Narayana Marga™ - The Yogic Path to God and Self-Realization
"God cannot be understood, but can only be experienced. My mission is to awaken souls to the direct experience of God. I am here to prove to you the existence of God and the holiness of your Existence." - Yogi Shyamasundara
What is Yoga?
Yogi Shyamasundara teaches, "Yoga is a Sanskrit word meaning "to unite", "to be in holy union with God". It is a sublime blissful state of Supreme Consciousness where the soul and God are in blissful union. Yoga is our original holy nature that we have forgotten as a result of countless samaric rebirths, over countless lifetimes since time immemorial.
Yoga is also an ancient systematic holy science of Self-Realization that removes the illusion of the person that we think we are, that awakens our experience to the holiness of our true nature, and gives rise to the Truth of all existence. While the term yoga has been widely propagated in the West as a set of exercises for the body, that perspective is a shallow understanding of true yoga. Those yogasanas (postures) revealed by the holy sages of India, were given to humanity as a way to prepare the body for meditation on God, and keep the body healthy to serve God and humanity. It was never a method to increase bodily vanity as it is used today.
True yoga is the holy science that reveals God to us, that reveals the holiness that we are at the source of our Being. It is a journey away from the inner chatter of the mind, into the all-pervading inner silence of God. A journey from painful delusions to the blissful holy consciousness of Sri Narayana, from the innumerable sufferings of 'I', 'me', and 'mine', to the liberation of all mistaken appearances. A journey from the suffering of the temporary person which we believe to be permanently self-existing, to the unfoldment of the blissful, eternal Narayana, that is the only reality. Contrary to popular Western belief, this holy journey of yoga is not a journey to become one with God, or one with everything, but to realize instead through direct experience that God is the only Being, playing countless roles in countless bodies throughout the whole universe. That the only Truth is God. That only God Exists.
Yoga is the path, the way, and the destination. It is not something falsely imposed upon us, but rather the removing of everything that we're not, until there is nothing else that can be removed. Once there is nothing left to remove, the only thing left is the Absolute Truth.
What is this Absolute Truth? That can only be experienced.
How to experience this Absolute Truth? That is Narayana Marga.
Sriman Narayana is God, the Supreme Consciousness Lord, the origin and destination of all souls, and Marga is the yogic path, the process, the way to God through Self-Realization. So Narayana Marga is the yogic way to God within us and also the yogic way of God.
Narayana Marga is also Moksha Marga. Moksha simply said is the liberation from everything we're not, the pure experience of the Divine Self, the Holy Consciousness within everyone, the goal and final destination of all souls that is God. So Moksha Marga is the yogic path to Holy Consciousness and also the yogic path of Holy Consciousness that liberates us from everything we're not and delivers us to what we've always been and shall be forever.
The result of this holy yogic path is God, Sri Narayana, Who can only be experienced. Once you experience Lord Narayana directly as your Divine Self, once you let Him flow through you freely without resistance, let Him take over you and your life, you will be utterly awakened to the blissful holiness of the Divine Self that was always there all along."
Yogi Shyamasundara also elucidates, "The direct experience of sweet Narayana is worth more than all the scriptures in the world put together. Rather than filling your heads with more spiritual knowledge, fill your heart with the direct experience of Sri Narayana. Rather than spending countless hours reading cookbooks, get to the cooking so that you can finally satisfy your hunger! Scriptural knowledge is extremely meaningful, but only when it leads to the direct experience of God. Yoga, metaphorically speaking, is the cooking itself. The result of your 'yoga cooking' is the most delicious nectar of Sriman Narayana that finally fulfills our hearts and removes the immense hunger (longing) for Him.
So surrender your life and above everything else, surrender yourself to Lord Narayana. Trust that He's guiding your life at each moment. Learn to follow Him without delay. Abandon all refuge in the material realm which only leads to more suffering and the gnawing feeling of unfulfillment that is constantly tugging at your hearts. You must understand, and you will see for yourselves if you study your life closely, that nothing in this world can ever fulfill you because the only thing that can fulfill your being is to return back to God within you. Everything here in this world is ephemeral and a poor substitution for the Blissful Eternal One, Sriman Narayana, who is the Divine Self within all beings and the eternal fountain of all fulfillment. So abandon the cycle of rebirth that has imprisoned you since time immemorial with the chains of material desires that you think will fulfill you one day, but only bound you to this material realm of sufferings. The only solution to your existential suffering is to take refuge only in God and nothing else. Then you will find that most exquisite, most sublime, most holy experience of liberation (moksha) that every soul is longing for, but has been looking for in all of the wrong places. After all, whether you realize it or not, God is what you've been longing for since time immemorial.
Come back home sweet precious souls of God. The experience of God is not for the chosen few, not just for the holy sages, but available to everyone who seeks Him sincerely, humbly, and with deep love. Believe me when I say, Sri Narayana wants you to experience Him too! He is so close, closer than these two fingers touching each other...that's why you're missing Him. All that you need is the ancient holy yogic science that removes the veil that hides His holy presence in you and in all existence, which is always there. I will show you the way of the Yogi, the beautiful and scientific yogic path back to God and Self-Realization. Once you experience Sriman Narayana completely with all of your heart, you will fall madly in love with Him and you'll be forever transformed. Touched by His supreme love, you will finally be free and blissful... the experience of your Divine Self that was always there since time immemorial. Jai Sri Krishna! Hari Om Tat Sat."
For this reason, Yogi Shyamasundara founded Narayana Marga™ in 2008, so that sincere seekers of God through Self-Realization can experience God directly. Narayana Marga™ is a holy mission in the tradition of the ancient Yogis of God-Realization.
Souls of all backgrounds, races, genders, religious affiliations and non-affiliations, sexual orientations and gender identifications, socioeconomic backgrounds, and nationalities, everyone who sincerely seeks God and Self-Realization, are all warmly welcomed with love at Narayana Marga. Come love, learn, meditate, worship, celebrate, live, and experience God within you!
At Narayana Marga, we strive to provide a comprehensive resource for exploring faith and religion. Our mission is to foster understanding and connection among diverse belief systems, encouraging respectful dialogue, exploration, and direct experience.
Jai Śrī Kṛṣṇa! Oṁ Namo Nārāyaṇāya
