“Jodhaa Akbar” – Movie Not to Be Missed

This movie is based on the true story of the greatest Mughal emperor, Jalaluddin Mohammed Akbar, who ruled Hindustan (now India) in the sixteenth century.

As soon as the movie starts, cool vibrations are pouring out of both hands. This great realised soul is showing what real strength is, to really forgive and love. One of his noble and high desires was to unite Hindustan with respect and acceptance of all religions. His understanding of God and his attraction and absorption of whatever has got Divine Vibrations makes him such a Maha [Great] Yogi. His relationships not only with his Hindu wife but also with all the women of his family are full of respect and sensitivity.

I found this movie to be very nourishing to the Soul and also to be a great teaching for us.

Meenakshi

(Photograph: bollywoodmusicradio.com)

Add comment July 9th, 2008

“Freedom and Liberation” in Brisbane

On Sunday 25 May 2008, “Nirmala Devi – Freedom and Liberation” was shown at the Logan Entertainment Centre. Preceding the film, the Brisbane Sahaja Yoga music group, “Sahaj Sangeet”, performed for 40 minutes.

Even though the film had been shown previously during March this year, this was the Brisbane Sahaja yogis’ first event at a large venue. We had decided to go all out and the music group had been practising for weeks. More than 25,000 flyers were distributed in 13 suburbs and posters placed in most of the libraries. A broadcast email was sent out to all Queensland subscribers. The Entertainment Centre also promoted the event on their website and in their weekly newsletter. Glenda, Coralie and Robert did a radio interview and a newspaper article with photos appeared in the “Logan and Albert News”.

During the planning stage, it soon became apparent, as Glenda constantly reminded us, that the venue staff were extremely professional and their desire to give us the best chance of success was foremost. At 10.00am on the day of the event, the musicians arrived for sound checks which were thoroughly performed by the audio technicians. We rehearsed a few of our songs while adjustments were made. It certainly sounded impressive.

Dr Akshay was to be our “anchorman” and to finish our rehearsal, he went through his introduction after which we did our run-on behind closed curtains.

It soon became time to change into our kurtas and saris and get ready for the big event. Ten minutes before curtain time, we lined up in the order in which we would be sitting and silently raised our kundalinis, sitting in quiet meditation.

Then we heard Dr Akshay’s voice welcoming everyone and announcing the sequence of events. We had no way of knowing how many people were sitting behind that curtain but we hoped there were many.

Suddenly, Glenda waved us forward and we quickly took our places on stage. As the curtain drew back, we started singing the “Maha Mantras”.

We looked into the audience but saw only complete darkness! All the lights were on us! At first this was a little disconcerting, but then we forgot about the audience, and just gave it our all. The mood lights were constantly changing and sometimes we would get a glimpse of a few faces.

All too soon, we had finished our performance and the curtain drew back again. Now the audience was actually clapping!

We made our way backstage to the welcome lunch which the yoginis had provided. After the 20-minute interval we joined the audience on the balcony to watch the film.

Everyone seemed to be intently interested and at the conclusion of the film, Dr Akshay demonstrated where to place the hands. Then the screen faded to Shri Mataji giving Self-realisation. Only one couple left at this point and even the two audio technicians got their realisation.

We found out later that a little over one hundred people had attended. For Queensland this is probably our best result so far. We later mingled with the crowd in the foyer, handing out flyers and talking to interested people. All the comments we received were favourable and it certainly gives us encouragement to do more events of this kind in the future.

Peter Hewitson

Add comment June 1st, 2008

Sahaja Yoga at Bobin, Taree and Wingham

The annual Bobin Sahaja Weekend will be held on the long weekend, 7-9 June, 2008. Bobin is a lush, rainforested area in the bush of New South Wales, four hours from Sydney, a little north of Wingham and Taree. For directions, see http://maps.google.com.au/ and enter “Bobin NSW”.

Last year we had a great weekend with beautiful vibrations. 
 
On Saturday 7 June, the Enviro Fair will be held in Taree Park, Taree. The Enviro Fair promotes environmental concerns and world music. Sahaja Yoga will be playing a significant part in the Fair’s events. There will be Sahaja Yoga performances on stage about midday, featuring the the music group, “Music of Joy”, dancing and Qawwali music. Sahaja Yoga will also have a spot on the local radio station in the morning. There will be a large Sahaja Yoga tent with meditation, face-painting and mehndi hand-painting.
 
 On Monday 9 June  there will be a Sahaja Yoga program in a hall in Wingham, where the film, “Freedom and Liberation” will be shown. Refreshments will be provided after the program.

Add comment May 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