Guest guest Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Dear Violet and All, i think it will be best to edit this lenghty topic and leave out part 4, or anything of the same substance. i can do that. Since you have also other part(s) remaining i will wait. i have realized that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus Christ. The subtle system is the Tree of Life. Self-realization is being born of the Spirit. The Kingdom of God within is the Sahasrara. Entering it by the Narrow Gate is entering via the Agnya Chakra. Shri Kalki is the Second Coming of Christ. The Last Judgment is the grace period to evolve into the spirit prior to His Coming ... and so forth. " Now this Kundalini is the power which is placed in the sacrum bone, nowhere else…. And imagine this bone is called " sacrum " ; sacrum means sacred. So they knew there was something in it…. This is the primule, is the germinating power within us. Now this fact has been accepted for thousands of years in India and elsewhere. For in the Bible also they talk of the Tree of Life. That is the same as this…. So this is the thing that is being described in our ancient books, in all the scriptures, even in the Qur'an they are described as Ruh, R,U,H, Ruh. Ruh means the cold breeze, the cool breeze. The cool breeze of the Holy Ghost is described in the Bible also. You cannot suddenly start a new idea about something. If it is an evolutionary process, if it is a living process it must have its background, its history, and it must culminate into something fruitful. Like every fruit has a tree behind it. If it is a living fruit it has to come out the tree that have existed for thousands and thousands of years, and out of that this tree has to come. It must have a base and this is traditionally called the kundalini awakening process…. Christ has said very clearly that you have to be born again. I mean the whole message of Christ's life is realization…. when Christ came on this Earth to show that you have to become the spirit. By His resurrection He showed that, and this is the message of Christ. " Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Seeking our Spirit, 10-23-1980 Shri Mataji gave us a very balanced knowledge of the religions, all ultimately culminating in realizing the Self within. So no matter how much Sahaja Yoga has been 'Hindunized' today with all the excessive external rituals and cleansing fanaticism, in future it will revert back to worshipping God Almighty in spirit and truth. That is why it is so necessary today to present that future vision at www.holyspirit- shekinah.org. The focus must be sharp so that the future vision destroys all that is false and mundane. That is only possible if you truly realize that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus. By doing so She also triggers the collective eschatological expectations of humanity, a tremendous task indeed: " I am the Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Ruh). I am the One who has come on this Earth for the first time in this form to do this tremendous task. " Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (Adi-Shakti: Primal Power; being the First Cause.) The Adi Shakti (Hinduism), Comforter/Holy Spirit (Christianity), Shekinah (Judaism), Ma Adi/Ruh (Islam), Mai Treya (Buddhism), Great Mother (Taoism) and Aykaa Mayee (Sikhism) are the one and same primordial Divine Feminine. According to Aaron-Golan in The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, " The coming eschatological salvation is envisaged in transcendent and universal terms.... in the form of both bodily resurrection and of spiritual immortality. " The Torah contains several references to " the End of Days " (achareet ha-yameem), which is the time of the moshiach (Messiah). As Messiah She fulfills this ancient Jewish prophecy. As Comforter/Holy Spirit promised by Lord Jesus She completes His teachings and commences the Last Judgment. As Mahdi/Ruh She proclaims the Great News of the Resurrection (surah 75 Al-Qiyamah). " Great News: usually understood to mean the News or Message of the Resurrection. " (Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Quran) As Mai(Mother) Treya(Threefold) She fulfills the prophecy to renew Buddha's work. " Relying on certain Mahayana Buddhist citations and quotations ... the fifth Buddha will be Maitreya Buddha. " — the present XIVth Dalai Lama As the Shakti entrenched in the holy scriptures She grants both bodily resurrection (kundalni awakening/self-realization/second birth) and spiritual immortality (moksa/eternal life). The daily experience of the cool breeze (Ruach/Breath of God/Ruh/Chaitanya) will assure humans that the promised evolution into the eternal spirit has begun. We must remain focused on spreading this Great News, the Blossom Time as Shri Mataji fondly calls it. We must see Her vision for the emancipation of humanity with great clarity, and act with that same sense of urgency and sincerity. We are well on the way. warmest regards, jagbir , " Violet " <violet.tubb wrote: > > Dear Jagbir, > > Okay. i won't use it as 'Part 4' but make the next one 'Part 4'. Or are you meaning that Parts 1, 2, and 3 are also not suitable for Christians, and should be just for our forum? > > warmest regards, > > violet > > > > , " jagbir > singh " <adishakti_org@> wrote: > > > > Dear Violet, > > > > i do not think this topic is suitable for HSS. It is a very > difficult topic to understand, and i mean for Hindus. > > > > HSS should be entirely related to the Bible - Jesus, kingdom of > god, second birth, resurrection, last judgment, comforter, divine > feminine etc. Christians visiting HSS should feel very comfortable with the site topics. i know many Christians are averse to anything non-Bible. > > > > warmest regards, > > > > jagbir > > > > > > , " Violet " > > <violet.tubb@> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Jagbir, > > > > > > This is Part 4 of 'The Body of the Mother', for upload to (HSS). > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > violet > > > > > > > > > > > > [For Upload]: > > > > > > The Body of the Mother - Part 4 > > > > > > [Gruha Lakshmi indicates the divine feminine quality of peace > that > > manifests in the stomach and partly in the liver from the location > of > > the solar plexus, whose energy center is called 'Nahbi Chakra'. The > > power of Gruha Lakshmi is also the unique power of a mother's love, > > wife's love, and sister's love, that can and does call for a > > certain 'self-sacrifice' for the welfare of family, friends, loved > > ones, and the world-at-large! Shri Mataji has said that the Age of > > Truth is also the age in which women will arise and transform the > > world around them. In more universal terminology, the patriarchal > age > > is giving way to a 'matriarchal age', the Age of the Divine > Feminine, > > the Holy Spirit, who is the Comforter that Christ promised would > > come! In this excerpt of the 'Body of the Mother', Shri Mataji > > Nirmala Devi explains about Gruha Lakshmi, Raja Lakshmi, > Mahalakshmi, > > and their importance to us.].... > > > > > > > > > What is the Gruha Lakshmi, Raja Lakshmi and Mahalakshmi? > > > > > > Peace is only achieved through the Gruha Lakshmi - through your > > proper adjustment of your spleen. Because the spleen is the giver > of > > the blood cells, it creates nutrition for the whole body. If there > is > > no peace in that area within us, the whole system can go out, as > this > > is the 'nourishing center' within us. And that centre that > nourishes, > > also gives peace! > > > > > > You must have heard the " Ya Devi, sarva bhuteshu shanti rupena > > samstitha " - the goddess that is the 'shanti' that is present in > > every human being 'as peace'. So this peace is only possible if > > housewives realise their importance, bear it upon themselves, are > > forgiving and are redeeming family life. They have to redeem the > > family life, and where this gets spoilt, the whole system goes out! > > > > > > [shri Mataji Nirmala Devi now indicates the chakra position]: > > > > > > The right [masculine] side is the Raja Lakshmi; [left feminine > > side, being the 'Gruha Lakshmi']. Once this 'Raja Lakshmi' business > > comes up, you will then understand " respect " , because once you > > respect yourself, you start respecting others also. And [the fact] > > that you are all saints [means that] you have to respect each other > > in the same way ['equally']! > > > > > > Today the light is now there, which is a very important thing! > From > > the beginning, in the Gruha Lakshmi state [of the evolution of man] > > when man first discovered fire and used the fire to cook the food, > it > > was the warmth of the Mother, that was shown through the heart. She > > used the warmth in the house to warm up her children, to give them > > food and all that. Then it became a very collective thing, > expressed > > as light! If you celebrate any Republic Day or Independence Day, we > > put on the lights - we have fireworks! To express ourselves that > way, > > is the 'Raja Lakshmi.' > > > > > > [Note: 'Raja Lakshmi' again, referring to the masculine " right " > > side, and 'Gruha Lakshmi' referring to the feminine " left " side > > qualities]. > > > > > > > > > The Eight Aspects of Mahalakshmi.... > > > > > > Mahalakshmi, ['Maha' meaning 'Great'] has eight aspects: > > > > > > First: Adya Lakshmi. Adya Lakshmi means Mahalakshmi. > > > > > > Second: Vidya Lakshmi. Vidya is the art of Sahaja Yoga ['Union > with > > the Divine Within']. That is Vidya; the rest is all avidya > > [ignorance]. How to raise the Kundalini, how to awaken all the > > deities [within you], how to cleanse yourself, how to cleanse > others, > > all the knowledge, all the aspects of that is called as 'Vidya', > > the 'Lakshmi Vidya'. Lakshmi is the grace.... 'the awareness, that > is > > gracious'. > > > > > > Third: Sobhagya Lakshmi. Sobhagya means good fortune; the Lakshmi > > that gives you fortune in everything, in money, in your living, in > > your food, in any way. Any good fortune is given through God! It's > > only God who gives good fortune! > > > > > > Fourth: Amruta Lakshmi. Amruta means the thing that does not die. > > In this world Lakshmi exists as your wealth. Now the wealth that > does > > not die, what is it? It is the Spirit! So the grace of the Spirit > is > > the Amruta Lakshmi.... the rest will die out and whatever is done > > through the Spirit, to please the Spirit, is the Amruta Lakshmi. > For > > example, loving others.... loving means giving without any > > expectation [of return], just giving and enjoying! The greatest > thing > > is to give vibrations. Vibrations cannot die! > > > > > > Fifth: Gruha Lakshmi (and Raja Lakshmi). [Explained above]. > > > > > > Sixth: Satya Lakshmi. That is awareness. She is the one who has > > given you awareness. Awareness is Lakshmi's character. 'Satya' > means > > the truth. As you rise in your awareness, you know the truth! What > is > > the truth? What are you aware of? You are aware that you are the > > instrument of God, and that He is working through you. You are > aware > > of it, because it is flowing on your central nervous system. This > is > > the truth of which you have to be aware! > > > > > > What is the other truth? It is, " Who are you? " .... that you are > the > > Spirit! And the third truth is " Who am I? " and " Who is > > God? " .... " What is your destiny? " . If these become your awareness, > > then you have got 'Satya' Lakshmi! > > > > > > Seventh: Bhogya Lakshmi. 'Bhog' means the 'One by which you > enjoy.' > > I mean, you can have the whole Ocean of Joy around you and yet, > like > > a bird, cannot drink it! It is only through the grace of 'Bhogya > > Lakshmi', that you can " enjoy " ! > > > > > > Eighth: Yoga Lakshmi. It's the Lakshmi's power which gives you > Yoga > > [union with God]. Lakshmi supports your power of Yoga, by giving > you > > awareness. So 'Yoga Lakshmi' is the power by which you go to Yoga! > > Then once you have achieved your Yoga, you get the grace! Lakshmi > is > > the grace, so you get the grace of a saint. > > > > > > (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Diwali Festival of Light - Diwali > Puja - > > Country Unknown - 1 November, 1981) > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Dear Jagbir and All, [i will C & P your post and reply to it].... Dear Violet and All, i think it will be best to edit this lengthy topic and leave out part 4, or anything of the same substance. i can do that. Since you have also other part(s) remaining i will wait. [Okay, i am happy with that. As you say, we need to make the Christians feel comfortable. We cannot be too 'Hindunized' when presenting the 'Christian Comforter' to the Christians. i recall Shri Mataji recently telling yogis in the USA that it is the American yogis, not immigrants, who have to examine and elucidate why they were attracted to Sahaja Yoga, and why they continue Sahaja Yoga. Just to remind us, here are some points She made only 5 months ago, on June 2007!.... [Firstly Point 8]: 8. American yogis (not immigrants) have to examine and elucidate the reasons why they were attracted to and have continued to remain in SAHAJA YOGA. They should ask themselves a key question: " What is it about Shri Mataji and SAHAJA YOGA that makes it so unique and important for me in my life? " They should then try and reach out to mainstream Americans with the same messages. (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - June 2007) [Jagbir, i have to say that the reason i stay in Sahaja Yoga, which is my Second Birth, is because it is my Second Birth of the Spirit. Coming from a Christian background, and knowing my Bible very deeply, i was waiting for the Christian Comforter, and found Her in Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi! That is how 'Christian America' will also become interested in Sahaja Yoga. Shri Mataji was obviously trying to spur on the yogis to try and remember all that She told about Christ's Message, not to mention his Message of the Last Judgment and Resurrection, which message Shri Mataji has come to fulfil! So, by saying yogis have to introspect and see why they accepted Shri Mataji, that is a key to why Americans will also accept Shri Mataji. In other words, Her teachings of the Last Judgment and Resurrection fulfil Christ's teachings!!!] [Here is Point 9 of what Shri Mataji said]: 9. Ordinary Americans have to see and identify with their 'own kind' in order to recognize the benefits of SAHAJA YOGA. This will not easily happen if all they see are Indians propagating SAHAJA YOGA! [Jagbir, so why do ordinary Americans have to see " and identity " with their " own kind " ? [rhetorical question]. Because it is a case of how do " ordinary Americans " adapt to Sahaja Yoga. i can tell you right now, that they are not going to accept having to wear saris. That is not necessary to have your Second Birth. A sari, though nice to wear in front of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at puja, is nevertheless not a requirement to getting your Second Birth of the Spirit! What about all the other 'Hindunized ways'? Again, Christians are not going to accept any photographs of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, because to them, worshipping the photograph of someone, is idol worship! So how are the Sahaja Yogis going to get around that problem?! They will have to teach Christians to " Know Yourself " , which tip Shri Mataji gave!] [Here is Point 10 of what Shri Mataji gave]: 10. American yogis have thus to take center stage and lead this endeavor. All other ethnicities, including Indians, can play a truly supportive role in helping out with this grand venture. [i agree very much with this. Indians teaching Christians Sahaja Yoga will make Christians think that Sahaja Yoga is a 'Hindu thing'. But is it a Hindu thing? Jagbir, is Sahaja Yoga a 'Hindu thing'? That is a question we should perhaps ask and discuss on the forum: " Is Sahaja Yoga a Hindu thing? " i think to freely and openly discuss this question, will give Sahaja Yogis a better 'all-round' perspective on Sahaja Yoga, and what it is.] [Here is Point 11 of what Shri Mataji gave]: 11. Opening SAHAJA schools in various American cities in order to get in more children would be an ideal way to propagate SAHAJA. Children attending SAHAJA schools are completely happy within that environment and if that can be replicated to attract children from non-yogi families that would be a wonderful way of getting SAHAJA into American families. If parents notice that their children are very happy and content with a SAHAJA school (and its attendant culture), the probability of success of their acceptance of Sahaja automatically becomes very high. [As Shri Mataji says, opening Sahaja schools in various American cities, will indeed be a way to get more children in to understand Sahaja Yoga. However, Sahaja Yoga will need to be taught in a Christian country now, not in a Hindu country! We are talking here about " ORDINARY AMERICANS " , as Shri Mataji also says! The challenge is how to connect Sahaja Yoga to people from a Christian Country, isn't it?! Won't Sahaja Yogis have to explain about how Christ's teachings are fulfilled by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi's teachings then? Won't the Last Judgment and Resurrection Message of Christ, of 'Christian America' have to come into it?! Is this Shri Mataji's last hope that Sahaja Yogis will give Her Last Judgment and Resurrection Message, that they will in fact, by being faced with 'Christian America' have to admit that Shri Mataji's Message is also Christ Jesus's continued Message?! Is this a very subtle message therefore to Sahaj Yogis from Shri Mataji, to wake up, and really understand what Sahaja Yoga is all about?] Shri Mataji's Conclusion Given: Finally SHRI MATAJI said that SHE will come to America. SHE said that SHE will not give up yet. However, SHE repeatedly asked this question, " You tell Me what it is that I should tell the American public that will make them accept SAHAJA YOGA? " ({Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Conversations with the DIVINE - June 2007, Cabella Ligure, Italy) /message/8498?unwrap=1 & var=1 & \ l=1 [i will say, " Shri Mataji is it not your continued Message of Christ's Message that Americans will accept? " Can't we give it to " ordinary Americans " in that way, so they will understand it? After all, did not You give this message to " ordinary Americans " and " ordinary Australians " and " ordinary Europeans " and " ordinary Russiand " and etc.? " It seems to me that this is the answer that Shri Mataji was trying to get out of the Sahaja Yogis, which i am sure would have satisfied Her! Maybe, She was testing them. After all, for how many years had She, Herself, spoken about the teachings of Christ, and His Last Judgment and Resurrection Message! i wonder if any Sahaja Yogis actually mentioned this point, then? Was this point mentioned? i sure would like to know. Or have WCASY shut the mouths of great Sahaja Yogis about Christ's continued Message to " ordinaary Americans? " i have my doubts that WCASY actually want this message to go out to " ordinary Americans " ! i think they just want to give the Hindu Subtle System Message, don't they? Please prove me wrong, if you disagree!] [WCASY et al, gave this summary, then]: " That in essence is the challenge for all of us. SHRI MATAJI wants to come to America, not necessarily for us but for all those who have yet to see HER light. " [i could not have said it better! Shri Mataji is going to America once more, because She is not giving up yet! We already know here at adishakti.org, what message " ordinary Americans " will accept. It is splashed all over the adishakti.org site: http://www.adishakti.org/ and the Christian site: http://www.holyspirit-shekinah.org/ In fact, Christians already know all about Christ's Message, so Shri Mataji's continuing Message of the Last Judgment and Resurrection Message, will be very acceptable to them! The Christians won't be frightened of that Message. They won't evade it! They will ask Sahaja Yogis all those questions, that relate to Christ and Sahaja Yoga. So Sahaja Yogis will have to face up to " ordinary Christian Americans?! Sahaja Yogis will have to put themselves in 'Christian Shoes', figuratively speaking, and be sensitive to Christian 'sensibilities' when giving them Sahaja Yoga. In other words, American Sahaja Yogis, who necessarily have to know about Christianity, about Christ's Message, have to 'be Christian' when giving " Sahaja Yoga " . It cannot look like it is a Hindu religion. It cannot look fanatical either. Sahaja Yogis are Christian! And Jewish, and Sikh, and Buddhist, and Islam, because Sahaja includes everything and everyone, regardless of cultural background. If anyone can do it, American Sahaja Yogis can do it, that is use all their communicative skills that Shri Krishna bestows on Americans, to give back the Christian Message In Its Fulness, and show the Christians what they have been missing in Christianity! Fill in the missing pieces of the puzzle!!! Btw. if Christians feel that we are presenting them something that is Hindu-based, they will think it is really for the Hindus, and not for the Christians. LOL!!! We have to help heal these fragmented religions, these branches that have broken off from the Tree of Life. The only way we can do that is speak to them in their own language of Christianity! Emphasis on the subtle system is very Hindu and mostly not touched on in Christianity at all. However, once Christians embrace their own 'Christian Comforter's' teachings, they will be more disposed to learning even the deeper aspects of the subtle system, i would say. After all, the subtle system is couched in the language of the 'Seven Churches' in the Bible. Edgar Cayce, the American prophet and seer, also revealed the same. And 'churches' are really our 'inner temple' and not external churches, when spoken about in the Bible!] [Jagbir]: i have realized that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus Christ. The subtle system is the Tree of Life. Self-realization is being born of the Spirit. The Kingdom of God within is the Sahasrara. Entering it by the Narrow Gate is entering via the Agnya Chakra. Shri Kalki is the Second Coming of Christ. The Last Judgment is the grace period to evolve into the spirit prior to His Coming .... and so forth. [Jagbir, you have put it so very brilliantly! It's just fantastic! i had been looking for the Holy Spirit/Comforter that Christ said would come. So when i first came to Sahaja Yoga Meditation in a private home, very soon, i asked about the identity of Shri Mataji, and so forth. i put 2 and 2 together, and realised that She might be the Christian Comforter, that Christ promised would come. Of course, my subsequent spiritual experience soon confirmed that. Maybe, unlike a lot of Sahaja Yogis, i was actually grounded in the Christian scriptures and knew them backwards and forwards, inside and out. And maybe, unlike many Christians, i had from my early years, when i first started asking 'what is it all about?'.... read the Bible very deeply, to really ascertain Christ's meaning.... not superficially, but very deeply. Through the years, i realised i needed something more, a really Divine personality in my life, to take me further, and i knew that would be the Comforter that Christ promised would come! All i can say, is that my real Life Quest, has been fulfilled. To think that this is Our Special Collective Lifetime, that we have met the Incarnation of the Holy Spirit, in person, on Earth, is astounding in itself! It is a very dear and speechless thing, that cannot be truly fathomed. i am sure we will contemplate all the aspects far into the future, that are happening in this lifetime, and will marvel upon it with continued unending Joy! i think many Sahaja Yogis will perhaps only fathom it, in the future, when they can see things more clearly. Right now, many are blinded by their narrow focus, and events have overtaken many. However, in future, especially when Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has Her Mahasammadhi, there will be much inner conscientious searching, as to 'what it was really all about!!!' People will not accept Sir C.P. as a new incarnation. Then they will realise that it was " The Mother " all along, who was the only One who fulfilled all their desires, and in particular, " the Divine Mother within " , the Holy Spirit!] " Now this Kundalini is the power which is placed in the sacrum bone, nowhere else…. And imagine this bone is called " sacrum " ; sacrum means sacred. So they knew there was something in it…. This is the primule, is the germinating power within us. Now this fact has been accepted for thousands of years in India and elsewhere. For in the Bible also they talk of the Tree of Life. That is the same as this…. So this is the thing that is being described in our ancient books, in all the scriptures, even in the Qur'an they are described as Ruh, R,U,H, Ruh. Ruh means the cold breeze, the cool breeze. The cool breeze of the Holy Ghost is described in the Bible also. You cannot suddenly start a new idea about something. If it is an evolutionary process, if it is a living process it must have its background, its history, and it must culminate into something fruitful. Like every fruit has a tree behind it. If it is a living fruit it has to come out the tree that have existed for thousands and thousands of years, and out of that this tree has to come. It must have a base and this is traditionally called the kundalini awakening process…. Christ has said very clearly that you have to be born again. I mean the whole message of Christ's life is realization…. when Christ came on this Earth to show that you have to become the spirit. By His resurrection He showed that, and this is the message of Christ. " Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Seeking our Spirit, 10-23-1980 [Jagbir]: Shri Mataji gave us a very balanced knowledge of the religions, all ultimately culminating in realizing the Self within. So no matter how much Sahaja Yoga has been 'Hindunized' today with all the excessive external rituals and cleansing fanaticism, in future it will revert back to worshipping God Almighty in spirit and truth. That is why it is so necessary today to present that future vision at www.holyspirit-shekinah.org. The focus must be sharp so that the future vision destroys all that is false and mundane. That is only possible if you truly realize that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus. By doing so She also triggers the collective eschatological expectations of humanity, a tremendous task indeed: " I am the Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Ruh). I am the One who has come on this Earth for the first time in this form to do this tremendous task. " Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (Adi-Shakti: Primal Power; being the First Cause.) [Jagbir, i agree totally with what you say! Sahaja Yoga is the fulfilment of Christianity; it is the fulfilment of Buddhism, of Hinduism, of Islam, of Sikhism, of Taoism, of the Great White Spirit, of all of them! Sahaja Yoga has the capability to adapt to every culture and religion under the sun, because it is just the Truth, the Love, and the Wisdom, that has to be imbibed within the person, so they can be transformed and become who they really are, which is the Spirit! Spirit is in every religion and belief! i don't think we, nor Sahaja Yogis under WCASY even " know " how Her Message is going to explode in the world-at-large! The Truth remains and will not go down, in fact it will grow stronger and stronger with Time, and as you say, 'time is on our side'! So Her Message will eventually break through each and every barrier, like the trickle of water eventually wears down every 'rock of resistance'!] The Adi Shakti (Hinduism), Comforter/Holy Spirit (Christianity), Shekinah (Judaism), Ma Adi/Ruh (Islam), Mai Treya (Buddhism), Great Mother (Taoism) and Aykaa Mayee (Sikhism) are the one and same primordial Divine Feminine. According to Aaron-Golan in The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, " The coming eschatological salvation is envisaged in transcendent and universal terms.... in the form of both bodily resurrection and of spiritual immortality. " The Torah contains several references to " the End of Days " (achareet ha-yameem), which is the time of the moshiach (Messiah). As Messiah She fulfills this ancient Jewish prophecy. As Comforter/Holy Spirit promised by Lord Jesus She completes His teachings and commences the Last Judgment. As Mahdi/Ruh She proclaims the Great News of the Resurrection (surah 75 Al-Qiyamah). " Great News: usually understood to mean the News or Message of the Resurrection. " (Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Quran) As Mai(Mother) Treya(Threefold) She fulfills the prophecy to renew Buddha's work. " Relying on certain Mahayana Buddhist citations and quotations ... the fifth Buddha will be Maitreya Buddha. " — the present XIVth Dalai Lama. As the Shakti entrenched in the holy scriptures She grants both bodily resurrection (kundalni awakening/self-realization/second birth) and spiritual immortality (moksa/eternal life). The daily experience of the cool breeze (Ruach/Breath of God/Ruh/Chaitanya) will assure humans that the promised evolution into the eternal spirit has begun. We must remain focused on spreading this Great News, the Blossom Time as Shri Mataji fondly calls it. We must see Her vision for the emancipation of humanity with great clarity, and act with that same sense of urgency and sincerity. We are well on the way. [Thank-you for your heartwarming message that " we are well on the way " . YES, WE ARE!] warmest regards, jagbir warmest regards, violet , " jagbir singh " <adishakti_org wrote: > > Dear Violet and All, > > i think it will be best to edit this lenghty topic and leave out part > 4, or anything of the same substance. i can do that. Since you have > also other part(s) remaining i will wait. > > i have realized that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the Adi > Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus > Christ. The subtle system is the Tree of Life. Self-realization is > being born of the Spirit. The Kingdom of God within is the Sahasrara. > Entering it by the Narrow Gate is entering via the Agnya Chakra. Shri > Kalki is the Second Coming of Christ. The Last Judgment is the grace > period to evolve into the spirit prior to His Coming ... and so forth. > > " Now this Kundalini is the power which is placed in the sacrum bone, > nowhere else…. And imagine this bone is called " sacrum " ; sacrum means > sacred. So they knew there was something in it…. > > This is the primule, is the germinating power within us. Now this > fact has been accepted for thousands of years in India and elsewhere. > For in the Bible also they talk of the Tree of Life. That is the same > as this…. > > So this is the thing that is being described in our ancient books, in > all the scriptures, even in the Qur'an they are described as Ruh, > R,U,H, Ruh. Ruh means the cold breeze, the cool breeze. The cool > breeze of the Holy Ghost is described in the Bible also. > > You cannot suddenly start a new idea about something. If it is an > evolutionary process, if it is a living process it must have its > background, its history, and it must culminate into something > fruitful. Like every fruit has a tree behind it. If it is a living > fruit it has to come out the tree that have existed for thousands and > thousands of years, and out of that this tree has to come. It must > have a base and this is traditionally called the kundalini awakening > process…. > > Christ has said very clearly that you have to be born again. I mean > the whole message of Christ's life is realization…. when Christ came > on this Earth to show that you have to become the spirit. By His > resurrection He showed that, and this is the message of Christ. " > > Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi > Seeking our Spirit, 10-23-1980 > > > Shri Mataji gave us a very balanced knowledge of the religions, all > ultimately culminating in realizing the Self within. So no matter how > much Sahaja Yoga has been 'Hindunized' today with all the excessive > external rituals and cleansing fanaticism, in future it will revert > back to worshipping God Almighty in spirit and truth. That is why it > is so necessary today to present that future vision at www.holyspirit- > shekinah.org. The focus must be sharp so that the future vision > destroys all that is false and mundane. That is only possible if you > truly realize that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the Adi > Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus. By > doing so She also triggers the collective eschatological expectations > of humanity, a tremendous task indeed: > > " I am the Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Ruh). I am the One who has come on > this Earth for the first time in this form to do this tremendous > task. " > > Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi > (Adi-Shakti: Primal Power; being the First Cause.) > > > The Adi Shakti (Hinduism), Comforter/Holy Spirit (Christianity), > Shekinah (Judaism), Ma Adi/Ruh (Islam), Mai Treya (Buddhism), Great > Mother (Taoism) and Aykaa Mayee (Sikhism) are the one and same > primordial Divine Feminine. > > According to Aaron-Golan in The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, " The > coming eschatological salvation is envisaged in transcendent and > universal terms.... in the form of both bodily resurrection and of > spiritual immortality. " The Torah contains several references to " the > End of Days " (achareet ha-yameem), which is the time of the moshiach > (Messiah). > > As Messiah She fulfills this ancient Jewish prophecy. > > As Comforter/Holy Spirit promised by Lord Jesus She completes His > teachings and commences the Last Judgment. > > As Mahdi/Ruh She proclaims the Great News of the Resurrection (surah > 75 Al-Qiyamah). " Great News: usually understood to mean the News or > Message of the Resurrection. " (Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Quran) > > As Mai(Mother) Treya(Threefold) She fulfills the prophecy to renew > Buddha's work. " Relying on certain Mahayana Buddhist citations and > quotations ... the fifth Buddha will be Maitreya Buddha. " — the > present XIVth Dalai Lama > > As the Shakti entrenched in the holy scriptures She grants both > bodily resurrection (kundalni awakening/self-realization/second > birth) and spiritual immortality (moksa/eternal life). The daily > experience of the cool breeze (Ruach/Breath of God/Ruh/Chaitanya) > will assure humans that the promised evolution into the eternal > spirit has begun. We must remain focused on spreading this Great News, > the Blossom Time as Shri Mataji fondly calls it. We must see Her > vision for the emancipation of humanity with great clarity, and act > with that same sense of urgency and sincerity. We are well on the way. > > warmest regards, > > jagbir > > > > , " Violet " > <violet.tubb@> wrote: > > > > Dear Jagbir, > > > > Okay. i won't use it as 'Part 4' but make the next one 'Part 4'. Or > are you meaning that Parts 1, 2, and 3 are also not suitable for > Christians, and should be just for our forum? > > > > warmest regards, > > > > violet > > > > > > > > , " jagbir > > singh " <adishakti_org@> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Violet, > > > > > > i do not think this topic is suitable for HSS. It is a very > > difficult topic to understand, and i mean for Hindus. > > > > > > HSS should be entirely related to the Bible - Jesus, kingdom of > > god, second birth, resurrection, last judgment, comforter, divine > > feminine etc. Christians visiting HSS should feel very comfortable > with the > site topics. i know many Christians are averse to anything non- Bible. > > > > > > warmest regards, > > > > > > jagbir > > > > > > > > > , " Violet " > > > <violet.tubb@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear Jagbir, > > > > > > > > This is Part 4 of 'The Body of the Mother', for upload to (HSS). > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > violet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [For Upload]: > > > > > > > > The Body of the Mother - Part 4 > > > > > > > > [Gruha Lakshmi indicates the divine feminine quality of peace > > that > > > manifests in the stomach and partly in the liver from the location > > of > > > the solar plexus, whose energy center is called 'Nahbi Chakra'. > The > > > power of Gruha Lakshmi is also the unique power of a mother's > love, > > > wife's love, and sister's love, that can and does call for a > > > certain 'self-sacrifice' for the welfare of family, friends, loved > > > ones, and the world-at-large! Shri Mataji has said that the Age of > > > Truth is also the age in which women will arise and transform the > > > world around them. In more universal terminology, the patriarchal > > age > > > is giving way to a 'matriarchal age', the Age of the Divine > > Feminine, > > > the Holy Spirit, who is the Comforter that Christ promised would > > > come! In this excerpt of the 'Body of the Mother', Shri Mataji > > > Nirmala Devi explains about Gruha Lakshmi, Raja Lakshmi, > > Mahalakshmi, > > > and their importance to us.].... > > > > > > > > > > > > What is the Gruha Lakshmi, Raja Lakshmi and Mahalakshmi? > > > > > > > > Peace is only achieved through the Gruha Lakshmi - through your > > > proper adjustment of your spleen. Because the spleen is the giver > > of > > > the blood cells, it creates nutrition for the whole body. If there > > is > > > no peace in that area within us, the whole system can go out, as > > this > > > is the 'nourishing center' within us. And that centre that > > nourishes, > > > also gives peace! > > > > > > > > You must have heard the " Ya Devi, sarva bhuteshu shanti rupena > > > samstitha " - the goddess that is the 'shanti' that is present in > > > every human being 'as peace'. So this peace is only possible if > > > housewives realise their importance, bear it upon themselves, are > > > forgiving and are redeeming family life. They have to redeem the > > > family life, and where this gets spoilt, the whole system goes > out! > > > > > > > > [shri Mataji Nirmala Devi now indicates the chakra position]: > > > > > > > > The right [masculine] side is the Raja Lakshmi; [left feminine > > > side, being the 'Gruha Lakshmi']. Once this 'Raja Lakshmi' > business > > > comes up, you will then understand " respect " , because once you > > > respect yourself, you start respecting others also. And [the fact] > > > that you are all saints [means that] you have to respect each > other > > > in the same way ['equally']! > > > > > > > > Today the light is now there, which is a very important thing! > > From > > > the beginning, in the Gruha Lakshmi state [of the evolution of > man] > > > when man first discovered fire and used the fire to cook the food, > > it > > > was the warmth of the Mother, that was shown through the heart. > She > > > used the warmth in the house to warm up her children, to give them > > > food and all that. Then it became a very collective thing, > > expressed > > > as light! If you celebrate any Republic Day or Independence Day, > we > > > put on the lights - we have fireworks! To express ourselves that > > way, > > > is the 'Raja Lakshmi.' > > > > > > > > [Note: 'Raja Lakshmi' again, referring to the masculine " right " > > > side, and 'Gruha Lakshmi' referring to the feminine " left " side > > > qualities]. > > > > > > > > > > > > The Eight Aspects of Mahalakshmi.... > > > > > > > > Mahalakshmi, ['Maha' meaning 'Great'] has eight aspects: > > > > > > > > First: Adya Lakshmi. Adya Lakshmi means Mahalakshmi. > > > > > > > > Second: Vidya Lakshmi. Vidya is the art of Sahaja Yoga ['Union > > with > > > the Divine Within']. That is Vidya; the rest is all avidya > > > [ignorance]. How to raise the Kundalini, how to awaken all the > > > deities [within you], how to cleanse yourself, how to cleanse > > others, > > > all the knowledge, all the aspects of that is called as 'Vidya', > > > the 'Lakshmi Vidya'. Lakshmi is the grace.... 'the awareness, that > > is > > > gracious'. > > > > > > > > Third: Sobhagya Lakshmi. Sobhagya means good fortune; the > Lakshmi > > > that gives you fortune in everything, in money, in your living, in > > > your food, in any way. Any good fortune is given through God! It's > > > only God who gives good fortune! > > > > > > > > Fourth: Amruta Lakshmi. Amruta means the thing that does not > die. > > > In this world Lakshmi exists as your wealth. Now the wealth that > > does > > > not die, what is it? It is the Spirit! So the grace of the Spirit > > is > > > the Amruta Lakshmi.... the rest will die out and whatever is done > > > through the Spirit, to please the Spirit, is the Amruta Lakshmi. > > For > > > example, loving others.... loving means giving without any > > > expectation [of return], just giving and enjoying! The greatest > > thing > > > is to give vibrations. Vibrations cannot die! > > > > > > > > Fifth: Gruha Lakshmi (and Raja Lakshmi). [Explained above]. > > > > > > > > Sixth: Satya Lakshmi. That is awareness. She is the one who has > > > given you awareness. Awareness is Lakshmi's character. 'Satya' > > means > > > the truth. As you rise in your awareness, you know the truth! What > > is > > > the truth? What are you aware of? You are aware that you are the > > > instrument of God, and that He is working through you. You are > > aware > > > of it, because it is flowing on your central nervous system. This > > is > > > the truth of which you have to be aware! > > > > > > > > What is the other truth? It is, " Who are you? " .... that you are > > the > > > Spirit! And the third truth is " Who am I? " and " Who is > > > God? " .... " What is your destiny? " . If these become your awareness, > > > then you have got 'Satya' Lakshmi! > > > > > > > > Seventh: Bhogya Lakshmi. 'Bhog' means the 'One by which you > > enjoy.' > > > I mean, you can have the whole Ocean of Joy around you and yet, > > like > > > a bird, cannot drink it! It is only through the grace of 'Bhogya > > > Lakshmi', that you can " enjoy " ! > > > > > > > > Eighth: Yoga Lakshmi. It's the Lakshmi's power which gives you > > Yoga > > > [union with God]. Lakshmi supports your power of Yoga, by giving > > you > > > awareness. So 'Yoga Lakshmi' is the power by which you go to Yoga! > > > Then once you have achieved your Yoga, you get the grace! Lakshmi > > is > > > the grace, so you get the grace of a saint. > > > > > > > > (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Diwali Festival of Light - Diwali > > Puja - > > > Country Unknown - 1 November, 1981) > > > > > > > >; > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 Dear Jagbir and All, Just to add one more thing, regarding taking Sahaja Yoga to " ordinary Americans " (and as you also have said), " ordinary Americans " are going to have to be taught what the Narrow Gate (and not the Agnya Chakra) means. Shri Mataji has given much information about the Narrow Gate! Sahaja Yogis are going to have to tell " ordinary Americans " what the Kingdom of God (and not Sahasrara) means, and Shri Mataji has given much information on the Kingdom of God! Sahaja Yogis are going to have to accept that " ordinary Christian Americans' will not accept photographs to worship, which they consider to be idols. So, Sahaja Yogis will have to teach about the " Holy Spirit Within " so that " ordinary Christian Americans " can " go within " and " KNOW THEMSELVES " ! This has to be done, in the language, culture, and 'Christian understanding' of " ordinary Americans " . So Jagbir, i am very glad you have made these points, also! Btw. Christians also have to be told that " in Shri Mataji's teachings " Christ's teachings of the " Coming of the Comforter " and His continued " Last Judgment and Resurrection Message " has finally been fulfilled! Like you say, Jagbir, the Subtle System Knowledge is a small part of it, which Christians will likely not take too, unless they know the " big picture " of why the subtle system knowledge is handy to have. Unlike Hindus, who are maybe very " chakra based " , 'Christian Americans' are not 'chakra based'! They think it is " occult knowledge " that is forbidden knowledge, in a lot of cases. So, these are the barriers to reaching " Ordinary Christian Americans', and understanding of 'Christian Americans' is needed, to take Sahaja Yoga to them in a way that they can accept it! So, 'Hindu-looking-things' will probably not work with ordinary 'Christian Americans', i would say. Because Christian Americans are very much indoctrinated into " not worshipping idols " , nor are that interested in chakras, or Kundlini. But they " are " interested in the " Holy Spirit " , in the " Last Judgment and Resurrection " , in the " Narrow Gate " , and in " Salvation " , and in Christ's Message. So these aspects have to be addressed and focussed upon! regards to all, violet , " Violet " <violet.tubb wrote: > > Dear Jagbir and All, > > [i will C & P your post and reply to it].... > > Dear Violet and All, > > i think it will be best to edit this lengthy topic and leave out part 4, or anything of the same substance. i can do that. Since you have also other part(s) remaining i will wait. > > [Okay, i am happy with that. As you say, we need to make the Christians feel comfortable. We cannot be too 'Hindunized' when presenting the 'Christian Comforter' to the Christians. i recall Shri Mataji recently telling yogis in the USA that it is the American yogis, not immigrants, who have to examine and elucidate why they were attracted to Sahaja Yoga, and why they continue Sahaja Yoga. Just to remind us, here are some points She made only 5 months ago, on June 2007!.... > > > [Firstly Point 8]: > > 8. American yogis (not immigrants) have to examine and elucidate the reasons why they were attracted to and have continued to remain in SAHAJA YOGA. They should ask themselves a key question: " What is it about Shri Mataji and SAHAJA YOGA that makes it so unique and important for me in my life? " They should then try and reach out to mainstream Americans with the same messages. (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - June 2007) > > [Jagbir, i have to say that the reason i stay in Sahaja Yoga, which is my Second Birth, is because it is my Second Birth of the Spirit. Coming from a Christian background, and knowing my Bible very deeply, i was waiting for the Christian Comforter, and found Her in Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi! That is how 'Christian America' will also become interested in Sahaja Yoga. Shri Mataji was obviously trying to spur on the yogis to try and remember all that She told about Christ's Message, not to mention his Message of the Last Judgment and Resurrection, which message Shri Mataji has come to fulfil! So, by saying yogis have to introspect and see why they accepted Shri Mataji, that is a key to why Americans will also accept Shri Mataji. In other words, Her teachings of the Last Judgment and Resurrection fulfil Christ's teachings!!!] > > > [Here is Point 9 of what Shri Mataji said]: > > 9. Ordinary Americans have to see and identify with their 'own kind' in order to recognize the benefits of SAHAJA YOGA. This will not easily happen if all they see are Indians propagating SAHAJA YOGA! > > [Jagbir, so why do ordinary Americans have to see " and identity " with their " own kind " ? [rhetorical question]. Because it is a case of how do " ordinary Americans " adapt to Sahaja Yoga. i can tell you right now, that they are not going to accept having to wear saris. That is not necessary to have your Second Birth. A sari, though nice to wear in front of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at puja, is nevertheless not a requirement to getting your Second Birth of the Spirit! What about all the other 'Hindunized ways'? Again, Christians are not going to accept any photographs of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, because to them, worshipping the photograph of someone, is idol worship! So how are the Sahaja Yogis going to get around that problem?! They will have to teach Christians to " Know Yourself " , which tip Shri Mataji gave!] > > > [Here is Point 10 of what Shri Mataji gave]: > > 10. American yogis have thus to take center stage and lead this endeavor. All other ethnicities, including Indians, can play a truly supportive role in helping out with this grand venture. > > [i agree very much with this. Indians teaching Christians Sahaja Yoga will make Christians think that Sahaja Yoga is a 'Hindu thing'. But is it a Hindu thing? Jagbir, is Sahaja Yoga a 'Hindu thing'? That is a question we should perhaps ask and discuss on the forum: > > " Is Sahaja Yoga a Hindu thing? " > > i think to freely and openly discuss this question, will give Sahaja Yogis a better 'all-round' perspective on Sahaja Yoga, and what it is.] > > > [Here is Point 11 of what Shri Mataji gave]: > > 11. Opening SAHAJA schools in various American cities in order to get in more children would be an ideal way to propagate SAHAJA. Children attending SAHAJA schools are completely happy within that environment and if that can be replicated to attract children from non-yogi families that would be a wonderful way of getting SAHAJA into American families. If parents notice that their children are very happy and content with a SAHAJA school (and its attendant culture), the probability of success of their acceptance of Sahaja automatically becomes very high. > > [As Shri Mataji says, opening Sahaja schools in various American cities, will indeed be a way to get more children in to understand Sahaja Yoga. However, Sahaja Yoga will need to be taught in a Christian country now, not in a Hindu country! We are talking here about " ORDINARY AMERICANS " , as Shri Mataji also says! The challenge is how to connect Sahaja Yoga to people from a Christian Country, isn't it?! Won't Sahaja Yogis have to explain about how Christ's teachings are fulfilled by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi's teachings then? Won't the Last Judgment and Resurrection Message of Christ, of 'Christian America' have to come into it?! Is this Shri Mataji's last hope that Sahaja Yogis will give Her Last Judgment and Resurrection Message, that they will in fact, by being faced with 'Christian America' have to admit that Shri Mataji's Message is also Christ Jesus's continued Message?! Is this a very subtle message therefore to Sahaj Yogis from Shri Mataji, to wake up, and really understand what Sahaja Yoga is all about?] > > > Shri Mataji's Conclusion Given: > > Finally SHRI MATAJI said that SHE will come to America. SHE said that SHE will not give up yet. However, SHE repeatedly asked this question, " You tell Me what it is that I should tell the American public that will make them accept SAHAJA YOGA? " ({Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Conversations with the DIVINE - June 2007, Cabella Ligure, Italy) > > /message/ 8498?unwrap=1 & var=1 & l=1 > > [i will say, " Shri Mataji is it not your continued Message of Christ's Message that Americans will accept? " Can't we give it to " ordinary Americans " in that way, so they will understand it? After all, did not You give this message to " ordinary Americans " and " ordinary Australians " and " ordinary Europeans " and " ordinary Russiand " and etc.? " > > It seems to me that this is the answer that Shri Mataji was trying to get out of the Sahaja Yogis, which i am sure would have satisfied Her! Maybe, She was testing them. After all, for how many years had She, Herself, spoken about the teachings of Christ, and His Last Judgment and Resurrection Message! i wonder if any Sahaja Yogis actually mentioned this point, then? Was this point mentioned? i sure would like to know. Or have WCASY shut the mouths of great Sahaja Yogis about Christ's continued Message to " ordinaary Americans? " i have my doubts that WCASY actually want this message to go out to " ordinary Americans " ! i think they just want to give the Hindu Subtle System Message, don't they? Please prove me wrong, if you disagree!] > > [WCASY et al, gave this summary, then]: > > " That in essence is the challenge for all of us. SHRI MATAJI wants to come to America, not necessarily for us but for all those who have yet to see HER light. " > > [i could not have said it better! Shri Mataji is going to America once more, because She is not giving up yet! We already know here at adishakti.org, what message " ordinary Americans " will accept. It is splashed all over the adishakti.org site: > > http://www.adishakti.org/ > > and the Christian site: > > http://www.holyspirit-shekinah.org/ > > In fact, Christians already know all about Christ's Message, so Shri Mataji's continuing Message of the Last Judgment and Resurrection Message, will be very acceptable to them! The Christians won't be frightened of that Message. They won't evade it! They will ask Sahaja Yogis all those questions, that relate to Christ and Sahaja Yoga. So Sahaja Yogis will have to face up to " ordinary Christian Americans?! > > Sahaja Yogis will have to put themselves in 'Christian Shoes', figuratively speaking, and be sensitive to Christian 'sensibilities' when giving them Sahaja Yoga. In other words, American Sahaja Yogis, who necessarily have to know about Christianity, about Christ's Message, have to 'be Christian' when giving " Sahaja Yoga " . It cannot look like it is a Hindu religion. It cannot look fanatical either. Sahaja Yogis are Christian! And Jewish, and Sikh, and Buddhist, and Islam, because Sahaja includes everything and everyone, regardless of cultural background. > > If anyone can do it, American Sahaja Yogis can do it, that is use all their communicative skills that Shri Krishna bestows on Americans, to give back the Christian Message In Its Fulness, and show the Christians what they have been missing in Christianity! Fill in the missing pieces of the puzzle!!! > > Btw. if Christians feel that we are presenting them something that is Hindu-based, they will think it is really for the Hindus, and not for the Christians. LOL!!! We have to help heal these fragmented religions, these branches that have broken off from the Tree of Life. The only way we can do that is speak to them in their own language of Christianity! Emphasis on the subtle system is very Hindu and mostly not touched on in Christianity at all. However, once Christians embrace their own 'Christian Comforter's' teachings, they will be more disposed to learning even the deeper aspects of the subtle system, i would say. After all, the subtle system is couched in the language of the 'Seven Churches' in the Bible. Edgar Cayce, the American prophet and seer, also revealed the same. And 'churches' are really our 'inner temple' and not external churches, when spoken about in the Bible!] > > > [Jagbir]: > > i have realized that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus Christ. The subtle system is the Tree of Life. Self-realization is being born of the Spirit. The Kingdom of God within is the Sahasrara. Entering it by the Narrow Gate is entering via the Agnya Chakra. Shri Kalki is the Second Coming of Christ. The Last Judgment is the grace period to evolve into the spirit prior to His Coming ... and so forth. > > [Jagbir, you have put it so very brilliantly! It's just fantastic! i had been looking for the Holy Spirit/Comforter that Christ said would come. So when i first came to Sahaja Yoga Meditation in a private home, very soon, i asked about the identity of Shri Mataji, and so forth. i put 2 and 2 together, and realised that She might be the Christian Comforter, that Christ promised would come. Of course, my subsequent spiritual experience soon confirmed that. Maybe, unlike a lot of Sahaja Yogis, i was actually grounded in the Christian scriptures and knew them backwards and forwards, inside and out. And maybe, unlike many Christians, i had from my early years, when i first started asking 'what is it all about?'.... read the Bible very deeply, to really ascertain Christ's meaning.... not superficially, but very deeply. Through the years, i realised i needed something more, a really Divine personality in my life, to take me further, and i knew that would be the Comforter that Christ promised would come! All i can say, is that my real Life Quest, has been fulfilled. > > To think that this is Our Special Collective Lifetime, that we have met the Incarnation of the Holy Spirit, in person, on Earth, is astounding in itself! It is a very dear and speechless thing, that cannot be truly fathomed. i am sure we will contemplate all the aspects far into the future, that are happening in this lifetime, and will marvel upon it with continued unending Joy! > > i think many Sahaja Yogis will perhaps only fathom it, in the future, when they can see things more clearly. Right now, many are blinded by their narrow focus, and events have overtaken many. However, in future, especially when Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has Her Mahasammadhi, there will be much inner conscientious searching, as to 'what it was really all about!!!' People will not accept Sir C.P. as a new incarnation. Then they will realise that it was " The Mother " all along, who was the only One who fulfilled all their desires, and in particular, " the Divine Mother within " , the Holy Spirit!] > > > " Now this Kundalini is the power which is placed in the sacrum bone, nowhere else…. And imagine this bone is called " sacrum " ; sacrum means sacred. So they knew there was something in it…. > > This is the primule, is the germinating power within us. Now this fact has been accepted for thousands of years in India and elsewhere. For in the Bible also they talk of the Tree of Life. That is the same as this…. > > So this is the thing that is being described in our ancient books, in all the scriptures, even in the Qur'an they are described as Ruh, R,U,H, Ruh. Ruh means the cold breeze, the cool breeze. The cool breeze of the Holy Ghost is described in the Bible also. > > You cannot suddenly start a new idea about something. If it is an evolutionary process, if it is a living process it must have its background, its history, and it must culminate into something fruitful. Like every fruit has a tree behind it. If it is a living fruit it has to come out the tree that have existed for thousands and thousands of years, and out of that this tree has to come. It must have a base and this is traditionally called the kundalini awakening process…. > > Christ has said very clearly that you have to be born again. I mean the whole message of Christ's life is realization…. when Christ came on this Earth to show that you have to become the spirit. By His resurrection He showed that, and this is the message of Christ. " > > Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi > Seeking our Spirit, 10-23-1980 > > > [Jagbir]: > > Shri Mataji gave us a very balanced knowledge of the religions, all ultimately culminating in realizing the Self within. So no matter how much Sahaja Yoga has been 'Hindunized' today with all the excessive external rituals and cleansing fanaticism, in future it will revert back to worshipping God Almighty in spirit and truth. That is why it is so necessary today to present that future vision at www.holyspirit- shekinah.org. The focus must be sharp so that the future vision destroys all that is false and mundane. That is only possible if you truly realize that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus. By doing so She also triggers the collective eschatological expectations of humanity, a tremendous task indeed: > > " I am the Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Ruh). I am the One who has come on this Earth for the first time in this form to do this tremendous task. " > > Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi > (Adi-Shakti: Primal Power; being the First Cause.) > > [Jagbir, i agree totally with what you say! Sahaja Yoga is the fulfilment of Christianity; it is the fulfilment of Buddhism, of Hinduism, of Islam, of Sikhism, of Taoism, of the Great White Spirit, of all of them! Sahaja Yoga has the capability to adapt to every culture and religion under the sun, because it is just the Truth, the Love, and the Wisdom, that has to be imbibed within the person, so they can be transformed and become who they really are, which is the Spirit! Spirit is in every religion and belief! i don't think we, nor Sahaja Yogis under WCASY even " know " how Her Message is going to explode in the world-at-large! The Truth remains and will not go down, in fact it will grow stronger and stronger with Time, and as you say, 'time is on our side'! So Her Message will eventually break through each and every barrier, like the trickle of water eventually wears down every 'rock of resistance'!] > > > The Adi Shakti (Hinduism), Comforter/Holy Spirit (Christianity), Shekinah (Judaism), Ma Adi/Ruh (Islam), Mai Treya (Buddhism), Great Mother (Taoism) and Aykaa Mayee (Sikhism) are the one and same primordial Divine Feminine. > > According to Aaron-Golan in The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, " The coming eschatological salvation is envisaged in transcendent and universal terms.... in the form of both bodily resurrection and of spiritual immortality. " The Torah contains several references to " the End of Days " (achareet ha-yameem), which is the time of the moshiach (Messiah). > > As Messiah She fulfills this ancient Jewish prophecy. > > As Comforter/Holy Spirit promised by Lord Jesus She completes His teachings and commences the Last Judgment. > > As Mahdi/Ruh She proclaims the Great News of the Resurrection (surah 75 Al-Qiyamah). " Great News: usually understood to mean the News or Message of the Resurrection. " (Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Quran) > > As Mai(Mother) Treya(Threefold) She fulfills the prophecy to renew Buddha's work. " Relying on certain Mahayana Buddhist citations and quotations ... the fifth Buddha will be Maitreya Buddha. " — the present XIVth Dalai Lama. > > As the Shakti entrenched in the holy scriptures She grants both bodily resurrection (kundalni awakening/self-realization/second birth) and spiritual immortality (moksa/eternal life). The daily experience of the cool breeze (Ruach/Breath of God/Ruh/Chaitanya) will assure humans that the promised evolution into the eternal spirit has begun. We must remain focused on spreading this Great News, the Blossom Time as Shri Mataji fondly calls it. We must see Her vision for the emancipation of humanity with great clarity, and act with that same sense of urgency and sincerity. We are well on the way. > > [Thank-you for your heartwarming message that " we are well on the way " . YES, WE ARE!] > > warmest regards, > > jagbir > > > warmest regards, > > violet > > > > , " jagbir > singh " <adishakti_org@> wrote: > > > > Dear Violet and All, > > > > i think it will be best to edit this lenghty topic and leave out > part > > 4, or anything of the same substance. i can do that. Since you have > > also other part(s) remaining i will wait. > > > > i have realized that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the > Adi > > Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus > > Christ. The subtle system is the Tree of Life. Self-realization is > > being born of the Spirit. The Kingdom of God within is the > Sahasrara. > > Entering it by the Narrow Gate is entering via the Agnya Chakra. > Shri > > Kalki is the Second Coming of Christ. The Last Judgment is the > grace > > period to evolve into the spirit prior to His Coming ... and so > forth. > > > > " Now this Kundalini is the power which is placed in the sacrum > bone, > > nowhere else…. And imagine this bone is called " sacrum " ; sacrum > means > > sacred. So they knew there was something in it…. > > > > This is the primule, is the germinating power within us. Now this > > fact has been accepted for thousands of years in India and > elsewhere. > > For in the Bible also they talk of the Tree of Life. That is the > same > > as this…. > > > > So this is the thing that is being described in our ancient books, > in > > all the scriptures, even in the Qur'an they are described as Ruh, > > R,U,H, Ruh. Ruh means the cold breeze, the cool breeze. The cool > > breeze of the Holy Ghost is described in the Bible also. > > > > You cannot suddenly start a new idea about something. If it is an > > evolutionary process, if it is a living process it must have its > > background, its history, and it must culminate into something > > fruitful. Like every fruit has a tree behind it. If it is a living > > fruit it has to come out the tree that have existed for thousands > and > > thousands of years, and out of that this tree has to come. It must > > have a base and this is traditionally called the kundalini > awakening > > process…. > > > > Christ has said very clearly that you have to be born again. I mean > > the whole message of Christ's life is realization…. when Christ > came > > on this Earth to show that you have to become the spirit. By His > > resurrection He showed that, and this is the message of Christ. " > > > > Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi > > Seeking our Spirit, 10-23-1980 > > > > > > Shri Mataji gave us a very balanced knowledge of the religions, all > > ultimately culminating in realizing the Self within. So no matter > how > > much Sahaja Yoga has been 'Hindunized' today with all the excessive > > external rituals and cleansing fanaticism, in future it will revert > > back to worshipping God Almighty in spirit and truth. That is why > it > > is so necessary today to present that future vision at > www.holyspirit- > > shekinah.org. The focus must be sharp so that the future vision > > destroys all that is false and mundane. That is only possible if > you > > truly realize that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the Adi > > Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus. > By > > doing so She also triggers the collective eschatological > expectations > > of humanity, a tremendous task indeed: > > > > " I am the Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Ruh). I am the One who has come > on > > this Earth for the first time in this form to do this tremendous > > task. " > > > > Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi > > (Adi-Shakti: Primal Power; being the First Cause.) > > > > > > The Adi Shakti (Hinduism), Comforter/Holy Spirit (Christianity), > > Shekinah (Judaism), Ma Adi/Ruh (Islam), Mai Treya (Buddhism), Great > > Mother (Taoism) and Aykaa Mayee (Sikhism) are the one and same > > primordial Divine Feminine. > > > > According to Aaron-Golan in The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, " The > > coming eschatological salvation is envisaged in transcendent and > > universal terms.... in the form of both bodily resurrection and of > > spiritual immortality. " The Torah contains several references to > " the > > End of Days " (achareet ha-yameem), which is the time of the > moshiach > > (Messiah). > > > > As Messiah She fulfills this ancient Jewish prophecy. > > > > As Comforter/Holy Spirit promised by Lord Jesus She completes His > > teachings and commences the Last Judgment. > > > > As Mahdi/Ruh She proclaims the Great News of the Resurrection > (surah > > 75 Al-Qiyamah). " Great News: usually understood to mean the News or > > Message of the Resurrection. " (Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Quran) > > > > As Mai(Mother) Treya(Threefold) She fulfills the prophecy to renew > > Buddha's work. " Relying on certain Mahayana Buddhist citations and > > quotations ... the fifth Buddha will be Maitreya Buddha. " — the > > present XIVth Dalai Lama > > > > As the Shakti entrenched in the holy scriptures She grants both > > bodily resurrection (kundalni awakening/self-realization/second > > birth) and spiritual immortality (moksa/eternal life). The daily > > experience of the cool breeze (Ruach/Breath of God/Ruh/Chaitanya) > > will assure humans that the promised evolution into the eternal > > spirit has begun. We must remain focused on spreading this Great > News, > > the Blossom Time as Shri Mataji fondly calls it. We must see Her > > vision for the emancipation of humanity with great clarity, and act > > with that same sense of urgency and sincerity. We are well on the > way. > > > > warmest regards, > > > > jagbir > > > > > > > > , " Violet " > > <violet.tubb@> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Jagbir, > > > > > > Okay. i won't use it as 'Part 4' but make the next one 'Part 4'. > Or > > are you meaning that Parts 1, 2, and 3 are also not suitable for > > Christians, and should be just for our forum? > > > > > > warmest regards, > > > > > > violet > > > > > > > > > > > > , " jagbir > > > singh " <adishakti_org@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear Violet, > > > > > > > > i do not think this topic is suitable for HSS. It is a very > > > difficult topic to understand, and i mean for Hindus. > > > > > > > > HSS should be entirely related to the Bible - Jesus, kingdom of > > > god, second birth, resurrection, last judgment, comforter, divine > > > feminine etc. Christians visiting HSS should feel very > comfortable > > with the > > site topics. i know many Christians are averse to anything non- > Bible. > > > > > > > > warmest regards, > > > > > > > > jagbir > > > > > > > > > > > > , " Violet " > > > > <violet.tubb@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Dear Jagbir, > > > > > > > > > > This is Part 4 of 'The Body of the Mother', for upload to > (HSS). > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > violet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [For Upload]: > > > > > > > > > > The Body of the Mother - Part 4 > > > > > > > > > > [Gruha Lakshmi indicates the divine feminine quality of peace > > > that > > > > manifests in the stomach and partly in the liver from the > location > > > of > > > > the solar plexus, whose energy center is called 'Nahbi Chakra'. > > The > > > > power of Gruha Lakshmi is also the unique power of a mother's > > love, > > > > wife's love, and sister's love, that can and does call for a > > > > certain 'self-sacrifice' for the welfare of family, friends, > loved > > > > ones, and the world-at-large! Shri Mataji has said that the > Age of > > > > Truth is also the age in which women will arise and transform > the > > > > world around them. In more universal terminology, the > patriarchal > > > age > > > > is giving way to a 'matriarchal age', the Age of the Divine > > > Feminine, > > > > the Holy Spirit, who is the Comforter that Christ promised > would > > > > come! In this excerpt of the 'Body of the Mother', Shri Mataji > > > > Nirmala Devi explains about Gruha Lakshmi, Raja Lakshmi, > > > Mahalakshmi, > > > > and their importance to us.].... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What is the Gruha Lakshmi, Raja Lakshmi and Mahalakshmi? > > > > > > > > > > Peace is only achieved through the Gruha Lakshmi - through > your > > > > proper adjustment of your spleen. Because the spleen is the > giver > > > of > > > > the blood cells, it creates nutrition for the whole body. If > there > > > is > > > > no peace in that area within us, the whole system can go out, > as > > > this > > > > is the 'nourishing center' within us. And that centre that > > > nourishes, > > > > also gives peace! > > > > > > > > > > You must have heard the " Ya Devi, sarva bhuteshu shanti > rupena > > > > samstitha " - the goddess that is the 'shanti' that is present > in > > > > every human being 'as peace'. So this peace is only possible if > > > > housewives realise their importance, bear it upon themselves, > are > > > > forgiving and are redeeming family life. They have to redeem > the > > > > family life, and where this gets spoilt, the whole system goes > > out! > > > > > > > > > > [shri Mataji Nirmala Devi now indicates the chakra position]: > > > > > > > > > > The right [masculine] side is the Raja Lakshmi; [left > feminine > > > > side, being the 'Gruha Lakshmi']. Once this 'Raja Lakshmi' > > business > > > > comes up, you will then understand " respect " , because once you > > > > respect yourself, you start respecting others also. And [the > fact] > > > > that you are all saints [means that] you have to respect each > > other > > > > in the same way ['equally']! > > > > > > > > > > Today the light is now there, which is a very important > thing! > > > From > > > > the beginning, in the Gruha Lakshmi state [of the evolution of > > man] > > > > when man first discovered fire and used the fire to cook the > food, > > > it > > > > was the warmth of the Mother, that was shown through the heart. > > She > > > > used the warmth in the house to warm up her children, to give > them > > > > food and all that. Then it became a very collective thing, > > > expressed > > > > as light! If you celebrate any Republic Day or Independence > Day, > > we > > > > put on the lights - we have fireworks! To express ourselves > that > > > way, > > > > is the 'Raja Lakshmi.' > > > > > > > > > > [Note: 'Raja Lakshmi' again, referring to the masculine > " right " > > > > side, and 'Gruha Lakshmi' referring to the feminine " left " side > > > > qualities]. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Eight Aspects of Mahalakshmi.... > > > > > > > > > > Mahalakshmi, ['Maha' meaning 'Great'] has eight aspects: > > > > > > > > > > First: Adya Lakshmi. Adya Lakshmi means Mahalakshmi. > > > > > > > > > > Second: Vidya Lakshmi. Vidya is the art of Sahaja Yoga > ['Union > > > with > > > > the Divine Within']. That is Vidya; the rest is all avidya > > > > [ignorance]. How to raise the Kundalini, how to awaken all the > > > > deities [within you], how to cleanse yourself, how to cleanse > > > others, > > > > all the knowledge, all the aspects of that is called as > 'Vidya', > > > > the 'Lakshmi Vidya'. Lakshmi is the grace.... 'the awareness, > that > > > is > > > > gracious'. > > > > > > > > > > Third: Sobhagya Lakshmi. Sobhagya means good fortune; the > > Lakshmi > > > > that gives you fortune in everything, in money, in your > living, in > > > > your food, in any way. Any good fortune is given through God! > It's > > > > only God who gives good fortune! > > > > > > > > > > Fourth: Amruta Lakshmi. Amruta means the thing that does not > > die. > > > > In this world Lakshmi exists as your wealth. Now the wealth > that > > > does > > > > not die, what is it? It is the Spirit! So the grace of the > Spirit > > > is > > > > the Amruta Lakshmi.... the rest will die out and whatever is > done > > > > through the Spirit, to please the Spirit, is the Amruta > Lakshmi. > > > For > > > > example, loving others.... loving means giving without any > > > > expectation [of return], just giving and enjoying! The greatest > > > thing > > > > is to give vibrations. Vibrations cannot die! > > > > > > > > > > Fifth: Gruha Lakshmi (and Raja Lakshmi). [Explained above]. > > > > > > > > > > Sixth: Satya Lakshmi. That is awareness. She is the one who > has > > > > given you awareness. Awareness is Lakshmi's character. 'Satya' > > > means > > > > the truth. As you rise in your awareness, you know the truth! > What > > > is > > > > the truth? What are you aware of? You are aware that you are > the > > > > instrument of God, and that He is working through you. You are > > > aware > > > > of it, because it is flowing on your central nervous system. > This > > > is > > > > the truth of which you have to be aware! > > > > > > > > > > What is the other truth? It is, " Who are you? " .... that you > are > > > the > > > > Spirit! And the third truth is " Who am I? " and " Who is > > > > God? " .... " What is your destiny? " . If these become your > awareness, > > > > then you have got 'Satya' Lakshmi! > > > > > > > > > > Seventh: Bhogya Lakshmi. 'Bhog' means the 'One by which you > > > enjoy.' > > > > I mean, you can have the whole Ocean of Joy around you and yet, > > > like > > > > a bird, cannot drink it! It is only through the grace of > 'Bhogya > > > > Lakshmi', that you can " enjoy " ! > > > > > > > > > > Eighth: Yoga Lakshmi. It's the Lakshmi's power which gives > you > > > Yoga > > > > [union with God]. Lakshmi supports your power of Yoga, by > giving > > > you > > > > awareness. So 'Yoga Lakshmi' is the power by which you go to > Yoga! > > > > Then once you have achieved your Yoga, you get the grace! > Lakshmi > > > is > > > > the grace, so you get the grace of a saint. > > > > > > > > > > (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Diwali Festival of Light - Diwali > > > Puja - > > > > Country Unknown - 1 November, 1981) > > > > > > > > > > >; > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Dear Jagbir and All, i really have to say one more thing to stress the point. Christians are not going to accept Sahaja Yoga if it is a Hindu thing. Although Hindus are perhaps more open-minded in accepting Christianity, 'ordinary Christian Americans' will not accept to become Hindus, as to them Hinduism is worshipping many gods, and Christians only worship the One God! And that is why Sahaja Yoga needs to be presented to " ordinary Christian America " as a 'Christian thing' and not a 'Hindu thing'!!! Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi shows Her awareness in the importance of recognising the difference in " ethnicity " when it comes to giving Her Message, when She says: " American yogis have thus to take center stage and lead this endeavor. All other ethnicities, including Indians, can play a truly supportive role in helping out with this grand venture. " In other words, when it comes to " ordinary Christian America " , the American Sahaja Yogis have to take center stage, and the Indian (and other 'ethnic') Sahaja Yogis have to take a supportive role only. In other words, American Sahaja Yogis, of 'American ethnicity' have to show that Sahaja Yoga is relevant to Christians in America! It is a challenge, as WCASY have also said!!! And we at adishakti.org and this forum, know very well that Sahaja Yoga is adaptable to every religion and/or spirituality. Sahaja Yoga is the Water of Life that flows, into all the Paths that lead to God, and Sahaja Yoga is also suitable for Christians, if they are only given the chance to understand that.... from the Christian perspective! But maybe Sahaja Yogis themselves, still do not understand the " Universality of the Message " of the Incarnation of the Holy Spirit.... 'the Christian Comforter'. Maybe, Sahaja Yogis themselves, still have to expand their Vision, and get out of viewing Sahaja Yoga as a 'Hindu thing'!!! As merely a 'chakra thing'!!! Perhaps only then, will they be able to present Sahaja Yoga to " ordinary Christian Americans " ! So, again, Sahaja Yogis need to ask themselves: " Is Sahaja Yoga only a Hindu thing? Is Sahaja Yoga not a Christian thing also? Is Sahaja Yoga not a Buddhist thing also? Is Sahaja Yoga not a Sikh thing also? Is Sahaja Yoga not a Jewish thing also? Is Sahaja Yoga not a Great White Spirit thing also? " Seriously consider this: " Can't the Water of Life, of Sahaja Yoga be poured into Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Sikh and Great White Spirit Native Religious forms, so that Sahaja Yoga can be accepted by these different ethnicities? " Forms " are the containers into which the " Water of Life " can be poured; thus received. Religions, which are the different " Forms " are nevertheless, all the Branches on the Full Tree of Life. We have to help all these Branches to become " Re-United " , instead of expecting them all to become the " Same Branch " . In other words, we cannot expect every Branch to become a Hindu Branch!!! Another interesting point is, even when Christian missionaries went to other countries, that actually accept all gods, and who even accepted Jesus, well these missionaries still had to adjust to the local ethnicities and customs, in presenting Christ's Message! One other thing also, with regards to Christians. If Sahaja Yoga is going to be taught from the Christian perspective, and made into a 'Christian thing' that can be accepted by Christian America, then Christ's Message will have to be given first, and how Shri Mataji enlightens Christ's Message. Sahaja Yoga will not be understood by ordinary Christian Americans, by starting to talk about chakras, the subtle system, and Kundalini, which are not terminologies that Jesus used, and therefore not accepted. Later on, when the ordinary Christian American understands the deeper Message of Christ, given through Shri Mataji's teachings, then they will possibly also accept " and understand " about chakras, the subtle system and Kundalini. For Hindus, talking about the subtle system, chakras, and Kundalini worked first, because it is a 'Hindu thing'! For Christians, it will work better to present the Continuing Message of Christ first, and then they might accept chakras, the subtle system, and the Kundalini, when they realise that it is all about the Holy Spirit that is " with them " .... being awakened " within them " as the Bible has said, will happen! i hope this helps in the spread of Shri Mataji's Universal Message of Sahaja Yoga to 'Ordinary Christian Americans'! regards to all, violet , " Violet " <violet.tubb wrote: > > Dear Jagbir and All, > > Just to add one more thing, regarding taking Sahaja Yoga to " ordinary Americans " (and as you also have said), " ordinary Americans " are going to have to be taught what the Narrow Gate (and not the Agnya Chakra) means. Shri Mataji has given much information about the Narrow Gate! > > Sahaja Yogis are going to have to tell " ordinary Americans " what the Kingdom of God (and not Sahasrara) means, and Shri Mataji has given much information on the Kingdom of God! > > Sahaja Yogis are going to have to accept that " ordinary Christian Americans' will not accept photographs to worship, which they consider to be idols. So, Sahaja Yogis will have to teach about the " Holy Spirit Within " so that " ordinary Christian Americans " can " go within " and " KNOW THEMSELVES " ! > > This has to be done, in the language, culture, and 'Christian understanding' of " ordinary Americans " . > > So Jagbir, i am very glad you have made these points, also! > > Btw. Christians also have to be told that " in Shri Mataji's teachings " Christ's teachings of the " Coming of the Comforter " and His continued " Last Judgment and Resurrection Message " has finally been fulfilled! > > Like you say, Jagbir, the Subtle System Knowledge is a small part of it, which Christians will likely not take too, unless they know the " big picture " of why the subtle system knowledge is handy to have. Unlike Hindus, who are maybe very " chakra based " , 'Christian Americans' are not 'chakra based'! They think it is " occult knowledge " that is forbidden knowledge, in a lot of cases. > > So, these are the barriers to reaching " Ordinary Christian Americans', and understanding of 'Christian Americans' is needed, to take Sahaja Yoga to them in a way that they can accept it! > > So, 'Hindu-looking-things' will probably not work with ordinary 'Christian Americans', i would say. Because Christian Americans are very much indoctrinated into " not worshipping idols " , nor are that interested in chakras, or Kundlini. But they " are " interested in the " Holy Spirit " , in the " Last Judgment and Resurrection " , in the " Narrow Gate " , and in " Salvation " , and in Christ's Message. So these aspects have to be addressed and focussed upon! > > regards to all, > > violet > > > > > , > " Violet " <violet.tubb@> wrote: > > > > Dear Jagbir and All, > > > > [i will C & P your post and reply to it].... > > > > Dear Violet and All, > > > > i think it will be best to edit this lengthy topic and leave out > part 4, or anything of the same substance. i can do that. Since you > have also other part(s) remaining i will wait. > > > > [Okay, i am happy with that. As you say, we need to make the > Christians feel comfortable. We cannot be too 'Hindunized' when > presenting the 'Christian Comforter' to the Christians. i recall Shri > Mataji recently telling yogis in the USA that it is the American > yogis, not immigrants, who have to examine and elucidate why they > were attracted to Sahaja Yoga, and why they continue Sahaja Yoga. > Just to remind us, here are some points She made only 5 months ago, > on June 2007!.... > > > > > > [Firstly Point 8]: > > > > 8. American yogis (not immigrants) have to examine and elucidate > the reasons why they were attracted to and have continued to remain > in SAHAJA YOGA. They should ask themselves a key question: " What is > it about Shri Mataji and SAHAJA YOGA that makes it so unique and > important for me in my life? " They should then try and reach out to > mainstream Americans with the same messages. (Shri Mataji Nirmala > Devi - June 2007) > > > > [Jagbir, i have to say that the reason i stay in Sahaja Yoga, which > is my Second Birth, is because it is my Second Birth of the Spirit. > Coming from a Christian background, and knowing my Bible very deeply, > i was waiting for the Christian Comforter, and found Her in Shri > Mataji Nirmala Devi! That is how 'Christian America' will also become > interested in Sahaja Yoga. Shri Mataji was obviously trying to spur > on the yogis to try and remember all that She told about Christ's > Message, not to mention his Message of the Last Judgment and > Resurrection, which message Shri Mataji has come to fulfil! So, by > saying yogis have to introspect and see why they accepted Shri > Mataji, that is a key to why Americans will also accept Shri Mataji. > In other words, Her teachings of the Last Judgment and Resurrection > fulfil Christ's teachings!!!] > > > > > > [Here is Point 9 of what Shri Mataji said]: > > > > 9. Ordinary Americans have to see and identify with their 'own > kind' in order to recognize the benefits of SAHAJA YOGA. This will > not easily happen if all they see are Indians propagating SAHAJA YOGA! > > > > [Jagbir, so why do ordinary Americans have to see " and identity " > with their " own kind " ? [rhetorical question]. Because it is a case of > how do " ordinary Americans " adapt to Sahaja Yoga. i can tell you > right now, that they are not going to accept having to wear saris. > That is not necessary to have your Second Birth. A sari, though nice > to wear in front of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at puja, is nevertheless > not a requirement to getting your Second Birth of the Spirit! What > about all the other 'Hindunized ways'? Again, Christians are not > going to accept any photographs of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, because > to them, worshipping the photograph of someone, is idol worship! So > how are the Sahaja Yogis going to get around that problem?! They will > have to teach Christians to " Know Yourself " , which tip Shri Mataji > gave!] > > > > > > [Here is Point 10 of what Shri Mataji gave]: > > > > 10. American yogis have thus to take center stage and lead this > endeavor. All other ethnicities, including Indians, can play a truly > supportive role in helping out with this grand venture. > > > > [i agree very much with this. Indians teaching Christians Sahaja > Yoga will make Christians think that Sahaja Yoga is a 'Hindu thing'. > But is it a Hindu thing? Jagbir, is Sahaja Yoga a 'Hindu thing'? That > is a question we should perhaps ask and discuss on the forum: > > > > " Is Sahaja Yoga a Hindu thing? " > > > > i think to freely and openly discuss this question, will give > Sahaja Yogis a better 'all-round' perspective on Sahaja Yoga, and > what it is.] > > > > > > [Here is Point 11 of what Shri Mataji gave]: > > > > 11. Opening SAHAJA schools in various American cities in order to > get in more children would be an ideal way to propagate SAHAJA. > Children attending SAHAJA schools are completely happy within that > environment and if that can be replicated to attract children from > non-yogi families that would be a wonderful way of getting SAHAJA > into American families. If parents notice that their children are > very happy and content with a SAHAJA school (and its attendant > culture), the probability of success of their acceptance of Sahaja > automatically becomes very high. > > > > [As Shri Mataji says, opening Sahaja schools in various American > cities, will indeed be a way to get more children in to understand > Sahaja Yoga. However, Sahaja Yoga will need to be taught in a > Christian country now, not in a Hindu country! We are talking here > about " ORDINARY AMERICANS " , as Shri Mataji also says! The challenge > is how to connect Sahaja Yoga to people from a Christian Country, > isn't it?! Won't Sahaja Yogis have to explain about how Christ's > teachings are fulfilled by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi's teachings then? > Won't the Last Judgment and Resurrection Message of Christ, of > 'Christian America' have to come into it?! Is this Shri Mataji's last > hope that Sahaja Yogis will give Her Last Judgment and Resurrection > Message, that they will in fact, by being faced with 'Christian > America' have to admit that Shri Mataji's Message is also Christ > Jesus's continued Message?! Is this a very subtle message therefore > to Sahaj Yogis from Shri Mataji, to wake up, and really understand > what Sahaja Yoga is all about?] > > > > > > Shri Mataji's Conclusion Given: > > > > Finally SHRI MATAJI said that SHE will come to America. SHE said > that SHE will not give up yet. However, SHE repeatedly asked this > question, " You tell Me what it is that I should tell the American > public that will make them accept SAHAJA YOGA? " ({Shri Mataji Nirmala > Devi - Conversations with the DIVINE - June 2007, Cabella Ligure, > Italy) > > > > /message/ > 8498?unwrap=1 & var=1 & l=1 > > > > [i will say, " Shri Mataji is it not your continued Message of > Christ's Message that Americans will accept? " Can't we give it to > " ordinary Americans " in that way, so they will understand it? After > all, did not You give this message to " ordinary Americans " and > " ordinary Australians " and " ordinary Europeans " and " ordinary > Russiand " and etc.? " > > > > It seems to me that this is the answer that Shri Mataji was trying > to get out of the Sahaja Yogis, which i am sure would have satisfied > Her! Maybe, She was testing them. After all, for how many years had > She, Herself, spoken about the teachings of Christ, and His Last > Judgment and Resurrection Message! i wonder if any Sahaja Yogis > actually mentioned this point, then? Was this point mentioned? i sure > would like to know. Or have WCASY shut the mouths of great Sahaja > Yogis about Christ's continued Message to " ordinaary Americans? " i > have my doubts that WCASY actually want this message to go out to > " ordinary Americans " ! i think they just want to give the Hindu Subtle > System Message, don't they? Please prove me wrong, if you disagree!] > > > > [WCASY et al, gave this summary, then]: > > > > " That in essence is the challenge for all of us. SHRI MATAJI wants > to come to America, not necessarily for us but for all those who have > yet to see HER light. " > > > > [i could not have said it better! Shri Mataji is going to America > once more, because She is not giving up yet! We already know here at > adishakti.org, what message " ordinary Americans " will accept. It is > splashed all over the adishakti.org site: > > > > http://www.adishakti.org/ > > > > and the Christian site: > > > > http://www.holyspirit-shekinah.org/ > > > > In fact, Christians already know all about Christ's Message, so > Shri Mataji's continuing Message of the Last Judgment and > Resurrection Message, will be very acceptable to them! The Christians > won't be frightened of that Message. They won't evade it! They will > ask Sahaja Yogis all those questions, that relate to Christ and > Sahaja Yoga. So Sahaja Yogis will have to face up to " ordinary > Christian Americans?! > > > > Sahaja Yogis will have to put themselves in 'Christian Shoes', > figuratively speaking, and be sensitive to Christian 'sensibilities' > when giving them Sahaja Yoga. In other words, American Sahaja Yogis, > who necessarily have to know about Christianity, about Christ's > Message, have to 'be Christian' when giving " Sahaja Yoga " . It cannot > look like it is a Hindu religion. It cannot look fanatical either. > Sahaja Yogis are Christian! And Jewish, and Sikh, and Buddhist, and > Islam, because Sahaja includes everything and everyone, regardless of > cultural background. > > > > If anyone can do it, American Sahaja Yogis can do it, that is use > all their communicative skills that Shri Krishna bestows on > Americans, to give back the Christian Message In Its Fulness, and > show the Christians what they have been missing in Christianity! Fill > in the missing pieces of the puzzle!!! > > > > Btw. if Christians feel that we are presenting them something that > is Hindu-based, they will think it is really for the Hindus, and not > for the Christians. LOL!!! We have to help heal these fragmented > religions, these branches that have broken off from the Tree of Life. > The only way we can do that is speak to them in their own language of > Christianity! Emphasis on the subtle system is very Hindu and mostly > not touched on in Christianity at all. However, once Christians > embrace their own 'Christian Comforter's' teachings, they will be > more disposed to learning even the deeper aspects of the subtle > system, i would say. After all, the subtle system is couched in the > language of the 'Seven Churches' in the Bible. Edgar Cayce, the > American prophet and seer, also revealed the same. And 'churches' are > really our 'inner temple' and not external churches, when spoken > about in the Bible!] > > > > > > [Jagbir]: > > > > i have realized that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the > Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus > Christ. The subtle system is the Tree of Life. Self-realization is > being born of the Spirit. The Kingdom of God within is the Sahasrara. > Entering it by the Narrow Gate is entering via the Agnya Chakra. Shri > Kalki is the Second Coming of Christ. The Last Judgment is the grace > period to evolve into the spirit prior to His Coming ... and so forth. > > > > [Jagbir, you have put it so very brilliantly! It's just fantastic! > i had been looking for the Holy Spirit/Comforter that Christ said > would come. So when i first came to Sahaja Yoga Meditation in a > private home, very soon, i asked about the identity of Shri Mataji, > and so forth. i put 2 and 2 together, and realised that She might be > the Christian Comforter, that Christ promised would come. Of course, > my subsequent spiritual experience soon confirmed that. Maybe, unlike > a lot of Sahaja Yogis, i was actually grounded in the Christian > scriptures and knew them backwards and forwards, inside and out. And > maybe, unlike many Christians, i had from my early years, when i > first started asking 'what is it all about?'.... read the Bible very > deeply, to really ascertain Christ's meaning.... not superficially, > but very deeply. Through the years, i realised i needed something > more, a really Divine personality in my life, to take me further, and > i knew that would be the Comforter that Christ promised would come! > All i can say, is that my real Life Quest, has been fulfilled. > > > > To think that this is Our Special Collective Lifetime, that we have > met the Incarnation of the Holy Spirit, in person, on Earth, is > astounding in itself! It is a very dear and speechless thing, that > cannot be truly fathomed. i am sure we will contemplate all the > aspects far into the future, that are happening in this lifetime, and > will marvel upon it with continued unending Joy! > > > > i think many Sahaja Yogis will perhaps only fathom it, in the > future, when they can see things more clearly. Right now, many are > blinded by their narrow focus, and events have overtaken many. > However, in future, especially when Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has Her > Mahasammadhi, there will be much inner conscientious searching, as to > 'what it was really all about!!!' People will not accept Sir C.P. as > a new incarnation. Then they will realise that it was " The Mother " > all along, who was the only One who fulfilled all their desires, and > in particular, " the Divine Mother within " , the Holy Spirit!] > > > > > > " Now this Kundalini is the power which is placed in the sacrum > bone, nowhere else…. And imagine this bone is called " sacrum " ; sacrum > means sacred. So they knew there was something in it…. > > > > This is the primule, is the germinating power within us. Now this > fact has been accepted for thousands of years in India and elsewhere. > For in the Bible also they talk of the Tree of Life. That is the same > as this…. > > > > So this is the thing that is being described in our ancient books, > in all the scriptures, even in the Qur'an they are described as Ruh, > R,U,H, Ruh. Ruh means the cold breeze, the cool breeze. The cool > breeze of the Holy Ghost is described in the Bible also. > > > > You cannot suddenly start a new idea about something. If it is an > evolutionary process, if it is a living process it must have its > background, its history, and it must culminate into something > fruitful. Like every fruit has a tree behind it. If it is a living > fruit it has to come out the tree that have existed for thousands and > thousands of years, and out of that this tree has to come. It must > have a base and this is traditionally called the kundalini awakening > process…. > > > > Christ has said very clearly that you have to be born again. I mean > the whole message of Christ's life is realization…. when Christ came > on this Earth to show that you have to become the spirit. By His > resurrection He showed that, and this is the message of Christ. " > > > > Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi > > Seeking our Spirit, 10-23-1980 > > > > > > [Jagbir]: > > > > Shri Mataji gave us a very balanced knowledge of the religions, all > ultimately culminating in realizing the Self within. So no matter how > much Sahaja Yoga has been 'Hindunized' today with all the excessive > external rituals and cleansing fanaticism, in future it will revert > back to worshipping God Almighty in spirit and truth. That is why it > is so necessary today to present that future vision at www.holyspirit- > shekinah.org. The focus must be sharp so that the future vision > destroys all that is false and mundane. That is only possible if you > truly realize that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the Adi > Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus. By > doing so She also triggers the collective eschatological expectations > of humanity, a tremendous task indeed: > > > > " I am the Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Ruh). I am the One who has come > on this Earth for the first time in this form to do this tremendous > task. " > > > > Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi > > (Adi-Shakti: Primal Power; being the First Cause.) > > > > [Jagbir, i agree totally with what you say! Sahaja Yoga is the > fulfilment of Christianity; it is the fulfilment of Buddhism, of > Hinduism, of Islam, of Sikhism, of Taoism, of the Great White Spirit, > of all of them! Sahaja Yoga has the capability to adapt to every > culture and religion under the sun, because it is just the Truth, the > Love, and the Wisdom, that has to be imbibed within the person, so > they can be transformed and become who they really are, which is the > Spirit! Spirit is in every religion and belief! i don't think we, nor > Sahaja Yogis under WCASY even " know " how Her Message is going to > explode in the world-at-large! The Truth remains and will not go > down, in fact it will grow stronger and stronger with Time, and as > you say, 'time is on our side'! So Her Message will eventually break > through each and every barrier, like the trickle of water eventually > wears down every 'rock of resistance'!] > > > > > > The Adi Shakti (Hinduism), Comforter/Holy Spirit (Christianity), > Shekinah (Judaism), Ma Adi/Ruh (Islam), Mai Treya (Buddhism), Great > Mother (Taoism) and Aykaa Mayee (Sikhism) are the one and same > primordial Divine Feminine. > > > > According to Aaron-Golan in The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, " The > coming eschatological salvation is envisaged in transcendent and > universal terms.... in the form of both bodily resurrection and of > spiritual immortality. " The Torah contains several references to " the > End of Days " (achareet ha-yameem), which is the time of the moshiach > (Messiah). > > > > As Messiah She fulfills this ancient Jewish prophecy. > > > > As Comforter/Holy Spirit promised by Lord Jesus She completes His > teachings and commences the Last Judgment. > > > > As Mahdi/Ruh She proclaims the Great News of the Resurrection > (surah 75 Al-Qiyamah). " Great News: usually understood to mean the > News or Message of the Resurrection. " (Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy > Quran) > > > > As Mai(Mother) Treya(Threefold) She fulfills the prophecy to renew > Buddha's work. " Relying on certain Mahayana Buddhist citations and > quotations ... the fifth Buddha will be Maitreya Buddha. " — the > present XIVth Dalai Lama. > > > > As the Shakti entrenched in the holy scriptures She grants both > bodily resurrection (kundalni awakening/self-realization/second > birth) and spiritual immortality (moksa/eternal life). The daily > experience of the cool breeze (Ruach/Breath of God/Ruh/Chaitanya) > will assure humans that the promised evolution into the eternal > spirit has begun. We must remain focused on spreading this Great > News, the Blossom Time as Shri Mataji fondly calls it. We must see > Her vision for the emancipation of humanity with great clarity, and > act with that same sense of urgency and sincerity. We are well on the > way. > > > > [Thank-you for your heartwarming message that " we are well on the > way " . YES, WE ARE!] > > > > warmest regards, > > > > jagbir > > > > > > warmest regards, > > > > violet > > > > > > > > , " jagbir > > singh " <adishakti_org@> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Violet and All, > > > > > > i think it will be best to edit this lenghty topic and leave out > > part > > > 4, or anything of the same substance. i can do that. Since you > have > > > also other part(s) remaining i will wait. > > > > > > i have realized that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the > > Adi > > > Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus > > > Christ. The subtle system is the Tree of Life. Self-realization is > > > being born of the Spirit. The Kingdom of God within is the > > Sahasrara. > > > Entering it by the Narrow Gate is entering via the Agnya Chakra. > > Shri > > > Kalki is the Second Coming of Christ. The Last Judgment is the > > grace > > > period to evolve into the spirit prior to His Coming ... and so > > forth. > > > > > > " Now this Kundalini is the power which is placed in the sacrum > > bone, > > > nowhere else…. And imagine this bone is called " sacrum " ; sacrum > > means > > > sacred. So they knew there was something in it…. > > > > > > This is the primule, is the germinating power within us. Now this > > > fact has been accepted for thousands of years in India and > > elsewhere. > > > For in the Bible also they talk of the Tree of Life. That is the > > same > > > as this…. > > > > > > So this is the thing that is being described in our ancient books, > > in > > > all the scriptures, even in the Qur'an they are described as Ruh, > > > R,U,H, Ruh. Ruh means the cold breeze, the cool breeze. The cool > > > breeze of the Holy Ghost is described in the Bible also. > > > > > > You cannot suddenly start a new idea about something. If it is an > > > evolutionary process, if it is a living process it must have its > > > background, its history, and it must culminate into something > > > fruitful. Like every fruit has a tree behind it. If it is a living > > > fruit it has to come out the tree that have existed for thousands > > and > > > thousands of years, and out of that this tree has to come. It must > > > have a base and this is traditionally called the kundalini > > awakening > > > process…. > > > > > > Christ has said very clearly that you have to be born again. I > mean > > > the whole message of Christ's life is realization…. when Christ > > came > > > on this Earth to show that you have to become the spirit. By His > > > resurrection He showed that, and this is the message of Christ. " > > > > > > Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi > > > Seeking our Spirit, 10-23-1980 > > > > > > > > > Shri Mataji gave us a very balanced knowledge of the religions, > all > > > ultimately culminating in realizing the Self within. So no matter > > how > > > much Sahaja Yoga has been 'Hindunized' today with all the > excessive > > > external rituals and cleansing fanaticism, in future it will > revert > > > back to worshipping God Almighty in spirit and truth. That is why > > it > > > is so necessary today to present that future vision at > > www.holyspirit- > > > shekinah.org. The focus must be sharp so that the future vision > > > destroys all that is false and mundane. That is only possible if > > you > > > truly realize that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but the advent of the > Adi > > > Shakti (Holy Spirit/Comforter) completing the teachings of Jesus. > > By > > > doing so She also triggers the collective eschatological > > expectations > > > of humanity, a tremendous task indeed: > > > > > > " I am the Adi Shakti (Holy Spirit/Ruh). I am the One who has come > > on > > > this Earth for the first time in this form to do this tremendous > > > task. " > > > > > > Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi > > > (Adi-Shakti: Primal Power; being the First Cause.) > > > > > > > > > The Adi Shakti (Hinduism), Comforter/Holy Spirit (Christianity), > > > Shekinah (Judaism), Ma Adi/Ruh (Islam), Mai Treya (Buddhism), > Great > > > Mother (Taoism) and Aykaa Mayee (Sikhism) are the one and same > > > primordial Divine Feminine. > > > > > > According to Aaron-Golan in The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, " The > > > coming eschatological salvation is envisaged in transcendent and > > > universal terms.... in the form of both bodily resurrection and of > > > spiritual immortality. " The Torah contains several references to > > " the > > > End of Days " (achareet ha-yameem), which is the time of the > > moshiach > > > (Messiah). > > > > > > As Messiah She fulfills this ancient Jewish prophecy. > > > > > > As Comforter/Holy Spirit promised by Lord Jesus She completes His > > > teachings and commences the Last Judgment. > > > > > > As Mahdi/Ruh She proclaims the Great News of the Resurrection > > (surah > > > 75 Al-Qiyamah). " Great News: usually understood to mean the News > or > > > Message of the Resurrection. " (Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Quran) > > > > > > As Mai(Mother) Treya(Threefold) She fulfills the prophecy to renew > > > Buddha's work. " Relying on certain Mahayana Buddhist citations and > > > quotations ... the fifth Buddha will be Maitreya Buddha. " — the > > > present XIVth Dalai Lama > > > > > > As the Shakti entrenched in the holy scriptures She grants both > > > bodily resurrection (kundalni awakening/self-realization/second > > > birth) and spiritual immortality (moksa/eternal life). The daily > > > experience of the cool breeze (Ruach/Breath of God/Ruh/ Chaitanya) > > > will assure humans that the promised evolution into the eternal > > > spirit has begun. We must remain focused on spreading this Great > > News, > > > the Blossom Time as Shri Mataji fondly calls it. We must see Her > > > vision for the emancipation of humanity with great clarity, and > act > > > with that same sense of urgency and sincerity. We are well on the > > way. > > > > > > warmest regards, > > > > > > jagbir > > > > > > > > > > > > , " Violet " > > > <violet.tubb@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear Jagbir, > > > > > > >; > Okay. i won't use it as 'Part 4' but make the next one 'Part 4'. > > Or > > > are you meaning that Parts 1, 2, and 3 are also not suitable for > > > Christians, and should be just for our forum? > > > > > > > > warmest regards, > > > > > > > > violet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > , " jagbir > > > > singh " <adishakti_org@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Dear Violet, > > > > > > > > > > i do not think this topic is suitable for HSS. It is a very > > > > difficult topic to understand, and i mean for Hindus. > > > > > > > > > > HSS should be entirely related to the Bible - Jesus, kingdom > of > > > > god, second birth, resurrection, last judgment, comforter, > divine > > > > feminine etc. Christians visiting HSS should feel very > > comfortable > > > with the > > > site topics. i know many Christians are averse to anything non- > >; Bible. > > > > > > > > > > warmest regards, > > > > > > > > > > jagbir > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > , " Violet " > > > > > <violet.tubb@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Jagbir, > > > > > > > > > > > > This is Part 4 of 'The Body of the Mother', for upload to > > (HSS). > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > violet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [For Upload]: > > > > > > > > > > > > The Body of the Mother - Part 4 > > > > > > > > > > > > [Gruha Lakshmi indicates the divine feminine quality of > peace > > > > that > > > > > manifests in the stomach and partly in the liver from the > > location > > > > of > > > > > the solar plexus, whose energy center is called 'Nahbi > Chakra'. > > > The > > > > > power of Gruha Lakshmi is also the unique power of a mother's > > > love, > > > > > wife's love, and sister's love, that can and does call for a > > > > > certain 'self-sacrifice' for the welfare of family, friends, > > loved > > > > > ones, and the world-at-large! Shri Mataji has said that the > > Age of > > > > > Truth is also the age in which women will arise and transform > > the > > > > > world around them. In more universal terminology, the > > patriarchal > > > > age > > > > > is giving way to a 'matriarchal age', the Age of the Divine > > > > Feminine, > > > > > the Holy Spirit, who is the Comforter that Christ promised > > would > > > > > come! In this excerpt of the 'Body of the Mother', Shri Mataji > > > > > Nirmala Devi explains about Gruha Lakshmi, Raja Lakshmi, > > > > Mahalakshmi, > > > > > and their importance to us.].... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What is the Gruha Lakshmi, Raja Lakshmi and Mahalakshmi? > > > > > > > > > > > > Peace is only achieved through the Gruha Lakshmi - through > > your > > > > > proper adjustment of your spleen. Because the spleen is the > > giver > > > > of > > > > > the blood cells, it creates nutrition for the whole body. If > > there > > > > is > > > > > no peace in that area within us, the whole system can go out, > > as > > > > this > > > > > is the 'nourishing center' within us. And that centre that > > > > nourishes, > > > > > also gives peace! > > > > > > > > > > > > You must have heard the " Ya Devi, sarva bhuteshu shanti > > rupena > > > > > samstitha " - the goddess that is the 'shanti' that is present > > in > > > > > every human being 'as peace'. So this peace is only possible > if > > > > > housewives realise their importance, bear it upon themselves, > > are > > > > > forgiving and are redeeming family life. They have to redeem > > the > > > > > family life, and where this gets spoilt, the whole system goes > > > out! > > > > > > > > > > > > [shri Mataji Nirmala Devi now indicates the chakra > position]: > > > > > > > > > > > > The right [masculine] side is the Raja Lakshmi; [left > > feminine > > > > > side, being the 'Gruha Lakshmi']. Once this 'Raja Lakshmi' > > > business > > > > > comes up, you will then understand " respect " , because once you > > > > > respect yourself, you start respecting others also. And [the > > fact] > > > > > that you are all saints [means that] you have to respect each > > > other > > > > > in the same way ['equally']! > > > > > > > > > > > > Today the light is now there, which is a very important > > thing! > > > > From > > > > > the beginning, in the Gruha Lakshmi state [of the evolution of > > > man] > > > > > when man first discovered fire and used the fire to cook the > > food, > > > > it > > > > > was the warmth of the Mother, that was shown through the > heart. > > > She > > > > > used the warmth in the house to warm up her children, to give > > them > > > > > food and all that. Then it became a very collective thing, > > > > expressed > > > > > as light! If you celebrate any Republic Day or Independence > > Day, > > > we > > > > > put on the lights - we have fireworks! To express ourselves > > that > > > > way, > > > > > is the 'Raja Lakshmi.' > > > > > > > > > > > > [Note: 'Raja Lakshmi' again, referring to the masculine > > " right " > > > > > side, and 'Gruha Lakshmi' referring to the feminine " left " > side > > > > > qualities]. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Eight Aspects of Mahalakshmi.... > > > > > > > > > > > > Mahalakshmi, ['Maha' meaning 'Great'] has eight aspects: > > > > > > > > > > > > First: Adya Lakshmi. Adya Lakshmi means Mahalakshmi. > > > > > > > > > > > > Second: Vidya Lakshmi. Vidya is the art of Sahaja Yoga > > ['Union > > > > with > > > > > the Divine Within']. That is Vidya; the rest is all avidya > > > > > [ignorance]. How to raise the Kundalini, how to awaken all the > > > > > deities [within you], how to cleanse yourself, how to cleanse > > > > others, > > > > > all the knowledge, all the aspects of that is called as > > 'Vidya', > > > > > the 'Lakshmi Vidya'. Lakshmi is the grace.... 'the awareness, > > that > > > > is > > > > > gracious'. > > > > > > > > > > > > Third: Sobhagya Lakshmi. Sobhagya means good fortune; the > > > Lakshmi > > > > > that gives you fortune in everything, in money, in your > > living, in > > > > > your food, in any way. Any good fortune is given through God! > > It's > > > > > only God who gives good fortune! > > > > > > > > > > > > Fourth: Amruta Lakshmi. Amruta means the thing that does not > > > die. > > > > > In this world Lakshmi exists as your wealth. Now the wealth > > that > > > > does > > > > > not die, what is it? It is the Spirit! So the grace of the > > Spirit > > > > is > > > > > the Amruta Lakshmi.... the rest will die out and whatever is > > done > > > > > through the Spirit, to please the Spirit, is the Amruta > > Lakshmi. > > > > For > > > > > example, loving others.... loving means giving without any > > > > > expectation [of return], just giving and enjoying! The > greatest > > > > thing > > > > > is to give vibrations. Vibrations cannot die! > > > > > > > > > > > > Fifth: Gruha Lakshmi (and Raja Lakshmi). [Explained above]. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sixth: Satya Lakshmi. That is awareness. She is the one who > > has > > > > > given you awareness. Awareness is Lakshmi's character. 'Satya' > > > > means > > > > > the truth. As you rise in your awareness, you know the truth! > > What > > > > is > > > > > the truth? What are you aware of? You are aware that you are > > the > > > > > instrument of God, and that He is working through you. You are > > > > aware > > > > > of it, because it is flowing on your central nervous system. > > This > > > > is > > > > > the truth of which you have to be aware! > > > > > > > > > > > > What is the other truth? It is, " Who are you? " .... that you > > are > > > > the > > > > > Spirit! And the third truth is " Who am I? " and " Who is > > > > > God? " .... " What is your destiny? " . If these become your > > awareness, > > > > > then you have got 'Satya' Lakshmi! > > > > > > > > > > > > Seventh: Bhogya Lakshmi. 'Bhog' means the 'One by which you > > > > enjoy.' > > > > > I mean, you can have the whole Ocean of Joy around you and > yet, > > > > like > > > > > a bird, cannot drink it! It is only through the grace of > > 'Bhogya > > > > > Lakshmi', that you can " enjoy " ! > > > > > > > > > > > > Eighth: Yoga Lakshmi. It's the Lakshmi's power which gives > > you > > > > Yoga > > > > > [union with God]. Lakshmi supports your power of Yoga, by > > giving > > > > you > > > > > awareness. So 'Yoga Lakshmi' is the power by which you go to > > Yoga! > > > > > Then once you have achieved your Yoga, you get the grace! > > Lakshmi > > > > is > > > > > the grace, so you get the grace of a saint. > > > > > > > > > > > > (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Diwali Festival of Light - > Diwali > > > > Puja - > > > > > Country Unknown - 1 November, 1981) > > > > > > > > > > > > > >; > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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