#Adi yogi

[sushi11]

Happy Mahashivratri 🕉️✨

[niksahomes]

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[talonabraxas]

"Being infinite, God cannot be limited to any form, human or stone; yet He is manifest in all forms. One can rightly say that God manifests in every man as well as in great saints, for He is present in all." ~ Paramahansa Yogananda Shiva: The Perfected Yogi Whose Energy Flows “Down and Out!”

Lord Shiva, as the Adi (first) yogi, is revered by his devotees as the embodiment of yogic perfection and as the giver of yoga science to mankind. Depictions of him beautifully portray the signs of complete yoga-mastery: his two eyes are half closed in meditation, while the all-seeing eye of intuition is open in his forehead. The snake garlanded around his neck attests to his having raised the life-force (kundalini) and subdued maya. His forehead is adorned with a crescent moon, symbolizing that the ego has been spiritualized and merged in final oneness with Spirit. And (as it turns out, importantly for us) the river Ganges is depicted as flowing out of his matted locks into the world.

This depiction of the Ganges has its origin in Indian mythology: Eons ago, the Indian king Bhagiratha’s ancestors were cursed by a rishi (as usual!) to not find redemption until the sacred river Ganga (Ganges), then residing in heaven, were brought to earth and made to flow over their ashes. Bhagiratha, after years of penance, obtained from Brahma the boon of the Ganges’ descent to earth. However, lest the earth be unable to endure the powerful flow of Ganga’s descent, Lord Shiva caught Ganga’s waters in his matted locks, whence he released them in a controlled, benign flow. As a result, Lord Shiva received the epithet “Gangadhar,” meaning “He who holds or controls the (river) Ganga.”

Outer mythology often hides a deeper inner meaning. In this case we get a glimpse of this meaning, by sheer luck, through Paramhansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi. He states there that Lahiri Mahasaya’s name in his previous life was “Gangadhar,” and that he was so addressed by Babaji at their first meeting, outside “Babaji’s Cave” near Ranikhet. Yogananda therefore explains the genesis of this name in a footnote (much of the previous paragraph comes from this same footnote) which contains this line:

The metaphysical significance of “Gangadhar” is “he who has control over the ‘river’ of life-current in the spine.”

A perfect epithet for Lord Shiva, no doubt! But at this point, the keen yoga student notices an anomaly. From Day One the aspiring yogi is taught that the yogic motto is “Inward and upward!” For this is the classic yogic goal: to direct the life-current (kundalini) inward and upward through the chakras to the brain. And here Lord Shiva, the giver of yoga science, demonstrates his complete yoga mastery by doing just the opposite: the “river of life-current” descends from his sahasrara out into the world!

How can a downward and outward flow of energy (and a lot of energy too, for the Ganges is a mighty river) be a sign of yoga-perfection? For disciples the next step is easy: We seek the answer in our Guru’s teachings. And Swami Kriyananda, in clarifying for the coming generations the subtle points of Paramhansa Yogananda’s life and teachings, writes in his book Cities of Light something that is truly novel:

The time has come for people to live lives of even higher dedication than that which inspired monks and nuns in the past. Those dedicated souls lived lives that were focused on God, but theirs was also a spirit of negative denial of this world, which God made.

The time has come now for people to direct their spiritual awareness also downward into matter . . . to everything they do: to their work, to education, to family life, to friendship, to their communications with strangers, to the way they build their homes—to all the most mundane, practical aspects of daily, human life.

Men need now to become God-centered from within, and from that center to see God everywhere, in everything.

Swami Kriyananda clarifies in these excerpts, as he did indeed through his life’s example, the subtle yoga teaching that raising the energy inward and upward is only one part of mastering the life-force. The yogi must learn also how to direct this energy down and out in a strong flow, while retaining complete control over it, so that he can act as an instrument of divine blessing in God’s creation. “Negative denial of the world,” as Swamiji points out, implies that complete yoga-union has still not been attained, for it is a denial of God in his aspect as the Cosmic Creator.

Swami Vivekananda too, upon once encountering a saint who wanted nothing to do with the world, and lived always behind a walled-up cave evading all visitors (including saints!), made a telling comment:

“This saint perhaps is not perfected—too much of rites, vows, observances and too much of self-concealment. The ocean in its fullness cannot be contained within its shores, I am sure.”

In the Chapter on Kriya Yoga Paramhansa Yogananda explains further:

Yoga enables the devotee to switch off or on, at will, life current from the five sense telephones of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Attaining this power of sense-disconnection, the yogi finds it simple to unite his mind at will with divine realms or with the world of matter.

Yoga mastery is thus not one sided, teaching us only to withdraw into deep meditation. The obverse holds as well: we learn how to function perfectly in this world, created by God, being 100% “in” it but not “of” it. And this is what the depiction of Shiva, as the Perfected Yogi, symbolizes: the energy (Ganga) has been raised up and locked firmly at the sahasrara (in his “matted locks”), but then released back into “the world of matter” as a strong yet completely controlled flow, to serve as a source of blessings to all Creation. In handing Yogananda a broom right after bestowing upon him the highest experience of samadhi, Sri Yukteswar was teaching his disciple this same principle.

Paramhansa Yogananda, too, did not teach the path of world-rejecting meditation. He taught instead the Shiva-like path of Self-realization: daily deep meditation to raise the consciousness inward and upward, and then also to bring that high consciousness down in a strong, creative flow that spiritualizes all our activities and uplifts our fellow beings. This yoga training is complete, for it helps us overcome the final duality—between the God perceived in meditation and God as manifest in His Creation—thus making us completely free.

Through our Guru’s training, let us aspire towards this perfect yoga mastery, the essence of which is also captured so beautifully in Swami Kriyananda’s affirmation* for Practicality:

Though my spirit soars in the skies of consciousness, my feet and hands labor here on earth to make truth real to all.

[santoschristos]

“Transcendental Meditation opens the awareness to the infinite reservoir of energy, creativity, and intelligence that lies deep within everyone.” — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

“Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body. It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the world. It is the temple which houses the Pure Self within.” — Adi Shankara

In Hinduism, the deity Shiva is considered the master of time, space, and all cosmic energies, making him a powerful focus point for meditation, allowing practitioners to connect with the vastness and interconnectedness of the universe through his symbolism. Connecting with Lord Shiva for Spiritual Awakening.

Image: Shiva meditating in outer space. Mahaboka

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देवराजसेव्यमानपावनांघ्रिपङ्कजं

व्यालयज्ञसूत्रमिन्दुशेखरं कृपाकरम् ।

नारदादियोगिवृन्दवन्दितं दिगंबरं

काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे ॥१॥

Deva-Raaja-Sevyamaana-Paavana-Angghri-Pankajam

Vyaala-Yajnya-Suutram-Indu-Shekharam Krpaakaram |

Naarada-[A]adi-Yogi-Vrnda-Vanditam Digambaram

Kaashikaa-Pura-Adhinaatha-Kaalabhairavam Bhaje ||1||

भानुकोटिभास्वरं भवाब्धितारकं परं

नीलकण्ठमीप्सितार्थदायकं त्रिलोचनम् ।

कालकालमंबुजाक्षमक्षशूलमक्षरं

काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे ॥२॥

Bhaanu-Kotti-Bhaasvaram Bhavaabdhi-Taarakam Param

Niila-Kannttham-Iipsita-Artha-Daayakam Trilocanam |

Kaala-Kaalam-Ambuja-Akssam-Akssa-Shuulam-Akssaram

Kaashikaa-Pura-Adhinaatha-Kaalabhairavam Bhaje ||2||

शूलटङ्कपाशदण्डपाणिमादिकारणं

श्यामकायमादिदेवमक्षरं निरामयम् ।

भीमविक्रमं प्रभुं विचित्रताण्डवप्रियं

काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे ॥३॥

Shuula-Tanka-Paasha-Danndda-Paannim-Aadi-Kaarannam

Shyaama-Kaayam-Aadi-Devam-Akssaram Nir-Aamayam |

Bhiimavikramam Prabhum Vichitra-Taannddava-Priyam

Kaashikaa-Pura-Adhinaatha-Kaalabhairavam Bhaje ||3||

भुक्तिमुक्तिदायकं प्रशस्तचारुविग्रहं

भक्तवत्सलं स्थितं समस्तलोकविग्रहम् ।

विनिक्वणन्मनोज्ञहेमकिङ्किणीलसत्कटिं

काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे ॥४॥

Bhukti-Mukti-Daayakam Prashasta-Caaru-Vigraham

Bhakta-Vatsalam Sthitam Samasta-Loka-Vigraham |

Vi-Nikvannan-Manojnya-Hema-Kinkinnii-Lasat-Kattim

Kaashikaa-Pura-Adhinaatha-Kaalabhairavam Bhaje ||4||

धर्मसेतुपालकं त्वधर्ममार्गनाशकं

कर्मपाशमोचकं सुशर्मदायकं विभुम् ।

स्वर्णवर्णशेषपाशशोभिताङ्गमण्डलं

काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे ॥५॥

Dharma-Setu-Paalakam Tva-Adharma-Maarga-Naashakam Karma-Paasha-Mocakam Su-Sharma-Daayakam Vibhum |

Svarnna-Varnna-Shessa-Paasha-Shobhitaangga-Mannddalam

Kaashikaa-Pura-Adhinaatha-Kaalabhairavam Bhaje ||5||

रत्नपादुकाप्रभाभिरामपादयुग्मकं

नित्यमद्वितीयमिष्टदैवतं निरंजनम् ।

मृत्युदर्पनाशनं करालदंष्ट्रमोक्षणं

काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे ॥६॥

Ratna-Paadukaa-Prabhaabhi-Raama-Paada-Yugmakam

Nityam-Advitiiyam-Isstta-Daivatam Niramjanam |

Mrtyu-Darpa-Naashanam Karaala-Damssttra-Mokssannam

Kaashikaa-Pura-Adhinaatha-Kaalabhairavam Bhaje ||6||

अट्टहासभिन्नपद्मजाण्डकोशसंततिं

दृष्टिपातनष्टपापजालमुग्रशासनम् ।

अष्टसिद्धिदायकं कपालमालिकाधरं

काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे ॥७॥

Atttta-Haasa-Bhinna-Padmaja-Anndda-Kosha-Samtatim

Drsstti-Paata-Nasstta-Paapa-Jaalam-Ugra-Shaasanam |

Asstta-Siddhi-Daayakam Kapaala-Maalikaa-Dharam

Kaashikaa-Pura-Adhinaatha-Kaalabhairavam Bhaje ||7||

भूतसंघनायकं विशालकीर्तिदायकं

काशिवासलोकपुण्यपापशोधकं विभुम् ।

नीतिमार्गकोविदं पुरातनं जगत्पतिं

काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे ॥८॥

Bhuuta-Samgha-Naayakam Vishaala-Kiirti-Daayakam

Kaashi-Vaasa-Loka-Punnya-Paapa-Shodhakam Vibhum |

Niiti-Maarga-Kovidam Puraatanam Jagatpatim

Kaashikaapuraadhinaathakaalabhairavam Bhaje ||8||

कालभैरवाष्टकं पठंति ये मनोहरं

ज्ञानमुक्तिसाधनं विचित्रपुण्यवर्धनम् ।

शोकमोहदैन्यलोभकोपतापनाशनं

प्रयान्ति कालभैरवांघ्रिसन्निधिं नरा ध्रुवम् ॥९॥

Kaalabhairavaassttakam Patthamti Ye Manoharam

Jnyaana-Mukti-Saadhanam Vicitra-Punnya-Vardhanam |

Shoka-Moha-Dainya-Lobha-Kopa-Taapa-Naashanam

Prayaanti Kaalabhairava-Amghri-Sannidhim Naraa Dhruvam ||9||

Translation

Salutations to Lord Kalabhairava, the supreme lord of Kashi, whose lotus feet are revered by Lord Indra, king of the devas; who has a snake as his sacrificial thread, a moon on his head and is very compassionate; who is praised by Narada, sage of the gods, and other yogis; who is a Digambara, wearing the sky as his dress, symbolizing his free being.

Salutations to Lord Kalabhairava, the supreme lord of Kashi, who has the brilliance of a million suns, who saves devotees from the cycle of rebirths, and who is supreme; who has a blue throat, who grants us our desires, and who has three eyes; who is death unto death itself and whose eyes look like a lotus; whose trident supports the world and who is immortal.

Salutations to Lord Kalabhairava, the supreme lord of Kashi, who holds the trident, mattock, noose, and club in his hands; whose body is dark, who is the primordial Lord, who is immortal, and free from the diseases of the world; who is immensely mighty and who loves the wonderful tandava dance.

Salutations to Lord Kalabhairava, the supreme lord of Kashi, the one who bestows both desires and salvation, who has a pleasing appearance; who is loving to his devotees, who is stable as the god of all the worlds; who wears a golden belt around his waist with bells that make a melodious sound when he moves.

Salutations to Lord Kalabhairava, the supreme lord of Kashi, who ensures that dharma (righteousness) prevails, who destroys the path of adharma (unrighteousness); who saves us from the bonds of karma, thereby freeing our soul; and who has golden-hued snakes entwined around his body.

Salutations to Lord Kalabhairava, the supreme lord of Kashi, whose feet are adorned with two golden sandals with gems; who is the eternal, non-dual Ishta devata (god who grants our desires); who destroys the pride of Yama (God of Death); whose terrible teeth liberate us.

Salutations to Lord Kalabhairava, the supreme lord of Kashi, whose loud roar destroys the sheaths of creations (meaning the delusions of our mind) of the lotus-born Brahma; whose very glance is enough to destroy all our sins; who gives us the eight siddhis (accomplishments); and who wears a garland of skulls.

Salutations to Lord Kalabhairava, the supreme lord of Kashi, who is the leader of ghosts and goblins, who bestows glory; who frees the people of Kashi from their sinful and righteous deeds; who guides us on the path of righteousness, who is the most ancient (eternal) lord of the universe.

Salutations to Lord Kalabhairava, the supreme lord of Kashi. Those who read these eight verses of the Kalabhairava Ashtakam, which is beautiful, which is a source of knowledge and liberation, which increases the various forms of righteousness in a person, which destroys grief, attachment, poverty, greed, anger, and heat – will attain (after death) the feet of Lord Kalabhairava.

- Kaalbhairav Ashtakam by Adi Shankaracharya

[ritish16]

Lord Shiva - Adi Yogi

[bhagavanbhakthi]

Lord Shiva - Adi Yogi

[kkdas]

The story of Swami Sivananda's Guru, Swami Vishwananda Saraswati:

In short, when Swami Sivananda renounced the world, he was a doctor serving in hospitals of the rubber plantations in Malaysia. He first returned to India and came for a time to Varanasi, then made his way to Rishikesh, by holy Mother Ganga. He prayed to Lord Shiva, this was ideal place for his sadhana and grateful for Shiva's blessing to be in such holy atmosphere. Next morning after sleeping on the veranda of a local temple he awoke to meditate. When he opened his eyes he found another Yogi sitting by him in deep meditation. He immediately recognized him as his Guru, and gave full prostrations. This was holy ParamGuru Swami Vishwananda Saraswati, who then gave Swami Sivananda initiation as a Swami in holy monastic Dasnami Order of Adi Sankaracharya. Swami Vishwananda said he was from holy Varanasi and if Swami Sivananda wanted he could accompany him to return. Swami Sivananda chose to stay in holy Rishikesh. Later many of Swami Sivananda's monastic disciples, including Swami Paramananda, Swami Venkatesananda, and others searched throughout the Rishikesh and all of Varanasi areas, but found no Swami by that name anywhere. It was concluded that this was Lord Vishwanath Himself, Lord Shiva. This was in 1924.

[awakened-human-design]

I WAS A MILLENIAL ON A SPIRITUAL QUEST

How would you like to get started on learning Human Design?

????? what the heck is that ??????

My Story

In December 2017, I was on a call with one of my teachers from the group Trillium Awakening. They asked me for my birthday, time and place of birth, and sent me my Human Design body graph. They talked about how I was a projector, and they were too, how it was a rare type, and that I had a lot of open centers, meaning, I was really open to conditioning from the outside world.

They suggested I check it out and some of its free resources. A small tool too accelerate my spiritual process. Which, by the way, could take up to 7 years.

I *WAS* A 20?Something ON A SPIRITUAL QUEST: 

THE VICTIM STORY

Yikes! This is cool, but heck if I had the time or money for more of that!

I hardly had enough money to pay for our weekly group calls in a women’s circle - that put a price beyond compare - but stretched me, even at the discounted rate they offered.

No one in my family had put money into spiritual or personal development work, while I was knee-deep in the stuff. To be honest, I didn’t really feel like I had a choice.

Doing work on spiritual development was a choice between “This stuff is so expensive. If I do this I won’t have any money and I will die” and “This stuff is absolutely what I need at this point in my life and that the world needs to evolve so if I don’t do this…I will also die.”

So? It was, as one of my teacher’s Marc Gafni would call, an erotic double-bind.

I made the choice to go knee-deep in work towards spiritual evolution.

I left the teaching world and I worked in the “gig economy.”

My resume had 5 different education companies.

I worked between 1-40 hours a week, and spent half of it driving.

For months at a time I did what I loved - working with kids - and had no “boss” to call me to the office.

Sounds good, right?

Finally free from educational institutions, I saw how life really worked in people’s homes. I saw the truth of District public and charter schools, and, no matter where I went, I taught kids in the way that felt good to me.

Of course, not everything ended well, and some parents and classroom teachers asked me to *get out* on the first day! But…the recognition of my abilities as a teacher *direct* and *instantaneous.* The progress of the children showed in their creativity.

Let’s get real though about this so-called “gig economy” that promised millennials freedom. No boss meant no W-2. No health insurance. No retirement plan. No coffee breaks. No co-workers.

The road was lonely.

Between driving to tutor or babysit kids at their home, substitute teach at a random school in Maryland, or attend a retreat in New Jersey, I started to feel less like a teacher and more like a truck driver. I took up bad habits that I never imagined as a yogi. I ate protein bars with more sugar than a Snickers and smoked the more the occasional American Spirit that even listening to Adi Da podcasts could not save me from.

I felt sad - but who else could see me but myself?

Some of my friends from my “previous life” no longer spoke to me. I felt ashamed I had left the active lifestyle I once had of biking, walking and yoga, but I knew I could not afford it. I paid for retreats by offering to cook batch meals for the sangha.

I lived in a basement apartment in a house owned by an electronic musician that hosted bands from all over the country. My next door neighbor was an indie musician as well with a great wardrobe and occasional clothing swaps with her New Zealand friends. My closest friend made her own jewelry and tye-die. Two blocks away from the thrift store! So… Major perk - getting to listen to and play music on the reg. and get free, cute clothes. Major downside - working all the time with hardly enough cash to pay the rent to show for my good deeds, and sometimes looking “woke up like this” and other time looking like I hadn’t changed out of my pajamas.

OKAY…SO WHAT IS THIS HUMAN DESIGN STUFF AND HOW DID YOU LEARN IT

Okay, cool. So back to the start of the story. My teacher gave me a tool and I don’t think I looked at it for two years.

But then …. the covid, the lockdowns, the confinement , and suddenly we all had no where to go, everywhere to be (on Zoom) and time, too much of it.

How was I ever going to ‘be’ someBODY?

I won’t go into the depth of “the lockdown” story because at this point, we all have one.

But lockdown story did not produce the kind of “free time” that one might really hope for, unless, of course, you enjoy “free time” like a character from a Albert Camus novel.

Coincidantalment**, I spent the entire time of “confinement” in two foreign

No exit. Like - am I ever going to get out of this? Am I ever going to escape this like square box my form is trapped inside of, speaking to people in a language no one understands?

Okay. I am going to revisit this Human Design stuff. I am going to learn a language that describes the programming of the human body.

No, this isn’t some weird genetic altering stuff. Au, the contrarie!

A system of empowerment that came along at the right time.

When we are, as David A Temple puts it posed between utopia and dystopia. We are getting the call to know ourselves - NOW - in a progressively globalizing and demanding world. And not just globalizing in terms of “oh maybe this bag of chips I’m eating right now came from a Uyghur death camp and perhaps its made of sawdust.” Okay…maybe that too…but really…Globalizing in terms of the planet - the “PLAN-(N)ET” - has a plan to catch us and we best follow her word…or…else.

TO POPPY-SEED QUEEN CURING HER ADDICTIONS: A HEROINE’S JOURNEY

So I spent…every day of French class, every morning, looking at the transits (both astro and HD), recording my dreams, reading my graph, reading the Cross of the day, the Gate, drawing the iChing…taking a university-levelcourse on iChing…ok…maybe there was some magic involved…and many sleepless nights…and…yes…going down to the depths of the bottom of the bottom…the rabbit hole…the worm hole…the brain hole…you name it…its the the “dark night of the soul “ and there ain’t no batman to help you sidekick robin so you better be the hero of your own story and save the day.

I can tell you. I’ve been there. There’s no going back. 

…..*di di di di*** the song of “why do I like Human Design so much” ***do do do do**….

1- TRANSPARENT AND EASY AS F**** TO LEARN

I like Human Design because it is a very transparent system. If you’ve gotten a reading in astrology or tarot, the “method” or “magic” is usually a little hidden from the person receiving the reading. This is more “Teach yourself your Self” and a reader is more like a guide.

Like a contractor explaining the blueprint of a house from the day it was built. You might not of had the tools to build the house - but you get it. The plan is clear.

It’s not like Enneagram or Myers-Briggs where you take a quiz and find out a type, only to have it change again half-way through your life. Those tools of human development are well and good (but are subjective), and you should use those too. But that’s not what this is.

This system starts with the objective.

And then you have to test it out.

2 - the 100% USE FOR 100%…KIDS

This system, for as weird as the origin story may appear, was built by a teacher. It was built for children and the generations to come.

Anyone who has ever been a teacher (*and hopefully left the profession because they KNOW how the conditioning is happening) for kids under 7 can SEE how easily children and manipulated and cohereced into a “not-Self” program.

They are literally “programmed” to not-love themselves! The sh*t people are paying beaucoup bucks for to *fix* them later in life!

So let’s cut that s-t out before it beings. Let’s raise a generation of kids who don’t need to go to therapy when they grow up to un-do all the trauma that came from their conditioning.

And for you - “grown up” let’s help you re-parent your inner child.

(People always told me I needed to do that. I had no idea how, or the privilege, I felt, to do it.)

Let’s help you learn to “be alone” with your “Self” as you already are - whole.

3 - IS THIS A RELIgION?

Okay, let’s talk religion - if you grew up Christian (like “me” yay****) confirmed in the Christian church…yadda yadda…you probably have SOME trauma from that stuff. Don’t really care if you go to church every Sunday, are a flat-out atheist or extreme right..some body has GOT to say it…

Everything you have been brought up believe is not the meaning of the Christ.

With a little toe-dipping into esoteric Christianity…

The current image of “Jesus on the Cross” is no more than a sacrificial lamb that has you totally tricked into thinking you need to “die” (to the empire) in order to be “saved.”

No. You are a unique balance of light and dark. Although these do move in the 4 directions, they do not always look like a perfect “cross.” More on that later. 

BUT The beauty of it …is also that THERE IS a cross. And you can understand it. And you can be and become your own Christ. 

Your own Savior. And take back the power into your own life.

I don’t care if you can name me every book of gospel or if you tell me that Jesus was a historical figure or in fact never lived and is a myth in our imagination. Or if Jesus is coming back down from the heavens tomorrow so repent your sinners or oh shit maybe the world really *IS* on fire and maybe the highest court in the land (the UN) and now has “Inner Development Goals” and realizing that maybe infrastructure is not just made of things. It’s made of people. Who hurt. Who feel. Who laugh. Who cry. And is telling people that maybe they should consider working on themselves. 

In other words: It’s not just the third world world that needs supported. 

I’m not even sure if this has everything or nothing to do with a guy named Zeus with a big white beard who lives in the sky (although, I have had a couple teachers with big white beards that could compete quite fairly with Grandaddy Marx see “The Stoa” for reference)…but I do know this has everything to do with YOU and your unfolding FATE and DESTINY to live a radical life among the stars.

 Yeah…there. I said it. 

I’m prothetlytizing on the sidewalk sweeties and its time to convert.

Burn me for it. It’s okay. 

Joan was a 5/1. She dressed up as a boy.

They canonized her has a saint. 

Let’s see what the rest of us can do. 

OKAY….NOW I’M THE BAD GUY BECAUSE…

This knowledge is not free. So I do charge.

It’s an Interior Science. No one will do it for you.

It takes time. You have to test it out for yourself.

Let me ask you this: If you didn’t have a story before…do you have one now?

Try Human Design. 

My Design - A Poem

I’m a Savior, but not a Saint.

But the crisis is urgent. And the task is real.

There’s a Devil in command, and I’ve trained him to be quiet.

Wearing masks, playing charades, yet we know it’s all a game. 

Yes, it’s all an illusion of MAIA. She’s the goddess. The veil of illusion.

She’s written these words and she’s ended my confusion. 

Her values will break you apart and make you whole again.

Come home, and be your Self. No one else will do it for you. 

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***HD uses Kabbalah, iChing, Western Astrology, and the Chakra system.  

**** For the Americans out there, Labour Day in the rest of the world is May 1st

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Rajesh Khanna

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J.R.D. Tata

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Swami Vivekananda

Lal Bahadur Shastri

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Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Valmiki

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Ramakrishna Paramhansa

Bhagwan Shiva

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Mata Parvati / Amma Karunamayi

Bhagwan Krishna

Bhagwan Ram

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Maharana Pratap

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Meena Kumari

Mother Teresa

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Jesus Christ

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K. L. Saigal

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B. R. Chopra

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Prafulla Chandra Roy

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Kalidasa

Suchitra Sen

Tyagaraja

M. G. Ramachandran

Dr. Prabha Atre (classical singer)

Kavi Pradeep

Pt. Kishan Maharaj (tabla)

R.K. Laxman

Mirabai

Tulsidas

Uttam Kumar

Dr. K. Kasturirangan

Ashfaqullah Khan

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Chandrashekhar Azad

Tenzing Norgay

N.R. Narayana Murthy

Kumaran Asan

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Emperor Indravarman (of Srivijaya Empire (7th c – 12th c))

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"To meditate on Shiva is to surrender to the cosmic dance, where creation and destruction are but two sides of the same coin." - Adi Shankaracharya.

"The roar of the universe, the whisper of the wind, the beat of my heart – all echo the sacred chant of 'Om Namah Shivaya'." - Mystic Poet Kabir.

Shiva is often depicted as a yogi meditating in the Himalayas, surrounded by serpents and other symbols of power. His third eye is believed to represent his ability to see beyond the physical realm and into the spiritual and cosmic dimensions of existence.

Image: Shiva Meditation

Lord Shiva meditating in outer space. Mahaboka

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A spiritual school founded by Guru Gorakshanath; Nath Sampradaya is the most ancient yoga tradition school, originated from tantra during the times of Maha Yoga of Gorakshanath; Pashupat, Shaiva-siddhanta, Kapalika, Kalamukhi and from earlier systems, yoga sampradaya, the order of kanphata yogis. Nath means Lord or Master and Sampradaya means Tradition. Nath Sampradaya is connected to the Siddha tradition. There are 12 traditional sub-sects of the Nath Sampradaya; (1) Characteristics (2) Quest for the innermost divine self (3) Idol worship (4) Kundalini yoga (5) Hatha yoga (6) Vairagya towards worldly affairs (7) Advaita Vedanta philosophy ( Strong Guru - Shishya parampara (9) Shiva is the Adi Guru (10) Based on scriptures (11) Sadhana and (12) Tapas. The Nath Sampradaya can be divided into two schools: (1) Nandinath Sampradaya is famous for Maharshi Nandinath and is also called Kailasa Parampara. Nandinath Sampradaya is present in South India and Sri Lanka. Reference to Nandinath can be found in the Tamil text Tirumantiram. Maharshi Nandinath is believed to have lived around 200 BCE. His disciples were Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana, Sanat Kumara, Shivayogamuni, Patanjali, Vyaghrapada, and Tirumular. Several branches of the Nandinatha Sampradaya exist today; Two of them are the one headed by Bodhinatha Veylanswami and the one headed by Nirmalanandanatha Swami. (2) Adinath Sampradaya; Mahayogi Gorakhnath belonged to Adinath Sampradaya. Adinath Sampradaya is present in North India and Nepal. Two prominent names of the Adinath Sampradaya are Guru Matsyendranath and Guru Gorakhnath. The most prominent Gurus in this Sampradaya are nine in number called Nav Naths. There are different lists of Nav Naths. One of the most accepted lists is: Machindranath, Gorakhnath, Jalindranath, Kanifnath, Gahininath, Bhartrinath, Revananath, Charpatinath, and Nagnath. These systems originated from vedic sources such as four vedic samhitas, brahmanas, aranyakas, upanishads. Adinath, Matsyendranath and Gorakshanath are the three most worshiped Gurus (spiritual teachers) in Nath Sampradaya which is also known as Yoga-avadhuta-marga, Siddha-nath-sampradaya, Adinath-sampradaya, Yoga-marga, Siddha-siddhanta and so on. From these three, Gorakshanath is worshiped by all yogis as the realized complete Maha-yogishvara, free from all attachments, limitations, ignorance, ego, feelings of addiction or disgust as he is incarnated into the human body. In the sacred literature of Sampradaya, mahayogi Matsyendranath is mentioned as the direct disciple of Shiva Adinath and his main disciple Gorakshanath as the true incarnation of Shiva. It is known that Nath Sampradaya was formed by Matsyendranath as a yoga-tantric teaching Kula. Later this tradition was improved by Maha Yogi Shiva Gorakshanath who gathered the spiritual experience of all yogis in one fine system of yoga. With time, the tradition was divided in many branches, called panths, twelve of which were considered the main components of Nath Sampradaya: Satyanath-panth (also known as Brahma-panth); Dharma-panth (connected with the name of Dharmaraja Udhishhira); Ram-panth (connected with the name of Vaykunthnath); Nateshvari-panth (also known as Daryanathi); Kanthar-panth (connected with the name of Kantharnath); Kapalani-panth (connected with the name of Kapil Muni or Kapilanath); Vayragya-panth (also known as Bhartrihari-panth, the founder is Bhartriharinath); Mannath-panth (also known as Gopichand-panth); Ayi-panth (also known as Ayake); Pagal-panth (connected with the name of Chouranginath and Puran Bhagat); Dhvaja-panth (connected with the name Hanuman); Ganganath-panth (connected with the name of Bishma, the son of Mother Ganga). Each panth has its own main centers in different areas of the country, but all of them are worshiped by others as the shrine. They practically follow the same path of yoga: they all worship Shiva, and they are all united by Gorakshanath as Maha-yogishvara.

Each of the founders of the following panths received directions about practice of yoga from Gorakshanath. Gorakhpur is known as the center of Dharmanath-panth as well as Ram-panth, which is considered to be the place of tapasya of Gorakshanath. Ganga-Sagar is the most sacred center of Kapil-panth with Goraksha-Banshi being its main center. Haridvar is also a very important center of the Sampradaya. This is where Yogi Gorakhnath Ji performed sadhana. The present head of the Mutt is Yogi Adityanath Ji. Whenever Yogis or Nath-Yogis meet, they greet each other with the salutation “Adesh-Adesh!” Gorakshanath the Maha Yogi wrote: Aatmetu paramaatmeti jiivatmeti vicaarane Trayaanaam aikya-samshutir asdes’s iti kiirtitah In our relative thought we distinguish between Atman, Paramatman, and Jiva. The Truth is that these three are one and a realization of it is called Adesha. Thus the yogi in his contact with others expressed only the simple truth in the words, “Adesh-Adesh!” It is a foundation stone on which all spiritual light and attainment must be erected. It is the first truth to attain the First Lord . Hindi translation नाथ शब्द अति प्राचीन है । अनेक अर्थों में इसका प्रयोग वैदिक काल से ही होता रहा है । नाथ शब्द नाथृ धातु से बना है, जिसके याचना, उपताप, ऐश्वर्य, आशीर्वाद आदि अर्थ हैं, इस सम्प्रदाय के परम्परा संस्थापक आदिनाथ स्वयं शंकर के अवतार माने जाते हैं। नाथ सम्प्रदाय को नंदिनाथ और आदिनाथ सम्प्रदाय में व्यापक रूप से विभाजित किया गया । नाथ संप्रदाय में किसी से भी कोई भेदभाव नहीं किया जाता है। इस संप्रदाय से जुडने के लिए किसी भी जाति,वर्ण और उम्र का व्यक्ति हो सकता है। नाथ संप्रदाय को अपनाने के बाद 12 साल तक की कड़ी तपस्या से गुजरने के बाद संन्यासी को दीक्षा दी जाती है। नाथ संप्रदाय से जुड़े योगियों की चिता नहीं जलाई जाती है। ये समाधि लेते हैं। नाथ संप्रदाय में मां भगवती की आराधना का विशेष महत्व होता है।नाथ संप्रदाय में कर्ण भेदन और भगवा रंग या केसरिया रंग (Saffron) कपड़े पहनने की परंपरा निभाई जाती है। नाथ संप्रदाय 12 शाखाओं में बंटा है, जिसे बारह पंथ कहते हैं। पहले दस नाथ कौन थे-आदिनाथ, आनंदिनाथ, करालानाथ, विकरालानाथ, महाकाल नाथ, काल भैरव नाथ, बटुक नाथ, भूतनाथ, वीरनाथ और श्रीकांथनाथ... “नाथृ नाथृ याचञोपता-पैश्वर्याशीः इति पाणिनी” अतः जिसमें ऐश्वर्य, आशीर्वाद, कल्याण मिलता है वह “नाथ” है । ‘नाथ’ शब्द का शाब्दिक अर्थ – राजा, प्रभु, स्वामी, ईश्वर, ब��रह्म, सनातन आदि भी है । इस कारण नाथ सम्प्रदाय का स्पष्टार्थ वह अनादि धर्म है, जो भुवन-त्रय की स्थिति का कारण है । श्री गोरक्ष को इसी कारण से ‘नाथ’ कहा जाता है । ‘शक्ति-संगम-तंत्र’ के अनुसार ‘ना’ शब्द का अर्थ ‘नाथ ब्रह्म जो मोक्ष-दान में दक्ष है, उनका ज्ञान कराना हैं’ तथा ‘थ’ का अर्थ है ‘ज्ञान के सामर्थ्य को स्थगित करने वाला’ ईश्वर अंश जीव अविनाशी की भावना रखी जाती है । नाथ सम्प्रदाय के सदस्य उपनाम जो भी लगते हों, किन्तु मूल आदिनाथ, उदयनाथ, सत्यनाथ, संतोषनाथ, अचलनाथ, कंथड़िनाथ, मत्स्येन्द्रनाथ, गोरक्षनाथ, जलंधरनाथ आदि नवनाथ चौरासी सिद्ध तथा अनन्त कोटि सिद्धों को अपने आदर्श पूर्वजों के रुप में मानते हैं । मूल नवनाथों से चौरासी सिद्ध हुए हैं और चौरासी सिद्धों से अनन्त कोटि सिद्ध हुए । एक ही ‘अभय-पंथ’ के बारह पंथ तथा अठारह पंथ हुए । एक ही निरंजन गोत्र के अनेक गोत्र हुए । अन्त में सब एक ही नाथ ब्रह्म में लीन होते हैं । सारी सृष्टि नाथब्रह्म से उत्पन्न होती है । नाथ ब्रह्म में स्थित होती हैं तथा नाथ ब्रह्म में ही लीन होती है । इस तत्त्व को जानकर शान्त भाव से ब्रह्म की उपासना करनी चाहिए । नाथ सम्प्रदाय के नौ मूल नाथ :- १॰ आदिनाथ – ॐ-कार शिव, ज्योति-रुप २॰ उदयनाथ – पार्वती, पृथ्वी रुप ३॰ सत्यनाथ – ब्रह्मा, जल रुप ४॰ संतोषनाथ – विष्णु, तेज रुप ५॰ अचलनाथ (अचम्भेनाथ) – शेषनाग, पृथ्वी भार-धारी ६॰ कंथडीनाथ – गणपति, आकाश रुप ७॰ चौरंगीनाथ – चन्द्रमा, वनस्पति रुप ८॰ मत्स्येन्द्रनाथ – माया रुप, करुणामय ९॰ गोरक्षनाथ – अयोनिशंकर त्रिनेत्र, अलक्ष्य रुप इसमें संप्रदाय वंश को केवल गुरु और शिष्य के बीच प्रत्यक्ष दीक्षा के माध्यम से पारित किया जाता है। दीक्षा एक औपचारिक समारोह में आयोजित की जाती है और आध्यात्मिक ऊर्जा या गुरु की शक्ति का एक हिस्सा शिष्य को दिया जाता है। उन्हें औपचारिक रूप से एक नया नाम दिया गया है। नाथ संप्रदाय के प्रमुख ग्रंथ इस प्रकार हैं- गोरक्षनाथकृत हठयोग,

गोरक्षनाथकृत ज्ञानामृत, गोरक्षकल्प सहस्त्रनाम, चतुरशीत्यासन, योगचिन्तामणि, योगमहिमा, योगमार्तण्ड, योगसिद्धांत पद्धति, विवेकमार्तण्ड, सिद्धसिद्धांत पद्धति, गोरखबोध, दत्त-गोरख संवाद, गोरखनाथजी द्वारा रचित पद, गोरखनाथ के स्फुट ग्रंथ, ज्ञानसिद्धांत योग, ज्ञानविक्रम, योगेश्वरी साखी, नरवैबोध, विरहपुराण और गोरखसार ग्रंथ आदि... नंदिनाथ (Nandinatha Sampradaya) यह संत नंदिनाथ द्वारा स्थापित किया गया था जिनके बारे में कहा जाता है कि उन्होंने 8 शिष्यों को दुनिया भर में शैव सिद्धान्त दर्शन का प्रसार करने के लिए आरंभ किया था। इनमें से, दो पतंजलि और तिरुमुलर सबसे महत्वपूर्ण हैं। यह एक सिद्ध योग परंपरा है और गुरु सभी बड़ी चमत्कारिक शक्तियों के साथ सिद्ध या सात्विक आत्मा हैं। इन सिद्धों ने अपने शिष्यों की आध्यात्मिक प्रगति को तेज किया। बदले में 8 शिष्यों में हजारों शिष्य थे जिन्होंने पीढ़ियों से इस सम्प्रदाय को आगे बढ़ाया। पतंजलि (Patanjali ) :- वह योग सूत्र के लेखक थे जो योग के अभ्यास पर सबसे सम्मानित ग्रंथों में से एक है। यह योग की अष्टांग प्रक्रिया (आठ-अंग) सिखाता है। ध्यान मन पर है, सभी मानसिक उतार-चढ़ावों को रोकना और मन को एक विचार पर केंद्रित करना है। पतंजलि ने अहंकार को एक अलग इकाई नहीं माना। सांख्य दर्शन पर योग सूत्र की स्थापना की गई है। यह माना जाता है कि ‘ओम’ जो हिंदू धर्म का केंद्रीय तत्व है, योग के लक्ष्य को प्राप्त करने का सबसे प्रभावी तरीका है। एकाग्रता और निरंतर प्रयास मुक्ति के साधन हैं। योग का उद्देश्य व्यक्ति को उस मामले के चंगुल से मुक्त करना है जिसके लिए बौद्धिक ज्ञान अपर्याप्त है। योग सूत्रों ने उस समय की कई अन्य दार्शनिक प्रणालियों को समाधि की तकनीकों की तरह शामिल किया, जिनके बारे में कहा जाता है कि उन्हें मानसिक शोषण की दैवीय व्याख्याओं के साथ बौद्धों से सीधे उधार लिया गया था। अहिंसा जैसी इसकी शिक्षाएँ भी जैन धर्म से प्रभावित थीं। तिरुमूलर (Tirumular ):- वे कैलास के शैव संत और विद्वान थे। उन्होंने तिरुमन्दिरम नामक 3000 छंदों का संकलन लिखा। उसे माना जाता है कि वह 3000 साल से समाधि में था और हर साल एक बार समाधि से निकलता था और एक श्लोक की रचना करता था। थिरुमंदिरम शैव दर्शन के व्यावहारिक और सैद्धांतिक पहलुओं से संबंधित है। अष्टांग योग के अभ्यास से एक साधक को ईश्वर की प्राप्ति होती है। एक ध्यान के साथ, वह प्रभु की कृपा प्राप्त करता है। उन्होंने मंत्र ‘ओम नमः शिवाय’ पर बहुत महत्व दिया। आदिनाथ सम्प्रदाय (Adinatha Sampradaya) इसे महर्षि आदिनाथ द्वारा स्थापित माना जाता है। इस परंपरा के अनुयायी संन्यास ग्रहण करते हैं, गृहस्थ जीवन का त्याग करते हैं और उसके बाद नग्न साधुओं के रूप में रहते हैं। वे लोगों द्वारा बसे हुए गुफाओं, झोपड़ियों और इमारतों में अकेले रहते हैं। वंश में ऋषि थे जिन्हें नवनाथ कहा जाता था, कुछ लोग आदिनाथ को भगवान दत्तात्रेय, दिव्य त्रिमूर्ति ब्रह्मा, विष्णु, शिव का अवतार मानते हैं। नाथ परंपरा में, उन्हें भगवान शिव का अवतार और आदित्य गुरु (प्रथम शिक्षक) माना जाता है। उन्हें तीन प्रमुखों के साथ चित्रित किया गया है, अतीत, वर्तमान और भविष्य और चेतना, जागने, सपने देखने और स्वप्नहीन नींद की तीन अवस्थाओं का प्रतीक है। दत्त परम्परा में, पहला अवतरण श्री पाद श्री वल्लभ और दूसरा श्री नरसिंह सरस्वती है। अन्य को अक्कलकोट स्वामी, श्री स्वामी समर्थ, श्री वासुदेवानंद सरस्वती, श्री माणिक प्रभु, श्री कृष्ण सरस्वती और श्री शिरडी साईं बाबा माना जाता है। मत्स्येंद्रनाथ को नाथ सम्प्रदाय की कौला परंपरा का संस्थापक माना जाता है। उन्हें विश्व योगी कहा जाता था क्योंकि उनकी शिक्षाएँ सार्वभौमिक थीं। कहा जाता है कि भगवान शिव ने उन्हें पवित्रता बनाए रखने के लिए वायु, जल, अग्नि, पृथ्वी और आकाश के 5 तत्वों में से एक मानव रूप दिया था। उन्होंने तब उन्हें अपना सारा ज्ञान, विचार और आदर्श दिया। कौला परंपरा ईश्वर के साथ आत्मा की एकता पर केंद्रित है और आत्मज्ञान की प्राप्ति है। यह प्रेम की वकालत करता है और गुरु को समर्पण करता है, जिसमें शिष्य को अपने आत्मबल का एहसास करने के लिए अपनी शक्ति (शक्तिशाली आध्यात्मिक ऊर्जा) का प्रत्यक्ष अनुभव प्राप्त होता है। उन्होंने लया, हठ और राज योग की प्रक्रिया शुरू की। गोरक्षनाथ या गोरखनाथ; वे मत्स्येंद्रनाथ के शिष्य थे और उन्हें नाथों में सबसे महान माना जाता है। उन्हें शाश्वत संत ’कहा जाता है क्योंकि उन्हें मानवता के कल्याण को देखते हुए हजारों साल तक रहने को कहा जाता है। वह इतने ऊंचे स्तर का माना जाता है कि कुछ लोग कहते हैं कि उसका स्तर उसके गुरु के मुकाबले भी है। यहां तक कि उन्हें शिव का प्रत्यक्ष अवतार भी माना जाता है।

उन्होंने हठ योग का प्रचार किया जो सूक्ष्म चैनलों या नाडियों और लैया योग को सक्रिय करने के लिए आसन और सांस नियंत्रण का अभ्यास है जो ध्वनि कंपन (नाड़ी) के साथ काम करने के सिद्धांतों का उपयोग करने वाला योग है। उन्हें सर्वोच्च देवत्व की सर्वोच्च अभिव्यक्ति कहा जाता है। कुछ लोग उन्हें संत महावतार बाबाजी भी मानते हैं। ये 2 संत अन्य संतों के साथ 9 नवनाथ थे। उनके 84 शिष्य थे जिन्होंने पूरे विश्व में नाथ सम्प्रदाय का प्रचार किया। नाथ सम्प्रदाय को पारंपरिक रूप से बारह धाराओं या पंथों में विभाजित किया गया था। ये एक उपखंड नहीं थे, लेकिन अलग-अलग समूहों का एक समूह मत्स्येंद्रनाथ, गोरक्षनाथ या उनके छात्रों में से एक के वंशज थे। नाथ पंथों ने गुरु मार्ग का अनुसरण किया। इसने हिंदू धर्म की संस्कृति की रक्षा की। यह आम जनता के बीच बहुत लोकप्रिय था। ज्ञान, योग, धर्म और उपासना की सभी चार धाराएँ इन नाथ पंथों में परिणत हुईं। उन्होंने सार्वभौमिक सद्भावना और लोक कल्याण के लिए अंतहीन प्रयास किया और बहुजनों की पीड़ा को दूर करने के लिए बहुतायत में रचनाएं कीं। पंथों ने मूर्तियों की पूजा की और वेदों, जातिवाद और धर्म को कोई महत्व नहीं दिया गया। जो कोई भी कठोर ब्रह्मचर्य का पालन करता था, वाणी पर नियंत्रण, शारीरिक और मानसिक पवित्रता, ज्ञान में विश्वास, कोई भी शराब और पशु मांस योगी बनने के लिए नाथ पंथ में शामिल नहीं हो सकता था। संत ज्ञानेश्वर; गोरक्षनाथ को त्र्यंबकपंत पर श्रेष्ठ ज्ञान प्राप्त है, जो ज्ञानेश्वर के परदादा थे। ज्ञानेश्वर नाथ परंपरा के एक मराठी संत थे। उन्होंने आध्यात्मिक पतन, अंधविश्वास, पशु बलि और कई देवताओं की पूजा के दौरान प्रवेश किया। उन्होंने ज्ञानेश्वरी नामक मराठी में भगवद गीता लिखना शुरू किया और 15 साल की छोटी उम्र में इसे पूरा किया, ऐसा उनका आध्यात्मिक ज्ञान था। इसने गीता को आम आदमी तक पहुँचाया जो संस्कृत भाषा नहीं बल्कि केवल स्थानीय भाषा मराठी जानते थे। उन्होंने 21 वर्ष की निविदा आयु में समाधि ली। भक्ति आंदोलन की नींव रखी और वारकरी परंपरा का प्रचार किया, जहाँ हजारों लोग भक्ति गीत गाते हुए और पंढरपुर में नाचते हुए चले गए जहाँ भगवान विठोबा का प्रसिद्ध मंदिर स्थापित था। उन्होंने ज्ञान द्वारा निर्देशित भक्ति की वकालत की। निम्बार्गी महाराज (Nimbargi Maharaj):- वह भगवान दत्तात्रेय के नवनाथों में से एक, रेवननाथ के शिष्य थे। उन्होंने ��्रवचन दिए और जनता के बीच भक्ति का प्रसार किया। उन्होंने निम्बार्गी सम्प्रदाय की शुरुआत की। श्री निसरगदत्त महाराज (Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj):- वह एक संत थे जो नवनाथ सम्प्रदाय की इंचगिरि शाखा के थे। उन्होंने माना कि मानसिक भेदभाव से व्यक्ति अंतिम वास्तविकता को जान सकता है। आध्यात्मिकता का उद्देश्य यह जानना था कि वो खुद कौन था। उन्होंने हमेशा परम प्रत्यक्षता के साथ अपने स्वयं के प्रत्यक्ष अनुभव के आधार पर सहज प्रवचन दिए। उनके अनुसार सभी समस्याओं का मूल कारण था, अहंकार के साथ मन की झूठी पहचान और किसी को गुरु के शब्दों को सुनना और वास्तविक को असत्य से अलग करने के लिए इसका अभ्यास करना है। उन्होंने कहा कि भक्ति मार्ग को प्राप्त करने के लिए सबसे अच्छा रास्ता होने की वकालत की गई थी। उनके अनुसार, ईश्वर अपनी रचना से स्वतंत्र रूप से अस्तित्व में नहीं है। उनका ज्ञान और देवत्व चमक गया क्योंकि उन्होंने जाति या पंथ के भेद के बिना जीवन के सभी क्षेत्रों से भक्तों को उपदेश दिया। उन्होंने श्रवण, मनन और निदिध्यासन की तीन गुना साधना की वकालत की- यानी गहन सत्य, तात ट्वम असि (मैं वह हूं) पर गहन श्रवण, विचार और चिंतन। उनकी प्रसिद्ध पुस्तक आई एम दैट ’(I AM THAT) ने हजारों लोगों को बदल दिया, जिसमें उन्होंने उन्हें मन और भक्ति की शुद्धता के माध्यम से अंतिम वास्तविकता पर चिंतन करने के लिए कहा।