What Shri Mataji said about Sahaja Yoga...

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Dear All,

 

Appended is a large excerpt of what Shri Mataji said about Sahaja Yoga... to the

group of women who came to a " Fourth World Conference on Women " in Beijing,

China... in which Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi was one of the speakers, also.

 

So... i hope you enjoy more of the Wholistic Vision that Shri Mataji gives about

Sahaja Yoga.

 

violet

 

 

(Excerpt - Fourth World Conference on Women - Beijing, China - 13 September,

1995)

 

When a person is not connected to the all-pervading power, he is like an

instrument which is not connected to the mains and has no identity... has no

meaning... has no purpose. As soon as it is connected... all that is built-in

inside this instrument starts working and manifesting itself.

 

When this Kundalini rises, it connects you to the all-pervading power, which is

vital and which is an ocean of knowledge as well as an ocean of bliss. After the

awakening of Kundalini, you experience many coincidences, which are miraculous

and extremely blissful. Above all... Kundalini is the Ocean of Forgiveness. So

whatever mistakes you have committed in the past are forgiven and instead you

get your Self-realisation as a blessing.

 

The consequences of the awakening of the Kundalini and thereby the attainment of

self-realisation are numerous. First and foremost, such a person is constantly

in contact with... or is in fact, a part of the All-Pervading Divine Power. He

seeks the truth by using his new awareness. And as truth is one, all

self-realised persons see this same truth. Thus conflicts are avoided. Purely

mental activity without self-realisation... leads to conflicting ideas and even

wars. All this is avoided after Self-realisation.

 

Now... let us see how many other things happen in a person who gets Realisation.

Firstly you start feeling the Cool breeze of the Holy Ghost and you know the

truth on your fingertips. You transcend all the limitations of race, religion

and other ideas and you go beyond your mind to see and feel the Reality... and

understanding it. The next thing that happens is that you become thoughtlessly

aware.

 

We live in the Future and in the Past through our thoughts. They come to us from

these two areas of time. But we cannot be in the Present while these thoughts

are rising and falling (and) we are jumping on the cusp of these thoughts! But

when the Kundalini rises... She elongates these thoughts and thereby creates

some Space in-between, which is the Present (and) which is the Reality... so the

Past is over and the Future doesn't exist.

 

At that time you have no thoughts. You reach a new state as you become

thoughtlessly aware... about which Jung has written clearly. At this moment,

whatsoever happens is recorded in your memory (very) well... and you enjoy every

moment of this Reality.

 

When you become thoughtlessly aware... then you become " completely peaceful "

within yourself. A person who has achieved this peace also emits peace and

creates a peaceful atmosphere around himself. This peace is very important.

Unless and until we have this peace, we will never truly understand... (whatever

our ideas are, whether universal or just limited).

 

You can feel your own seven centres on your fingertips. Also you can feel the

centres of others, because you develop a New Dimension of Awareness, which is

called as " collective consciousness " . When such new awareness is established

into you, you start feeling also the centres of others. I must tell you that

these centres are responsible for our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual

well-being and when they are affected or they are in jeopardy, people suffer

from one disease or another.

 

As a result of the awakening of the Kundalini and the nourishment of these

centres, an important development would be that you will feel an inner balance

and you will enjoy good health. Many diseases, even some incurable ones, have

been cured by the awakening of the Kundalini. Even the data base of the

inherited genes may be restructured after Self-realisation through the Awakening

of the Kundalini. (As a result... a person 'who' might well become a good man.)

 

Our attention also becomes very pure. In the light of the spirit, we can see

things much more clearly than when we were blind (refers to spiritual

blindness). For example, a person who goes with his blind eyes and feels an

elephant and then another comes in and a third comes in, all of them have

different ideas about the elephant, depending on whichever part of the elephant

they have touched. But if they open their eyes, then can all see the same

thing... the reality... and there will be no quarrel and fights.

 

A self-realised person can feel the absolute knowledge on the fingertips.

Supposing someone doesn't believe in God. A self-realised person can suggest to

the non-believer that he should ask the question : " Is there God ? " The

questioner will get... you will find... a very nice cool breeze coming into his

being. He may not believe in God but there is God. Unfortunately... so many of

those who believe in God are also absurd, hypocritical, cruel, weird and so

immoral that people have lost faith in God.

 

But while those who represent God may be wrong, God himself exists and his power

also exists which we call as the " All-Pervading Power of Divine Love " . This is

the power of Love and Compassion and not of aggression and destruction. This

power of Love and Compassion... when it is imbibed in a yogi or in a

self-realised person... it works in a different way... like an angel. Such

people can cure others and cure themselves. Even mental cases have been cured.

Not only that. Even those who have been to wrong gurus in their search of truth,

have achieved their spiritual stability after leaving false gurus and coming to

the path of self-realisation.

 

In the next stage, you become thoughtlessly aware, when your Kundalini is

stabilised and you know undoubtedly that you have achieved your

self-realisation... that you have attained all the powers that can be utilised.

You become very powerful because you can raise the Kundalini of others. You

become very active and you don't feel tired easily. For example, I am

seventy-three years of age and I am travelling about every third day, but I am

quite all right. This energy flows into you and fills you up with vitality. You

become extremely dynamic and at the same time extremely compassionate... kind

and mild. You feel that you are protected and thus you are confident but not

egotistical. Your whole personality changes. This is the kind of global

transformation which is taking place, with such speed all over that I, myself,

am surprised at how it is working out so fast!

 

Actually, this knowledge existed a long time back... but my contribution, if

there is any, is that we can now achieve 'en-masse' realisation. Thousands can

achieve mass realisation. It is a Gift of this Time, where it was predicted that

such Global Transformation will take place. In as many as 65 countries,

thousands of people have attained their Self-realisation through Sahaja Yoga.

 

The power of Kundalini is the pure desire of attaining your self-hood. If

someone doesn't have it, you cannot force him because the Divine respects the

freedom of that person, (even) if he wants to go to hell. Self-realisation can

be attained easily if the people have a sincere and pure desire to get their

self-realisation. But if they stick to some of their ideas, which are fixed, the

Kundalini won't rise. Also it cannot work for idiots or for immature people. It

works for people who are wise, who are more in the centre, and it works very

fast.

 

I was amazed to see that it has worked even on people who were drug addicts, who

were alcoholics and who were very immoral. But they all had intense and pure

desire to secure self-improvement, self-realisation. So many of such people

achieved their goal of self-realisation. Overnight, they grave up their drugs,

their alcoholism.

 

Thus you become very powerful and at the same time you understand that you are

now glorified and you start behaving in a very dignified and a very sensible

manner. This is how a new style of life (happens) where you become innately... I

say " innately righteous " ! Nobody has to tell you : " Don't do this " and " Don't do

that " . It is all achieved through your enlightened attention. This enlightened

attention is also full of power. Wherever you put your attention... it works. It

creates peace; it creates harmony and also it creates a New Dimension of

Collective Consciousness.

 

So to (blame) your genes for your mistakes... is not going to work out anymore,

because these genes can be changed in their database and can be brought to the

level of a very righteous, angelic personality. The ego and the conditioning of

a person get dissolved by the Ascent of the Kundalini and he really becomes a

'free bird'. Absolute freedom is achieved in Reality... and his behaviour

changes tremendously with great faith in himself. He becomes a witness of the

whole drama of life.

 

When you are in the water... you are afraid of getting drowned, but supposing

you get into a boat... (then) you can watch the same waters with enjoyment. But

if you learn how to jump in the water and save others, then it is even a higher

situation and so we have a higher awareness which we call as Doubtless

Awareness. Above all... we fall into the Ocean of Joy. Joy is absolute. It

doesn't have duality. It is not like happiness and unhappiness. It is a singular

thing and once you jump into it, you learn easily how to enjoy everything...

whether it is beautiful or ridiculous.

 

In one case you see the Beauty; in the other you see the Humour as to how people

are ridiculous. The remarkable thing is that Sahaja Yogis have become great

musicians, great writers, great speakers, great administrators. In every way

they have risen very high, specially in their attitude towards others. They

respect everyone and they know what is wrong with other people so that this

person who has these problems can be easily evolved and become a self-realised

soul.

 

It is like one candle lighting another candle. This work is going on all over

the world and there is great hope that it will also start in China. Before

this.. somehow... I could not start my work (in China). But, the Divine

Coincidence has given a chance to me by this Conference to talk to Chinese

people, whom I find very wise and sensitive... about the great treasure of

spirituality.

 

This is not a coincidence. It was inevitable and has been brought about by this

All-Pervading Power. In your life also, you will notice lots of coincidences...

but you will not know how to connect them to something that is Divine... unless

and until you get connected to (something) like the Divine Power.

 

Confucius has taught the humanity how we can improve our relations with other

human beings. But Lao Tse in China has very beautifully described " TAO " ...

meaning the Kundalini. And I have had a voyage through the Yangtze River,

through which Lao Tse had gone many times. I know he was trying to show that

river... which is the Kundalini... is flowing towards the sea... and one should

not be tempted by the nature that is around.

 

The nature around the Yangtze River is very, very beautiful... no doubt! But one

has to go through the river. Also there are lots of currents which flow and can

be quite dangerous and we need a good Navigator who should take his ship across

to the point where it is nearer the sea. At that stage it becomes very silent

and extremely simple in its flow.

 

This country has been endowed with great philosophers. I would say the greatest

was Lao Tse, because humanism was for the preparation of human beings for their

ascent about which Lao Tse had spoken. But because of the subtle subject... it

was not described in such a clear-cut manner as I am talking to you.

 

(Excerpt - Fourth World Conference on Women - Beijing, China - 13 September,

1995)