Shri Ganesha is the deity of innocence

Today we have gathered here to worship Shri Ganesha. Shri Ganesha is the deity of innocence. When we are born as children, it is Shri Ganesha who is acting and we are very innocent, and it is such a powerful thing – that with this innocence children survive under many circumstances. And we love them, because they are innocent. We enjoy them, because they are innocent.


Once we start growing, our Sahasrara also gets closed and we develop all kinds of funny things that enters into us and doesn’t go out. It’s just there, it doesn’t go out.


Innocence has a great effect on our character and on our sense of chastity. Actually, when you are innocent, you don’t know what is not chastity, what is being unchaste, what is being cunning.


You are innocent and you are looked after by Shri Ganesha Himself. Anybody who tries to harm a innocent person, Shri Ganesha looks after you and manages.


Many people who are innocent in this world – of course they are very few -, but they become so detached from all worldly problems, like lust and greed, and many other. Because they are so pure that nothing can spoil them and malign them.


This is such a great blessings we have – that innocence is actually created in us, and it was created much before. All the innocence, everything was created much, much before we were created. It’s such a great quality for us – to become innocent.


H.H. Shri Mataji
Shri Ganesha Puja
Cabella 14th September 2002
(DCB May- June 2003)

Learn from children

You learn from children: how they watch things, and how they work it out, how they think. You will be amazed, how sensible they are, and the very sensible things they talk.




Like I met a child, so the child told me: “I love the moon.” I said: “All right. Now, what’s wrong with the moon?” “Nothing, but it hides itself under the clouds all the time.” So, I said: “Why does he do that?” “Because he walks too much. So, he’s tired and he has to rest all right. And that’s why he does it. If he doesn’t walk so much, if he keeps steady, he won’t have to do it.”




Just imagine! A little child watching all these things! And, I mean, I was amazed how the little child knows what is right, what is wrong or how to behave, how to understand the proper way of doing things.




They are not taught anything, they are not conditioned, nothing. But they know how to behave. And they are always looked after by the Divine.




I have known children, who have fallen from great heights. Nothing happened to them! And also, no snakes and all these things don’t bite children.




Even, they say, that tigers never try to eat children. What is it? What is so powerful about it, that children are so safe and allowed to grow?




But then they grow into such horrible creatures who are unchaste! Who are running after women or women running after men, is a common play these days. And it is unbelievable how can people who are even sahaja yogis do this. Of course, they don’t. But some of them they are still in this kind of a mess.
So, when you have your Ganesha already established… Just before creating the whole Universe, the Mother created Shri Ganesha. If He’s there, then life is very easy.




Such a society is very easy to live. Such a friendship also is so easy. Because there’s nothing that is possessiveness or any kind of a, you can call, perversity. When you have bad eyes for women, bad eyes for money, bad eyes for possessions, Ganesha is fallen.




He just knows how to enjoy. Enjoy everything! If it belongs to him, it doesn’t matter. It belongs to me, it doesn’t matter. But you should know how to enjoy the beauty of it. And that’s enjoyment when you have within yourself, you don’t grow old, because all the time you are enjoying!


H.H. Shri Mataji
Shri Ganesha Puja
Cabella 14th September 2002
(DCB May- June 2003)

your innocence will be protected

You have to be innocent. There’s no need to be very clever and cunning. And you will be amazed how your innocence will be protected!




If you are innocent, you don’t have to worry. There’s a power – the third eye of Shiva who looking after you. Wherever you are going, it is with you.




That doesn’t mean that you become stupid, doesn’t mean that you are not practical, all that is taken over, all the practical side by the power of Shiva. His guidance, His love, His kindness, you can see at every every step.



But first of all watch your steps. Are you aggressive? Are you troublesome? Do you say harsh things to others or are you humble? Are you gentle? And if you are kind, He is very much pleased.


H.H.Shri Mataji
Shri Mahadev Puja
25th February 2001, Pune
(DCB May- June 2001)

Pure-hearted Shri Ganesha born today

Today is a very important day for all of us Sahaja Yogis, because today Shri Ganesha was born. Shri Ganesha is whom we worship and because of whom we got our realization. However much you may remember Him, until you do not know His special qualities, you cannot attain Him. His special quality is that He is the embodiment of purity (shuddha swaroop) and complete Master of the Universe. He is the incarnation of the Supreme, of Brahman.

By coming into this world He has created music (sangeet), rhythm (taal) and notes (sur). By His Grace only people become one with music (talleen). A small boy who came into the world and did such great work! He has given so many things to everyone and even today He is active. Shri Ganesha’s Puja, no matter how much you do it, it is not enough. A lot of people say we don’t see Shri Ganesha, even after worshiping Him so much, we do not attain Him.




He is omnipotent, omnipresent and in everything, but you cannot recognize Him until you are realized. After your realization you can recognize what Shri Ganesha is. Shri Ganesha is Purity, the Pure Spirit. When He is awakened within us, then we have no questions left. Then we are successful, in whichever task we undertake.




We find joy in everything we do. He is the embodiment of joy and gives joy to everyone. To serve Him is the ultimate dharma (paramdharma). To serve Him means to look after small children, to serve them, to make sure there is no cruelty towards them. This pleases Him very much. Such an embodiment of love, such a pure-hearted Shri Ganesha was born today.




This is the importance of this day. Today if you ask for any wish, then Shri Ganesha will fulfill it. It is His right to fulfill all your desires, because you are all realized. Ask Him with all your heart and He will help you in every way, every moment, every instant.




Today is a very big day, because the actual pure spirit has taken birth today. And He already had such an eternal state, that many people could not comprehend it or write about it. They wrote only what they understood, but now that you are realized you can understand that by the power of Shri Ganesha’s name you can get your realization.




By taking His name alone any disease or any pain will disappear. He is eternal. He is always present within us, when you get your realization, you can feel Him. And if you are not realized, you cannot understand Him. That is why people get misled and do wrong things.




But with Shri Ganesha’s blessings you can do so many things and neither you will feel greedy, nor will you have any problems because He does all the work for you. He takes care of you. Though He is a little boy, He looks after you. Shri Ganesha is a very great power by which so much work is getting done.



H.H.Shri Mataji,
Shri Ganesha's Birthday Puja,
2008, India
DCB March April 2008
(translated from Hindi)

Mother what do we do to be innocent?

So to be innocent, what will you do? People will say, Mother what do we do to be innocent? Firstly, you can see for yourself how your mind works, what does it do, how it reacts? This is what one has to watch, which I call as introspection.



What sort of plans your mind take to? What does it think is the best? In that thinking, the thought process, what is the most important way to look at yourself. The first and foremost is that you should know how you react. Is it an innocent reaction or it is a vindictive reaction?



It’s very easy to see yourself because now you are all Sahaja Yogis. You can see for yourself how is your reaction to any aggression on you or any kind of a trouble coming on you. How do you react to that? What is your behavior?



If you are a very powerful person then your behavior is that you are not bothered. You see it for yourself that is just a stupid thing people are doing to you, absolutely stupid and when they are doing stupid things, why should we bother about it, why should we our energy about it?


It comes to a point where their stupidity is found out in such a manner that all their lives and afterwards they are treated with contempt. People don’t even want to take their names, they don’t want to have their photographs, they don’t have to have anything to do with them.



At this time, at such a juncture what happens is the people who are crooks who are not innocent, who are against innocence, they start following them because it suits them better, it suits them to be aggressive, to be cunning and that’s how a new group is formed which we can call as satanic group and this satanic group also cannot do anything, anything what so ever to an innocent personality.



There’s a Sanskrit shloka like that “ Nainam Chhidyanti Shastrani”,for sprit- it cannot be killed by anyone “Nainam Dahayati Pavka”- no fire can burn it, “Na Chainam Kleid Yantapo, Na Shoshatey Maruta Maruta” is the air or what you can call, a wind, wind cannot also suck it. It is above all the nature which is trying to destroy.



But you will be amazed that nature understands, I told you nature is innocent. It understands and it acts at the right moment. Again the person who is aggressive, who is trying to malign or trouble innocent person. In this way we should know that we have to worship our innocence.




H.H.Shri Mataji
Shri Ganesha Puja ,

Cabella, Italy, 22nd September 2001

(DCB March-April 2002)

Relationship with Children

Now the relationship with children also one should understand. I have seen some people have a habit of getting a child very much closer, and pampering them, "Oh ! this child is this thing", "Oh I that child..."



Let the parents handle the child, 'you' just don't interfere with other's children. Don't interfere much with them. If you find any child is such and such, inform me, I will cure the child. But if a child is being spoilt by you, it's the worst thing to do-to harm that child, is to spoil.


Children here are 'very' clever and intelligent, you must know. They are 'very good' at manipulating. They will, because they are extremely precocious. They are realised souls, they are born in this country. What a combination ! At that time you should be 'very' careful as to their training.



From the first five years all the parents should be 'extremely' strict with children. 'Extremely strict'. Don't allow them to overpower you or manipulate you. It's 'very' important. If you allow them to overpower you or to dominate you, they will sit on your head. Tell them not to do like that. And one day you will come and say "Mother, what to do, these are realised souls and you see we were looking after them.



" They are not deities. They are not deities to be worshipped. They are 'only' realised souls. So keep them at that point. And you are my trustees of these children. And if you spoil them, it is 'you' who will he held responsible. You have no business to spoil the lives of these children as Sahaja Yogis, and their chances of ascent. So if they are born- realised, they are not deities; this you must understand. They are not 'beyond' corruption, they are not beyond all kinds of things.



So this if you understand, this little point, that dealing with your children, you have to be 'really' strict. They must know how to meditate, they must know how to pray, they must know how to respect; and all the good things you must teach your children - and don't allow them to sit on your head.



Many people have ruined the lives of their children like this. Now will you see such child is brought into proper level? If the child is trying to take liberties with you, and cheeky, and does not listen, please give that child to some other Sahaja Yogi, whom you think can look after, to look after - and see that the child is put right.



"Nip in the bud" is the best way, because we don't want to have children who are spoilt, who are spoiling other children, nor we want children who are subjected to such children. So, you can have proper children, well-behaved children, sensible, wise children. Because they can really be a drag on you, on me, on everyone, if you do not properly bring them up. And they are our liabilities, we have to look after them.



H.H.Shri Mataji,
London,11th August 1984

Raksha-Bandhan and Maryada
(DCB November-December 2007)

It is the wisdom and the innocence in you that matters…

”Shri Ganesha is the Child, but He is the giver of wisdom. So we can say that our children are the giver of wisdom, if we keep them on the line of wisdom. How wisely they talk. Some of them tell me all about you people and what you are up to. They take me into confidence completely.



Without children, the world would have been desert without any flowers. Shri Ganesha has created you; because of Him you were born and He is the one who looked after you when you were in Mother's womb. He is the one who saw to it that you are born at the right time. He is the one who has looked after your nourishment, the development of the foetus and the brain.




A simple villager is extremely practical and wise. Once a simple villager was traveling with some flamboyant boys who thought they were very smart. They were trying to tease this villager. So a boy asked him a question "If the butter is selling for a quarter of a pound, what will be the price of the egg in the next station. If you can not tell the price of an egg, then you can at least tell me my age." the villager said, "you must be twenty -two." "How do you know?" asked the boy. The villager replied, "I have a brother who is eleven years old and he is half mad, but you are full mad!!"

All this smartness and cleverness finishes off when it comes to Innocence. Many people have a feeling that we have lost our innocence that is an internal quality you have got.


You never lose your innocence. May be as clouds can cover the whole sky, your ego, conditioning and mistakes, but it is always there. Only thing is that it is for you to respect it and behave in a manner that you respect your innocence. Do not feel shy about your innocence. Your innocence itself is a power and will definitely give you that wisdom, by which you can solve all the problems without any difficulty".


H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
(Shri Ganesh Puja, Tirol, Austria, 26-08-1990)

For a child, enjoyment is complete

"For a child, enjoyment is complete. Whatever he sees, he makes a joyful thing out of it. Look at children. I've seen children, they find anything, they make a joy out of it. ... You see, they find anything, any space, they make a joyful thing from it, a play for them. For them life is also a play. Just a thing of enjoyment. And they make you also enjoy everything. If you are not in a good mood, they'll come and behave in such a manner that you'll have to come round and become a very simple, natural person. So to see a simple, natural person, we always say they are like children. It means they do not understand the cunning. They do not understand the stupidity of the people, they live in a world of innocence.Children are the most interesting things, I think, in the world. For me roses are very beautiful, but children are the most interesting thing, and they teach you so many things that you are surprised at their innocence."




(H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi,
Shri Ganesha Puja September 2000)

"This is mine, this is mine, this is yours." ......

Today Is the 6th day of Navaratri.



How can you, when the Goddess has given you the quality to love? Very, very common nonsense about it is that human beings are very jealous. But as Sahaja Yogis, you should not! Because that quality that the Goddess has given you is of loving. That quality should be shown; on the contrary you are very jealous. That means you are not a Sahaja Yogi, blessed by Shri Mataji. No! If you are blessed, then youíll have no jealousy whatsoever. And this jealousy sometimes it goes to this extent that: "Now we are, say, from Cabella. So you are from Alvera. Finished!" These, so close to each other, just like the two nostrils together. But there will be jealousy, there will be jealousy about: "Why not, Mother, come to my country, if You can go to that country."


So this comes also from the ignorance that: "This is mine, this is mine, this is yours." This jealousy starts in such a funny manner that we do not realise also that She has given us the power to love, tremendous power to love. Inauspicious powers are..., cannot be, but auspicious, dharmic powers to love somebody, means without any lust and greed. Without any jealousy. But the human mind has developed itself, so cunning that it is proud that it can be jealous of someone. Out of this jealousy, only greed comes in, as I told you. Itís a fact.

Because you feel jealous, so you want to buy the same thing, then you must compete with others. If somebody has got a job better than yours, then you must compete.

These things are all destructive and the powers of Goddess are constructive. She gives you all the powers that are absolutely constructive.




H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
05/10/97 -- Navaratri Puja -- Cabella

They are innocent

Now if you see the stones, they are innocent. If you hit the stone you'll get the hit otherwise it doesn't come up and hit you. They are innocent. If you see the rivers, they are innocent. Everything that has been created as matter is innocent. It is not cunning, it is not manipulative, it is not aggressive, nothing of the kind. They are innocent means they are under the complete order of God Almighty. They do not have their own free will to do what they like. Whatever is done is with the absolutely under complete command of God Almighty. And so they are, we can say they are innocent because they have no free will to do what they like.


So then if you see to animals also, they also are innocent, except for very few most of them are innocent. Innocent in the sense that they are called as pashu means they are completely under the control of Pasha of God Almighty. A tiger will behave like a tiger and a snake will behave like a snake but in human beings somebody will behave like a tiger, tomorrow like a snake and third day like a worm. There's no steadiness. Or this you cannot say that this gentleman is today tiger so tomorrow he will not be a snake, they have no free will to change their individuality. They are left alone.


So that is not the job of the Shakti to bother. That's already been created, they are there and they are existing, they have a purpose that's why they are there. And the purpose is only one, is to support human beings because you are at the epitome of evolution.


So she has created all this things just for you to be created and ultimately to get your Self Realisation, to have meaning to your life, to get connected to this all pervading power, to enter into the Kingdom of God. All is her work.



H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Navaratri Puja, Cabella Di Ligure,

27th September 1992

Even in the event of crisis, Sahaja Yoginis should not cry

"Even in the event of crisis, Sahaja Yoginis should not cry Shri Mataji related Her own experience: " Like when My father died, I was surprised that suddenly I became thoughtless absolutely thoughtless. For about three days I was thoughtless neither the thought of pain or unhappiness or anything came up, but just the thoughtless. And everybody was surprised because I looked after him, and he was very attached to Me, very fond of Me. So, if you are a Sahaja Yogi or Yogini, "then at the time of crisis you should become thoughtless. That is one of the signs… That means what? That God just takes you in, your problems. He puts His hand, He puts His protection and He takes you out of it and makers you absolutely thoughtless. And in that thoughtless awareness you discover what is right. What is wrong? So even in crisis, this thoughtless awareness is all the time extremely alert, it becomes much more alert than normal."


H. H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

(Diwali Puja Synopsis, Cabella, November, 1991,Divine cool Breeze, vol.-IV)

Secretes of the sacrum bone

(Sacrum Bone, as published in Taber's encyclopedic
medical dictionary, edition 17. )

Enlightenment (Self Realisation) might be obtained through the awakening of the subtle spiritual energy called the Kundalini lying dormant (latent) in the sacrum bone (Mooladhara sacrum) placed close to the bottom of the spine.

The problem of the sacrum bone is worth, here, a short analysis. The anatomical name coming from hierónostoún (holy bone' Gr.) was used in the time of Hippocrates (about 400 BC) and was translated by the Romans through sacrum (sacred' Lat.). Halyah (chain link or vertebra' Hebr.) has the Name of God Yah (Short form of Yahweh) as its root. Why this bone had been called a "holy bone" had been a mystery for centuries. Some thought that the bone was used in the sacrificial rituals, others, that it played a role in the protection of the genitals (considered to be sacred in themselves), or that the Last Judgment would require this bone to be intact as a receptacle of resurrection.

The ancient world believed that the sacrum was the last bone subject to decay after death (conviction found in a Jewish folk story) [1]. This idea is also found with the Muslims, being mentioned in a Hadith: "Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said:" Everything of a human body will waste away' perish or decay except the last coccyx bone (Al-ajb, Arab.) and from that bone Allah will reconstruct the whole body" [2]. Thus, no one should be surprised at the Yogis considering the Kundalini awakening as tantamount of resurrection. Etzem (bone; essence' Hebr.; tz' vertebra' Egypt.) has etz (tree' Hebr.) for its root' a reason for which it was asserted that the sacrum (atz' Hebr.) is the tree (of life, we should add; ch. IV) in its seed form [3]. The double significance of the word etzem, in our opinion, makes possible the correct interpretation of Adam's sentence about the Feminine Principle (Eve):"This time it is bone of my bones... this shall be called Woman" (Genesis 2:23)' a sentence that becomes:" she who is essence of my bones" (the feminine energy Kundalini being the sacred essence of the respective bone).

The Mooladhara was shown to be controlled by Ganesha' the Divine Son depicted with an elephant head by the Indian iconography. Indeed, any anatomy book provides the image of an elephant head for the group made up of the sacrum bone (elephant's triangular face) having on both sides the iliac bones (as its ears) and the coccyx (as its curved trunk) at the bottom. Likewise, the graphic sign of the holy syllable AUM (that is also close related to Ganesha) depicts the elephant head seen from the profile: the ears on the left and the trunk on the right.

References: [1] Oscar Sugar, Journal of the American Medical Association 257, pp.2061-2063 (1982). [2] Sahih Al-Bukhari, vol.6, Hadith 338. [3] Annick de Souzenelle, Le symbolisme du corps humain, Albin Michel, Paris 1991, ch. XII.

How was the first orchestra of the universe composed! And Rawan the great melodious singer of his times!

" As we all know Seeta's marriage was a 'Swayamwar' wherein there was a condition that the marriage aspirant had to tie the string of the bow. In his effort to do this Lord Ram broke the bow. This breaking created a big sound in the sky. That was music of a kind. Gods' angels, fairies and apsaras became thrilled and started singing and dancing and the entire event became the first spontaneous expression of joy and this eventually became the first orchestra of the universe. This can also be taken as a good example of music i.e. a trinity of vocal, Instrumental and Dance. Ironically Rawan was also present as one of the marriage aspirants. The big bow became heavy for him. He could not lift up the bow, let alone tying the string. The bow fell on his body and he fell flat on the ground and consequently this became a great shock to his heart, which manifested itself in the Agnya Chakra through out his life. The same Rawan in Ramayan was a great musician and a melodious singer. One is surprised to find music and evil combined into one character. Rawan was a great memorable character in the sense that he was the one who had completely surrendered to evil qualities like ego, arrogance, over-confidence, villainy and an ability to do any bad thing. The evil in him was limitless. How come that this devil was musician -singer? His absorbing singing could not reach that point in excellence, which links Heaven and earth. At one time, it is said that when Rawan was singing Mantra of Lord Shiva, it so happened that the strings of his Veena were cut and broken, it was as if the strings of his heart was broken, and then he did nothing but cut one of his ten heads and used the nerves as strings of Veena. He did not see his oozing blood. He saw nothing. He was only singing until at last Lord Shiva became pleased, forgot his Kailash and came down to earth to meet Rawan. This shows that music in the epic period of Ramayana had a strange quality of excellence."

Source: ( Music and Sahaja Yoga, by Pandit Arun Apte, ,English version by Prof. D. V. Athavale, Ritana books, 1997)

What is your Seniority in Sahaja yoga?

"There is a myth also in Sahaja Yoga, that he is a very senior Sahaja Yogi. I don't understand, what is this? How can there be seniority in Sahaja Yoga? It cannot be seniority, no question! Now let's say somebody enters into the sea, some are there for ages standing near the edge of the sea holding on to the earth because they are afraid to swim, and some people who have come only yesterday might be jumping and going ahead and enjoying the sea. So how is it., he's a senior. We do not have this seniority business in Sahaja Yoga."


H. H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

(Navratri Puja, 24.10.1993)

When you fall sick Sahaja Yoga Cures you. Your Kundalini cures you.

"… Some people complain about price of tapes, etc. for poor people. If you are so much worried about the poor people then buy one tape for yourself and another for some poor person and help the poor. Because this money goes for Sahaja Yoga. I do not need your money. In any case God is free, vibrations are free, everything is free. But if you have to publish a book they have to spend some money. But this is the attitude. Especially the Maharashtrians. Even in Ganpatipule it is the same. We pay lakhs to get the musician for you people. Who is going to pay for them? To the Gods there will be no dearth, but you will have less of money by this attitude. Whatever you have is because you are Sahaja Yogis. So you have to serve Sahaja Yoga. If you are miserly then you will not get the Laxmi Tatwa. Everyone should daily ask themselves what have I done for Sahaja Yoga? When you fall sick Sahaja Yoga Cures you. Your Kundalini cures you. Whatever benefits you have got, have all been because of Sahaja Yoga ".



"…Only those who have the pure desire get Sahaja Yoga. Many people come to Sahaja Yoga to get their illness cured. Please do not treat anybody's illness. Why do you have to do/ my photo can do everything. You can make them do three candle treatment, or water treatment but do not touch. No matter how close that person is to you, do not touch them with your hands. If that person is unable to do himself and can not sit, then it is a different matter. Normally do not touch him with your hands, otherwise, you will get caught or you will get some fault in you. You can cure simple illness- learn the method of curing-Which are the Chakras, and their science. But there is no need to put your hands on them".



" One should eat less sweets and fried things should even be less than that. Do not eat ' postman' oil in Sahaja Yoga and one should not eat groundnut oil. One should cook in less oil. Men should see that their wives are making the right kind of food. One should reduce the intake of chillies. Maharashtrians eat too much chillies."

H. H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

(New dimensions in Sahaja yoga, Pratisthan, Pune 11/03/1993)

We are all getting younger by gravity of age as we grow in Sahaja.

" The worst thing for Sahaja Yogis is to think that he is sick, it tarnishes the name of Sahaja Yoga. If you still feel you are sick, you better get out of Sahaja Yoga. Either you get well or you are not a Sahaja yogi. If you are a Sahaja Yogi then you have to see that you get well. If there are certain problems also, doesn't matter. For example I as the Mother, the Adi Shakti have certain problems, certain physical things I have to face. But I go through it. You have to accept your body as it is. You have not to say that I am not well and go on complaining. Never think you are old. Never feel that you are no good. Look at your Mother. I never feel that way. So if you have a Guru, then that image should be within you 'Look at our Mother, how old She is, how much She travels, how much She does ' Alright, you might say She is the Adi Shakti, but little bit of Shakti you too have. That Shakti has to be shown through your dynamism. If you have no dynamism and still feel weak, that means that you are not a Sahajayogi. Just ask for any amount and it can come to you. You are all getting younger and younger but not with stupidity of youth, but the gravity of age."


H. H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

(Guru Puja, Avignon, France, 08-07-1990)

You leave it to Param Chaitanya and it works well

I was building a house in Poona and we had to put a slab, very very big slab, needed about three hundred bags of cement for that. So I got the cement and I got the people but they said you start early in the morning and you can finish next morning, 24 hours. I said alright . So at about 5 0' clock I told let us go, the work is over. They said how do you know? I said I know, let us go. So imagine it was going to finish after 12 hours, was already finished and all the workers were walking about. Every body said, ' Mother it is a miracle.' 'How can such a big slab be laid in such a short time? To make them understand, I said you see, Hanumana must have done the job. All these people, all these Deities are part and parcel of that Param Chaitanya. Now you are worshipping the Mother. To worship the Mother is the biggest thing because all these Deities and everybody are Her Children, under Her Command, under Her Desire.There is a story as you know, about Ganesha that the Mother said that the one who goes round the Mother earth three times, I will give a present. So Shri Ganesha thought in his wisdom who is greater than my Mother? No one else because he knew that he cannot compete with his brother who had got a peacock for the conveyance. So he said how can I go round to win over this present. So best is to take to wisdom. My Mother is greater, is greater than everything else. So he went around his Mother three times and he got the prize, as the other brother was just still moving on. When he came back he found that the present is already lost. So again and again I am saying it is the wisdom that helps. The wisdom to leave everything to Param Chaitanya for a modern person, this is something very difficult to understand."

H. H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
(Navaratri Puja , Cabella 27.09.1998)

In Sahaja Yoga we recognize Lord Mahavira as the incarnation of Shri Bhairavnath

"In Sahaja Yoga we recognize Lord Mahavira as the incarnation of Shri Bhairavnath. He also incarnated as Imam Hussein. St. Michel is the same who is also called St. George

(the Guardian angel of London)"


H. H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
(Mahavir Jayanti, Delhi 04-04-1993)

The essence of humbleness, humility and selflessness…

"… Criticism should go out of our minds but appreciation should be practiced, appreciation of other children, other people. That doesn't mean you appreciate all others but torture your wife or husband. That also is an imbalance. First responsibility is your family but you should appreciate others and this comes when you have no jealousy of others. If you have jealousy you have to use it for the right purpose. The right purpose is that you have to use it for the right purpose. The right purpose is that you have to be jealous of a person who is spiritually higher than you, and you practice so that you become better. If jealousy is for competition then you compete with a person who is more compassionate, more loving, more sacrificing, more patient. Then this competition becomes more nourished.

The worst enemy of collectivity is aggressiveness. Some people are basically aggressive, their style of talking is aggressive, or come from a very aggressive family, or having a kind of a superiority complex or an inferiority complex or a sense of insecurity. Or may be they are possessed. They try to dominate; they have very strong feeling towards people, of superiority. This has to be cured. What you have to practice is humility, try to be humble. There was a joke that one gentleman was going up from the staircase, and the other was coming down from it. The gentleman who was going up said to the other " Please move ". The other said, "I don't move for fools ". The person who was climbing up said "But I do" and he moved out.

That’s how the humility works. You have to be humble in your approach to others because you are so powerful you can bear it. That is humility which you have to practice, and all these qualities if you have you will really be surprised that you will lose your selfishness."….

H. H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
(Virata Puja, Melbourne, 10-04-91)

How Shri Adi Shakti created the Universe that we live in!

“ The whole atmosphere that we know of is very artificial. But when you understand what She has done- the first thing She does is to (in my book also I have written down about it but I would like to tell you) that Her first, we should say, manifestation is on the left hand side. That is the Mahakali's manifestation. So She comes on the Mahakali's system, the left hand side and that is where She created Shri Ganesha. Shri Ganesha is created because of His purity, His innocence and auspiciousness. This had to be created before She created the Universe.

So the first thing She does is to create Shri Ganesha and She settles down. Then She goes up, of course in the body of the Virata, and there She goes round and goes up on the right hand side in the other way, and there She creates all the Universes, as you call them 'Bhuwanas' - one Universe. There are fourteen Bhuwanas means this many many universes makes one Bhuwana. And She creates all these things on the right hand side.

Then She goes up and then She descends down creating all these Chakras- Adi Chakras or the Pithas. She comes down, makes all these pithas and then She settles as the Kundalini we can say, Kundalini is a part of it. The rest of the work is much more than this. So all the residual energy means after going through all this journey, then She comes round and She goes up as Kundalini. Because of this Kundalini and the Chakras, She creates an area, which we call as Chakras in the body. Now first She creates these Chakras in the head we call them the pithas of the chakras, and then She comes down and creates these chakras, which are in the body of the Virata. Now once this has happened then She creates human being but not directly. ,

Through the evolutionary process - She goes through, and that is how the evolution starts, and then it starts developing from the minute small little microscopic organism in the water and then it starts evolving. So when She creates water and She creates all the universes, She chooses this Mother earth as the best place to play Her evolutionary process. And there She makes this little microscopic thing".

H. H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

(Shri Adi Shakti Puja, Cabella, 26.06.1998)