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VOA ITV Interview with Shri Mataji New Jersey (United States)
VOA ITV Interview in New Jersey (USA). 1 August 2002. Interviewer: … also She was promoted even by Bhrigumuni, the ancient astrologer, in Nadi Granth. And that’s what Mataji talks about all the time: how to get Self Realization, how to get the absolute knowledge and the absolute truth.Sahaja Yoga, as we know, is the spontaneous union of the individual consciousness with the Divine Power through the awakening of our Kundalini which many times remains dormant in our system.Mataji, it’s a pleasure to talk to You right in Your home turf, in New Jersey, and tell us … I know last four years ago I met You. It was a great experience, and I want to tell our viewers again what it is all that You’ve been doing, promoting Sahaja Yoga for the last thirty years now all over the world.Tell us again briefly for viewers who don’t know what Sahaja Yoga really means and signifies. What does it do and how do we get that absolute knowledge through this discipline?Shri Mataji: Saha means with. Ja means born. Is born with you the right to get this yoga, is the union with the Divine. So this is your birthright. All human beings have this right to get the awakening of their Kundalini by which they become one with the Divine Power. This is the real yoga.Interviewer: Right, and as I said, even the ancient sages and astrologers, Bhrigumuni talks about it and You’ve written in Your book also, Meta Modern Read More …
VOA ITV Interview with Sir C.P. New Jersey (United States)
VOA ITV Interview with Sir C.P. Interviewer: … me Mr. Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, a retired IS officer who’s had a sterling career in the government of India, he’s been the Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister of India in ’64-’66, Chairman of the Shipping Corporation of India, also he was the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization of the United Nations and has won several accolades. He was knighted by the government of England and he’s won the Padma Bhushan, and has won several awards from different countries – Norway, Italy, Germany – for his service in the Maritime Organization as an administrative officer. Also, of course, above all he’s the husband of Shri Mataji Nirmala Deviji, whose name is synonymous with Sahaja Yoga these days, and he will tell us all about His journey, his transformation, from a skeptic to a believer in this discipline of Sahaja Yoga. Mr. Srivastava, it’s a pleasure to talk to you as well in the ashram in Ridgefield Park, in New Jersey, in Sahaja Yoga. Tell us – your wife, your consort, your spouse has been a proponent of this technique of Sahaja Yoga for over thirty years now and I believe, according to Her as well – because She told me, not on this interview but before that – that you were never really a big believer of this discipline. Tell us how this transformation took place, because I’m sure there are a lot of viewers who may relate to you Read More …
Shri Krishna Puja: You have to give, and give, and give Camp Vacamas NJ, New Jersey (United States)
Shri Krishna Puja, NJ (USA), 29 September 1996. Today we have decided to have Krishna Puja because America is the Krishna bhoomi. It’s very surprising that such a great incarnation of Shri Krishna came even much later than Rama and has sent His special people to live in America.Of course, there are many who are seeking in this country, no doubt. But there are many who are also misleading them. That’s how you find, despite all our effort, we have not been able to expand Sahaja Yoga very much. What one has to learn from His life is very very important. The first and foremost thing He taught was collectivity. He used to get hold of small boys and play with them together. Rama didn’t do that. He used to get hold of ladies who were selling milk and also butter, those who used to go to fill their waters – water in the pitcher. He is the one who collected all such people in the village of Gokul. He played all kinds of pranks on His friends and His mother and the mother’s friends. Behaved just like a very naughty child, just to show that He was just like all of us. As you know, He was the incarnation of Shri Vishnu. First Shri Rama was born, took incarnation as Shri Rama, which was in the Aryan race, means that time we had an Aryan race which was sort of superior, superior race than others. But when He came Read More …
Evening before Shri Krishna Puja Camp Vacamas NJ, New Jersey (United States)
Evening Dance Shri Mataji: “Wa wa wa”. “Now. (Hindi) We are all sitting like a family sitting together.There should be a show there, eh?…Done very well. They’re from Vienna? …A composition which you yourself have made it into dance – … wa wa. Bring her to Cabella” (Shri Mataji laughs).Yogi: Yes.Yogini: Yes, Shri Mataji.Shri Mataji: Wa wa wa. Such a dancer, she is a teacher also.I’ll take your leave, and I’ll try to come to tomorrow’s program also]
Shri Yogeshwara Puja: Having An Enlightened Brain New Jersey (United States)
Shri Yogeshwara Puja. New Jersey (USA), 2 October 1994. Today we are going to worship Shri Krishna as Yogeshwara. As it is, you know that Vishnu’s first incarnation as a human being was Vamana avatar. And then went till He came as Shri Ram. So, the past of Shri Krishna was Shri Ram. And when Shri Rama came on this earth, He went into lots of austerities, to go to jungle, His wife was lost, whom He had to find out. And to establish the benevolent king on this earth, He was made the king of Ayodhya. But all His life it was a struggle and austerities which He followed. As a result, the people who followed Shri Ram became extremely austere. They used to sleep on the grass because Shri Ram had to sleep on the grass for so many years. They used to wear wooden slippers. They would just wear very little clothes or one dhoti, just like Shri Rama wore when His wife was out. All these austerities they did to show how a householder should be. He never enjoyed any other life as a man, but just lived like an ascetic when His wife was lost. All these things were to establish also a very ideal personality for a man to be attached to His wife. He was a person with Ekapatnivrata, means: one wife. Though She knew She was Mahalakshmi, She was a Goddess, but still He was forced to do things because He wanted Read More …
Ego and its consequences, Talk to Sahaja Yogis New Jersey (United States)
“Ego and its consequences,” Talk to yogis. New Jersey (USA), 27 October 1985. Nice, relaxed eh? Relaxed, with blessings. Everyone cleared out, I think. And no more one more thing, I must say it last, I’ve said it before but I have not said it here, no one is going to say that “bhoot did it” because such a person will be sent away to the bhoot [unclear: clan? Or clap] not to Sahaja Yoga, don’t put your responsibility on the bhoots, either you are a bhoot or you are a Sahaja Yogi. One of the two. You can’t be both. About Sahaja culture, alright. Sahaja culture I explained to you what is a Sahaja culture is, in which you have grow [this portion I would leave it out since it is an “aside” direction”: then last night, where’s Judy, she’s there, come in, come in, let them sit, now then last night I talked to you about ego. That how ego manifests itself and how it is difficult to get out of the ego. It’s easy to get out of the conditionings super egos, but very difficult to get out of ego because ego aggresses others, doesn’t trouble you at all, and you enjoy that aggression, see. Now, today I want to tell you about how ego has been historically, traditionally torturing people around. So you’ll see the manifestation of this ego, and then you will know that if you are playing anything any role with your ego, you Read More …
Sahaja Culture Bergenfield Ashram, New Jersey (United States)
Talk to yogis. Ashram in New Jersey (USA), 26 October 1985. [All right. So. It’s rather warm. All right, as you please. Where do I keep this beautiful flower? (Indistinct conversation) What flowers, eh? (Yogi: “Yes”) Beautiful! Now. If you can get My handkerchief from My purse, would be good. And My spectacles] Today I was thinking of talking, telling you about the Sahaja Culture. Now we are formed in dharma, Vishwa Dharma. But it must have a culture. So far in all the religions there is no combination of religion and culture. No religion has. That’s why everywhere you find different cultures. Say in India, people who follow Hindu religion have different cultures in different places. They are living in Lucknow, or say in U.P., they have a Muslim culture. More Islamic style. They’ll eat in one plate, do all kinds of things which normally a South Indian won’t do, and the South Indians have a different culture from Maharashtrians. So even in a religion like Hindu religion where culture is important, very important, we find varieties. So the cultures get influenced by the neighbouring cultures or surrounding cultures, and that’s how people get lost. When you establish a religion like this, Vishwa Dharma, it’s not like any other religion. It’s the real religion within us, and this reality comes to us because now we are one with the Spirit. So when we talk of Sahaj Culture, it is the culture of the Spirit. Now what is a culture? Read More …
Shri Krishna Puja: Play the melody of God Englewood Ashram, New Jersey (United States)
Shri Krishna Puja. Englewood (USA), 2 June 1985. Today we are going to do the worship of Shri Krishna. Shri Krishna came at a time on this earth when in India the people were very much ritualistic. They had become slaves of the so-called Brahmins who had no idea about God at all because they started a theme that a Brahmin can have a Brahmin son. So, the birth determined the caste of a person. Before that, it was not that a Brahmin would have a Brahmin as his son. It’s also true that if you are a Realized soul, in the real sense, if you are a really Realized soul, then you must have a child which is a Realized soul. And that is how also if it was said that if the father is a Brahmin, is a Realized soul, his son also becomes a Brahmin. Because you are a Sahaja Yogi now you can understand that a Sahaja Yogi’s son normally becomes a Sahaja Yogi. So it was agreed that children of a Brahmin will be called as a Brahmin. Gradually, it amounted to this that any child born out of a Brahmin was called as Brahmin. Now, we have seen that many Sahaja Yogis also don’t have Realized souls as their children. Maybe their own karmas, maybe the child, anything it is, but even I have seen some Sahaja Yogis having horribly devilish children. So, it shows that it is not through your birth you can Read More …
Reaching People With Music Englewood Ashram, New Jersey (United States)
1985-0602 Reaching People With Music Shri Mataji: Raise your hands! Haya! One two three four five six seven eight nine, nine ten. Yogi: Mother one more here. Shri Mataji: I saw him. Eleven twelve thirteen fourteen, good number fourteen. That’s a good number all right. Yogi: Let us make it a hundred and eight. Shri Mataji: You see if only in this group number is fourteen, I can tell you it would be a hundred and eight marriages. We have only fifty-four marriages. But I think it’s going to be a hundred and eight. All right let’s see what happens. But marrying them in India is better, is easier. We had it in what you call this place, Switzerland, very difficult, we married, we did it, very difficult and you don’t get some nice presents. Isn’t it you got lots of nice things. For a little amount that you pay we can manoeuvre something very good. You will be happy to know that Indians also pay lots of money, substantiated it. Of course, you people also paid some money there. And actually, if you see that the people who paid all together we calculated that for every couple, even the people who attended the wedding paid two dollars each. You cannot buy any present for two dollars each. But in a collective way it was so beautiful, worked out so well. It was such a time I tell you unforgettable as if we were in the Vrindavan, beautifully done. We Read More …
The Role of Woman in the USA Englewood Ashram, New Jersey (United States)
Talk to Sahaja Yogis, First Darshan, Englewood Ashram, NJ. 1985 – 06 – 01Formal Talk: Role of Women, Shakti Power, Women in America First of all, Sahaja Yogis have no business to feel guilty, especially when you are on the land of Shri Krishna. That’s an anti-Krishna activity. When Krishna is not awakened, then it is alright. But if he is awaken within us, then it’s not alright at all. Both things are wrong, to be guilty as well as make others guilty, to be guilty and to be aggressive, both things are wrong. For this, one must understand that all centers have got their own countries, and a country is called as “Desh” in Sanskrit language. And when it is enlightened, it is called as “Pradesh”. So if we have to make America a Pradesh, it’s not a very easy task. All kinds of anti-Krishna activities are done by people who live here. And so to make it a Pradesh, first we have to make it a Desh, and then we can make it a Pradesh. As I say that Canada is the left side of the Vishuddhi and also left- or the right, we can say, because all the minerals, all the earthly qualities of Canada are exploited by America. So whatever is their own, is like taking out of your flesh and eating it up, and feeling full. All kinds of aggressive qualities of the right side are done. Now to bring them to proper level, nature Read More …
Monday evening talk after Krishna Puja New Jersey (United States)
1984-0820: Monday Evening talk New Jersey USA [Transcript begins here] [missing start]…. very anxious that Sahaja Yoga should be established. And the fourth thing he said that there is going to be anniversary, some fourth anniversary or something, of the U.N. And the gentleman who is in charge is that Muller fellow who is already suffering from something, and he will definitely need My help. And he said that they, they are going to have a spiritual dimension to their celebration in which he wants Me to come and give a lecture to them. And also he said I should go to UNESCO and give a lecture there and also I should go to Senegal to give a lecture there and to establish Sahaja Yoga. Though he is a Muslim, he believes in Sahaja Yoga very ardently. So all good things have come out of him. And this gentleman, Mr. Angel, whom I’ve met yesterday was very positive and he said he will try to get also a, our Rustom here with whom he will discuss and other Indians will be discussed, and we’ll be able to find out something very positive because he got a tremendous experience of realization yesterday that he felt the cool breeze and all that, and he is a man of great learning. And I was very happy that he got this realization and he was so good. So it seems that we are now about to take a big leap into a new type Read More …
Conversation After Shri Krishna Puja New Jersey (United States)
Talk After Shri Krishna Puja, New Jersey (United States) Sunday, August 19th, 1984 Shri Mataji : Like Christine, I should say, Mary came here, with her fiancé, big objection, imagine French having objection to Mary coming with her fiancé, you see, can you imagine the French going to the other extreme, (laughing). I mean it is absurd, and big telephone calls to me that Mother, this has happened and this is going to happen and that is. I said look at these French telling me about this. Can you imagine? Now they don’t want that you should even talk to another person, the one who is your fiancé, before marriage, shouldn’t even look at that person, the French! (big laughter) Can you believe it! (laughter) I mean the extreme of that! So I told her better not go to but they had tickets and they couldn’t return, I said ‘baba don’t go’, big objection from everywhere, I’m amazed at it myself (laughing) and this is a new kind of a problem coming up. I can’t understand (laughing). I have seen this happens like that, another extreme, you see they are so fed up with what they have been. Just don’t want to have anything more of that, but this is the extreme can you imagine, French objecting to something like that? I mean, just think of it. Now racist, English have the worst racist I tell you. Who was racist? They started the racialism actually. But in England if you take Read More …
Shri Krishna Puja: On America New Jersey (United States)
Shri Krishna Puja. New Jersey (USA), 18 August 1984. …..many rakshasas and He used His samhara shakti, His killing powers, and His destroying powers to achieve that. Simultaneously at that time He was doing Sahaja Yoga with the gopa and the gopis in the way it was just a play, a leela. “Ra Dha. “Ra” is energy and “dha” means the one who has sustained it. She’s the sustainer of that energy. Radha. And She would go and have a bath in the river Yamuna and the ladies would go and fill up their pitchers with that water, vibrated water, and He used to break that pitcher, at the back, from the back with stones, little stones, and make a hole in it just like we make a hole here, He used to make a hole in the pitcher and that vibrated water used to flow down on the back of the gopis to give them awakening. But that was not the time to tell them about Sahaja Yoga, there was no way of getting people around and giving them lectures and things like this so He was playing about. He played with the gopas also, by holding their hands – Raasa . “Ra” is again energy and “sa” means with. He used to play with them. He used to climb up into a pyramid-like structure made out of them and would break another pitcher which was filled with butter and butter milk and they all would eat it. Beautiful Read More …
Talk to Sahaja Yogis Englewood Ashram, New Jersey (United States)
Talk With Yogis 1984-08-17 Shri Mataji: This [inaudible] you can put on your heart Chakra. Now, hold your hands.See, hold it, not for a very long time.Not for a long time. Better now. All right, leave it. All right now, good?Lady: Yes, thanks.Shri Mataji: Just now, ah cool.All right.Sahaja Yogini: The other problem is that I have gained a great deal of weight, I have gained like 30 pounds and I am now too heavy and the thing is there is tremendous pressure on my feet and bones on my feet. And went to a Doctor there. And he said that because of all that extra weight, it’s pressing on my bone on my feet. And I have continual pain on my left foot and he said it was because of the way the bones are on my foot, like that. It’s pressing on and there is nothing that I can do in my work style. What can I do?Shri Mataji: Just take lemons in boiled water, three times two lemons for one week, then 4 lemons, then two lemons. Sahaja Yogini: Three lemons and water three times a day?Shri Mataji: Two lemons, so six lemons a day in hot water, in boiled water after diner, after breakfast, after lunch. And repeat it for a week. And then, the other day take four lemons. Then take two lemons every morning. That will be sufficient. All right?And you know ajwain also.[Conversation in Marathi]Milk will do something better. That will reduce [weight]. Read More …