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Talk after fireworks New York City (United States)

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“Talk after fireworks”, New York City (United States) July 4th, 1989 [Inaudible] Shri Mataji: And they are completely under fear. Also, their feelings of frightness give them a very left-sided mood. Secondly, the people are also very violent. Violent people are very few. But the ones who are frightened of them are many more. So because of that, those who are frightened also have another mood of left-side. So despite the- this place is so active, everything, you feel the left side here more than the right side. First, I could not understand what was the reason. The people are very insecure, frightened, and also those who are having jobs are also sort of, a little bit insecure about the jobs. Like, New York is very insecure they say: “New York is the most insecure place in the country.” Now, when I went to Colombia, of course, there are murders, I mean there are killings every day, forty, but still, they said: “It’s less insecure than New York.” I said: “Why?” Thay said: “For a purpose, they kill. I got a repport that there’s a union which wants to have more money. And then, the manager says no. Then they can go and kill the manager sometimes. In the manager’s system labours, it’s like that. But there is some purpose, there is some hatred, there is some reason. But here, anybody can kill anybody.” There’s no rhyme and reasons and that’s why there’s so much of fright and fear. So, Read More …

Speech held on board of the boat for Capri, Rejoice in disadvantages Capri (Italy)

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“Rejoice in disadvantages”. Speech held on board of the boat for Capri, 5 May 1989. First time I went to America, I also went by ship. Now the ship has one problem: that it cannot have any problem as such, because there are no solutions. It is so limited. Whatever is not on the ship is not there. Supposing you want to have a pair of scissors, it’s not on the ship, so you cannot find it. So, there’s no problem. [Laughter] Because you have possibilities and you have choices, that’s why there is a problem. So, on the ship you start understanding, “Whatever we have, we are happy “. In the same way a Sahaja Yogi should be: whatever we have we are very happy. So, there is no problem. Supposing you are lost on the way somewhere. Then you have to say, “I have to be here. That was God’s desire, so I’m here. So, I’m not lost. Whatever is myself is with me, how can I be lost?” There are all such things you see, because there are many people who write to me about their problems. And the problems are such that actually, there are no problems. Once you start thinking like that, you will be amazed how the problems get solved. Now Italy had no rain for all these days. And that people wanted that there should be rain, before I come, because it should clean out the whole thing. So, they must have said, Read More …

Importance of True Love, Shri Mataji’s Updesh Nagpur (India)

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Advice to Sahaja Yogis Nagpur, 5th March 1989 It is a special place when it is a village of our own Mother, old memories start to float just in front of my eyes. I always used to feel that Sahaja Yoga should spread in Nagpur city but people in their own homes stay away from mother, they do not see what is around them. The attention of human beings is easily drawn towards something which is far but they ignore what is near them and that is why the work of Sahaja Yoga began quite late in Nagpur.This land was already filled with vibrations because I stayed here in my childhood and quite a lot had already happened in subtle way. I knew that one day it will grow. My father used to go to various places for freedom struggle and used to meet many people. I met many people on these places.I was around 9 years old at that time. Ghandhiji used to call me ‘Nepali’ with love. Whatever vision and planning I used to present before him, he used to consider about it with great respect. In his ashram Bhajans were sung during prayers. There was an explanation of each and every chakra on the basis of kundalini in those Bhajans. I gave him proper order of bhajans to be sung, telling him right from the primordial principle to the stage of Christ , ‘Allah oh Akbar’ etc.,etc. were also part of it. He also used to have Read More …

Talk to Sahaja Yogis: Value Systems Ganapatipule (India)

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Two Talks to yogis. Ganapatipule (India), 26 December 1988. English Transcript We have to understand that we have risen above our human awareness and at that level we were different and at this new awareness we are different people and all our priorities must change. Our value system has to change, and if it has not changed automatically we have to little bit deliberately work it out. Or else we have to see that we become really the Spirit and no more of all the falsehood of human awareness should be attached to us or we should be bothered about it. The, if you see, the principle of everything, as I see, the principle of everything, rather human endeavor, whatever it is, it is based on gathering property. Whether it is communism, or it is democracy or socialism or anything, it’s all going round and round to the point of property. Property, that may be land, that may be money, that may be anything. All economic activity surrounds that one point, is property. So the democracy, though it’s a political organization or political theory, actually is based on something very economic, economical thing called property. Then, same about communism, we can say; it’s the same thing, to, how to distribute the property, how to have the property equally, how to make everybody self-sufficient. But as soon as you become a realized soul, you have to know that your properties and your priorities are very different. Your property is your Spirit Read More …

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Health Advice to Western Yogis Sangli (India)

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Health Advice to Western Yogis & the problems with Australia, Sangli (India), 21 December 1988. I have heard that you have been all very sick. I think I got sick because of that, myself. Now I hope you are all better. Still there are sick people? How many? Guido Lanza: About seventy. Shri Mataji: Seventy are sick in bed? Where are they? Now there’s something I must tell you, that the other day these girls were making me wear ornaments and I felt a very funny smell from them. So I think that you people do not wash your hands properly. After going to the toilet I had told you to use water all the time – it’s very important. But you people stick, still, to the Western style. That’s very dirty, I tell you. It’s a very dirty style of living – is not to use the water. It’s very unhygienic also. That’s why you find in the West [that] most of the people are sick. Not here. You have seen yesterday how the boys were dancing – so quick and fast. So that’s one thing one has to remember is to wash your hands after coming out of the toilet, before food. Yesterday I smelt their hands and I was amazed. Smelling awfully bad! So that’s not an Indian custom or anything, but it’s a hygienic system. So I hope you have got lotas (jugs). Have you got lotas there? You had it. But still you keep to Read More …

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About Forthcoming India Tour Shudy Camps Park, Shudy Camps (England)

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Talk about Forthcoming India Tour. Shudy Camps (UK), 13 November 1988. It’s a nice occasion that we could all meet together on this auspicious day. And actually today is the day of the brothers and sisters. It’s also very nice that you are all meeting your brothers and sisters here and enjoying this Diwali function. We had a very nice function in India and it was celebrated in Bombay and they all send you their good wishes and Happy Diwali to all of you. They all remembered you very much. Now, today I am not going to give you a speech but I have to tell you certain things about the Indian Tour that we are going to have because I don’t think I’ll be able to talk to you about it later on. So first of all I wanted to know the girls who are engaged in India. Can you get up and – anyone of them are here? Those girls who were engaged in India. They are not here, none of them? So I hope the leaders know who were the girls engaged in their areas, isn’t it? Now you have to see that the boys and the girls who were engaged. Are there boys who were engaged in your area? Sahaja Yogi: Yes. Shri Mataji: Anybody? From Graz? Sahaja Yogi: Thomas [Voltrum]. Shri Mataji: Two boys from Graz. Sahaja Yogi: Yes. And Thomas Voltrum to, he’s engaged to the daughter of [Tumal]. And. Shri Mataji: Ah. But Read More …

Talk to Sahaja Yogis, Eve of Guru Puja Camping Borda d'Ansalonga, Ansalonga (Andorra)

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Lecture on Evening before Guru Puja, Ansalonga (Andorra), July 30th, 1988 Tomorrow is a great day for all of us because it’s the Guru Puja Day, and perhaps you know that Guru puja is the greatest day for all the sahaja yogis, also for Me. Of course, Sahasrara is the day, which is very important, which makes a big history in the spirituality and also in the evolutionary process. But for us the sahaja yogis and Myself – it’s very remarkable that we are here to know something and to teach something. Now, if you see how Sahaja Yoga knowledge has slowly come to all of you. Gyaneshwara has described it so beautifully – he says, “Like the petals when they fall on the Mother Earth, gently, in the same way, let this knowledge fall onto the minds of the disciples and make them fragrant.” Another thing described is a bird called Chakoor, which is a bird which just at the time of full moon, sucks the nectar of moonlight, otherwise, it doesn’t care for anything else, it feeds only on itself. So he says, “Let the knowledge of the Divine be sucked in by the disciples like the Chakoora bird who sucks in the nectar of the moonlight.” Moon stands for the Spirit. In the same manner, let it penetrate into their being. After all, he was a very great poet, I must say, in poetry, nobody can go as deep as Gyaneshwara has gone, no one. So slowly Read More …

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Advice: Beware of the murmuring souls Armonk Ashram, North Castle (United States)

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Advice at Armonk Ashram. New York (USA), 27 July 1988 So very nice to come and meet you all here! Very kind of you to have invited me to your ashram. So you must have realised, from experience of these two days’ programmes that we had [that], though it looks formidable in the beginning, it’s not so difficult to achieve results and to get people Realised. I find all of you have been very sensible and you worked it out very well. It was such a pleasure, such a joy for me, to see that you gave Realisation to so many people and you managed to convince them about Sahaja Yoga. It is very difficult in these modern times, especially in the country like America and others of the same kind, that it’s impossible for people to know that there is anything beyond. Of course, unknowingly they are seeking – unknowingly. They are not even aware that there’s a possibility of their getting a Self-realisation. And so many fake people have arrived that they think it’s another kind of a guru shopping that they have to go through. And when I came first to America…I think the first country I came to was America in a way. I had gone to Iran before that because my brother (Babamama) was there. And when I came first to America it was a surprise to me, in so many ways, that they came to my lectures, quite a lot of them, in every Read More …

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Talk to Sahaja Yogis: Intuition & Women Ashram in Le Raincy, Le Raincy (France)

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Informal Talk to women, Le Raincy ashram (France), 9 July 1988. Shri Mataji: So, I hope you enjoy! [Unclear] are so nice! I should go for a wedding. [A baby is crying] Leave him, it’s all right. Just come along. Why are you crying? You’re all right. Take my hand. All right? Come to take Me up. Antonio [to the boy in French]: Help Shri Mataji to climb up the stairs. Antonio. Lunch is ready. [Sahaja Yoginis are serving food to Shri Mataji at the first floor.] Shri Mataji: Hello. [Cut in the video] Shri Mataji: She’s married? Patrick: No, no. She was on the list but she was not – Shri Mataji: She’s not. Patrick: She’s not. Shri Mataji: Couldn’t get anyone. Sorry for that. Now the thing is, you see, mostly the boys are of a younger age and the girls are of an older age. And sometimes the difference is quite a lot. But still, we try, we try to accommodate and see if there is any way coming in and we find it. All right? Why I asked him to talk to arrange a meeting with you people is this: because I’ve discovered that in Kali Yuga, especially in the West, the problem will be coming from the women. We have had a very bad problem in Australia, you must have heard about it. Have you heard about it? It’s a very serious problem. Now this wife has shown her ego so clearly. And She said, Read More …

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Seminar Day 2, The Role of Women Shudy Camps Park, Shudy Camps (England)

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“The Role of Women”, Seminar day 2, 19 June 1988, Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire, UK Yesterday, we have had a nice meditation, and we all felt the cool breeze of the Holy Ghost, and I told you that we have to understand that this is the greatest moment in the history, while you are born, and you are doing the highest work, that is of God, here. And you are specially chosen for it and how you must know that you are a saint. Apart from this, all the blessings that you have, you also get lost sometimes in your blessings and start behaving in a manner which doesn’t behove a saintly person. Now after so many years, I have agreed or I agreed to have Ekadesha Rudra puja, which was, I know was a dangerous thing to do, because I know still so many Sahaja Yogis are half-baked, some are just taking advantage of Sahaja Yoga, and making money out of it, or getting some power out of it, or fame, or something. So, this was let loose now, this power, and is a very, very dangerous power in a way, and you have to be very careful. It, of course, protects you from the people who attack you and try to destroy you, from all negativity. It wants to work out all kinds of protection that is possible for you. But if you start misbehaving, also it can act upon you. I’ll give you a story about something happened Read More …

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Seminar Day 1, Introspection and Meditation Shudy Camps Park, Shudy Camps (England)

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Advice, “Introspection and Meditation”. Shudy Camps (UK), 18 June 1988. This year we won’t be having I think, public programs in UK, because also there are certain circumstances. But whenever there is a circumstance which, somehow or other, changes our programs, we must immediately know that there is a purpose behind all that change, and we must immediately accept it with an open heart that Divine wants us to change. Supposing I am going on a road and people say, “You are lost your way Mother.” That’s all right. I am never lost because I am with myself! (Laughter.) I had to go by that particular road, is the point. I had to do it, and that’s why I have, supposed to be not on that road and I have lost my way. If you have that kind of a understanding, and if you have that satisfaction in your heart, then you’ll find life is worth much more than what you think it to be. Now, as it is, what was the reason, I thought, that we have decided to have public programs this year definitely, and we could not have public programs? So, the reason is that we have to consolidate. In the growth of a tree, which is a living tree, it happens that it moves in a particular direction up to a point till it has to change, because there is no sun coming that side, maybe there is no water levels arriving, so they start changing. In the same Read More …

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Arrival and Talk about music, photographs & false gurus Gleißenfeld (Austria)

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Talk with yogis. Gleissenfeld (Austria), 10 June 1988. Shri Mataji: There are so many following you, they are coming now. Beautiful! So they have to sit down. Sorry we were late. In the ashram we were solving all the problems also. Yogini: Shri Mataji, do You want to have a cup of tea? Shri Mataji: What? Yogini: A cup of tea? Yogi: Maybe first lunch, Shri Mataji? Shri Mataji: All right. (to a baby) You see? (Shri Mataji snaps Her fingers and laughs) Hello? Hello. Once. He recognizes. Hello! Look at that. Hello. How to get lotuses here? Yogi: They grow here, Shri Mataji. Shri Mataji: Outside or inside the house? Yogi: In the lake. Shri Mataji: They are growing outside? Yogis: Yes, yes. In the pool. They are growing here in the garden, Shri Mataji. In the garden, Shri Mataji. Shri Mataji: Really? Yogini: We have about twenty-five [inaudible]. So beautiful. Shri Mataji: And they grow – they need sunshine all the time. But in the cold also? Yogi: It is close here, Shri Mataji. In a lake? A pond is that. Shri Mataji: You have got a – I mean – is this one tree, sort of thing, or on the pond it’s spread out, quite a lot of these? Yogini: It’s in the water. It’s spread out, quite a lot. Yogi: I think it is self-made, Shri Mataji. Like a pond. Are these lotuses or sea roses? Yogis: Sea roses. Yogi: Sea roses, Shri Mataji. Sea roses. Read More …

The Story of Markandeya Vienna (Austria)

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Conversation with Sahaja Yogis, Ashram of Vienna, (Austria), 9 June 1988. You know the story of Markandeya or not? I tell you the story of Markandeya. You see, his father had no children and the father and mother were unhappy. So they prayed to Shiva and they said that we want to have a son. Shiva said, “I’ll give you the son, but I will have to take him back after eight years. So he’ll only exist till he is about eight years of age.” So, they gave that boon to him plus this kind of a curse. The parents were very upset that “our child will die after eight years of age”, very upset. But they found the child very bright, brilliant and also shining and very religious. One day he asked his father, “Why do you always so worry, I mean, after all I am your son?” So they said that it is said so, eight years or sixteen years, something like that. “Now I will be losing you very soon. Who can surpass Shiva?” He said it, “So, I cannot think we can really ask anyone to neutralize the curse upon us. If you are not born to us we would not have been so attached to you. Now you are born to us, we are so much attached to you.” He was a very wise person, he said: “No, I know someone, I know Adi Shakti. And he went to this place where you got to Read More …

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Airport Arrival and Welcome Speech at Melichargasse Ashram Vienna (Austria)

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Welcome Speech. Vienna (Austria), 7 June 1988. These flowers should be put in the water, I think. And I have also brought some flowers, they have sent you all flowers from there and best wishes to all of you. All the English Sahaja Yogis came to the airport and send their best wishes to you all. And there have been miracles and miracles. One of them was, there is, you know Harry Jairam, he’s a very ordinary student and he was doing something, I think with electromagnetic work he was doing, and suddenly he discovered a kind of a switch which he does not know how it has come to him, and he doesn’t know how it works. So he has been given a very big job and now he has to lecture to people and tell them how it works but he doesn’t know how it works. (Shri Mataji laughing & laughter) I won’t have anything, I think, I had mine, all right little bit, little bit. What should I have? Whatever is German. This is German? No, Indian. All right. Thank you. Sit down, sit down. There is room this side I think for some people. We all have gathered here from so many countries. It’s very heartening to see how Sahaja Yoga is now spreading smoothly into the countries who have different type of ideologies. Sahaja Yoga is a very pleasant beautiful blessing to all of us. You don’t have to sacrifice anything, you don’t have to Read More …

The Myth of Leadership Rome (Italy)

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“The Myth Of Leadership” May 9, 1988 Now this one is a praise of Mahalakshmi tattwa, Mahalakshmi principle. And as you know that, Lakshmi principle is the power of Shri Vishnu, which first establishes within us when we start paying attention to dharmic material life, dharmic financial life and dharmic family life. After that, seeking starts, seeking into higher realms: there it is manifested by the Mahalakshmi principle within us. That’s why in affluent countries people start seeking; they may go wrong, that’s different. In a person this exists, but the manifestation starts when you are completely satisfied with your material side, not with Sahaj Yog. In Sahaj Yoga it manifests and acts.  So the central path of Mahalakshmi starts opening up, so rises above your nabhi chakra, above, and goes up to your Sahasrara and pierces through it. In the Sahasrara also it is the Vishnu tattwa [that] becomes the Viraata — it’s only one principle. It manifests itself in the Sahasrara and you become aware of collective consciousness, you become knowledgeable and you know the truth. It’s through the rising of the Kundalini. Now here, they are only praising the middle path, that’s the Mahalakshmi. So here you are singing to me, to the Mahalakshmi principle of mine. But when it reaches the Sahasrara, in Sahasrara it become the Mahamaya. In the Sahasrara, it gets the power of the Mahamaya, by which it has a thousand facets and it puts you into illusions to test you and to Read More …

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Arrival and Talk: Importance Of Sahaja Yogis Shudy Camps Park, Shudy Camps (England)

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Shri Mataji speaking with yogis. 1988 04 02 EasterPuja Shudy Camps The Importance of Sahaja Yogis It was such a fortunate thing that I could come for this Easter puja here to see you all meet you and see the growth of Sahaja Yoga within you. I can see in your faces. I can see in your eyes the light which is so benevolent and so balming. When I came to this place long time back and looked at it everyone told me that this should not be bought, at all, at any cost. I did a very long puja especially to my husband who said I may not touch it with a barge pole. …………………. but I got my way and I knew the potential of this place. Then the second time when I came to this place where you are standing was even worse than what I had seen.(laughter)……………………….I.talked to people quite surprised……………and when I said something very strongly the thing started changing. I first felt that I was rather strong but I think it helped started changing and changing and now you see a beautiful hall here, beautiful place for relaxing. So same thing with Sahaja Yogis are here you have the potential no doubt otherwise you wouldn’t have come to Sahajio. You see I was reading the predictions that were made about 16000 years back about Sahaja Yoga and so much clearly indicates exactly what is going to happen. Firstly it says that in the beginning Read More …

Talk to Sahaja Yogis: We Are Here For Our Ascent Pune (India)

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We Are Here For Our Ascent, Pune You have come for your ascent, for a pilgrimage, and certain things have to be borne in mind — that we have to see that our thinking has to go down first. I don’t mind suffering, but my suffering doesn’t help you much. So I have to request you not to say, “I thought.” Then I’ve seen people go on lingering about. There’s no movement, very lethargic movement, very slow movement, as if they have taken some sort of an opium or some sort of a drug. You should see, all the Indians are alert, especially in Maharashtra. They’re very alert people. And the alertness you have to achieve — not to just roam about here, roam about there, stand there. Everybody has to go and call. We are doing no work here at all. They are doing all the work. I’m sorry I have to say that. They are the ones who are working out the thing. We have just to move from places to places. But there also the movement is so slow sometimes that it is impossible how to get round you, like small children to call this one, call that one for anything. It has to be a fast movement, it has to be a quick movement. You have to work it out in a very quick manner. Everything has to be done in a very smart way, as they call it. But on the contrary, I find that Read More …

Talk at Rahuri Temple, India Tour Rahuri (India)

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Talk at Rahuri Temple, 20.12.87 (Tape 1 Side B) …must have been everywhere••.many other things, settling so many things in other places. That’s how the time passes on. It’s nice to have here in the night, you can see all the lights and all the beautiful silence around you. If you see know the sky like a….if you can have a look at the sky, is like a …. Now, I must tell you the history of this place, is that here one Rakshasa called Raho was to be killed by the Goddess, and she used a ….to kill him, that Rakshasa. And he in fear, he started screaming loudly and that scream is called as Aradh (?) and that’s-why we call this-place as Aradh. And when I came to this village I told them that “why do you want to remember, remember the scream of a rakshasa. You call it asARarkao. (?) meaning the foreign place of the Goddess, Arvana, the foreign place. So thcv agreed to it and now they have applied for that, and they have passed a regulation that this place should be called as Arvana. As it is something in the name also that this place was all resolute, and this barren, there was no water, people had a bad time, and very funny types of trees started growing here, which had very bio thorns and they were very fatal. So after this the whole thina started changing and transforming. They get a lot of Read More …

Tour Introductory Talk Alibag (India)

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Tour Introductory Talk. Alibag (India), 14 December 1987. We have to prepare ourselves properly for anything that we do in life, there is something called preparation, and that preparation has to be done religiously in the sense that you have to take a vow about it, because, so many people, so many times come to India and do not achieve much. They say that we have got a little bit of………, which has benefit, that’s all. So today you saw that how Indians got their realization without any problems, without any questions. And such a magnet life, one gentleman who was a district judge of the state, so very humble and soft and sweet person present My lectures, some of them and he pointed out what is interesting in the lectures and also said what is so special about Sahaja Yoga and then what is so special about it. It’s very remarkable how people are humble and for them it is important that if a saint is there, then there must be a [guest ?]. Because they were just sitting there, we have just come from the house directly and I was sitting there, people were coming and bowing to Me, and told him you can go in if he wants, because it will take some time. He said, “No, no I am perfectly all right, how can I go before you haven’t.” In that humility he was sitting there all the time. Now we have to understand that we Read More …

Talk on marriage, Songs, Shri Mataji giving names Ashram in Le Raincy, Le Raincy (France)

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Talk on marriage, Songs, Shri Mataji giving names. Ashram in Le Raincy, Le Raincy (Paris-France), November 4th, 1987 It’s nice to see you all here, to meet you all. Now, we were very successful in these programs and so many people came. I’m sure they will be coming again. Some of them are such that they may not have light, a particular statement of mind or maybe something like that. Because one lady came and asked Me, “How do you say that Hitler was the disciple of Dalai Lama?” But it’s written down in the papers, it is written down in the books, there’s nothing a new thing I’m telling. And whatever I’m saying, it has the truth behind it. I never tell lies. And I talked about Gautamala also it’s a fact. Maybe it is an American trick, I don’t know what it is, but there are doing all these things there. We have to be concerned about the whole world, isn’t it? But for Sahaja Yogis it is important, first and foremost thing, that when the others come to our meetings or to our follow-up, we should show at most peace within ourselves. And we should be extremely gentle in talking to them. You should be very, very kind to the- extremely kind, much more kind than, normally, people are. And they should feel, “These are very kind people and very nice people”. And not arrogant people that think no end of themselves. And there should not be Read More …

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“The light of love”, Evening before Diwali Puja Lecco (Italy)

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“The light of love”, Evening before Diwali Puja, Lake of Como (Italy), 24 Ottobre 1987. [After the chant.]May God bless you all.And all the blessings of Lakshmi, all the Ashta Lakshmi, is upon you. May God bless you Today we have come here to celebrate a great festival of Deepavali, meaning the rows of lights, or the Festival of Lights. It was to celebrate the coronation of Shri Rama also, that is to say symbolically to celebrate the establishment of a kingdom which has a benevolent administration.Today I find all of you here as the lights sitting before Me and with these lights I feel the Deepavali really celebrated; I see the twinkling of those eyes, twinkling in the eye of that light which is within you. In the lamp of light we have to put something that is soft, like ghee; that’s something very mild and soft, is the love of our heart. And that burns to give this soothing light of love to others.Such a person who has this light of love loves himself as well and emits love for others. I’ve been hearing about the way people used to torture themselves to become saintly. There’s no need at all for Sahaja Yogis, at all, to torture themselves. But to be the light of a higher magnitude they have to be full of love and this love they get it from where? You may say it is from Me. It’s true but the sap of the tree flows Read More …

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Arrival Talk Meli Ashram, Vienna (Austria)

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Arrival Talk at Meli ashram, Vienna (Austria), 12 October 1987. Shri Mataji: My husband has asked Me to go there and bring that all. I told them that [inaudible] small children [inaudible] worked very hard. Nabhi is there why? Too much [sugar] all of them. (Laughter) All have worked very hard. [inaudible] very hard. Nabhi should be all right. It is such a pleasure to see you, Sabine. (Laughter) [inaudible] I’ve never expected – just imagine [inaudible]. And I had nice lunch, very nice lunch I had. I had very good lunch, so no more lunch. So when can you have time to go [Rahul ?] to do this? He has to go to India for that work of; you see he has got some sort of an order to do with some stamps in India. He has to go to organize that and also he wants to help in the house because I am here. So he was saying that you people have planned the whole thing. Akbar is there so you can go and help him a little bit, it can be done. I mean, it doesn’t take much time. But for having this what you call that anti-dampness there, you see for removing the dampness. In India, we put a thick layer on the wall which is done in one day. He said the foundation must be laid that’s all. Both of you should do some justice. He has gone for another work so we have to Read More …

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Bhajans & Talk to Sahaja Yogis after Shri Rama Puja Les Avants (Switzerland)

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1987-1004: Talk after Deshera Puja, Les Avants, SwitzerlandFrom Sahaja Yoga Book Project Please be seated. Alright that’s what we have unclear(talked plus they can unclear(sing/see)) the slides. Alright, that’s good. I will have some water please. You have covered this? or they have covered? You? (unclear) I will tell you. Wow. Thank you. So after the puja you all look so nice and fresh. I am happy that you have been able to absorb lot of vibrations. But in Sahaja Yoga it is important to meditate. And meditate, in the morning and in the evening. Then you should understand the collective temperament. If you are not very collective, if you cannot talk to others well, if you cannot be friendly with others, if you find this kind of an inhibition in you, or a kind of a barrier – then know that you need more of collectivity. It’s not how much you adore Me and love Me, it’s what how much you are a sahaja yogi. That’s very very important for all of you. That you have to be great Sahaja Yogis. That’s my aspiration is. That’s my only asking is. Actually as you know, I am a lonely person, I am extremely lonely in life and I want companions. The companions can come out of you but you have to have a level to be my companions. I am sure you will definitely achieve that level. Through humility, love, compassion, openness and softness of temperament, warmth in your utterances Read More …

Talk to Sahaja Yogis, Criticism, Ego, Rightsided Dangers Ashram in Le Raincy, Le Raincy (France)

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Talk to Yogis, ashram in Le Raincy, Paris (France), 17 August 1987. So first of all, on behalf of my husband I want to thank you because he told Me he wants to thank all the French for giving such a nice time to him. But let be [inaudible] because you’ll feel embarrassed later on. [Laughter] All right. Come in. And I must say I was really amazed how in such a short time you could arrange such a nice program and such nice music, specially the music surprised me very much. I’ve never had such good poetry and such good music from the French. And this time it was really remarkable. Now why I have called you to talk to you, because I’ve had no time to talk to the French separately. I thought I better talk to you here. And you are so many, I’m very happy to see that. I must tell you that France has been the most difficult country for Me to work out Sahaja Yoga. To begin with we had Marie who was in charge of the France Sahaja Yoga, and somehow or other she found it impossible to manage things. When I came for lectures there were so many people, but when I went away they all attacked her very much. So, every third month she used to telephone to Me, “Mother, You come along otherwise I’m going to give up Sahaja Yoga. I’m not going to work with them.” And whenever I Read More …

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Talk, Eve of Shri Vishnumaya Puja YWCA Camp, Pawling (United States)

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Day before Shri Vishnumaya Puja. New York (USA), 8 August 1987. It’s very gratifying to see so many of you Americans have gathered today, and tomorrow you want to have the Vishnumaya Puja. I remember the days when I used to talk to chairs only, but all these years after working so very hard, visiting this country so many times, still we have very, very few Sahaja Yogis compared to any other nation. In this country of Shri Krishna, is inevitable that people will put their attention to money, because He is the incarnation of Vishnu and His Power is Lakshmi. Lakshmi is the Goddess of money, but that is not the money that is called as “dollar”. It is the money which means a complete, integrated form of material wealth. As it is, matter has only one power: that it can express our love to others. Like, if you have to express your love to someone, you would make a nice present or something that is useful for the person; or you may give your property, wealth to your children. In a very symbolic manner, you might even give a small, little stone, if you are a child to your mother, which you find interesting that would make your mother happy. But all the time, the idea behind giving matter to someone is to show your love and emotions – to show your concern and express your heart. So to express your heart through something gross, we use matter. Read More …

One Has To Work Hard For Ones Own Country YWCA Camp, Pawling (United States)

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1987-08-07 One Has To Work Hard For Ones Own Country Nirmala Vidya – 1987-0807 1: Informal Talk – Canada, San Francisco, America, Improve YourselfShri Mataji:I just don’t understand if you own the house (you are the owner of the house) how could they [unclear]…I just don’t understand!Of the 2 children, where are they gone?Just have it …Are you alright?(Sahaja yogini shares some problem with mother)Shri Mataji: You being to some guru or somewhat?Sahaja yogini: No mother my husband has start Sahaja YogaShri Mataji: I see! You feel vibrations?Sahaja yogini: [unclear]Shri Mataji: Who is your husband?(Sahaja yogini tells the name)TerryShri Mataji: Terry, He is not here now …Sahaja yogini: No, He has not come this timeShri Mataji: He was here last night?Sahaja yogini: He didn’t come here this time He came to see you first time in the National Puja last year.Shri Mataji: Terru!(name) Something here [unclear…] (Then in Marathi)Sahaja yogi: In America, there is a law: If there is a music party after 10 O’clock the neighbours have to be informed. If you don’t inform the neighbours they have right which I told him right! You can play the subtle music if you did not like you can talk to the police we can tell next time onwards we won’t play after 10 O’clock. But I would not have the answer to all his questions…I am here from 17 years …[unclear in Marathi ] Shri Mataji: Not Rock Music!Sahaja yogi: If there is one-time party…I told him right …You did Read More …

Conversation during Indian music recital YWCA Camp, Pawling (United States)

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Conversation during an Indian music recital, “find the lost American seekers”, 1987-08-06 I am really overwhelmed, really overwhelmed by your love and devotion.May God bless you. You don’t know how happy I feel to be with you here. And I have been rather very upset about the future of America, the way things are moving. I’ve been thinking what should we do? Should we take all the Sahaja Yogis from here to India and settle there? [Applause] Or bring more Sahaja Yogis from abroad to strengthen you here? It’s very sad that there are so many Americans whom we have not been able to locate and that they are lost somewhere. You have to find means and ways of bringing them. After seeing you I see a great hope. I hope all of us put together, we will do something great. We will be able to get some more and more Americans. How many times I have been here? But was difficult. Let us see what we can do. I do not know if they have scheduled Me to come this year again.  If they have, I might come for 2-3 days to San Diego again and we may have a nice public program here.But first of all, you all have to prepare yourself. You have to be very, very much embedded in Sahaja Yoga, just like lotuses. So that people feel the fragrance of your presence and they come to achieve their Self-realization and to enjoy life as you all are enjoying. You have to pray for it, you have to Read More …

Talk To Sahaja Yogis Melbourne (Australia)

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Talk To Sahaja Yogis, Melbourne (Australia), May 18th, 1987 But we could set out certain things in this short time, I think that was a good idea. And he told me that there were 70 people who came for the follow on. I thought now that more people will be coming down here. And the person who is the owner of this house is creating a problem for us. He cannot do it under law. He cannot do that. So, in case he doesn’t listen, we should put some law upon him, and we must see that you don’t have to pay more and we keep the backside of it [unsure]. So, that can be done. [Despite] lots of difficulties, we must keep the house. Because we’ll get more people from this new group and we have to attend to them also. So, some people can shift to the other house, which has got four bedrooms and some people can, very nicely, live here. So, we can have both the places. And one should not vacate this house. He has no business to increase the rent and he has no business to take back the house. I’ve also suggested that we should have the pre-school going on and they should not be stopped. Plus, we should also have a creche in this hall, you can have a creche [from 2,8 to 5 years old]. So, many mothers who go for work or who go for – say, some sort of Read More …

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Talk to Sahaja Yogis after Havan Auckland (New Zealand)

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1987-05-16  Talk to yogis after havan, Auckland Shri Mataji: Oh you brought it all the way. Done the havan. The havan is done now? Let me see, what is the situation.  [Shri Mataji vibrates havan] Shri Mataji: Put [in] all the fruits and everything. Yogi in the audience: Oh, She’s taking her shoes off. [Shri Mataji converses in Hindi] Shri Mataji:  Oh, be seated. Still the heaviness of the puja is there. Shri Mataji: Much clearer. Be careful, be careful now. All right? So now we can leave at 1 o’clock from here? Brian Bell: Best leave earlier Shri Mataji. Shri Mataji: Little earlier. All right. Brian Bell: We should be on the way  twenty to, to see the gardens. Shri Mataji: So the luggage and all that can be sent ahead I think. All right. So, first of all, I would like to know your names. Individual names.  Yogi in the audience: This is a car full of people last night who come. Shri Mataji: So did the havan today? Yogi in the audience: No… Shri Mataji: They were not here. What’s your name? Yogini in audience: Hansa. Hansa? Hansa…? Yogi in the audience: Hansa Shri Mataji: Hansaj! What’s your name? Another Yogi in the audience: Suresh. Shri Mataji: What’s yours?  Yogini in the audience: Anish. Shri Mataji: [speaks with an Indian couple in  Hindi]  How are you? What’s your name? He likes my photograph, see…[a few words in Hindi]. What’s your name? [a few words in Hindi?] Surrender. Read More …

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Talk and Departure Melbourne (Australia)

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Talk and Departure Melbourne (Australia) Thursday, May 14th, 1987 Shri Mataji: Thing, he was telling me that they haven’t yet given any permission, I don’t know what are they doing about it, I don’t know what’s all the things going on but you are coming back to England now? Is she here? [UNCLEAR Enn] Sahaja Yogi: She is in Sydney Mother. Shri Mataji: She is in Sydney. I wanted to talk to her about it, so I will talk to her in. I thought she is here in the crowd. So better tell her about and because that’s another problem you have to solve. Now, anything else I have to talk to you. Anybody else in particular? Who else? Because James has mentioned all these things to me. Yes, yes Sahaja Yogi: [UNCLEAR Mr Engie] the guy has suggested Mother to ask you a Shri Mataji: Really? She has agreed Sahaja Yogi: Well it seems so Shri Mataji: Aww, she is tremendous. [UNCLEAR Engie] is such a sweet fellow, very beautiful and he has that pure intelligence as you call it. He could see very clearly that Sahaja Yoga is the way and he stuck on to it and he has a friend through whom he has come because he was Bala’s friend too, but his wife is English and this English girls always puts him down somehow or the other. So, he is not such a fast mover but Engie is and I am very happy that you have Read More …

Farewell Talk Sydney (Australia)

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And be coming back to Sydney again. And stay here have been wonderful.  We have made the largest number of people and you have to look after the people who are going to come here now.  We have to be very cautious and careful with the new people because they don’t know about Sahaj Yog, they don’t know about the kingdom of god, so don’t have to show off in any way. Try to be kind and nice to them and tell them everything.  In such a manner, as if you’re trying to be very helpful to them.  Don’t get angry with them, don’t shout at them. So very big responsibility, I think, to. Get the new people. In proper shape. It’s a knack I think. It has to be a nack if you find somebody rather difficult or someone, then you ask somebody else to deal with that, go on on shifting such a person, so that person gets fed up and will go away if somebody is asking too many questions or anything. Also, you try this thing like that, you see, don’t go on arguing, don’t argue with anyone. Too much arguments will not bring anything, you know in Sahaja Yoga cannot be argued on some extent is all right, but too much. It should not be argued. Now. We have achieved quite a lot in Sydney and for the whole world to see that if you can do that in Sydney, why not anywhere else? Let Read More …

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Mother’s Day Picnic Galstone (Australia)

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1987-05-10 Mother’s Day Picnic, Sydney, Australia [Shri Mataji:  I would like to thank all of you but thanking is coming with the rain, for a celebration of this Mother’s Day. It’s a very good idea that this Mother’s Day has been established in your country and that it coincides with My visit here. In India surprisingly we don’t have anything like Mother’s Day. Very surprising. We have all the goddesses’ days but not for mother. And we have to remember also the mother who gave us birth, and then only you can realize what it is to give a spiritual birth. And so nice to see so many children here and small little babies, all of them so much enjoying themselves in the nature and are bringing joy to all of you. There are no words that can really express the joy I feel the way Sahaja Yoga is growing in Sydney especially. I have to [unclear: achieve?] Melbourne, but I think it will go very much faster than any other country abroad than India. You can see how things are happening. It was so exciting the other day when you came after the workshop. You were so much satisfied that you have been able to save so many Australians. And you will be saving more and more and more and bringing much more joy to your country. So many things happened at such a short time. Difficult to mention all of them together. Next year you have decided to Read More …

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Talk to Sahaja Yogis: The need to go deeper Burwood Ashram, Sydney (Australia)

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Talk to Sahaja Yogis: Questions and Answers, Burwood Ashram, Sydney, Australia, 6 May 1987 I am happy that you all were meditating here, and were trying to develop your depth. You all have depth, a very deep personality within yourself. But we have to touch that, that’s very important, because you see, we sing, have music, that’s a very good thing; we enjoy each other’s company, also is very good and that’s a nice thing. But we have to enjoy our own company also by meditating, going within yourself. Now, ‘What is the use?’ one may ask. ‘Mother, now we have got realisation, we have a nice life, we are enjoying ourselves, we are doing so well.’ The deeper you go, the deeper you touch the essences of all the things, like all the elements – when you had finished your meditation, you saw how the rain fell down, how the rain came suddenly. So rain has felt your depth, or you have felt the depth of rain. Now you know that if you light one little candle and put your finger towards it with My photograph there, it acts, it reacts and it gives you a flame which burns, sometimes gives you smoke, sometimes it gallops. So you have noticed that there’s a reaction, even in the fire. So all elements have got an effect: if a saint wants to have an effect. But first of all you must reach your own essences. Once you reach your own essences, Read More …

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Meeting with Sahaja Yogis Sydney (Australia)

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1987-05-06 Meeting with Sahaja Yogis., Sydney, Australia.    Starts at: 0.21.39 [Shri Mataji is listening to a pre-recorded interview where Sahaja Yoga is being explained to a reporter by two Australian Yogis – Stephen Taylor and James Blackley. Yogis applaud when it ends.] Shri Mataji: Very well done. I was thinking, there’s one point which you can tell them that, you see, human awareness is not at its best, is not at its absolute. So the – what is the evolutionary process is working. And because of that natural evolutionary process, the time has come for many to break through, then that goes into their head, I think is better. That is one point. And I was thinking why not have Rustom for tomorrow’s interview – Rustom and [unclear/him] for tomorrow’s 8:30 interview. You can say that: there’s a psychiatrist coming all the way from Viard and all that. So you could have them for the interview tomorrow, [replying to someone aside: 8:30. Yes, of course.] Sahaja Yogi One: Excuse me Shri Mother, between Your radio interview tomorrow and the television, there is one and a half hours and if it would be possible, we could take You to the man himself in that one and a half hours. Shri Mataji: One and a half hours between My interview… Sahaja Yogi Two: Between the ABC interview at 10 o’clock and the Ray Martin show at 12 o’clock. Shri Mataji:  Yes, that’s true but there’s one 8:30 which… Sahaja Yogi One: Read More …

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Sahasrara Puja Evening Talk:The Spirit is Paramount, it is the Highest Thing Thredbo Alpine Hotel, Thredbo (Australia)

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“The Spirit is Paramount, it is the Highest Thing”, Sahasrara Puja Evening Talk. Thredbo (Australia) 3 May 1987. I hope today’s lecture did not shock you very much. I had to tell you about it, otherwise you would not know your importance, your greatness, your responsibilities. But I must warn you about the ghost as I told you, because a mother has to warn about the ghost to frighten the children: that’s important, and the ghost is materialism, as I said, which has become so important. Matter always tries to overpower the Spirit, all the time. All the habits are formed because of the matter. Even the habits of drinking, say, habits of taking drugs, is nothing but these horrible, powerful material things which are dead are trying to overpower us.The Spirit is paramount, it is the highest thing. Nothing can reach it. It keeps you away from all the skirmishes, all the cheap and superficial problems of the world. Materialism has grown much more today than ever before. It has become very important for people to worry about things that they possess. I find in the West it has grown so subtly and so sophisticatedly that it is difficult even to find out how far we have gone with it. It’s like plastic, which can penetrate into everything and can hold it. This materialism has brought us to the cracking point now; the whole world is bothered about it. First of all there are ecological imbalances. People are watching Read More …

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Pre-Sahasrara Puja Talk: Accept the Truth as it is Thredbo Alpine Hotel, Thredbo (Australia)

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Evening before Sahasrara puja. Thredbo (Australia), 2 May 1987. [Talk after singing (not on video).] So very nice to see you all here, all My children. Your love outbeats Me. I really find no words to express My feelings. The way you have taken to Sahaja Yoga and the way you have established yourself in Sahaj Yog. I know it is very difficult to spread Sahaja Yoga. Everywhere it is difficult because you know these are the times of Kali Yuga. I am not tired of the journey so much as the fighting the evil forces around us. When I came to Canberra, I felt the Left Swadishthana very strong, so strong that I could not walk few steps, and I asked them what’s the matter and they told Me that TM, there is some Chinmoy fellow, they are very strong here. Apart from that there are other spiritualist courses which they are announcing in the newspapers. It’s shocking that human beings take to these horrible things so easily and try to work it out. When you study the reason why they take to these horrible things, then you realise one thing: that these things promise quick results. Like supposing somebody’s son has been lost. So, they will say, ‘All right. You come to our group, we’ll find it out for you.’ Or else, somebody says, ‘I am under a great strain.’ ‘All right, you come to our group, we will remove your strains.’ It’s very easy to remove the Read More …

Advice to Italian Yogis Rome Ashram - Nirmala House, Rome (Italy)

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Advice To Italian Yogis, Rome Ashram – Nirmala House, Rome (Italy) 20-04-1987 [Guido translates in between whilst Shri Mataji speaks] Shri Mataji: So I was talking to Germans and it took some time. Italy is doing very well in Europe and I think there’s a competition between Italy and Austria. Now, My complete desire is to come down here for the program some time, for a little more time than normal. But this year [unclear] I have been very, very busy and I’m also going to Australia, which I did not do last time. But this visit was so spontaneous and it was just organised, I think through your great desire and the Easter: both together has worked it out.  It’s efficiency of the Italian Sahaja Yogis that they managed the whole thing in such a short time, otherwise it’s not an easy thing. People are already making plans in England for Guru Puja. So, it is the readiness to get divine help that works out everything. Also, Italians are very lucky to have a wise leader like Guido. [applause] But you must understand that the negativity can come any time and can harm. Now, the gentleman who took over from him was really affected by the negative force of Don. Don’s wife has been to sorcerers and things like that and, first time she touched My feet, My feet went into a funny cramp – I couldn’t understand. But then when I asked her, she had to confess and Read More …

Advice to Swiss Yogis Rome Ashram - Nirmala House, Rome (Italy)

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Advice to Swiss Yogis: Give Them That Hope that There is a Way Out for the People who are Searching, 20 April 1987 Shri Mataji: Some breakthrough has to be found out. What is it you think you can do there? Sahaja Yogi: It is maybe to contact the people and kind of search in this direction, and maybe we have no success with ninth but with the tenth we have success. Shri Mataji: You see the people are searching all right. The people are searching no doubt, and there must be so many searching there, I agree with you, but we have to find out the people who are searching, that’s the point of it. And I feel the Swiss is catching on the heart very badly. You all should also not catch on the heart. So what to do about the heart? We have to write or we have to announce; we have to change our hearts, you see. We are very cold-hearted [unclear] See, I think the climate is such and the whole thing is, you see, that there are two movements going on in that country. One is that people are trying to build up new styles of arrangements for conservation of money and for the accumulation of money and all that, because they have had a very bad name and they have been keeping lots of money of other countries and have been trying to ruin us by doing this kind of a thing.  Like Read More …

Advice to Austrian Yogis Rome Ashram - Nirmala House, Rome (Italy)

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Advice to Austrians yogis, Nirmala House, 20 April 1987. Shri Mataji: And that’s why it’s working out that way. Because if it was one sided, it should not have worked that way. It’s both the sides are there. Come in, come in, come in, move forward. [inaudible as more people enter] How are the children? Are they all right? Yeah. Come on. Hamid is there or gone? Yogi: Hamid is on the way. He is here. Shri Mataji: He is here. I wanted to know about his experiment, what has happened? Yogi: I think he did not continue so far. Shri Mataji: Hamid, what has happened about your experiment? Of saving the… Come here, can’t hear you. Come in, come in, come in. Hamid: Mother, at this moment it’s impossible to go there. It’s also about one metre of snow. Shri Mataji: Yes, I saw, I saw it while coming, but now how is it otherwise? Hamid: I must go there. Shri Mataji: But in the beginning how was that, till now? Hamid: In the beginning it wasn’t so bad, and last summer I was the last time there and I gave Your pictures there at different places and vibrated with water and come back. And now after winter, I must go again there. Shri Mataji: But why don’t you take some water from here. Did you take from yesterday’s puja? Hamid: I did it. You have given me water from India… Shri Mataji: What I thought that now, when Read More …

Farewell Talk Astagaon (India)

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FAREWELL TALK (January 16th, 1987; Astagaon, India) I hope you enjoyed yesterday in India. (Sahaja Yogi: Yes). And that you have been able to get out of many things that you were trying to do it. As they said, in the song about “Vinchu Chawla” (a traditional song in Marathi). In the same way, we have problems which must be corrected by ourselves, instead of correcting in others, if we correct ourselves, we can go very far. I am sure it will work out for all of you, very well, and that all of you will be able to, one each person can establish an ashram, but don’t get involved into small things. First of all, correct yourself, become a great yogi and then involve yourself into higher things, not into mundane lower things. That’s all. It is very simple. You don’t have to go to Himalayas. You don’t have to do anything. You don’t have to give up anything. Nobody should give up jobs. I don’t want anybody to give up jobs or to give up their positions or their country. Nothing of them. There is no need at all. Wherever you are, you can work it out. And wherever you are, you can achieve it. Especially, for married people those who have to now join their spouses, I wish them all the best for their very happy and prosperous married life. And I hope you’ll not let me down. For your own individual whims, don’t try to make Read More …

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Talk on Innocence & Musical Program (Morning) Ganapatipule (India)

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Talk about Innocence, Ganapatipule (India), 2 January 1987. Today, in this blessed place of Mahaganesha, we have all assembled to go deep into our own beings, to enjoy our own glory. One has to remember that the very first thing God created on this earth was Shri Ganesha because He could emit holiness. He exists as chaitanya and this chaitanya exists in the atom and molecules as you know very well, as vibrations – symmetric and isometric. These vibrations later on start expressing themselves in the plant kingdom as life force and you see how they are kept under a bondage. A tree that is a mango tree will go up to a certain point. A coconut tree will grow up to a certain point. It’s all under control, and then it is expressed in the animals, where it binds them. That’s why they are called as pashus, means under bondage. But in the human being it is expressed as auspiciousness and ultimately as the epitome, as holiness. Holiness is to be understood in its essence as well as in its contents.Holiness is an innate quality of a personality, where a person rejects all that is unholy, all that is inauspicious. The ego doesn’t play any part. Up to the animal stage, ego doesn’t exist. But in the human stage, you are given freedom to choose whether you want holiness or not. But in the ego of man, he might say, “What’s wrong?” and he may defy all the rules Read More …

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How creative he is. See his creativity is really more interesting, he is creating experiences out of it, beautiful things, the way he is touching little, little notes and pulling it down, really it’s tremendous, I must say. They are all great artists and all the time I am thinking of Ravindranath Tagore. What his soul must be feeling so happy, that is described one day and that’s happening today with all these three Bengal people coming here really, my hats off to Bengalis and to Bengal, I really tell you. I am so indebted to them, so indebted to them, really, such a great thing, such great masters are coming out and they are from Nagpur also, that’s something surprising for me. May God bless you all of you, may God bless you, they are great people. We have other artists also from Nagpur, so many of them so nicely played and you enjoyed their music. They are Maharashtrians I should say, so they used to say that Bengal mara balo se or Maharashtra mara gano se. They used to say that Bengalis have, very Bengali ladies have big, big long hair but now this other way round I s sometimes. Beautiful, isn’t it beautiful. I am so very enamoured with the whole thing that has happened. May God bless them with greater and greater talent. But what a talent it was, what a talent, that’s the point. Now those who played it, guitar, must know not to just Read More …