The Journey Into Kriya Yoga Without Knowing
There are moments on the spiritual path when something sacred rises — not from books, not from instruction, but from within your own being. That’s how I would describe my experience with Kriya Yoga. I didn’t study techniques or follow rigid steps. Instead, what I encountered was a natural, intuitive unfolding of energy — a divine orchestration led by breath, inner vision, and sacred presence.
I came to know later that this type of experience is called Sahaja Kriya — the spontaneous, effortless form of Kriya Yoga that emerges when the soul is ready and the inner channels are open.
🐍 The Serpent Energy That Moved Through Me
During deep meditation, I saw energy move like serpents of light — white, golden, and black — spiraling up and down my spine. I later understood this as Kundalini, the powerful life-force energy resting at the base of the spine in yogic tradition.
- The white snake was pure consciousness.
- The golden snake felt like divine wisdom and soul union.
- The black snake showed me karmic energy rising to be released.
Each breath became a journey:
Inhaling divine energy…
Holding light and shadow within…
Exhaling what no longer served me.
This was more than breathwork. It was transformation through prana — the essence of Kriya Yoga.
🕉️ Kriya Yoga Is Remembering the Soul’s Language
Kriya Yoga, as taught by Babaji and Paramahamsa Yogananda, is not just a method. It’s a path of breath-led soul remembrance. In my experience, the divine didn’t teach me through words — it moved through my breath and spine like music.
And in the presence of divine ascended masters — I realized something deeper was happening:
I wasn’t just meditating. I was becoming the meditation.
My breath was not just oxygen. It was OM.
My spine was not just a structure. It was a flute of light and divine sound.
And my body was not just mine. It was a temple where union took place.
🌺 Union Within, Guided by Grace
Eventually, my astral body — merged with my twin flame’s — began to dissolve into Shiva and Parvati Amma. I didn’t resist. I didn’t ask what it meant. I just breathed and surrendered.
At that moment, something changed.
I felt seen by the divine.
Not just spiritually — energetically, cellularly, soulfully.
And the divine declared:
You have completed another level.
💫 This Is the Kriya I Know
I may not chant kriya mantras aloud. I may not follow sequences.
But in the silence, through the breath, my soul is practicing.
Not by discipline, but by devotion.
Not by effort, but by remembrance.
This is my Kriya —
A gift from the divine,
A breath-led return to Source.
🔱 Mahavatar Babaji: The Source of Kriya Yoga
- Babaji is considered the eternal Himalayan yogi who revived Kriya Yoga in the modern era and taught it to Lahiri Mahasaya.
- Babaji is said to grant direct spiritual experience, not just techniques.
Yogananda writes in Autobiography of a Yogi:
“The Kriya Yoga which I am giving you has been passed down in its original form by the great ones. They practiced it not with words but in silence, in deep communion with the divine.”
This indicates that Kriya Yoga is both technique and transmission. Babaji often awakened disciples through inner initiation, sometimes bypassing external learning.
🌟 Paramahansa Yogananda on Grace-Activated Kriya
Yogananda taught Kriya Yoga as a disciplined path, but he also acknowledged Sahaja states — effortless realizations arising from soul readiness and divine grace.
In his lesser-known writings and discourses, he said:
“The breath flows automatically, in rhythm with cosmic currents, when the yogi enters deep Kriya… without doing it.”
“You will come to a stage where Kriya does itself. The body becomes the instrument. The soul becomes the doer.”
This is exactly what Sahaja Kriya Yoga means:
The doing is surrendered, and the divine breath takes over.
🧘 Lahiri Mahasaya’s Silent Transmission
Lahiri Mahasaya, Babaji’s direct disciple, was known to initiate people into Kriya silently, through inner touch or presence, without even speaking the technique aloud.
This confirms that inner remembrance — even in lay disciples — could activate the breath and spinal energy flow.

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