Question from a Sahaja Yogi.......

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Dear All,

 

Here is an email i received from a yogi whose identity i will not

reveal. They say: -

 

" I always feel like im doing something wrong if I go to meetings and

spend time with the yuvas, but don't show up for Puja, because im

tired from work, or because I want to do other things. I feel like its

" missing church " or something. I mean I know worshiping during puja is

very special and many vibrations are there and it's a good thing, but

I also feel like maybe it is better if I don't partake. I mean I feel

like maybe its not always best if I go but better to meditate on my

own and worship in my own way and be connected in such a devout way

daily, even if that has to be built. I mean it seems like its go to

work, deal with life, come home meditate and occasionally do a huge

celebration, at my collective. I want to learn to do what you guys do

and try to live the teachings and infuse situations with introspection

and the meditative state as a lifestyle, meditation being an aspect of

that lifestyle, not just something(s) you do in addition to your daily

life like playing soccer on a team etc.

Nothing has been said outright, except that I get this feeling that

when I say im not going to go to puja and I don't have a good reason,

I hear this tone in peoples voices like it should be the most

important thing and that by missing it im doing something terrible

against myself, and worse yet against........

 

I was going to finish that sentence but when I went to find the word

to place at the end of that sentence, I had suddenly could not thing

of who im really harming by that, is in Shri mataji. IT was like

suddenly a thought popped into my head saying " well who are you really

insulting? " but in a way where i it felt as thought even puja was just

an illusion and that its the spirit that i should be devoting myself

too or something like that.....hard to explain....Weird. Anyways.....

yeah.

I've asked you this before, but am I doing something wrong, or is the

divine going to be not pleased with my lack of attendance or interest

in worshipping his aspects in a collective way or an official way like

at a puja or what not?

 

Dear Yogi,

 

You are doing nothing wrong if you go to meetings and spend time with

yuvas. If you don't show up for puja because you are tired from work

and want to do other things, nobody is going to punish you, not even

the Divine, because you have free will. Nobody forces anything on you.

 

If you are made to feel that you are 'missing church' or something

like that, then 'pujas' are not having the right understanding for

you. Pujas are spiritual ceremonies; collective spiritual ceremonies.

It should not be 'church-like'. If it is 'church-like' which is very much an

external focussing, then it is not having its essential meaning for you; you are

not being able to imbibe its essence.

 

You said: - " I mean I know worshiping during puja is very special

and many vibrations are there and it's a good thing, but I also feel

like maybe it is better if I don't partake. I mean I feel like maybe

its not always best if I go but better to meditate on my own and

worship in my own way and be connected in such a devout way daily,

even if that has to be built. " ......(It sounds to me that you feel

better if you do not always partake, because when you do, it seems to

be a very external focus for you, rather than an inner meditative

focussing.)

 

You say: - " I want to learn to do what you guys do and try to live the

teachings and infuse situations with introspection and the meditative

state as a lifestyle, meditation being an aspect of that lifestyle,

not just something(s) you do in addition to your daily life like

playing soccer on a team etc. " (You can do that, and when you do,

pujas, too, will become more meaningful for you also. They will also become very

spiritually deep for you.)

 

You say: - " Nothing has been said outright, except that I get this

feeling that when I say im not going to go to puja and I don't have a

good reason, I hear this tone in peoples voices like it should be the

most important thing and that by missing it im doing something

terrible against myself, and worse yet against........ " (i have had

that experience too. Don't worry about that. There are just times when

you are not THERE. Your spirit has to be 'in it' to enjoy it. Real

yogis will not try and make you feel guilty, when you have other

issues happening, which you have to deal with. i understand

completely. Sometimes we are dealing with spiritual things, whereby we

are not prepared to face up to a puja. Sometimes, it is other things

in our lives; problems that we might be dealing with. At such times,

it is best to surrender everything to the Divine Mother within, and

then see if you will go or not. She understands, and will not punish

you just because you don't go to a puja. One day, when Sahaja Love is

established in the world, you won't be able to keep people away from

these ceremonies, called 'pujas'.)

 

i guess what i am saying is that desire to go or not to go to pujas

also reflects on the collective experience that you are having. You

cannot discount that, either. The more that the spiritual

enlightenment is within individuals in a collective, the more people

will be drawn to that light.

 

You say: - " I was going to finish that sentence but when I went to

find the word to place at the end of that sentence, I had suddenly

could not thing of who im really harming by that, is in Shri mataji.

IT was like suddenly a thought popped into my head saying " well who

are you really insulting? " but in a way where i it felt as thought

even puja was just an illusion and that its the spirit that i should

be devoting myself too or something like that.....hard to explain....

Weird. Anyways.....yeah. " (Yes,that is right! It is the Spirit you

should be devoting yourself too. Everything else will fall in place

then!)

 

love and best wishes,

 

violet