Mauniera Samel's Reviews > Aghora II: Kundalini

I usually don't prefer to DNF books because I immediately feel like I've thrown my money down the drain. So I do try to read them bit by bit, maybe not exactly cover to cover, over a period of time. However this particular book has really been testing my patience. You would think I'd learn from my previous experience with Aghora 1, but no, here I am, trying to get through Aghora 2 while seething internally. Saying that I'm at my wits' end would be an understatement.

Vimlanand, as I deduced from my brush with the first book itself, is a conceited, sex-obsessed (well atleast in his thoughts and ideas), uptight, egoistic and just generally a nasty person. This is supposed to be a book, just like the previous one, broadly about spirituality. There isn't a single page where he hasn't alluded to or directly compared even the most mundane and unrelated things to sex. Ironically, he wants to drive the point that one shouldn't be so obsessed with bodily pleasures like gluttony, sex, excess sleep, etc but he ends up using sex or elements of lust to get most of his points across. It's very vulgar and disturbing.

Secondly, as much as he speaks of himself being a householder as well as an aghori, the householder tag is just for namesake, to make himself feel better. It seems he hasn't even spent much time dedicated to his family. Moreover, he has actually implied that his wife is dull and prejudiced. I mean, why would you embarrass your wife in front of millions of readers across the world? It's in very bad taste.

Thirdly, there are some scientific things that he speaks about while drawing comparisons to other topics. They're incorrect. Atleast the editors should've fact-checked before publishing.

Look, I can go on and on. He simply doesn't get to the point of actually teaching and keeps being repetitive. I tried my best to ignore his nonsense so that I can take away the actual knowledge. But it's really hard. He's just not a nice person. This was my conclusion with the first book too. But I shall keep trying to read it, because I do have the patience of a yogi, maybe just not the tolerance yet. 😅
However for now, I have DNFed it.