Reflection of a Kriyaban
Hello dear friend, I volunteered to share my experience with you for my Gurudeva Swami Sadhanananda Giri, and my Gurudeva Gurumoyee Ma. I see Them as One and The Same.
Through the practice of Kriya Yoga we can have many extraordinary experiences. I do not have many of these experiences but I did have one in particular that I can share with you.
On the 18th of February 2019 I was on pilgrimage to Sri Maharaj Babaji’s Cave in the Himalayas, with Gurumoyee Ma and some of my Gurubrothers and Gurusisters.
Sri Maharaj Babaji brought Kriya Yoga back into this age of man when He initiated Sri Shama Churn Lahiree in Kriya right in His cave in 1861.
This was truly Holy Ground and a part of Kriya history where we were going on pilgrimage.
We all made the climb up and the adjustment to the altitude very well. There were no other visitors that day so we had as much time as we wanted to ourselves in The Cave.
We were a small band of pilgrims, so we all fitted comfortably in The Cave. We all sat in the same place where Sri Maharaj Babaji and Sri Shama Churn Lahiree had sat over a century before. This alone was such a wonderful experience. Gurumoyee Ma then directed us to do some Kriya practice. It is this personal experience of my internal Kriya that I can relate to you now.
During Kriya I was hoping to see The Light of our Third Eye. This is something not uncommon in Kriya practice but highly respected and revered. What I experienced was a Red Light or Eye. It was the same colour red as the back wall of Sri Babaji’s Cave. I tried to push this image away, thinking to look for The Light, but the Red Light/Eye became stronger and came forward enveloping me.
After this I could see my Gurudeva, Swami Sadhanananda Giri. He was emerging from a red spiral coming from the Red Light. At the same time He was sitting beside Sri Gurumoyee Ma. With my Gurudeva were many many Enlightened Beings. They were all arriving, coming down this red spiral to celebrate Gurumoyee Ma. Guruji was so very happy sitting beside Gurumoyee Ma. It was like He was introducing Her to Everyone.
I could not interact with any of these Beings, nor could I interact with Guruji. I couldn’t even bow to give Pronam. I was just a witness to this amazing celestial event. Some of these Enlightened Beings I recognised, some I did not. Some were from Kriya but many were not. Some were just silhouettes. There was no hierarchy. All were equal. They were jumbled up, None were first, None were last. Our own line of Kriya Masters did not take priority. I couldn’t get over how many there were. It was as if all the Saints and Gurus throughout the ages were there to rejoice in Gurumoyee Ma.
Clearly at the centre of Babaji’s Cave was Guruji sitting next to Gurumoyee Ma and They were ecstatic with joy, laughter, and happiness. Guruji so joyful of Gurumoyee Ma, His head moving to the side in that Indian customary way. I have no idea how long this celestial event lasted or how it ended. I just know that we found ourselves with eyes open, talking again and Gurumoyee Ma was blessing beads for people, I included.
Later back at Joshi’s Guest House, located on the mountain facing Babaji’s Cave, Gurumoyee Ma took me aside and I was able to tell Her what happened in The Cave and what I had seen. She told me “Yes, that is true.” with a big smile on her face.
I was very blessed to be such a witness to this event, a celebration of the Enlightenment or Self-Realisation of Gurumoyee Ma. I am very humbled to have been a part of this and to be able to share this experience with you is part of my Guruseva, it is not for me but for you.
My sincere Pronams
Joy Gurudeva
Joy Gurumoyee Ma
GR
P. S. There were also some calculations made by our Gurubrothers of the time we had spent climbing up, the time seemingly spent in the cave and the time we spent climbing down… There seemed to be some hours missing. With the time climbing up and the time climbing down finite, we concluded that our missing hours must have been spent in Babaji’s Cave.