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Devi Puja: Shivaji the Anchavatara Satara (India)

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Puja in Satara: Shivaji the Anchavatara. Satara (India), 7th February 1984 English Transcript It is not proper, but He was not just a mere king, you see He was a Devi bhakta and an ansha avtara and His Mother was also an ansha avtara. What is the sign of an ansha avtara is that they have extra powers over themselves and over others, and they have no temptations, no mistakes. [Shri Mataji speaks in Marathi to the sound technicians about the sound system problem.] So, first of all we should know that Shivaji himself was a divine person in the sense that He had no defects in him. He was a detached personality. I do not want to tell you the whole history about him, but his character if you study you will be amazed how detached He was. He was not found of women. He never hankered after them and on the contrary respected women very much. There is a story that once He was presented with the daughter-in-law of a great nawab because the people used to do, I do not know what you call those tactics where you attack the people hiding from behind. [Shri Mataji is speaking with the sound technicians and the Sahaja Yogis present there about failure of the sound system due to load shedding, load shedding is a problem the people of this place face every Tuesday. Shri Mataji asks the Sahaja Yogis present there to try to listen to Her from their Read More …

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Devi Puja Rahuri (India)

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Devi Puja, January 26, 1984 Rahuri, Maharashtra, India Shri Mataji : Who forgot the bag to be brought in ? Sahaja Yogi: Magda Shri Mataji: Magda. You should be careful. Talk starts at 2:38 Rahuri has a special significance in the history of the Goddess, that when the horrible rakshasa, called Rahu, started ruling this area and devastating it, the whole suffered, all the God-fearing people. Then the Goddess took Her incarnation here and She killed this man, this rakshasa and there are different places where how he ran, how She caught him and ultimately killed. He was killed in Rahuri. And that’s why rahu-ri – “ri” starts from the Hrim, as you know that: “Aim, Klim, Hrim” are the three words denoting the three powers of the Goddess. “Aim, Hrim and Klim”: Aim, is the Mahakali, Hrim, is the Mahalakshmi and Klim, is the Mahasaraswati. So, with the Hrim-power She killed this rakshasa, and then – after that killing – bhaktas started living here. And a king came all the way from Rajpur, Rajputana, and started worshipping the Goddess. And when he was a poor man, he came here as a poor man, while worshipping the Goddess, he raised this again into another kingdom, and that’s why they are called as Shalivahanas, because they carried the shawl of the Goddess. This Shalivahanas, later on in the dynasty, was a Babruvahan [precedent dynasty of Satavahan, Babruvahan was the father of Shalivahan] who fought Vikramaditya [a famous king] and defeated him, Read More …

Speech at School Chowk (India)

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Speech delivered by Shri Mataji at the site of the proposed School at Chowk (near Khopoli) Maharashtra on Saturday, the 11th December, 1983. (Marathi advice translated by Sahaj yogi Shri T.Y. Chaudhari) In the past many great Saints and Sadhus were born in Maharashtra. They have shown the correct way to us. They taught about religion and of the practice of religion. They spread the knowledge of the soul and always emphasised that without realisation of the Self, everything in this life was unstable and unreal. Everyone of you have come to Sahaja Yoga and got your Self realisation. You are realised souls. You are Saints and Sadhus. The Saints and Sadhus of the by-gone days may not have assembled together as you have done here today. This land has been sanctified by your presence. On two sides of this land are the abodes of Shri Ganesha. In the front there is a temple of Shri Shankar known as Vaijnath, and at the back there is the abode of Shri Dattatreya. The thought of having a school in such beautiful surroundings has been engaging my attention since long. Now Shri Bharwani has graciously donated this land, I feel that the school project should come up at an early date. The Sahaja Yogis are industrious and hardworking. They cannot sit idle. They have to work for this school. Even in the Trust Deed (of the Life Eternal Trust) it has been mentioned that we shall establish and run schools. There is Read More …

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Birthday Puja: Try to save as many as possible & Havan Mumbai (India)

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Celebration of Shri Mataji’s Birthday. Bombay (India), 30 March 1983. First Bhajan, “Bbhay kaya taya Prabhu Jyachare,” was sung. Shri Mataji remarked, “That was My father’s favorite song”. Many people have always asked me that why God created this Universe. Of course, we are not supposed to ask questions to God. It’s easy to ask questions to Mataji when She is giving a lecture. But God is a person who is beyond questions. And why He created Universe is something like why I wore all these ornaments. As I am not habituated of wearing ornaments, but I have to do it. I have to do it just to please you people, or we can say that God created this earth, just to please His own children, just to make them happy, just to make them enter into the Kingdom of God, to give all that what He has got. So He had to create this creation in such a way that He could create His own image, reflect it and make it enjoy itself. It’s a very mutual appreciation, as we call it, andolan. Whatever He does for us, is for His own pleasures. But the beauty of it is that your pleasure is His pleasure. And the other way round is, His pleasure should be your pleasure, too. Once that becomes the fact that the pleasure of God becomes your pleasure, you enter into that beautiful arena of heavenly joy, swargiya anand. Only if it is one-sided enterprise or Read More …

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Shri Saraswati Puja: The basis of all creativity is love Dhule (India)

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Shri Saraswati Puja, Dhulia (India), Sankranti day, 14 January 1983. With love all kinds of creative action takes place. You see how Raulbai has love for Me, and in this place you all also got new idea of creating a beautiful thing. And as love will increase, your creativity will develop. So the basis of all creativity of Saraswati is love. If there is no love there is no creativity. It is even in the deeper sense, if you see; people who have created all the scientific things are also out of love to the masses, not for themselves. Nobody has produced anything for themselves. If they make something for themselves it has to become for universal use, otherwise it has no meaning. Even if you say atom-bomb and all these things are created from science, they are also very protective. If they had not created those, people would not have taken out their minds from war. Now nobody can think of having a big war. Of course, they are having cold wars, but that also will gradually stop, when they will be fed up. So, all the activity on the right hand side, of Saraswati, basically has to end up in love. Starts with love and ends up in love.  Whichever does not end up in love, coils up and finishes off. It just disappears. So you can see that even matter which is not used for love just finishes off. The basis has to be love. Otherwise all Read More …

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Shri Ganesha Puja: Get the experience into your awareness and feeling Rahuri (India)

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Shri Ganesha Puja. Rahuri (India), 7 January 1983. English Talk You have come here to learn something, to go deep into your experiences of the knowledge of your roots. Shri Krishna has said that this is a tree which is upside down: the roots are upwards and the leaves are outwards. In the same way, you know that Kundalini, really, when it rises in the Sahasrara or above Sahasrara, then you start getting the feeling of Kundalini. So one has to understand that when we are now getting subtler and subtler and trying to feel the Kundalini, we should try to get out of a materialistic attitude and materialistic viewpoint and materialistic sticking point. I met one guru before – because you know I went to all of them – and I asked one of them, I said, “Why do you take money, so much money from these people who are Western people? So much, why do you take and just they become beggars, absolutely like beggars they become, because you charge them so much and so heavily?”  And he told Me that, “Unless and until you make them beggars, they will never take to God. They are too rich to be near God.” I mean, this explanation I just could not understand. It was absurd. I could not understand: How can this explanation have any proper meaning, that you should make people beggars and then they’ll be nearer to God? I said, “In India we have many beggars; do you Read More …

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Talk to Indian Medical Association Members Rotary Club of Solapur, Solapur (India)

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Talk at Rotary Club Announcer in English: Her Holiness Shrimati Nirmala Devi Ji, Vice President Rotarian Kanubai Patel, Maya Secretary Rotarian Tamboi, Organiser of Mataji’s programme in Sholapur, dignitaries in the dais and auditorium, distinct officers, president and secretaries of service organisations, visiting Rotarians, Lions, Rotractors, Leos, Lion ladies, members of the press, disciples of Mataji’s, ladies and gentlemen. I am proudly pleased to welcome you all at this open meeting, identifying with the community service. I am sure Her Holiness Mataji will delight this August gathering with her knowledgeable discourse on Sahaja Yoga in the beginning and then specify the subject which has not only created craze in the community but also has tremendous impact with the sustentional results of the relief of various types of diseases. Pressing the challenges to medicines which may have side effects, let us hear the details about Sahaja Yoga from Her Holiness. With these few words, I welcome you all once again. Thank you. 13.11 secs (Youtube) Announcer in English: Now as a protocol one must know the bio-data or description of Mataji. So I request on behalf of our club, the (introduction) to Mataji, Dr. Morris to introduce today’s Her Holiness Mataji. 13.37secs (Youtube)    Dr. Morris speaking to the audience in English: Ladies and gentlemen, I have a great honour in introducing Her Holiness Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Ji. Her Holiness Mataji was born on 21st of March 1923 at Chhindwara, a small hill station in Nagpur in the heart of India. Read More …

Third Letter in Marathi (Location Unknown)

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Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Translation of Old Marathi Letter – (in Nirmala Yoga magazine no.15, 1983) Man wants peace, wealth, power, etc., but God is the origin of all these.  Then why should there not be the desire for God?  Why should there be no aspiration and ambition to meet God? We should pray to God for peace, and keep the desire to meet God who is peace itself. This should be the difference in satisfaction of a common man and that of a Sahaja Yogi. One should be ready to surrender the very desire to meet God at God’s holy feet.  All attention must be on Him.  For that – one must have dedication, determination and concentration (tapasvita), in that all material attachments should be destroyed. What is there in this world to cling to?  You must realize the glory of those feet in which all fades, and becomes peaceful.  Only then, will you have your glory! Why should one brag of one’s achievements?  You must understand that whatever is being done by you, is all God’s power, that is, the working of the Adi Shakti and you are only the witnesses to see these miracles. For achieving that stage, you should pray: “May our ‘I consciousness’ fade away.  May the truth that all of us are a small part of your being be assimilated within us, so that your Divine bliss would resonate every particle of our bodies and this life would be filled with beautiful melodies enchanting the Read More …

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Procession from Lonavala to Paud Paud (India)

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English Transcript and Translation from Marathi – Procession Before Public Program in Paud 1982-1222 [Before the procession. Shri Mataji is walking with Indian and foreign Sahaja Yogis, handing out guava fruits to all. Paud locals and several school children dressed in their school uniforms are also part of the crowd. Paud used to be a small village near Pune in Maharashtra, now grown due to proximity to a hub of international schools]. Shri Mataji (in Marathi): You all are giving coconuts. No Hindustani is coming. Do you not have enough guavas?  Shri Mataji (handing guava to Sahaja Yogi): You are Hindustani? Sahaja Yogi: No, Mexican. Shri Mataji (in English): Mexican? He looks like an Indian, absolutely. Sahaja Yogi: Jai Shri Mataji.  Shri Mataji: All right. Come along. What is there to feel shy? Come along. Come along. Have it. [Mother is now distributing leafy bundles of green gram (known as “harbhara” in Marathi) to the Sahaja Yogis. The green grams can be peeled, like peas and eaten raw. Sahaja Yogis are talking to one another about distributing the harbhara]. Shri Mataji: Two more. Distribute it. All of you can eat. One more. [Procession has started. A tractor has a small cotton canopy over it and is festooned with garlands. Shri Mataji is seated on the tractor. The local village group is playing “dholki” (drum) and “taal” (handheld cymbals). A “tutari” (blowhorn) sounds Sahaja Yogis and villagers are walking alongside with chants of “Jai Mataji, Jai Mataji”. Sahaja Yogi (who is Read More …

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Shri Mahakali Puja: Desire Within & Havan Lonavala (India)

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Shri Mahakali Puja, Lonawala, Maharashtra (India), 19 December 1982. (A hill station on the road from Mumbai to Pune) English So welcome to you all, Sahaja Yogis, to this great country of yoga. Today, first of all we have to establish our desire within ourselves that we are seekers and that we have to achieve our full growth and maturity. Today’s puja is for the whole universe. The whole universe should be enlightened with your desires. Your desires should be so intense that they should emit out the pure vibrations of Mahakali Shakti, which is the pure desire of attaining the Spirit. That’s the real desire. All the other desires are like mirage. You are the people who are chosen by God. Specially, first to express your desire, and then to achieve it. And by intense desire of purity you have to purify the whole world. Not only the seekers, but even those who are not seekers. You have to create an aura around this universe, of desire to achieve the Ultimate, the Spirit. Without desire this universe would not have been created. This Desire of God is the one that is the Holy Ghost, is this All-Pervading Power, is the Kundalini within you. Kundalini has only one desire, is to be the Spirit and anything else, if you desire, the Kundalini doesn’t rise. Only when it knows that this desire is going to be fulfilled by somebody, who is facing the seeker, it is awakened. If you do not have Read More …

Puja: Be Thankful To God Solapur (India)

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Be Thankful to God; Count Your Blessings 27th Jan. 1982, Solapur, Maharasthra India [English Transcript] In this Maharashtra, people walked miles together, singing the praise of Shri Krishna. They walked day in and day out. Some people walked for two months to come to this temple of Shri Krishna at Pandharpur. And you, too, had to do a little bit of that. So you can imagine those who must have walked day in and day out, sleeping in the open in between, where there could be a snake or anything, and then taking some food on the way whenever they get it, or maybe fasting. With great penance they come to this temple, singing the praise of God. (Speaks aside in Marathi) So, this penance you also had to go through. All the saints had to go through penances much more, much much much more than you ever have done or you could ever do. That was just to improve the quality of your life, quality of your life. If you live very comfortably, then the quality of your life is not alright. First of all, you do not understand the miseries and the troubles of other people. That doesn’t mean you break your head with some stones or some things like that, doesn’t mean like that way; I have to tell you the other side of it. But one should know what people go through. Through poverty. Also for achieving God’s grace. And one of the things, I was Read More …

Nirmala Vidya Rahuri (India)

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Nirmala Vidya (excerpt), Rahuri (India), 31 December 1980. It is the special power by which we do All Divine work, even forgiving. When you say, “Mother, forgive us “, the technique by which I forgive you is Nirmala Vidya. The technique by which I love you is also Nirmala Vidya. The technique by which all the Mantras are manifesting themselves and are effective is also Nirmala Vidya. ‘Nirmala’ means ‘pure’, ‘Vidya’ means ‘knowledge’. Nirmala Vidya is purest knowledge or the knowledge of this technique. It creates loops, the energy creates loops and creates also different formations by which it acts and [with?]draws all that is unwanted, impure, and fills it up with its power. It is a technique, a divine technique which I may not be able to explain to you fully because your instrument does not do that – you don’t have that instrument. But now you see, how subtle it is. Only by saying, “Nirmala Vidya”, you just invite that power, the whole thing, the whole technique to attend to you and it attends to you. You don’t have to worry. It never happens in any government or anywhere in the world. You just address the Government. and the whole thing goes into work, in the whole the entire universe, every creation. That technique is called Nirmala Vidya. That technique once mastered, by surrendering into it; it completely obeys, absolutely. But it is Ganesh Shakti, the Shakti of Innocence is the power called Innocence. The whole power because Read More …

Translation of Marathi Letter from London London (England)

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My dear Sahaja Yogis, The programs which you have arranged at Baneshwar will certainly be very successful. Our attention is there. All God’s work will now have a new dynamism. Sahaja Yogis of Pune have given fulfilment to the ‘Punya’ of Pune. There is nothing special of mine in it. Whatever is with you has been discovered by you and accepted. This is the source of joy. Sahaja Yoga is evolving as Maha Yoga. Baneshwar seminar will manifest that. Work has now commenced on very large scale in Europe also. This year many people will be coming to our holy land. I will come in November. Till then the message of Sahaja Yoga should reach every village, My affectionate blessings to all. Ever Yours, Your mother Nirmala

Letter from London (MAHA AVATAR, ISSUE 2, 1980 OCT-DEC, PAGE 5) London (England)

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1980-0822 (Friday) Letter from London (translation from Marathi) (MAHA AVATAR, ISSUE 2, PAGE 5) My dear Sahaja Yogi Petkar and other Sahaja Yogis, There was no occasion to write to you for very long time. These days I write only when some work comes up in Bombay, as the work is in full swing in England. However, people here are addicted and everywhere laziness and negativity have their full sway. England is the heart of Universe but it is so much neglected that it must be set in order without delay. All of you are very fortunate to have been born in a holy place, especially Poona which is the place of Shri Ganesha. Try to understand that you have become entitled to God’s such immense blessings only because of your several good deeds (Sukriti) in your previous births. I have given you only what was already yours and nothing of my own. Much more is due to you and you shall get it. My attention is attracted to impediments and pit falls. There is no problem about Poona and Rahuri people. Please do understand that, I feel relieved (in this atmosphere) to see you enjoying in the ocean of bliss, so keep it up. We, here, are not so fortunate as you are. Work is going on continuously. There are many difficulties, not for me, but for these foolish people. How can they be set right ? There are many such problems. You should take interest and solve them Read More …

The Meaning Of Nirmala Rahuri (India)

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The Meaning Of Nirmala, 18-01-1980 It is good that all Sahaja Yogis have come together. When we meet like this, we can discuss many things of mutual interest and tell even small details about them to each other how to clean yourself as your Mother’s name itself is Nirmala and it contains many powers. The first word is NIH which means not. Something that actually does not exist but appears to exist, is called Mahamaya (illusion). In fact it is not there but we feel it exists and this is called Mahamaya and the whole world is like that. It is seen but it is not true: if we are trapped into it we feel that it is the only thing we have to live for. Then we feel that economic conditions are unsatisfactory, social and domestic (family) conditions are bad, everything around us is bad and we cannot see anything good.  Water on the sea surface is very dirty and turbid. Many objects are seen floating on it. But if we go deep into the sea there is so much beauty, wealth and power that we forget that on the surface the water is so bad.The point is that everything that you see around is illusion. You must remember first of all it is all nothing. If you have to establish ‘NIH’ you have to tell yourself, whenever a thought comes, say “not this (ya neti neti vachane nigamor avochus) another thought comes, say it is not there. You Read More …

Evening prior to departure for London, Importance of Meditation Pune (India)

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Evening prior to Her departure for London (Marathi & Hindi). Pune, Maharashtra, India. 30 March 1979. [English Translation from Hindi and Marathi] Tell them to go. All of you sit with hands towards me like this. Like this, you hold your hands, sit, and be relaxed. Why don’t you sit on a chair? Why don’t you sit on a chair, there, there? Or in front is better. Sit like this. Simply sit like this and sit very relaxed. No need to take any special pose, sit completely relaxed, in Sahaja aasan (posture), with complete simplicity in which you have no pressure on yourself. You do not have to move your head up or down, nothing. No need to get any special expression on your face. And anything like, crying out loud or shouting, swaying hands or legs, breathe heavily, stand in between or breathe inflating nothing of this sort you need to do. It is Sahaja in a simple way and on its own, it takes place. Inside you, there is a seed of it. With much care, it is placed inside the triangular bone. For this, you do not need to do anything. Keep your eyes in this way, moving eyes frequently will also move your attention (Chitta). Keep your eyes this way. Do not move your attention. By moving eyes, attention also moves. Close your eyes, no problem in it, instead it is good, close your eyes. If your eyes are not able to close or your eyes Read More …

Seminar, Avdhootas Bombay YMCA, Mumbai (India)

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22nd January 1979 – YMCA Hall, Andheri (A talk about ‘Avdhootas’) Some of our sisters have started the work of spreading the knowledge of Atma in this area. And we are seeing here – that a person(Mother seems to be referring to some person) who praises the avdhootas and is a devotee of lord Dattatreya, he has supported this effort. This is indeed something special. Ultimately, Avdhootas are our children as well. Although, they have a different state – their efforts are different, so are their rewards. They are great people. They are in their own different worlds. Everyone has earned their powers. They do work for you as well, that is going on as well. They are big people – if you call them my children that’s fine too. But so far I wasn’t able to chance upon meeting them. Because the genuine ones have left the society to live in the forests and mountains. If I ask them to come down they say – “we will come down after 10 or 12 years, the people below are all donkeys”. That is their style. You see, all of them have got their realization through their own efforts. Like a brother says while referring to his younger sibling – “I went through so many hardships and had to suffer so many ordeals, but this fellow over here gets it without doing anything”. So it comes as no surprise if they have the same mentality – because they have slogged a Read More …

Letter London (England)

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Letter translated from Marathi. London 1979. My dear Sahaja Yogis, Received your loving and beautiful letters and messages of greetings. Here, I am busy in the work in London and could not write. Once I told you that Sahaja Yoga is beginning from Navaratri this year. That is, Satya Yuga, for which you were so far preparing, will now be seen. As a tree has to sprout first in the earth and then its sapling peeps out, in the same way, on the first day of Navaratri i.e. on 8th April the sapling of Satya Yuga will be seen. It is the day of great joy. Whole Nature will now have new life. You must understand that the importance of this day will be known only if the whole mankind is enlightened with vibrations of love. In this world Brahma Shakti was awakened from the very day of My birth. You have received it to some extent, and are using it in many ways. I was telling you that light of that great power of love will spread all over the world. The first lamp will be lit on that day. But night of Diwali is blind. It cannot see the lamps. In this Kali-Yuga, this work will be done only if many lamps are lit. Whatever is God’s work, it will be over. Hence all should be alert and awake and also awaken others. My life is dedicated to you. Every moment it is working. All I want is Read More …

Letter Human Chitta has many illusions (Location Unknown)

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Letter translated from Marathi, 1979. (THE LIFE ETERNAL, 1979 ISSUE) Human chitta has many illusions. When they are removed, human chitta becomes enlightened and blissful. Many of your illusions have been removed by Kundalini awakening.1. You have realised that Kundalini is not an imaginary but a living power in man.2. This power is within every human being and its awakening takes place spontaneously in a normal person.3. This awakening does not take place by any act. But, if a person has committed bad deeds, awakening is not possible because, even in the dormant state, She is aware of the past deeds of the person. Kundalini has righteousness and, although she is Mother, in witness state she knows what is good and bad for the person. Diseased body and mind get cured by the grace of Kundalini.4. Kundalini shakti is the power of desire of Bhagwati. She is easily awakened just by the wish (Sankalpa) of Bhagwati. A person of very high order has to put in great efforts for it. But it is not his fault.5. Brahma Tattwa which is flowing within you in the form of vibrations cleans all your three sheaths – body, mind and ego. When any of these sheaths becomes impure your vibrations give you the indications.6. You get the bliss of the Spirit, if you become of sound body, pure mind and ego-less. Vibrations of bliss flow from the Spirit because its light beams unaffected (??).7. How has this Universe been made? Why was it Read More …

Letter for Navaratri London (England)

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H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Letter for Navaratri, London (United Kingdom), October 3rd, 1978, (Translation from Marathi) To All Sahaja Yogis, Many blessings Today is the first day of Navaratri. Today your attention should be on Shri Ganesha’. His devotion is infinite. He has never worshipped anybody else except Mother. Hence He is so great. All other Gods appear very strong. Everyone has some specialty. What is Mother’s specialty? Her ego (aham) is nowhere felt by others. Hence Shri Ganesha who has surrendered to such Mother, is so wise and venerable, Mother has nothing with Her. Her very name begins with ‘Ni’ e.g. ‘Nishakanchan’ – having no wealth, ‘Nirlepa’– unaffected; ‘Nirvichara’ – thoughtless; ‘Nishprayojana’ – having no motives, ‘Nigarvita’ – egoless, ‘Niriccha’ – desireless etc. Therefore, surrendering to such Mother, who has nothing with Her, needs some kind of subtle thought, in that, Mother has nothing with Her and therefore, nothing can be asked from Her. It shows how Shri Ganesha by himself, is fully satisfied. Where does this contentment of Shri Ganesha come from ? It is own power. When the gate of the Self opens, nothing else is required. It is the Mother who opens this gate and therefore, She is so dear to Shri Ganesha. Complete Self-Realization is that stage attaining which nothing else is required. Thereafter, only enjoying the bliss and the satisfaction of fulfilment. You are made in the pattern of Shri Ganesha. Therefore, your power is unmatched, but for that, you should have devotion Read More …

Letter on Raksha-Bandhan (Location Unknown)

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Letter from Shri Mataji to Sahaja Yogis on Raki & Raksha-Bandhan on Purnima Day, August 7, 1978 (Translation from Marathi) Many blessings, Received your Rakhis conveying your deep love. Rakhi is Protecting Power. Its bond is very strong and extremely tender because it symbolizes the noble love of sister. Customarily, tying a Rakhi to someone is establishing a place of Pure Protection. However, man’s ability to understand love has become so feeble that tying of Rakhi has become merely a mechanical process. All beautiful human traditions become lifeless and dry formalities if there is no warmth of faith in them. I have taken birth in this world in the binding of Sahaja Yogis and have been moving around only in their binding. I am desireless and hence my everything depends upon your desires. You have to ask something with Rakhi. Please consult all Sahaja Yogis and ask what you want by writing a collective letter.I am keeping good health because you are desiring it. There will be only minor operation on my ear and it should not make you anxious at all. Moreover, I have no trouble whatsoever. So do not worry. Rakhi Purnima is a day of great significance. On that day you should ask for perfection, make big decisions andkeep attention on high ideals. Sahaja Yogis should not destroy their attention on trifle issues. Lot of work hasyet to be done. Those Sahaja Yogis who have progressed should get busy. New centres should be opened. People should be Read More …

The role of Chitta Mumbai (India)

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“The role of chitta” talk in Marathi. 18 December 1977. To define God they use the term “sat-chitt-ananda” [Sat-truth, Chitta-attention, Ananda-joy]. And if Spirit is the reflection of God then it should be “sat-chitt-ananda” as well. Now let us look at “chitta”. What is it? Where is it? What exactly happens when we say the chitt goes to places? So, the so-called attention is everywhere. You may say that: “Ok, let my attention go to London”. So it will go there. And you may say: “Let it go to heaven” and so it will. Say you are thinking about your daughter: your attention would then go there. So in a way, you are putting your attention there. So if you just think like: “What is my daughter doing right now?”. There goes your attention to the girl. So the attention is spread out, it is like the sea. You can take your ship and sail to whichever shore you want. The waves of your chitta will take you wherever you wish – There is no restriction whatsoever. But that chitta cannot go within, inside human beings. It spreads outside. So we can think about things outside of us, but not if we want to think about – who we are, what we are. That is because the chitta and atma [Spirit] are divided. The two have been separated from one another in human state. And hence you cannot reach your atma through that chitta. It is just like your car. There Read More …

Letter to Indian Yogis (England)

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Letter to Indian Yogis (English translation). England, May 1st 1977. My dearest Sahaja Yogis :My Blessings to you all, News has been conveyed to me that a new Center is functioning in Muskwadi Village (Rahuri), where thousands of people are getting Realization. The achievement has been made only because the “workers” over there have knit themselves in bond of wonderful Love. They never try to complain to anyone about anything but instead overlook and ignore in case someone commits what may be described as an error. This broad-mindedness is capable of generating feelings of happiness in one’s self and acts like a magnet where others are concerned. This Broad-Mindedness is the quality of a human body and gets multiplied with the awakening of the Kundalini. This is she manifestation of divinity. But, those people who remain in “artificial” environments only, they cannot enjoy this Bliss. Your Kundalini has been awakened; and it has pierced the apex of the brain (Brahmrandhra); but still the heart also has to feel ‘awakened’. In case one’s heart is like a stone and he is unable to shower Love on any one; he uses unpleasant language in conversation with others and is very particular to stress that he himself is really someone special; then he is not fit for becoming a Sahaja Yogi. Of course, such is the nature of certain people. Many a time, I have observed that before myself, some of you try to push others or frown upon them with anger, etc. Read More …

Sahajayogyanmadhe Dharma Stapna Aur Sahajayog, Dharma has to be established Within Mumbai (India)

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Sahajyogyan Madhe Dharma Sthapna Zali Pahije 18th December 1976 Place Mumbai Seminar Sahaja Yoga work is very special. I told you earlier that I have created you all of a new model like Ganpati [Shri Ganesha]. This is a new method. You took it especially because you deserve that to accept it. I did not give an improper donation. I know your worthiness step by step. All that can be said is that due to the love of the mother, very gently, lovingly, very carefully, this work has been done, but if we did not have that ability, it would not have happened.  Today, thousands of people are running from one place to another. People are crazy. Do not think that what has been said in the scriptures to this day is a testimony to the great philosophers, and great Lord Krishna, from time immemorial. Why don’t these people think about it? In any scripture, whether it is written by Muhammad or recited by Christians or recited by Lord Krishna in the Gita, the principle is that you should know the Self’ within yourself and you gain its power. But with that being said, people are reluctant to do this because people don’t understand the truth. If it is untrue, it will be understood immediately and it will be accepted because of the habit of walking on the path of untruth.  What is the last step that human beings have reached by holding on to more lies? They are moving towards the hell. Hell is in a state of desperation. Read More …

2nd Talk Mumbai (India)

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2nd Talk, Mumbai, India 1976-12-18 I have come to Khare village today to meet all of you. These coincidences are predestined from our earlier lives. We’ll not understand easily why they happen because we do not know our previous lives. But as these meetings are predestined, it is the right time to meet all of you in this life time also. Sahajayoga will prosper in rural areas .I know that. Because the people living in the city consider themselves very wise. Most of them are book worms. If they do not think that way, then they consider themselves something special on the basis of money and power. They think that they have created the whole world. He also created the sky. And they are the lords of the world. And there is no such thing as God in the world. Whenever they do any unrighteous thing they do not fear of displeasing  God and they never think that they  are doing this unrighteous deed. The rural population of our country or rural Mumbai still remembers God. Our India is a land of yoga. And Ram and Sita have sanctified all the land by travelling on foot. They have made it sacred. In the rural society there is  simplicity, innocence and devotion to the Lord. (not clear) people do but many people extract money by telling lies. Money is extracted from innocent people by telling them some lies about God and creating strange feelings in them. It is happening in every Read More …

Sahajyog Sagalyana Samgra Karto Mumbai (India)

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Sahaja Yoga Integrates Everyone -May 29th 1976, Mumbai Seminar [English translation from Marathi] You are realized yogis now by Sahaja yoga, and some are going to get their realization now. Many of you know what is Kundalini, what is Kundalini yoga, Different chakras are now working in us. Chakras names and their deities I have given information of all that to all. Not only that but you have taken experiences of it then new seekers if they take information from old yogis then that would be great. Now the question is after getting a realization of what we have to do, this question they ask me all the time. This question is like the, “Mother we have earned money and what do we have to do?” After earning you have to start spending. When you start earning and save the money, or in a bank account you start putting money, and save the money for your future. Now how to spend that I will tell you. Some people use that money in a very nice way. Some people asked, “If we don’t use this account then what will happen?” God has chosen us with love and this is a very big work of the world. Now God has selected us with this great work, and has given us vibrations because of some reason. And we know that because of this Vibration we can bring others into the Kingdom of God, and they can also feel the joy of peace. Not Read More …

Nirvicharita Mumbai (India)

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Talk to Sahaja Yogis [Hindi-Marathi to English Translation] You people will feel bad, so let me speak in Marathi only. I am saying, whatever question you have in front of you, leave those questions in unconsciousness, it is flowing in my feet. That means if you have any questions let us say about your daughter then nothing is going to happen by using your mind. Whatever the question is, leave it here, you will get the answer. Now if you think this thing will benefit, that’s not the point. What God thinks beneficial for you it will happen. You can’t even do that. So, leave it to the divine. Why are you interfering? Why are you getting disturbed? You don’t have to get disturbed if you leave it to Him. Leave to those who are sitting on the committee to solve all your questions. That’s what is amazing in Sahaja Yoga! [that you can leave the burden of your head to the divine]. Leave and watch and you will be amazed by the miracles. But it becomes a matter of human self-respect, till the end, he keeps thinking that, “I have to do, I have to do.” In the end, you will find that you reached nowhere and you will go to a mental asylum. There is a huge committee sitting around to solve your questions. The ruler of the five elements is sitting in it [Brahma dev], those who make the whole religion are sitting [Vishnu], taking the position Read More …

Talk to Sahaja Yogis: Sahaja Yogi need to be prepared. They are like roses Mumbai (India)

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Talk to Sahaja Yogis [Marathi to English Translation] What madness is going on? Talk of crying, I feel like laughing. You are whining, what foolishness. Why behaving like a fool? I don’t know how to explain it. Be like small kids. In front sun is there, but still not able to see. Then what should I Say? If a blind person is there then we can understand, he can’t see, he doesn’t understand. But if everything is clear like sun, and in front of the door of joy, if one can’t enjoy then what’s wrong with you. Everything is going above your head. It’s all old beliefs. Leave them. Once you leave them then you will find your own thing. Whatever is bothering us, let it go, leave all old one, leave all the moment behind. It only has to get into it. I am there to help you to achieve that. But don’t sit on my head. If few will stay behind, it’s ok Everything will be alright. It’s only Divine play. It’s not that hard, what you have to do. Don’t argue, No arguments among Sahaja yogis. If your Agnya catching, it’s catching. If Heart is catching, it’s catching. So why there is an argument and feel bad about it? To clear the blockages then better clean them. Now if cancer is there, and doctor will tell that it is there, then would you go and hit the doctor? If the problem is there then you will say, Read More …

Letter on Mithya (Location Unknown)

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Letter on Mithya (Translation of Her Holiness Mataji’s letter in Marathi sent on the occasion of Sahasrarday celebrations on 5.5.1975.), 5 May 75. My dear Damle,Many blessings, Received your letter It is a very good sign to feel a pull on Sahasrar, because only through Sahasrar endless rays are poured in man’s heart and new doors of inner being are opened. But before this grace descends in, there should be a pull in Sahasrar. We understand the pull of heart which is also silent, but fop-sided, that is emotional. But pull of Sahasrar becomes all-round. There, man is in integrated state, in that Dharma (righteousness) and awareness implore for chaitanya (Divine Consciousness) that is God’s love. This happens spontaneously. Although it is the skill of your Kundalini, your personality should strengthen the Kundalini You earned that quality in previous lives and hence this life is great that gems of persons are available for my work. If you understand that although my physical being is here I am all over, it should also be realized that even this body is an unreal (Mithya) appearance. It is difficult to come to this stage but if gradually unreal is discerned, the truth will be established effortlessly and waves of great bliss will envelop your being. I am explaining, in this letter, what is unreal (Mithya). It should be read out to all and assimilated by all. Unreal starts soon after the birth in this world. Your name, village, country, horoscope, forecasts, many such Read More …

Talk to Sahaja Yogis Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai (India)

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Talk to Sahaja Yogis “Please cure this person’s cancer. Please cure this in my sister.” But why should this be done? Your Mother has to go ask people for assistance. The so-called rich people come asking for cure for sister, mother, etc. But when it comes to donating money, they are not forthcoming. This is not right. I am telling you I will blacklist such big people. I can tell the names of such people. (Marathi Talk.)Please sit child. Write your name. Take a receipt too. Money will not be misused here. We do not need your money personally, this money will be used to buy some land and make a meditation hall. This will be done before I leave. None needs your money for their personal use here. Everyone should take the receipt. Similarly, make it a point to pay for the photo. Whatever the fixed little price is being asked, pay it. You needn’t pay more. Pay the price that is set. No one should tamper with this money. All Sahaja Yogis should know that money should never be misused or tampered with. This is public money. Each and every penny of public money is equivalent to my blood drop. So beware of misusing money. You shouldn’t mess around with even 1 penny. Dharma [Righteousness] does not mean words. And actions are out of synchronisation. You should have the utmost purity when it comes to money. Public money needs to be used for public work. No reason to Read More …

Talk, Bholepana ani nirvicharitecha killa Mumbai (India)

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Talk, Bholepana ani nirvicharitecha killa [Marathi to English Translation] Yesterday, at the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, I spoke about the 3 powers of the Divine. Many people who were present said that a lot of things that were told went over their heads. [They couldn’t understand a lot of what Mother was saying.] So it is best that I tell you only the things that go through the heart. It is true. The brain cannot comprehend such things. Many people who claim to be very educated/learned are not able to take to Sahaja. I have seen many such cases. And then there are people – the ones who are not educated, who don’t even have proper means of livelihood – I have seen Sahaja manifests in them very beautifully. You cannot understand God through education. Although if I say this, all the big shots in the education industry would come after me! You may be able to understand how the everyday world works through education. But to grasp the workings of the divine you need different ways, different qualities. Out of them, the most important one is the quality of ‘Bholepana’ – which translates to ‘innocence’ in English. Children have innocence in them. Although you will find a few grown-ups who are also very innocent. They get cheated, people take advantage of their innocence and trouble them a lot. Hence all the saints have suffered at the hands of people in this world, and they still do. That is what makes Read More …

Public Program Dhule (India)

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1972-0409 Public Program A woman like Rajkunwar Raul is in Dhule, this is the great fortune of Dhule. I came here because of the charm of her love. I told her I would come to Dhule once. And I am becoming aware of how much devotion and love there is in this place. In our country, everyone has written a lot about religion since ancient times and there has been a lot of discussions. Even in temples, bells are ringing now, people also go to churches, go to mosques, a lot of work has been done in our country in the name of religion. But the real work doesn’t seem to have happened anywhere. We go to the temple, we do everything properly, we do everything for the pooja, we come home, but even then we don’t feel that we have got anything. The inner peace, inner love, inner joy, is never found. No matter how much we do, we do not feel that we are close to God. Or we have got this Mauli(Mother), on whose lap we can rest our head and say comfortably, that we don’t want to do anything now.  I am not saying that a person should not go to the temple. Let’s go, must go. To identify the honey, let’s do flower things first, then it will be fine. So they created the embodiment of God [just to say / for good], that is, to name the flowers. From Vishnu to Shiva, as well as from Muslims to Ali to Wali, from Christians to Christ to his Read More …

Letter in Marathi (Location Unknown)

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Translation of an Old Marathi Letter I. Probably written in London, c.1975. My dear Modi and other Sahaja Yogis, Many blessings. Received your letter. I am very glad to know that your Ida Nadi has become clean and I hope, Ida Nadis of all have become clean at least to some extent. Here I had told all, that I would work, while under anesthesia, to clean the Ida channels of all. I worked for 3 days cleaning it by vomiting nearly 50 times every day and it is nice that the cleaning has become possible. This physical being has to be used for the mission for which it has been taken and therefore I am not bothered by the illness and other troubles. On the contrary all such and different experiments with this incarnation will have to be performed. Why are you so anxious about it ? What else is the use of this body ? I never have any pains. All I want is that, in the laboratory of this body, some work or the other must go on. Time is short while the work to be done is very big. You cannot do the cleaning of Ida channel only on the strength of your realisation. I knew that it had to be cleaned from within. In ancient days all seekers had to do this action (Kriya) constantly right from their childhood at the residences of their gurus at isolated places. The seekers had to do it individually in Read More …

Letter, Meaning of Puja (Location Unknown)

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Old Letter in Marathi – Meaning of Puja. My dear Nirmala Many Blessings Received your loving letter. I have also very much enjoyed Navaratri Puja. But Puja is also an external offering. Even your heart has said so. But you should understand how you get the reward or blessings of the Puja and its prasad. A Puja or a prayer grows from your heart. Mantras are the words of your Kundalini. But if Puja is not performed from heart or if Kundalini is not associated with recitation of Mantras then that Puja becomes a ritual. If you become thoughtless in Puja, know that your heart is also involved in it. Collect the Puja material and offer it sincerely. There should be no formality or bindings in the offerings. It is correct to wash hands, but is your heart washed? When attention is on heart it does not go to others. Although you remain quiet from outside, you are speaking from within. Hence you should not, be silent for long time. If man’s heart is not clean, then the silence becomes very harmful. At the same time loose talks can bring catastrophes. You should say the Mantras in Puja but with great faith (Shraddha). There is no alternative to Shraddha. You should perform the Puja when Shraddha grows deep, so that heart itself gets all Puja performed. At that time waves of bliss start flowing because it is the Spirit that is saying, how can any thought come at that time? Read More …

Letter in Marathi II from Nirmala Yoga, Issue 14 (March-April 1983), Page 11 (Location Unknown)

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Letter in Marathi II I have received letters from all of you but have not been able to write because now in London Sahaja Yoga work has started with great drive. Delhi Sahaja Yogis write very few letters but most of them are happy. Sahaja yogis of Bombay are alright, Sahaja Yogis of Rahuri are enjoying. Sahaja Yogis of Bombay have great responsibility and therefore had to face many attacks. The first attack came when I was in U.S.A. At that time many Sahaja Yogis were affected and many fell away. Later on when an attack was on all London Sahaja Yogis collectively followed wrong path which was full of dangers and harms. Many wicked people from that part are, still hiding themselves in some Sahaja Yogis in the form of ‘badhas’. You have to vigorously use Sahaja Yoga methods against them. These wickeds attack you from Agnya and Heart. From Agnya they send Anti-Sahaja Yoga ideas in your mind and from Heart they make complaints. If you identify them they will become ineffective. There is one remedy for it which can be applied only after the realization. Because if your car does not start, your brakes and accelerators are of no use. But if you do not use the accelerator even after it starts, how will your car move? You can attain any destination that you fix. All your auto suggestions will materialise. The remedy that is to be used is : your attention should be on Me and Read More …