Immature Seeking
Many truth seekers wander from tradition to tradition, searching for secrets, extraordinary powers, gurus and instant happiness. They hope to witness miracles, be healed immediately, awaken siddhis, or find a quick solution to life's difficulties. They are also full of doubts.
Most of them, however, are not yet ready to genuinely walk a spiritual path.
When the practice asks for patience, discipline, and self-honesty, they often lose interest.
They think realization is a thing to get. Rather than applying the teachings consistently, they reshape them to fit their own preferences or expectations. They change the techniques in a way that one does not even recognize the original ones. Eventually they move on, saying, "This isn't for me."
Why?
Because many are looking for someone to erase their karma, perform miracles, or grant them spiritual powers, while leaving their sense of "I," "me," and "mine" completely untouched.
They spend their time moving from video to video, from lineage to lineage, or from book to book analyzing with the mind, comparing, debating, and sometimes competing. They want to be more realized, more knowledgeable, or more spiritually advanced than someone else by reading books or watching how realized or not realized teachers speak.
In doing so, they often remain caught in the activity of the mind and the limitations of the senses, mistaking spiritual discussion for spiritual transformation.
This is not directed at sincere seekers.
Many sincere practitioners naturally compare experiences, ask questions, and learn from others. They may still struggle with subtle ego or the desire to progress faster than others, but they recognize it, continue practicing, and remain humble. For them, these are simply stages of growth to be understood and eventually transcended.
Kriya Yoga is spiritual action. It is a disciplined inner science whose purpose is to return us to the direct experience of our true Self.
It is not about comparing teachers, lineages, or spiritual brands.
Kriya is not about collecting philosophies as though they were souvenirs, nor about claiming, "My lineage is more authentic than yours," or, "We alone preserve the original Kriya," or, "My understanding is greater because I studied with a famous teacher."
These attitudes only strengthen the ego.
Kriya Yoga is the practical dissolution of separation through steady practice, purification of prana, clarification of perception, and remembering of what we truly are.
Book Knowledge and Realization
Many students unconsciously identify with what they have read in books, mistaking intellectual understanding for realization.
They can quote scriptures and teachers with ease, yet may not recognize the difference between direct experience and borrowed knowledge.
Others are attracted to Kriya because it appears valuable from a professional perspective. They may wish to add it to yoga retreats or studio offerings as another feature to attract students.
There is nothing wrong with teaching yoga professionally. The question is one's motivation.
Kriya Yoga is not simply another technique to add to a curriculum. It is a sacred discipline that asks for genuine inner transformation.
Drugs, Speed, and Spiritual Illusion
Some continue using drugs or psychedelics while hoping Kriya Yoga will help them awaken quickly or qualify them to teach.
Altered states of consciousness are not the same as realization.
Temporary experiences, however profound they may seem, are not a substitute for stable inner transformation developed through sincere practice.
If any of these words resonate with you, please do not take them as criticism.
Take them as an invitation to honestly examine your own motivations and not what you think you know, but what you have actually realized.
The First Step: Sincerity
First, become clear about what you truly seek.
If you are seeking power, recognition, or extraordinary experiences, begin by studying and contemplating the five kleshas like the fundamental causes of suffering described in Patanjali`s Yoga Sutras.
Investigate this sense of "I."
What is it? Close your eyes...do you find it? where is it?
Is it permanent, or is it simply a "feeling" of being separated?
Feeling is not being. Is A experiencing or perceiving B (feeling).
So how real is that "i" we identify with?
Instead of collecting experiences as personal achievements, become willing to simply be, without constantly claiming it as "having" an experience.
Did you know that if you loose your memory, the feeling of "i" is lost for a short or long time until the senses and the mind reconstruct a feeling of being separated?
Imagine this happening to you...would you be so arrogant or well knowing?
Remain humble enough to admit that much of what we know may come from books, teachers, or beliefs rather than direct realization.
Then commit yourself to becoming someone who experiences truth directly, rather than someone who only speaks about the experiences of others.
Practice "being" instead of endlessly chasing experiences within awareness.
The Nature of the Path
Most of us imagine the spiritual path as a straight road leading toward some distant destination.
Our path is not somewhere else. It is exactly where we are, in this very moment, while we practice.
The real journey unfolds now, not in imagined futures or fantasies created by the restless mind.
To walk Kriya Yoga is to remember, again and again, the simple "being".
Trend Seekers and Entertainment
If what you truly seek is simply inspiration, interesting conversations, or casual spiritual exploration, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Many online communities provide wonderful spaces to exchange ideas and learn from different perspectives.
But Kriya Yoga asks for something more.
There is no shame in saying, "Kriya Yoga is not for me at this stage," or, "I simply want to understand it better."
Honesty is always preferable to pretending to possess depth that has not yet been realized.
When Kriya becomes another trend, another identity, or another performance, both we and those who learn from us can easily become confused.
For Those Who Practice
For those who sincerely practice, remember Lahiri Mahasaya's timeless encouragement:
"Banat, banat, ban jai."
Doing, doingâone day it is done.
Practice steadily. Remain humble. Keep your devotion alive.
Seek for advanced yogis to practice together.
The rest will unfold naturally when the time is right.
Be well and blessings on the path!