Sankranti means something new

Sankranti means that today there should be something new. The Kundalini has awakened within you, so as compared to what you were, you have become a new person.


But on the day of Sankranti you should know that you have to please the Goddess who is sitting within you. What should you do to make Her happy? Distribute sesame seeds and jaggery. This is for love. To increase the love for each other, we give sesame seeds and jaggery.


Today the Sun left its place and, in its northward movement, came towards us. At this moment we should be very thankful to the Sun. It is by the grace of the Sun that so many things take place in our country of which we are quite unaware. We should do namaskar to the Sun today and His power, His knowledge should come into us.


I would say that all of you have become realized and vibrations are flowing through you. Now you should make use of these vibrations, establish the Shakti within you, establish the peace within you and show the world that this power within is for us and we have to acquire it. Nurture this with your good qualities and truthful speech.


Today is special because the Sun is particularly benevolent towards us and we should thank Him for all this.


You have received a lot. There is more to come. You will get more. We should increase it.

Sankranti Puja, 17th January 2008
(Translated from Hindi)
(DCB March-April 2008)

Gudi Padwa

Gudi Padwa is celebrated in different parts of our country. The way we celebrate it here, it is celebrated in south too. Everywhere this festival is celebrated. The beginning of the Vikrami Samvata and that of the Shalivahana Shaka also fall on the same day.




Today is that day. All our dates and festivals are decided according to it, particularly our festivals.We follow the Moon Calendar whereas the foreigners follow the sun calendar.




This is the reason that the dates of their festivals never get changed. But all our festival depends on the Moon. That is why their dates keep changing and all our festivals are celebrated on different dates.




We give much significance to Moon and decide all our dates and festivals according to it .The reason being the effect of the Moon on human being is much more than that of the Sun. Other planets also have their effects on human beings. So we go according to the Moon and fix the dates of our festivals.




Only one of our festivals is fixed by the position of the Sun- the day, when the journey of the Sun starts towards Equator (Uttarayana). On that fix day we celebrate one of our festivals – Makar Sankranti.Throughout the country this festival is celebrated on the same day. This date never changes.




All our astrology and astronomy go with the position of the Moon. The state of the Moon is considered in astrology and astronomy and the whole astrology is made accordingly. So our first calendar Shalivahana Shaka is based on Moon.All the dates also go according to Moon.




Those who have no knowledge of these facts cannot understand the reason behind this festivals falling on different dates. So we have to think that the significance we have attached to the Moon is because it has a great impact on the human beings. We should be careful about it.




The greatest effect of the Moon is that our left side (Left Sympathetic) depends on it. Very few people know about it. The reason of giving so much importance to this left side is that it affects our psyche. That is why so much significance is attached to it. The effect on the left side is psychic; it does not belong to our brain. It cannot be controlled.




Psychic problems cannot be controlled nor the effect of the Moon. So the dates of the Moon are to be considered. For example on Amavashya (No-Moon night) or Purnima (Full Moon night) the problems of epileptic or psychic patients gets aggravated. On such occasion we could see that the person is affected by No-Moon (Amavashya) or Full Moon (Purnima).




So we are sensitive to the position of the Moon. Very subtle calculations have been done about it.In our country we know much before the dates and times of Moon eclipses. Much thought have been given to it and we have acquired a lot of knowledge about it. It shows that a lot of attention has been given to the effects of the Moon. So much has been written about it'.




In modern times everything is being calculated on the position of the Sun but it is not proper. The position of the Moon also must be taken into consideration. We should know what is going to be the effects of the Moon today. It is a very subtle subject. We should have knowledge about it and it should be discussed in our country.




Today is the New Year day and the beginning of the Moon that is why this day is given so much of significance. It is known as Gudi Padwa. A flag is put on a stick and on it is put a small pitcher. This pitcher represents the Kundalini. It is taken as a symbol.




The Shalivahanas were the devotees of the Devi (Goddess) and it is told that they used to offer shawl to the Goddess. In the beginning they were called 'Sat-Vahanas' because they worshiped seven plexuses. And this 'Sat-vahana' was ultimately changed into 'Shalivahana'.




But the symbol of Shalivahana is the same. They put up a 'Gudi' means a flag and a small pitcher is put on it as a symbol. This pitcher has a particular shape which represents Kundalini. So they were the worshippers of Kundalini and followed it.




That is the reason they made this symbol in this way.All those who follow Kundalini put up a 'Gudi' in their houses and also put a flag on it and thus it is indicated that they welcome the Kundalini and exhibit in a special way. But all these people are moving in the rut. They are doing all these rituals without knowing the cause of it. One should know the reason for doing certain things. What is it?




Because the Satvahanas were the worshippers and protector of Kundalini and they started their New Year like that. In the New Year they made their symbol in the form of a small pitcher and the flag put on the stick. But here in this part people do not know about it nor do they celebrate this festival.




This Samvat or Vikrami calendar was also started from this very date. The years of their beginning might be different, but the date is the same. Both of them follow this Amavashya and that is how the followers of Vikrami and Shalivahana Samvat celebrate Gudi Padwa. Actually it is not Amavashya (the first day of the Moon), today is that day. There is no moon in the sky. It is complete dark.




We should know why it is celebrated in our country? What is particular about it? Without knowing about the customs and festivals of the country we could neither love it nor respect it. These things are very deep rooted but we have no knowledge of them.




People say it is Kaliyuga. Why has this Kaliyuga set-in? What is its meaning? Mostly the people do not know. They know about it from different people and talk about it. It has an important myth behind it of the time of King Parikshit. No one knows about it, no one reads it.




People read only stupid books. At the most they read Ramayana but they have no knowledge of its message or its philosophy. No one knows about it.But we Sahaja Yogis must acquire this knowledge. We must know from where the culture of our country dawned and how it reached at this level.




Without this knowledge our approach will become like foreigners and ego and other negativities will have hold on us. So it will be better to understand from where these qualities have come and what is their significance? Why do we do certain things? Or we do it because other people also do it.




It is not proper.We must have thorough knowledge of it. I desire that all the Sahaja Yogis should know about it and understand it. If I had time enough I would have written about all these things .But I have no time.




You people could read and know about it, all the books are available. There are so many books in Hindi language in India but no one reads them. All these books are available in Delhi. I got them here. We must know about them. Whatever is mythical contains a lot of useful things. By understanding them we could know the roots of India.




Why we Indians are considered the best? Socially we must not be the best but culturally we are considered the best. Many knowledgeable things have been written in these books, such as 'what is Dharma and how to establish it'?




I wish you people study them. The study of these scripture will give you new direction because foreign language and books of knowledge are very superficial. There is a publishing firm named 'Sasta Sahitya Mandal'. I got many books from there. It is a beautiful shop and the books are very cheap there. You don't have to spend much money. Of course time is needed.




We read unnecessary things, watch useless films and unnecessary news. Our study should be very deep and about our old-old treasures'.




H.H.Shri Mataji
Gudi Padwa Puja,India, 13.04.2002
(Translated from Hindi)
(DCB September – October 2002)

Makar Sankranti Puja

Sankranti means something new

Makar Sankranti is Samkaraman


Be careful sun may scorch with its heat


Warmth of sun is warmth of God’s love


Gudi Padwa

Be careful sun may scorch with its heat

Today is a day for us to celebrate in India very much, because the Sun moves down to Capricorn and from Capricorn it then comes to Tropic of Cancer. When the Sun comes back to this Earth, then all the creativity of the Mother Earth starts acting and She creates such beautiful things like flowers, nice nourishing things and fulfilling things like fruits. She makes our eyes cool down with the greenery She has and the way She blesses us is manifold with the advent of the sun.




In the same way, now that the Sun of Sahaja Yoga has risen and is coming to the zenith and it has definitely shown you the result on the Earth principle that is your Mooladhara and your creative power of that Mooladhara which is the Kundalini, has been rising and rising and rising and opening your being and showing the results in your lives which has made your lives very beautiful. It has made your life very joyous and very happy.



Now we are at a point where we have to trigger a new jump, a new flight. And for this flight, we have to see that we really become very light in our ideas, thoughts and conditionings. You are so much full of conditionings. All types of conditionings are on us. They are so deep that sometimes I fail to understand human beings.



I just don’t understand how we get stuck to things which are of no value, which are of no sense, and they get lost. In this higher jump, which you are going to take, many will left behind as a result, those who will not be able to come out of that. So at this stage, I have to request you that you should really fully dedicate yourself to meditation, and surrender yourself to collectivity. Everyday, you must think in evening what have I done for Sahaja Yoga? What have I done for myself?




Please try to understand that there’s a very big jump you have to take. It has to be triggered and for that I would like you to be ready. To be absolutely prepared because in this jump you might be lost, and many might be left behind because they could not get over their conditionings.




The conditionings are of various types- of ignorance, blind faith and all other things that we have gone through. Also we have conditionings of our country, of our race, of our styles and so many other things by which we judge others. But we have to judge ourselves, that are we in a Sahaja culture or not?




If you are not in Sahaja Culture than it’s going to be very difficult that you board the ship which is going to take us off. I have to just warn you that later on you should not say that Mother so many were left behind! If you find anybody left behind, please try to help that person. Please try to correct that person and with clear idea and clear voice and clear cut instructions.



If you really find that somebody is going wrong, you better warn him. I’m telling you all today because you will be departing. You have to tell your fellow men that this is a very crucial time and none of us should just take for granted Sahaja Yoga.



All other things are just a kind of an illusion that you feel that your worldly things are alright, and worldly things you can manage; God doesn’t care for people who are rich and well-off or people who are poor. What He sees is what richness you have got of spirituality. He doesn’t bother about your education, of your degrees, of pompousness etc.



What He sees is how innocent you are. How much you have worked for Sahaja Yoga? What you have done for God’s work? So all these priorities have to be changed, and one must understand that Sahaja Yoga judges you on a very subtle level. So in this last judgment now as you people have been judged as good people. But still for the second jump that you are going to have, we have to be very careful that, may be, some of you who think you are Sahaja Yogis in your heart but are not may be left behind in this big jump we are going to take.




So it is important that the Sun has risen and now gone to the zenith, and at the time of its zenith, one has to be careful because the same sun which has started making this beautiful greenery all round us may scorch with its heat. So be careful, and one has to be aware and all the time under the guidance of Sahaja Yoga to understand what is wrong with us, what is making us so heavy, what is making us so difficult?


H.H. Shri Mataji
Sankranti Puja, Kalwe, 14th January 1990
( DCB May- June 2002 )

Makar Sankranti is Samkaraman

The meaning of Makar Sankranti is Samkaraman i.e. the day when the Sun passes from one sign of the Zodiac to another. On this day the Suns starts its movement towards North of the Equator. In India the dates of all the festivals are decided according to the position of the Moon. That is why their dates change every year.




Makar Sankranti is based on the position of the Sun and that is the reason that this festival is always celebrated on 14th of January.



Makar Sankranti indicates that from this day the Sun will get warmer and warmer. The heat ofSun is beneficial for mankind. All our movements depend on this heat. But the impact of the heat could also excite anger in us. That is the reason that on this day we eat Jaggary (Gud) so that we become soft spoken.






Because of the warmth of the Sun all vegetations and wealth grows on the earth. Fruits and vegetables are offered to the Goddess on this day, to invoke Her blessings. By the blessings of the Adi Shakti the Earth element gets calmed down and human being thrives.




The festival of Sankranti has cultural significance too. It is celebrated all over the country with joy and gaiety. It is celebrated in some other countries also but it has special significance in India. The climate here is neither too hot nor too cold. It is quite balanced. It is the grace of the Adi Shakti. In other countries the climatic balance is absent. There either it is extreme cold or extreme hot.




It is not proper for us to change with the change in climate and nature. There is no justification if with the heat of the Sun we get heated –up or enraged. There is no justification for anger. Anger is the worst of the Shudripus (Six enemies).




We are Sahaja Yogis, awakened people. Our kundalini has been awakened. So we must learn how to remain peaceful. Mostly Sahaja Yogis are evolved beings, they are quite good. Very few, only one percent however, are still running after Alakshmi. It is very natural to get annoyed over this sort of behavior. But it is not your job to correct them; it is the Adi Shakti’s job. You have to evolve very calmly.



Everything works out by the grace of God. We have always to be mindful of this fact. Somepeople are negative and money is all to them. Such people have nothing to do with Sahaja Yoga. But you have no remedy for it. The Adi Shakti Herself will take care of them.


H.H.Shri Mataji

Makar Sankranti Puja, 14.01.2002, India

(DCB July-August 2002)

Warmth of sun is warmth of God’s love

Today is the day where we celebrate the change of the axis of the sun, and that he moves towards the Tropic of Cancer. Tropic of Cancer is the one which represents the motherhood, the motherhood of the earth.



This Tropic of Cancer has passed through quite a big area of land, while the Tropic of Capricorn has not. And the area through which it has passed it has created different beautiful manifestation of the mother qualities on this earth. We celebrate this change because the sun has now moved into the new dimension, so that all over the world there will be the warmth of the sun.



Warmth of the sun represents the warmth of God’s love. This is the reason why we celebrate this festival by giving you some sort of a sweet made out of sesame seeds. Sesame seeds are given because they are also heat-giving, and now as we are coming from the cold we come to the hot season, in a way hotter season, so to prepare you with that warmth of the sun.



This special things are made out of the seed of sesame to represent the oncoming warmth, and the warmth of the sun. Though in India the heat is too much, still people are waiting for this time to come in and they celebrate it with such a warm heart. At this time it is said that they give you this sesame seed and the sugar to eat, but now you must speak in a sweet manner ("gudd gudd gunaaa"), means you must speak in the sweet manner.



Speaking in the sweet manner is very important. Some people think it is smart to speak in a rude manner, or is very intelligent to shout on people but no one likes this kind of a personality, you may be intelligent, you may be very sharp or smart. May be on a television people may like to see you, but not as companions, as friends. To speak in a very sweet manner is a sign of good breeding, good culture and fear of God.



Those who fear God will never speak rudely to another person, because in another person also the same spirit is shining; and why should we be sharp or angry with another person who is created by God Almighty as we are created?



So this loving beautiful co-relationship that we have with each other after Sahaja Yoga specially, let us express in talking to each other sweetly. There are so many ways by which we could be sweet. There are little, little things if you do, you can create lot of sweetness, but you need not a sharp tongue, but a sharp memory. I try these things many a times.




H.H.Shri Mataji
Sankranti Puja, India, 14.1.1987