Swamiji, what is the sense in worshipping the Guru as people do here in India? Isn?t that slavery? You mean to say that the disciple becomes the slave of the Guru?

Aren’t you grateful to the man who serves you and helps you? Don’t you express your
gratitude to him in some form or the other? If you behave that way with a man who has helped
you a little bit in a secular way, how much more ought to be your gratitude to the man who shows
you the path to the Supreme? He has given you new life, nay, immortality and eternal bliss. Can
you refrain from expressing your gratitude to him? Actual worship of the Guru is the Indian way
of expressing this highest gratitu… http://y-v.de/9Hpbpj

I am a devotee of Lord Siva. Should I go to temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu or Devi also? And if I go, how shall I worship the Deities there?

Yes, you should never miss an opportunity of visiting and worshipping at any shrine you
come across. When you go to a temple of Lord Vishnu or Devi, worship Lord Siva Himself
there. Look upon the Deity in the temple as another form of Lord Siva. If your father came to
you in the attire of a High Court Judge, or being an actor in a drama, if he came to you in the
dress of a female, will you turn away from him? You will greet him as your own father in any
case. Similar should be your attitude in w… http://y-v.de/cwFFdh

How long should one practice Sirshasan or Paschimottanasan or Kumbhak or Maha Mudra to awaken the Kundalini? Nothing is mentioned on this point in any book on Yoga.

It all depends upon the degree of purity, stage of evolution, the degree of purification of
the Nadis and the Pranamaya Kosha, and the degree of Vairagya and yearning for liberation.
A student starts his Sadhana from the point or stage he left in his previous birth. Some
are born with account of purity and other requisites of realization on their having undergone the
necessary discipline in their past life. They are born Siddhas. Guru Nanak, Jnana Dev of Alandi,
Vama Dev and Ashtavakra were all… http://y-v.de/dbofyI