Despite his unconventional methods, he was deeply rooted in tradition, having been initiated at age four by Lahiri Mahasaya (the same lineage as Paramahansa Yogananda) and later becoming a swami under Sivananda .
Ganesh Baba developed a modernized version of Kriya Yoga he called (for "creative" yoga). This system was designed to help Westerners, whose attention spans he felt were fragmented by modern distractions, reach "cosmification"—an expansion of awareness to the farthest reaches of the cosmos. The Crazy Wisdom of Ganesh Baba: Psychedelic Sa...
The practice is built around the for conscious living: Despite his unconventional methods, he was deeply rooted
Unlike many traditional gurus who forbade intoxicants, Ganesh Baba was a who considered cannabis and other entheogens to be "gifts of the gods". The practice is built around the for conscious
Ganesh Baba's teaching style was iconoclastic, humorous, and often confrontational—a hallmark of the tradition. He aimed to "shred beliefs to pieces" to force students into a direct, unmediated experience of reality.
He viewed substances like ganja as a form of Gyana Yoga (the path of knowledge), arguing they provide "room to move your psyche about" and abstract one's self from basic sensory experience.
Despite his unconventional methods, he was deeply rooted in tradition, having been initiated at age four by Lahiri Mahasaya (the same lineage as Paramahansa Yogananda) and later becoming a swami under Sivananda .
Ganesh Baba developed a modernized version of Kriya Yoga he called (for "creative" yoga). This system was designed to help Westerners, whose attention spans he felt were fragmented by modern distractions, reach "cosmification"—an expansion of awareness to the farthest reaches of the cosmos.
The practice is built around the for conscious living:
Unlike many traditional gurus who forbade intoxicants, Ganesh Baba was a who considered cannabis and other entheogens to be "gifts of the gods".
Ganesh Baba's teaching style was iconoclastic, humorous, and often confrontational—a hallmark of the tradition. He aimed to "shred beliefs to pieces" to force students into a direct, unmediated experience of reality.
He viewed substances like ganja as a form of Gyana Yoga (the path of knowledge), arguing they provide "room to move your psyche about" and abstract one's self from basic sensory experience.