Böcker av Jan Esmann

108 common misconceptions about enlightenment are examined and corrected. The author, who a spiritual teacher of the shaktipat siddha yoga tradition, speaks in a clear an simple language from his own personal experience of the state of enlightenment.

Shaktipat is the extremely rare art where an enlightened Siddha ignites the student's kundalini in such a way that the student's kundalini will take him or her to enlightenement. This is a handbook for students who have received this rare and sacred initiation. It is also an easy but to the point introduction to those who are curious about this path of shaktipat siddha yoga but have not embarked on it. The book discusses the various aspects of shaktipat initiation, of the supreme Self, of spiritual practices and of what is required of the student and the guru. The meditative practices of Shaktipat Siddhayoga (sadhana) are also discussed - as well as basic kundalini yoga addenda. The main practice of Shaktipat Siddhayoga is to surrender to the Grace of the Divine Mother. Other meditation practices are discussed in context of this. The important subtle energy channels are introduced as well as the chakras and the three basic knots blocking our spiritual progress. Karma and Free Will is discussed. Finally is a comprehensive list of psychological defense mechanism as discovered by modern psychoanalysis. Any yogi should know these and scrutinize himself. A dictionary of yogic terms is also included. Also included is a weblink to when and where you can receive initiation.

The book is divided into two parts.1, Kundalini in detail.2. The classic Christian Mystical Theology interpreted from my experiences with kundalini and my state of full enlightenment (Sahaja samadhi). The chapters of this part are texts inspired by individual classic mystics, pre-reformation.Finally there are instructions on how to meditate.It is a very devotional book. It makes the need for love, devotion and surrender in spirituality very clear and inspires such in the reader. It shows the importance of God in spirituality. This book is much needed in our time of dry non-duality. It filles a hole in contemporary spirituality.The book explains various levels of enlightenment and discusses the part love of God plays in these. Love, devotion and surrender are seen as essentials to find God and even go beyond concepts of God to merge God and the Absolute Self into One supreme Being, which is the true, blissful Self. This is real non-duality.