My
worldly name is Cheryl. I AM creatively, consciously and
unconsciously reflecting Agni Yoga. It is for goodness
sake, for the sake of Aflaming Heart and for the mind's sake, I
spiraled into the study and practice of yoga in 1968 with renown
western practitioner and TV guru, Richard L. Hittleman. During
this period there was an accelerated interest and
experimentation in eastern cultural eating
habits, practices of meditation,
self-examination, and "ahimsa" or
non-violent means. Richly applied this results
in a vegetarian diet, transcendental meditation practices,
moral and civil rights, realized peace and
actualized liberated estates for altruism to
flourish. Sacred regard for the individual establishes
the will to honor, protect and instill
safeguards for the liberty and highest
consideration of others, inducing environmental harmonies for
the earth and all life. Such clear will is service in the
noble applied life science, Agni Yoga.
Quickened
and inspired, I immediately synthesized and developed
a regular personal daily yoga practice. Within three
years, I began teaching yoga in Islamic
Temples. My simultaneous years as yogini
and Sufi Mystic in Islamic and yogic practice and
studies, revealed a beloved and beautific soul. Enamored, I
whole-heartedly, for well over 25 years, engaged in
active membership in AMORC (Ancient Mystical Order of the Rosae Crucis), or more
commonly known as the Rosicrucian Order, a
cultural, initiatic and philosophical fraternity.
AMORC systematizes and explores the ancient and modern Gnostic,
religious, and spiritual teachings for the Western
minded. This systemized instruction incensed and spiritually
sponsored my active membership in also, the Traditional Martinist Order, which is in the initiatic Judeo-Christian
Mysticism tradition, a repository of Sepher Yezirah and
Kabbalah. Along with
these membership activities and requisite study, having always loved
the profound writings of Paramahansa Yoganandaji, I then
delved into his systematic instruction as a member
of the Self-Realization Fellowship. Furthermore, I have been crowned by Chan
Meditation, often known
as Zen and its study and practice called Buddhism.
I Am Ablaze! I Am Aflame! I Am
Fire! The quote of Beloved Jesus, the Christ, "Our God is a consuming
fire" is the only adequate way to express the God
Within, the inner Master and Teacher; et
sequentia my commitment, my devotion, my
absorption in the Way, the Truth, the Light and Life
consummated and, yes, consumed by That Great See.
Upon
every cognized perception of truth, graced me, I have bathed
and basked in the glow of the Son's Light, for my daily bread on a
variety pallet of election. I elect to identify with the
All-in-All, races, creeds, religions, deeds and doers. The
wholly (holy) identity is non-dual and its oneness as
unity surrenders and thus ultimately
absorbed as Divine Pure Consciousness, is Pristine
Clear. "That," Pure, Undefiled, is non-conceptual in
thoughts, feelings, or volition, nor can mere language fully,
perfectly, adequately or aptly express it. Albeit
the feeling and knowingness of the heart is real and results
daily in spontaneous outpouring, indeed.
"That," is the direct catalyst for the Great
Synthesis of my life experiences taken to heart. Agni
Yoga (AY), the Yoga of Life, the dispeller of darkness is the
most worthy of the praises of all living masters and of the ancient
seers. Let us approach in reverential homage:
Aum:
O' Agni, to Thee, dispeller of darkness and of the night,
day by day, we pray and we meditate, we enter into Thy Flaming
Heart, Thy Bosom of Glory. In reverence we come to Thee.
O' Agni, of effulgent glow, Thou Illuminator, Thou Radiant One, ever
expanding, regenerating Thy Holy Abode, Thou Art, ever
close. O' Agni, forever stay within our hearts for our peace
increase in Thee.
Aum.
The Great
Synthesis of Agni Yoga is for any noble son or daughter who
wishes to engage in the perfection of wisdom by the Way of the
Sacred, Cosmic HeartFire.
Be,
Aflame!
Through pure
commitment, refinement of thought and conscious awareness of
experience, Agni Yoga, Cosmic HeartFire establishes a guiding
relationship with the Hierarchy of Light, the Beloved
Masters of Wisdom who will show you the Way of eternal joy,
the foundational spring of eternal youth, the stream
of "continuity," yea, the river of life, without
end! Harken and listen to Their approach:
"We greet you in the Bonds
of Peace:
We bid you,
'Welcome' from the fiery core of being. Hear this
Call, one and all, enter into Our Cosmic Abode and find the
sweet glory of grace; enter herein and be..., face-to-face with
Thy Kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. To
come to 'That,' the sacred place, place of peace profound,
your home in Silence, consciously listen, swell and
renew. Return to the Origin in God and the
marriage to your twin flame, the marriage of Heart and Reason,
of flaming Sparks of the Divine Light. Re-affirm the
beginnings, the eternal service, as you, the ever renewed
soaring spirits in the compassionate embrace of service to
humanity, whisper in the acceleration of involuton for the evolution
of a planet and its people."
