{"id":240,"date":"2007-04-09T17:50:01","date_gmt":"2007-04-09T06:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/2007\/04\/09\/balance-profound-divine-calmness-feedback-from-our-weekly-meditation-meetings\/"},"modified":"2007-04-09T17:50:01","modified_gmt":"2007-04-09T06:50:01","slug":"balance-profound-divine-calmness-feedback-from-our-weekly-meditation-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/2007\/04\/09\/balance-profound-divine-calmness-feedback-from-our-weekly-meditation-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Balance, profound, divine, calmness: feedback from our weekly meditation meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Shri<\/a>Everyone wants less stress. And every week, all over Australia (and worldwide), people are learning how to meditate with us. Sahaja Yoga meditation, founded by Shri Mataji, is very easy to learn and is free of charge. You\u2019re welcome to join us to experience the peace it can offer.<\/p>\n

We asked people from one of the Sydney, Australia, meetings why they enjoy coming along each week. Here are their replies:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Frank<\/strong> (attending 1 year)
\n“This style of meditation has really helped me to find that sense of balance that we all look for. It provides refreshing and interesting ideas about finding new pathways around old problems. I really look forward to the meetings each week. I especially recommend the footsoaking if you have trouble sleeping!”<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sunny<\/strong> (1 month)
\n“My first experience about Sahaja Yoga weekly meetings is the pleasant feeling of rest and encouragement. The instruction is easy to understand and you simply flow along without any pressure. You do not even notice the time is ticking away.<\/p>\n

The profound words of Shri Mataji make so much sense about life itself and strengthen many private thoughts you have wanted confirmed.<\/p>\n

The teachers are genuinely dedicated individuals with the deep sense of commitment to impart the technique to the path of peace and happiness. It is great to share the wonderful sentiment that you are in the right place to achieve spiritual wellbeing.”<\/p>\n

\u2022 Julie<\/strong> S<\/strong> (6 months)
\n“The first meeting I went to, I was unsure what was going to happen. Any hesitations I may have had faded as soon the program started. During meditation I felt my heart open and fill up with this most divine love. And I knew – I had finally found it! My true self. Since then when I go to weekly meetings, I feel elevated as soon as I walk into the room. The sense of peace engulfs me and I feel completely contented. I am empowered.”<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/strong>SW <\/strong>was inspired to write this poem after her first night: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Candle <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

FOOTPRINTS<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Raindrops gave chase to the sultry evening
\nIncense turned into white smoke
\nDanced upwards to heaven
\nSandalwood lingered with each breath
\nCandle light lay waiting at the seventh path
\nEnded the pilgrimage of restless searching
\nAccessible and so far away<\/p>\n

Kundalini be my guide
\nI forgive everyone
\nI absolve my wrongs
\nI am not guilty
\n<\/em>Heavy heart lifting
\nI\u2019m my own master<\/em>
\nSmile perpetuated with each affirmation<\/p>\n

With pure knowledge, thoughtless and free
\nForgotten calmness transcends
\nInsolence dissolved into nothingness
\nNo longer in abeyance, a spirit awakened
\nJourney of awareness began
\nBuoyant footprints, dependable
\nFollowed where peace and enlightenment dwell<\/p>\n

SW, Feb 2007<\/p>\n

Interested to attend?<\/strong>
\nTheir responses say it all. If you would also like to learn how to enjoy the peace that true meditation can offer, come along. Beginners are also welcome – Sahaja Yoga is very easy to learn and everything is explained. Depending on locations, our weekly meditation meetings may be about 1 to 1.5 hours long, and might include practical sessions, recorded talks by Shri Mataji and guided meditations. Sahaja Yoga classes are offered free of charge throughout Australia (and worldwide). It is meditation based, not exercise yoga – no special clothing is required and chairs are provided. We look forward to meeting you!<\/p>\n

\u2022 List of our <\/strong>free weekly meetings (Australia & international)<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/strong>
\nKind regards from Sahaja Yoga Australia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone wants less stress. And every week, all over Australia (and worldwide), people are learning how to meditate with us. Sahaja Yoga meditation, founded by Shri Mataji, is very easy to learn and is free of charge. You\u2019re welcome to join us to experience the peace it can offer. We asked people from one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,6,9,10,12,13,16,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-24","category-favourites","category-nice-stories","category-meditation","category-personal-experiences","category-poems","category-shri-mataji","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4h1Q1-3S","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}