Initiation
While Maha Yoga is not dogmatic there are several base rules which are required to be followed when initiation is requested. These rules are listed below. If you have questions please send us an e-mail or use the contact form at the bottom of the page. Please also understand that completion of this form is entrance into dialogue concerning possible initiation. You will be contacted to discuss your submission before a decision and arrangements are made for your request.
1) Sadhana - Upon receiving initiation you must make the committment to allow at least one hour a day for Maha Yoga practice. This is a minimal guideline. You will find that once you are comfortable in the path that you may spend more time in spiritual practice. Eventually a scheduled time apart from your daily life will disappear and you will find that you are practicing sadhana in every breath and with every action.
2) Diet - A vegetarian diet is very highly encouraged as a starting point. In pre-initiation practices you may continue your previous eating experiences. After initiation you should do everything you can to avoid meat, eggs, and intoxicants. These foods have a slowing and dulling impact on the mind and spirit. Your body may actually start rejecting flesh foods if you are still eating them while practicing sadhana. In some rare cases the action of Kundalini will also force the body-form to require consumption of tamasic foods including meat. You must be able and willing to moderate the diet as Kundalini Shakti dictates. Strict vegetarianism is most often what arises on this path and you should be fully aware of this going in as well as the possibility that at some point during the process you may be compelled to take meat. Unfortunately, most aspirants who contact us decide not to proceed with initiation because vegetarianism is encouraged. If that is the mindset you are existing in then it may not be the right time for the Maha Yoga path. This path is about giving up attachments, all attachments, not just those that ego finds convenient. You will not achieve realization and release from suffering through this path as long as you keep such trivial ego attachments as your love of cheeseburgers. The same goes for extreme vegans, if Kundalini Shakti dictates that the form needs dairy and you remain attached to your ideals of veganism progress will not be made on this path.
3) Right Action - This path is open to those of all creeds so no specific dogma will be presented here, but you must agree to work toward right action. If you are engaged in a behavior that your soul or religious teachings tell you are harmful to yourself or humanity it must be stopped. This may include promiscuity, gambling, gossip, and many others. The important thing to realize at this point is the way that your interactions impact your reality. By acting in destructive ways suffering and attachments are cultivated. This behaviour will not allow progress on this path.
If you have any questions regarding Maha Yoga or these requirements please e-mail [email protected].
Questionnaire
If you feel that Maha Yoga is right for you at this time then please copy and paste the below questionnaire into an e-mail to [email protected]. Please understand that one word answers will not provide adequate information for your application to be considered.
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