Sahaja Yoga at Edmonton Alternate Medicine Congress...

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Sahaja Yoga at Edmonton Alternate Medicine Congress...

Vancouver Akashwani Yuva Shakti Newsletter - Navaratri Puja Issue

(Sahaj News - 14 October, 2000 - Australia)

 

 

From August 25th to 27th in Edmonton, a congress of alternate medicine was held.

A Sahaja Yogi who also is a doctor, Ramesh Manocha, came from Australia.

Additionally, one of the yogis with whom I was staying with, xxxxxx xxxxxxx, is

a pediatric doctor.

 

The congress was similar to many where booths were set up and lectures were

given on each alternative form of medicine that was shown at the congress.

 

On the ride from the airport, we started a conversation on the spreading of the

Sahaja Yoga to aboriginal people in Australia and New Zealand. We talked about

how certain tribes have the innate knowledge of the Kundalini and understand the

spiritual depth one can achieve as a human being. The Maoris from New Zealand,

from what Ramesh has gathered so far, is one of the most knowledgeable of the

Kundalini and the Adi Shakti. These people have imbibed inner and higher

knowledge of the Divine. As a whole, they seemed to be the closest to Sahaja

Yoga in that region.

 

In our set-up for the congress, the Australian yogis had gotten a professional

artist to draw pictures of the different parts of the human body and the organs

that the chakras govern. It looked very medically professional. There were

fifteen posters in all, plus graphed charts on the results from the medical

research done with groups of people who were treated by Sahaja Yoga versus

people who were not. Of course, the people who practised Sahaja Yoga had

dramatically better results. This was all done by an independent research

company, giving Sahaja Yoga more official credibility (unfortunately greatly

needed in the Western part of the world.)

 

Being a medical conference the attendees were doctors, medical professionals,

health awareness organizers, etc. so the approach was clear cut. But when

speaking to people on an individual basis, the subtle truth was brought in,

talking about the spirit and the mothering energy of the Kundalini.

 

Te absolute best part was meeting so many interesting people. There wasn't a

single person who was not accepting of Sahaja Yoga and just a few who visited

the booth who didn't receive their Self Realisation. The only person who when I

first spoke to her, sounded very skeptical, almost had tears in her eyes at the

end! She had a major problem with guilt in her life and it was to the point

where it was almost unbearable. But before knowing it to be a part of Self

Realisation, she put her hand on her left Vishuddhi to say, " I am not guilty " .

So this sparked something within her. After realisation she said she was so

happy and that she didn't believe in coincidences, that everything happens for a

reason and her coming to the Sahaja Yoga booth was meant to be!

 

There was another woman who was a native Canadian who sets up health awareness

programs for native people on reserves. She, on several occasions, came to talk

to us for over half an hour at a time, speaking exactly like a Sahaja Yogi. She

honestly seemed to have the vibrations of a realised soul and probably was one.

Right in front of me, I was experiencing the same innate knowledge of aboriginal

people that was talked of earlier in the car ride from the airport. She was

absolutely surrendered and had a beautiful heart. She hadn't " learned " any of

this from anywhere, but had gained all on her own through inner seeking and

introspection and the connection she felt with a higher power. She was looking

for something that would mentally and emotionally stabilize the native people's

unbalanced lives. She said Sahaja Yoga was it! Now they are going to give

programs in the reserves, which is quite amazing as this doesn't happen very

often, if at all.

 

Throughout the whole weekend, on quite a few occasions, people who had received

their Self-Realisation and who were so amazed and overwhelmed by it became so

very eager to start something in their communities that they invited yogis to

give programs. One woman who was so happy said if we couldn't find a meeting

room that we could come to her house and do it! Imagine only having known her

for twenty minutes and here she was inviting us into her own home.

 

Another big success was with the doctors from Puerto Rico. Out of all the

professionals who attended, these people were the most responsive to Sahaja

Yoga. We usually worked with people on an individual basis, talking one on one,

but these doctors came in groups to receive their Self Realisation, all the

while being so enthusiastic with the results. People were constantly arriving at

our booth, saying that somebody highly recommended that they come! Even people

who actually had booths themselves were coming up and getting their Realisation!

 

So all in all we gave Realisation to about 150 people who very much enjoyed the

results. The conference gave contacts to yogis, so they can now go to the towns

and other cities to give meetings.

 

I will definitely keep this experience with me forever and it has inspired me to

take steps in furthering my growth and in spreading Sahaja Yoga. I will

constantly remind myself of the wonderful reactions of the seekeres after they

received their Realisation, as it was so tremendously joyous as I shared their

beaming joy, felt their joy, and felt their heart.

 

(Name withheld)

 

(Sahaj News - 14 October, 2000... )