Self-esteem is really the only way you are going to be Self-realized-Part 1

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Dear All,

 

In Her darshan to Sahaja Yogis, Shri Mataji said that Self-esteem is really the

only way we are going to be Self-realized. Shri Mataji is not talking here about

the small 's' self-esteem, but She is talking about the big 's' Self-esteem,

which is esteem for one's SELF/SPIRIT. The only way a person is really

Self-realized, Shri Mataji is saying, is if they have that Self-esteem for their

SELF/SPIRIT!

 

Also mentioned later down, Shri Mataji cites as one of the dangers to look out

for, is for a Sahaja Yogi not to allow themselves to be dominated, while at the

same time having the wisdom to not gossip or be sarcastic about another's

faults. Learning how to handle, or act in the presence of a difficult person, is

not the same as gossiping or being sarcastic about them. Shri Mataji gave us

many tips on that and She praised, but also decried things that Sahaja Yogis

did. There was never any gossip or sarcasm in it, but love and humour, and

chastisement and seriousness when they were warranted.

 

That is where the Sword of Truth comes in, which Shri Mataji says Sahaja Yogis

will have to wield in the future. It simply means we have to tell the truth, as

Shri Mataji has done and not be afraid to do so. One of the important things is

to hold up the sword of truth.

 

regards to all,

 

violet

 

 

 

Self-esteem is the only way you are going to be Self-realized - Part 1

 

Even if you are Silent, you do very much. You don't know your powers. You really

don't know your power. You can even stop the sun. You have got such powers, you

can't believe it! I have made you after the pattern of Christ, after the pattern

of Ganesha. You are very powerful people. On your hands the Kundalini moves.

What more powers do you want?! How many saints are there who have been blessed

with such great powers?!

 

You have no Self-esteem as it should be. If you really develop your Self-esteem,

you will see the whole balance come to your Spirit. Self-esteem is the only way

you are really going to be Self-realized.

 

And then one should not pass sarcastic remarks about each other, you must

respect, all of you must respect each other: 'somebody is like this', 'somebody

is like that'... I don't like it at all, passing remarks about anyone, and a

person who might be considered selfish, or something like that, it will stand

out. It will be corrected. I, myself will find out, so you just don't pass

remarks [to Shri Mataji]. Even in public we can do that. It's very bad!

Anything, I mean any [such] gesture or anything, should not be done in

public...I mean 'We are all One' in public!

 

Sahaja Yogi: So Mother, we'll get our self-esteem by preserving our collectivity

and make that stronger?

 

Shri Mataji: Yes, and also that, collectively, about yourself, you see! If you

get 'oh, I'm shaking, I'm frightened, this person has come and said something to

me'! - finished. What you are, therefore, you see among yourselves also. One

person should not dominate another, but if one tries to dominate you, [you]

should not be dominated, but work things out. Self-esteem means that if you

allow somebody to dominate you, [you] are good for nothing, you are useless.

Tomorrow, you have to hold swords [of truth] in your hands, you must know--and

here you are, 'shake, shake'. Just think of such swordsmen: the only fright will

be if the swords fall out of the hands instead of doing any work!

 

Sahaja Yogi: That's it, you know! You've just described my problem because on

the one hand, you know, I really want to help my eldest boy. I really do,

Mother. And you've given me all the tools and everything. Next minute, plop! I'm

frightened....'but what about?', 'what if?', and i go back into the past and

think about the mess that was, and I think i can't do it; no. So, what is this?

Is it a bhoot [reference to external negativity] that comes in and gives me the

fear, or...

 

Shri Mataji: [it] may be all your own. Because, you see, the past is there,

tying you up. You see, that's dead. That's finished, forgotten: 'Now I've become

the fruit. I'm no more a flower, I'm a fruit'. This is the Self-esteem that has

to be established, in humility, also: 'I'm not that arrogant person, I'm not a

dominating person. I'm not going to enjoy dominating others. I'm not that lazy

person, I'm not that. I'm another personality. I'm a saint. I am a prophet, and

I have a right to make others prophets'.

 

What more do you want? But, sometimes, if you make a beggar a king, sometimes in

the beginning he just puts his hands like this to get something. [He] forgets

that he is the king. He is asking and begging; that's what it is.

 

Forget your [bad things of the] past completely. You are sitting on the throne

like dignified personalities. Sit on the throne and enjoy the beauty and the

glory. This is what it is! [it's] called " assumption " , " Viraj " . In Sanskrit the

word is " Rajana " [which] means to permeate the kingdom within you. Allow it to

settle, to sustain within you, the kingdom, the kingship. That's virajiya, when

you sit down on this throne and have all the glory and all the heights of this

throne emitted through you and enjoy it. Such a big word is 'Viraj'. You see,

like a bride comes in the house and then the mother-in-law gives the keys to

her. And this is your house--'Virajiya'--and you are the owner of this house,

come along and enjoy [it]. So, she feels it, now [that] she is the owner, how

she should behave, how she should be humble, how she should be kind, respectful,

and how she receives respect from others. That's what is the whole thing with

'Viraj', now. So, we have to be that, and then you'll be surprised at how you

can solve the problems. Think that you have to become the king, alright! A king

has to know 'when' to use 'which' power. A king doesn't come all the time and

hit persons who come to his feet, nor does he touch anybody else's feet. You

see, it's like that!

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Darshan at Ashram 2, Sydney, Australia - 25 March,

1981