26.4.10
Just another dress that you have to change
Advice given by H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Yogi: The essence of this question I think is, Shri Mother, at the separation at the time of death, at the separation of the spirit and the body, what happens? What happens to the spirit?
Shri Mataji: Again, you all seem to be quite infatuated by death I think.
You see when you are a realized soul, then what happens you see that it is just another dress that you have to change. You never worry about death. Never, and those who have written about death, Kabir, has written beautifully. He says that, when my beloved left me, means my life, I didn’t cry, I didn’t say anything, I didn’t fuss. I just asked my friend, I was nicely covered myself with a little sheet and I was lying down and just seeing my beloved left me. He said that all the doors were closed, but, I don’t know, some window was opened, must be the Sahastrara was opened, because he was a realized soul, so the life went through that.
So you see the thing is this problem is always haunt you when you are not a realized soul. Be so much worried about death, but after that you will know that death is just a change of life; it’s just a change of life. Then whenever you want to take your birth you can take if you are a realized soul, but if you are not, I have told you, you may possess someone, or you may hang in the limbo, I don’t know whenever. Some people take birth just after thirteen fourteen days, again into another nonsensical place.
Whatever you’ll earn now will show at the time of your death but if you are not earn any good deeds you call it, punyas, then it will show at the time of your death whether you go to hell or to heaven. It is your choice, is your freedom. What do you what? You want to go to hell or to heaven is your own choice and your own discretion. That’s very important.
(1992-0226: Public Program, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Interviewer: Mother, what is the true nature of death? Is it possible that you can choose not to die? What’s the purpose of death?
Shri Mataji: See, death is just like changing your clothes. So sometimes when you use too much of your clothes you get tired. You want to change it. Like that death is. Nobody dies, there’s nothing that dies except that the part that is the Mother Earth and the part that is the water falls off, and you remain as you are. But if you are a realized soul, then you have a choice. If you want to be born again, you would like to be born. If you don’t want to be born, you will not be born. But after Realization, it becomes your choice. If you want to die, you can die. If you don’t want to die, you need not die. But you want because you think that “Let us die and come back as new people again to help Mother.”
(1983-1001: KAZU Radio Interview with Barbara Schuler, Santa Cruz, California, USA)
Death does not exist in the divine language. Those who are dead can be reborn. But death sometimes could be used for punishing people, for destroying them, for taking them away from the scene. That’s what the Mother Earth does sometimes. Her anger can be so great that pin-pointedly She can destroy thousands and thousands of miles of earth, destroying many people who have been extremely irreligious and uncollective.
(1986-0803: Shri Bhoomi Devi Puja, Shudy Camps, UK)
Q (Lady): Why do we human beings have fear of death?
Shri Mataji: Because you are in ignorance. Suddenly, the lights go off, you will be frightened, you are ignorant. There’s nothing like death. It’s just transformation from one life to another. After this you are not afraid of anything. Nothing. And you are all the time protected. You can feel it. You are protected. Actually you feel it. It is absolutely miraculous the way things happen and people have written to me – how they were protected, how they were saved, they could not believe it, because all the angels are with you. But, if I tell you this, you won’t believe in these modern things of science, but now many things are also discovered in science like quantum theory. You can’t explain it.
(1993-1004: Public Program, United Nations Meeting, New York)
Q: What do you believe happens after death?
Shri Mataji: You see, after death you would never die. Actually only there are five elements you are made of, out of which the earth element really falls off and the other four elements remain. And the water oozes out a little, little like that, and you become a small entity, which is the Soul. The Soul has got the Kundalini on top of the head and the Spirit on top of the head and all the four elements are there intact.
(1981-0331: Australian Radio Broadcast 1, Sydney, Australia)
The collective subconscious receives a normal personality who has just accepted death as a transition. Actually, when we die we really do not die, only part of us, the earth element drops down. And part of the water element also. But the rest of the elements that form this body, the different koshas, like the Kundalina (?) that goes out and the Atma that rises, all that put together as soul you can call it, all that goes into the collective subconscious and starts going smaller and smaller. Into the area of that collective subconscious, where it is to be placed for getting smaller and smaller.
(1977-0223: Normal Human Awareness)
Question: She would like to know if death is a result of our errors or a law of nature.
Shri Mataji: No, no, it is - anything that is born has to die. We just change our dress as we do every day. That’s how we change this body.
(1990-1017: Press Conference, Bucharest, Romania)
Yogi: The essence of this question I think is, Shri Mother, at the separation at the time of death, at the separation of the spirit and the body, what happens? What happens to the spirit?
Shri Mataji: Again, you all seem to be quite infatuated by death I think.
You see when you are a realized soul, then what happens you see that it is just another dress that you have to change. You never worry about death. Never, and those who have written about death, Kabir, has written beautifully. He says that, when my beloved left me, means my life, I didn’t cry, I didn’t say anything, I didn’t fuss. I just asked my friend, I was nicely covered myself with a little sheet and I was lying down and just seeing my beloved left me. He said that all the doors were closed, but, I don’t know, some window was opened, must be the Sahastrara was opened, because he was a realized soul, so the life went through that.
So you see the thing is this problem is always haunt you when you are not a realized soul. Be so much worried about death, but after that you will know that death is just a change of life; it’s just a change of life. Then whenever you want to take your birth you can take if you are a realized soul, but if you are not, I have told you, you may possess someone, or you may hang in the limbo, I don’t know whenever. Some people take birth just after thirteen fourteen days, again into another nonsensical place.
Whatever you’ll earn now will show at the time of your death but if you are not earn any good deeds you call it, punyas, then it will show at the time of your death whether you go to hell or to heaven. It is your choice, is your freedom. What do you what? You want to go to hell or to heaven is your own choice and your own discretion. That’s very important.
(1992-0226: Public Program, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Interviewer: Mother, what is the true nature of death? Is it possible that you can choose not to die? What’s the purpose of death?
Shri Mataji: See, death is just like changing your clothes. So sometimes when you use too much of your clothes you get tired. You want to change it. Like that death is. Nobody dies, there’s nothing that dies except that the part that is the Mother Earth and the part that is the water falls off, and you remain as you are. But if you are a realized soul, then you have a choice. If you want to be born again, you would like to be born. If you don’t want to be born, you will not be born. But after Realization, it becomes your choice. If you want to die, you can die. If you don’t want to die, you need not die. But you want because you think that “Let us die and come back as new people again to help Mother.”
(1983-1001: KAZU Radio Interview with Barbara Schuler, Santa Cruz, California, USA)
Death does not exist in the divine language. Those who are dead can be reborn. But death sometimes could be used for punishing people, for destroying them, for taking them away from the scene. That’s what the Mother Earth does sometimes. Her anger can be so great that pin-pointedly She can destroy thousands and thousands of miles of earth, destroying many people who have been extremely irreligious and uncollective.
(1986-0803: Shri Bhoomi Devi Puja, Shudy Camps, UK)
Q (Lady): Why do we human beings have fear of death?
Shri Mataji: Because you are in ignorance. Suddenly, the lights go off, you will be frightened, you are ignorant. There’s nothing like death. It’s just transformation from one life to another. After this you are not afraid of anything. Nothing. And you are all the time protected. You can feel it. You are protected. Actually you feel it. It is absolutely miraculous the way things happen and people have written to me – how they were protected, how they were saved, they could not believe it, because all the angels are with you. But, if I tell you this, you won’t believe in these modern things of science, but now many things are also discovered in science like quantum theory. You can’t explain it.
(1993-1004: Public Program, United Nations Meeting, New York)
Q: What do you believe happens after death?
Shri Mataji: You see, after death you would never die. Actually only there are five elements you are made of, out of which the earth element really falls off and the other four elements remain. And the water oozes out a little, little like that, and you become a small entity, which is the Soul. The Soul has got the Kundalini on top of the head and the Spirit on top of the head and all the four elements are there intact.
(1981-0331: Australian Radio Broadcast 1, Sydney, Australia)
The collective subconscious receives a normal personality who has just accepted death as a transition. Actually, when we die we really do not die, only part of us, the earth element drops down. And part of the water element also. But the rest of the elements that form this body, the different koshas, like the Kundalina (?) that goes out and the Atma that rises, all that put together as soul you can call it, all that goes into the collective subconscious and starts going smaller and smaller. Into the area of that collective subconscious, where it is to be placed for getting smaller and smaller.
(1977-0223: Normal Human Awareness)
Question: She would like to know if death is a result of our errors or a law of nature.
Shri Mataji: No, no, it is - anything that is born has to die. We just change our dress as we do every day. That’s how we change this body.
(1990-1017: Press Conference, Bucharest, Romania)
21.4.10
16.4.10
Lord Shiva
Advice from H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi:
1977-0222 About different Chakras and their Deities by Sahaja Library
God Shiva is existence. And this is the first form which emerges into all these forms. Like the seed emerges into the whole tree and becomes the seed, and ultimately at the dissolution point also it becomes Shiva. That is why it is known as Shiva, means the permanent form. It doesn’t go into any formations. It doesn’t incarnate. It is a witness which watches. That’s the aspect of God. So you have got three aspects of God. The first one which is the Shiva, which is the existence, the second one which is the creator, which is Brahmadeva and the third one which is Vishnu, which is the sustenance, which evolves, which gives evolutionary movement, which incarnates, which has incarnated ten times.
(extract from Talk on Chakras and Deities, Delhi, 1977-0222)
1979-0611 How Aspects of God are expressed within us by Sahaja Library
So I would like to give you a little idea about this picture that we have in front of us. Now whom we call as God Almighty, the One who is eternal, who doesn’t incarnate, who is all the time there watching the play of His power, the Primordial Mother, is manifested through Her Power into His three aspects here, clearly, within ourselves and within the Primordial Being who is the ultimate which all the created people have to reach. Now theres a difference between the two, the Almighty - God, as you call Him, the One who never incarnates, and the One who incarnates on this earth and occupies a position like this, just like a human being, and He's called as a Primordial Being or you can say the Virata. You can call Him the Virat. Actually, though He's called as Primordial Being, He's an aspect of God. So these are two things if you understand, I will be able to explain to you how the aspects of God are expressed in us.
So the first aspect of God is His desire to create, His desire to create and in His desire to create. ... So His desire to manifest, His desire to create, that's the aspect within us which is represented by this blue-colored line which is called as the Adi Ida Nadi, or you can call it the primordial Ida channel by which He desires. Now as the desire can be born and can be finished off, can be switched off, in the same way, His desire to create also can be over. His desire to create any more may be over. His desire not to create for the time being could be there. So if you understand your desires, you can understand His desire also to create and thats why when He does not desire to have it anymore, the creation He can destroy.
So He is the One through which we exist and through which we are destroyed, too. So He’s the One who manifests existence and destruction of creation. That’s why He is called as Destroyer. This aspect is represented by the principle of Shiva, which never incarnates because this principle is the one which is the germ, which is the beginning and which the end of everything. Like a seed becomes the seed ultimately, in the same way this Shiva tattwa, this principle of Shiva, germinates, creates and then it again becomes the same principle. That’s why the principle of Shiva never changes. It is called as Shiva, means it is permanent, it is eternal.
(extracts from Talk 'How Aspects of God are experienced within us', Caxton Hall, London, 1979-0611)
1977-0222 About different Chakras and their Deities by Sahaja Library
God Shiva is existence. And this is the first form which emerges into all these forms. Like the seed emerges into the whole tree and becomes the seed, and ultimately at the dissolution point also it becomes Shiva. That is why it is known as Shiva, means the permanent form. It doesn’t go into any formations. It doesn’t incarnate. It is a witness which watches. That’s the aspect of God. So you have got three aspects of God. The first one which is the Shiva, which is the existence, the second one which is the creator, which is Brahmadeva and the third one which is Vishnu, which is the sustenance, which evolves, which gives evolutionary movement, which incarnates, which has incarnated ten times.
(extract from Talk on Chakras and Deities, Delhi, 1977-0222)
1979-0611 How Aspects of God are expressed within us by Sahaja Library
So I would like to give you a little idea about this picture that we have in front of us. Now whom we call as God Almighty, the One who is eternal, who doesn’t incarnate, who is all the time there watching the play of His power, the Primordial Mother, is manifested through Her Power into His three aspects here, clearly, within ourselves and within the Primordial Being who is the ultimate which all the created people have to reach. Now theres a difference between the two, the Almighty - God, as you call Him, the One who never incarnates, and the One who incarnates on this earth and occupies a position like this, just like a human being, and He's called as a Primordial Being or you can say the Virata. You can call Him the Virat. Actually, though He's called as Primordial Being, He's an aspect of God. So these are two things if you understand, I will be able to explain to you how the aspects of God are expressed in us.
So the first aspect of God is His desire to create, His desire to create and in His desire to create. ... So His desire to manifest, His desire to create, that's the aspect within us which is represented by this blue-colored line which is called as the Adi Ida Nadi, or you can call it the primordial Ida channel by which He desires. Now as the desire can be born and can be finished off, can be switched off, in the same way, His desire to create also can be over. His desire to create any more may be over. His desire not to create for the time being could be there. So if you understand your desires, you can understand His desire also to create and thats why when He does not desire to have it anymore, the creation He can destroy.
So He is the One through which we exist and through which we are destroyed, too. So He’s the One who manifests existence and destruction of creation. That’s why He is called as Destroyer. This aspect is represented by the principle of Shiva, which never incarnates because this principle is the one which is the germ, which is the beginning and which the end of everything. Like a seed becomes the seed ultimately, in the same way this Shiva tattwa, this principle of Shiva, germinates, creates and then it again becomes the same principle. That’s why the principle of Shiva never changes. It is called as Shiva, means it is permanent, it is eternal.
(extracts from Talk 'How Aspects of God are experienced within us', Caxton Hall, London, 1979-0611)
13.4.10
The Fisherman
Mr Harishchandra Koli got his realisation in 1979 in Patkar Hall, Mumbai. The next programme he attended, Shri Mataji called him on the stage and asked him to put his hands on the mother earth and see what he felt. Shri Mataji put her feet on Mr Koli's hands. He explained that with Mother's feet on his hands he felt as if he was in Kailash. He saw Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi as Himalaya and her legs were like a Sivalinga in his hands. This was the most wonderful experience of his life because he was a seeker and he was looking at God, and with this experience he felt that this was heaven and this was Adi Shakti, who he had been looking for the whole of this lifetime.
One month after getting realisation he was lying on the sofa after meditating. He was looking at Mother's photograph and suddenly he saw Mother in the Virata swarupa and the whole house was full of light. After these two miracles he realised that She was not a normal person, but is Divine. He wanted to know more about Her and he went to see his best friend Bhiku, and they both went for a walk at Gateway of India in Mumbai, with so much enthusiasm. Mr Koli told his friend that when he got his realisation he felt the cold chaitanya all over his body. He also told his friend Bhiku of his two visions, and that he must come to the next programme, whenever it was. Suddenly a large car stopped close to them, and the window went down. There was this miraculous person they had been talking about - Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. She asked him who he was, and he said his name was Mr Koli, that he had been at Her programme and also about the miraculous vision he had had that morning and that he would love to come to the next programme.
He went to the next programme with his family and friends. After the programme he went up to Shri Mataji on the stage and She asked him to turn round and showed him to the other people. 'Look at his kundalini rising,' She said. 'He is a realised soul and was one of the fishermen with me on the boat when I came as Christ. He is St Thomas.' At this time (1979), Mr Koli was a fisherman with four big fishing boats, and Mother told him, 'stop catching fish and now you must start catching people, within a few months.' So he sold the boats, and devoted his life to Sahaja work.
In 1981 Mr Koli decided that he must share the beautiful thing he had been given with all his relatives in the village of Sakhar. His wife Lakshmi, four more yogis and he went on a Sunday to give realisation. It was raining very heavily the whole day long, and stormy, and to get to the village they had to cross the sea. Because of the heavy rain, which made it dangerous, the boatman would not go for the whole day. Suddenly Mr Koli looked up at the sky and asked 'Oh rain of God, I pray to you and ask for forgiveness if I am interfering with the laws of nature, but the work I am going to do is for my Divine Mother, Shri Mataji Nimala Devi. I would request you to stop the rains while I go and give realisation, until I return. Otherwise it is not possible to cross the sea. The other yogis laughed and wondered what Mr Koli was doing, but suddenly there was a clap of thunder and the rain stopped. Everyone, including the boatman, was surprised to see what had happened. He went to the village, gave realisation then returned home. When he got home it suddenly started to rain again and that was the time when he realised what Sahaja Yoga was, and how much power Mother has given us.
In 1985 Shri Mataji told Mr Koli that She would like to come to Alibagh the following year and it was really a surprise because he had started building a bungalow and wanted to invite Her. The building work was going on and the building materials were lying around all over the place. Many village people said 'Aren't you scared that someone will come and steal the materials?' but he said 'This is Mother's house and it is well protected. No one would dare take anything.' The very next day a man from the village came and asked him 'Mr Koli, do you have a person protecting your house?' Mr Koli said, 'No, why?' The man replied, 'Because last night I saw someone in a white costume and a blanket over the body.' Mr Koli asked, 'What were you doing on my ground?' to which the man replied, 'Please forgive me, but I actually came to steal some cement and this person chased me. The person was quite large and strongly built.' Mr Koli and the villager entered the next room and the thief saw Mother's photograph. He was shocked and said, 'That is the person who was guarding your materials. This lady chased me and I ran for my life. She had a stick in Her hand and as wearing a white sari, a blanket and had a big bindi on Her forehead.' This shook everyone in the village because they all knew the story.
In 1986 there was the first New Year Puja at Alibagh. A miracle took place in the house. Shri Mataji reached there around 7.00p.m. from Ganapathiphule, and many other Western yogis too. When Mother stepped out of the car She was so surprised and said, 'This place is so beautiful. I always wanted to come here.' Mother went into the bedroom and said to the other yogis, 'I must tell Sir CP about this place and he must come and visit it.' She asked one of the yogis if somebody could get Her a phone as She wanted to call Mumbai. Since it was not a developed village there were no phones. Then She asked Mr Koli for a coconut. He asked Shri Mataji if She wanted to eat one and She said She did not, but She wanted a fresh one from the tree. A village boy climbed up and got Mother one in ten minutes and gave it to Shri Mataji. She went into Her room and closed the door. Many country leaders were sitting in the hall outside, and after an hour one of the leaders came and said that Shri Mataji was using the coconut as a phone and She was speaking to Sir CP for nearly an hour. Later the yogis found out that this was the year that mobile phones first came out.
The next day after breakfast a few of us yogis were sitting around Mother and Mr Koli asked Mother if a certain story from our grandfather's time was true. The story went like this: the villagers were saying that during his time there once came a man. Very large and smart, and he was walking on the seashore. He asked the fishermen, 'Now you have come back from fishing, how were the waters and how much fish did you catch?' One fisherman jokingly said that there were a lot of stones in the sea and less fish. The next day when all the fishermen wanted to go out fishing they saw the sea was full of stones everywhere and they could not go fishing. They realised the man from the day before must have had something to do with it, and they all went searching for him. After walking for a few miles they saw the same man sitting under a Banyan tree with closed eyes. The fisherman who had been joking the day before went running up to him and fell at his feet and asked forgiveness. The man said, 'Tathastu' meaning 'Blessings forever', and then said, 'Go, everything will be all right'. From that day everyone in the village worshiped at that tree and said it was Lord Shiva. Shri Mataji said that the story was true, because, She said, 'Shri Adi Shakti always follows Lord Shiva and that is the reason I am here now.' After that we and all the yogis went to the seashore with Shri Mataji, and She was barefoot.
After coming to Sahaja Yoga Mr Koli put all the pictures of gods he had in the ocean. He said, 'If Mother is Shri Adi Shakti, I don't need the other pictures', but he did not have the heart to throw the photo away of the gods dancing at the Feet of Shri Adi Shakti, which is now in the mantra book. One day after lunch at Alibagh, when Shri Mataji was with us there, he asked Her, 'Mother, I feel You are the One who is sitting there, but what is the meaning of this picture?' Shri Mataji said: 'All the gods had a meeting in heaven because they did not know what to do with humanity. Whichever aspect of God was sent to the earth, the people troubled them, i.e. Christ, Shri Rama, Shri Krishna, so at that time Shri Adi Shakti said, "I will go as a Mother for mankind, and I will go like a normal person with all the worries, sadness and happiness in life. I will go through everything and also through all the mayas (illusions). This announcement of Shri Adi Shakti was a blessing for the gods, and this was the joyful incident when all the gods are dancing, so Adi Shakti is there to help them.' Anand Thandav, meaning Joyful Dance, was the name given by Shri Mataji to the picture. After this announcement Shri Mataji said Mr Koli should make thousands of copies of this picture, and give it out to yogis all over the world so each one could have one in his or her house. It brings joy and love to everyone.
In 1996 Mr Koli was at Cabella and he said to Shri Mataji, 'I am in seventh heaven. Mother, thank you for everything. All my desires are fulfilled, I am happy but if I ever take my birth again let it be as your child and you as my Mother. That's all I ask for.'
In 1997 on Guru Puja day he expired peacefully with a smile on his face.
[from Eternally Inspiring Recollections of our Holy Mother. Volume 1 - Stories from India (2006)]
One month after getting realisation he was lying on the sofa after meditating. He was looking at Mother's photograph and suddenly he saw Mother in the Virata swarupa and the whole house was full of light. After these two miracles he realised that She was not a normal person, but is Divine. He wanted to know more about Her and he went to see his best friend Bhiku, and they both went for a walk at Gateway of India in Mumbai, with so much enthusiasm. Mr Koli told his friend that when he got his realisation he felt the cold chaitanya all over his body. He also told his friend Bhiku of his two visions, and that he must come to the next programme, whenever it was. Suddenly a large car stopped close to them, and the window went down. There was this miraculous person they had been talking about - Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. She asked him who he was, and he said his name was Mr Koli, that he had been at Her programme and also about the miraculous vision he had had that morning and that he would love to come to the next programme.
He went to the next programme with his family and friends. After the programme he went up to Shri Mataji on the stage and She asked him to turn round and showed him to the other people. 'Look at his kundalini rising,' She said. 'He is a realised soul and was one of the fishermen with me on the boat when I came as Christ. He is St Thomas.' At this time (1979), Mr Koli was a fisherman with four big fishing boats, and Mother told him, 'stop catching fish and now you must start catching people, within a few months.' So he sold the boats, and devoted his life to Sahaja work.
In 1981 Mr Koli decided that he must share the beautiful thing he had been given with all his relatives in the village of Sakhar. His wife Lakshmi, four more yogis and he went on a Sunday to give realisation. It was raining very heavily the whole day long, and stormy, and to get to the village they had to cross the sea. Because of the heavy rain, which made it dangerous, the boatman would not go for the whole day. Suddenly Mr Koli looked up at the sky and asked 'Oh rain of God, I pray to you and ask for forgiveness if I am interfering with the laws of nature, but the work I am going to do is for my Divine Mother, Shri Mataji Nimala Devi. I would request you to stop the rains while I go and give realisation, until I return. Otherwise it is not possible to cross the sea. The other yogis laughed and wondered what Mr Koli was doing, but suddenly there was a clap of thunder and the rain stopped. Everyone, including the boatman, was surprised to see what had happened. He went to the village, gave realisation then returned home. When he got home it suddenly started to rain again and that was the time when he realised what Sahaja Yoga was, and how much power Mother has given us.
In 1985 Shri Mataji told Mr Koli that She would like to come to Alibagh the following year and it was really a surprise because he had started building a bungalow and wanted to invite Her. The building work was going on and the building materials were lying around all over the place. Many village people said 'Aren't you scared that someone will come and steal the materials?' but he said 'This is Mother's house and it is well protected. No one would dare take anything.' The very next day a man from the village came and asked him 'Mr Koli, do you have a person protecting your house?' Mr Koli said, 'No, why?' The man replied, 'Because last night I saw someone in a white costume and a blanket over the body.' Mr Koli asked, 'What were you doing on my ground?' to which the man replied, 'Please forgive me, but I actually came to steal some cement and this person chased me. The person was quite large and strongly built.' Mr Koli and the villager entered the next room and the thief saw Mother's photograph. He was shocked and said, 'That is the person who was guarding your materials. This lady chased me and I ran for my life. She had a stick in Her hand and as wearing a white sari, a blanket and had a big bindi on Her forehead.' This shook everyone in the village because they all knew the story.
In 1986 there was the first New Year Puja at Alibagh. A miracle took place in the house. Shri Mataji reached there around 7.00p.m. from Ganapathiphule, and many other Western yogis too. When Mother stepped out of the car She was so surprised and said, 'This place is so beautiful. I always wanted to come here.' Mother went into the bedroom and said to the other yogis, 'I must tell Sir CP about this place and he must come and visit it.' She asked one of the yogis if somebody could get Her a phone as She wanted to call Mumbai. Since it was not a developed village there were no phones. Then She asked Mr Koli for a coconut. He asked Shri Mataji if She wanted to eat one and She said She did not, but She wanted a fresh one from the tree. A village boy climbed up and got Mother one in ten minutes and gave it to Shri Mataji. She went into Her room and closed the door. Many country leaders were sitting in the hall outside, and after an hour one of the leaders came and said that Shri Mataji was using the coconut as a phone and She was speaking to Sir CP for nearly an hour. Later the yogis found out that this was the year that mobile phones first came out.
The next day after breakfast a few of us yogis were sitting around Mother and Mr Koli asked Mother if a certain story from our grandfather's time was true. The story went like this: the villagers were saying that during his time there once came a man. Very large and smart, and he was walking on the seashore. He asked the fishermen, 'Now you have come back from fishing, how were the waters and how much fish did you catch?' One fisherman jokingly said that there were a lot of stones in the sea and less fish. The next day when all the fishermen wanted to go out fishing they saw the sea was full of stones everywhere and they could not go fishing. They realised the man from the day before must have had something to do with it, and they all went searching for him. After walking for a few miles they saw the same man sitting under a Banyan tree with closed eyes. The fisherman who had been joking the day before went running up to him and fell at his feet and asked forgiveness. The man said, 'Tathastu' meaning 'Blessings forever', and then said, 'Go, everything will be all right'. From that day everyone in the village worshiped at that tree and said it was Lord Shiva. Shri Mataji said that the story was true, because, She said, 'Shri Adi Shakti always follows Lord Shiva and that is the reason I am here now.' After that we and all the yogis went to the seashore with Shri Mataji, and She was barefoot.
After coming to Sahaja Yoga Mr Koli put all the pictures of gods he had in the ocean. He said, 'If Mother is Shri Adi Shakti, I don't need the other pictures', but he did not have the heart to throw the photo away of the gods dancing at the Feet of Shri Adi Shakti, which is now in the mantra book. One day after lunch at Alibagh, when Shri Mataji was with us there, he asked Her, 'Mother, I feel You are the One who is sitting there, but what is the meaning of this picture?' Shri Mataji said: 'All the gods had a meeting in heaven because they did not know what to do with humanity. Whichever aspect of God was sent to the earth, the people troubled them, i.e. Christ, Shri Rama, Shri Krishna, so at that time Shri Adi Shakti said, "I will go as a Mother for mankind, and I will go like a normal person with all the worries, sadness and happiness in life. I will go through everything and also through all the mayas (illusions). This announcement of Shri Adi Shakti was a blessing for the gods, and this was the joyful incident when all the gods are dancing, so Adi Shakti is there to help them.' Anand Thandav, meaning Joyful Dance, was the name given by Shri Mataji to the picture. After this announcement Shri Mataji said Mr Koli should make thousands of copies of this picture, and give it out to yogis all over the world so each one could have one in his or her house. It brings joy and love to everyone.In 1996 Mr Koli was at Cabella and he said to Shri Mataji, 'I am in seventh heaven. Mother, thank you for everything. All my desires are fulfilled, I am happy but if I ever take my birth again let it be as your child and you as my Mother. That's all I ask for.'
In 1997 on Guru Puja day he expired peacefully with a smile on his face.
[from Eternally Inspiring Recollections of our Holy Mother. Volume 1 - Stories from India (2006)]
4.4.10
Easter Puja 1996
Today we are doing Easter Puja. Today is a very important day for Sahaja Yogis because Isa-Messiah (Jesus) has shown us that redemption of human beings is possible, and for that redemption we should always put in an effort. There is also a meaning why He was crucified. He was crucified on the cross and this cross is a symbol of the Swastika on the Agnya chakra. He was crucified and He left His body there only. He told some important things at that time and one most important thing out of this was 'Wait for the Mother' - Think of the Mother'. (Behold the Mother?)
Everybody can interpret it in a different way, but it seems He said that He will send for us such a shakti (power) who has three channels - Trigunatmika, and that is described very beautifully. One of these Shaktis/powers will give us comfort. This comfort-giving power in us is Mahakali's power which gives us comfort, which cures our diseases, which corrects/solves many questions of our past. The second power, which He gave us, which He sent to us, was Mahasaraswati and to this Mahasaraswati Power, He called Counsellor, the one who will counsel you - that means, who helps us for Yognirupan (to see the form of Yoga). With the help of this second power, we will get Gyan (Knowledge), we will know the subtle knowledge. And the third power, (Mahalakshmi) with the help of which we will get our redemption.
Thus, He had talked about these three powers. Buddha also said that I will send you Matreya, that means three types of mothers - Matain-Ekritya-Matreya.
People did not understand what this Matreya is, and they made it Maitrya. This Matreya can be only in Adishakti - simultaneously - Adishakti, He must have told as Primordial Mother. But the one who corrected Bible, he made it as Holy Ghost - and made a dove instead of it. Because the one who corrected the Bible hated women and he did not believe that a woman could also do such a great work. Because of this hatred, he made a strange form of it (the Holy Ghost) and the second thing is that it is a dove and a dove means that she will be the messenger of peace. But He did not talk of a woman or that she will be a woman. But in our Shatras it is written „Sahasrare Mahamaya“, that means She will be in the form of Mahamaya. People will not recognize Her and you have to get your self realization to recognize Her. If you don't get your realization, you cannot recognize Her.
In His lifetime He (Jesus) explained everything in a very open manner, He could do. Many things He told and many things He didn't, but still some truth came out which they could not change. It was very necessary for Sahaja Yoga that Isa Messiah (Jesus) came. He was a Chir Balak (boy from olden times), and now it is proved that He was an incarnation of Shri Ganesha. Shri Ganesha incarnated only once in the world and that is in the form of Shri Jesus/Isa Messiah.
The work of these three(Buddha, Mahavira, Jesus(Isa)) was done at the level of Tapasya and therefore they worked in the Murdha of Virata (Brain), and there is a place of Tapasya in the work of all the three, that means human beings should do the Tapasya and they can cross through Agnya only with Tapasya. It was very necessary to pierce through Agnya chakra, without that, Kundalini cannot rise. Resurrection of Jesus facilitated the piercing of the Agnya chakra. First He died and then His resurrection took place. Therefore there is a great message from Easter that because of Resurrection of Isa-Messiah (Jesus), we could get our resurrection. The most difficult chakra in a human being is the Agnya chakra because a human being is always thinking. This continuous thinking results in a condition of vaporization of mind in the head and he cannot go beyond these thoughts. He cannot go beyond these thoughts.You can go beyond thinking only when the Agnya Chakra is opened. Therefore it can be said that Sahaja Yoga would have been very difficult if Isa (Jesus) would not have resurrected after leaving his body. However the work was done by all the Incarnations at their respective places and at respective times. But the work which was done by the resurrection of Isa(Jesus) was marvelous. That is the reason why it is not difficult to open Agnya. It is not difficult to go beyond Agnya. There have been many Gurus, many great Gurus. They did a great work. They did so many things so that people could get their Jagruti (awareness) to God and they could attract their attention to self-realization.
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, extract from Hindi Talk, Easter Puja 1996, Kolkata
(1996-0414)
full translation
Everybody can interpret it in a different way, but it seems He said that He will send for us such a shakti (power) who has three channels - Trigunatmika, and that is described very beautifully. One of these Shaktis/powers will give us comfort. This comfort-giving power in us is Mahakali's power which gives us comfort, which cures our diseases, which corrects/solves many questions of our past. The second power, which He gave us, which He sent to us, was Mahasaraswati and to this Mahasaraswati Power, He called Counsellor, the one who will counsel you - that means, who helps us for Yognirupan (to see the form of Yoga). With the help of this second power, we will get Gyan (Knowledge), we will know the subtle knowledge. And the third power, (Mahalakshmi) with the help of which we will get our redemption.
Thus, He had talked about these three powers. Buddha also said that I will send you Matreya, that means three types of mothers - Matain-Ekritya-Matreya.
People did not understand what this Matreya is, and they made it Maitrya. This Matreya can be only in Adishakti - simultaneously - Adishakti, He must have told as Primordial Mother. But the one who corrected Bible, he made it as Holy Ghost - and made a dove instead of it. Because the one who corrected the Bible hated women and he did not believe that a woman could also do such a great work. Because of this hatred, he made a strange form of it (the Holy Ghost) and the second thing is that it is a dove and a dove means that she will be the messenger of peace. But He did not talk of a woman or that she will be a woman. But in our Shatras it is written „Sahasrare Mahamaya“, that means She will be in the form of Mahamaya. People will not recognize Her and you have to get your self realization to recognize Her. If you don't get your realization, you cannot recognize Her.
In His lifetime He (Jesus) explained everything in a very open manner, He could do. Many things He told and many things He didn't, but still some truth came out which they could not change. It was very necessary for Sahaja Yoga that Isa Messiah (Jesus) came. He was a Chir Balak (boy from olden times), and now it is proved that He was an incarnation of Shri Ganesha. Shri Ganesha incarnated only once in the world and that is in the form of Shri Jesus/Isa Messiah.
The work of these three(Buddha, Mahavira, Jesus(Isa)) was done at the level of Tapasya and therefore they worked in the Murdha of Virata (Brain), and there is a place of Tapasya in the work of all the three, that means human beings should do the Tapasya and they can cross through Agnya only with Tapasya. It was very necessary to pierce through Agnya chakra, without that, Kundalini cannot rise. Resurrection of Jesus facilitated the piercing of the Agnya chakra. First He died and then His resurrection took place. Therefore there is a great message from Easter that because of Resurrection of Isa-Messiah (Jesus), we could get our resurrection. The most difficult chakra in a human being is the Agnya chakra because a human being is always thinking. This continuous thinking results in a condition of vaporization of mind in the head and he cannot go beyond these thoughts. He cannot go beyond these thoughts.You can go beyond thinking only when the Agnya Chakra is opened. Therefore it can be said that Sahaja Yoga would have been very difficult if Isa (Jesus) would not have resurrected after leaving his body. However the work was done by all the Incarnations at their respective places and at respective times. But the work which was done by the resurrection of Isa(Jesus) was marvelous. That is the reason why it is not difficult to open Agnya. It is not difficult to go beyond Agnya. There have been many Gurus, many great Gurus. They did a great work. They did so many things so that people could get their Jagruti (awareness) to God and they could attract their attention to self-realization.
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, extract from Hindi Talk, Easter Puja 1996, Kolkata
(1996-0414)
full translation
3.4.10
Easter Puja 1993
We all have today gathered here on top of this beautiful mountain, to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. It’s very significant for Sahaja yogis to understand the great event of His resurrection, by which He showed that the spirit does not die. He was – He was the Omkara, He was the Logos and He was the Spirit, and that is why He could walk on the water. And also now we have made a film where we have shown how the Mooladhara, which shows the carbon atom, as clearly if you see from right to the left, you find a proper swastika there; and left to the right we see Omkara. But when you see from down below upward, what you see is alpha and omega. That proves beyond doubt that Christ, as He said, “I am the Alpha and I am the Omega,” shows clearly that He was the incarnation of Shri Ganesh. It’s a scientific proof we have now with us, and that’s how we can tell people that it’s a fact. I don’t know at the time of Christ this alpha and omega was known to the mathematicians, but definitely to Him when He said, “I am the Alpha and the Omega.” His was an incarnation very remarkable, and very important for our ascent. If He had not resurrected Himself, we could not have achieved our ascent at all.
So it’s a great contribution. The resurrection of Christ is evident now in your own life: what you were before and what you are today. It is such a change, such a difference, such a transformation. It is His own sacrifice on the cross and His own beautiful resurrection has created a way for all of us to get into this new transformed state. In this state is a different story for human beings, and a different for Christ. Christ was Himself was holiness, was purity. So His resurrection is nothing but just a physical happening, we can say, because He did not need transformation, He did not have to go through any cleansing. But what happened in His case was that He became resurrected from death – symbolizes the life of human beings without spirituality is like a death; because they do everything without any understanding about the totality, about the reality, about the absolute truth. Whatever they do ultimately takes them to their destruction. Even the religions which are established by these great incarnations are absolutely on a decline. You do not find any trace of religious life with all those people who claim that they are the ones who can represent those incarnations. If you see in a subtle way it’s very painful also, that in the name of all these great incarnations the kind of work people are doing, the activities that they take to is something impossible, because they have no fear of God.
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, extract from Easter Puja 1993, Italy
(1993-0411)
So it’s a great contribution. The resurrection of Christ is evident now in your own life: what you were before and what you are today. It is such a change, such a difference, such a transformation. It is His own sacrifice on the cross and His own beautiful resurrection has created a way for all of us to get into this new transformed state. In this state is a different story for human beings, and a different for Christ. Christ was Himself was holiness, was purity. So His resurrection is nothing but just a physical happening, we can say, because He did not need transformation, He did not have to go through any cleansing. But what happened in His case was that He became resurrected from death – symbolizes the life of human beings without spirituality is like a death; because they do everything without any understanding about the totality, about the reality, about the absolute truth. Whatever they do ultimately takes them to their destruction. Even the religions which are established by these great incarnations are absolutely on a decline. You do not find any trace of religious life with all those people who claim that they are the ones who can represent those incarnations. If you see in a subtle way it’s very painful also, that in the name of all these great incarnations the kind of work people are doing, the activities that they take to is something impossible, because they have no fear of God.
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, extract from Easter Puja 1993, Italy
(1993-0411)
2.4.10
Spreading Sahaja in Kerala
Sahaja spreading stall at Sree Jaganath Temple in 26/02/10 to 04/03/10
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Sahaja Yoga Kerala
1.4.10
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