Navaratri 2007 - Second Night

Very nice to see you all so happy here. Today is the second day and is a very important day from the point of evolution. As you know that our second chakra is very important. That's why today is very important. So what is the second chakra? Do you know which one is the second chakra?

Ah? What did they say? You must tell loudly. Swadisthan is the chakra, is very important because in this Kali Yuga, Swadisthana works the most. We have so many agents to make it work and work very hard. You know what is in second chakra. In the second chakra what happens that we are caught up by our ambition and the ambition makes you run up and down, and I've seen many Sahaja Yogis also getting lost, so it's a very important day for all of you.

So second chakra is important because in modern times it is very, very cosmic as well as active. We become very active, over active, and we start thinking about everyone with whom we are not concerned and bothering our heads. So today's chakra is important because it bothers your head, it troubles you a lot and you start thinking about them. You start thinking what have you said, what has happened, who is angry, all sorts of nonsense. You are all Sahaja yogis, so you shouldn't worry as to all these people, what they say, what they are doing. You should just enjoy yourself. Second chakra you must enjoy. That's the best way to enjoy Sahaja Yoga. Where your Swadisthana is satisfied nothing can destroy you or disturb you. At Swadisthana you can really look after; Swadisthan Chakra is so much good for you because now you are Sahaja Yogis and you can master it. That is one chakra which upsets, especially in the West people think too much, all the time thinking, thinking, thinking. That's from Swadisthan, you get that problem from Swadisthan.

To satisfy Swadisthan, you have to take to silence. You have to take to quietude and look at yourself. What is bothering you, what is troubling you, what gives you ideas and thoughts is Swadisthan. And some people think so much. There may not be any problem, but they create their own problem with the Swadisthana and just go on bothering about the stuff.

Swadisthan is very happy when you are just laughing and enjoying and not bothered about nonsense. How much time we waste on nonsense! We don't need it, Sahaja Yogis don't need it. It's only those who are not yet realized must be suffering. They do suffer and they might even trouble you, but just laugh at it and you must pardon them, forgive them, because they are doing this because they can't help it. You see, this Swadisthan Chakra is bothering them so they can't help it. ...

So now, don't allow your mind to bother about whatever nonsensical thoughts are coming - all kinds of, all kinds of nonsensical thoughts. You have nothing to do with them, but the thoughts are coming Now, this is the work of Mister Swadisthan. He's trying to distract you, you must get into silence. Once you get into silence, then he will go away and don't bother you.

My all attention is on your country because you're very good Sahaja Yogis. We have had Sahaja Yogis all over the world, you know in thousands they are, but nothing like Australian, I see. Because they are somehow or other very deeply touched and bothered about the world problems. So what you have to think now: not to have anything to do with Swadisthan, but what you have to become is you are Sahaja Yogis and no Swadisthan should bother you.

So there was ...I never knew that you were all here, now only they told me that you were all here. They said, "Only a few people are there." I said, "All right." Ah? How many? You have counted them?

Now, very sweet, Australia is really great to have beautiful children like this. And people care for children. That is first thing you must do is to care for your children. That is fighting your Swadisthan. Anything bothers you, you worry about you own children, finished. You have to bother about them and everything will work out. ...

You are definitely blessed because you are not falling to the whims of your Swadisthan. Definitely, and that is the chakra of your country also. So it makes you run up and down and think and think and think. Specially all the Sahaja Yogis have this problem. So you should just think that you are sitting on Swadisthan and you have to ride it, not to be ridden by it. All right?

I'm so proud of you people from this country have shown path to the rest of the world how can you be united and to be one. It's rather very surprising. In other countries the problem is different. Your country is the problem of Swadisthana as I said today, but you people have conquered it. When I came first year I found everybody's head moving with the Swadisthana. Then they became silent and very peaceful and now I see you all and I'm very happy because that's gone now, all that nonsense is finished. And there is nothing bothers you.

The root of all diseases is Swadisthan, it comes from there. So you should know not to play into hands of Swadisthan and go into thinking, thinking, thinking. They go on thinking, I mean something that doesn't exist, they go on thinking. So any such thought comes in you said, "We don't want to think," finished. I'm there to think for you, you don't think. If you have any problem, you let Me know, but you don't think. What you can do, you can write it down and send the problems to Me and I would like to see it. All right?

And then Swadisthana is chakra of your country, that is the second chakra and is here. And you'll be amazed to know that Sahaja Yogis there are from every country, but Australian ones are something special. They have very great faith in themselves. They do not go to wrong ideas. I've seen that, and I am very much thankful to you for that. ...

(The Music of Joy group sings Mata Oh Mata)
Beautiful, thank you.

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Sydney, October 2007


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When the Kundalini rises it makes sounds

When the Kundalini rises it makes sounds. And the sounds that are heard in the different chakras can be pronounced in the following way – these pronunciations are being used in the phonetic language of Devanagari, which means ‘the language spoken by the Devas’.

At the Mooladhara, where there are four petals, the sounds are: [vum, shum, sshum, sum]. Out of which the last, sshum and sum sounds are very close, but the difference is - when the snake hisses it makes this sshum – the third sound. So, vum, shum, sshum, sum.

At the Swadishthana, where there are six petals - it makes sounds, six sounds. [Bum, bhum, mum, yum, rum, lum.]

Manipur it has ten petals. It makes the sounds dum, dhum, num, tum, thum, dum, dhum, nnum, pum, phum.

At Anahata there are twelve petals. It makes the sounds km, kum, gum, ghum, chum, chum, jum, jhum, tum, thum.

At the Vishuddhi, where there are sixteen petals, it makes the sounds of all the vowels – a, aa, i, ii, u, uu, r, rr, lr, lrr, e, ai, o, ou, um, ahm.

At the Agnya chakra it makes ha, ksha.

At the Sahastrara one becomes thoughtless and no sound is made, but the pure Anahata, meaning the throbbing in the purest form as in the heart is all.

When all these sounds are sounded together and pass through the spiral of the body, if the body is like a conch, the sound that comes out of the synthesis is AUM. Like the seven colors of the sun ultimately become white rays, or you can say the golden colored rays.


H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, extract from Talk given in Hampstead, London, October 1978 (1978-1014)

Bija Mantras 1978 by Sahaja Library

Jesus Christ among the Doctors

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi comments on the painting Christ among the doctors (1506) by Albrecht Dürer.

Bhavasagara

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

Bhavasagara is the ocean of illusion in which we live.
(2nd Public program, Melbourne, 9/3/83)

Now, there is the existence, there is the creation, creative force, and there is the evolutionary force - all inside the Virata state. Now, this is at the Vaikuntha state, we say, because this state is on the first reflection. It is not in us – or we cannot feel it, the Vaikuntha state, because it is in the first. Then another state was created, then third was created, then the fourth one is the Bhavasagara, is the state at which all of us were born.
First, in the fourth state, - now, can you think of a four strata personality which is facing a mirror? Now, which is the first one shows? - is the topmost. And that’s why the topmost shows is the Bhavasagara. But if you can go deep down into your state, you can feel all the other three. But first of all, the one which you can see and feel it, is the Bhavasagara. So, you are born in the Bhavasagara. At this state you are at the Bhavasagara state. At this Bhavasagara state, now, you are created and you have to evolve.
(Talk on Creation, New Delhi, 22/2/77)

So first He [God Almighty] desired and He wanted to create. So He had to have his aspect of creator being put in and the second aspect of creator (can you show?) is the, this yellow line that shows here is the Pingala Nadi, called as Adi Pingala, the primordial Pingala channel by which He has created this universe. Now the center of this figure you can find this green round circle and this one is the one, is the space in which He created. He created in this space and that’s why this space is called as Bhavasagara. Is the Ocean of Creation. Bhava is the one that is created. Bhu, Bhava means the one… exactly it is the one that is done. Bhava is done, means created. So the Creator then produces all the stars and all the galaxies, solar plexus, lunar plexuses, all the so-called mandalas. He does all that work.
(Talk at Caxton Hall, London, 11/6/79)

Within us as you know in all of us there lies the principle of Guru. It’s very interesting to notice the Guru principle being drawn beautifully round the Nabhi chakra. We never see any chakras connected with the Guru principle. You see Nabhi and around is the Bhavasagara. So this Bhavasagara, which is the ocean of illusion, cannot be the Guru. So there are hidden chakras within this Bhavasagara within us, which are to be awakened and to be brought to light, to be manifested. As you can see that the limits of this principle are done by the movement of the Swadisthana chakra. Swadisthan is the chakra which gives you first and foremost thing is the creativity. A person who is a Guru has to be creative by nature, if you are not a creative person you cannot become a Guru. For example, you are faced with disciples with whom you have to converse, you have to create a word of Divine magic to impress on the disciples or the people who are attracted towards you as Gurus to show that you have much more Divine magic than them.
(Guru Puja 1989)

Shri Hanuman Chalisa

Shri Hanumana is a great character in our being and He runs all the way from Swadhistan to your brain and He supplies all the necessary guidance we need in our futuristic planning or in our mental activities. He gives us guidance and protection.

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Shri Hanumana Puja, 31/8/90

The Grey Cells

One thing that I state now is not written in medical science, that the brain which is exhausting its energy all the time, from where does it get the energy? The grey matter you see is exhausted all the time. So from where does it get the energy? So this is the center [Swadhistan chakra] which gives energy to the brain. But when we are too futuristic, worrying type, we are very much, all the time working out then this energy of this center only goes to the brain. And all other organs do not get the energy sufficient.
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Conference for Doctors, Italy, 2/10/98

Now this center is very important because it gives energy to our liver, to pancreas, to our spleen, to our intestines, to our kidneys, can you imagine such an important center it is! This Swadishthan. But the most important work it does is very - which I don’t know you will accept or not but it supplies energy to our grey cells which we are using all the time. When we are thinking too much, when we are acting physically and mentally, this center has to supply energy to our brain, we can call it to our grey cells which we are using all the time. When we are doctors, we are using our grey cells how much? We have no idea. There is nobody who has found out how much we use our brains but we are going exhausting our brains and also we are very futuristic. All doctors are futuristic. May be they want to find out something in the pure sense of the word or may be they have certain ideas or may be it is money, may be anything but they are very, very futuristic and in that trend of futuristic behavior also there is a big competition so they don’t know what to do. They have to be futuristic and think but what will happen.
(Address to Doctors, New Delhi, 6/4/97)

This center [Swadhistan chakra] also transforms the fat cells from the stomach for the use of the brain.
(Caxton Hall, London, 3/7/80)

The function of this center [Swadhistan chakra], because it moves like this, you see as you have got this thing, it moves and can also then contract. It’s like a lotus. So the function is to look after liver, and so pancreas and spleen, kidneys and intestines – one center. Also it has another very important work is to convert the fat for the use of the grey cells, energy.
(Medical Conference, St.Petersburg, Russia, 14/9/94)

So, integration is the aim of Sahaja Yoga and now, I think, I have told you how you can also go to the sub-conscious area, the same way. The sub-conscious area is on the left-hand side. If you move into collective sub-conscious area, say for example, you can be triggered into cancer. By this triggering you might get heart attacks and things like that, diabetes. Now, many people believe sugar gives you diabetes - it is nonsense. Sugar doesn’t give you diabetes. What gives the diabetes is too much thinking. Those who do not think too much never get. Indian farmers never get diabetes – they don’t know what disease it is. Because you think too much, you work too much, this center [Swadhistan] works too much. It has to create food for the brain, it has to replace the brain centres. And these brain centres are to be replaced. For that it creates out of fat the new centres, the evolved cells. And because of that work, if it is too much it neglects the other things which it has to work out throughout, one of them is the spleen, another is pancreas. And when it neglects the pancreas you get diabetes. Not by sugar. Of course sugar, because it has to convert it into fat. But if you do not have sugar then it’s a double work. If you have sugar it converts it into fat and makes it use the cells for our brain. But if you think too much, then – and you don’t take sugar it’s a double action. But if you just take sugar and do not think also can be problem, I think, because he has to convert too much of - into fat, you see. So, too much work is given, there is no balance. So, one has to understand that too much sugar is not good, but you must take sugar, because the sugar is needed - and stop your thinking.
(Talk, New York, 30/9/81)

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.

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]

Chakras and the planets

Mooladhara Chakra: Mars
Swadisthana Chakra: Mercury
Nabhi Chakra: Jupiter
Anahat Chakra: Venus
Vishuddhi Chakra: Saturn
Agnya Chakra: Sun
Sahastrara Chakra: Moon

Source: Nirmal Fragrance (4th ed, 2006)

Diabetes - II

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi: You get diabetes from left Nabhi because that’s all contained in left Nabhi. Also you can get lethargic liver – left Nabhi combination with Swadhisthana. With Swadhisthana, left Nabhi, this combination is, these things can occur. ... Now diabetes is not caused as a result of lethargic ways of the pancreas but it is actually (the) over-active pancreas (that) becomes lethargic – overactive. You see what happens – we think too much. Pancreas, what does it do is to convert sugar into digestible – what does it convert into? What it does is to digest the sugar in a way or it neutralizes into glucose; it breaks up.

Speaker: I’ll tell you what it does. The endocrine part of the pancreas which causes diabetes, that converts the sugar into glycodin that stores the sugar in the body in the form of glucon or glycogen.

Shri Mataji: Stores the sugar as well as it also must be reducing it.

Speaker: It reduces the level in the blood. It puts it into the cells of the body.

Shri Mataji: So what happens that when you are using your thinking too much or liver too much then what happens that the sugar is consumed fast because of the liver, you see. If liver is over-active, it means sugar. Then the liver is sucked and when it is too much sucked then more is poured over by this pancreas. Glycogen is more poured. It goes into over-activity. When it goes to overactive then it gets diagnosed and no more – finished. Then it says that we have diabetes. So it becomes lethargic. But it is over-activity that brings this lethargy.

Speaker: Yeah, this is correct because one of the functions of insulin is to increase the uptake of sugar by the liver.

Shri Mataji: Means it doesn’t secrete insulin any more. See, it has an activity of secreting insulin. Now it has a limited energy of producing insulin. I mean, if you exhaust it so where to get the insulin? So you have to put the insulin additional. This is the artificial thing. But you can cure diabetes by raising the left to the right because there you raise it – awaken – left to the right. Now right to the left you should not do in diabetes, but first you try to raise it if possible.

If there is still some life left in that thing – absolutely there is some life left – then what happens is that it may start working. It starts working because when it starts pumping, the energy from the Swadhisthana can flow because now it’s in connection with the divine power. So that can be sucked in. So it starts working out. But supposing now it is in such a shape that it is absolutely finished, exhausted, I mean, it doesn’t rise. Then you have to put right to the left and tell Adi Shakti to play her part; so She awakens it first. Adi Shakti to work it out. First you try to raise it with your own Self, with your own hand, your own kundalini, on the left to the right.

Try to give it a sort of a little tease, you can say. But still it may not rise; it may not. So in certain cases, diabetes is curable if you put it left to the right or if it is a bad case, then you have to put right to the left. Like cases like infantile diabetes.

You see, diabetes will be very common in any country which is over-developed, very rich. It is the disease of the affluence. They take more sugar than normal, those who are affluent. Also apart from that sugar what they do, they think too much. Sometimes human beings diet – don’t take sugar. Don’t take sugar but think. Then they will get diabetes.

Question: Why do children get diabetes?

Shri Mataji: Children, because the parents are like that. The blood – you see, the parents, the pattern – every blood has a pattern and the message. Every person’s blood has a pattern and a message. It carries the complete – you see it is the habit of a cell – is molded by the kind of a personality you have. And now the mother’s blood goes into the child’s blood. So the same pattern is carried there and that blood, you see, circulates. If mother is like that, you see – she has diabetes – the child has. If the father has also, if it is a son, the son will get it. Women do not get so much of diabetes. Normally woman don’t get it. But if there are women, you see, like politicians and all that or those who are manly women, even woman housewives who plan too much about their household – what to cook and how to entice the husband, you see – they also can have.
(First Belgian Meeting, Ghent, 19/9/82)

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Shri Hanuman Chalisa

"Shri Hanumana is a great character in our being and He runs all the way from Swadhistan to your brain and He supplies all the necessary guidance we need in our futuristic planning or in our mental activities. He gives us guidance and protection."
(H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Shri Hanumana Puja, 31/8/90)

Shri Hanuman Chalisa was composed in Hindi by Tulsidas (1532-1623).

English translation

Swadisthana

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

"In this Kali Yuga, Swadisthana works the most. ... this second chakra you must enjoy. ... To satisfy the Swadisthana, you have to take to silence."
(Navaratri 2007, 2nd night)

"The right side looks after our intelligence, thinking, etc, the left side looks after our emotional side. I will tell you about one Chakra, which is Swadisthana, which moves around the void. This is the one, which is responsible for producing or manufacturing the aortic plexus that's only in the physical side. When we think, the energy we use in our thinking is used up. We are using our brain all the time. What is replacing it is this centre. You know the brain is made of fat cells. This centre converts the fat of the stomach for the use of the brain and that how those who think too much go into imbalances. Futuristic people are planning all the time. The poor centre which has to do other jobs like looking after liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, intestines, so with a right-sided futuristic person the first problem can come is with the liver."
(Doctor's Conference, Delhi, 25/3/93)

Diabetes

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

"Diabetes is the action of the right side, affected by the left side. Right side being vulnerable. Firstly, when you think too much, pay no attention and remain in your habits, then a fear element adds to your vulnerability. Just like a hard working man thinks too much. All his fat cells are used for the brain. The left side gets drained. You become vulnerable, if some fear comes in you and you also start feeling guilty, then you develop Diabetes. Correction is, use of Ali’s name in mantra. Source is, Swadhistana and Nabhi of the left. Left Nabhi gets first affected, by having fear of wife or worries for her, or for any other family member. In addition, your vulnerability, at that point, brings Diabetes. Clear it by clearing your Agnya chakra. Don’t think so much. Go into thoughtless awareness. Put left side into right side . Take more salt so that it neutralises the action of sugar excretion, because it has got water of crystalisation. Use ice on right Swadhistana and Nabhi. Avoid sugar, after proper tests, if necessary.” (Shivaratri 1987)

“See how I told you that how blood sugar comes in because of diabetes. Isn’t it? Not because of sugar. It comes only because of diabetes and diabetes comes because of thinking too much.” (Advice to Mothers, Sydney, March 1983)

"There is one more thing that happens to our eyes. When the Swadisthana Chakra goes out of order. It is represented here at the back [of the head], which is ‘around’ this back Agnya. So when you have diabetes or anything like that, people start becoming blind … You have seen many diabetic people get this blindness. So first of all cure your diabetes through curing your Swadisthana. And also you can use an ice around your Swadisthana at the back … If it is Swadisthana you have to use the water [ice] but if it is ‘just’ the possession, then you have to use – without diabetes, if it is a possession – then you have to just use the light. That is how we cure our Agnya Chakra.” (Talk on the Agnya Chakra, Delhi 3/2/83, Nirmala Yoga no.18)

"Now diabetes you do not develop by taking too much sugar – take it from me. In India if you go to a village, you’ll see that he takes sugar in such a manner that in the cup the spoon must stand at right angles, otherwise he won’t take it. But he never gets diabetes. The reason is he doesn’t think of tomorrow - he just works hard, eats his food and sleeps off, nicely. He doesn’t take sleeping pills either. So this diabetes comes by over thinking and can be easily cured if you can take to Sahaja Yoga." (Talk at Porchester Hall, UK 1/8/89, www.irelandyoga.org/talks)

“If a pregnant woman is overthinking then the child may have diabetes.”
(Address to Medical Conference, Moscow, June 1990)