Arhatic Yoga
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What is Arhatic Yoga?
Arhatic Yoga is the Yoga of Synthesis or the Yoga of the 21st Century. It is one of the greatest courses introduced by Master Choa Kok Sui in his life and one of the greatest gifts given to humanity yet. Arhatic Yoga is a highly advanced spiritual technology that accelerates the soul’s evolution.
Arhatic Yoga has been designed to give people of various religious beliefs or philosophies access to inner teachings for pursuing spiritual development in a simplified manner while living a ‘normal’ life. In Arhatic Yoga, it means an individual who wishes to tread the spiritual path need not retreat from the world, their career, or their current relationships. These pursuits help an individual further develop through the daily challenges and interactions, as well as difficulties that may occur within the family, in the office, or the contemporary lifestyle.
The word “Arhatic” has been derived from the word Arhat which means a highly evolved being. An Arhat is a Buddhist term that means the perfected one (or someone a Hindu will call a Paramahansa and a Christian will call a Saint).
If you were looking for that one thing that could transform your life, then this is it. Arhatic Yoga is phenomenal; its power is beyond imagination.
The Purpose of Arhatic Yoga
According to MCKS, many people across the world have a misconception about what a spiritual practitioner should be like. According to MCKS: “People on the spiritual path are not anaemic. They must be sharp, strong, and courageous. Being spiritual means being powerful, dynamic, and intelligent.”
Many people think that the purpose of spirituality is to achieve inner peace, divine bliss, and divine ecstasy. In reality, the purpose of spiritual development is much more. The main purpose of spiritual practice is to accelerate the evolutionary development of one’s soul. MCKS said that the deeper purpose of Arhatic Yoga is to produce compassionate, good-hearted, powerful beings who will become great divine servants – to accelerate the soul’s development so that a person may be of greater service to mankind and the planet Earth.
What is unique about Arhatic Yoga?
The word “Yoga” means union. More specifically, Yoga means the union of the Incarnated Soul and the Higher Soul. Arhatic Yoga is a synthesis of a number of spiritual practices and techniques (that includes powerful meditations, purifications, and breathing techniques) integrated into a step-by-step system to rapidly and safely accelerate your spiritual development, eventually enabling the spiritual practitioner to achieve union with his or her Divine Self.
Arhatic Yoga aims to enable people with various religious backgrounds and beliefs to access the inner teachings kept secret for centuries. People from different religions and philosophical traditions from across the world successfully practice Arhatic Yoga because of its universality of teachings. The system has been designed to make it possible to pursue the spiritual path while living a ‘normal life.’ It means that to practice Arhatic Yoga, you need not abandon your normal life, career, and relationships to develop spiritually. Additionally, Arhatic Yoga enables you to further cope with the daily difficulties and challenges of the contemporary lifestyle. All you need to do is to make yourself available for the course, practice the teachings, and truly transform your life.
“You have tried your old method. It doesn’t work. You have been hitting your head against the wall; the wall is still there. It doesn’t work! Why don’t you try something new?”
The Yoga of Synthesis
Arhatic Yoga is a synthesis of the yogas. Several aspects of different yogas are specially combined to produce an effective and fast method for spiritual development. The result is a person with a powerful and integrated personality.
Arhatic Yoga synthesizes and integrates all seven yogas – Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Mantra Yoga, and simplified Hatha Yoga – to build the foundation for spiritual development and accelerate the evolution of the soul. The physical body is purified and developed through physical exercises (similar to Hatha Yoga) and breathing exercises (Pranayama); the emotional body through service and character building (similar to Karma Yoga), and the mental body through the study of inner reflection (similar to Raja Yoga). Furthermore, Bhakti Yoga (or the Yoga of Devotion) addresses emotional development by emphasizing the love for God and all his manifestations. Jnana Yoga encourages the development of the mind through study, mental exercises, and high-order thinking. Kundalini Yoga involves the careful manipulation and proper awakening of the kundalini energy residing at the base of the spine for illumination.
Arhatic Yoga is an extraordinary path of personal growth structured through different levels. On the initial or the Preparatory Level, it can be defined as a system of Synthesis of all Yoga as it integrates their essence and best techniques into a single system. In contrast, it is also defined as a Yoga of Synthesis on the Higher Levels.
Arhatic Yoga is so powerful that a few years of practice equals decades of practice with ordinary yoga. Arhatic Yoga is meant for those serious about their spiritual development.
Benefits of Arhatic Yoga
Regular Arhatic Yoga practice increases your energy, activates the chakras, and balances the negative properties within the chakras. The practice neutralizes and refines stored negative traits within the personality. As one moves to a higher frequency, the higher soul takes charge of your thoughts, emotions, and actions. Your life becomes calm, not chaotic. As you advance in practice, you achieve self-mastery.
A good question one may ask is, “What is self-mastery”? Self-mastery is the ultimate goal that a spiritual aspirant can hope to achieve. One gains self-mastery when one controls internal processes that guide one’s emotions, speech, and behavior, providing stability to respond rather than react. A person who has control over one’s lower nature has self-mastery.
These changes manifest in different ways, both practically as well as spiritually. A large number of students have reported the following changes:
- Many have reported that their mind works efficiently in regular and professional activities. Students have often said that the practices have made them smarter, more intuitive, and more perceptive,
- Students have said that they tend to become less emotional and don’t react to situations with extreme emotions or panic,
- Most experience a calmer, happier existence,
- Spiritually many feel that their meditations are becoming deeper, longer, and more blissful,
- Many have felt a sense of oneness or connectedness (if there is such a word) that fills the emptiness they often felt in life,
- Most students experience a desire to help others and give back to the world,
- Through Arhatic Yoga, many have realized their higher purpose in life. Surprisingly, one of the most prevalent complaints today is a sense of depression that people feel from not knowing their purpose in life. How many times have we heard people wonder – Why am I here? Why do I exist? What am I meant to do with my life? Once people discover why they are on this planet, their lives have more meaning. They have a sense of purpose and inner peace.
These are just some of the benefits of Arhatic Yoga; undoubtedly, there are dozens more.
MCKS and Arhatic Yoga
Many powerful techniques for spiritual development and advancement were revealed to Master Choa Kok Sui by his teacher Mahaguruji Mei Ling to help humanity achieve an empowered, safe, and accelerated spiritual life in the shortest possible time. In ancient times these teachings were limited only to a chosen few, and only a mere handful of students would be given the instruction verbally. In return, the student would serve at the feet of the teacher, and the disciple would do any job available at the teacher’s ashram. In modern times however, with the progress of civilization and the advancement in mankind’s consciousness, more and more people are ready and prepared to receive the secret teachings previously reserved only for the educated or revealed only to high priests or ancient religions. The present condition of the human race has encouraged the revelation and presentation of Arhatic Yoga to the public. Master Choa Kok Sui has shared these highly distilled and simplified techniques with many around the world, enabling them to lead a more fulfilling and enriching life.
MCKS had appointed only his most senior disciples to preserve and, at the same time, propagate the teachings of the ancient esoteric wisdom throughout the whole world that was previously kept and practiced in secret. This body of teachings has already been introduced to the public scientifically and transmitted orally from the teacher’s mouth to the student’s ear.
The Technology of Arhatic Yoga
According to MCKS, “Arhatic Yoga is prehistoric in origin”. It isn’t just a single workshop or a set of meditations but a multi-faceted system that emphasizes several yogic practices to develop a solid foundation for spiritual development. Multiple aspects make up Arhatic Yoga practice, including the correct attitude towards the Supreme God and the Guru, purifications, meditation, service and tithing, and study. Let’s examine a few facets of the amazing spiritual technology, which is Arhatic Yoga.
Arhatic Yoga Meditations
The Latin root of the word “meditation” is “mederi” which means “to heal.” The word meditation has different connotations in different parts of the world. In the West, meditation means a concentrated state of mind in serious reflection. In the East, is an indispensable part of spiritual practices. The Hebrew word for meditation means a very intense spiritual battle. According to Zen, meditation is an awareness of inner silence. Meditation can be used to mean the practice of prolonged awareness. It could mean spiritual practice or spiritual cultivation. Meditations and spiritual development speed up evolutionary processes and are responsible for the development of the higher faculties. Human beings have infinite potential. Spiritual practices are the missing link that can enable one to realize his or her unrealized potential and achieve just about anything.
Arhatic Yoga Meditations are part of the regular practice and are designed to create balanced development in aspects of the will (or sat), intelligence (or chit), and love (or ananda) are strengthened. Meditation on Twin Hearts activates the heart and the crown chakras to enable the practitioner to become more loving. Meditation on the Blue Pearl attempts to achieve Union with the Higher Soul. Arhatic Kundalini Meditation (or Meditation on the Inner Breath) aims at developing the will aspect of the soul, accelerating the evolution of the soul and the physical body. One of the key purposes of the Kundalini Meditation is to activate the brain cells to register inner experiences and clean the system of old negative seeds. The Arhatic Dhyan meditation is used to develop the capacity for prolonged awareness (Dhyan is a term equal to Zen which means prolonged awareness).
MCKS states, “There are several spiritual or yogic systems of activating the chakras and awakening the kundalini. Arhatic Meditation is one of the systems that systematically, safely and rapidly activates the chakras and awakens the kundalini.”
Arhatic Yoga and Inner Purification
In the MCKS Arhatic Yoga system, there is a strong emphasis on purifications. Through physical and breathing exercises, implementation of simple dietary guidelines, and practice of greater control over their emotions, practitioners develop stronger and more vibrant, energetically clean physical and energy bodies. The purification routines further yield significant benefits for maintaining a healthier physical body, refined emotions, and a sharper mind. Arhatic Yoga also strongly focuses on inner purification (or character building), including concepts such as a focus on right thought, speech, and action.
The purpose of character building is to enable a good person to become a better person. The aspects of the character emphasized are the virtue of Loving Kindness and Non-injury; the virtue of Generosity and Non-stealing; the virtue of Honestly and Non-lying (or Accurate Perception and Correct Expression); the virtue of Constancy of Aim and Effort; and the virtue of Moderation and Non-Excessiveness. By actively practicing the character’s positive aspects and consciously strengthening character quality, additional negative karma can be avoided. According to MCKS, purification is more important than meditation. Without purification, if a person starts meditating, there is a tendency for the weakness to magnify, making a person worse instead of a better person.
Arhatic Yoga Levels
Arhatic Yoga is a dynamic science. It has constantly evolved in tune with the spiritual growth and development of the teachers and changing world environment. The thrust has always been to make the teachings easier to practice while maintaining the quality and integrity, and energy of the course. While hundreds of people have taken the preparatory course, very few have been able to sustain the practice and proceed to the higher levels. So to be a successful Arhatic Yoga practitioner, one must be persevering. The practice requires perseverance and dedication, especially given that the lower levels, from preparatory to level 3, take about 1-2 years to master reasonably. The different levels of Arhatic Yoga gradually exponentially increase one’s energy levels, healing ability, and control over subtle energies.
The Preparatory Level provides the foundation of successful Arhatic Yoga practice. The basic techniques are easy to practice but must be mastered thoroughly to proceed to higher levels. The observance of the virtues and constant character building form the backbone for the practice of the higher levels. Therefore, the techniques taught at the preparatory levels are indispensable and must be continued in one’s practice at the higher levels.
In the Higher Levels Arhatic Yoga becomes the yoga of synthesis. The emphasis is on the word synthesis, or form, of substance, spirit, and matter. This implies the gradual integration of different consciousness forms and higher energy forms. The lower levels enable the practitioners to function on several levels simultaneously in a coordinated, harmonious, and synthesized manner. In the higher levels, the practitioner grows spiritually to the extent that his or her service is not limited to his or her family, community, or country. One becomes a force for good anywhere one goes in the world. One becomes a world server.
Who Can Practice Arhatic Yoga?
Arhatic Yoga can suit any culture, belief system, or profession, exceptionally enhancing one’s performance in the spiritual and material worlds. As an Arhatic Yoga practitioner, one is not asked to change one’s religious belief or to change one’s religion. One simply becomes better within one’s tradition – a better Hindu, a better Christian, a better Jew, a better Buddhist, a better Sikh, a better Jain, or a better Muslim. Your soul will control your thoughts, emotions, and actions.
To ensure that Arhatic Yoga is practiced by only those who are ready for it, all applicants must be screened before they are accepted. They must have taken at least three Pranic Healing courses as pre-requisite (Basic Pranic Healing, Advanced Pranic Healing, and Pranic Psychotherapy) in addition to the Achieving Oneness with the Higher Soul workshop. Applications must also have a good track record within their families, businesses, and careers and must already be regularly serving and tithing.
People with a history of major ailments, whether physical or emotional in nature, are generally not qualified. This is because their physical and energy bodies have been substantially weakened and may not be able to withstand the energies generated by the practice of Arhatic Yoga. There is also a recommended age limit. Arhatic Yoga is generally okay for anyone above 18 and below 60 years of age. There are, of course, some exceptions, but they are few.
Accelerate Your Spiritual Development
Arhatic Yoga is designed for people who are serious about their spiritual growth. It encompasses all you need to know about your spiritual development and safe, easy, yet powerful techniques to accelerate it. Arhatic Yoga as a technology can help you rapidly accelerate your spiritual growth. Additionally, by learning Arhatic Yoga, you can be part of a group where you can experience fellowship and be nurtured in a spiritual environment with regular meetings, updates, retreats, and spiritual coaching.
Arhatic Yoga also gives you a better understanding of your life and its unique purpose. It is highly recommended for everyone. Although we look different, we have different professions and ways of life; we are all beings of light who, knowingly or unknowingly, are trying to evolve. Arhatic Yoga makes this possible!
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