Shri Adi Shakti and Mother Earth

Shri Adi Shakti Puja 1997 from Sahaja Library

Today we are going to do the Puja of Adi Shakti. It’s a difficult subject to talk about Adi Shakti, because it’s not easy to understand that Adi Shakti is the power of Sadashiva. Sadashiva is the God Almighty, She is His breath, as some people call it. Some say She is the desire and some say that She’s the entire power of Sadashiva, and Sadashiva cannot do anything without Her powers. This subject has been described by many people in various books in different ways. But actually we need not go to the background of the creation of Adi Shakti, for that at least you need seven lectures. But we’ll come to the point where Adi Shakti started working on this Mother Earth. The first thing is we must know, that She created a Kundalini in the Mother Earth itself and She created Shri Ganesha out of the Mother Earth, it’s very interesting. So the Mother Earth becomes a very important thing for us. If we do not know how to respect the Mother Earth, we do not know how to respect ourselves. The expression of Adi Shakti within you is the Kundalini, no doubt. That is the reflection of Adi Shakti in you. But the reflection in the Mother Earth is also expressed, as you all know, in different places, different countries, different cities, as the manifestation of chakras and Adi Shakti’s creations. It was very important first to create a very holy Mother Earth for human beings to be born on there.

So the reflection of the Adi Shakti as Kundalini first was on the Mother Earth. Kundalini is, we should say, is a wee part of the Adi Shakti, or we can say that, She is the desire, pure desire, of the Adi Shakti. So Adi Shakti is the desire, complete desire of Sadashiva; and Kundalini, Adi Kundalini is the desire, complete desire of Adi Shakti. Now this one was first expressed in the Mother Earth, inside the Mother Earth. Inside the Mother Earth, the Kundalini came up in such a way that it cooled down the inner part of the Mother Earth as much as it could, and then it manifested on the surface of the earth as different chakras. So it’s tremendous similarity that we have with Virata, the Mother Earth and the human beings. If all of them are being reflected by the Adi Kundalini so there has to be a great connection between them. It is not understood by human beings how they are connected to this Mother Earth. This Kundalini passed through different centers, creating different centers in the Mother Earth and ultimately broke through Kailasha. And I don’t know how many have you been to Kailash you’ll see tremendous vibrations flowing out of Kailash.

Now the way we insult our Mother Earth, what we are doing is we are insulting the Adi Shakti. So many ways there are we should respect the Mother Earth. I mean it was an Indian custom to begin with, when you got up from your bed and you touched the Mother Earth with your feet, you have to say, “Oh Mother Earth, please forgive me because I’m touching You with my feet.” All the movements of Mother Earth are controlled by this inner Kundalini, which is the reflection of Adi Shakti. The gravity that it has also is the manifestation of the Kundalini of the Mother Earth.

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, extract from Shri Adi Shakti Puja, Cabella, Italy, 25/5/97

Arun Apte performs Raga Bhairavi

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Shri P.K.Salve Kala Pratishthan, Vaitarna

Advice on (not) watching the Eclipse

Advice given by H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi:

"A pregnant woman should never see the eclipse of the sun or the moon, because if they see the sun eclipse, they’ll have physical problems. The children will be born with hands like this, feet like that. And if they see the lunar eclipse, the moon’s eclipse, then they will have mental problems."
(Talk at Le Raincy, France, 17/8/87)

"The handicapped children are mostly created because the mothers do not know what is to be done during pregnancy. Say, if you see an eclipse during pregnancy you will get a handicapped child. If you see a setting sun during pregnancy for long period of times, then you will get children whose eyes that are very weak. ..."
(Public Program, Rome, Italy, 29/4/82)

"Now one has to realize that you have to become subtler. Then again the question, “How to become?” How to become subtler is the problem. For example, today, there was a question of having a puja in the morning time – today. They said that there is a Suryagrahana, means the eclipse of the sun and if today is such a great date, that if you do the worship or the puja you get blessings of thousands of such pujas on an eclipse day of the sun. Now, if you look at it, it looks very fine, good, yes it’s true, it is written in the astrological survey and all that - is a very great thing, and we start following it. You being Sahaja yogis, you must attack it from a subtler point. That is how your wisdom will also become subtler; your attitude also will become subtler. To attack such a question from subtle point of view, we have to first of all know that we are Sahaja yogis. No technique is needed, just see your vibrations on this question, to begin with - it’s very simple. Subtler things are the simpler things; gross things are complicated - it is very simple, very simple equation. Simple thing is to feel the vibrations on this point – whether today’s puja, is it really worth something or not. You’ll be amazed that your right side will become hot on this point."
(Talk: 'Open your Heart', Lonavala, India, 25/1/82)

"You saw the eclipse? No. That’s good. The moon was under eclipse, you see, when we were coming. And I gave, was giving it a bandhan. When the eclipse was over then only we reached here. Thank God. And you didn’t see it. I’m very happy."
(Talk at Ram Das Temple, Satara, India, 30/12/82)

Relationship of the Swadisthan and Nabhi Chakras

Contrary to popular belief amongst many modern Sahaja yogis, the ascending Kundalini enters the Nabhi chakra and then the Swadhistan chakra, as these extracts from the early teachings of H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi indicate:

"The Swadhisthan Chakra is placed above the Mooladhara, the Abode or Seat of the Kundalini. In human beings this subtle centre controls its gross manifestation known as the Aortic Plexus. This chakra was created after the Nabhi Chakra (the solar plexus centre). It emerged like a lotus from the Nabhi and dangles in the centre of the Void."

"The Primordial Mother created the Adi Swadhisthan Chakra, which grew out of the Adi Nabhi Chakra. A lotus emerged from the navel of Adi Vishnu, and on top of that lotus Adi Brahmadeva was born. He is the Presiding Deity of the Adi Swadhisthan Chakra, and uses Divine Power for His role of creation. This chakra dangles in the Void in a clockwise circular motion. Adi Brahmadeva, who is the Deity responsible for looking after the material side of life, creates matter through the power of Adi Shakti. In human beings He exposes both material knowledge (Science) and aesthetics (Arts) which underly matter and its creation."

An anonymous yogi has written: The Swadisthan Chakra is suspended like a satellite on a cord from the Nabhi Chakra, and moves around the Void area giving sustenance to the ten petals of the Void (which represent Ten Commandments). When the Kundalini rises, it passes into the Nabhi Chakra first and then along the cord to enlighten the Swadisthan and then returns to the Nabhi Chakra to continue the journey to the crown of the head.

Martin Luther King

In February and March 1959, Dr. Martin Luther King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, traveled throughout India. Nearly 50 years after that visit, staff at All India Radio have discovered a tape of Dr. King in which he talks of his agreement with Mahatma Gandhi's message of nonviolent social action.


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Saraswati becomes the Vishnumaya

Canada as such I feel is the Hamsa Chakra of the Vishuddhi, but the power of Saraswati becomes Mahasaraswati when it is manifested by the Mahabrahmadeva which is called as Hiranyagarbha. For that she has to cross through the Hamsa. She crosses through Hamsa and becomes the Vishnumaya Shakti. I mean she is the Vishnumaya Shakti. So Saraswati becomes the Vishnumaya. She crosses at two points - one at Hamsa and another at Vishuddhi - so she is the sister of Shri Krishna. So Saraswati was born as the sister of Shri Krishna, and when Krishna’s mama (uncle) was Kamsa, he came to kill her, she just rose into the sky and became the lightning, and she declared the coming of Shri Krishna, that He is already there existing.

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Shri Saraswati Puja, Vancouver, 11/8/90

Shri Saraswati and Vancouver

"When they asked me what puja we should have in Vancouver, I had heard about this ashram that it is placed in very beautiful surroundings of nature and, as nature is being created by the power of Saraswati, I thought best would be to have the puja of Saraswati here. Another thing is that when people live in nature, they become extremely creative, their delicate feelings are preserved and they are never in a rush; or they are not what we can call too much modernized, because nature soothes them down. So also the creativity of Saraswati adds to artist, and I knew that there must have been many artists in this country created since long."

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Shri Saraswati Puja, Vancouver, Canada, 11/8/90

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Shri Saraswati and the Scholar

Saraswati is the Goddess of knowledge and learning. She sometimes appears alone on this chakra [Swadhisthan], and Her image appears to convey to human beings the real meaning of all knowledge. In one hand She often holds a veena symbolizing that the one who has knowledge (Gyani) must be a person who knows the music of the Divine. Indian classical music is based on the original Primordial Sound (Brahma Nada). So at this chakra, the Goddess appears with a veena to suggest that if you are a scholar you must also have the knowledge of music. Moreover a scholar should not be a dry personality but someone who enjoys the beauties of creativity (Madhurya).
In another hand She holds a rosary suggesting that a seeker after knowledge has to be a devotee of God and appreciate His eternal love. The seeker therefore must be well-versed in the devotional aspect of learning. The main purpose of his studies must be the search for eternal truth. That is the mark of a true bhakti: one who seeks wisdom and not just superficial knowledge. In a third hand the Goddess Saraswati carries books of knowledge to suggest that the scholar must create books out of the eternal truths discovered during his pursuit of knowledge.
Saraswati wears a white sari with a red border edged in goldwork. Her conveyance (Vahana) is a peacock (Mayura), the national bird of India. It is a fabulous bird with magnificent plumage. The choice of a peacock suggests that a scholar must be gifted with a complete sense of aesthetics. When clouds appear in the sky peacocks start to dance which is a peculiar habit exhibited by this bird. It depicts the poet or the dancer who sings or dances with joy when it sees the clouds. It interprets this as the news of future blessings, just like farmers feel joy at the sight of impending rain. Peacocks and farmers are united in collective consciousness at this manifestation of nature. The peacock is just like the scholar who sees God's grace appearing as clouds of joy in the sky, and dances with joy after seeing this vision of his yearning in the sky. The symbol of a peacock further suggests that like the peacock a scholar should be a visionary. It is the female peacock who dances not the male. Female peacocks are disgusted when males fight among themselves, and it falls to her to choose the victor in such a fight. This suggests that scholars are not to fight over dogmas as this is the action of undignified people.

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, [the unpublished first book]

Vibrations

Vibrations are the pulsation of the all-pervading power within us, which we can feel in the central nervous system. The Spirit doesn't pulsate. It doesn't pulsate. The pulsation exists in the all-pervading power. But through Spirit when you get connected, then only the flow starts. And you then start feeling the pulsation on the central nervous system. And these pulsations of the Holy Ghost are the vibrations.

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Delhi, 8/2/83

(Nirmala Yoga no.29, p35)

Hot, Ice-cold and Cool Vibrations

"Now the energy of God also some people say has to be hot. “You have to feel hot.” Some people feel that if you go to someone and you feel very hot energy coming from that person, is vibrations. Now any machine, which goes out of order, gives hot vibration. Any friction gives hot vibrations. But to judge it, best is for you to see what happens in Sahaj Yoga. Supposing there’s a cancer patient sitting and there’s a mad person sitting, and a one Sahaj Yogi sitting or a born realized is sitting. The person who has a cancer will give such heat that you’ll have to put off your heaters. The mad person also may give such heat that you will be amazed at the way the heat is coming or maybe sometimes such frozen hands it will have. He’ll have such weaknesses; his hands will be shaking; he’ll become absolutely frozen; he’ll go into a trance, his eyes will become transfixed. But a realized soul, if he’s a born realized, he’ll get a cool breeze in a Sahaj Yoga. And you should find out what sort of sources they have come? That’s how relatively you can find out the absolute. The one who is suffering from cancer has got hot. The one who, he has been to a spiritualist and is suffering from possession has got hot. So, the one who has got the cool breeze is the one who is really realized."

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, extract from Talk on "The Heart of the Universe", Caxton Hall, London, 14/9/81


One thing you must understand. Anybody who says, now I have got vibrations, some people go to someone and feel heated up. Then they want to get heated up more and more and more. This heat is coming from that man and is going to increase your heat all the time and it is going to increase and increase and increase and your chakras are going to be ruined completely by this man. It has to be reduced. It has to come to the cooling point and you must feel the cooling point. If you cannot feel the cooling point then you must know that this man is absolutely wrong. Heat is not the sign of cleansing. When you are feeling heat here now, for example, it is because the cleansing is taking place. Once the cleansing is over the cool breeze must flow in and you must feel the cool breeze. Now some people might feel absolutely cold, just like frozen, that's also not a good sign that means you are left sided .Some of you may feel that kind of a thing. It's not the feeling. It's the cold, is the point. It is the feeling of the cool breeze, is a breeze like feeling that you get. From my photograph also you will get. That's the way you have to judge yourself. You judge yourself, establish yourself, keep your chakras clean..

extract from Talk at Public program, Santa Cruz, California, USA, 18/10/81

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Shri Mataji Visits Nizamuddin Shrine 1993

1993-0320 Visit to Nizamuddin Shrine Delhi from Sahaja Library

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So many things you have seen get organized because also this Paramchaitanya has come into Kruta Yuga where it is working it out. It’s acting. And this activity, also, is absolutely supportive to you. For example, the police people told us that there are Muslims living here and you might have some danger from them. They might do some harm to you. I said, “Which Muslims are they?” So they said, “Nizamuddin Aulia people are here.” I said, “They’ll never harm us.”
I said, "Why? Because he was a Sufi and he was a great realized soul and the people who are around there, must be, most of them are, at least, believers of Sufism. How can they harm us?” So I said, “Tomorrow, early in the morning, you go and put a chador, as they call it, all of you,” and they were so impressed that you saw in the evening they came here all the way, morning time, and they were so respectful, then they called me, they gave me another chador, this, that and they said that we are yours and this and that, all kinds of things.
And his disciple was Amir Kousrow, was another very, very great Sufi gentleman and I always have admired his poetry and also the way Nizamuddin led his life of dignity and divinity.

All these Muslims who were there put hands towards me like this and they said, “We are feeling the cool breeze”, I said, “This is Ruh.” “Ah, this is Ruh.”
Once these people start getting Ruh, they will all become Sahaja Yogis very soon and you may have to have…..(unfinished sentence due to clapping)

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, extract from Birthday Puja Talk, Delhi, 1993


poetry by Amir Khusro

Christmas Puja 2008

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Jesus Christ

In western Christianity, Jesus Christ is portrayed as white-skinned, but this is not so as H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has indicated:

I must say, Christ has tried to fight your ego. He was born in a very humble family and He was not a white skinned man, no. In your language He was brown, but in Indian language He was black. But, when it comes to spirituality, you just see the enlightened one. You don't see what colour they have, of the skin. It's very, very superficial. But this is one of the enemies of the Western life, I think, which must be conquered.

(Christmas 1998)

Nirmala Vidya

It is the special power by which we do all Divine work, even forgiving. When you say, "Mother forgive us", the technique by which I forgive you is Nirmala Vidya. The technique by which I love you is also Nirmala Vidya. The technique by which all the mantras are manifesting themselves and are effective is also Nirmala Vidya.

Nirmala means pure, Vidya means knowledge. Nirmala Vidya is purest knowledge or the knowledge of this technique. It creates loops, the energy creates loops and creates also different formations by which it acts and draws all that is unwanted, impure, and fills it up with its power. ...

How subtle it is. Only by saying Nirmala Vidya, you just invite that power, the whole thing, the whole technique to attend to you and it attends to you. You dont have to worry. ... That technique is called Nirmala Vidya. That technique once mastered, by surrendering into it, it completely obeys, absolutely.

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, extract from Talk at Rahuri, Maharashtra, 31/12/80.
Full transcript in Nirmala Yoga no.1, pp20-21