The Kriya Yoga Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, is an excerpt from a talk given during the 3rd Annual Summer Kriya Yoga Retreat at the Assisi Institute in Rochester, NY. This is part 1 of 2.  For updates on future Kriya Yoga retreats, check:  https://kriyayogaonline.com/kriya-yoga-events/

Lecture Topics Include:

• Meditation for the long term
• Becoming angelic, full of light, through yoga practice
• Yoga makes your life more sacred.
• The importance of dedication and commitment for success in Yoga practice
• The Reality of Spiritual Evolution
• How to Grow into Enlightenment
• You are a part of the Kriya Yoga Lineage
• How to engage a sacred life and infuse your life with prayer
• How to bring more light into your life
• What is a state of oneness?
• How to actually know God
• The Habit of feeling divinity
• The world is always changing, yet you are unchanging divine Spirit.
• You are a subtle being.
• Everything exists for your illumination.
• What is the fast track to Oneness?
• Develop the Habit of knowing Divinity

If you would like to participate in future live sessions consider becoming a member of The Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community or applying to the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program.

For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. 

Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.

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A Year Long Kriya Yoga Introduction Course

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In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, we consider the Original Kriya Yoga, Tapas, The End of Seeking for Self-Realization.

If you would like to participate in future live sessions consider becoming a member of The Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community or applying to the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program.

For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. 

Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.

For more information about this work please visit:

A community of Kriya Yoga practitioners engaged in supporting this work.

https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga

Blog posts, books and information on the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Course.

https://kriyayogaonline.com/

A Year Long Kriya Yoga Introduction Course

Kriya Yoga Online Ashram (teachable.com)

Hundreds of hours of videos related to Kriya Yoga and spiritual growth.

https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline

 

On this episode of Season 2 of The Kriya Yoga Podcast you will be listening to a class on the final chapter in Roy Eugene Davis' book Absolute Knowledge That Liberates Consciousness. During the final half of 2023, I sent a class, once a month, exploring Absolute Knowledge to members of our Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community. After completing the final class on Chapter 7: Infinite Life, I decided to release the entire course for free on Teachable. If you enjoy this podcast, you can download the entire course at: https://kriya-yoga.teachable.com/courses/

It is my wish that this discussion serves as inspiration for you on your own awakening path.

Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.

If you would like to participate in online live sessions consider becoming a member of The Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community or applying to the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program.

For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon.  Also, now available Understanding the Holy Science: A Theoretical and Experiential Study Guide to Sri Yukteswar's Kriya Yoga Practice.

For more information about Kriya Yoga events, courses and online classes please visit:

A community of Kriya Yoga practitioners engaged in supporting this work.

https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga

Blog posts, books and information on the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Course.

https://kriyayogaonline.com/

A Year Long Kriya Yoga Introduction Course

Kriya Yoga Online Ashram (teachable.com)

Hundreds of hours of videos related to Kriya Yoga and spiritual growth.

https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast I was able to interview Ryan Strong, an Ayurvedic doctor level practitioner, Kriya Yoga teacher, Center for Spiritual Awareness Minister and student of Roy Eugene Davis. Ryan speaks to us about his relationship with his spiritual teacher Roy Eugene Davis and together we share those funny ideas so common to those just beginning their adventures in Kriya Yoga.

For more information on Ryan's practice, please visit: http://www.stronghealthcenter.org/

Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.

For more information about this work please visit:

https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga

https://kriyayogaonline.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast we will explore a crown jewel of meditation practice, the power of contemplation. Once our meditation practice is stable, we are able to ignite our spiritual life by learning to communicate with the aspect of our consciousness which is not limited to the mind, body, personality unit. It is in this communion we can find a way to have all of our spiritual questions answered.

This recording was made during the February 2020 Kriya Yoga Online "Stay-at-Home" retreat. The full retreat is accessible as blog posts for our Patreon supporters. 

Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.

Books referenced in this episode include:

Kriya Yoga Vichara: Integrated Techniques and Philosophy of Ramana Maharshi  and Paramahansa Yogananda by Amazon.com Learn more:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1519706936/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_a6.pEb0VF15WZ

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In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast we will explore the three kinds of spiritual gurus, the value and benefit of meditation groups, and the process and meaning of Kriya Yoga initiation ceremonies.  This recording was made at the 2019 Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program retreat.

Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.

Books referenced in this episode include:

Kriya Yoga: Continuing the Lineage of Enlightenment

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https://kriyayogaonline.com/

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In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast I was able to interview Vishnu Dass, an Ayurvedic doctor level practitioner, author, Kriya Yoga practitioner, spiritual friend to Roy Eugene Davis and student of Baba Hari Dass. Vishnu speaks to us about his relationship with his spiritual teacher Baba Hari Dass, and his spiritual friendship with Roy Eugene Davis.

For more information on Vishnu's practice, please visit: http://www.bluelotusayurveda.com/

Books referenced in this episode include:

Ayurvedic Herbology East & West: A Practical Guide to Ayurvedic Herbal Medicine

https://www.amazon.com/Ayurvedic-Herbology-East-West-Medicinal/dp/0940985071

Vishnu's Kitchen: A Practical Guide to Ayurvedic Cooking

https://www.amazon.com/Vishnus-Kitchen-Practical-Ayurvedic-Cooking/dp/1500996742/

Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.

For more information about this work please visit:

https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga

https://kriyayogaonline.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline

Every Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, our Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program convenes for a week long retreat. The following talk is from the 2019 Year 2 Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship retreat. A retreat participant asked, "What does it mean to be a devoted Kriya Yogi?" In this talk we explore the path of devotion as it relates to Kriya Yoga.

The Holy Science - https://amzn.to/2ZiW2oN

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This chant, Spirit and Nature, by Paramahansa Yogananda, was always played before the Kriya Initiations in which I was able to participate.

Due to the support of our Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Students and our Kriya Yoga Patreon Community, I've been able to spend some time recording this sacred music.

It is my intention that you will be able to listen and chant along with this music before your own meditation practices, to help you move more fully into the process. This chant can also be played at the beginning of each day, to remember what is true.

One purpose of this chant is to set the intention to perceive and experience all as God, both Spirit and Nature. In that realization, oneness is obvious. 

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In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, we dig into deeper spiritual topics. I am joined by Mitch Hankins, creator of https://www.instinctualwellbeing.com/ and fellow Kriya Yoga student, and together we explore the following questions:

1. How do the concepts of "control / discipline" and "letting go" fit together?    2. What is selflessness and how does that relate to the Kriya path?    3. Mr. Davis spoke often of pursuing Self- and God-realization for the total evolution of consciousness, and to consider this endeavor to be a "purposeful, evolutionary process" vs. desiring enlightenment for selfish reasons. Could you expand or further explain what is meant by this?   4. How do we as "jivas" (individualized units of consciousness) relate to each other? Are we co-experiencing one reality? Do different people/things/beings actually exist, or is all of this just a figment of one's imagination?    5. Do you think contemplating death is useful while on the spiritual path? If so, how does it help?   6. Based on your professional experience as an Astrologer, do you think that there is such a thing as a true "soul's purpose" or "life's purpose"?    7a: What's the biggest mistake you see people making on this path, and 7b: Is there a piece of advice you'd give to those on the Kriya path? 

Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.

For more information about this work please visit:

https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga

https://kriyayogaonline.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline