Day: 1983/01/01 (Saturday)

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Short Conversation on Marriages New Delhi (India)

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Short Conversation on Marriages, India, Dehli, December [Before 1985]. Dr Warren: (inaudible) (I think we just needa little more time?) Shri Mataji: Now, you see the thing is, how many are really settled for marriage? Raise your hand. Sahaja Yogi: It’s Chandra and Matti. Shri Mataji: Not yet. Sahaja Yogi: Not yet. Shri Mataji: Not yet. That’s not yet settled, because told you, if he has a problem, is a problem. I am telling you very frankly:  unless and until you fully sort it out, you are not to be married. Sorry, I don’t want him to loose his job, alright? Sahaja Yogi: Yes. Shri Mataji: You see, if he looses his job, if he has to resign and go away it’s not proper. Sahaja Yogi: That’s right. Shri Mataji: What will he do? Sahaja Yogi: That’s practical. Shri Mataji: That’s very practical. Sahaja Yogi: Robert and Nirmala are coming they’ve been married by Arian Samaj [unsure] yesterday. Shri Mataji: Hum. Shri Mataji: Patrick and Madhurai have been married, I think today by Arian Samaj. They’re coming up to Delhi in two days time. Pedro and Patricia are very happy to go ahead with the arrangement. Shri Mataji: Three of them no? Sahaja Yogi: And Guido and Isabelle who wish to seek your blessings for their marriage. Shri Mataji: Alright. Sahaja Yogi: And that’s all that I have [inaudible – apparently(?)] Shri Mataji: Four of them. I’d also want to be- Sahaja Yogi And five re-marriages. Shri Mataji: Hum? Sahaja Read More …

Third Letter in Marathi (Location Unknown)

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Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Translation of Old Marathi Letter – (in Nirmala Yoga magazine no.15, 1983) Man wants peace, wealth, power, etc., but God is the origin of all these.  Then why should there not be the desire for God?  Why should there be no aspiration and ambition to meet God? We should pray to God for peace, and keep the desire to meet God who is peace itself. This should be the difference in satisfaction of a common man and that of a Sahaja Yogi. One should be ready to surrender the very desire to meet God at God’s holy feet.  All attention must be on Him.  For that – one must have dedication, determination and concentration (tapasvita), in that all material attachments should be destroyed. What is there in this world to cling to?  You must realize the glory of those feet in which all fades, and becomes peaceful.  Only then, will you have your glory! Why should one brag of one’s achievements?  You must understand that whatever is being done by you, is all God’s power, that is, the working of the Adi Shakti and you are only the witnesses to see these miracles. For achieving that stage, you should pray: “May our ‘I consciousness’ fade away.  May the truth that all of us are a small part of your being be assimilated within us, so that your Divine bliss would resonate every particle of our bodies and this life would be filled with beautiful melodies enchanting the Read More …

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New year’s Day Program, Gondhal (Drama) and Bhajans (partially transcribed) Kolhapur (India)

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Gondhal (Drama) and Bhajans, Kolhapur, India, January 1st, 1983 [Shri Mataji speaks at 48:08]They are playing the praise of the Goddesses, also my praise and they are thankful to you for giving money to them, it’s a simple expression of your love for your Mother. And it’s a very simple drama for village that they perform, entertain people. In that, they talk of God and all the work of the Goddess. It’s a very good way to learn- to entertain the villagers and to tell them about the Goddess and why she created this [inaudible] And the dance was done very well. And I hope you all enjoyed despite few understand Hindi [unsure]. But I will translate it to you later on because they will tape it. But I must say, I’m very much impressed by the way these people are doing this work, in the name of Swaroopa Aranji [unsure] who was such a great soul, who is no more. And I would like to give to them a present from all of us because you are my children and you are just the same. You have to get this Realization completed from this knowledge of Sahaja Yoga, how to give Realization, how to give Kundalini jagruti, what sort of a man he was, that he wanted you to know all these things and you have to know your atma. That’s what it is.May God bless you.So, [inaudible] for their ascent.[49:31] [1:10:46]These are beautiful sayings of Parama and other Read More …

Talk about Shri Saraswati and the Veena Kolhapur (India)

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Talk about Shri Saraswati and the Veena, 1983, Kolhapur, India The gentleman who accompanies, his name is Mr. Chatterjee but I have never seen anyone so far, playing those talas [rhythms] on tabla so well. It’s alright to play all North Indian talas on tabla, but to mix up both and to manage the South Indian talas on tabla is the first time I am seeing. Otherwise they normally use mrudungum. It is a very, very unique combination of things we have worked out and, if you have time, do come some time to our centre and we’ll explain to you what is the naada [sound] and what does it mean and what is this great instrument which is called as veena, which is the Primordial Instrument. All the instruments are variations and manifestations of this instrument, which is the first, the primordial, conceived first, in the awareness of human beings and that’s why it is regarded as a holy instrument. It is in the hand of the Goddess Saraswati, who is the Goddess of Learning and of Lalitakala, meaning the five arts. According to the great seers, the Goddess of Learning suggests or symbolises a personality which must know music; means if a person, if he is learned, then he must know what is music. If he doesn’t understand music, then he’s not yet a perfect, learned man. Everybody who is a learned man, must know music. That is indicated by this instrument in the hands of Saraswati. And Read More …

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Shri Mahalakshmi Puja: Mahalakshmi tattva Kolhapur (India)

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Shri Mahalakshmi puja. Kolhapur (India), 1 January 1983. [Starts at 5:55] Today again is a new year’s day, every new year comes, because we have to take to something that is new. It has been so arranged that the sun has to move for 365 days and again a new year has to come. Actually the whole solar system is moving in a spiral way. So, there is definitely a higher, higher state of this solar system. Every year it is rising higher in a spiral way. So it is not only that it is because 365 days have passed, but because it has moved a step forward higher than what it was. Now, we can see that in awareness, human beings have definitely risen much higher than what they were, say, about 2000 years back. But the first system that started, the whole universe, was the first model, we can say, was created. And that model has to be perfect and that was a perfect model which then started perfecting the rest of it. So, that is the perfect model which is in the principle of this ascent and that is working out this ascent. Now the perfection of the rest of the universe takes place in various directions but today we have to consider the Mahalakshmi Principle. Now Mahalakshmi, as I told you, is a perfect principle, is a perfect principle, it’s perfected. It is born as perfect, will remain as perfect. It will be always eternally perfect Read More …