Gautama, Lord of the Ego - Part 5

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Dear All,

 

We concluded Part 4 with:

 

" Sometimes I feel, 'where are all those great saints gone, who were the third

kind of people - who didn't worry about themselves, were not involved with

themselves, but were involved in others, were bothered about others?': " What is

the problem of another person? What is the problem the leader is having? How am

I behaving towards the leader? What am I doing to him? Am I of any help to him?

Am I sensible or do I trouble him all the time, and then go complaining to

Mother? " These people can never be satisfied. One is overly satisfied and the

other is never satisfied. And the one who is in the centre, is the least

bothered to find out whether he is satisfied or not. He just wants to see the

satisfaction of others. And that is what is to be seen in Buddha's life - how he

was, and how he was respected. "

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Buddha Puja

" Gautama, Lord of the Ego "

Barcelona, Spain

20 May, 1989

 

Here now is Part 5.

 

Enjoy!

 

violet

 

 

Gautama, Lord of the Ego - Part 5

 

So the people who are worshipping Buddha today, should know that his message of

truth, which we know through our right side, through our attention, must be

applied to ourselves first of all. People will tell me: " Mother, his vibrations

are not all right. This house has no good vibrations, that has no good

vibrations " . And the fellow [telling Shri Mataji this] is himself shaking before

Me, you know, like this! I said: " So what about your vibrations? " " Oh I am

getting too much! " " But I am also getting too much, so please....! " The problem

with Sahaja Yogis is that sometimes they don't know the importance of what they

are. They are not aware if their ego was correct.

 

In that ahamkara, 'ego', the essence of it is Ahambhava which is that: " I am a

Sahaja Yogi " .... Now, keep to the point of honesty with it: " Honestly I am a

Sahaja Yogi and I am a follower of a religion which is a universal religion

which is innately being my Self. There is no hanky panky about it. It is my

experience and I believe in it fully. And it is innately within myself. " ....

This is " Ambhava " . I don't know what this [word] could be in the English

language. " Highness? " , Highness. Then: " I am on this earth now, this life is for

the work of God. And for that I have to be a pure person, because I belong to

Vishwa Nirmala Dharma. I have to be pure, I have to achieve my purity through

meditation, through every way watching myself, I have to be a pure person. And

if I am a Sahaja Yogi, if I am united to that all-pervading power of love, I

should be the medium to give that love and compassion to others. I have no time

for other things. Other things are of no value. My attention has to be pure, my

life has to be pure. "

 

[if] I say one thing and do another thing, I cheat myself morning till evening.

Then I have no highness; I have no self-respect. 'If it is possible, why not

manage something for free? Say, if Mother has a house: Let us go and have a nice

time there. After all, it is Nirmala House, so we can have something for free!'

No self-respect. 'Let us save some money, here and there, if possible'. No

self-respect. " I know there are people of that kind " . Supposing we come for two

days to Ganapatipule: " Mother will you charge us for one day? " Very common; who

is going to pay? I have to at least pay for my food, for my stay. I have to pay.

It is not like in Buddha's time where they had to give up their whole kingdom,

everything to Dhamma, every pie, everything that they had, even their hair, I

think. Everything to Dhamma - and just come absolutely bare. No children, no

wife, no father, nothing. That was Buddhism; that was Buddha's style. He had his

disciples like this and they used to walk miles together to preach from one

place to another; thousands [of miles]. What an impression it must be on people

when they see all this.

 

Today's Puja is very important because I feel Western countries have gone off

with their ego and they need Buddha very much. And they also like this so-called

Buddhism very much, because they can then just hide behind that camouflage: " We

are Buddhists you see. " They will worry about Afghanistan, and they will worry

about lama, they will worry about all other people because you see, we are

Buddhists. But there is no truth in it. No truth. Sahaja Yogis have to establish

that truth, that dedication.

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Buddha Puja

" Gautama, Lord of the Ego "

Barcelona, Spain

20 May, 1989