Shaktipat is the rare and sacred spiritual initiation that awakens the divine energy within you. The term “yoga” signifies both the state of union with the Self and the path to that union. Our path is the Shakti path, or Siddha Yoga, where Siddha means “perfect.”
Because it is natural, spontaneous, direct, and fast. Once it grabs you, it is automatic. The grace of the Divine Mother guides you on a direct path to enlightenment.
In contrast, other yogas start from the ego and attempt to reach the Self, but the mind wanders off and gets caught in the inner world. In Shaktipat Siddha Yoga, the Absolute Self reaches out to you in an act of grace and transforms you from within. Shaktipat initiation is the entryway to this path. Most shaktipat teachers give shaktipat only once, but on the Shaktipat Yoga path, you can come back and receive shaktipat again and again.
On the Shaktipat Yoga path, shaktipat is an integral part of the journey. It is a fast path, but it requires regular and daily meditation as prescribed.
In summary, Shaktipat Siddha Yoga is the perfect path to enlightenment because it is natural, spontaneous, and direct, and it is guided by the grace of the Divine Mother. Shaktipat initiation is the entryway to this path, and it is an integral part of the journey that requires regular and daily meditation.
 Jan temporarily merged with the Blue Being in March, 1979, and thus got instant enlightenment. He then had to do decades of hard sadhana to get clean, strong and wise enough to live and share it.
The true successor of Muktananda. He gave me Shaktipat initiation into Siddha Yoga. Met Nityananda ca. 1986-7.