Interview journalist; “Het Binnenhof” Newspaper, Overvoorde, The Hague, Holland, 4th July 1985 Shri Mataji: The man who was here. He has been to all these fake gurus. He has seen all that nonsense. He has seen everything. It is very easy for him to see me now, because you see if you have not been to all these then you start… you cannot understand it so well. So that’s a very big point about it. G: He said there is a book called Spiritual Superman. Shri Mataji: (Laughing.) Yes, he himself told me. G: We have to find out. (Short discussion about a book) Shri Mataji: So. Journalist: So well I may resemble a little bit to this colleague journalist of mine in this sense that I have also been searching and I have had a little bit of practice with transcendental meditation and I went to “Baghwan” in the United States and read the books of Krishnamurti and so on. Sri Mataji: So you are also alright! (Laughing) Ah, I saw it. That’s better. Then you can see the contrast. The reality is very different. Journalist: But I, up till now, I find some beauty in all of these movements. Shri Mataji: It’s a camouflage. Of course they have to beautify otherwise they can’t attract; very clever, very professional. Like in India, they wanted to smuggle whisky and they used Gita books. (Editor: The Bhagavad Gita – an Indian holy book.) They made Gita books, you see, beautiful Gita Read More …

Interview journalist; Dr. Kranenburg, “Trouw” Newspaper, Overvoorde, The Hague, Holland, 4th July 1985 Journalist: I received some books and papers from you and I heard you yesterday evening in that congress hall. Sri Mataji: Did you? Journalist: I was there yes. Sri Mataji: I hope I didn’t hurt anyone. Journalist: And I liked to read it and to see what it is because I am interested in such things. Sri Mataji: Yes, one should be. Very important! Journalist: And I sometimes write about it in the newspapers and… Sri Mataji: That’s it. Journalist: And they asked me to think about it first… (Interruption) I have many questions, I hope you… They are different kinds. Sri Mataji: Yes, yes I don’t mind. I don’t mind. Journalist: But first I was speaking here with some of your friends and I asked; what is the difference between your method and other methods…? Sri Mataji: Of yogas? Journalist: Yes Sri Mataji: No, there is no difference at all. But I don’t think anybody has studied the entire thing in modern times. I mean, it’s just a wee bit of it here and there, you see. So it shows no integration but it’s all integrated, something that Patanjali wrote himself. Patanjali wrote. Journalist: Patanjali. Sri Mataji: Now, I don’t know how many have read the real Patanjali. Maybe, it’s such a big book, Patanjali’s “Yoga Shastra”. And yoga means to be one with the divine. There is no other meaning to it. Also it means Read More …