Shaktipat Meditation
Surrender Meditation
Shaktipat
The Divine Energy, shakti,
the activating aspect of nature (prakriti), is present
everywhere. It is shakti that activates kundalini,
the evolutionary force in an individual. This can occur two ways:
(1) through various spiritual practices done arduously and persistently,
or (2) directly through an empowered spiritual master.
The first of these may take a very
long time. By the second means however, a spiritual master can transmit
shakti directly and immediately. This is done through touch,
gaze, sound/word or thought. The advantage of this second means
of shaktipat diksha is that it has the added advantage
of your having a living master who can guide you through the processes
and the stages of sadhana that follow.
Surrender Meditation
The meditation practiced following
shaktipat diksha is known by various names: surrender meditation,
sahaja yoga, Shaktipat Kundalini Yoga, natural meditation,
maha yoga, etc. You may be initiated into this practice
and receive shaktipat diksha directly from Durga Ma at
a separate time during a Shaktipat Intensive (see Intensive
Schedule). There is no additional charge for this initiation.
This practice is the original meditation
of ancient masters from which meditation techniques were eventually
developed through observation. The unique feature of this practice
is that it allows meditation to occur effortlessly on its own, and
kundalini to awaken naturally and spontaneously.
This type of meditation is not generally
known and is traditionally imparted by the spiritual master (guru)
to a select few devoted disciples after many years. There are valid
reasons for this. Today however, the opportunities for taking this
initiation have increased to some degree, but often the initiate
does not have the necessary information for what follows shaktipat
diksha, and this powerful, divine energy returns to dormancy,
leaving the initiate floundering and confused.
Through the practice
of Surrender Meditation, you will have the means of making the most
effecient and effective progress possible. Shakti will
have the freedom to act according to Her own natural intelligence
and bring about spontaneous meditation, natural kundalini
awakening, and spiritual evolution.
Return Intensives for Initiates
Because so much information is given
during the intensive, you may want to take it again and again. Durga
Ma makes this easy by allowing her initiates to return to future
intensives free of charge. Donations are requested and appreciated.