What Shri Mataji said about Buddha - Part 3

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Dear All,

 

We concluded Part 2, with the following:

 

" I would say the collectivity develops in the West much faster, no doubt. But

desirelessness is less. So, it's like somebody has the 'teeth' and somebody

[else] has the 'food'. If we can see ourselves as we are, and try to understand

that either we have 'this' or 'that' problem.... if you could just somehow or

other neutralize this one-sided problem, you could be there! Because if you

solve one, you can go to the other. But just stand in the center and see for

yourself: " What are my desires? " Count them one by one.

 

If I have to think 'What is My desire', I become thoughtless.

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Shri Buddha Puja Synopsis

Dienze, Belgium

4 August, 1991

 

Here now, is Part 3.

 

Enjoy!

 

violet

 

 

What Shri Mataji said about the Buddha - Part 3

 

We also have conditionings about developing guilt. At the time of Buddha, nobody

had this problem. It's a modern technique to feel guilty and this has to be

overcome. As you know, both Buddha and Mahavira support the center of Agnya

['Narrow Gate']. If you desire to have a very clear-cut Agnya chakra, then on

one side, you should be desireless, you should forgive: 'Kshyam'. Kshyam is the

bija mantra, 'to forgive', of the right side. 'Shyam' is 'I forgive'. And the

left side is 'Hum.' Like, the left-sided person always feels that 'I am no

good'. This he has to say: " No! I am good. Hum. I am. " If we say these mantras,

they will act, because now our pranas have become pranavas; our breath has

become enlightened. You must use these two bija mantras to clear out your

Agnyas.

 

Shri Mahavira's solution for this is that after realization, if you catch [on]

your Agnya, you get a terrible headache. If you indulge into anything, you are

punished. If you try to be overly smart, you are outsmarted. So these two forces

are working, left to right. If you overdo the right, then the left hits you

hard. If you overdo the left, then the right hits you hard. Both of them are

really like double pronged attacks. One says: " Don't have desire " . All right,

you have desire; punished. Like some people say: " I must have children. You give

them children, they say: " Mother, why have you given me this horrible child? " If

we cross a certain limit of desires, Mahavira punishes. It's such an 'automatic

machinery' that we have to be very careful as Sahaja Yogis.

 

So today's understanding should be that we should all become collective. You

should not grudge or grumble about anything. And enjoy the collectivity. The

second side of collectivity is this: that you do not try to exploit the

collectivity.... By your presence, another person should not by any chance,

suffer, feel insulted, or be inconvenienced. Your presence in the collective

should be that another person should enjoy your company.

 

Instead of boasting that we are angry with someone, we should just make that

anger into forgiveness.... Anger will upset you, but forgiveness will upset him.

It's the biggest weapon that you have - " to forgive " . And this is showing

Buddha's character throughout. And this will give you self respect. And you are

not disturbed by anything.... The ship has to be seaworthy. If you put the ship

on the sea and the ship breaks, what's the use of making a ship? What's the use

of a Sahaja Yogi, that gets disturbed every moment?

 

Sahaja Yogis are always asking: " Mother, how to get rid of ego? " Ego can be

told: " You Go. " When this 'I-ness' goes away, the Self rises. What is there to

feel hurt [about]? What is there to feel bad [about]? What is there to hurt

others? It's all right [if] you have been cheated. At least " you " have not

cheated anyone! Be happy about it! Means you have surrendered yourself. No one

can cheat you, because there is some higher force which is looking after you. In

this way, we should understand Buddha and know our Buddha qualities, so that our

ego can be dissolved. When you say: " Mother, we surrender to You " that just

means that you give this horrible ego a holiday.... Then you'll laugh at

everything, you'll make fun of yourself, just enjoy everything. May God bless

you.

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Shri Buddha Puja Synopsis

Dienze, Belgium

4 August, 1991