Table Of ContentWings to Freedom
By
Yogiraj Satgurunath Siddhanath
wings to freedom
By Yogiraj Satgurunath Siddhanath
Wings to Freedom © 2007 by Sidhoji Rao Shitole. All rights reserved.
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Revised Edition 2009
ISBN 1-931833-32-X (hardcover)
Published by Alight Publications,
PO Box 930, Union City, CA 94587
www.alightbooks.com
Cover Photograph by Atul Sharma
Printed in USA
Photos
Our thanks to all those who have kindly provided their photographs
for this work. Unless otherwise indicated, all photos are from Yogiraj
Siddhanath’s personal collection. At the request of his devotees,
a variety of photos of Gurunath were included to show the
Satguru in his various avastas (states) and attires. Som and Rita
Bakshi have provided Himalayan Photos.
DEDICATED TO
Babaji
THE HEART OF DIVINITY
THROBBING IN HUMANITY
Contents
Note to the Reader
Chapter 1 Cosmic Rebirth
My First Meeting with the Immortal Babaji 1
Chapter 2 Early Childhood 21
Chapter 3 Diving into the Waters of Life
Days of Learning and Growing Up 30
Chapter 4 The Preparing of the Inner Master 46
Chapter 5 Land of the Hamsas 70
Chapter 6 Meeting with the Divine Beings and Yogis
of the Himalayas 89
Chapter 7 On Healing and Being Healed 117
Chapter 8 The Ashram Days 141
Chapter 9 The Nine Naths of Immortal Splendor 153
Chapter 10 The Nath Siddha Tradition 185
Chapter 11 Individual & Cosmic Chakras 198
Chapter 12 Supra Conscious States of Yoga 213
Chapter 13 Way of the White Swan 238
Chapter 14 The Avadhoot Avatar Doctrine 259
Chapter 15 Sanatana Dharma
Earth Peace through Self Peace 277
Appendix: 299
Alchemical Mercury Shivalinga 301
Dedicated to Shiva-Goraksha-Babaji 306
On Being A Disciple of Babaji 309
Glossary 314
Index 338
Note to the Reader
It is both an honor and a privilege to present this inspirational and informative
spiritual masterpiece, from a contemporary representative of the timeless
Nath Masters of Yoga. Through his remarkable experiences, and deep
insights, Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath has made accessible the perennial
philosophy of peace and liberation from the deathless Himalayan Masters,
in simple, direct and concrete terms. He is always guided by the light of
that Being, who defies all limitations, variously known as “The Ancient of
Days,” or “The Great Sacrifice,” and whom Yogiraj calls Shiva-Goraksha-
Babaji.
This inter-weaving of formative experiences, with the penetrating
wisdom of an enlightened Master, has been a labor of love spanning a
period of almost five years in his busy schedule of service to humanity.
Everyone who has spent time with Yogiraj can testify to his siddhis, or
spiritual powers, but due to his innate humility, and wish for his readers to
focus on the message of peace, rather than sensationalizing his miraculous
healing and spiritual powers, such testimonies have been omitted. Yogiraj
lets his spiritual powers manifest as necessary for helping or teaching
others. The only example included is an incident which testifies to the
efficacy of his Solar Yoga, which was reported in the newspaper.
We would like to express our thanks to the many disciples in the
USA and India who have helped edit, design, and refine the book over the
years, in the sincere spirit of service to the Guru and to humanity, including
but not limited to: Rita Bakshi, Runbir Singh, Sylvia Stanley, Kamaljeet
Kaur, Ellen Sarbonne, Doug Varn, Bryan Gates, Daniel Kogan, Jay Ponti
and Matthew Samowitz, with whose gracious service this book has become
so beautiful. It should also be noted that Yogiraj labored over every aspect
of this book from beginning to end in full effort to share his experiences
with the world.
It is our sincere wish that the wisdom of Yogiraj Gurunath
Siddhanath offered in this work will assist all sincere seekers of Truth
along their journey to Self-realization.
(cid:2)
Gurunath Sanatana Yoga (Hamsa Yoga Sangh)
wings to freedom
C H A P T E R 1
COSMIC REBIRTH
My First Meeting with the Immortal Babaji
In the year 1967, I was on my quest to meet the Great Presence called
Shiva-Goraksha-Babaji. People call him by many names but He is
ever the same, the visible invisible Savior of our Humanity. I made my
way up from the holy confluence of Rudraprayag to the sacred city of
Badrinath partly by foot and partly hitchhiking.
Along the way, as I walked amidst the sylvan surroundings of
the pines, a breeze wafted by and I recalled past life memories of my
yogic endeavors in the Himalayas. The aroma of the pine cones and
berries crushed under my feet as I walked along unbeaten trails. My
sojourn was so intoxicating that I couldn’t contain my nostalgia and so
was transferred to a more expansive sense of unity with nature.
The evening sunsets, of many hues of gold, crimson and green
came, making the trees throw their lengthening shadows on the
meadows. These were followed by the morning sun, dazzling the
Alakananda river, to greet me as I woke up. The whole ambience
was a meditation. I myself was a meditation and as I sat in deep love of
Babaji, a fresh mountain breeze blew through me, bringing its inspiring
message that, “the Soul is immortal and the body a boat to ferry us
across to this realization.” My mind lost its reason in a stream of intuition
as I scribbled out my joy:
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Cosmic Rebirth
Déjà vu
In wooded valleys berries crushed
The flavor of the mystic musk
Within me did old memories rise
Devotions to the sunset skies
Forest aroma deep in damp
Wild smell of the wooded pines
Oh! The déjà vu of jungle times
Of long past meditations lives
Where in sylvan bowers I sat
Not in this world nor in that
Just in the joy of Selfing mirth
The odor of the fragrant earth!
My mind a laughing gurgling stream
Running the bedrocks mossy green
Becomes a calm meandering dream
Flowing into Myself serene
With body dead consciousness live
Expanding in eternal skies
Beyond Maya’s conditioned dream
The self merging in Self supreme.
“Oh Lord,” I prayed, “though I have such deep heart roots in
Bharat(cid:3), give me the spiritual wings to fly to Thee. Make me the eternal
Hamsa (swan), for when I look at the stark rugged peaks rising one
higher than the other, range after range, it reminds me of the tapa and
(cid:3)
The land whose people are wedded to the Light of the Soul.
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