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Music of Joy
The Sahaja Yoga music group, “Music of Joy” will be in Canberra for the National Multicultural Festival this weekend, 10-12 February 2012, for two special performances.
Saturday evening, 11 February 2012
The concert begins at 7.30pm at the Majura Community Centre, 2 Rosevear Place, Dickson.
Sunday lunchtime, 12 February 2012
On Sunday 12 February 2012, “Music of Joy” have a 20-minute performance scheduled at Platform 1, Petrie Plaza, from 12.40pm to 1.00pm (just off London Circuit) in Canberra Civic.
Also on Sunday, 12 February 2012, Sahaja Yoga has a small information/self-realisation stall adjacent to Platform 1, Petrie Plaza.
Last year about 240,000 people attended the two and half day National Multicultural Festival in Canberra, and so the festival organisers are expecting a similar number this coming weekend.
- Shri Mataji
Achieve a kind of control over your tongue to talk sweetly. Some people have to go through penance for that. For them to talk sweetly is like taking rhubarb again. They just cannot talk sweetly…. In that sarcasm, they have a special pleasure. Try to say something sweetly. You can be humorous without being sarcastic. Humour is the best way.
What is the need to be sarcastic? There is no need at all. It is a sign of cowardliness, sarcasm. It is a sign that you want to hurt others, that you are not straightforward. So try to avoid sarcastic talking. If you are sarcastic, better tell your tongue to behave itself.
Shri Mataji, 22 April, 1984
It was me who didn’t see
Didn’t see you
Looked everywhere outside
But never turned inside to my own heart
In all my love
All my pain and all my sorrow
In all my hope and all my joy
You were there with me
It was me who didn’t turn to you
You were my joy in all my play
You indeed were the joy
And I indulged in all that joy
Days spent in play
You were there deep in my heart
In the songs I sang in my sorrow and joy
You were the words, you were the tune
It was me who never sang your songs
Please be alit oh spirit
And enlighten this attention
Let me be immersed totally in you
Sing the song of love
Lost in complete joy!
Meghamala Basu
Sahaja Yoga workshops will be held all around Australia on the weekend of 22-23 October 2011. These workshops are suitable for both beginners and for people who have been coming to Sahaja Yoga programs for a while.
The locations and booking arrangements are below:
ACT – Scullin
Sunday 23 October, 10.30am to 3.00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
77 Chewings Street
To book for the Scullin workshop contact: [email protected] or phone 0433 057 077 or (02) 62324455.
Lunch and refreshments provided. No cost.
NSW – Sydney
Sunday 23 October, 11am to 4.00pm (with live world music concert beforehand)
Federation Conference Centre
37 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills
Workshop program:
11am – 12 noon: Doors open for registration and live music concert
12 noon – 4pm: Meditation workshop
To book for Sydney, click here to use our Booking Form
Afternoon tea provided, $10 donation per person (see below under Costs**)
QLD – Bundaberg and Hervey Bay
Saturday 22 October, 1.00pm to 4:00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
160 Mahoney-Dexters Road
Alloway, Bundaberg
To book for Bundaberg, contact: [email protected] or call 07 4159 7887
Afternoon tea provided. No cost.
QLD – Wamuran
Saturday 22 October, 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
95 McClintock Road
Wamuran
To book for Wamuran, contact: [email protected] or call 07 5496 6716.
Dinner provided. No cost.
SA – Adelaide
Saturday 22 October, 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Klemzig Primary School
2 Hay Street
Klemzig, Adelaide
To book for Adelaide, contact: [email protected] or call 0417 806 336.
Refreshments provided. No cost.
TAS – Hobart
Sunday 23 October, 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
85 Tanundal Street
Howrah, Hobart
To book for Hobart, contact: [email protected] or call 03 6245 1476
Lunch provided. No cost
VIC – Melbourne
Sunday 23 October, 11.00am to 4.00pm
Greensborough Senior Citizens Hall
203 Henry Street,
Greensborough, Melbourne
To book for Melbourne, contact: [email protected] or call (03) 9585 1208.
Lunch provided. $10 donation per person (see below under Costs**)
VIC – Bendigo
Saturday 22 October, 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Bendigo Neighborhood House
20 Neale street, Bendigo
To book for Bendigo workshop, contact: (03) 5442 1489
Light lunch provided. No cost.
WA – Scarborough
Saturday 22 October, 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Maureen Grierson Community Recreation Centre
The Esplanade, Scarborough
To book for the Scarborough workshop contact: 0432 433 345
Afternoon provided. No cost.
*Costs: Our workshops are provided free by experienced volunteers, as a non-profit community service. Some larger venues accept a donation at the door towards workshop costs such as venue hire, workshop materials provided, equipment hire and upkeep.
We hope to see you at the workshops!