Arhatic Yoga is the name of a spiritual system developed by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, the founder of Modern Pranic Healing® and Arhatic Yoga® , to safely and rapidly accelerate the evolution of the soul. Grand Master Choa Kok Sui had a vision when he started the school, based on his observation of the needs of humanity: he wanted to help alleviate human suffering and to create “Heaven on Earth”. The Mission of the school is: - Pranic Healing: to alleviate the suffering of the people by complementing allopathic medicine with Pranic Energy Healing.” - Arhatic Yoga: to accelerate the evolutionary development of the Soul so that the person can be of greater service to Mankind and the planet Earth” and to produce intelligent, compassionate, good hearted, powerful disciples who will become great Divine servants.”
Contents
- The Purpose of Arhatic Yoga
- The Principles and Techniques of Arhatic Yoga
- Meditations in Arhatic Yoga include
- References
Arhatic Yoga comes from two words of Arhat, meaning saint or a highly evolved person, and Yoga which in Sanskrit means union, referring to "to yoke" or "to join." In this case Arhatic Yoga refers to spiritual practices, character-building (purification), pranayama (breathing) and meditation techniques that help the person grow and evolve spiritually.
Arhat is basically a person who through diligent practice and character building has overcome his lower nature. Some of the characteristics of an Arhat include, a developed intuition, sharp and intelligent mind, refined emotions and powerful will to help mankind.
Arhatic Yoga often known as the yoga of synthesis, combines several yogic practices such as Raja Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Jnana Yoga and Karma Yoga into one single practice, which involves purification and meditations. According to Master Choa Kok Sui, purification is very important. Without purification if a person starts meditating, there is a tendency for the weaknesses to magnify, making the person worse instead of a better person. Despite having a Sanskrit name, Arhatic Yoga is non-religion and non-sectarian and practitioners from various cultures and backgrounds can practice Arhatic Yoga.
Arhatic Yoga is composed of 5 pillar and 5 virtues which encompass the whole body of Arhatic Yoga practices. It is therefore also known as The Yoga of Synthesis. Arhatic Yoga has 14 levels, starting with the Preparatory Level in which the emphasis is more on purification and meditations. The higher levels mainly deal with activating the chakras and developing the Golden Body.
The Purpose of Arhatic Yoga
According to Master Choa Kok Sui, many spiritual aspirants have a misconception of the purpose of spiritual practices. Many people think the purpose is to achieve divine bliss and divine ecstasy. However this motive is selfish. The main purpose of spiritual practices is to accelerate the evolutionary development of the soul so that the person can be of greater service to the mankind and to mother earth. The purpose of Arhatic Yoga as mentioned by Master Choa Kok Sui in his book is therefore "to produce intelligent, compassionate, good hearted, powerful disciples who will become great divine servants."
The Principles and Techniques of Arhatic Yoga
Arhatic Yoga involves several purification techniques and meditations. Purifications include Physical Purifications, referring to Proper Diet, Proper Hygiene, Healthy Lifestyle, Physical and Breathing Exercises and Inner Purifications that mainly involve Character Building.
Meditations in Arhatic Yoga include
Meditation on Twin Hearts for Peace and Illumination that is used to activate the Heart and Crown Chakras. Meditation on the Blue Pearl that aims at achieving union with the Higher Soul or Higher Self. Arhatic Kundalini Meditation that aims at developing the will aspect of the soul, accelerate the evolution of the soul and the physical body. The purpose of Kundalini Meditation is to activate the brain cells so that they can register the inner experiences and also to cleanse the system from negative ancient seeds. Arhatic Dhyan Meditation that is used to develop the capacity for prolonged awareness. Dhyan in term is equal to Zen which means prolonged awareness.