Year: 1978

Archives: 43

Christmas Message: Thankfulness London (England)

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1978-12-24 Christmas Message London …only thing to do is to come down as a human being, to live like a human being, and suffer like a human being. And He came down on this earth, to know now, to know the world that He has created, from inside, out. That’s how He came just to save us. But I mean, he was talking and his Agnya was such a big catch that I was just saying ki (that) thing he is talking about itself is evident in him – that there is no sense of humility left in him! The way he was using Christ for that! And a very horrible Agnya! And I cleared it out. And the whole thing was like a…I was thinking he was putting up an act. And then the most miserable part was later on when he said that, “What is your message for the people of other communities who are here and what do you say?” He said that, “We should love our neighbour and that’s how we must love you. And it’s for the wellbeing, and that’s why we had started a thing by which we give people jobs and look after them.” And the thing all started with a philanthropic thing, and then it became a union, a labour union, and then he became a social worker, and ultimately he ended up with an employment exchange!! (laughing) And I didn’t know what sort of a bishop is he and when is Read More …

Agnya Chakra means: To order Caxton Hall, London (England)

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“Agnya chakra”, Caxton Hall, London (UK), 18 December 1978. Today we are talking about the sixth chakra called as Agnya Chakra. The ‘gya’, ‘gya’ word means ‘to know’, Agnya is to know. And ‘A’ means ‘the whole’. Agnya chakra also has another meaning. A-gya,  Agnya means ‘obedience’ or ‘to order’. It can mean both the things. If you order to someone it is an Agnya and the one who obeys the order is an Agnyakari. The one who does the Agnya. This sixth chakra was created in the human beings when he started thinking. Thinking is language expressed. If we do not have a language we cannot think. But it does not mean there is no thought coming into us. If we cannot express it, it does not mean there is no thought process working in us. But at that subtle stage when the thoughts are coming to us they are not in language, so they are not communicated to us, and that’s why if we do not have language we cannot understand what we are thinking. That’s why you must have seen children cannot communicate to us what they want because they cannot say what they are wanting. They feel the urge in the stomach and they want to ask for, say, water or something, but they can’t say it to us, and that’s why they cannot think what they have to say about. But afterwards when you start thinking and putting it into language, that language is stored in our brain as shown in the picture on Read More …

Our Understanding of Sahaja Yoga, Seminar London (England)

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Our Understanding of Sahaja Yoga, London, 1978 Today if you ask me one or two questions it would be better and I will give you the answers because this is between us – those who have had the experience and those who are practically there, and there are very few new people here I see. But those who are at least acquainted with the vibrations and all that, should ask me questions to begin with, because then otherwise I will be tackling new persons later on. Hmm. Yogi: Mother you said in Caxton Hall that if a person doesn’t speak to their mother for a long time…can you elaborate on that theme again please. Shri Mataji: You see, you are born from a mother, alright? You are not born hanging from a tree, and neither you are thrown from the heavens and suddenly you are found, born on this Earth. You are born from a mother in her womb. Her blood flows into you for nine months. You live upon her. You are a part and parcel of her being for nine months, which is the most important time of your life. Now, she is there to give you, first, the sense of security. In a mother’s womb a child feels secured. If the mother is upset it has an effect on the child. If there’s something wrong with her then that is affected on the child, in the sense, physically, also. It’s such a deep relationship exists between you Read More …

Rising above the three Channels (poor sound) Caxton Hall, London (England)

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Rising above the three Channels, 1978-1127, Caxton Hall ” Can you see about to this point?  (?Or)it is too far away. I mean, up to this point, can you see here? Alright.  We were talking about this centre of our , which is called as the Anahata Chakra, this also controls, it manifests the Cardiac, [unclear] you call it, the heart.  Why are we saying manifests? Because, also manifests, – because these centres [unclear] subtle and (?are) placed in the spinal cord, also do other things apart that from controlling, [unclear] solar plexus or any other plexus like heart plexus or cardiac plexus which is called in the medical terminology – as cardiac plexus. They do also other things apart from these like controlling the,  what you call the, controlling antibodies.  Now, this chakra is very important. I have already told you that we have to keep our hearts clean. If our hearts are clean, we have no fear. When our hearts are not clean, we have fear, so keep your hearts clean. God has already provided you many things of which, perhaps, you are not aware of. Firstly this chakra is placed just near the sternum, sternum bone, [unclear] sternum bone, bone is at the end you can say, at the, here (showing in chart) here is sternum bone [unclear]. Now, this bone has got the capacity to produce antibodies within itself. Now these antibodies are like soldiers, like soldiers [unclear] within us, and after a certain age, I Read More …

The first three Chakras or How to approach Sahaja Yoga Caxton Hall, London (England)

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The First Three Chakras Or How To Approach Sahaja Yoga Caxton Hall, London (England), 20-11-1978 …and that gives us our evolutionary ascent. This central force, as I have shown you here, is first in the residual form, kept in the triangular bone and is called as Kundalini. The word ‘Kundalini’, in the Sanskrit language, means – ‘Kundal’ means ‘the coil’; it means ‘coil’. Kundalini – when it is a feminine of Kundal – ‘Kundal’ means ‘a coil’ like the,  you see, you can say, ‘the curl’ or ‘a coil’. When the feminine gender is used, it is called as Kundalini. Now this is the residual force, which has made the zygote, as you call it, or you can say the embryo and the residual of it settles down there. It is much more than that, see – I’m not going into details about it how this force, which force it is – it is a subconscious state, you can say. That is all your subconscious – all your lives – even from amoeba to this stage. Whatever you have been doing, whatever have been your search,  whatever lives you have had, whatever genes you have passed through, like, we can say, if you were, say, a lion,  it is all recorded. Then also it records all that has been happening in this present life also. Through this, through this area, in the subconscious area, it passes and is recorded here and kept everything recorded: whatever you are taking and experiencing Read More …

Evolution Beyond organised Religion Caxton Hall, London (England)

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Evolution Beyond organized Religion, public programme, Caxton Hall, London (UK), 13 November 1978. The first part – Draft … powers within us which manifest. Now, these are the undercurrents which we cannot see. They are energies which we cannot feel with our senses. But they do exist, and we can see their manifestation very clearly within us.  For example, the first point on the left-hand side is for our existence. Whatever we have existed as before and today as we are, all that power came to us through this. Now existence, you know – we exist nobody has questions about that, we don’t doubt that we do exist. But how do we exist? When you think this Earth is revolving with such a tremendous speed around itself, and there are billions and billions of stars around, and we are small little very microscopic things compared to this Earth, all stuck on this Earth very nicely, and even when we walk or move we do not fall off, you are kept just there, even if the ocean, say the Atlantic, becomes slightly deeper than what it is, or [the] Himalayas becomes slightly higher than it is, it can create an imbalance. When [the] sun and moon keep their own styles quite alright, and so many shooting stars [are] coming from around, they keep the distance and maintain the human life. It is really amazing the way God has placed us. I am sorry, I had to use His name. God has Read More …

Sahaja Yoga as Hypothesis Caxton Hall, London (England)

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Old title: Becoming Registered as a Charity 1978, London (Audio 1978-000-3) HH Shri Mataji Nirmal Devi, Public Meeting No.2, Caxton Hall, London, UK, 1978-10-30_TO1 (HH Shri Mataji speaking informally, greeting people and speaking to yogis: All those who have come for the first time, please come and sit here, all right?  As much as possible, closer, and then…he’s your friend?  Good. You can come here.) (Speaks in Hindi) Today I will give again a little gist about Kundalini because they have come for the first time, these people, so I think I should tell about Kundalini. These people are experts now, about Kundalini. If you show this diagram to a doctor or someone or a scientist, they will say, “What sort of a thing it is?” And, whether there’s something like this or I’m just telling about some sort of an imaginary thing within us. One cannot see these things within us, which is, they are placed in the spinal cord because they are actually energy areas. These are the areas from where the energy is emitted, a kind of an energy. Because we cannot see them, we do not know that they exist but their manifestation we can see. For example, the doctors can’t say what has evolved us from amoeba to this stage. They cannot give an explanation as to why did we become human beings. What is the part of our brain, which carries all this instrument, that we evolved ourselves from amoebas to this stage and Read More …

The Three Channels Caxton Hall, London (England)

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“The three channels”, public programme, Caxton Hall, London (UK), 23 October 1978. No doubt, everyone will have to go through this process, but how many really want to be themselves? There are certain people who say, “We are seeking.” When I ask them, “What are you seeking?” they say, “We are seeking joy, peace, happiness…” Some of them are worried if they are worthy of it or not, whether they should really know their Self or not. There are two types of problems about such seekers. One which I call as – “the left-hand side problem” of the Ida Nadi, where the people are very emotional, subdued, who bear all the oppressions of others on themselves. They say, “We are unworthy of this great position, Mother. How can we get Self-realization? We are sinners. How can we be, … that higher evolved souls, when we have sinned, when we have done wrong?” This is one type. The another is the one who uses his rationality, and, he thinks, “How can it be possible? How can we get realization?” So many of them cannot believe that there could be a phenomena within us, which works out Self-realization. They do not even understand that God is compassion, He is love. I wonder if such people of this category also really believe in God, in His all-powerful nature. They may have a photograph in their houses. If He is compassion, if He is love, then He is not going to allow His own Read More …

Seminar Day 2, Zen Void Easthampstead Park Conference Centre, Bracknell (England)

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1978-10-15 Advice To Sahaja Yogis London NITL HD  Shri Mataji: Don’t blame yourself. That’s your problem. Yesterday I told you to say that I’m not guilty. It’s just a joke you are enjoying, you are just playing guilts with yourself when you say that. Because you like to play such terrible jokes with yourself. Don’t say that you [unclear, are guilty] at all. By saying that, you see, you are trying to enjoy a sort of a selfism against yourself. You are against your Self. Self, that is your Spirit. Yogi: [unclear, that’s what is goes on…] Shri Mataji: It’s not a good thing. Is not what is wanted, [unclear, is not that is] desired. So, just don’t play on it. Whatever are your moods are not correct, it should not be there. By your moods, you are lost! Sometimes you get this mood, sometimes you get another mood of aggression. You are in a temper or something like that. And sometimes you get into this kind of absolute [unclear] mood. Both are useless, absolutely useless, just throw them away. Once, you will do it! (after a while) Both are mythical. Yogi: [unclear] Shri Mataji: Yes, yes, positivity also – the so-called positivity, means aggression on others. You start showing your aggression on others. You can aggress others, also. That even worse. Yogi: [unclear] love and happiness… Shri Mataji: That’s, that’s the thing I was saying. Be joyous, be happy for what God has given you. Watch the birds in Read More …

Seminar Day 1, Bija Mantras, Shri Lalita, Shri Chakra Easthampstead Park Conference Centre, Wokingham (England)

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First Western seminar: Bija Mantras, Shri Lalita and Shri Chakra. East Hampstead Park, Peacock Lane, Wokingham, Bracknell RG40 3DF, (UK) 14 October 1978. When the Kundalini rises it makes sounds. And the sounds that are heard in the different chakras can be pronounced in the following way – these pronunciations are being used in the phonetic language of Devanagari, which means ‘the language spoken by the Devas’. At the Mooladhara, where there are four petals, the sounds are: [vum, shum, sshum, sum]. Out of which the lasts, sshum and sum sounds are very close, but the difference is – when the snake hisses it makes this sshum – the third sound. So, vum, shum, sshum, sum. At the Swadishthana, where there are six petals, it makes sounds, six sounds: [bum, bhum, mum, yum, rum, lum]. Manipur it has ten petals. It makes the sounds dum, dhum, num, tum, thum, dum, dhum, nnum, pum, phum. At Anahata there are twelve petals. It makes the sounds kum, khum, gum, ghum, [ngum-?], chum, chhum, jum, jhum, [nngum-?], tum, thum. At the Vishuddhi, where there are sixteen petals, it makes the sounds of all the vowels: a, aa, i, ii, u, uu, r, rr, lr, lrr, e, ai, o, ou, am, ahm. At the Agnya chakra it makes ha, ksha. At the Sahasrara, one becomes thoughtless and no sound is made, but the pure Anahata, meaning the throbbing in the purest form as in the heart is all: lub-dub, lub-dub, lub-dub. When all these Read More …

Talk to Sahaja Yogis: Dharma London (England)

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Dharma, Talk to Sahaja Yogis, London (UK), October 5th, 1978 That, the central one is the sustaining power means is the power by which we evolve, that means we get our sustenance as it is. This sustenance that we have got as a human being when it is to be manifested on the five elements that we have within ourselves, the source is there but we have to reach it through its different elements. When this interchange takes place or, we can say, when we have to put this force outside, that is to be done through establishment of Dharma on these. Like a superimposition or, you can say, the connection. Like you can say, say there is sun. Sun is the source of light and the source of light has (to?) come to this earth which is created out of the five elements. So the sun’s rays have to come, but when they come inside, in this move, what do they do? They enlighten this world. But it’s only possible if there is Dharma, means the light is there, the rays are there. The rays can be obstructed by many things. If the rays are obstructed, then there is a-dharma. So the source of Dharma, the spreading of Dharma and ultimately the manifestation onto the five elements is a complete thing that is Void. This play goes on within us. Our evolutionary power which has worked from the very beginning, from matter state, when the matter got itself as organized Read More …

Letter for Navaratri London (England)

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H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Letter for Navaratri, London (United Kingdom), October 3rd, 1978, (Translation from Marathi) To All Sahaja Yogis, Many blessings Today is the first day of Navaratri. Today your attention should be on Shri Ganesha’. His devotion is infinite. He has never worshipped anybody else except Mother. Hence He is so great. All other Gods appear very strong. Everyone has some specialty. What is Mother’s specialty? Her ego (aham) is nowhere felt by others. Hence Shri Ganesha who has surrendered to such Mother, is so wise and venerable, Mother has nothing with Her. Her very name begins with ‘Ni’ e.g. ‘Nishakanchan’ – having no wealth, ‘Nirlepa’– unaffected; ‘Nirvichara’ – thoughtless; ‘Nishprayojana’ – having no motives, ‘Nigarvita’ – egoless, ‘Niriccha’ – desireless etc. Therefore, surrendering to such Mother, who has nothing with Her, needs some kind of subtle thought, in that, Mother has nothing with Her and therefore, nothing can be asked from Her. It shows how Shri Ganesha by himself, is fully satisfied. Where does this contentment of Shri Ganesha come from ? It is own power. When the gate of the Self opens, nothing else is required. It is the Mother who opens this gate and therefore, She is so dear to Shri Ganesha. Complete Self-Realization is that stage attaining which nothing else is required. Thereafter, only enjoying the bliss and the satisfaction of fulfilment. You are made in the pattern of Shri Ganesha. Therefore, your power is unmatched, but for that, you should have devotion Read More …

Knots On The Three Channels Caxton Hall, London (England)

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“Knots on the Three Channels,” public programme, Caxton Hall, London (UK), 2 October 1978. [The Principle] of Brahma is there, is the principle of that pulsating part, that power within us, which we have to feel, and which pulsates in everything.  It happens with Sahaja Yoga, no doubt, that the Kundalini rises, but that is not the end of it, because [the] human being is the instrument in which this light is manifested. But once it is manifested it is not necessary that it would be all the time burning properly. There is a possibility, mostly it is a possibility, that the light can go out. If a wind upside is against it, then it can go out. It can also subside a little bit. It may come out it may flicker, it may dwindle a little bit. Because human beings, as they are, they have got into three complications.  As soon as they become human beings these three complications start in them. And because of three, these three complications, one has to know that if you have to get out of that you have to break certain knots — they are called as granthis in the Sanskrit language — which are giving you this falsehood — is the vitathat (वितथता —falsehood). Falsehood that we think that, “In this world, after all everything is science, and everything is what we see and everything beyond…” And all those sorts of things are really false because, unless and until you rise into Read More …

Stupefied Through Ego Caxton Hall, London (England)

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Public Program. Caxton Hall, London (UK), 25 September 1978. The vibrations are too many heavy. There’s no need to talk, but when I was telling [unclear] that your minds have the habit of talking all the time, so I have to speak to stop talking. As I was telling just now Gaby (unclear) that today most of us are here realized people and our daily people who come down and who have known a lot of Kundalini, have learnt a lot, perhaps I do not know if you realize how much you have matured, how much you really know, such a lot about Kundalini, about human beings, the chakras, about catches, and about the divine Power that is all-pervading and so subtle. All these things have come to you so suddenly, and as if you are open to it, suddenly got it, and it’s all dawned on you. So, the whole thing looks like a sudden awakening within, an awareness that has enlarged the (unclear) and you can feel everybody’s vibrations, you can feel their chakras, you can raise their Kundalini, you can give them realization. I saw people who have been never able to speak a word about anything on a platform can now speak about it because confidence has come through experience because they were just ready for it. In the sense that you are all built to that way, like suddenly we find on a tree lots of flowers appear and then suddenly one day we find Read More …

The Principle of Brahma Caxton Hall, London (England)

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The Principle of Brahma, Caxton Hall, London (UK), 11 September 1978. Today I want to tell you about something, perhaps I have never touched that point before. Or I have not talked about it, that elaborately. It is about The Principle of Brahma: What is the principle of Brahma? How does It exist? How is It born? How does It manifest? And how, It is detached and also attached. The Principle of Brahma is different from Brahma Itself, in description. Like the principles that I follow, is different from what I am. It’s a very subtle subject and requires real meditative attention. So, all criticism of your minds, please put them off, as you have put off your shoes. Have you put off your shoes all of you? Please. And just listen with little, little subtler attention to Me. Can you come forward! You all can come forward so that those who will be coming later can come later on. Come along forward! I think better is to come forward, because we have no mic here. It’s better to come forward here. As the principles on which you are based are different from what you are, in the same way, the Principle of Brahma is different from the Brahma Itself, but is a Brahma and is contained in the Brahma. But the Brahma itself is sustained by the Principle. In dimension, you may say that Brahma is wider, larger and, you can call it even, deeper – but the subtler Read More …

Creation of a letter, story of Shri Bhramari Ashley Gardens, London (England)

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Conversation with Sahaja Yogis, Creation of Sahaj material, the story of Shri Bhramari, London, Ashley Gardens (England), September 7th, 1978 [Shri Mataji dictates a letter] Should I start?So my dear saints, whatever it is, we are a group of people who have assembled together through our true seeking and all of us have been to all kinds of various gurus and various acts of seeking, because we were anxiously seeking the truth. In our seeking, we had to go through all the ancient scriptures, not only Indian, but also other scriptures like Koran and Torah and the Bible. We have read also the Indian scriptures with very great care. Some of them have read some books and some others have read some others. But, we would like to point out that Kundalini awakening is to be understood in its all seriousness and in its all true, real form. The Vedas, which are four, Upanishads, Darshanas, Puranas, [unclear- 3:20] and Tantra Vidyanas, all of them point out that Kundalini, even Gita, – Gita you put it, note it Gita- that Kundalini is the primule or the germinating power within us, which gives us Realisation, which is the evolutionary manifestation of human bases. All other things, which people talk about will not lead to evolution, but they may develop some powers which are supraconscious in nature or subconscious. We have met eight disciples at least of your guru mister Yaar. We would like to tell you that only one person was a Read More …

Letter on Raksha-Bandhan (Location Unknown)

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Letter from Shri Mataji to Sahaja Yogis on Raki & Raksha-Bandhan on Purnima Day, August 7, 1978 (Translation from Marathi) Many blessings, Received your Rakhis conveying your deep love. Rakhi is Protecting Power. Its bond is very strong and extremely tender because it symbolizes the noble love of sister. Customarily, tying a Rakhi to someone is establishing a place of Pure Protection. However, man’s ability to understand love has become so feeble that tying of Rakhi has become merely a mechanical process. All beautiful human traditions become lifeless and dry formalities if there is no warmth of faith in them. I have taken birth in this world in the binding of Sahaja Yogis and have been moving around only in their binding. I am desireless and hence my everything depends upon your desires. You have to ask something with Rakhi. Please consult all Sahaja Yogis and ask what you want by writing a collective letter.I am keeping good health because you are desiring it. There will be only minor operation on my ear and it should not make you anxious at all. Moreover, I have no trouble whatsoever. So do not worry. Rakhi Purnima is a day of great significance. On that day you should ask for perfection, make big decisions andkeep attention on high ideals. Sahaja Yogis should not destroy their attention on trifle issues. Lot of work hasyet to be done. Those Sahaja Yogis who have progressed should get busy. New centres should be opened. People should be Read More …

Guru Puja: Your own dignity and gravity Finchley Ashram, London (England)

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Guru Puja, “Your own dignity and gravity” Finchley Ashram, London (UK), 21 July 1978 …the worshipping of your guru, not of your Mother, but of your guru. The guru establishes the dharma, the sustenance, in the disciples. He gives all clear-cut ideas about what is the sustenance power for the disciples. He may preach for the whole world but for his disciples, he gives very clear-cut instructions. Most of the gurus, when they do it, they actually chisel out every disciple. First they weigh what is the urge of a disciple, how much a disciple really can receive, and then they accept somebody as a disciple after verifying if the disciple is really capable of receiving even the instructions about dharma. But not in Sahaja Yoga because your guru is a Mother. So she initiates you without finding out what is your urge, what is your capability and what quality of a personality you have. It’s a very different style of guru that you have which looks after your body, looks after your mind and looks after your problems and then bestows upon you the blessings of Kundalini awakening. But normally the gurus do not do [this]. The reason is: they are only gurus, not mothers. When you do the Guru puja, what do you do really? You must understand that. That means you worship the principle of guru in you, by worshipping me. The principle is within you: which is to be awakened, which is to be blossomed, by Read More …

Ego, The West, Love & Money Caxton Hall, London (England)

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“Ego, the West, Love, Money” Public Programme, Caxton Hall, London (UK), 17 July 1978. Shri Mataji: How are you? Better? Seeker: Not too bad Shri Mataji: Not too bad! Everybody improving gradually, isn’t it! How are you Dominic? Dominic: Fine! Shri Mataji: You are always fine! Look at that answer! “Fine” He’s fine since he is born, but the whole world is horrid, isn’t it? (Laughing) For a realised-soul it is so. He feels very surprised the way things are in this world, very much shocked also. How many have come for the first time? Please raise your hands. Yes. Who else? You? Three, four of you? I think if they come in. You too have come for the first time? Seeker: No. Shri Mataji: No? You have got it, you have got it. What about you you have come for the first time? Woman: I came last time. Shri Mataji: Last time? What happened? Did you feel alright? Good! How did you feel? Good, and you were there too? Woman: No. Shri Mataji: No? First time alright. What we can do, those who have come for the first time, should either sit on that side, and it should be quite obvious to see you. And I would like to see their Kundalinis. If you sit that side that should work out. Or in the front would be better. In the front row would be better, should we? I think yes, that would be better so that you give them Read More …

Kundalini Caxton Hall, London (England)

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“Kundalini”. Caxton Hall, London (UK), 10 July 1978. Those who have come for the first time, please come forward, it will be better. Those who have come for the first time, please. Just, no, you can sit on the first and second row so we’ll know that. Because those who have come earlier…Please come! There’s nothing to be afraid of. Makes no difference. Come along. …goes to, other people. And we have to realise one thing: that a human being is born in a different time (?) than an animal. A human being has a sense of beauty. A human being knows what is repulsive, what is not. A fragrance that we call as beautiful, maybe that if a buffalo is passing that way, may not notice it, and he would not mind any kind of filth around. God has made human beings a very special one. Now with our intellect, with our growth, in our understanding of things, the awareness that is developed, of course through our ego, our effort. But still, when human beings reach a certain stage of development they realise that the joy of life is not in matter. They realise it, rationally, not through any experience, but rationally they see [for] themselves, they see around and they find those who are materially equipped are not happy; rationally. But there is something innately built in a human being, that he tries to think beyond. He wants to know beyond. He doesn’t feel satisfied with himself. You Read More …

What happens after Self-realisation? Caxton Hall, London (England)

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“What happens after Self-realisation?”, Public Programme, Caxton Hall, London (UK), 26 June 1978. The question is: what happens actually after Self-realisation, to us? Of course, I mean, you feel thoughtlessly aware, you feel collective consciousness, you can feel the kundalini of others, you can raise the kundalini, you can feel the chakras. This is all you know. But actually, what happens in the deeper way to a human being, has to be seen. So, first of all, let us know what are we, as we are, before Realisation, so we will know what happens to us after Realisation. Now the subject is very subtle and I would like you to listen to it in a very, very great concentration. Today I am not going to talk about abstract things but absolutely about something that is very much matter of fact. A human being is created out of evolution – you know that very well – that he is created out of evolution. And there is a big controversy going on. They don’t understand these things, that’s why there’s a controversy. But he is developed in seven stages and that is why it is said that: seven days He took to create this world. We can say the whole Universe took about seven stages. But, as you understand, a seed has got all microscopic seeds in it, to manifest all the parts of a tree. In the same way human beings were created. And as the seed is again recreated in Read More …

The Difference Between East & West Caxton Hall, London (England)

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The Difference Between East & West, Caxton Hall, London (UK), 19 June 1978. The problem of our Western society is this…. You see, the Eastern society has its own problems and Western society has its own problems. Basically they are two different problems, absolutely two different problems, and to discuss about the problems of the East will be of no use to you. For example, in the [Bhagavad] Gita, Shri Krishna has said that, “Yoga Kshema Vahamyaham.” “I look after your yoga,” means the union with God. ‘Vahamyaham’ means: I carry that, carry that process or I’m the person who has to do that process. And ‘kshema’ , kshema means the well-being, “I look after the well-being”. But in India, people absolutely believe that God looks after our salvation. I mean they do believe, I mean that’s the faith they have. Which is a very big advantage, they don’t believe that they can do anything about it. Most of them, I mean except for a very few westernised, otherwise normally they think that is only God who is going to do it for them. In whatever way possible. He might send an Avatar, or an incarnation, or somebody who will redeem us. They don’t believe that they can do anything about it, and they are right, they are very right, absolutely that’s the correct attitude about things that, Yoga cannot be managed by – ‘yoga’ means the union – by anyone but for the grace of God. That is no Read More …

Rationalism, Emotionalism And Wisdom Caxton Hall, London (England)

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“Rationalism, Emotionalism And Wisdom”, Caxton Hall, London, 12 June 1978. …Then what can rationality do? There must be some reason for having rationality in us [and] why God has given us rationality. He doesn’t waste his diamonds like that! Rationality gives us the sense to understand that we cannot reach there through rationality. Because unless and until this thing happens to you, you are not going to believe in it. You are not going to believe in it that, this rationality, on which we depend, which is our support, which is we; we all the time think that our identification is complete with rationality. And we are very rational and we are proud of our rationality also. So then, you reach a point, through rationality, where you understand that this is not the horse which will be useful any further. This is the use of rationality! One way it takes you to that culminating point where you think it is to be discarded or cannot be depended upon. On the other side rationality gives you a view which can be related later on, when you get the experience. You start understanding why rationality was failing you. So, it’s a teacher on a negative way. It’s a teacher on a negative way. But it is essential because man was given freedom and he started using his freedom, he started using his rationality. When he reaches that point then he starts depending on his wisdom. And wisdom is the balance between his Read More …

Letter to Delhi yogis London (England)

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Letter to Delhi Sahaja Yogis, London, May 1978. Dear Sahaj Yogis of Delhi Your loving letters put me in the same plight as after worship, every pore of the body oozes out the chaitanya. It gives me great pleasure to learn that you all are engrossed in your sadhana.A mother only wishes dear children should stand on their own and that her acquire their own wealth. So long as this does not happen, our life will have no fulfillment in spite of (in the midst) all achievements. No Sadhana becomes possible without turning within (inward) we should speak of only that in which lies our ultimate wellbeing and piety. What else is there to achieve in the human life except God?Sahaj Yoga is an unparalleled discovery. The entire humanity will have to be acquainted with Sahaj Yoga in the same manner as a scientific invention is made known to all, only an individual makesan invention but he extends its benefits to the entire mankind. This is the way of man. Another thing is that an inventor can work only on the basis of the knowledge accumulated in the past. Similarly the day has now come when, after several past revelation man has been brought within the horizons of his goal. But when we enter this beautiful shrine we should not forgot those steps which have led us to it. The builder of those steps which have led us to it. The builder of those steps and the maker of this Read More …

Satya Yuga: The Unconscious Caxton Hall, London (England)

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Transcript Of Talk Satya Yuga: The Unconscious1978-0408 Caxton Hall, London Shri Mataji: May God Bless You All!  You all can see Me, is it? Or should I stand up? Today is a great day, a very, very great day. I had said about this [UNCLEAR six years]  back (?or so).  That first day [UNCLEAR,  the ninth night]  in this year will start the  manifestation of the new age. Of course, the new age has come  long time back,  but the manifestation could  not work out that much,  [UNCLEAR] start its manifestation.  But I find that  attitude of human beings  towards anything divine working is  little straight.  It had  been very straight.   If it was not, they never recognised Christ. They never recognised Rama. They never recognised Krishna. In the same way, they (?)  never recognise also Satya Yuga, this  new age. When these people came, nobody bothered. Those who bothered were only bothered as to see how they kill or torture them. Nobody could see through their principles, through their lives,  their powers that there is something great in these incarnations, and we must make use of it.  The reason is, man has  his old ways of (?terminology).  For example, a man  go through  a garden. The first thing is  (?to find out) who has made this garden. Who is the one  who has planned it. Then he will find out who is the person who has been the gardener. Then he finds out from where the water is coming. Read More …

Easter Seminar and unknown Public Program Finchley Ashram, London (England)

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Easter seminar, Finchley Ashram, London (England), Sunday, March 26th, 1978 Today is Easter and all of you celebrate it. It’s rather surprising, you see, there are people believing in science and everything, these days they offer you an egg. But they should believe in Christ or they should believe in his Resurrection. It’s absolutely unscientific but we accept it without asking “why?” and “how?”.You never question Easter. But certain things, when they appear new to us, we start questioning and want to bring it to the science, to the reality of it. But certain things we just accept: his Resurrection. Now, we have for Easter the thing that we give, an egg on an Easter day. Now, why do we do it? If you are that rational, you must think about it: why do we give an egg?We never think about it we just do it because it’s a custom of the great grand-mother and the grandmother did it and the mother will do and the child does it. So, we just do it just as an accepted thing. You are not bothered to find out “why?”. Why are we to give an egg and not something else? What does it show when there is no mention of an egg in the Bible, as far as I know? But there is a mention in this Devi Bhagavatam about an egg and Christ. And everybody is doing it without understanding what does that mean. How did we get that symbol, from Read More …

Ask for the Truth London (England)

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First Public Program in London, England 20-03-1970  This you must know that I will not tell you that, whatever is not the truth, because I am not here for any political gain, or for  commercial gain. No sir, I am here for your own gain, about genuine.  If you want to gain, be genuine about that.  Now see for yourself if this is the case or not. You can see with your naked eyes – these people have seen – the Kundalini pulsating. You can see it. It pulsates. When people touch my  Feet, in many cases, it pulsates. They have seen it. They are not all liars! And why should they lie? Nothing to gain: no money  –  first of all, that’s cut out. So what is the other thing? This Kundalini rises, and you can see its rising, passes through all these chakras, and it stops at a place where you have a problem. For  the other day we had a very big man from somewhere who came to see  Me, and his Kundalini came up, and was just pulsating here, the [unclear], like that. And the whole of this part was pulsating like that. I mean only that part. So the people asked him,  “Are you all right?” He said, “Yes, I’m all right.”  “But do you have a liver problem?”  “Yes, I have. How do you know?”  You can see it. Kundalini itself is suggesting. It’s pulsating.  So you have to correct the liver, you have Read More …

We Are All Seeking Part 2 Caxton Hall, Longford (England)

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1978-03-20 We Are All Seeking London Source So, the Swadisthan chakra which is placed second now is the one which has got six petals and this is the one that controls the pelvic plexus-the aortic plexus within us. That also has got six sub-plexuses. Now we have to know that these are subtle centres placed in our spinal cord and the gross centres are outside. Now this is something one must understand, if you have to understand about Kundalini, that these centres are placed outside of gross plexuses which doctors know. But they are actually subtle centres inside the spinal cord. Beyond that is another centre which you can see, that’s called as Manipura chakra – I told you the centre of the navel chakra-which has got ten petals, as I have told you, that there have been ten gurus also. And around that is the Void, is the gap. And this gap has to be filled. Now what happens when you place your hands towards me? Like this, if you could it would be nice. All of you should place your hands so it works out simultaneously. See this power, this divine Power which is an integrated power which is all powers put together, starts flowing into your being through your fingers. These fingers, five fingers, this portion and this portion as you will see from the chart we have given you are responsible for sucking that divinity within yourself. It works like an [UNCLEAR entity], it goes inside Read More …

We are all seeking Caxton Hall, London (England)

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Public program, “We are all seeking”, Caxton Hall, London, 20 March 1978. Gregoire has said so many things that I really don’t know what to say after that. Really dumbfounded. I know it’s a fact and you have to face it, though I’m bashful about it. You were all seeking, and I think, from the time I remember, I haven’t met anyone who was not seeking. They may be seeking in money, in power. But so many of them were really seeking something beyond. In the West, I always felt all the great sages of the old and the ancient times who were seeking God, are born. I could see, the way you have  abhorred materialism; the way you have achieved a kind of a understanding about life, is a new thing. At the time of Christ, it was not possible to see such people except for some lepers and some sickly people. There was nobody else who was willing to look at Him. Times have changed no doubt. But, in this seeking, many people have committed lots of mistakes. Mistakes can be forgiven always. They should be rectified. I’ve been born with this. I knew I had to do this and I knew I had to be in London one day. All the people who are of a very high, evolved status, I can say, who do not live in the humdrum of life, who do not roam about as gurus and earn money, who do not claim to Read More …

Spirit, Attention, Mind Finchley Ashram, London (England)

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“Spirit, Attention, Mind”, Finchley Ashram, London (UK), 20th February 1978. …and He’s using us as an instrument. Come along! As I have said.  Now Christine had asked me, “What is our surrendering?” And he has asked me if we have a free will or not. All right? You have a free will of your own. Especially human beings have it, not the animals. You have the free will to choose, we can say, good and bad, righteous and unrighteousness. Now, you can choose to surrender, or not to surrender, to His will: to be dominated by your own will. Now, she asked me, “What is the surrender?” Surrendering, as I have been saying, that is to be done in three stages. Especially here in this country where people think, rationalise, analyse; because it’s not easy. If you can do it otherwise, you can do it automatically. Supposing God, Himself, is sort of based according to your certain conceptions. I don’t know what sort of conceptions you have about God, but supposing you have certain conceptions, individual ones. Everyone has individual conceptions for God. And maybe that you see that He’s so Almighty and He’s so great and you just bow to Him without thinking. But that cannot be. So the first one is to surrender by understanding rationally. Nobody is unconscious, nobody is in the subconscious. You are all very conscious as to what you are doing and what’s happening to you. So when you see that the Divine Force Read More …

Nabhi Chakra London (England)

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Nabhi Chakra, London1978-02-20 How it is placed within us. Nabhi chakra also has got two sides- left and right. On the left hand side of the Nabhi chakra is placed as a centre or you call it a chakra or a sub-chakra called as the Chandra means the moon. Moon centre on the left hand side, and right hand side is the sun centre and they are placed exactly on the moon line and the sun line i.e. first the Ida and the Pingala. These two centres are the two points up to which we can go and move from left to right. Beyond that when we start going you cross the limits. Now these two centres when localized, see they have vertical vibrations flow over to them but when they are localized at that point how we spoil them. We must understand. Left Nabhi and right Nabhi are interdependent on each other. If you pull too much of left Nabhi or work too much on left Nabhi then right Nabhi also can catch. But say we will take one by one. Now the left Nabhi is caught, normally if you eat food at somebody’s house who is a sort of spiritualist or who is giving a prasad like say Satya Sai baba this horrible fellow, his those vibhutis as they call it because it comes from the cremation ground, see that ash, all these things and all these types of food when you eat…. a person who believes in Read More …

Deeper Meditation London (England)

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“Deeper Meditation”, London, 20 February 1978 Cooly (Tony Paniotou) have you written it down? Shri Mataji: Hello, How are you?  Yogi: Very well, thank you. Shri Mataji: May God bless! You can sit on the chair. Be comfortable.  Yogi: Oh, that’s very kind!  Shri Mataji: Ask Cooly to write it down for him. Yogi: He is doing it. Hello! How are you Douglas? How are you? Douglas Fry: Very well! Shri Mataji: Looking very fine! Just like a flower beautiful! See what beautiful children I have, just like these petals over here. Can you open a window for a while. Just open the window for five minutes. Sit comfortably. Be comfortable, like this. I mean. Yes, be very comfortable. One has to be very, very comfortable, very comfortable. She got it even before she had seen me! Because that shows that it’s flicking in the air. Today I want to tell you about further meditation: how we have to go and how we have to understand ourselves. You see the thing is, so far you have had habits of dealing with things, and your practices: how you have dealt with the worldly problems, with your personal problems, your physical problems, body problems, but now as you have entered into the Kingdom of God and the power of God is flowing through you, you must know that your solutions and your styles have to be different now; that is, you have to put your attention at the disposal of God. Actually Read More …

The three Gunas – The significance of Indian culture New Delhi (India)

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The three Gunas – The significance of Indian culture, Public Program, Delhi, India, 3rd February 1978 [English translation from Hindi] The energy which you are using is refilled by us. There is another modern disease which we call tension. ‘Tension’, People say ‘I have tension’, earlier nobody used to get tension. Naturally, you will get tension if you leave from old Delhi for Mataji’s programme, thinking ‘Must reach at 6:30!’, ‘Must sit at the front seat.’ If you reach later, doesn’t matter, you can arrive late also. You were supposed to come at this time so you came. Doesn’t matter. What is the emergency? Where will I go and where will you go? We will sit, relax, talk, and that’s how Sahaja yoga is done. Why make such a fuss about it? No need. Sit in a very comfortable, relaxed manner, that is how you will get your realisation. I have seen even in Sahaja yoga people plan like this. I laugh a lot. Like if you say that two days later fruits will ripen here, I will accept. If you say Two days later a fruit will ripen from a flower at exactly 6 minutes past 5, if you say so and can show me, then I’ll accept your calibre. The more you plan before coming here the more obstructions are created for your Kundalini awakening. Sahaja samadhi should come, it happens spontaneously. Sahaja means in a simple manner. Only such people get it. Now, why are you beating, Read More …

Public Program: Brahmajana New Delhi (India)

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1978-02-01, Brahmajana: Mooladhara to Vishuddhi – Agnya and Sahasrara Chakras, Delhi Public Program, Brahama Ka Gyan (Knowledge of Brahm), 1st February 1978 Delhi, Translation Hindi to English I have already told you about some of the chakras. I will tell you beyond this today. As I said earlier the name of the first chakra is Mooladhara. This is located below and consists of four petals. And because this is in a subtle form, the gross expression of this is the Pelvic plexus. In this are the purest of the pure feet of Lord Ganesha. And above this, the triangular form that you see here resides the kundalini and this is a very important point that lord Ganesha is below and kundalini is above him. This is a very important point to understand. There is a lot of confusion over this. To say that Ganesha in this chakra that is connected to sex or completely opposite to do all the work by staying away from sex, this is a way to god. These two twisted forms of thought get encouraged. Sex has no connection with your evolution. But you also do not need to run away from sex in Sahaja yoga. This is another aspect of daily existence but not so important as people think. It’s an expression of your domestic life between a man and a woman. It should be allowed between a husband and wife and one should adopt purity with anyone else. Beyond that, I told you that Read More …

Advice, Part 1, Rajoguna and Swadishthana Chakra, Lakshmipati New Delhi (India)

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1978-01-31 Advice in Delhi, Part 1 – Rajoguna and Swadishthana Chakra – Lakshmipati, Delhi [translation version 1] I have told you about the Nabhi Chakra and also about the Void. The guru principle resides in this “Bhavasagara” (ocean of illusion) and this Guru principle establishes the dharma within us. These ten petals here that we have shown are the ones which establish the ten dharmas within us. (Shri Mataji points towards the petals on the chart). It is important to have these ten dharmas in a human being otherwise he is not a human being. Even if he has nine dharmas in him is still [Inaudible] a bit and if he does not follow these dharmas that are within him, and when I say dharma I don’t mean by Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and all that but dharma means the innate dharma (religion) of humanity within, if one does not keep to those ten dharmas then he turns into a devil. This Guru tattwa has taken birth in this world in many forms especially it has these ten main incarnations have taken birth like Raja Janaka, Nanak, Mohamad saa’b etc. and at the end it was Sai Nath from Shirdi, who took birth. They tie this tattwa/moral within us because all these gurus who have taken birth for our evolution are placed within us. [Unclear] These Gurus are very subtly placed deities within us. Like for these Gurus already say: “Don’t consume alcohol”, then they weren’t mad that they said this. Read More …

Sahajyog, Kundalini aur Chakra Mumbai (India)

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Sahaja Yoga, Kundalini, and Chakras – Mumbai, 30 January 1978  What is Sahaja? Most of you already know. Guru Nanak Sahib has made great efforts and written much about Sahaja. It is a great blessing upon you all. However, no one knows about it, no one understands. ‘Sahaja’ means ‘Sah’ – together, and ‘Ja’ – born. It is born with you, it is born within you. The right to this yoga is born with you. Every human being has the right to attain this yoga. But you are human then! If you become an animal, you are deprived of this right, or if you become a demon, you are also deprived of this right. If you are a human being in the ordinary sense, then you have the right to attain this yoga. This is the only yoga; there is no other yoga. All other yogas are preparations for it. Some also understand Sahaja Yoga to mean straightforward, simple, effortless, spontaneous, because it is a living happening. Just as your birth, just as residing in your mother’s womb, just as trees laden with flowers, transforming into fruits. Similarly, this is a profound, natural, spontaneous event. And this event, which is, is the ultimate pinnacle of human evolution. Humans are created by the Divine from animals. Do you know why a human is created from an amoeba? All scientists should sit together and ask, what is the reason after all? Imagine I gather a few pieces of wood and bring a Read More …

New Year’s Day Talk before Havan (India)

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New Year’s Day talk before havan, India, January 1st, 1978            [Few people are also moving slowly.] Sahaja Yogi: Need aasan [chair]. Shri Mataji: Need aasan? Who has? Now just see his vibrations now, are you all right? He is all right. Take the name of Radha Krishna. Yes, all right now. Ok, come on whoever wants to wash it, wash it fast, Aradhana is standing, take some salt, she will put salt in water, you just take it from right hand. Shri Mataji: Why do you want to mix up all these things together? Sahaja Yogi: Because there is another one, Mother. [Unclear conversation] Shri Mataji: Actually, but there should be another group we should say that why do we need money for drinking? Going to pubs? Why don’t you reduce on that? I mean strike has a little controlling, [Unclear. A Sahaja Yogi is explaining something] Shri Mataji: But one has to grip something, what I am saying, you are gripping one thing, one finger is not going that way and another is not going that way you see so whether you are on the contradict [unclear] should be used in this way that, even the fingers may be different, you can grip the same thing. And when all of them put together they can only grip it. But why not give up drinking, what I have don’t go to go? Give up drinking, give up drinking. That’s how you save your money. At least, save your money there. They Read More …