Acharya Ricardo
Acharya Ricardo B Serrano is just like a Self-Realized yogi, a Siddha teacher/ guide (preceptor) or meditation Master, who acts as a clear channel for the grace of God, and the disciple's worthiness draws that grace from him. He can awaken the disciple's dormant spiritual energy, kundalini, through Shaktipat (transmission of divine energy).
 Golden Aura of Acharya Ricardo Swamiji Lakshmanjoo said, "When, by the grace of Lord Siva or the grace of his master, this limited being comes to the real understanding of his nature, then he knows that he is one with Paramasiva. At that point there is no difference between him and Paramasiva. Your consciousness becomes filled and adjusted with the reality and truth that this whole universe is only God. Nothing is experienced as being outside of God. This is the unification of your individual God Consciousness with Universal God Consciousness." According to Swamiji Lakshmanjoo, "He becomes like Lord Siva. Why is it said that he becomes like Lord Siva? Why not say that he becomes one with Siva? It cannot be said he becomes one with Siva because he has a body, a physical frame. As long as his physical frame is existing, he is just like Siva, he is not one with Siva. His having a physical frame will divert him toward inferior states. For instance, he may cough, have headaches, experience muscle pain, stomach aches, ulcers, or fever. Siva does not have these ailments or suffer these physical discomforts. So, as long as the yogi possesses a body, he can only be like Siva, not one with Siva. When he casts off this physical frame composed of the five elements, then he becomes one with Siva. Because his physical body is existing, even when he becomes like Siva, that action (karma) that has brought his body into existence is ended by enjoying that action, not by casting it aside. Prarabdha karma cannot be overcome unless it is enjoyed. For an embodied being, prarabdha karma is unavoidable. He may be just like Siva or he maybe an ordinary person; prarabdha karma must be overcome by being enjoyed. It cannot be cast aside or abandoned. So, for the remainder of his life, he must continue to exist with this physical frame. He must welcome whatever comes to him, whether it be good or bad. Whatever he gets to eat, he must eat. It is not worthwhile to cast his body aside. For such a yogi, this body is to be maintained until the time of death."
  Golden Body of a Siddha According to Yoga Vashista, "The self is not revealed either by the scriptures or by the instructions of a preceptor, and the self is not revealed without the instructions of a preceptor and without the help of the scripture. It is revealed only when all these come together. It is only when the scriptural knowledge, instructions of a preceptor and true discipleship come together that self-knowledge is attained."
"The Self is Consciousness." - Shiva Sutras, 1.1 "I am truly that supreme Brahman, which is eternal, stainless, and free; which is one, indivisible, and nondual; and which is of the nature of bliss, truth, knowledge, and infinity." - Shankaracharya, Atmabodha, v.36 "The Self is the knower of the modifications of the mind." - Shankaracharya, Viveka Chudamani, v.133 "That by which one perceives both dream state and waking state, having known That as the great, omnipresent Self, the wise man does not grieve." - Katha Upanishad, 2.1.4 "That by which one perceives form, taste, smell, sounds, and touches of love, by that alone one perceives. What is there which remains unknown to it? This, verily, is That." - Yoga Vasishtha. "That shines through all our senses, yet is without senses. It supports the senses, yet remains apart from them. It experiences all the qualities of nature, yet remains detached from them." - Bhagavad Gita, 13.14 "When Chiti, universal Consciousness, descends from its lofty state as pure Consciousness, it becomes chitta, the mind." - Pratyabhijnahridayam, sutra 5 "When one acquires the strength of Kundalini, one is able to assimilate the entire universe into oneself." - Ibid., sutra 15
See When the Student is Ready, the Master Will Appear and Memorable Quotations from Yoga Scriptures of the Ancient Siddha Lineage Tradition
EDITOR's NOTE:
 Siddha Guru Muktananda and Acharya Ricardo However, Ricardo's real Shaktipat initiation (2009) was with Baba Muktananda while he was viewing "Muktananda - The Guru's Touch" video, filmed during Baba Muktananda's 1976 visit in England, when he experienced yoga, reconnecting his soul (inner Self) to his Divine Soul (Higher Self), and awakening his heart to kundalini shakti's unconditional love.
In 1994, studies and practices with Master Choa Kok Sui's arhatic yoga and pranic healing started, followed in 1998-2003 by Alton Kamadon's Merkaba teachings, and then followed in 2005 with Master Ou Wen Wei's Pan Gu Shen Gong, Michael Winn's Primordial Wuji Qigong and Master Li Jun Feng's Sheng Zhen Qigong, and lastly followed by Lama Tantrapa's Tibetan Shamanic Qigong and Swami Lakshmanjoo's Kashmir Shaivism in 2009. Lastly, the practice of the Fifth Agreement by don Miguel Ruiz in 2010 culminated his studies. 
comes from Bhagawan Nityananda." - Baba Muktananda  Bhagawan Nityananda according to his attitude." - Baba Muktananda  Baba Muktananda "Shaktipat is the secret initiation of the greatest sages, and it has been passed on from Guru to disciple since primordial times. It is not the monopoly of the Indian tradition. Great beings of every religious tradition had their own inner energy awakened and could awaken it in others; some spoke of it specifically, while others did not. If Jesus moved his hand over someone, that person would be transformed, and great love and happiness would arise in him. That was nothing else but Shaktipat. Saint Francis also had this power. And it was through Shaktipat that Ramakrishna Paramahamsa gave his disciple Swami Vivekananda an instantaneous experience of the Absolute." - Baba Muktananda "When the Kundalini is awakened, She unites with the pranas and moves through the body, purifying all the nadis and making our system strong and fit for spiritual sadhana. This process of purification is very important. Physical diseases, as well as such negative qualities as anger, lethargy, envy, and greed, are caused by impurities blocking the flow of prana in the nadis. Once the nadis are purified and the prana can run smoothly through the body, the body is rejuvenated and the mind becomes pure." - Baba Muktananda
 "A Guru is one who has saturated himself with the divine power of grace and has become just like the divine. He also has the power of transmitting grace into others, and enables them to become just like himself... A Guru is one who has power of Shaktipat, and who can pierce all the spiritual centers of a seeker, and who can stabilize his mind in his sahasrara. A Guru is videhi, he is above body-consciousness, and he is totally serene. He removes all the blockages, and he transmits knowledge as thoroughly outlined in all the scriptures." - Baba Muktananda
 Bhagawan Nityananda The Legacy of Bhagawan Nityananda According to Swami Shankarananda in Nityananda: the Living Tradition, "The specialty of Bhagavan’s yoga is shaktipat, the awakening of the kundalini energy that lies dormant in every person. The gurus of this lineage awaken the kundalini energy by look, touch, word or thought. Once this energy is awakened by one of the Siddha gurus and the grace of Bhagavan Nityananda, a seeker evolves rapidly, ultimately attaining permanent repose in the Self. Bhagavan died physically in 1961, but for his devotees and the Ganeshpuri villagers, his spiritual power is completely present and available even now. Indeed, his samadhi shrine, his place of burial, is a perpetual dynamo, a cauldron of Shakti... This lineage produced enlightened beings in earlier generations, and it continues to produce them today. Though each person’s realisation is uniquely their own, the realisers of the Nityananda tradition have a quality that is characteristic of the great Shakti-based lineages. Their enlightenment is based on the recognition of the Self within, and on the freedom that arises from being centred beyond the mind. But it is also centred in love, seeing the Divine in others. Its core is the transmission of Shakti, and while it may make a devotional affirmation of the world, it is ultimately non-dual. The realisers of the Nityananda tradition blend love, wisdom and Shakti in a matchless dynamic. Our lineage makes a great and unique contribution. It brings the Divine within reach of everyone. The gurus of our lineage have awakened the kundalini shakti of thousands of seekers. They have offered us a direct path to God, and also given us the experience of the Self."  Bhagawan Nityananda Samadhi Shrine See Bhagawan Nityananda - A Short Autobiography of a Saint
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Acharya Ricardo, a Frater Rosae Crucis (F.R.C.), would like to thank and acknowledge Dr. H. Spencer Lewis and his son Ralph Maxwell Lewis (both Imperators of the Rosicrucian Order, 
He founded, in 2009, 
