Things we may not have realised regarding the Sahasrara - Part 4

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" Violet " <violet.tubb wrote:

 

Dear All,

 

i would like to explore with the readers of this forum, some of the very

interesting things Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has told, regarding the whole

subject of the Sahasrara. It will be nice to collectively learn, what we may not

have realised previously, about this subject. It will be in 2 to 3 [and more]

installments to make for less lengthy reading in each post.

 

regards to all,

 

violet

 

 

Things we may not have realised regarding the Sahasrara - Part 4

 

A quite momentous teaching that Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has given is that the

the sahasrara is our awareness:

 

" Sahasrara is your awareness. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja

Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

 

Another momentous teaching She has given is that:

 

" It is only the sahasrara which has to grow, not the spirit. " (Shri Mataji

Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

 

It therefore makes sense, that since our sahasrara is our awareness, that our

sahasrara then has to grow. In other words, our awareness itself, has to grow!!

 

[shri Mataji also says that the more sensitive the sahasrara is, the more it has

the capacity to receive the spiritual qualities of the spirit]:

 

" The more sensitive the sahasrara is, the more it receives the spiritual

qualities of the spirit. Actually the peace is felt in the sahasrara. " (Shri

Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May

1982)

 

[shri Mataji explains the reason for this]:

 

The [peace and] bliss is felt in the sahasrara, because that is the brain and

the brain is the epitome of the nervous system, the central nervous system, or

consciousness itself. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address -

Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

 

[Then Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi states that by merely opening the sahasrara, that

the work is not done]:

 

" So merely by opening [the] sahasrara, the work is not done. We have to have

more and more channels, who will act as the nadis with their different powers,

and who can work it out in a proper systematic manner. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala

Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

 

[shri Mataji tells about people indulging into wasteful habits after their

self-realisation, which She says obstructs the flow of the nadis [NERVES] and is

therefore very harmful for the Virata. She says such people should leave Sahaja

Yoga]:

 

" But those people who indulge into wasteful habits after realization, obstruct

the flow of the nadis, and are really very harmful for the Virata. Such people

should really leave Sahaja Yoga and spare [the others], or [alternatively], such

people should be asked to leave and we should severe all relations with such

people, who stand against such a great work of the Divine. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala

Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

 

[What Shri Mataji said in 1982 about 'those who indulge into wasteful habits

after realisation, obstructing the flow of the nadis, and really being very

harmful for the Virata'... ties in very well, with Her recent Message through

'brother tiger', where She said that]:

 

" Do not let My work to be destroyed by evil. I know you do right things. But the

days of big tests will come. You must overcome it being together with each

other, only together. Listening each other through heart and love. " (The Mother

- 2007) {/message/7961)

 

['Brother tiger' through whom Shri Mataji is bringing us Her Messages, stresses

Shri Mataji's Message that]:

 

" Do not embarrass hearts of innocent souls looking for the Mother sincerely. Do

not waste your words and time on others, there is little time left for you...

Once again i leave you having joy of the Mother in your hearts and HER presence

in youselves to reach ETERNAL!!! "

(/message/7902)

 

[shri Mataji tells us, that those who want to develop on the Sahasrara, which is

to develop awareness, will want to develop as one collective being, more so,

than as an individual being, as such. This kind of collectivity, is one where it

does not matter in which part of the world a person physically lives in, but

they are " in connection " through the development on Sahasrara of " ananya " , which

means " where there is no other " ! Shri Mataji gives specific advice here, for

those who want to develop on the Sahasrara]:

 

" The one who wants to develop on Sahasrara should know, he should not develop

with bad company, but always have the company of other sahaja yogis. He should

not have his own holidays, or own time, but most of the time he should spend in

the company of other sahaja yogis. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day

Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

 

[The advice above is especially for those who want to develop on the Sahasrara.

Otherwise, how can a person be " in connection " most of the time? If we remember

Shri Mataji's description of " collectivity " , She says we can be " in connection "

with each other, through the " connecting line of love, and not of hatred " , even

though the one person may be in America, and the other in India! She cannot be

talking of a mere physical connection of people then, can She?!]

 

[We also read above, that Shri Mataji's advice of " bad company " even includes

those who have had their self-realisation, but waste it]:

 

" But those people who indulge into wasteful habits after realization, obstruct

the flow of the nadis, and are really very harmful for the Virata. Such people

should really leave Sahaja Yoga and spare [the others] or [else] such people

should be asked to leave and we should sever all relations with such people, who

stand against such a great work of the Divine. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi -

Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

 

[This only confirms what the Mother also tells through brother tiger]:

 

" Do not let My work to be destroyed by evil. I know you do right things. But the

days of big tests will come. You must overcome it being together with each

other, only together. Listening each other through heart and love. " (The Mother

- 2007) {/message/7961)

 

[The final part - (Part 5) will conclude with advice from Shri Mataji Nirmala

Devi, on developing on the Sahasrara. However, until then, it will be fruitful,

if we contemplate on the meaning of what Shri Mataji gave here]:

 

" So merely by opening [the] sahasrara, the work is not done. We have to have

more and more channels, who will act as the nadis with their different powers,

and who can work it out in a proper systematic manner. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala

Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

 

May Her love fill us with the Divine!!!

 

[This has been written in the English way, with the meaning of what Shri Mataji

Nirmala Devi gave, being retained].

 

 

 

 

> ,

> " Violet " <violet.tubb@> wrote:

>

> Dear All,

>

> This last post should have read " Part 3 " , so i have replied to it

again, to get the sequencing right for the other parts to come.

>

> regards,

>

> violet

>

>

> In ,

> " Violet " <violet.tubb@> wrote:

>

> Dear All,

>

> i would like to explore with the readers of this forum, some of the

very interesting things Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has told, regarding

the whole subject of the Sahasrara. It will be nice to collectively

learn, what we may not have realised previously, about this subject.

It will be in 2 to 3 [and more] installments to make for less lengthy

reading in each post.

>

> regards to all,

>

> violet

>

>

> Things we may not have realised regarding the Sahasrara - Part 3

>

> Firstly, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi informs us, that the Sahasrara is

our awareness! She talks about the Divine technique, and says that

the Divine is the One who controls thing, and those who also get into

the Divine techniques, do not control things, but just maneuver

things:

>

> " Sahasrara is your awareness. When it is enlightened you get into

the techniques of the Divine. Now there are two techniques, the

techniques of the Divine, and the techniques you follow. You cannot

act as [the] divine, but you can use the divine power and manoeuvre

it. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le

Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

>

> [shri Mataji continues by clarifying what the Divine looks after]:

>

> " For example, the Divine looks after all the universal happenings.

Every minutest particle is controlled by the Divine. " (Shri Mataji

Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May

1982)

>

> [shri Mataji then explains how the Divine works out our

enlightenment]:

>

> " When your sahasrara opens out, and your kundalini touches the

fontanelle bone, a sort of igniting force is ready in your sahasrara,

and as soon as the fontanelle bone area opens up in the brahmarandra,

the grace of the spirit ignites that igniting force and your nadis

get enlightened. Not all of them, but quite a lot of them; not all

the length, but quite the peripheries. That's how you get your

enlightenment. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja

Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

>

> [shri Mataji says that our seven centres in the Sahasrara are

amazing, in that so many things happen, when these centres are

enlightened!]:

>

> " So many things happen because of your seven centres being in the

sahasrara. With the light you see [experience] their relative

positions. I mean you do not see, but it works in your conscious

mind. Your conscious mind feels that integration within you. The

rationality, that is separated from the heart, becomes one with the

heart. It becomes one with your attention. Wherever your attention

goes you act in a collective way. All the activities of your

attention are blessed. Your attention itself is effective. Your

attention is very important, your desires are even more important,

because it is such an integrated thing, your desires and your

attention become one. Whatever is good for the spirit you desire, and

your attention goes to whatever is emitting [the] spiritual power

[within you]. The priorities change very fast. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala

Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

>

> [shri Mataji says that those people who are primitive and not

evolved, may not have this happening for them]:

>

> " Those people who are primitive and not evolved, may not find that

happening. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address -

Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

>

> [shri Mataji cites how some people are so logically minded, that

they have to apply this logic to everything... even their own innate

spiritual experiences!]:

>

> " Those who are mentally developed, have an attention which they try

to test. They first want to see how to raise the Kundalini. They want

to see that it is logical. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day

Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

>

> [shri Mataji Nirmala Devi states that for the balanced personality,

who combines the head and the heart, instead of relying solely on

logic alone, that they do not question their own innate spiritual

experience, and settle down nicely]:

>

> " For a balanced person there is no questioning at all. We have some

people like that amongst us. They just " become " and never question

[their spiritual experience]. They just settle down. They are

innocent, intelligent and above all, spiritual! " (Shri Mataji Nirmala

Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

>

> [shri Mataji explains that whatever defects there may be in the

human character as far as spiritual qualities being present or not,

that this can be corrrected through the Sahasrara:

>

> " Whatever may be the defects in the qualities, they can be

corrected through your sahasrara. First of all you have to put down

your ego, because if the ego is there, it presses the sahasrara.

Also, the super-ego must be reduced, because it also presses the

sahasrara, and gives pain. So, keep the sahasrara in its healthy

state. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le

Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

>

> [shri Mataji states that one's priorities have to change, and for

some people, this takes time and effort]:

>

> " One has to realize that one's priorities have to change. Some

people take time, and so they have to make deliberate efforts. " (Shri

Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France

- 5 May 1982)

>

> [she outlines some of the influences that can hinder the sahasrara

from growing in a healthy way]:

>

> " There are many books, which suggest anti-God activities, and if

you read them, the enlightened sahasrara does not like it and it will

close, because it is like a poison. It does not like any poisonous

thought to come into the mind. If you go about with the poison, it

again closes. In the same way, the people who are hot tempered, very

hot tempered, and have all the other problems of ego, if they try to

suppress the sahasrara, the sahasrara also starts closing. Those

people who have had wrong conditionings from gurus, books, familial,

country and even work, will also find that these conditionings do not

allow the sahasrara to grow in it's healthy way. " (Shri Mataji

Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May

1982)

>

> [in the next Part, which will be Part 4, more will be shared re

what Shri Mataji gave. Part 4 will open with a statement of Shri

Mataji's that may surprise all of us. Here it is!]:

>

> " It is only the sahasrara which has to grow, not the

spirit!!! " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address -

Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

>

> [This has been written in the English way, with the meaning of what

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi gave, being retained.]

>

>

>

> Things we may not have realised regarding the Sahasrara - Part 2

>

> [shri Mataji explains how when She first started, with the desire

to open the Sahasrara of human beings, that She had to work out, how

to do it]:

>

> " And even if you [referring to Herself] desire to open the

Sahasrara, it is a very difficult thing, because the channeling of

the Divine to human beings, has to be done through human beings. The

power may be with you, but it has to be channeled through human

beings. All my life I have not known many realized souls. How to get

them? How to work it out? So I started looking out for people, and I

met an old lady of 70 years, and she was very perturbed about

something very gross and when she came to see me she felt very

peaceful. Her Sahasrara was very worn out, and in my company, she

would think of something else, not the spirit; and her brain would be

covered with clouds and darkness. Again and again, I had to enlighten

it; but she did not get her realization. "

>

> [shri Mataji explains that most of the people that came to Her in

the beginning, came in order to get cured. She mentions a lady that

She gave self-realisation to, but that it was an individual thing.

Shri Mataji's greatest desire was to give it to many people at the

same time, so it could work out in the collective consciousness of

the whole humanity, and not just in one person here and there, which

is the way it happened in previous Times. Now, it had to work out on

a grand scale... " collectively " !!!]:

>

> " Most of the people who came to me in the beginning, came to me for

getting cured. This capacity I had since childhood. And I could also

give realization to a few people before, but they had to be very

earnest, " artha " . (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artha) I did not meet

anyone of that quality because I was not living in the forest, but I

was living as a normal human being among other normal human beings

and they were not that earnest, 'that artha', and I had to do this

work among them. How to talk to them about the real world that exists

and the false in which they live? One lady, the first one who got

realization, just came to see me because she was possessed with the

idea of seeking! She sought and it worked with her. It was not the

happiest day [though] because she was one of those who got

individually realised. With this great happening, many should get it

at a time.

>

> [shri Mataji talks about a program in Bordi in 1970, where one

gentleman got self-realisation. She says after that, the negative

forces started acting, and there was talk of " favoritism " . She had to

have a firm attitude She says, and then things started to work out!

She says that is when the mass evolution started!!!]:

>

> " We had a program in Bordi in 1970 and there, first one gentleman

got realization in the evening. Next day there were negative forces

acting in the morning time, and they started talking of favoritism. I

could see in the atmosphere, that the vibrations were going wrong. In

the evening, I took up a very strong, firm attitude; I was in a great

fury; I never went into such a fury before and I lashed [out at] all

of them. Surprisingly, twelve of them got realization. That was the

greatest moment! Then many got it one by one! Three of them traveling

back got realization in the train, and suddenly they felt vibrations!

So [that is when and how] the mass evolution started. " (Shri Mataji

Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May

1982)

>

> [This has been written in the English way, with the meaning of what

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi gave, being retained.]

>

>

>

>

> Things we may not have realised regarding the Sahasrara - Part 1

> > > >

> > > > Firstly, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi informs us that if it were

not

> > > for the opening of the Sahasrara, that the possibility of giving

> en

> > > masse self realisation to people, would not have been possible.

> She

> > > says that only a few people would have been able to achieve it:

> > > >

> > > > " It is a great day for all of us, the seekers, that the last

> work

> > > of the Divine, of the opening the last centre in the great

> > primordial

> > > being, was done on the 5th of May 1970. It is the greatest event

> of

> > > all the spiritual happenings of the universe. It was done with

> very

> > > great care and great adjustments. It is not in the limits of

human

> > > understanding, how things are worked out in the heavens. It is

> your

> > > fortune and God's love, that has worked out this wondrous

miracle.

> > > Without this happening, there could not have been the

possibility

> of

> > > giving mass realization to people. One could have done it for

one

> or

> > > two persons here and there, but to have given such a mass

> awakening

> > > would not have been possible. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi -

> Sahasrara

> > > Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

> > > >

> > > > [shri Mataji explains that the seven main chakras in the body

> > > actually have their " seat " in the Sahasrara. She says that it is

> > from

> > > the " seat " of the Sahasrara, that the 1000 nadis [1000 nerves]

> look

> > > after human beings]:

> > > >

> > > > " As you know, in the Sahasrara are the seats of the seven main

> > > chakras. [in the Sahasrara also], there are 1000 nadis [1000

> nerves]

> > > or as they call it: " flames " , and each one has 16,000 powers.

> Every

> > > nadi deals with a particular type of person and with the

> [different]

> > > permutations and combinations of all these nadis, human beings

are

> > > looked after. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja

> > Address

> > > - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

> > > >

> > > > [shri Mataji explains more about this assemblage of chakras

and

> > > nadis in the Sahasrara]:

> > > >

> > > > " Sahasrara is actually the assemblage of the six Chakras and

is

> a

> > > hollow space, on the sides of which there are one thousand Nadis

> > > (NERVES). And when the light penetrates into the limbic area,

then

> > > the enlightenment of these Nadis takes place and you can see

them

> as

> > > flames, very gentle flames burning and these flames have all the

> > > seven colors that you see in the VIBGYOR. When the last nadi,

> > > ultimately becomes integrated, then it becomes a crystal clear

> > flame.

> > > All these seven lights ultimately become crystal clear.

> > > >

> > > > So you have the Sahasrara with one thousand petals, as they

call

> > > it. [it is also interesting that] if you cut the brain in a

> > > transverse section, " horizontally " , that all the nerves that are

> > > built along the limbic area look like petals, and if you were to

> cut

> > > the brain " vertically " , you would find many nerves in each

bundle

> of

> > > nerves. [That is why] when the Sahasrara is enlightened, it can

be

> > > seen as a burning bundle of flames. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi -

> > > Formal Talk on Sahasrara Chakra - Hanuman Road, New Delhi, India

> - 4

> > > February 1983)

> > > >

> > > > [This is how Shri Mataji experienced the opening of the

> primordial

> > > or cosmic Sahasrara, with its accompanying tremendous force of

> > > vibrations, light, fire-like appearance and profound silence,

> which

> > > took place around late night to early morning at a solitary

beach

> > > setting]:

> > > >

> > > > " As soon as the Sahasrara was opened, the whole atmosphere was

> > > filled with tremendous chaitanya [vibrations] and there was

> > > tremendous light in the sky, with the whole thing coming on

earth

> > > with the tremendous force of a torrential rain or waterfall,

that

> I

> > > became stupefied and unaware! The happening was so tremendous

and

> > > unexpected, that I was stunned and became totally silent at the

> > > grandeur of it!!! I saw the primordial Kundalini rising like a

> big,

> > > silent, furnace that had a burning appearance, as when you heat

up

> > > metal and it has many colors. In the same way, the Kundalini

> showed

> > > up as a tunnel-like furnace, such as you can see in the plants

> where

> > > they burn coal to make electricity. And the Kundalini stretched

> out

> > > like a telescope and out came the deities, one after another:

> shoot!

> > > shoot! shoot! Just like that! And the deities came and sat on

> their

> > > golden seats, and lifted the whole of the head into the shape

of a

> > > dome and opened it. And then this torrential rain completely

> > drenched

> > > Me! I started seeing all that and got lost in the joy. It was

like

> > an

> > > artist seeing his own creation, and I felt the joy of great

> > > fulfillment. After coming out of this beautiful experience, I

> looked

> > > around and saw that human beings were so [spiritually] blind,

and

> I

> > > became absolutely silent and desired that I should get their

cups

> > > filled with nectar, rather than the stones that were

> there. " ((Shri

> > > Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy,

> France

> > > - 5 May 1982)

> > > >

> > > > [shri Mataji describes more of Her experience and also

explains

> > > that the Sahasrara, is the most beautiful part of our being!]:

> > > >

> > > > " Sahasrara is the most beautiful part of your being. It is a

big

> > > lotus with a thousand petals of different colors appearing like

> > > inflated flames. It is a thing that has been seen by many

people,

> > but

> > > to see it pour that torrential rain, was like these flames

> becoming

> > a

> > > fountain; a fountain of color and fragrance, like a flower

pouring

> > > its color and fragrance around. People have written very little

> > about

> > > Sahasrara, because whatever they have seen is from the outside,

> and

> > > it is not possible for them to see it from the inside. Even if

you

> > > reach [to see it] from the inside, and the whole Sahasrara is

not

> > > opened out, you cannot see its beauty because when the whole of

it

> > is

> > > closed, you just pass through an aperture and are outside of it.

> > > >

> > > > But just imagine a huge thousand-petalled lotus, and you are

> > > sitting inside it, on the corona, and looking at all those

petals

> > > which are all very beautifully colored, fragrant and pulsating

> with

> > > the bliss of joy! To remain on that position is the ideal

> position,

> > > however, after the silence, you are filled with tremendous

> > compassion

> > > and love, and are drawn out to the people, who haven't as yet

> known,

> > > what it is to have [the] eyes [to see]. And then you try to put

> your

> > > attention to the Sahasrara of millions of people, and then you

> start

> > > seeing the problems that exist in the Sahasrara. (Shri Mataji

> > Nirmala

> > > Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May

> 1982)

> > > >

> > > > [This has been written in the English way, with the meaning

of what Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi gave, being retained.]

>