What Shri Mataji said about Buddha - Part 7

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Dear All,

 

We concluded Part 6 with the following:

 

" We should not become one of the spectators and think how lucky we are to see an

inauspicious thing. How you react to things, depends on your attention. Of

course, if it is something divine, then you have a rapt attention. But if it is

something stupid, you can see the essence of it in the light of reality - [that]

it is stupid! But if you are a Sahaja Yogi, you should be able to see that point

and enjoy [it]! An enlightened attention reacts in a very different manner from

a 'stupid attention', or a 'confused attention', or an attention full of

negativity "

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Shri Buddha Puja Synopsis

Shudy Camps, England

31 May, 1992

 

Here is Part 7.

 

Enjoy,

 

violet

 

 

What Shri Mataji said about Buddha - Part 8

 

There are four things which Buddha has very nicely said, which all of you should

say every morning:

 

1./ Firstly, He said:

 

" Buddham sharanam gacchami " . (I surrender myself to Buddha).

 

I surrender myself to Buddha, means [that] I surrender myself to my awakened

attention, to my awakened consciousness.

 

 

2./ Then, He said:

 

" Dhammam sharanam gacchami " . (I surrender myself to dharma)

 

Dharma is innate religion, righteousness, the real things within us, which give

us the value system; [it's] not 'outside' religion.

 

 

3./ Then the third thing He has said:

 

" Sangham sharanam gacchami " . (I surrender myself to collective)

 

You have to meet.... Collectivity is very important, because then you know that

you are part and parcel of the whole.... That is how things work out very fast,

that is how we help each other, that is how we discover a person who is

negative, or egotistical, or who are not Sahaja Yogis at all - but claim

themselves to be Sahaja Yogis, and we just give them up. [break Quote]

 

 

[Folks, Point 3, can put us in a 'conundrum' if we truly believe that

collectivity is only to be found at the 'local' collective level. How can one

stay in a 'local' collective, when one is 'jeopardised' just for telling the

truth? Of course, Shri Mataji did not use the word 'local' when She said that it

is good to say: " I surrender myself to collective " . Shri Mataji has also said

that being collective means where there is not 'the Other' ( " Ananya " ) - but

where we are connected by a connecting line of love, though we may be oceans

apart. That's us, folks! Of course, if we kindred spirits could be 'locally

collective', we would, right?! Maybe, one day there will be enough of us

'truth-tellers' who will also be able to be 'locally' together, in spirit and in

truth. But until that time, we have to be happy with the situation we find

ourselves in. Maybe, we have to realize that " everything works together for good

to them that love God " . Shri Mataji said at Sydney Airport in the mid-1990's,

that She had those who would give Her Message from outside the organisation of

Sahaja Yoga, if it were not given from inside the organisation of Sahaja Yoga.

That's us, also! And we should be very happy about that! That is why we are also

'outside' a 'local' collective, but we are not 'outside' collective

consciousness, itself. That's the difference.]

 

 

[Resume Quote]:

 

Collectivity gives so many powers, so much satisfaction and joy. While coming to

the collective, we should not criticize or find faults with others, but you

introspect yourself, and know 'Why is everybody enjoying themselves [and] why am

I the one sitting down and trying to find faults? [There] must be something

wrong with me.' If you can just pay attention to yourself, as far as the defects

are concerned, then I am sure you will become much more 'collective', than when

you started seeing the defects in other people.

 

Sahaja Yoga is very practical, because it is absolute reality. So, with these

powers and understandings, with all this compassionate love, you have to be sure

about your Self and know that you are all the time protected, guided, looked

after, nourished, and helped to grow by this Divine power which is

all-pervading. May God bless you all.

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Shri Buddha Puja Synopsis

Shudy Camps, England

31 May, 1992