bky i do not know how to respond to your last post nor do I know if it requires a response. However you did ask if I have taken Babaji's Kriya Yoga. The answer is yes. When i began Kriya Yoga there was no internet and the only book that was available, that I found which spoke of Kriya, was Paramahansa Yogananda's book the Autobiography of a Yogi. Since the book i read was written by the Self Realization Fellowship i enquired for the lessons from SRF to learn Kriya. i learned kriya from the Self Realization Fellowship lessons. I realize that Babaji had other people he taught Kriya but I learned it through Paramahansa Yogananda's teachings.
I am sure there are other ways of learning Kriya and we here at the portal welcome and support everyone's personal spiritual path. We also encourage everyone to express their own Spiritual path here. I hope I have answered your question. If you have any specific questions i would answer them as well. I hope you share more of your path and experiences in life with us. How did you learn Kriya? Who was the advanced yogi who taught you the Kriya technique? Do you still see that person? Do you have a Guru? Do you consider him your Guru?
i believe younger people, like Nomaste2all are more familiar with various kriya paths since they have had internet exposure before receiving kriya.
Sincerely,
Steve
I thought you meant that you had tried a form of Kriya from outside SRF known as Babaji's Kriya Yoga, the one we were discussing. I forget where I read it, but I believe Lahiri Mahasaya said that mystics will always be able to "revive" Kriya, so yes, there are other ways of learning Kriya. Also, there are yogis who don't think the same thing as the mainstream in Kriya about "accepting" Yogananda and Gurus as one's own gurus.
To answer your questions, I learned Kriya from traveling acharyas in the Babaji's Kriya Yoga school, which is headquartered in Quebec. See <http://babajiskriyayoga.com/>. This is what I thought you said you had done too. I don't consider the Acharyas my guru, and honestly, the BKY tradition probably just considers Babaji the guru for anyone who has been initiated by default, though I don't think the beliefs about what it means to accept someone as a Guru are the same as other Kriya lineages. There hasn't been much hint from other yogis about "this is your guru, whether you accept it or not."
One of the Acharyas I met was happy that J.C. Stevens has written "Kriya Secrets Revealed." I have an earlier edition of the book and am less than wowed by it, but I think the point is people are starting to treat Kriya as an open spirituality, and that this is a good thing.
