The 26 Virtues - Shivapuri Baba

The 26 Virtues are the following:

Fearlessness, mental purity, 

persistence in the practice of knowledge,

charity, sense-control, 

sacrifice, study of scripture, 

penance, uprightness;

Nonviolence, truthfulness, 

freedom from wrath, renunciation, 

tranquility, absence of envy, 

kindness to living being, uncovetousness, 

gentleness, modesty, 

dignity; Splendour, 

patience, vigor, 

cleanliness, non-haughtiness - 

these pertain to one inheriting divine attributes.

Shivapuri Baba on the Kundalini Shakti

Well, there are 3 Nadis and 3 kinds of Breathing - Right, Left and Central. If you breathe from either the right or left side, i.e. from the Ida or Pingala, it will not help you; if you however breathe from the centre (Sushumna) then it becomes right and helpful. In the beginning of my association with SB I could not understand anything he used to tell me. But when I started to lead a regulated life, i.e. waking early in the morning (about 4 AM), taking a cold bath, followed by meditation in a very private room (in which nobody was allowed to enter), I experienced a current-like flow right from the base of my spine to the crown of my head! I then suddenly started understanding SB’s discourses. If you do not eat meat nor Rajasic or Tamasic food, and strictly take Satwic food, the central breathing can be acquired: But SB never advocated Pranayam nor such Yogic Powers, least of all awakening Kundalini Shakti. He used to say, “Kundalini awakens automatically if you progress in RL; it is a by- product”.

the Aryans inhabited the Arctic region

According to SB, the Arctic region was inhabited by the Aryans long time ago. When the Glacial Age came, they were forced to migrate to the South, most of them to India. Arctic region has long days for about 5 months and short days for 5 months and full days for 2 months. For those who died during the long bright days, i.e., Uttarayan period, the rituals concerned with the dead could be carried out conveniently, whereas those who died during the 5 months’ period of dark cold and short days of Dakshinayan, had to be buried till the bright months started. So everybody had to suffer during this period. That is the reason of this conception of going to the sun (heaven) or to the moon! But this tradition continued from one generation to the other, till now, in India also.

this universe is within a football

Shivapuri Baba: Yes, quite so, and also Beyond. Well, Kanchha, there is a football called Hiranyagarbha. This so-called universe with all its stars, including Brahmaa, Vishnu, Maheswara, etc. are all within this football. But we must get out of this football, to Beyond, to reach God. Try to know Him, and you will become God yourself. 

(You must imagine the emphasis on the word Beyond, which SB pronounced in a special way.)