Reddit reviews Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master (A Yogi's Autobiography)

I think you have me a bit wrong... I don't mind paying for classes, and I certainly don't mind paying for correct, valid information.

What I do mind paying for is for example the SR example I posted - I bought her "advanced blah blah teachings" for $7.99 and even though she states she is selfless and has no ego, the pdf was full of sentences like "I strolled through town and my aura was so big that everyone was looking at me in admiration and bowing at me" this doesn't sound to me like someone with no ego? So if that perception of the author is correct then how can the other info (that you are paying $30 for) also be correct?

And my point about the power and esoteric knowledge, I probably didn't word properly. Here reddit is free, and you tell people not to mess with K, that it can kill you. On all these other sites people are encouraging anyone to unlock K...via their $49/m online course....

Pay to potentially die (atleast your body) vs get the real info for free. Which would you choose? You have given me far more real info than any accumaltive knowledge I have gained in the WWW domain so far!

I am also reading a book (that I payed for :P) https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007F2I3F0/

Do you know of the Author? He has mentioned K quite a bit but that was not why I bought it... I seem drawn to this topic of spirituality lately. And work stuff is no longer as important as it once was. Ironically I am an internet marketer but I don't use websites (and have no intention of using K as a niche!)

> I think you have me a bit wrong... I don't mind paying for classes, and I certainly don't mind paying for correct, valid information.

I indeed have you wrong, and I love being wrong about some things! Your early word use resembled someone who has been banned and re-entering under a different username. You are clearly not him. (The talent of some people, copying other people's British accents in text!! Sheesh! Smiles.)

> What I do mind paying for is for example the SR example I posted-- I bought her "advanced blah blah teachings" for $7.99 and even though she states she is selfless and has no ego, the pdf was full of sentences like "I strolled through town and my aura was so big that everyone was looking at me in admiration and bowing at me" this doesn't sound to me like someone with no ego? So if that perception of the author is correct then how can the other info (that you are paying $30 for) also be correct?

Well, in that case I would say you spent $8 to make an observation that will correctly prevent you from wasting any further time and money. You correctly noted spiritual characteristics which are common and acceptable to some people, not you, nor me. You also got to exercise your judgement and discernment. A good lessons at a reasonable cost.

This is a really excellent lesson for the whole sub, too. I thank you.

Here's something she may not know - people come for the energy, not her. Some people may nod out of a sense of unity or connectedness, nothing about her supposed wonderfulness is involved. This is stuff I was taught about in the first hours that followed my training. It's easy to become egotistical about what comes with Kundalini unless you are trained against it.

I have a wee bit of bad news for you. The above situation will be common among those who call themselves spiritual teachers. The trick is that YOU know what to seek for yourself. You know the signs of a lesser-quality teacher. That teacher may still be very useful and helpful to many other people. Not to you. Are you starting to see how this might be true?

So now that you know some characteristics of a lesser-quality teacher, is a better quality teacher one merely without these qualities? You have stuff to figure out.

There are sand traps on a golf course. There are curves on a racetrack.

The world isn't perfect and none of our teachers are, meself included. This is why this sub suggests you choose your own teachers, and practice the awareness and accountability that match Kundalini no matter the teacher.

YOUR trick is to find a teacher to stretch you forwards, not backwards, and forwards from where you are without snapping you in two. I have no doubts in your ability to eventually satisfy that urge. You?

In the meantime, continue growing, observing, learning, and practicing the patience of.... you know... and work on your foundation skills! Have I suggested the Teacher Finding part of the wiki yet?

>And my point about the power and esoteric knowledge, I probably didn't word properly. Here reddit is free, and you tell people not to mess with K, that it can kill you. On all these other sites people are encouraging anyone to unlock K...via their $49/m online course....

You're right. I say to not mess around with Kundalini - and that anyone curious should go find themselves a teacher. I do not say to not participate. I urge people to participate wisely, and to figure out what that even means. People are educated or informed by those words, but not bound by them. People are free to go discover the validity of that idea for themselves. People are free to go it on their own and progress only a little - that's fine.

When it comes to mistakes, I hope to discourage people from making the worst of them. I cannot stop people from making basic mistakes. Those are necessary to learn from.

When I first started answering questions in this sub, I had a tricky choice - to figure out HOW to be as honest as possible, without ruining everything. Kundalini, until fairly recently has been kept esoteric, even in the spiritually-flourishing land of India.

If anyone has seen the last X-Men:Apocalypse movie, you'll perhaps understand the kinds of media influences affecting the general consciousness towards anyone with more ability than their own bell-curve average. That movie and the X-Men series goes well-beyond what Kundalini can do - and influences the general population with respect to their fears. Meanwhile, many to most Kundalini-curious people UNDER-estimate what Kundalini can do, and set themselves up for trouble.

A fine local example we heard just today (I started writing this a few days ago) is the silly idea that you cannot find real teachers, that teachers aren't out there, so don't bother looking. If you believe that, guess what? It becomes true for you. Simple. If you buy into that, you buy into limitation. If you give up, (Like Gopi Krishna did), you deserve what you get.

Further from this sub, those who are probably the most afraid of abilities are ironically the same group who are most likely to fund an experimental disaster they cannot control.

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Regarding my talking about consequences, free or not...

Sure, one can screw up badly with Kundalini, and a few might - not many.

Lets say a friend offers you to ride their modern motorcycle for the first time in your life. Unlike back in the 1940's or 70's, when most bikes made 15-55 horsepower and brakes were equally soft, you unwisely accept a friend's offer to try a bike that makes 170+ horsepower, weighs less than 400 pounds, can go 100MPH (160KPH) in 1st gear in about 6 or 7 seconds, has 5 other gears, and can launch you into the ditch supremely-quickly if you don't know what you're doing, or to the moon if you're really a clutz. You'd want to know, right? Is there a n00b mode? Yes - it's called Rain mode, and will probably (Maybe? Hopefully?) keep you out of the ditch. An instant underwear colour-changer, otherwise! Smiles.

Most people who mess up with K will make minor mistakes and feel the immediate karma, know they've made an error, (Especially if they have a handy teacher to point it out), and learn from it. They'll perhaps repair or correct what they've done. EVERYONE learning Kundalini as an energy method will make this kind of mistake because we are human.

A few will mess up more profoundly, possibly earning a temporary loss of sanity in the forms of psychosis, schizophrenia. or mental illness. That's not the only cause for these, by any means of the imagination. This is treatable, and healable for the most part - it just takes time. These ones may not be mistakes involving karma - it may be just too much growth while unstable due to being under the influence, or just too much growth mixed with fear. BAM!

A very rare few who are uninformed or unguided, who feel they are above all rules, living serious nasty adversity, commonly emotionally hurt or numb, have abilities beyond their wisdom, and may also not be in their sound mind and judgment - not sober), may cause harm to others in anger or fear. In attacking others, they will attack themselves and pay immediate karma. These ones are rare but not unheard of. The general group of sub readers, for which this specific warning doesn't apply directly, need to know the full potential of the consequences for these kinds of mistakes so they can actively and intentionally avoid them. That's my take on it.

Reddit has a wide reach. I chose to be honest about the potential consequences, even if it revealed that Kundalini can be effective or powerful. I also teach that the power cannot be the reason for doing Kundalini, as that unavoidably corrupts into self-defeating, self-limiting or self-destructive actions. Knowledge, wisdom, service, love. These all work fine. Honestly revealing the potential consequences was the only way to help people make their choices so that they avoid those consequences willingly. If they choose not to head, they will know consequences. Simple.

>I am also reading a book (that I payed for :P) https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007F2I3F0/

Cool. The book rings a bell, sounds interesting and full of useful lessons and observations.

Sri M is an unusual name. Does he elaborate? M and Q worked with a numbered guy, IIRC. Smiles.

>Do you know of the Author? He has mentioned K quite a bit but that was not why I bought it... I seem drawn to this topic of spirituality lately. And work stuff is no longer as important as it once was.

Well, you're approaching 30 and getting smarter and wiser. (Uh oh!)

Spirituality is often best taught in the form of stories. It's a HUGE topic. When you find someone you like, dig deep. Re-read it intuitively. Just open the book picking a random page and see what emerges. (I added your book to our wiki books list - thanks.)

Re work, I see nothing incompatible in web marketing with your spirituality unless you are asked to do morally-questionable things. Are there more fun jobs? Lifeguarding at a beach may seem better, but it's seasonal, and you'll end up hiding from the sun and the sand fleas.

>Ironically I am an internet marketer but I don't use websites (and have no intention of using K as a niche!)

That is ironic, yet means you are or should be well-informed about the riches, defects and hazards associated with the web. Bonus for you and for us.

Thanks for a terrific reply.

Oh, last idea. "SR" may indeed be very generous in her personal life. We don't know. She would still have to pay for web access, a computer, a website, food, rent, heat, electricity, etc. We all have bills to pay.

We've had worse than "SR". Someone recently spammed the sub twice (buh bye) with a site that claimed K is not dangerous, try our better format, etc. I'm not sure what watered-down snake oil they think they are selling, but it's not K as I know it.

Have fun!