Nov 14th, 2014
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
It was about 1991 or 1992, in Delhi.
I was travelling with Shri Mataji, founder of Sahaja Yoga, and I asked a question which had been in my mind.
“What is the thin line dividing self respect and ego?”
“A person who has self respect has no ego.” Mother replied.
G.K.D.
Nov 14th, 2014
“Whatever is best happens to me.
So whatever happens to me, I know is the best,
is all for my good, is for the good of Sahaja Yoga…
When you’re desireless you are happy
because you are never disappointed,
you are never nervous…
So make the best of all disappointments.
If there is a disappointment, just smile at it
and know it is for your good to discover something new,
to find out something better.
But the conditioning is so strong.
That’s why I say, ‘Be in the collective.’
Our banyan tree is the collectivity.
We have to make ourselves subtler beings,
to be one with the collective
and that is very enjoyable, very beautiful.”
Shri Mataji, founder of Sahaja Yoga
(From a talk given at Buddha Puja, 1991)
(Photograph: thetree.org.uk)
Shri Mataji
Everything that you are doing is for God and that is why you are doing it for your Self.
So introspection is very important. Criticising others should be less and criticising yourself and laughing at yourself is the best.
I laugh at myself many a times and say many things like that, if you have noticed. That makes life so interesting. That will kill your ego.
“How I am trying to assert myself and where is the meekness that Christ has talked about?” It is a natural goodness within us. Once it shines and shows, you become so beautiful, so loveable.
Whether you are sitting here near me or there, I know who is that kind. My heart just opens for such a personality. I know who they are. But even if I know, I will never tell you. It is better that you know yourself.
Shri Mataji
Nov 14th, 2014
Buddha
I do not know what comes first, but, of course, every mother wants her child to be good and the Holy Mother wants Her child to be a holy person. The first thing is the holiness. Now for that, how can you compel someone? The only thing that makes you understand is this: if you don’t become holy how will you get your ascent? We have to be holy. What discipline can one put for making a person holy? What can you force? What can you get angry for? The only method I use normally is to forgive. Maybe the forgiveness is the highest quality for teaching people. When they know that they have done wrong and they confess it, then you have to forgive.
In the life of Buddha, there was a man who was abusing Him without understanding and when he finished with his abuses and Buddha had left, people told him, “Do you know who you were abusing? It was Lord Buddha.” He got the fright of his life.
He said, “Where is He gone?”
“He has gone to another village.”
So he went to the other village and he said, “Sir, I am sorry for what I said. Please forgive me. It’s all wrong and I should not have done it. You can punish me the way you like.”
Lord Buddha said, “When did you do that?”
He said, “Yesterday.”
Buddha said, “I don’t know yesterday. I know only today.”
You see, when you tell these things, how great one feels, isn’t it? So your greatness, your nobility will definitely influence people. It’s not by fighting, by quarrelling, by saying harsh things that it is going to work out.
Shri Mataji, Sahaja Yoga founder, 1993
Nov 14th, 2014
Fort near Ganapatipule, India
Love will wash away all the darkness on the Chakras and Nadis and wipe the tears from all eyes
Love is the Salvation for it emits from the heart, the home of Shri Shiva and Shri Parvati
Love is the vehicle on which Sat Yuga arrives and it is the foundation of Sat Yuga
Love can and will resolve all adharmic behaviour and destructive tendencies
Love which permeates the entire Universe cannot be extinguished
Love wins because Love is God and God is Love
Love is Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
 Peter Corden
