is Sri Mataji indeed an anti-Semite?

[Guest guest]

Dear friends,

Namaste.

 

My name is Omer and I live in Israel. I recently become aware of the

existence of Sahaja-Yoga though I'm completely ignorant about it. I

would like the group, if possible, to give me information on a small

subject regarding Sri Mataji.

There was an article about Sri Mataji and Sahaja-Yoga posted in the

website of a daily newspaper here is Israel. What got my attention

(as well of the attention of other Israeli's, I believe) was an angry

reply to the article posted by one of the readers. It was regarding

Sri Mataji's book titled " Mata Modern Era " . The quotations from the

book (in free translation from Hebrew) were as follow:

" The Jews (in Hitler's time) were known as religious and moral, but

also as greedy. They would lend grate money with exaggerated

interest, as well as persecute the borrowers for their entire lives. "

(Page 96 below)

" A terrible war happened in Germany against the jews which should

have been killed in the gas chambers for their greed and cruelty and,

According to Hitler's view, the killers of Christ. But in many ways

could those greedy people be controlled. " (Page 99)

" They (the jews) are mourning at the Western Wall, wearing the Tora

in small talismans, but the most important thing to them is the

collecting the borrowers money and buy diamonds at any cost. " (Page

130)

Also, it is stated that the book contains " Racism and defamation

against Catholics, French and Italians " .

Now, my question is: Were these quotes out of content? Are they

correct? Can I have the original quotes? And is Sri Mataji indeed an

anti-Semite (which can, as you imagine, be very bad for Sahaja Yoga

in Israel)?

I would very much like to know your stand on this subject as soon as

possible so I can reply this post and let people know the truth.

The future of Sahaja Yoga in Israel is in your hand!

 

Hope this finds you in the best of health,

Your servant:

Omer

[Guest guest]

Greatings dear brother Omer! jai shree mataji,

 

i think this is wrong qotation. Is true (I looked up it) you can see

this on a evil website sahaja-yoga.org (they say from sahaj book

Meta Modern Era ) but i don't think dear MOTHER say this things, no.

 

Our dear brother Jagber he knows and will telll, soon, I think.

 

your sister,

yogini

 

, " Omer "

<bhakta_omer> wrote:

> Dear friends,

> Namaste.

>

> My name is Omer and I live in Israel. I recently become aware of

the

> existence of Sahaja-Yoga though I'm completely ignorant about it.

I

> would like the group, if possible, to give me information on a

small

> subject regarding Sri Mataji.

> There was an article about Sri Mataji and Sahaja-Yoga posted in

the

> website of a daily newspaper here is Israel. What got my attention

> (as well of the attention of other Israeli's, I believe) was an

angry

> reply to the article posted by one of the readers. It was

regarding

> Sri Mataji's book titled " Mata Modern Era " . The quotations from

the

> book (in free translation from Hebrew) were as follow:

> " The Jews (in Hitler's time) were known as religious and moral,

but

> also as greedy. They would lend grate money with exaggerated

> interest, as well as persecute the borrowers for their entire

lives. "

> (Page 96 below)

> " A terrible war happened in Germany against the jews which should

> have been killed in the gas chambers for their greed and cruelty

and,

> According to Hitler's view, the killers of Christ. But in many

ways

> could those greedy people be controlled. " (Page 99)

> " They (the jews) are mourning at the Western Wall, wearing the

Tora

> in small talismans, but the most important thing to them is the

> collecting the borrowers money and buy diamonds at any cost. "

(Page

> 130)

> Also, it is stated that the book contains " Racism and defamation

> against Catholics, French and Italians " .

> Now, my question is: Were these quotes out of content? Are they

> correct? Can I have the original quotes? And is Sri Mataji indeed

an

> anti-Semite (which can, as you imagine, be very bad for Sahaja

Yoga

> in Israel)?

> I would very much like to know your stand on this subject as soon

as

> possible so I can reply this post and let people know the truth.

> The future of Sahaja Yoga in Israel is in your hand!

>

> Hope this finds you in the best of health,

> Your servant:

> Omer

[Guest guest]

Dear Omer,

 

Namaste.

 

My name is Alex and I also live in Israel. You asked " Is Sri Mataji

indeed an anti-Semite? " The answer is very simple and clear. No,

She

is not and cannot be. Shri Mataji is not anti any nation. Quite the

contrary, Sahaja Yoga has united people from different nations in a

very sweet and natural manner, because the essence of Sahaja Yoga is

pure Love.

 

Let's speak a little about Shri Mataji's book.

 

In my opinion the best way to know about the book is to read it and

the best way to understand Sahaja Yoga is to practice it for a

while. At least I did so and found that Sahaja Yoga is a real

treasure for every seeker of Truth. I am not sure that the author

of " an angry reply " read the book. There are some so called Ex-

members who unfortunately are trying to fight Sahaja Yoga through

the internet. So, people inevitably use some " knowledge " or

information advertised by them. For instance the numbers of the

pages quoted are all incorrect. Therefore I was unable to find all

the quotations, but just some. First of all regarding the question

about racism of Shri Mataji there is a chapter called

" Racialism " in

the book. Below are some sentences from this chapter:

 

" Racialism is the greatest curse of human beings that has been

created by themselves " .

 

" Diversity of bodies, faces and skin created by nature is very

important because otherwise everybody would like the same…

Unfortunately the colored people were called primitive, while the

white-skinned were regarded as advanced. It is intolerable arrogance

to discriminate between one human being and another because of the

colour of his skin. They all have the same heart, the same feelings,

the same expression of love and hate. They all smile the same way,

they all weep he same way " . (Page 110)

 

There is also some critique in the book, for example: " There are

books and books written about drinking in French. … I have heard

that the French show not only nude women, but also nude men these

days through their media. " (Page 124) There are more things, but one

can see that all this is far away from racism. It is more like a

critique of immoral culture or wrong behavior. The same about Hitler

and Jews:

 

" … Hitler gathered his forces over a period of years when Germany

was openly very immoral. … He was worse than a devil, as many

describe him… These ego-oriented people want to show that they

are

in charge of the whole world and think that they have every right to

be cruel to other persons under some pretext or under some sort of

justification. Hitler himself did not try to find any reason why he

hated the Jews. There is no evidence in his own life to show that he

was tortured or even harmed by any Jew living in Germany. He took

full advantage of the German situation which was very immoral…

Jews

were known to be very religious and moral, but also very greedy.

They always lent money on exorbitant terms and then pursued the

borrowers all their lives, often causing distress. " (Page 125)

 

So, Hitler decided to destroy Jews, as according to him they

supported immorality and " …he got hold of German young generation

…

who have no sense of discretion. … Instead of killing the Jews,

why

did Hitler not think of improving the society … Unfortunately,

such

ideas which are constructive can never come into the mind of a mega

ego-oriented person " . (Page126)

 

" ... Hitler also gave the very deep color of patriotism to his

devilish work " (Page 129)

 

So, it is about how people like Hitler act and what they think about

Jews. It is not practical for me to type the whole book here, but I

hope you understand that the book is much deeper than some people

may want us to think. Even if there is some criticism, so what? Have

we no problem? Or are we afraid of facing the truth? The book is

about the modern world and its many diverse problems.

 

Here are some more words from the Preface:

 

" To me, most of the human beings are like the deities who are still

in stone form and who can be transformed, with Kundalini awakening

into angels. I hope this book will not hurt people … "

 

" It is too much for a Mother to talk about the ills of her children,

but unless that is faced, I don't think the children can ever get

their benevolence and reach the ultimate goal, which is their self

realization. So I would ask, all of you not to get angry with me,

but to understand that out of my tremendous compassion and love I

have written this book for the benevolence of the people, with

whatever English I can use, with whatever literature I can use, with

whatever style I could adopt " . (Page 3)

 

In closing I would say that everyone around the world who practices

Sahaja Yoga knows that the nature of Shri Mataji is extremely kind,

loving and compassionate. She has also spoken about Israeli yogis

with tremendous respect and appreciation in Her lectures. We

(Israeli Yogis) also spoke with Her many times. There is absolutely

no way to think about Her as being anti–Semitic or racist. It is

an

absurd idea. We also feel tremendous love of other yogis from all

over the world towards us (Israeli Yogis).

 

So, I very much hope that this answers your questions about Shri

Mataji and Her book.

 

With Love,

Alex

http://www.sahajayoga.org.il/