The spiritual power which surrounds us United Nations Headquarters, New York City (United States)

Public Program by Invitation, United Nations Headquarters, New York City (United States) Gregoire: What I would like to say to you perhaps is that Shri Mataji is already with us. I wouldn’t like to talk for too long but the major difference to put it in a nutshell is that because we are in a time where so many people are seeking and because there is a demand for the keys to the frontier of new conscious many people have come supplying all kind of answers. Now as people have refined their language, you’ll see that more or less all use the same key words – joy, peace, love, awareness, spontaneity, creativity so on and so forth. So that its difficult if you have a lecturer who is clever only on the basis of the language to make the difference between someone who can effectively deliver something and someone who is just precisely only giving a lecture. Now the key to Sahaja Yoga is experience. I mean it is certainly the tradition that Shri Mataji will talk to us and will explain us some aspects of Sahaja Yoga, the system that she has discovered. It’s not something new, it’s something totally ancient, but she has discovered how to reveal it to us in the modern world. She will explain some of it, so that the questions in our brains get reasonably satisfied otherwise we are keeping guessing and raising questions. However the cardinal importance of a program such as the Read More …

Conversation after Arrival (United States)

Conversation after Arrival, New Rochelle (United States), July 25th, 1988 Yes, how beautiful they were! [Shri Mataji speaks in Hindi about Emile Zola] Then, he is trying to show in one woman, four types of womanhood [in the book ‘Nana’]. But [Hindi]. It’s like that.Very sublime. [Hindi]. Must read. I am rereading something, it’s important, good things. In Sahaja Yoga, we don’t believe in somebody reading and getting Realisation. But after Realisation, you must read.[Hindi].So many books, one can read. These days, I have no time to read.Grégoire: If they are good you inspired them all, Shri Mataji.Shri Mataji: Hum?Grégoire: If they are good you inspired them all.Shri Mataji: It’s true but – American magnets [unsure], they haven’t got much, except for writing. They just digest these things all right [unsure]. These days, it’s not so bad. Sometimes you get funny articles in that also.Also, in between, they want to popularize themselves whatever it is, but they have kept quite a good standard. Also, apart from that, oratory and ? point of knowledge, must read.Now let’s seek general knowledge. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln’s wife?Sahaja Yogini: Mary Todd.Shri Mataji: Hum?Sahaja Yogi: Mary Todd.Shri Mataji: Correct. How many knew? It was a terrible woman. Of Abraham Lincoln, you read ‘Unknown’. It was a very beautiful book. ’Unknown’.[Hindi: Unknown, do you like?]Sahaja Yogini: Dji [yes]. Shri Mataji: How are you?[Hindi conversation about Ganapatipule]Every Sahaja Yogi must come every year. It’s very nourishing, I think. Ganapatipule is very nourishing. This time, Read More …