Sagar Takker

The Kriya technique shared in the book on Leo's list has more or less the same components as Shambhavi Mahamudra. The breathwork and other processes involved in both are similar.

It was explanation and practice of the technique. I am not sure about energetic transmissions part; there was nothing of that sort at least in a conspicuous way.

I would suggest the same. I had a severe lower back pain that didn't seem to budge. Then, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) did the work.

04:15 Wake up, drink a glass of water, do oil pulling, light stretching 05:00-06:00 Shambhavi Mahamudra practice (~40 minutes) + 20 minutes of Neti Neti 06:00-06:30 Workout 06:30-07:00 Reading

Why not get enlightened and see for yourself? Trying to understand intellectually is like trying to taste a lemon by talking about it.

Mine is called LiveProfound: https://bit.ly/liveprofound Sharing about Spirituality, Personal Development, Emotional Mastery etc.

Check out Outrageous Openness by Tosha Silver. It's an excellent book on letting go and surrendering. The author shares an experience where someone conned her of $5000 and how letting go and forgiving resulted in getting the money back. Kris Dillard's Youtube Channel (Power of Quiet) can be of great help if you want to learn Sedona Method for free.

"If life can manifest the DNA molecule on its own, not to mention create the human brain, how is it that we feel that we have to control everything on our own? There must be another, more sane way to approach life. For example, what would happen if we respected the flow of life and used our free will to participate in what’s unfolding, instead of fighting it? What would be the quality of the life that unfolds? Would it just be random events with no order or meaning, or would the same perfection of order and meaning that manifests in the rest of the universe manifest in the everyday life around us?" These questions appear in one of the first few pages of the book. The rest of the book does an excellent job at demonstrating what a life looks like if lived in alignment with 'Infinite Intelligence.' The author had a sort of a spiritual experience when he first identified that the voice in his head was not who he was. He started his journey with wanting to quiet his mind down. At some point, he started ignoring the voice in his head to take directions about what to do and what not to do. And instead started 'surrendering' to the flow of life. Following this simple way, he ends up buying a land in woods to live alone. Eventually, over some years, it grows into a spiritual community. Ends up in a contract to build a house for someone, which eventually turns into his first and very successful business venture. Ends up writing a program for a medical system, which eventually turns into a big, billion dollar business. Instead of writing about the book or the story, I would prefer to share my experience with applying its teachings. Here’s one: My personal experience has been that very major decisions in my life are not made by ‘me.’ Decisions just tend to happen. Mostly they don’t make any logical sense but in the end, everything seems to fall into place. As if there was a higher intelligence, much more intelligent than my conscious mind, orchestrating everything. Around three years ago, I ended up working in bank. It was not something that I ever imagined I would do. I had hit a sort of dead-end in terms of my career situation; I had no idea what I could do to earn a living. The first thing that appeared in my radar screen was a bank job. I started preparing for the entrance exam, aced it and got in. All those who cleared the exam were invited for a three weeks pre-induction training. The training happened near the same city I live in - Delhi. Most of the people who were in the training were from Delhi or nearby areas. During the training, a rumour spread around that we were all going to get posted in Mumbai (which is around 1500 km from Delhi and has very different culture, weather conditions, food etc.) Most of the other participants, almost everyone, got so anxious about the whole thing. Mumbai is far more expensive and way too different from what we all were used to. I, on the other hand, surrendered to the ‘will’ of life. Turns out that while most others struggled a lot with the transition, I had a really good time. Many others had a difficult time finding a flat to rent; they spent days in order to find a suitable place and mostly ended up in kind of ‘okay’ flats (far away from their workplace, not ventilated or sunlit enough, etc.). I didn’t think much about finding a flat; went with the flow, saw a couple of options and ended up renting a beautiful small flat (well ventilated, abundance of sun light, 30 minutes away from workplace). Most others struggled with making an arrangement to get their daily meals. One could either learn to cook or settle for a not so satisfying (or healthy) local restaurant food (called tiffin service). I ended up meeting a lady (she lived in the same compound, just a few blocks away) who cooked really nice food. I used to get my meals at a really low price (almost half what others would usually pay) and the food quality was super excellent. Moreover, I developed a deep emotional connection with the lady. I used to call her didi, which means elder sister in Hindi. It brings tears to my eyes how everything orchestrated in such a Divine way. At my work, I learnt so many things which would serve me greatly in life. I got valuable technical knowledge about banking, finances, managing and investing money. And I learnt a lot of life lessons about diligence, managing emotions, building connections, dealing with people etc. What helped me a lot along this whole three year journey was this attitude to surrender to life’s intelligence. I had many challenges too. By many I mean a lot many - there were many difficulties. But everything used to fall into place sooner or later as I let go and surrendered. Most of it was not planned by me. Most of it was Divinely Orchestrated.

I had a strong opinion of Sadhguru as someone who was putting out more of spiritual entertainment content and talking less about the path (teachings, practices etc.). While I would still stick to this opinion, I discovered a whole different side of Sadhguru recently. In November, I went through Inner Engineering Online. While this is a very basic program (covers some very basic principles), it gave a peek into the practical aspect of Sadhguru's 'true teachings.' Last Sunday, I took part in initiation into Shambhavi Mahamudra. It's a Kriya Yoga technique. I have gone through Leo's recommended books on Kriya Yoga. Shambhavi Mahamudra incorporates the same basic techniques to form a more or less similar practice as shared in those books. Yesterday, I subscribed to Sadhguru Exclusive (a feature on Sadhguru app) in which they share content which I would say is meant for 'serious seekers.' There, he is more into talking straight, much like Jed McKenna, but a little more compassionate and tactful. I am still in the initial phase of seeing this side of him. So I am not holding any conclusions tightly. In any case, I recognise that becoming a blind follower can be detrimental, yet being too skeptic is not very beneficial either.

The videos about sharing my experience with the Inner Engineering Completion course did well; better than other videos. They got the channel some 10 subscribers. I am feeling an uncomfortable sensation in my eyes as I write this. I don't want to look at the screen. Since I started working on this project, I have spent a lot of time staring into screens. It's part of the process. Maybe my aversion is causing more suffering than the actual act. I would work on letting go of my ideas and see what happens. I am very grateful for all that's happening. I also subscribed to Sadhguru Exclusive yesterday. It seems very much worth it. So many insights available there. I also got to see the Jed McKenna like side of Sadhguru. Mostly he seemed beating around the bush in his Youtube content. But I have been discovering in him, in more and more ways that which I really look for.

I got 'initiated' into Shambhavi Mahamudra yesterday. It was a nice experience. Since I attended Inner Engineering Online, I have started respecting Sadhguru more. Especially after watching his tears during some sessions endings; that melted my heart. The channel has grown in terms of subscribers. It's on 99 as I write this. The first benchmark, 100 will soon be hit.

No. The experience shared about Alex is similar; in fact, it did help me become aware of my own shadow desire.

@Captain_Diabetes Did you read the book, my friend? Accepting the shadow doesn't mean taking it's commands.

In case you want a guided EK meditation, here's the link: http://carolyngraceelliott.com/ek-bonus

I created a video titled, 'See Everything As A Blessing.' I was tired. I had been procrastinating on posting on Medium. I just pushed through the resistance and wrote a small post on medium and embedded the video at the bottom. I wonder what kind of response will I receive. We'll see.