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You have To Find Your Self Porchester Hall, London (England)

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Public Program, Porchester Hall, London (UK), 16 November 1987. I bow to all the seekers of Truth. When we are seeking the Truth we have to know we have to be honest about it. Because it is benevolent for us, not for others. We are seeking the Truth for ourselves, not for others. The another thing we have to remember, very humbly, that truth is what it is. We cannot change it, we cannot organise it, we cannot manoeuvre it. It is what has been and will be. And what is the Truth? The truth is that you are the Spirit. You are not this body, you are not this mind, you are not this ego, and you are not this conditioning. You are the Spirit. But so far you have been a human being. But to be human being itself is a very great thing. Is the greatest thing to be a human being.Perhaps we have not realised the value of our life because we do not know what we are. The way we waste our time, waste our energies, waste our attention on things, which are senseless, because we still have to understand the greatness of our being. Human beings are made with such care, so beautifully, such delicate working of the Divine from amoeba to this stage passing through various stages, such a beautiful thing has been created as a human being. But first, we must have this attention to our Self that there must be something. Read More …

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Evening with Sahaja Yogis: You have to support each other St. Martin's Lane Ashram, London (England)

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Talk to Sahaja Yogis, with questions/answers, St.Martin’s Lane, Covent Garden, London (UK), 8 April 1987. Some of you can come in front, Come along there’s room… (laughs) Come along, there’s room here. Come in …there’s room here (looks at prasad)… all full of sweets. Oh God… I didn’t see all that (laughs). [From now on video and verified transcript begins] I’ll have some water… Thank you (indistinct… and bring My purse here.) I’m just watching all the beauty (She laughs). You looked so beautiful at the airport. Such a joy for me to see you in that shape. It’s a rare occasion sometimes that you feel oneness with the whole universe, absolutely oneness with the whole universe, when you feel the love that exists between all of you. It’s the love between you, oneness between you, the way you all have opened your heart to each other as good human beings, as realized souls, as saints – it’s the most fulfilling and satisfying thing for Me. When a saint used to meet another saint, say in India, what would happen? There was a saint in Maharashtra who was a tailor, but he was a saint. Saint is a saint whether he’s a tailor or he could be anything. And there was another saint who was a potter, who used to make pots, and things like that, out of clay. So this saint, Namadeva, went to see this potter who was making some pots out of clay. And he looked at him. Read More …

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Talk to Sahaja Yogis: The Attitudes London (England)

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Talk To Sahaja Yogis: The Attitudes, London, England 30-09-1986 Pelham Primary School, Southey Road, Wimbledon London. Please be seated. I will be going to India for a puja, as you know, because they say in the West most of the pujas take place and they never have a chance. That’s why I’m going to India. And Navaratri starts from the 4th.  I hope in these nine days we’ll clear out so many of your chakras. Of course, I’ll be working on them but you have to also cooperate, watch yourself, find out what’s wrong with you, why the different chakras are catching. Now the attitude that we have towards ourselves and towards others has to be now changed in these new circumstances and in this transformation. The Sahaja Yoga lifestyle is not a system. You know that. We don’t want to create any systems, any norms in Sahaja Yoga. But what we do here is to transform ourselves into Selfhood, into the Spirit state. By that we change our attitudes. If our attitudes are not changed then we have not achieved much in Sahaja Yoga.  The attitude first should be that we have to know that we are on the giving end not on the receiving end. If that happens to you automatically, spontaneously then you have achieved it. But supposing it does not happen, then you have to be on the watch out. First of all you must feel the joy of being in the Sahaja Yoga. If you cannot feel Read More …

Letter Brompton Square House, London (England)

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Smt. Nirmala Devi  48 Bromton Square  London  dt. 5th April 1986  My Dear Mr Magdum,  This is in reference of your letter saying that there is more than half an acre land absolutely stony and useless for agriculture. It does not matter as I am in the process of buying 7 acres of adjacent land, so we will have altogether 11 acres of land for farming.  I have confirmed the following points again as given by you;  1. The farm house does not need collector’s permission. (The copy of the  letter written by the colector to Mr Malhotra is with me).  2. The farm house has no specific dimensions. Mr Dhumal sent a registered letter to the collectorate, however no reply has been received for over two months.  3. The permission has been granted by the Gram Panchayat. ( confirmed by Gram Panchayat that only they are authorised to grant the permission).  4. This area is a green belt and has to be used for agriculture only. The farm house can be used by us and also for the agriculture storage etc. We have got permission from the planning Dept.  Now as my husband is going to retire very soon, I wish to plan the house as per requirements for my family and my daughters’ families. Both my daughters are married in the ‘Shetkari’ families. Specially the younger son-in-law who is the grandson of our late President Rajendra Prasad, belongs to a very well known farmer’s family of Bihar and himself is Read More …

Going from Swaha to Swadha Brompton Square House, London (England)

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“Going from Swaha to Swadha,” Shri Mataji’s residence, 48 Brompton Square, London (England), 3 March 1986. This was the last thing I used in my lectures, in Delhi; that Shri Krishna has said that the human awareness goes downward and the roots of the human awareness are in the brain. And when human beings start going downward they move in the opposite direction of the Divine. That’s all He has said. He’s not said more than that.  Now see, what happens [is] that you are born in the Bhavasagara, at that time. Now, when the human awareness starts growing, what is the essence of Bhavasagara is swaha and the aim is swadha.  Swaha means consumption: consumption of all the poisons, consumption of everything.  And swadha is the one [which] means: the swa is the Spirit and dha means the one that sustains. So the dharma of Spirit when it comes into you, then you become a guru. So in the Bhavasagara it is swaha and swadha. So from swaha you have to move to swadha. If you come to swadha state then the Mahalakshmi is awakened within you and you start rising higher. So it is called as ‘urdhvagati’ ( ऊर्ध्वगति) : going to the ascent side.  The descent side is called as ‘adhogati’ (अधोगति). Now adhogati starts because to go down is very easy, first of all. Secondly when you are on the steps, on top, you see the steps very nice, done with nice platforms to go down, Read More …

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Public Program on William Blake’s Birthday Hammersmith Town Hall, London (England)

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Public Program: William Blake talk. Hammersmith Town Hall, London, 28 november 1985. It is such a honor for all of us to pay this homage to the great poet, printer and a prophet that was William Blake*.When I first came to England, they have been telling Me that England is a place of scholarship and you can see lots of museums and exhibitions and suddenly I told the Sahaja Yogis that I would like to go and see Tate Gallery for William Blake’s paintings. They were surprised because I seldom go to any one of them, specially the libraries and the books. And when I went there, I saw this great poet, this great personality, pouring out His heart with such concern, with such honesty, with such understanding and perception of the Divine to the people of England, to understand the great powers of Divinity. But to My surprise there were some funny people; they had brought some magnifying glasses and they were looking at the drawings and were watching the private parts of people. I said, ” Look at these wretched, absolutely baser people, who cannot see the sublime, the highest, which He wanted to paint,” and they were taking photographs. I was surprised the way people reacted and then I realized how tormented He must have been in His lifetime to live with such people, who have no sense of Divine. He must have cried in the wilderness; He must have wept; He could not have been accepted, Read More …

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Evening Program Hammersmith Town Hall, London (England)

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1985-11-25 Musical Program, Violin Flute Tabla, London, UK On behalf of all the Sahaja Yogis and all the guests present here I would like to thank the great artists from India Mr Dutta and Mr Kulkarni and Mr Kothari. All of them have been so much engrossed in creating a joyous atmosphere for you that I really got lost in today, the ecstasy of the beautiful melodies they play …I have no words really to express because after this nothing can be said any more …But just to be enjoyed as [unclear /name of someone ] has said that you have to go into a pensive mood to enjoy all these beautiful moments…that we have today witnessed …May God bless you all! I am very much thankful to him and it’s a very good beginning for our exhibition. Now I would little bit as we say in Marathi [unclear /its in Marathi ] I would like to present them with some little, very little whatever was possible by [unclear 1:37:26 ] I am sorry that the whole thing was arranged in such a short time that we couldn’t get all the Sahaja yogis here but in any case, you can hear the tapes and everything very well and you can enjoy the beautiful rendering of all these beautiful melodies. I wish some of you could learn something out of this and would one day show as the beautiful artistry of creating such melodies and such beautiful ecstasies out of these Read More …

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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi sings for Shri Mataji London (England)

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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi sings for H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. London (UK), 30 September 1985. Comment 1 Now the one, the first one is going to singing Telekamor (?​). It says that instead of washing your body so clean if you cannot keep your heart clean. Everybody goes for pilgrimages but who, they do not see to cross the… cross the illusion, which you have crossed. You have crossed the illusion. The desires do not go up, go away, so how do/will they cross this ocean of illusion? [Hindi] Comment 2 A poem composed by Shri Namadeva, whom you know that very well, and he sang about the Pandarinat Shri Krishna who is in Pandanpur, which you have seen and Namadeva was a great poet. [Hindi] Comment 3 [Hindi] Keep the tea ready, all right? Please. This is here the Atulsi diasa(?) And asking for one boon from God singing all that, he comes to the position where he says that: „Oh Lord give me the blessings of devotion to God. All this (indistinct) … bhakti… [Woman speaks in hindi] That is your job to look after me, but give me the devotion. It is Gods job, no doubt, to look after you, but he is asking for the bhakti, the devotion, and just see the devotion is flowing, see? [Hindi] Comment 4 In this beautiful composition by the great Tukaram, he describes himself in a very beautiful way that: „I’m less than an atom and a molecule. But now I Read More …

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Shri Vishnumaya Puja: Power Of The Sister Southlands College, London (England)

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Shri Vishnumaya Puja. Wimbledon, London (UK), 1 September 1985. Today’s Puja of Vishnumaya, who was the sister of Shri Krishna, was not scheduled as such in an international pujas that we do. But they say for the love of God when all the devotees assemble, God also has to break many rules, and that’s how this puja has been accepted to be done. At least once it should be done, I think, was a good idea. By your love and your devotion it was desired, and so this puja is going to be performed. It’s just spontaneous that I happened to be in England at this time, because this puja if ever had happened, would have happened in India. Because this is a puja of a deity, Vishnumaya, the seed of which is not easy to plant in the Western countries. Now the whole Shakti programming has been done in such a way that we have Mother as a Shakti first, the Primordial Mother. Then we have three shaktis coming out of Her, as you know – Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, Mahasaraswati. And then we have children from them: brothers and sisters. So before the power of what we call the wife or the spouse was created, is the power of the sister is created. So, as you know that Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesha were born to these three Shaktis, and they all had sisters. And their sisters were married – like Vishnu’s sister is Parvati and She was married to Shiva. Is Read More …

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Public Program And Raksha Bandhan Seminar + unknown talk Southlands College, London (England)

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Public Program and Talk to Sahaja Yogis. Wimbledon, London (UK), 31 August 1985. …where example of the dearth of seeking in this country or may be there is some sort of lacking on the part of English Sahaja Yogis also. The way that, because I am here, people take things for granted or may be that there are few like Gavin and others are very anxious, trying to do their level best to do this. And I think on two points My being here failed. One point is that we all must know “What have we done for Sahaja Yoga?” Some people take two or three posters and post them then they think they have done everything. No. You have to do much more than anywhere else because you are placed in this important thing called the heart. Everybody has had an advantage of Sahaja Yoga, has been helped a lot. We have to think what have we done for Sahaja Yoga. It has done so much for us; what have we done for Sahaja Yoga. That’s very important. So then there should be, I think I was expressing that anxiety which the people, who are your leaders and those who are worried about Sahaja Yoga in England. And My lecture, the whole lecture has that tremendous concern; and then we have to think what have we done. We have houses, we have places, we have ashrams, we have families, we have wives, we have every thing and the Sahaja Read More …

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Evening Program and Raksha Bandhan Ceremony Southlands College, London (England)

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Evening Program and Raksha Bandhan Ceremony, Southlands College, London (England), 1985-08-30 Today on this auspicious day of Rakhipurnima, we have to thank all the artists who have really created such a marvelous, beautiful dance drama in your presence, especially to Mr. Pawar, his wife, his daughter, you are very much obliged, plus the other artist, and so on. Shri Markandey Mishra, and also Baluji Shrivastava, all these people have shown very great artistic talent today, and it’s a very special day. On this day, we all, as brothers and sisters, are sitting here to watch something so beautifully expressed in the realm of brotherly and sisterly love. So whatever has gone wrong or is better, we all must learn to forgive, that’s important. And the sister always forgives, we all must forgive, and we should be extremely loving and protective, that is the Raksha for our artist who are in England. I feel sometimes that the people who have come from abroad and who are artists in England are to be looked after in the same way all the artists of the world must be looked after and must be encouraged and nourished and cherished so that they take to proper divine manifestation of divine music and drama, everything that is beautiful and pure. So on this day, I especially would like to bless all of them for a higher ascent and in a greater way to express themselves in full ecstasy, the joy of God’s blessings on them as Read More …

The Priorities Are To Be Changed Chelsham Road Ashram, London (England)

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The priorities are to be changed, 44 Chelsham Rd, Clapham London (UK), 6 August 1985. Now My stay in England is completing its 12th year and that is the reason I wanted to talk to you people about Sahaja Yoga. How far it has gone and where are we lacking. The greatest thing that has happened is that we have established our religion: Nirmala Dharma as we call it, the Vishwa Nirmala Dharma. And you know the meanings of the words, vishwa means universal, nirmala means pure and dharma means religion. This has been established in America. And we have to register it here in England. Now it is very important that, when we belong to a religion, we have to know what are the commandments of that religion is. And so far we have not drafted anything. It cannot be a thing made suitable to people or suitable to human beings. It cannot be. And it cannot compromise with your suitability. Like in Russia, as I told you the story, I went there and I said, “I would like to see a church.” So they took me down to a church, which was the Orthodox Greek Church, and My husband was also there where we were VIPs, so the head of the church came down and took us to lunch; and he said that today, these days, they are fasting so he cannot take any meat.  We said, “Alright.” We all sat down, but he went on drinking, drinking, Read More …

Shri Mataji comments on “Jesus, The Son of Man” Brompton Square House, London (England)

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Shri Mataji reads a part of the chapter 1 of “Jesus, The Son of Man” from Kahlil Gibran, 1985 “And were it not for sorrow in all of you I would not have stayed to weep.”“Who are you and what are you, Judas Iscariot? And why do you tempt me?”“Have you in truth weighed me in the scale and found me one to lead legions of pygmies? And to direct chariots of the shapeless against an enemy that encompass-that encamps only in your hatred and marches nowhere but in your fear?” Shri Mataji: “Marches nowhere but in your fear”, means you have enemies within yourself.“Too many are the worms that crawl about me feet, and I will give them no battle. They are worms! I am weary of the jest, and weary of pitying the creepers who deem me coward because I will not move among their guarded walls and towers. ““Pity it is that I must needs pity to the very end.”“Would that I could turn my steps towards a larger world where larger men dwell. But, how shall I?” Shri Mataji: And now he said about the future, he?“Your priest and your emperor would have my blood. They shall be satisfied ere” means before, “I go hence. I would not change the course of the law. And I would not govern folly”. Shri Mataji: Because, it’s because of the law that he was to be crucified.“Let ignorance reproduce itself until it is weary of its own offspring.”“Let the Read More …

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Shri Gruha Lakshmi Puja: In your houses you must do Gruhalakshmis’ puja Brompton Square House, London (England)

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Shri Gruhalakshmi Puja, Brompton Square, London,  1985-0805 So, this is to thank you all for helping in building this house and making it so beautiful. All the thankfulness is from us, both of us [Shri Mataji and Sir CP].Today is a very interesting day when you are worshipping the Gruhalakshmi here, means the Gruhalakshmi of this house. In the same way in your family also, in your houses you must do Gruhalakshmis’ puja. The woman has to be the Gruhalakshmi herself and then she should be worshipped.“Yatya naria pujyante, tatra bhramante Devata.” Where the women are respected and worshipped there reside all the deities. But they should be respectable also. If they are not respectable then the deities won’t reside there. So, it’s a big responsibility on a Gruhalakshmi to be respectable so that all the deities are happy in the family. And once she is respected, she will try to be respectable also. So, the respect of the Gruhalakshmi is very important. Today we are having this little puja from all the builders who helped us here, with the blessings of Vishwakarma and Brahmadeva; those who have tried to make this house so beautiful. Also, as you know, Blake has described this house. It has a special significance and we have to now hand it over to somebody else, the one who will appreciate and respect this house; who will understand the value and worth of this house. And for that we have to pray that it will be Read More …

Ganesha is a tapasyi London (England)

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Undated Talk at a UK Airport, possibly 27 May 1985. Today’s program, I am happy in a way we could manage, because you know, in Rome we have done wonders. We have really done wonders in Rome, no doubt about it. The press conference was just like a meeting of Sahaja Yogis and also the television was as if it was our own television, was a fine television. But there’s one credit must be given. To the Sahaja Yogis, they are very dedicated people. Not only that but they see to it that they keep themselves all right. And they work very hard, they get up everyday morning, clean themselves, live in a collective way. England, I’ve worked very hard because it’s the heart. But as the Sahaja Yogis go, I don’t know. We have some very good ones, but we have some horrid ones too. And that’s what we have to look after ourselves and not after others. Now, one thing you must know, if you have red faces that means you have Vishuddhi. That is the right Vishuddhi, and if you have white faces that means you have the left Vishuddhi. Now, if we have a problem with our Vishuddhis we cannot go further, and it comes out of a simple thing, that we are not collective enough. We are still individualistic. Then the habits will develop. Before coming to Sahaja Yoga. Now, the habits we developed, before coming to Sahaja Yoga, we have no will power to Read More …

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11th Day of Navaratri: Put me in your Heart Chelsham Road Ashram, London (England)

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“Put me in your heart,” Farewell Talk. Chelsham Rd, London (UK), 5 October 1984 Shri Mataji: Please sit down. All right. Sahaja Yogi: Because today we are saying farewell to our Mother for some time and also to our respected brother from Australia, Dr Waren, who has worked tirelessly while he is being here. On our Mother’s behalf and our behalf, and done tremendous work behind the scenes to help things work out in this country. And we want make this a special occasion of just letting him know that we love him very dearly and he is, whatever he may say to us, it does our heart good. Thank you.[Applause] Dr Warren: Shri Mataji, this really is a surprise to me.Sahaja Yogini: Your coat is on fire.Dr Warren: My coat is on fire?[Laughter]Shri Mataji: You move it further, now it’s all right. You move it further, a little bit here, it’s better.Dr Warren: A bit further?Shri Mataji: That’s all.Dr Warren: It was quite a dramatic start. [Warren speaks about 16 mn]I think the most important thing I can say that how much I am enjoying being here. It’s very, very important that we all come to the heart, we all have to circulate and I feel a tremendous joy whenever I know that I come up here. Because I don’t feel it in a way that I am doing anything. When you are in presence of Shri Mataji, as many of you feel, it’s such an expression of dedication. Read More …

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The Experience of Truth (Part IV) Chiswick Town Hall, London (England)

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Public Program, “The Experience of Truth”  (IV part) Chiswick Town Hall, London (UK), 10 July 1984. I bow to all the seekers of truth. We have had three lectures before this, about the experience of truth and today is the fourth one and the last on the subject of experience of truth. In the first lecture I described what is truth, how to recognise truth and that’s how we proceeded till today, and today we have to get to the finale, that is the enjoyment of the bliss of truth. The first one was as I told you, before was the experience of truth which one has to feel on the central nervous system. Into a new collective consciousness, was the second one and the third one we talked about the transformation that takes place. But the final is the nature of Divine. People say divine is purity, divine is blissful, divine is compassion, divine is love, it is described by many words, but I don’t think it can be described. It has to be experienced. You can go on describing, writing books after books, stories after stories, poems after poems, divine is so unlimited that you cannot describe it in it’s full extent, nor in it’s depth, but as it is being described that the spirit is the truth. So the first three lectures I covered the subject of truth within us, that we have to feel it in our evolutionary process; the truth on our central nervous system. Read More …

The Experience of Truth (Part III) Ilford Town Hall, London (England)

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Public Program at Ilford Town Hall. Ilford (England), 8 July 1984. I bow to all the seekers of truth. In the previous two lectures I told you how to understand the experience of truth. In the first one, we came to the conclusion that if we have to feel the truth, it’s not our only mental acceptance that it is truth, or our mental projection that it is truth, but you have to feel it on your central nervous system. In the second lecture I told you that when you feel the truth through your central nervous system in your evolutionary process, then you become something. You become, you become is the point. Is not that you think you are like this or like that, but you really become something. Like a flower becomes a fruit or an egg becomes a chick. You have to become something in your awareness, and this new awareness is the awareness of collective consciousness. Where you can feel yourself, what’s the problem with you and you can feel others, on your fingertips. This is a very good English idiom they use, on your fingertips. I mean somebody must have thought of Sahaja Yoga when they formed this I am sure. To use this, you should know it on your fingertips. Now what does that mean? We have never thought of it, we always say so, we should know them on our fingertips, but actually you feel them on your fingertips. The different centres within Read More …

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The Experience of Truth (Part I) South Bank University, London (England)

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Public Program, “The Experience of Truth”. South Bank Polytechnic, London (England), 22 June 1984. I bow to all the seekers of Truth. There are in those modern times, many seekers of Truth [that] are born. It’s a special category of people born in these modern times. Perhaps we are not aware that, in every country, [a] lot of people are born with the seeking. They are a special category which sees beyond, tries to find something beyond what they can perceive through their sense organs. The Truth as we see, is through our sense organs. For example something we see as white, we call it ‘white’, something we feel cool, we call it ‘cool’; [similarly] something as hot. Means, whatever we perceive through our sense organs and whatever is communicated to us through our central nervous system we accept as Truth. And we should accept that only as Truth and not something that is told to us, not something that we have read in the books, not something that we can project our mind to and can think about. That doesn’t mean that I deny any one of the scriptures. That doesn’t mean that I deny anything that you have known so far. But, to begin with, let us start from scratch as they call it or on a clean slate. Let us see what is the Truth. Now in every religion Truth has been described as I can see it. Everybody cannot see it. That’s why this problem. That’s Read More …

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The tradition of Seeking Porchester Hall, London (England)

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Public Program. Porchester Hall, London (UK), 10 April 1984. I bow to all the seekers of truth. So very happy to see so many Sahaja Yogis as well as so many seekers today here to know about themselves. First of all we have to realize that when we use the word “I”, when we say “I like it, I want it”, we do not know this “I” at all. This “I” is unknown to us .What part of us likes it, what part of us dislikes it and what part of us is the reality? We know what we can see with our eyes, with these human eyes, with the human awareness that is available to us. We can at least as human being have a conception, have an idea that there has to be something more to this life. It’s not that we are just to be born on this earth, worry about material things of life and then die worrying about them again. That’s not the life we are here. We are human beings specially created, delicately, beautifully looked after, for what purpose? Why are we here? We have to understand that there has to be some higher purpose of our life. But it’s definite that we have not yet felt it and so many of you have felt it too. Seeker is that special category as I have told you who is aware that you have to seek something more than material well-being or the power or Read More …

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Mother Earth and Mahalakshmi Puja Surbiton Ashram, London, Surbiton (England)

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Mother Earth and Mahalakshmi Puja, Surbiton Ashram (England), 21 August 1983. Some of you who cannot sit on the ground can bring some chairs from inside. You can get a chair for yourself. If you people cannot sit on the ground, go and get some chairs for yourselves. Sit down. (Shri Mataji speaks in Hindi) Shri Mataji: Today, we have to know something about the connection of Sahaja Yoga with this Mother Earth. It is very important, that we must understand the value of the Mother Earth. She has been very kind to all of you. She has been sucking your vibrations. She has been, otherwise also, She has given you everything that you see around. So today, we have to understand the connection and the symbolic expression of the Mother Earth within ourselves. I’ve told you before also that Kundalini, which is in three and a half coils is placed within the triangular bone. Now this abode of the Kundalini is called as Mooladhara and is represented in the universe as this Mother Earth or in the puja it is represented as the Kumbha. I don’t know if you have made the Kumbha or not? Sahaja Yogi: Yes Shri Mataji. Shri Mataji: Have you? The Kumbha is sitting here So far, in the movement of our consciousness, we have been trying to understand the God Almighty and all other five elements that we call as important. Shri Mataji: What is it? Sahaja Yogi: I think the mic is not Read More …

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Talk to Sahaja Yogis: On Journalism London (England)

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Talk to Sahaja Yogis, London, England, 16-08-1983 or 1982 Version 1 [Partially transcribed – It has 1 hour and 35 minutes of transcription. Total video is 2 hours 47 minutes] Shri Mataji: I was amazed, how did you manage that. Write and show. These are the katoris (bowls) they sent you from India? These ones? You bought them here. But they have given them some plates, I think. (Mother talks to a baby) Hello! Come come. How are you now. Are you fine? Are you Alright? (touches baby’s hands). very cold, hands are very cold… Lets go, sit down (kisses the baby) Now get me some water. Alright? What is this, Am I going to lecture now? What am I supposed to do, I have got to consult about this…Journalism.. Hmmm.. I think, while you should come here and see what the agenda is and how we are going to work it out. Now let us say, how are we going to work it out. What should we do? First, my suggestions are these. Well, you may give your suggestions. I personally think this way, that we should have a formal body, formal, with the people who will be with the journalistic side. Call it by any name. You are calling them in America, by the name of “Golden-Age-International”. So you have a formal body. You must have for that a proper card -shield, and a kind of a appeal “a letter of introduction”. It’s a very “Krishna’ work”, a Read More …

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The Attitude Has To Be Earnest Porchester Hall, London (England)

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Public Program. Porchester Hall, London (UK), 13 June 1983. Shri Mataji: Is it for the loudspeaker? Yes. We can wait for some time more to organize. It is so unfortunate that it was not published in the newspaper properly, that day – it’s very unfortunate. Yogi: Excuse me Mother, I think to get this microphone a little closer to you. Shri Mataji: Eh? Yogi: Do You want to get this a little closer to You? Shri Mataji: [The microphone] I’ll have it in My hand. Yogi: You’ll take this in Your hand? Shri Mataji: Yes. [Yogi: Okay.] Then that won’t slip out, you know. Yogi: Ah, okay. That’s ok, this. This is the one… Shri Mataji: When we say in the newspaper or in an advertisement that you come to such and such hall for your Self-realization, I don’t know what people think about it. Perhaps they think that it is another hocus-pocus or some sort of a cult or some money-making proposition. But there are some who may not think that way, but they want to have their Self-realization and they come here. But one must understand that the attitude we should have towards our Self has to be really very earnest. To raise your Kundalini is not so difficult and to give you so-called realization also not difficult, in the sense that you can feel the cool breeze of the Holy Ghost coming out of the fontanel bone area, you can get your baptism. But I call it Read More …

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The Essence of Sahaja Yoga Holborn Library, London (England)

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Public Program, “The Essence of Sahaja Yoga”. Holborn Library, London (UK), 6 June 1983. First time that I have come to this area.Now, the essence of Sahaja Yoga, I am sure Mr. Gavin Brown must have explained to you, what it is. And so many of you are from Sahaja Yoga itself. So I need not explain to you all the details. But today we have to understand one thing: that it’s a very serious time we are born into, extremely serious. And when we look at life we do not understand that if we miss this chance of our evolution, not only that we’ll miss it for ourselves, not only that we’ll miss it for England, or only for one country, but we’ll miss it for the whole creation. The trouble is, in the name of God, in the name of evolution, in the name of higher life, so many spurious people have come up that it has become impossible to convince anyone that there is something like Truth left in it. Under these circumstances, one has to talk about Truth. And talking about Truth doesn’t give you the experience of the Truth at all. Discussing about it will not give you, it’s a different realm in which one has to go into, it’s a new awareness which you have to get, to understand the Truth. For which I don’t know how many are prepared, and how many would like to know, and even if they like to know, Read More …

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Kundalini – the most ancient science of spiritual life Hindu Centre, London (England)

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  1983-06-05 Public Program, Hindu Centre, London,  Sahaja Yoghin: …of India, in the Constituent Assembly of India. Mataji, before She took up this message of spreading Hindu philosophy and Hindu thoughts, She was married in a very intellectually, prominent family and She was married to Shri C.P. Shrivastava. [Those of you] who know the post freedom leadership, among the IAS community, very well-known some of the names, and Shri C.P. Shrivastava’s name was one of the most prominent names. He had the distinction of being the principal private secretary to Shastriji, Shri Lal Bhahadur Shastri. And only now, after seeing his name, I remember Mataji. When I was a secretary Government Teachers’ Foundation and we had a conference in Delhi, when we were invited to Shastriji’s house, it was Shrivastavaji who conducted the guests to the, to the house of Shastriji. And I have great pleasure that God creates situations, that we meet different people at different situation, just to prove that the world is so small. Shrivastavaji, after serving as a distinguished person with Shastriji, then he was transferred to the, to the to the Shipping Corporation of India, where he was the secretary, and later on he was with the United Nation Agency, in the form of International Maritime Agency. Now this is the background of this intellectual family. As the holders of important positions in the government of India and in the International Assembly at the UNO, they must be coming in contact with highly prominent international personalities. Read More …

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To All Seekers of Truth Caxton Hall, London (England)

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To All Seekers of Truth, Caxton Hall, London (UK), 20 May 1983. I bow to all the seekers of truth. We are seeking truth, reality, not hallucinations, not imagination, not our own mental projections. We have not being yet able, many of us who are seeking, to understand that reality is what it is. It will be the same. It has been the same. We cannot coin it for ourselves. We cannot organise it, and we cannot think about it. We cannot put a mental projection of our own as to, “This is the reality and this is not the reality.” Today only I was reading with great surprise an article about sniffing the glue that people are doing. I mean, now this is the last they are sniffing now, and then petrol, all sorts of things. Well, why? Why are they doing it? Because for some sensation. But they said that when you do that, what happens is that you start believing that whatever you are doing is right. That exactly is the point today. Without sniffing also there are many who believe like that, that whatever their ideas are about God or about Spirit, about seeking, is the right thing and they don’t want to see what reality is. They just want to project their ego, their imagination, to believe that this is the reality, and then they just are convinced that they know everything. With such people, what to do? How to tell them that reality is Read More …

Newspaper Interview before the up-coming USA Tour with Stan Bostock published in Zireus on May 1983 London (England)

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Newspaper Interview before the up-coming USA Tour with Stan Bostock published in Zireus on May 1983 The aim was to talk to Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi about her forthcoming North American tour. What happened was something that is only now, a week later, starting to make sense. I telephoned the number Shri Mataji’s followers in New York had given me, and found myself, an hour later, knocking on the carved door of a five storied terraced house in London’s classy Knightsbridge district. The door was opened by a young Indian who ushered me into a reception room as ornate and rich as a jewel box. Furniture covered with rose silk, tables inlaid with ivory, carved and gilded wooden screens, pale pink crystal chandeliers. I heard Shri Mataji before I saw her.“How are you? How is America?” Then the lady appeared, short, plump, with long dark hair falling free, and a smile that chips away all the defenses. Tea was ordered and I was asked to sit down. Before I could get the first question into gear Shri Mataji asked, “Do you know what the chakras are?” I mumbled something about subtle energy centers along the spine. “That’s right,” she said, and tapped the base of her neck with her index finger. “This one is called the vishuddhi. In the universe the vishuddhi is North America. Australia is the lowest chakra, the mooladhara. India is the kundalini. which can link all the chakras together,” she traced a line from the base Read More …

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What you can do Caxton Hall, London (England)

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“What you can do” Caxton Hall, London (UK), 26 November 1982 Shri Mataji: Not even a comb.Sahaja Yogini: Yes.Shri Mataji: Conditions are horrid.How are you Pat?Pat: Very well Mother, thank you.Shri Mataji: I put my shawl there, I think they do. Sit down, please be seated.People from Brighton have come? Has Gill come? No.Sahaja Yogi: They have evening class over there.Shri Mataji: I beg your pardon?Sahaja Yogi: They have evening class over there.Shri Mataji: [Laughing] But today they could have come from the evening class.Gavin, just come here for one minute. This ventilator is so strong. [Laughing] I just can’t bear it, it’s too much. If you don’t mind, I find it is too much, you see … after all.Gavin: [unclear]Shri Mataji: I know there are some extreme cases, but…Gavin: It’s better to say it now.Shri Mataji: [Laughing] It’s too much I personally think. There are, of course, extreme cases as I said, but still. [Shri Mataji reads a letter]Sahaja Yogi: Could the new people please, sit with the palms upward toward. The palms, the hands with the palms placed upwards, as if you were asking for a gift.Shri Mataji: [Laughing] I am myself going through austerities all the time. I don’t take any lunch, breakfast, nothing like, very little.[Very low voice, inaudible. Some children…]I’ve received such letters from India also and they said the same. Some of them are really – I just don’t know why it happens like that.Like, Gill said that it took six months for her Read More …

Diwali Puja: Wealth & Generosity Nirmala Palace - Nightingale Lane Ashram, London (England)

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Diwali puja, London (UK), 14 November 1982. Today we are here, all of us, to celebrate a four day festival called as Diwali. Diwali, it comes from the word ‘dipali’; ‘dipali’ in Sanskrit. The word ‘dipa’ means ‘the lights’, and ‘ali’ means the ‘line’, the ‘rows’. Now, there are many things that have happened during these four days and that’s how it is celebrated with such a great enthusiasm. The first thing is the day of the Lakshmi’s birth. That is the thirteenth day of the moon, “dhanteras’ they call it. [Which] is the real day when Lakshmi was born out of the sea; that’s why She is called as Miriam or Maryam. The word ‘Marie’ or ‘Marine’, also comes from the word ‘sea’. So, She’s born out of the sea. She’s created out of the sea. And the wealth of the sea, so far, thank God, human beings have not yet exploited. But they may, one day, start doing that also. And a lot of wealth is still there, so when people start getting worried about exhausting the Mother Earth, you must know that sea is much more than the Earth is, so nothing is exhausted. Still there is such a lot in reserve for you, and one should not worry [apart, “Thank you”] as to the supply of wealth that can come from the sea. Now, this Lakshmi is the goddess who stands on the lotus. She represents all the well-being, the wealth; the glory of wealth, the Read More …

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Guru Nanak’s Birthday Nirmala Palace - Nightingale Lane Ashram, London (England)

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Guru Nanak’s Birthday, “Every Sahaja Yogi has to become a Guru”. Nirmala Palace (Nightingale Lane ashram), London (UK), 1 November 1982. Today is the famous, great, full moon, called as Sharada Indu. Sharada Indu – that’s the name of the Goddess also, Sharada Indu. The moon on the autumn season. This is the biggest moon, and – of course not in England – but in India that day the moon is giving the greatest light, see? And it’s such a great thing that Guru Nanaka was born on such a date. As you know in India, people celebrate birthdays according to the dates of the moon, called as stithi, not as the dates we have here according to the sun. They follow… Rustom: Jaram, Shri Mataji. I’m going together with them. Shri Mataji: Sure. [Shri Mataji and Yogi converse briefly in Hindi.] And this great personality was born in Punjab where people were unaware of God’s ways. He was always bothered about the Dharma in all his lives, because as you know He was the Primal Master, and the Primal Master is always placed in looking after our Void, in sustaining us, and giving us a model of an ideal master. And He always took birth either in the most difficult places like hills and dales and mountains, or they took places which are even more difficult things, among people who were horrid, and who needed their help. So in India, that time, somehow, Punjab was regarded as the place Read More …

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Visiting Indian family 1982-10-13 [SHRI MATAJI]: What experience!  It’s [UNCLEAR], so they had just [UNCLEAR] and started putting out something [UNCLEAR] and from somewhere three very hefty people came in, absolutely black in color, very hefty and tall [UNCLEAR] and they caught hold of them and they beat them but they never got hurt as such and brought them on the street and [UNCLEAR] and, “Go back to [UNCLEAR] and never come to this man,” so they kept [UNCLEAR] said, “Alright [UNCLEAR],” and said, “What kind of a kadak Devta you have?” Kadak means, a very strong. “Who is this Kadak devta you worship that they beat us like this.” So, what has happened you’re so…? [YOGI]: In my own case even, I would say [SHRI MATAJI]: Hmm? [YOGI]: I’ll tell You my own case [SHRI MATAJI]: Hmm [YOGI]: when I’ll say [SHRI MATAJI]: Hmm! [YOGI]: [UNCLEAR] [SHRI MATAJI]: Hmm! [YOGI]: I was being attacked by a group of tribesmen and they had wanted to kill me and they came with a sword to cut my head in two but instead of getting my head or my arteries here, they just got my ear. Twice he tried. Each time it’s really hard to get, then at that point I prayed.  I said, “If this is the time to go, then I’m prepared but, You know, I give my Spirit into Your hands,” and at that moment everything became very bright, I don’t know how and although they were 15 or Read More …

Conversation with Rustom on cold liver and horoscope London (England)

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Conversation with Rustom on Shri Mataji’s horoscope, cold liver, London, 1982-10-13 Shri Mataji [reading her horoscope]: I must say, the things they have written, if anybody reads. I mean, just, one sentence I must read it [Laughter; inaudible].He will be happy to know. I don’t know, so many complications of course, this and that, and that house in that and this one.Indians life of course … [incomprehensible][Laughter]Dr. Rustom I hope he saw that humour about You.Shri Mataji: He has proved little be of a [inaudible], it’s all right, but – Yes, something like Jupiter, you see. The trouble is, everything seems to be in his house you see. This, I can’t understand how it is happening. It’s like Lord is in the house, sort of thing is going on. The aspect of strong Jupiter lord of ten. From an Area sign on the intellectual planet Mercury. What does that mean? I don’t know.Lord and sub-lord of ‘lagna’ [moment of the sun’s entrance into a zodiacal sign]. ‘lagna’ is quite as ascendant.Dr. Rustom Ah. ‘lagna’ up to the Cancer. [Indian language]Shri Mataji: But Lord and sub-lord of ‘lagna’.Dr. Rustom He has a curious system. I know this charting called Krihsnamurti’s system. You divide each house into seven or nine parts. And each part is ruled by certain planet. So, if your ‘lagna’ – so, according to him your ‘lagna’ is in Methon I think according to him.Shri Mataji: Jupiter.Dr Rustom: And that part of Methon is ruled by Mercury. So, it’s Read More …

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The Conception of Love, Talk to Yogis, 15 September 1982, London, United Kingdom So once and for all I want everyone to understand the conception of true love in Sahaja Yoga. All right? So it is not that I am trying in any way to persuade you, in no way, but I want to know certain things, what happens, what is the situation, why it happens. Because as I told you, I am no good at human beings, I am really puzzled at them. So whatever questions I ask, you answer them absolutely honestly, all right? Because it’s for My knowledge that I’m asking, all right? But nothing, to, in any way, I don’t want to pressurise you in any way, but just to understand what’s the problem is. And then I’ll give you the answer.  First of all, the question is, ‘Are you a seeker?’  Sahaja Yogini: I think so, yes, Mother. You have been seeking before also? All right. Then the second point is, you have been seeking and you found in Sahaja Yoga that there is some truth, is it? Now you didn’t come to Sahaja Yoga to marry anyone? Sahaja Yogini: Not originally, Mother. Not to find somebody for your marriage?  This was never your idea? Sahaja Yogini: No, Mother. Not at the beginning. Because I was in India, Mother. So you had no idea about this? Now so, when you met Matthias, or whatever it is, and you liked him and you said that you Read More …

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What we should expect from Self-realisation? Caxton Hall, London (England)

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“What We Should Expect From Self-realisation”, Public Program, Caxton Hall, 13 September 1982 Gavin Brown: Mother, with your permission, I’d like to say one small message from the Sahaja Yogis. We have been very excited to hear today news that your brother has been appointed to the position of Minister of information for India. It’s such a great blessing for that country to have a man of such dharmic nature in that position of importance. I’d like to express our joy with this news. Shri Mataji: Last night, I was talking about Self-Realization, our ascent into the unconscious and what should we expect to be Self-realized. Self-Realization, as I told you the other day, has to be felt in your central nervous system. It’s an actualisation. It’s not a fantasy, it’s not a fantastic stuff that people talk of, that you went into a sort of ecstasy and you are floating in the clouds — that’s not Self-Realization. We have to give up our ideas of fantasy. We have to live with the truth and reality which is really beautiful and wonderful. So, first of all, we should be very honest about it, that Self-Realization has to be something that we should feel on our central nervous system. As we have felt our evolution, actually on our central nervous system, like we are human beings. If we are human beings, we feel all that is human on our central nervous system. It is not that we feel about it in Read More …

Guru Puja: Guru Tattwa Brompton Square House, London (England)

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Guru Tattwa Puja. Brompton Square, London (UK), 18 August 1982. You see people have very wrong ideas in Sahaja Yoga that, “We are people who are higher, we are higher people and we should try to control the lower people.” And the lower people have even worst ideas because they think that, “These people are trying to boss us, are trying to control us and trying to tell us, and they are sort of taking away our freedom to do things ourselves and they are impressing upon us.” You see this is the thing, and this is a very important principle of Guru Tattwa is, very important. Because in Guru Tattwa is a ten petal thing and inside is the Nabhi chakra, you see, the ten petals are, they’re to be balanced. There has to be a complete balance so that they go through the Nabhi chakra upwards. If there is no balance, Nabhi chakra gets closed. And this is the thing people don’t understand that nobody is higher and lower as such. That’s that way. Only thing that they’re all part and parcel of the same, if there is an imbalance on one side, then it has to be raised. If there is an imbalance on one side, the other side is affected in any case. So those who are creating imbalances should not feel that in any way they are dominated or anything, on the contrary they are lowering or tilting the other side. So one has to Read More …

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The concept of true love in Sahaja Yoga and Workshop Nirmala Palace - Nightingale Lane Ashram, London (England)

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Workshop with new people. Nirmala Palace – Nightingale Lane Ashram, London (United Kingdom) 1982-08-18 38:10 One thing is that TM people ask too many questions and they take time. So just don’t ask so many questions, just establish your Realization, alright? Put some TM with him, that’s better. [Towards some Yogi] Will you look after him? Alright. Come along, you come this side, he’ll look after you, the deputy director. [Laugh]. How is he now? Just try. Come along, better that you stay with him, I mean you understand him, he’ll tell you better, he knows all these things, he has gone trough. 38:53 [..39:59 on video] Shri Mataji: Sit down Sahaja Yogi: Mother? Where else should I put this? Shri Mataji: Here. [Shri Mataji shows her Hamsa] Shri Mataji: Yes. I think most of them need it, a little bit. Shri Mataji: You see, in Sahaja Yoga, you are not given any mantra or anything. There’s no, nothing like giving you into a big course, like teaching you one after another any mantra, or anything, it’s not like that. What you have to know: where the Kundalini is, how it is moving, where it is, what is the charka catching and what is the mantra for that. It doesn’t take anything, hardly it takes about a week for you to understand the all thing. But gradually, as you start using it, you become proficient and you how to do it for yourself and for others. There is not much Read More …

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A Solution to Come Caxton Hall, London (England)

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A Solution to Come, Public Programme. Caxton Hall, London (UK), 16 August 1982. These days, when you read newspapers or you meet people you get the feeling that everybody is waiting for a disaster or for some sort of a solution that has to come. This feeling that comes to us is also something very innate, something from our unconscious because the situation that we see around seems to be quite dangerous. Not that we get upset with the financial problems or with other mundane type of problems that we have had, but what upsets people is that human beings have become just like machines. They’re running mad. They’re running morning till evening. They have no time for each other. There is no feeling sometimes to understand each other, and [it’s] as if we are all becoming insensitive to each other’s problem. Apart from that, those people who are intelligent and loving people, feel that people at the helm of affairs do not feel responsible for the humanity at large. Then the poverty and the other problems, which are gross, still they bother us too much: [on] one side, the affluence; another side the poverty. [On] one side, the scientific approach to life; the other side what science has created – things like atomic bombs. All these create a kind of a confusion in our mind. Everybody seems to be confused. They don’t know whether whatever they are doing is right or wrong, whether they are going to the right Read More …

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Shri Yogeshwara Puja: God of Yoga Chelsham Road Ashram, London (England)

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Shri Yogeshwara Puja. Chelsham Road, London (UK), 15 August 1982. Today is a great day for all of us to be jubilant that the primordial being Himself incarnated on this earth as “Shri Krishna” So many aspects of His being have been described in so many of my lectures to you ; but the greatest and greatest of all the aspects of this primordial being was that He was the Yogeshwara. He was the  “God of Yoga” – Yogeshwara. He was the Lord of our Union with the Divine. Without His permission and without His sanction we cannot be Sahaja Yogis. He was Yogeshwara and a real Yogi is a person who gets this Yogeshwara awakened within him. The word “Yoga” that we understand is the union of our attention with the Divine. But still we do not realise the implications – what does it mean? What should have happened to us? Of course, you get powers. As soon as you become the spirit, you get powers. One of the powers you get is of “collective consciousness”, that is also the gift of Shri Krishna and that you start feeling the collectivity. Your ego and superego are sucked in, so you get rid of your karmas and your conditionings and a new sprouting of the new life of the new age starts. But still what is the speciality, the greatness of Yogeshwara? Because He is Ishwara for you. He is the Ishwara of all the Yogis and what is His Read More …

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Havan With 108 Names Of Shri Vishnu Chelsham Road Ashram, London (England)

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Shri Mataji: [Marathi?] Today is the combination of Shri Krishna, this one (is) his face and this is his dress. Ah, I think someone should go and find out from… Joan [Mother calls a Yogi]. Her sweater, her sweater is with … she said she has given to Olympia her blue sweater. Light blue Child: Light blue Shri Mataji: What are the words, Vishnu’s names, in English. Better take it in English, better. (Mother talks to a baby-child [Marathi?]. Ah, better take her. Take the names. In English they are easy to take I think. Only the first, one should take them. Ah, does somebody has a shawl, [Marathi?] Ne, it’s alright. Actually we should have Rasaali (?) playing with that, it would be nice, it doesn’t matter. These are the names of Vishnu, because Vishnu only achieved the status of Shri Krishna who in his own life time expresses his complete form of Virata. Complete form of Virata. And this is a very good understanding, if you know that you are also, start the dharma, establish your Dharma and then you become a witness, and then you become part and parcel of the whole, the Virata. The same pattern takes place in you also, in the evolutionary process. Now lets have (the names). Yogis: Om Shri Ganesha, Shri Kalki sakshat, Shri Ganesha Shri sakshat, Shri Parvati sakshat, Shri Mataji Shri Nirmala Devi namoh namah. Yogi: Om Krishna Swaha Yogis: Om Swaha Yogi: Krishna means the Universe. Om Shri Vishnu Read More …

Talk to Sahaja Yogis: America’s problems Brompton Square House, London (England)

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Talk to yogis, “America: its future and problems”. Brompton Square, London (UK), 13 August 1982. And I found Russian people extremely helpful in Sahaja in a way, very indirectly. The thing is they are very simple people, extremely simple people. I went to Uzbekisthan, the people of that place are extremely generous, very simple, and their self-esteem is absolutely correct, most surprising [interjection: it’s tremendous], yes and the people who were very highly placed sort of the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekisthan, sort of people there, they told me that they are seeking their spirit, this is not the end of that, just imagine and practically everyone at that level said that they are seeking their spirit. I warned them about this para-psychology that they are indulging into, it’s a dangerous thing and they are amazed, and they said that “yes, we know about it”, they have so much idea about the negativity and all that, most surprising. I was very much impressed, I knew their sense of administration will be different, their attitude towards people may be different and their administrators may be different and all these things are wrong but in way, you see, these people have taken all the badness to themselves and have saved the rest of the people at least, the administrators there and they could burst into stars in there, it will take off just like that, I know. Sahaja yoga will work out in Russia much faster than I ever thought Read More …

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The Importance of Dedication and Devotion Nirmala Palace - Nightingale Lane Ashram, London (England)

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The Importance of Dedication and Devotion, Nirmala Palace – Nightingale Lane Ashram, London (United Kingdom), 6 August 1982. The other day I talked to you about the importance of dedication in Sahaja Yoga and the devotion that one should have. Actually, when we are close to the mountain, we can’t see much of it, and that’s why we don’t realize the volume that is so close to us, the greatness that is facing us. This is one of the illusions that works out for people who do not realize it mentally – what they are in for, where are they, what have they found, what is Self-realization, what is its magnitude, how far they have to go, why are they chosen, what is their purpose of life, how far they have come up, how far they can understand. All these things are beyond the grasp, and one gets stunned, one doesn’t know what has happened to him when he got Realization actually. That’s why to understand this is only possible if you can understand how to dedicate, how to devote yourself. If you want to analyze anything on the basis of your rationality, you are too stunned. It’s too beyond you. It’s fantastic. It is too much. It’s really beyond you. Now think of it – you have got Realization. Can you believe it? That you can, in your life time… if somebody had told you this, you would never have believed it – that how can you get your Read More …

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Dr Singh Address Nirmala Palace - Nightingale Lane Ashram, London (England)

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                     1982-0705 Dr Singh Address London England DP-RAW  [00:48-00:52] Shri Mataji– “They wanted to meet you so much. So, what happened here is”* they were going early in the morning “some of them”*. [00:58-01:05] “So, they said they will come there and meet you. So, I said”* that is going to be too much, “so early in the morning. So, I said we will stay back here.  We will go tomorrow morning. Many people have left.”* Sit down. And others are there please call them. Sahaja Yogi– They, they are coming, mother.  [01:10-01:19] Shri Mataji– “See, what a beautiful place is this.”* SahajaYogi— “very beautiful place.”* Shri Mataji– “Complete upstairs and downstairs. Very beautiful. Now you will see my room also.”* Just call all of them.    [1:30-1:37] “All of them left in the morning. So, I stayed back because I thought they will come there to meet me, so this is better.”*  All of them have come? [02:09-02:14] “Children also are also there, husband and wives are there. People have come from outside, from Spain.”* Where is that group from Spain? Sahaja Yogi— [ Not clear].  I told them that he is coming. Why should they have gone? Sahaja Yogi– They will be back in a couple of minutes. Shri Mataji– Alright. Come forward.  Sahaja Yogi— [unclear question] Shri Mataji–They will be back soon. Alright?  SahajaYogi–[ in audible}. Shri Mataji– Alright, alright. [02:39-02:43] “He is from Algeria. There are many people from Algeria, from France.”* He is better now. Much better. Read More …

How to Deal with Bhoots, Guru Purnima Seminar, Day 3 Nirmala Palace - Nightingale Lane Ashram, London (England)

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Guru Purnima Seminar Day 3, 5 July 1982, Nirmala Palace, Nightingale Lane Ashram, London (UK) How to deal with bhoots. Shri Mataji: To me I think August is a better idea. Warren Reeves: There’s no problem with Scotland either Mother. Gavin said he could adjust accordingly. Just, whatever you choose, for Switzerland, he can adjust Scotland accordingly. Shri Mataji: Do what you please. I mean, I would say, do what you please. Because I have given this timing. August I just thought would be cool but, if September is better, then I’ll come in September. I mean, if this can bring more people according to him. You see we have to be pragmatic. Warren: Mmm. Bridget: Yes but we are not sure that it will be more; we can’t be sure. Shri Mataji: So, what I am saying anyway is, you go and see for yourself, if the hall is done. I mean, still there’s time. All right? Bridget: Yes Mother Shri Mataji: Well and good; if not I’ll come. Whatever you say Warren: Mother originally thought August was the best time. That was her original schedule. Shri Mataji: But he told me, Mathias told me, that, if you can have more people. You see, my main thing is that, you should see the essence: I want to go there. What about tea these people will they have tea? Warren: Don’t trouble yourself Mother. Bridget: Only that we can say that we tried to discuss all our offers: the date Read More …

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Mental Projection, Guru Puja Evening Talk Nirmala Palace - Nightingale Lane Ashram, London (England)

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1982-0407 Talk on Mental Projection Nirmala Palace Ashram, Nightingale Lane Note [Please note Shri Mataji translates for Indians dancers present at the time and I have marked this in brackets as (Speaks in Indian Language).] Shri Mataji: Can you come tomorrow morning, he said maybe it would be better off tomorrow, ….sensible somewhere, I said. ???? Sit down please. Why to have video now why do you want to have it? Find some informal stuff. Yogi: No we don’t want video. Yogi: These are the ones that are very helpful to people Mother. Shri Mataji: You think so? Yogi: Yes Mother these informal talks are the ones that really help people around the world. Yogi: For people Yogi: You can see it in the night Shri Mataji: You can see it it in the night Yogi: Pardon? Shri Mataji: Hampstead ?? Yogi: Yes we can see it in the night Yogi: My request was Mother would it be possible to film these informal talks because these ones are the ones …. Shri Mataji: Which ones? Yogi: The informal ones Mother Shri Mataji: When Yogi: Now SM. It is very very informal, I think that not, alright? Shri Mataji: Now, I hope you all understood what I said this morning. I think that must be seen again, Yogi: Yes Shri Mataji: your petition is very beautifully interwoven, but something very very important and vital. Now whatever I have said is this, mental projection is the main thing you have to understand. Read More …

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Guru Puja: Establishing the Guru Principle and Havan After Puja Nirmala Palace - Nightingale Lane Ashram, London (England)

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Guru Puja, “Establishing the Guru Principle”   Nightingale Lane Ashram, London (UK), July 4th, 1982 Shri Mataji: Please, be seated. Who’s going to translate Me? Yogi: Gregoire. Shri Mataji: Why don’t you take one of these, Gregoire? Warren: Mother, that is the public address microphone – they won’t be able to hear You. This is for the recording on the tape. Shri Mataji: Then how will they hear him? Will it…? Warren: Mother has to have this one… Gregoire: Should I hold it and sit here, Mother, in front? Shri Mataji: Yes, yes. Then – how will you translate? Gregoire: In French, most of them… Shri Mataji: But loudly. Gregoire: Yes, Mother. Shri Mataji: I think, why don’t you stand up,  and see there – you can stand up there. (Gregoire: “Near there?”) Yes, there. (Gregoire: “OK”) And you can talk loudly, that’s a better idea. Be careful about that. There’s a flame there. Yogi: Just excuse me, Mother. Shri Mataji: I’ve got a problem (unclear. Maybe with the microphone). (To a little girl:) May God bless you. Yes, yes! Oh, thank you, thank you. Aradhana has come. Go and see them. There, there! In the most auspicious time that is called as Krita Yuga, we all have assembled here to understand the ways and methods of establishing our Principle of a Master. Krita Yuga. “Krita Yuga” means the time when you have to do something – “krita: when it was done.” So you are the channels of that doing, doing Read More …

Conversation with French Yogis Brompton Square House, London (England)

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Conversation with French Yogis, Brompton Square, London, UK, June, 15th, 1982 Shri Mataji: To Me? What’s that? Alexandre: Some cherries. Shri Mataji: All right, thank you very much. Thank you, very kind of you. So, I’m very happy with the French for the way you people have done it. And I want you to do the same here now. Somehow, you’ll have to work it out and I don’t know how, how will you work it out. Sahaja Yogi: Somebody, some people could stay here for a while and maybe work it out. Shri Mataji: Yes. Alexandre: This is the wool you bought from Chelsea, Mother. Also, what happened is the French contribution, part of the French contribution, Robert gave Shri Mataji: Ah, this is the one, yes. Alexandre: Gave you a cheque note and he couldn’t put it in the bank. So, we want you to have cash this time, of this money. For the Bombay ashram, Mother. Shri Mataji: It could not be cashed. Alexandre: Yes, Mother. Shri Mataji: What was the thing with that? Genevieve or your cheque – which one was not cashed?. Alexandre: French cheque Mother, from Robert in Paris. Shri Mataji: How much was it? Alexandre: Five thousand Francs. Sahaja Yogi: Five hundred pounds. Shri Mataji: Five hundred pounds. Is it returned? It was returned to him? Alexandre: No, he said that you have to- this cheque is blocked at his bank, you can’t. His bank will not pay it now, anyway. So, he Read More …

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You are all bound by one thread Caxton Hall, London (England)

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“You Are All Bound By One Thread”, Public Programme. Caxton Hall, London (UK), 14 June 1982. We all are expecting something great to happen and the happening that has to take place has been already described in all the scriptures. But somehow we are misled by other people who have a better way of manifesting their own style and we get so confused because this is the time of great confusion. Without the confusion evolution cannot take place. Unless and until people are confused they will never try to aspire for something higher. If you see in the animal stage also, there was a confusion for the fishes to come out, and that confusion made one or two to lead the rest of them and that’s how they could crawl onto this Mother Earth with confidence. So the areas started changing gradually, that, from Mother Earth then they started looking towards the sky. And the evolution went on like this till the human beings were created. Now, all these areas are within ourselves. These are all the elements into which we had to probe into: we had to find about them. And through this evolution we have been able to look into these, to fathom them, to find out their nature through our intelligence. So we reached this point where we could understand the elements, we could understand their use for our purpose. So far so good. But that’s not the end. That’s not the end of our evolution. If Read More …

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Ego and Humility Nirmala Palace - Nightingale Lane Ashram, London (England)

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“Ego and Humility”. “Nirmala Palace” Nightingale Lane ashram, London (UK) – 7 June 1982. We had a very good session, I should say, and a very successful trip in Portugal and even better in Spain. Portugal is a place where gurus have touched very nicely because people are too simple I think, and because they are too simple they are affected too hard. And I was really confronted with so many sick people there who have been to gurus, who have been only for two, three years with them are badly affected and surprisingly how the whole thing is exposed, that we may be able to do much better in Portugal. Now, the Portuguese people get lot of wine. They drink a lot; they really drink. I mean, they have all kinds of wines in their country. Is a very big problem of that place, is it that has many wines and I think the drunkenness make them extremely lethargic and that lethargy brought down that empire. We can see it’s a very huge place. I mean the buildings, if you see, are very beautifully done, lots of buildings with lots of architecture, and all that is like a desolate place. The reason is: the people who were at the time quite affluent, were doing well… Gradually unemployment started settling down, lots of strikes ─ just the same thing as I feel is happening in this country ─ and unemployment and amounting to starvation. First they used to get doles Read More …