RE: [shriadishakti] NATIONAL NEWS AUSTRALIA: An open letter to all Sahaja Yogis

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Dear Jagbir,

I do not know about Sahaja Yoga. How can I learn of this? I do know of

Chris Kyriacou and I deeply respect his spiritual depth. Within 10 minutes

of just seeing his picture one year ago on his web site, I was aware that I

had never thanked God for my very existence. Of course, I had often thanked

God for my husband, my family, my friends, etc., but never for life itself.

In minuteshe angel of Resurrection, whom some call Archangel Ariel, came to

me and cut out some of my old pain. I experienced the Great Quiet for 5

days. This Great Quiet is all duality, where there is only darkness yet

there is light, where it is limitless yet it has an end, where when I look

for God I find myself yet God is All. I can return to this " place " yet I do

not dwell there all the time.

I know I need a form of Yoga. I think God has led me to it. I appreciate

all your help.

May the light of God's love shine down on you and erase, clean up, and

remove all that is not love.

Most sincerely,

Sharilyn Wood Stalling

 

> " jagbir singh " <adishakti_org

>shriadishakti

>shriadishakti

>[shriadishakti] NATIONAL NEWS AUSTRALIA: An open letter to all

>Sahaja Yogis

>Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:11:18 -0000

>

>

>NATIONAL NEWS AUSTRALIA SAHAJA TRUTH

>

>An open letter to all Sahaja Yogis

>

>As we enter a new year the purpose of this note is to share some

>observations, concerns and reflections about the collective, and so

>straight to the core of the challenge before us. How do we as a

>collective continue to express Sahaja Yoga in our lives, both

>collectively, and individually?

>

>From observations of the collective and discussions at the recent

>leaders meeting there is much to commend with many dedicated,

>enthusiastic Yogis working it out on many fronts, but there is also

>much need and room for improvement and we need to ask for

>all your help.

>

>Over the last few years we have seen physical, social, marriage, and

>health problems impact the collective mores than during any recent

>period. We have seen Yogis of long standing drift away as the force

>of their seeking seems to dissipate like the morning mists fleeing

>before the rising sun. Is our dedication so insubstantial, is this

>all that Sahaja Yoga and Shri Mataji has meant that at the first

>serious challenge our faith, our oaths of love freely given from our

>heart, our spirituality could not endure the tests of time?

>

>This is one the challenges before us. What is needed is that Sahaja

>Yoga must again become the focal point around which our life revolves

>and Shri Mataji the core of our being. Each of us came to Sahaja Yoga

>for one reasonably: our spiritual ascent. This is only possibly

>because Sahaja Yoga is Shri Mataji's Divine creation, connecting each

>one of us to the Virata. Shri Mataji does not need Sahaja Yoga, we

>need Shri Mataji and Sahaja to enable us to live in a world of

>untruth and to ascend. Shri Mataji cannot work through the collective

>and bring about the change that is needed in the world if our desire

>is weak, if our commitment has waned off, if we cannot give our

>support be it financial, our effort and time, be it all that we are,

>and no matter what transpires to be able to surrender all outcomes to

>Her.

>

>Each Yogi is so important in a world drowning in the seas of untruth

>where very few have been able to recognize Shri Mataji. This is why

>each Yogi is so important, so irreplaceable, so unique. Each Yogi is

>an exceptional being born of the love from Shri Mataji's Own

>Heart. Each day we are faced with a choice: are we merely wearing the

>label as a Sahaja Yoga from habit or from the intellect, or from

>family pressure, social conformity; or maybe we are Yogis because we

>know it is a good thing to do?

>

>These reasons are not enough. In fact if this is all we have then

>this will lead to the sort of challenges of faith that we are seeing

>across the country. Unless there is a real expression of commitment

>what will happen? At some point we may lose the true meaning of

>Sahaja Yoga.

>

>Recently at the weekly program those speaking to the collective of

>their spiritual experiences had to speak over those chatting in the

>hallway. Is this where we have come where social banter is of greater

>interest to us than our undivided attention upon our ascent? During

>program our children are running around the surrounds of Burwood for

>the lack of a few parents dedicated enough to host Sahaja Yoga

>children's programs at the Pre-School to actually teach our

>children about their religion and about Shri Mataji. If our children

>are to become Yogis then we need to teach them what it means to be a

>Yogi, to encourage them to enjoy meditation and their collectivity.

>

>Recently an initiative to begin Sahaja children's programs has

>been proposed which we commend to you. Many of the Puja groups

>struggle to bring together a quorum of Yogis sufficient to cook a

>meal, or set up a Puja. Those asking Yogis to come and help with

>Sahaja work regularly report that their requests are meet with

>indifference and a lack of any real interest or concern. Somehow our

>commitment is decreasing. It is getting more and more difficult to

>find the same level of support from Yogis that we once had. Many give

>a pledge to come for a project and do not attend, leaving others to

>carry the burden. Many seem to be looking for the path of least

>effort and responsibility, not willing to give of themselves in any

>meaningful way. This is an indication that we are losing touch with

>the true meaning of self-realisation. As the old saying goes, this is

>the bottom line.

>

>Our duty to Sahaja Yoga is not to please anybody nor to seek

>acceptance. It is not a pastime, a part-time religious observance,

>nor something we belong to or feel we have to join. Our dedication to

>Sahaja Yoga is really about achieving an inner state of being and

>experience which is something beyond just mere enjoyment. It requires

>much from us which is freely given: the expression of a committed

>life. How many times in our past lives have we been married, pursued

>careers, concentrated on domestic concerns? In this life Shri Mataji

>has given us so much. Are we adequately living the spiritual life She

>has bestowed? Are we dedicated in carrying the work of Sahaja Yoga

>upon our shoulders? Have we in some meaningful manner given something

>back to the Divine?

>

>We are Sahaja Yogis because we all wish to live as spiritual beings

>and because we would be utterly miserable without Shri Mataji in our

>lives. We are also Sahaja Yogis so we can evolve to become the best

>we can possibly be and as our expression of our love for Shri Mataji

>for all these reasons and many more but are we truly living the life

>of a unswerving Sahaja Yogi? The expressed power of Desire to be

>Sahaja Yogis is the engine driving us forward. It is when we lose

>touch with this desire that we become lost, and then we do not know

>where we are going and begin to see movement away from the path of

>Truth into the realm of the ordinary and mundane. One of the

>fundamental truths of Sahaja Yoga is that we have free choice to move

>beyond Karma and the fate of normal human beings.

>

>Shri Mataji has given each one of us a greater destiny than we ever

>dreamed possible where we may choose in our freedom to raise

>ourselves up and become better than we once were. The choice we have

>made to be a Sahaja Yogis means raising ourselves higher in our

>freedom; moving beyond being cool and being fashionably non-

>committed; crossing that threshold and making a choice; and taking

>the decision to grow deeper as a person, to progress, to evolve.

>There are many great souls born with spiritual understanding. Some

>are fortunate enough to be born that way, but the rest of us have to

>work at becoming spiritual beings.

>

>This note is all about the observation that many are not doing the

>necessary work, are stagnating, and are perhaps in decline. But the

>good news is that we can turn this all around. Shri Mataji is All-

>Powerful. What needs to be done? We are open to all positive input

>and suggestions and invite all Yogis from across the country to put

>forward suggestions or initiatives that can help us all. We want

>everyone to feel included, and will all have something special to

>offer. Can we begin by earnestly praying to Shri Mataji to rediscover

>and unite with the faith that we all have and observe all that we

>know to be sacred and Holy? Then Shri Mataji will allow each and

>every one of us to achieve spiritual harmony and to maintain a joyful

>collective, which is why She selected us to be Her Children.

>

>On many fronts as a collective we are somewhat diminished from where

>we once stood. We are approaching an important transition in Sahaja

>Yoga and the vibrations - Shri Mataji's formless manifestation -

>are ever getting stronger. We are ever here to rally round each other

>and offer whatever help is needed for those that are in difficulty.

>

>To begin we must advise everyone that adherence to the basics,

>meditation, clearing, collectivity and bhakti will be what pulls us

>through, followed by some practical suggestions:

>

>1. Deep introspection and recommitment are some the ways we can turn

>things around, examine where we stand, and decide to make a change.

>2. We need to get back to the fundamental basis of our Sahaja

>spiritual life.

>3. Regularly listen to Shri Mataji's talks and pray to Her to come

>into our life.

>4. Meditation for a time each morning and evening, and clear

>ourselves

>each day.

>5. Give self-realisation, attend programs and regularly attend the

>collective.

>6. With an open heart take up the manifestations of the work of Sahaja

>Yoga.

>

>Introspection is needed. However, in order for this to happen, first

>we must meditate regularly; we must pray to Shri Mataji asking Her to

>come into our life; and we must practice meditation diligently in

>order to achieve a level of thoughtless awareness needed to

>facilitate the flow of Divine vibrations. This can only be achieved

>through focusing ourattention upon Shri Mataji, and requires nothing

>more than the beautiful simplicity of Sahaja Yoga: getting in touch

>with our pure desire and self-discipline, rededicating ourselves to

>the path of meditation, clearing and true collectivity.

>

>Otherwise the decisions we make, what we do with our minds, the

>manner with which we live our lives are bound within the realms of

>the Ego, very rational, perhaps intellectual, but not in tune with

>the spirit nor the Divine Will. Sahaja Yoga is the only spiritual

>path God Herself has designed for mankind to ensure our happiness. If

>we can just once again move beyond the mundane and place our feet

>upon the higher path then all things are possible.

>

>Chris Kyriacou

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