The Pure Heart

When the heart is purified with sincerity
Then even enemies become friends.
Tigers may come near but will never attack one.
Poison offered to such a one will turn into nectar,
Any harm directed towards him will result into good,
Harsh words will sound polite.
Any pain afflicted will become the source of happiness.
The flames of fire will turn cool.
For God All Merciful is pleased.
If one’s heart is full of compassion,
If one loves others more than oneself,
God will look upon such a one with an eye of mercy
And bless his heart with His presence.

Tukaram (1608-1660)

(Photograph: dabase.org)

3 comments April 10th, 2008

Sahaja Yoga Courses

Courses and workshops for people wanting to find out more about Sahaja Yoga are being held throughout Australia, as a follow-up to the recent screenings of the film, Nirmala Devi, Freedom and Liberation. Hundreds of interested people attended the screenings, as part of the celebrations for Shri Mataji’s 85th Birthday, and many expressed their desire to find out more.

Venues and times for some of the Sydney meetings are provided below:

One-Day Meditation Workshop
Sunday April 20, 10.00am to 4.00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
10 Clarence Street, Burwood

Further Workshop details can be found at
www.freemeditation.com/workshops

Four-week Courses
These have been ongoing since the screening of Nirmala Devi, Freedom and Liberation

Homebush/Strathfield
Wednesdays March 19, March 26, April 2 and April 9
6.30pm to 7.30pm (followed by regular Sahaja Yoga meetings)
Homebush/Strathfield Library
65 Rochester St, Homebush (cnr Rochester St and Abbotsford Rd)
Ph: 9746 5161

Mosman
Tuesdays March 25, April 1, April 8 and April 15
7.00pm to 8.30pm
Mosman Art Gallery and Community Centre,
Harmony Room
Cnr Art Gallery Way and Myahgah Road, Mosman
Ph: 9411 6752

Paddington
Wednesdays March 26, April 2, April 9 and April 16
7.30pm to 9.00pm (followed by regular Sahaja Yoga meetings)
Paddington Public School, cnr Oxford and Elizabeth Sts (where Paddington Markets are held), Hall Block C at rear of school (enter at Elizabeth St driveway gate)
Ph: 9328 6624

Details about more meetings around Sydney and Australia can be found at
www.freemeditation.com/meetings

Add comment April 7th, 2008

Recollections of Shri Mataji’s Birthday 2008

Going to Chhindwara, little did I realise that the event coming up was quite cosmic in proportions - Good Friday, Persian New Year, Prophet Mohammed’s Birthday and, of course, Shri Mataji’s 85th birthday.
 
The celebration of Holi was expected on the day after Birthday Puja [celebration], so we dressed in our silks and other finest for the Puja, leaving “holi clothes” for the next day. Little did we realise that we were going to break into spontaneous Holi colour-smearing right after Puja.
 
Shri Mataji’s daughters, Sadhana Didi and Kalpana Didi, decided to play Holi with Shri Mataji right there after the birthday cake was cut. More Gulal (red powder for smearing on each other) was vibrated by Shri Mataji. The Indian yogis spared no time mixing the vibrated red powder with tons more, making packets and distributing it right away to a rapturous crowd of more than 20,000.
 
A new movie on Shri Mataji’s childhood was premiered just before the Puja. In February this year, Shri Mataji gave a 3-hour interview, reminiscing about her childhood and the house in Chhindwara where she was born. The house is a shrine restored without replacing most of its vibrated elements: the floor on which Mother took Her first steps, etc.
 
The house was a hospital for a long time. During this time, many years ago, Baba Mama [Shri Mataji's youngest brother] took Sahaja Yogis to the building and asked them to check vibrations in various rooms to find the room where Shri Mataji was born. This Sahaja Yogi recollected that they passed many rooms before coming to a small, abandoned room which was quite cobwebbed. It gave vibrational evidence that Baba Mama confirmed as the birth place of Shri Mataji.
 
After the puja, Holi celebrations resumed with the folksy charm of Mukhiraam and Dr. Rajesh’s songs about Holi. It was quite a coincidence to celebrate Holi in the state of India where Holi is celebrated quite intensely: Madhya Pradesh. 
 
The highlight of Birthday Puja was Shri Mataji’s power of transforming the remote puja site in Linga village near Chhindwara, into a hospitable place for thousands in a matter of weeks. 
 
Ruthvick

1 comment April 4th, 2008

Reality is the Paramchaitanya

We are aware that the Paramchaitanya [All-pervading Power] does everything. At least mentally we know that everything is worked out by the grace of the Paramchaitanya, which is the power of the Adi Shakti [Primordial Power]. But still, it is not so much in our heart, so much in our attention.

We can consider the Paramchaitanya lika an ocean, like an ocean which contains everything within itself … Everything is within its own limits, so it cannot be compared with a limit. You cannot compare it.

Now if you see the sun, then from the sun, the rays have to come out to work it. If you see somebody – say, a person who has an authority – he has to assert that power outside. So within himself, he doesn’t work it out.

For example, if there’s a seed and, inside the seed, only the tree grows and the fruits come out and then they are sold and people eat them and everything is inside that seed, then that is the Paramchaitanya.

So we are all enveloped in it … We are on the waves, so we see it as dislocated, separated – like we feel, “This is Germany” or “This is England” or “This is India”. These are just folds of the sari of Paramchaitanya, which look separated, but they are not separated. They are continuous. So the connection is absolutely complete. if I pull a thread from here, the thread will throughout be pulled.

In the same manner, this Paramchaitanya is working within itself and there is nothing without.

So when you are Sahaja Yogis, it pays special attention to you … It becomes absolutely one with you. Whatever you desire, whatever you want also will be coming from the same Paramchaitanya, if you are one with it.

Like in  a turbulent ocean, some drops of water may fly into the air and start thinking, “We are above. We are away from the world, away from the ocean.” But again, they have to fall into the same.

So this formless energy has all the intelligence, all the coordination, all the organisations, all the computers, all the televisions, all that you can think of as communication and of governing, of administration. And, above all, it is the love. It is the love of God and love of your Mother. So to be one with this Paramchaitanya, you have to know that you have to become reality …

So all of you Sahaja Yogis have to know that, in reality, you do not do anything and everything is done by the Paramchaitanya. This is the difference between a non-Sahaja Yogi and a Sahaja Yogi. A non-Sahaja Yogi does not know. And even if he knows, this is not the truth in his heart. It’s not a part and parcel of his being. But a Sahaja Yogi knows that reality is the Paramchaitanya and it is reality that works out everything – and this reality is Divine Love.  

Shri Mataji, 1989 

Add comment April 2nd, 2008