God is above us Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale, Paris (France)

Public Program 3, Paris (France), 18 June 1983. To all the seekers of joy, I bow. I already told you that joy has no duality. It does not have happiness and unhappiness. It should never be confused with pleasures. Because the pleasure that looks today the pleasure, tomorrow will turn into remorse. But the joy is absolute and eternal. It does not change. Only thing that, how far we have been able to allow the Spirit to shine in our attention, and how far we have been able to get rid of our misidentification is the important point. Today, I gave an analogy of the Sun to the Spirit. The sun is shining by itself, it doesn’t need enlightenment, by itself it is there. But to get the sunshine in the atmosphere we have to remove the clouds, because the clouds are superimposing upon the sun. The clouds that are superimposing cannot engulf the Sun, because Sun is detached from them. Only the clouds can make the atmosphere dark. In the same way, when we have superimpositions of our ignorance upon the Spirit, then there is darkness in our life and we are in confusion. As I told you the first day, whatever we achieve through our mental projections can create those clouds. Also, our conditionings can create these clouds. For example, say we are born in France. So, we think we are French. Then anybody who is not French is not good. Same with Indians: if they are born Read More …

Devi Puja Ashram in Le Raincy, Le Raincy (France)

Devi Puja, Ashram Le Raincy, Paris, France, 6th of June, 1983 [MUSIC]Wah, wah wah![EVERYONE CLAPS][INAUDIBLE]Now, [INAUDIBLE] what will happen [INAUDIBLE]Yogi: We’ll use it No, no, no [INAUDIBLE] all of them.Yogi: All of them so they are all there. [INAUDIBLE]We can have [INAUDIBLE – WHAT SAY?] five[INAUDIBLE] five can come. ComeYogi: [NOT CLEAR – FIVE CAN CURVE?]] FiveAll those who are here. Five people can come.Come down.[NOT CLEAR] first five. Five people come along.One, two, three, four – one more.You want to do it first. All right, let her do it.Yogi: Jai Shri Mataji!Alright. Call five people.[INAUDIBLE][UNCLEAR- YOU RUB MY…YOUR HANDS?]Just rub your handsnot My foot.[UNCLEAR]And also the sole –– sole of the foot.Yogi: [UNCLEAR – Shri Mataji]Aapki family bhi sab aapki inke baad aap dono kyonki yeh aaye hain idhar se.Yogi: Should we say the mantra? – Annh?Yogi: You say the mantra [UNCLEAR] Yes, yes you have to say some mantra.You have got it?Yogi: Please say the mantras. – You.You say the mantras. – Yogi: Which ones Mother?Anyone – the Devi’s or anything.Yogi: Devi [UNCLEAR]Or anything described about the Devi if you have Devi Mahatmyam.Yogi: Devi MahatmayamYogi: Recite in French, Mother? [UNCLEAR][UNCLEAR] – Yogi: In French [UNCLEAR] Shri MatajiAnnh?Any Ganesha’s mantra. – Yogi: Haan.[UNCLEAR]Yogi: Gansha mantra [UNCLEAR] Alright? Good.Yogies: [UNCLEAR]Yogi: Om Twameva saakshaatYogi: Shri Ganesha saakshaatYogies: Shri Adishakti Bhagwati MatajiYogies: Shri Nirmala Devi namo namah.Yogies: Om Twameva saakshaatYogies:Shri Mata Kundalini saakshaatYogies: Shri Adishakti Bhagwati MatajiYogies: Shri Nirmala Devi namo namah.Yogi: Laxmi Vishnu.Yogies: Om Twameva saakshaatYogies: Shri Laxmi Vishnu saakshaatYogies: Shri Read More …

Havan Before the Puja to the Devi: Importance of Puja and Havan Ashram in Le Raincy, Le Raincy (France)

“Importance of Puja and Havan”. Paris (France), 18 June 1983 [Starts at 9:04]Shri Mataji: Hello, so we were waiting for you to come here. So, I think, I’ll get my sweater. Hello, we were waiting for you to come, for Christopher to come here. How is he? Very good. What’s happened to his head?Marie-Amélia: Changing of milk, Shri Mataji.Shri Mataji: So, Christopher you are back, here? Oh, oh, oh…You must cover his head. It’s very cold still.All right. All right. All right. What’s the matter?He is in meditation. [Baby complains] No, no, no, no, no.[Shri Mataji rocks the baby]You must keep him close, all the time. Better cover him more. All right, you’ll get something more from inside. I think you also wear your sweater or something. It’s rather cold outside.Marie-Amélia: Thank you, Shri Mataji.Shri Mataji: Just cover him much more on the head.Gregoire: This is a present from the Austrian Sahaja Yogis, Austrian Sahaja Yogis to the French Sahaja Yogis.Shri Mataji: Ah! It’s beautiful.Gregoire reads the word on the poster: “And I saw heaven opened and behold a white horse”. Shri Mataji: Translate it in French.At last I was to bring My sweater. Geneviève can bring.Gregoire: Sweater for Shri Mataji. Michel C.: Mother I have a gift, two gifts for you.Shri Mataji: I beg your pardon?Michel C.: First is from Rouen we offer You the cushion where your feet are settled. It’s from Rouen. And the “armours” [city coat of arms] of the town.Shri Mataji: Oh, I see. What’s Read More …