On Becoming, what we are meant to become - Part I

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Dear All,

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi gave Sahaja Yogis knowledge in 1980 at Alresford

(pronounced as " Alsford " ), that many of us have not yet had the privilege to

read and contemplate. Someone has just sent me a copy of what Shri Mataji

Nirmala Devi has taught regarding 'becoming' what we are meant to become...

(thanks Sharmilla!). Shri Mataji talked deeply about this process of 'becoming',

whereby initially there was only this 'spiritual desire' in us, but this

'spiritual desire' has become a 'leap in consciousness'! For those who have

experienced this 'leap in consciousness', we know that it is unprecedented,

because we could not get the same from religion, ministers, or books, no matter

how hard and desperately we tried!!! For a start, this leap in consciousness,

washes our inner garments [a.k.a. the psychosomatic system/subtle system] whiter

than snow!!! i know this as a fact, because i have seen the evidence, from an

Aura Photograph! Once this connection with the " Divine Within " takes place,

which Sahaja Yogis call " self-realisation " , we are in a position to have many

subtle, beautiful gnostic understandings, which i call " Self " realisation, that

emerges from our union with the Divine within ourselves. And then, in Shri

Mataji's own words, " The faith must grow!!! "

 

What Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has taught at Alresford, England, has been written

'in the English way', with the meaning of what She has given, being retained.

 

My desire is that we may all become, what we are meant to become!!!

 

love and best wishes to all,

 

violet

 

 

 

On Becoming, what we are meant to become...

 

Shri Mataji: It is only because I have given you [spiritual] birth, that you can

cure others, give speeches in [the union of] Sahaja Yoga, know your own

problems, your own surroundings, and cleanse yourself and others. Nobody could

have done it [as comprehensively] before, in that you have gotten everything in

the one package!!! What a leap [in consciousness] from your very first awareness

of spiritual desire! Things that seemed strange [to you] at first, have now

subtly and beautifully formed within you!

 

However, although you are now feeling your chakras and their problems, you are

again analysing them! This tendancy to analyse everything, is the biggest

problem in the West. Give them any problem at all, and they will start to

analyse it, until it drives them absolutely mad! Analysis is just the biggest

thing, however this constant analysing is just driving them " mad " !!!

 

Now we have the situation, whereby people are clinging to their realisation, and

on the other hand, they are analysing everything!: the legs get analysed; the

feet get analysed; even the nails get analysed! They've even taken the

microscope to see and make sure that the legs are actually being used to climb

upwards!!! You see, the whole purpose [of your realisation] is lost, when you

start identifying with whatever was hanging on to you. Instead, you should be

saying " Finished! Done! I'm now another person! "

 

The greatest thing in this [new] awareness of yours, when you are realised, is

that the person that was there, is dead, finished, and gone!!!: " I'm a different

person now. " People find it difficult to accept that, because their ego does not

allow them to. The ego says: " Oh God, how can that be? "

 

I mean............ to say that you are transformed completely!! Can you

imagine!! You can give realisation to people!!! (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi -

" Becoming " - Old Alresford, England - 18 May 1980)

 

[shri Mataji says that when She tells people this, they say, " Oh I know this " ,

and then they run away, because nobody will believe that it is true. She says

that Sahaja Yogis can give Self realisation to people, but they just don't

'believe' that they can!!! She gives an example, of what She is talking about]:

 

Shri Mataji: This yogi said, " Mother, how can that be? " He has been working as a

yogi for so many years, but to begin with, he would not believe it was possible,

that he could give realisation! (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - " Becoming " - Old

Alresford, England - 18 May 1980)

 

[it is perhaps not clear to some Sahaja Yogis ( " born of the Spirit " ) persons

that there is a difference between the connection that Shri Mataji called

" self-realisation " and the gnostic experience that She also calls " Self "

realisation.... or realising our " Self " . Realising our " Self " fully, does not

usually come with the initial en'light'enment that is also called

self-realisation, but this initial connection or " union with the Divine within " ,

enables us to fully realise the " Self " over time. This is a Gnostic Experience

that nobody can give to another person, because this can only be experienced

" from within " , through the deepening spiritual work of meditation,

contemplation, introspection, and faith in the Divine Within!!! By meeting our

individual Mother Within, whom Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi incarnated to introduce

us to, we start to realise " the Self " !!! She (our individual Mother) guides us,

once we are in union with Her... once our individual spirit is in union with the

Holy Spirit!!!

 

i know without a doubt, that the connection that is self-realisation, washes a

person's garments (a.k.a. subtle system or psychosomatic system) as " white as

snow " !!! The Scriptures teach about this. Some of us yogis also witnessed this

fact, at a Mind Body Spirit Festival, as there was an Aura Photographer next to

our stall, and 3 people who had taken their 'before' and 'after' photos, found

that whereas before S.R. their photographs were multi-coloured, but after their

S.R. their photos were " pure white " !!! i wonder if this was the 'whiteness' that

Shri Mataji was subtly referring to, when She said these enigmatic words]:

 

Shri Mataji: " So what you have to do about 'Becoming', is to at least believe

[that] yes!!! You are giving realisation!!! After all, you see it like a white

cloth before you. Still, you say it's black, Hurst Blue! " (Shri Mataji Nirmala

Devi - " Becoming " - Old Alresford, England - 18 May 1980)

 

[i do not quite understand what Shri Mataji means by " Hurst Blue " . i looked it

up on the internet, and the closest understanding i can get is that somehow, it

might be connected to " the blues " , that is, feeling a bit 'blue'. The following

that Shri Mataji says, seems to perhaps, bear that out]:

 

Shri Mataji: " So these dealings with the 'Hurst Blue' is the worst case

[scenario]. You are giving realisation. See how [name withheld] is supposed to

be going to the psychiatrist. He can give realisation to that psychiatrist! The

doctor who is going to treat you; you can give him realisation! Believe it! You

can! But when [name withheld] says this to the doctor, [name withheld] thinks,

" Oh, he'll run away. " But, at least " believe in yourself!!! " (Shri Mataji

Nirmala Devi - " Becoming " - Old Alresford, England - 18 May 1980)

 

[so, Shri Mataji uses the unlikely example above, of someone having so much

faith in himself, that he has the courage to tell the psychiatrist that is going

to treat him, that he can give the psychiatrist " self-realisation " !!! However,

it seems obvious that Shri Mataji is using this illustration to reveal how much

faith we should have in our ability to give someone their " self-realisation " .

She calls this " faith " in one's Self]:

 

Shri Mataji: " But at least 'believe' in yourself. This is the place where you

'must' have faith; this faith, that you got realisation through Sahaja Yoga

[ " union with the Divine " ]... that it's a tremendous power... that there is an

all pervading power which is absolutely dynamic... that you have that power

flowing through you... that you are giving realisation... and that your [fellow

human] brother is something special! (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - " Becoming " -

Old Alresford, England - 18 May 1980)

 

[in conclusion, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi explains what real faith is, as

compared to 'blind faith']:

 

Shri Mataji: " Faith is not faith just because I'm saying [something], because

just saying something is 'blind faith'... whereas when you have seen [the

evidence for] it, it is not a 'blind faith'!! But what is this?! That when you

have seen [the evidence for] it, that you still don't believe it?! What should i

call this, when you definitely know that this is happening, but you still don't

believe it?!

 

Faith is opening your eyes much more to what it is, and accepting that it is so.

If you believe that 'it is so', that is faith. And then, faith must grow.

Imagine believing that faith is 'blindness'?! (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi -

" Becoming " - Old Alresford, England - 18 May 1980)

 

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

Nirmala Devi has given, being retained]