strengthens the co ordination between the brain and the functions of the autonomous nervous system and the central nervous system. Our body generates life energy or life force from the cells in out body that are made of tiny particles that help it to rotate to generate the life force or energy. Kaya kalpa yoga helps to align these cells correctly by bringing the life energy to your crown chakra or the center of your head. It also helps to remove the unnecessary fat from your body. Kundalani Yoga and Kayakalpa
Dear friends
I am sure you will all find this interesting. It is about Vethathri Maharishi. One of the greatest exponents of Kundalini yoga. About Vethathiri Maharishi:
Shri Vethathiri Maharishi, a living saint of south India was born in 1911, in
the village of Guduvancheri, 30 km south of Chennai, India. From his youth he
was driven by the desire for knowledge and in particular strove to find answers
to three questions: "What is God?" "What is life?" and "Why is poverty in the
world?". The search to find these answers as well as the necessity to further
his lot in life lead him into various fields of endeavor, including becoming a
qualified practitioner of two systems of Indian indigenous medicine, Ayurveda
and Siddha, and a certified practitioner of Homeopathy as well. Enlightened
through several years of intense meditation and introspection, he has
spontaneously poured out over 2000 poems dealing with origin and functions of
the cosmos as well as on all aspects of life. He remains dedicated to serving
his fellow beings by conveying his understanding of the One Supreme Power and
its evolution through his speeches and writings. As of date, he has authored 50 books in Tamil and English. Even at his advanced
age of ninety-three, he continues to serve humanity through his writings and
discourses. In his book entitled World Peace, written in 1957, he has reviewed
the conditions of humanity, identified the problems affecting the humankind and
delineated a comprehensive plan for bringing about total transformation in
society so as to achieve peace and prosperity for all. In 1958 Vethathiri
Maharishi founded the World Community Service Centre, a non-profit registered
society with a view to working towards World Peace through individual peace. From 1972 to 1993 he traveled abroad annually, lecturing and teaching
extensively in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and U.S.A. Several
universities in India have made Maharishi’s teachings and philosophy a part of
their regular curriculum. By this unification of science and philosophy,
Maharishi has made significant contributions to the contemporary philosophy,
basic sciences and literature and thereby evolved a unified and holistic view of
Nature. Based on Vethathiri Maharishi’s philosophy, several scholars in the
fields of literature, science and psychology are working for their Doctorate
degrees. The term KAYA means "body" and KALPA means "Immortal" "KAYA KALPA" is a
wonderful technique of the SIDDHAS of South India and has a threefold objective. Withstanding the aging process. Maintaining youthfulness and physical health. Postponing death until one reaches spiritual perfection. Ever since man started getting illness, he began to discover the causes for
illness. The prevention of illness thus came to be added in the evolution of
culture. Even while he was enjoying pleasures and suffering from pains through
his five senses, he began to understand the perfect functional order of Nature
i.e. the principle of cause and effect through his sixth sense. In his efforts to cure and prevent illness he further thought of avoidance or
postponement of death. By continuos search and research for generations, men
found several methods, of rejuvenation his physical body with foods, medicines,
herbs, and exercises and austerities. Each method showed a certain effect and
some systems are still being practiced in some parts of the world. Yet a perfect
system has not been evolved to suit all sections of people of all countries,
climates and ecological conditions. So, centuries before Christ, Lord Buddha renounced his crown in search of the
root cause of sufferings and questioned the scholars of the day about the
reasons for diseases, old age and death. Intellectuals of the day could not
answer these questions. These remained unanswered for hundreds of years, but the urge and the search was on. Success came though some alchemists of South India, called "Siddhas" between
theirs tenth and fifteenth centuries. They actually lived as long as they wished
and after death their bodies were impervious to decay and disintegration. Twenty
of them actually demonstrated their longevity to the people and showed that
their bodies did not decay after death. Their findings were however,
deliberately kept hidden in obscures language, in so many bits and pieces in
their writings, in the form of Tamil poems. Although these poems are
descriptively simple, even great scholars have been unable to decipher the real
meaning. YOGIRAJ VETHATHIRI MAHARISHI had occasions to go through the literature of the
Siddhas, even at his teenage, in the course of his study, he learned of several
herbs and medicines to cure diseases. Interspersed in the 'Siddhas' teachings
were indications about the process of KAYA KALPA. However they were in puzzles
to which there seemed to be no key. Meanwhile, he studied medicine and got diplomas in Ayurveda, Siddha and
Homeopathy. To the limited extent he could understand the meaning of the Siddha
scriptures, he began practicing exercises for rejuvenation, general health and
spiritual enlightenment. Many years later after Maharishi had attained self-realization through Kundalini
Yoga, he happened to study the same Siddha texts. What a wonder! Everything was now clear about Kaya Kalpa with its science and practical exercises. Initially
he taught these exercises to some close friends and found that they got immense
benefits. Now he is teaching this wonderful process to thousands of people every year both
in India and abroad. The practitioners have obtained immense benefits not only
to physical strength and vitality, but also in terms of cure for some
longstanding ailments. Further more Kaya kalpa gives significant spiritual benefit. The sexual energy
is transmuted into spiritual energy, by directing it to the "Crown Chakras". The
enlightenment of Consciousness, which is the purpose of birth, is gradually
achieved. The temperamental moods developed in man's personality will be
naturally sublimated into spiritual awareness and morality for the welfare and
happiness of all. Practice of Kaya Kalpa involves two main exercises.
1.Toning up of the nervous system to withstand the aging process and
2."OJAS breath" -- to recycle the sexual vital fluid to rejuvenate the body and
postpone death. The two exercises are very simple to learn and practice. These
hardly take five minutes in the morning and the evening. The Course is taught in one session of three hours, in the first part the
science of body chemistry and its functions are explained in detail, in the
second part the practical exercises are personally taught so that the student
becomes well acquainted with their sequential order and duration. As this
practice is a restructuring process of the body in a natural way to medicines or
herbs are involved. Significant results will soon be notified if moderation in
food, work, rest, sex and use of thought force is observed. Any person after physical maturity is eligible to learn and practice Kaya Kalpa
without previous experience in meditation or spiritual practices. Also this may
be done in conjunction with any other spiritual practices or physical exercises. Maharishi will personally teach this to anyone who takes a pledge not to teach
to any other person without prior permission from him. Benefits of Kaya Kalpa Practice
1. Sexual vital fluid becomes thickened and the stock is increased so that the
lifeforce and bio-magnetism are sufficiently maintained in the body. It
strengthens and rejuvenates the body. It will help to cure and prevent diseases
and relieved the practitioner of the troubles of old age. 'Sexual Potency' is
enhanced but craving is brought within control.
2. Monks, nuns and those who remain celibate will be greatly benefited, since
sexual excitement would not occur quickly, through recycling of the sexual vital
fluid and absorption of it in the body.
3. Sexual energy is transmitted into spiritual energy - developing and
strengthening spiritual awareness.
4. Kaya Kalpa practice improves character and personality. There will be genetic
improvement for healthier and more intelligent progeny.
5. Conception can be controlled at will when either of the partners have become
successful in the practice over sufficient period of time. Kaya Kalpa is a precious gift of mankind. These practice helps one to maintain
physical and mental health, further spiritual development and rejuvenates the
physical system to withstand the agreeing process. The practice will help all
people regardless of sex, race, religion or creed, to enjoy a happy and
satisfactory life. Thousands of people have been benefited. Why not you too? In order to extend the benefits of Kaya Kalpa to the whole world we are now
engaged in research to study its effects in curing various ailments and in
maintaining physical of this study we have established the VETHATHIRI MAHARISHI
KUNDALINI YOGA & KAYA KALPA RESEARCH FOUNDATION. What is Yoga? Yoga is a science of life to develop the sixth sense to its fullness and to
enable and equip man to enjoy peaceful and blissful life. It is essentially an
art of understanding all about the soul, which is only the life-force and
realizing its relationship with the body, the society, the world and the
Universe, maintaining its harmony and finally getting it merged with the
Universal soul. In other words, Yoga is a systematic psychic practice to improve awareness, to
develop will-power and to realize the Self to metamorphose the character so that
it can be in tune with the Self and the Society and to put an end to the
birth-cycle by merging with the Almighty. Yoga is a complete process of perfection of man by developing his personality so
that he may reach his ultimate goal, thereby fulfilling the purpose of his
birth. In simplest form, Yoga means a system of life best-suited for man to be
in harmonious communion with Nature. Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini Yoga is a systematic and integrated practice for body and mind and its
thrust is to make a man creative. By a new method, which is wholly safe, one can
get the kundalini power aroused in minutes. Hence this method is called the
Simplified Kundalini Yoga, abbreviated to "SKY". Kaya Kalpa is the culmination
of Kundalini Yoga and its objective is to enable the practitioner to postpone
the aging process and death. In all SKY centers in India, Malaysia, Singapore,
South Korea, Japan and USA, Kaya Kalpa Yoga is now being taught at regular
intervals. These two yogic practices are very important in Karma Yoga - which
only can save humankind from a slow but total destruction. What is SKY ? Nature, through the centuries, has been developing all sciences so that they may
be more and more useful to the common man. Likewise this Science of raising the
Kundalini power has also been developed in recent times. A master who is well
versed in Kundalini Yoga can arouse an aspirant's Kundalini power in minutes. The aspirant can feel the vibration of the Kundalini energy at once. For a few
people, however, it takes two or three days to feel the vibration clearly. From
the date of initiation, the aspirant is enabled to practice Meditation by
merging his mind within his soul. This process of Yoga is called "Simplified
Kundalini Yoga (SKY)". This is the process followed in all the branches of Self
Realisation Centres organised by the -->World Community Serivce Centre (WCSC)
(Regd) with headquarters at 20, Second Seaward Street, Valmiki Nager,
Thiruvanmiyur,
Chennai 600 041, India. There are ten stages in SKY. They are,
1) Purification of Body and Soul as the master passes his energy into the aspirant.
2) Understanding the secret meaning of "Pranavam" (OM) the symbol of absolute
silence.
3) Arousing the Kundalini power from the Mooladara to the Agna Chakra and opening
the eye of wisdom, thereby enabling the aspirant to fell the existence and
function of the mystic Kundalini Power.
4) Shanti Yoga: A practice to subdue and control the force rising to the Agna
Chakra, so that it may not be excessive.
5) Thuria Yoga: Meditation on the crown center.
6) Thuriyatheetha Yoga: Merging of the individual Consciousness with the Absolute.
7) Maneuver of the six temperaments viz., Greed, Anger, Miserliness, Immoral sexual passion, Vanity and Vengeance.
8) Autosuggestion to promote harmony in oneself and in the environment.
9) Fulfillment of five duties- that is duty to self, family, relations, nation and
world.
10) Techniques to increase the stock of the life force (bio-current) and channelise
the same. These ten stages are explained below:
In main the soul-forces of his mother and father are jointly functioning. These
two kinds of life-forces commingled at the time of the coming together of the
chromosomes. This becomes the collective character of a person. All the imprints
of Karmas of the parents are ingrained in him. The sensual attraction and sexual
activity of the parents cause birth. So everyone has inherited sensual
attraction and temperamental moods. The results are pains, miseries and problems in life. Against this background, if one is to have a change in the personality,
some additional highly characterized life-force is necessary. The person with
such divine personality and life-force is the Guru (Preceptor). The Guru has to
pass his energy to a spiritual aspirant with the noble thought that the disciple
should become purified and enlightened in Consciousness. The life-force of the Guru is passed onto an aspirant in three ways:
By touch- this is called "Sparsa Diksha" in Sanskrit. By sight- this is "Chakshu Diksha"
By thought - this is "Gnana Diksha". The mind of the aspirant is linked with the soul in the first, with the
universal force in the second and with the Truth in the third method. After passing the life-force, the Kundalini power of the aspirant is aroused and
identified. All of these three methods are followed in SKY. Linking the mind of an aspirant with his soul is a ceremony of Divine Communion. This kind of graceful boon of a Guru to his disciple for the latter's
enlightenment is called Initiation in spiritual terminology. A master of SKY passes his power by touch to the aspirant and the Kundalini
power is aroused. To start with, the aspirant will fell a feeble vibration in
the Agna Chakra. There is no visualization, mantra or pranayama to be done in
the SKY process. One should simply sit and observe the movement of the Kundalini
power at the Agna Chakra. This meditation will improve awareness and will power. It will further enable the practitioner to withdraw from external sensory
activity and thus conserve his life-force. This will free the aspirant from the
forgetful state because of his improved awareness. SHANTHI YOGA (Peace Meditation or Moolaadhara Chakra Meditation)
According to the age of the aspirant and his depth of contemplation in
practicing Meditation , the Kundalini power will be aroused forcefully within
five to fifteen days after initiation. Heaviness may be felt in the head. At
this time, Shanti Yoga is essential. This yoga is similar to the brake-system in
car; it slows down and controls the excessive flow of energy. Whenever the
vibration of flow of the Kundalini power increases to the stage of discomfort,
it can easily be controlled by practising Shanti Yoga. This practice will also
help to regulate the physical routines of the body. One can understand the
benefits for oneself after practical experience. THURIYA YOGA
There are five kosas (Sheaths) for the mind according to the domain of its
activities. When it is in the feelings and fulfilment of bodily needs, that
field of action is called "Annamaya Kosa". When it is engaged in reflecting its
habits and emotional thoughts, that state is called "Manomaya Kosa". When it is
shrunk in its base, the mind realises the existence, function and results of its
own life-force and works accordingly. That state of knowledge is called
"Pranamaya Kosa". When it gets link with Universal function and knows about the
secrets of the Law of Nature, there the domain of the mind is called
"Vignanamaya Kosa". When it realizes the Truth and gets communion with it, that perfect stage is
called "Anandamaya Kosa". When the mind is working with Annamaya and Manomaya
Kosas it is the self-forgotten state for the soul. In the Agna Chakra Yoga, the
soul gets sufficient awareness and then the senses will be understood as only
the instruments for the soul. In the Agna Chakra Yoga, the mind is merged within
the soul. (Soul, life-force and Prana are one and the same). The soul comes to
the state of the valubale Pranamaya Kosa . There the working frequency of the
mind gets so subtle that it will acquire more will-power, sharpness in
intelligence and steadiness. In Thuriya Yoga, the Master, by his graceful sight passes the divine Yogic Power
again the lifts the Kundalini power up to the Sahasradara. The Kundalini Sakthi
will begin to vibrate in the Sahasradara, giving a very pleasant sensation. Her
the mind will get much shorted frequency in its fucntion, so that it gets link
with the universal in its function. The Vignanamaya Kosa state comes into being
to the soul. Intuition and certain siddis (Extra ordinary powers) will be
experienced in this stage. THURIATEETHA YOGA
Bye the merciful thought-force of the Master, the aspirant is taken to the
Thuriateetha state. Here, the soul merges into the Absolute State- the Almighty. This psychic practice is called "Samadhi" and communion with God. This state is
the Realization of Consciousness. The Jiva_Brahma Iykyamukthi is this state. With the practices detailed above, the first part in the training of the
Simplified Kundalini Yoga is completed. Thereafter, by his own experience and by elucidation from the Master, the
aspirant's wisdom will blossom with its clear light. In these days of worries,
miseries and restlessness, the only sanctuary for mankind is spiritual
knowledge. Perfection of mind and Realization of Self is the real goal of life. Peace and happiness can be maintained in the life of individual and society, if
one takes to the path of spiritual knowledge. The entire world community cannot,
of course, become enlightened in a short time. Elders should first understand
the value and need of spiritual knowledge and children should be educated and
trained into the new order of spiritual life. Political leaders, administrative
authorities, industrialists, social workers, writers, teachers, college students
and government officials should first undergo this valuable psychic practice and
see for themselves the benefits of intellectual perfection. As a consequence
political administration, economy, educational system and
the morality of the society will be improved and be oriented towards peace and
happiness for mankind. SKY can be practiced by men and women and above the age of maturity, that is,
fourteen years of age. Simplified Kundalini Yoga will ensure peace within
individuals, peace among society and ultimately peace among all nations. Interested friends can go to the site http://www.vethathiri.edu.in for more
interesting details about SKY centers and trusts all over the world. Personally I have the experience of visiting Maharishi at his ashram and it is
defenirely an enchanting experience the guruji's there are great masters in
kundalani yoga and all trained by the maharishi himself. www.vethathiri.edu.in
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