Essays and notes of Sri Kapilnath, I.M.M.
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Nath Kula Kaula
The Nath in-group family: living initiates and the adepts, joined by mantra and transmission.
The Avadhut
One who has dropped the fetters and is mostly Spirit, working out what karma remains.
What is Nath Philosophy?
Mahendranath’s model of life and cosmos, as the Order uses it.
The Five Kleshas
The five afflictions named, and the work against them.
Twilight Yoga
The sitting in that hour: will and imagination, and the work of the Trilogy.
Awakening the Nath Dhuni
The dhuni as a living fire, the womb of the Earth Goddess, not a campfire.
MAGIKOS
The inner circle, founded in 1989. Initiates who have taken up the guidelines and shown the power.
Vira Sadhana
The motivated hero’s practice. Open to anyone. Not a bloodline.
INO Lineage
The line as Kapilnath gives it.
Nine Nath Lords
The nine, and what the count is for.
Is an Aghori a Nath?
Where the Aghori path meets the Nath, and where it does not.
Nandinatha Sampradaya
That Shaiva line, set next to the Nath.
More about the INO
A further note on what the Order is.
Questions about the INO
Answers to the usual questions.
INO: Framework and Functional Aspect
Zonule work: insight, intuition, imagination, against karma, kleshas, and konditioning.
Dattatreya
The Adi-Guru, as this stream takes him.
The Naths and Hatha Yoga
What the Naths did with the body, against yoga-as-exercise.
Our Mysterious House of Tantra
Tantra as a house of many rooms. Most are dead ends. The guru points to the door.
Prophecy and Guru Samadhi
Dadaji’s vision of a box with a skull, and the reliquary at Kailash.
On Svecchachara
The will as one’s own law, and what that asks.
On Ritual & Intention
Ritual as the carrier of intention, not the show.
Homa and Puja Questions
Practical answers on fire and puja.
Dragon Seat and Mantras
Sitting in the zonule: the seat, and mantra.
Breath and Time
Breath as the measure, and what time is in the sitting.
Sanskrit Language and Mantra
Sanskrit as the vehicle of mantra, not as scholarship.
Practical Guru Guidance
What a guru actually does for a chela.
Gurus and Chelas
The relation, without the costume.
On Sincerity
Sincerity as the working condition, not a mood.
To Chill
A short note on not forcing the work.
Transformation of Rta to Dharma
From cosmic order to caste duty, and what was lost.
Thoughts on Rta
Rta as the order before dharma hardened.
Alpha Ovule
A point in the mind, worked in the zonule.
Magick and Mystick
Magick as the power, mystick as the seeing. Both.
Freedom and Cosmos
Freedom as a cosmic fact, not a political one.
Entheogens
Plants and the work. What they can and cannot do.
Regarding the I Ching
The oracle as a tool, not a doctrine.
Karma
Karma as the residue of will, not fate.
Bhairava
The fierce face of the work.
The Kleshas as Rays
The five as rays from one source, the ego, and the path back into Divine Consciousness.
Alpha Ovule, the Point in the Mind
The attainment: a point in the mind, become the Dragon, the door of yoga siddhi.
KKK Matrix
The matrix behind the letters, as a working diagram.
Visions of Simplicity
Simplicity as a result of the work, not a style.
On the way to Shambhala Tapovan
A travel note toward that place.
Legends of Rudra
Rudra in the stories, and what they point at.
Ganesh as Gatekeeper of Divine Consciousness
Ganesh at the door of the work.
The True Timing of Guru Purnima and the Nuances of Lunar Celebrations
When the day actually falls, and why the lunar count matters.
Suras and Asuras
The two hosts, and what the split is for.
Zen Lens
A discourse on a social order built on spiritual law, not human law.
Further notes are in Kapilji’s Skull Chatter on The Open Door.