Why Meditate? The Goal of Kriya Yoga
In a world of endless distraction, the question is not why meditate but why not. Every moment spent in meditation is a moment of reclaiming your true self from the grip of a mind that never stops chattering. Kriya Yoga offers the most direct path to the goal that all meditation ultimately seeks: the direct experience of who you truly are.
The Problem: A Mind Out of Control
The average person has thousands of thoughts per day, most of them repetitive, many of them negative. This mental noise creates stress, anxiety, and a sense of separation from the peace that is our natural state. We have become so accustomed to this noise that we mistake it for who we are.
The Goal of Kriya Yoga
The goal is not to escape the world or to develop psychic powers. The goal is Self-realisation — the direct, personal knowledge of your own divine nature. When this knowledge dawns, all suffering ends, all questions are answered, and life becomes a flow of spontaneous joy and service.
Why Kriya Specifically?
While all forms of meditation are beneficial, Kriya Yoga is unique in its systematic approach:
It Works with Energy
Most meditation works only with the mind. Kriya works with prana — the life force that animates both body and mind.
It Accelerates Evolution
One year of Kriya practice is said to equal many years of ordinary meditation. The technique is simply more efficient.
It Is Scientific
Kriya produces predictable results. It is not a matter of faith but of direct experience verified by the practitioner.
The Fruits of Practice
Inner Peace
A peace that is not dependent on circumstances — the peace that passeth understanding.
Clear Perception
The ability to see things as they are, free from the distortions of fear, desire, and conditioning.
Unconditional Joy
A happiness that arises from within, independent of external conditions.
Start Today
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. The journey to Self-realisation begins with a single breath. Sit quietly, close your eyes, and turn within. Everything you seek is already there, waiting to be discovered.
The Reality of Meditation — and Why to Persevere
If you have ever sat to meditate only to find your mind flooded with every thought except the one you intended, you are in good company. In this talk, Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath speaks frankly about the difficulties every sincere meditator meets — and why they are a sign of effort, not failure.
Distraction is completely normal
Even as you try to hold the mind on a single point, unwanted thoughts sweep it aside. Gurunath says plainly that every honest meditator knows this experience — and that anyone who claims never to have struggled is not to be believed. If your meditation feels like a battle, it simply means you are truly meditating.
The scars of a warrior
Learning to meditate, he teaches, is like learning to ride a horse: you are bound to fall. The difficulties are not marks of failure but the scars of a warrior who keeps trying through thick and thin. “The worse the meditation,” he says, “the more the rejoicing” — for the very act of persevering is itself the practice bearing fruit.
Gelling the mind
The aim of yoga, in his memorable phrase, is “to gel the mind” — to take the restless, liquid attention that will not settle and let it set, firm and one-pointed, upon a single focus. A mind that can rest on one thing alone has already begun to grow still.
How the attention drifts
He illustrates how subtly the mind wanders. From the object of meditation it slips, step by step — to a related image, then to the vast galaxies, then to one’s own small planet, one’s house, and at last one’s little dog — until you catch yourself far from where you began. Noticing that drift gently, without frustration, and returning once more, is the whole art of meditation.
Give the mind space
Finally, he counsels balance: intense, focused practice paired with real rest and freedom, so that the precious energies of the mind are gathered and treasured rather than frittered away.
Take heart
“If you are learning how to meditate, you are bound to come across these difficulties. These are the scars of an old warrior, which show that you have been trying through thick and thin.” — Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath
