Cultural/spiritual differences require different approaches

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Dear All,

 

Like Jagbir says, to help people understand the Divine Message of Sahaja Yoga,

people need to be approached from their own way of thinking about spirituality.

Christians for example, expect dynamism. They are quite avid seekers, if they

are seekers, with no holds barred, if you know what i mean. If they are serious,

they will leave everything to get to the heart of a matter. A Hindu approach

will not work, as it hasn't worked until now. According to Shri Mataji, the

Indians are not such desperate seekers. That won't work to approach the

Christians - and Christian Americans. If anything, it has to be super dynamic.

 

regards to all,

 

violet

 

 

 

" But Indians are not that much of seekers, I must say, because they still think

that: " Alright, we have to believe in the Spirit; alright, good idea, we have to

be the Spirit " . But partly the Spirit, partly the other side of it, because they

are better off than us. So still, they want to go half way this side - and half

way that side. So Indians are not such good seekers. You have very good seekers,

but there is a convexity; there is a concavity, but there is no seeking. Can you

imagine My situation? Indians have no goal as far as spiritual life is

concerned, mostly. If they have it, it is so limited that it should help them in

family life, in their relationship with others, with their bodies or with their

jobs, or with their marriages or little more and little more, that is all. But

very gross, the goal is extremely gross of Indians, is that they want to achieve

a kind of an affluence that you have, in their heart of hearts. But they do not

know the pangs. "

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Formal Talk Sahaja Temple

Delhi, India

February 8, 1983