Homa and Puja questions
Someone asked:
I have been reading Aghora II: Kundalini and it has brought up a few questions. I am hoping someone can shed some light on some of these for me. First, I was wondering if INO teaches the proper methods of performing agni homa… I am interested in learning to perform agni homa as part of my sadhana…
Sri Kapilnath replied:
Dr. Svoboda, the author of Aghora II, was just here last week. He usually stays with me here at the house several times a year and is a close friend of mine. He also visited Shri Mahendranath several times in India. Dr. Svoboda’s Guru spoke about things differently than my Guru did, which is natural. In any case, the two traditions (Aghora and Nath) have much in common on functional levels.
I cannot and will not speak for Vimilananda, however your questions bring up a few good points so I can say a few general words. There is a functional aspect to external worship and those dualistic expressions are solely intended to create the conditions so that we can experience and Awaken to new levels of being on a finer grained and self experiential basis.
There remain a number of “schools” of thought related to the pathless path and spontaneous awakening. These teaching are quite valid, but are exclusively the reflection of highly advanced souls who already have the necessary mind impressions and karmas. In this sense, the pathless path remains the most conditional of all approaches. This approach or teaching is actually only for the highly advanced souls who have the appropriately earned karmas. One does not become an Avadhoot my making claims or indulging in mere fantasy…
I wish I had a nickel for all the folks who have told me, “I have Awakened, All is One”. This is usually a valid concept as far as talking goes, however the difficulty remains that those who are not properly prepared and have not tread a valid vehicle of Awakening or Process of some duration are highly likely to fall asleep again and indulge in all manner of delusion. At this strange juncture there is no teaching, no path, nothing to do and nothing to attain. Most people live in this condition.
This is fine with me, but has little to do with the approach outlined by the Nath tradition which insists that the transformation of a man or woman into a God or Goddess is a process which requires a living root to unfold from and is the Work of a lifetime.
The process of Yoga or Kula Shakti unfolds over time and in individualistic ways, yet has a number of stations which need to be experienced in the early levels and only then can the these experiences and Attainments of the individual be shared with others. The Nath Path is less about theory and more about the inoculation of suitable people to a new vibration.
The INO is a tradition and lineage of the Primal Vibration or Shakti. The Divine Shakti, sometimes called Kundalini by those outside the INO, is its basis and this Vibration remains the sole basis of all Tantrik teachings. Most all of the basics have been outlined in the writings of Shri Mahendranath and a deeper experiential understanding of the basics is all anyone really needs as far as the INO is concerned.
The INO remains a rich legacy of Shri Gurudev Mahendranath which includes the Nath Kula Kaula of antiquity which has been the vehicle for many Naths of great spiritual and historical significance. It’s enough for me in any case.
Love and Blessings,
Kapilnath
