KEEP YOUR INTELLECT AND MIND IN BALANCE

 

According to Sahaj Yoga, the most precious idea for keeping the intellect and the mind in balance is “connecting the attention (Chitta) with the Self and attaining Thoughtless Awareness.”

When our attention turns away from the outer world and moves inward, the conflict between the intellect and the mind comes to an end.

⚖️ Why does imbalance between the intellect and mind occur?

Excess intellect (Right Side/Pingala Nadi): When we think too much, make constant plans for the future, and search for logic in everything. This increases stress and ego.

Excess mind/emotions (Left Side/Ida Nadi): When we get carried away by emotions, remain lost in memories of the past, and become slaves to desires. This leads to lethargy and depression.

🕊️ Precious teachings and principles of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

According to Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, the founder of Sahaj Yoga, the main principles for balancing the intellect and mind are as follows:

The Self is the ultimate truth: You are not this body, mind, intellect, or emotions. You are only a pure soul. When you accept this truth, both the ego of the intellect and the restlessness of the mind become calm.

Keep your attention on the Sahasrara: Always keep your attention on the upper part of the head (Sahasrara Chakra). This brings peace to the attention and quiets thoughts.

Live in the present: The mind runs toward the past and the intellect runs toward the future.

Balance exists only in the “present moment,” which naturally happens through Kundalini energy after Self-Realization.

Thoughtless Awareness: A meditative state in which there are no thoughts within you, yet you remain completely aware. In this state, the mind and intellect achieve perfect balance.

🧘 Practical steps to achieve balance (Daily Practices)

Self-Realization: First awaken your Kundalini energy.

Daily meditation: Sit quietly every morning and evening for 10–15 minutes with the spine straight and meditate.

Footsoaking: Every night, place your feet in warm salt water. This process absorbs the excess heat (stress) of the mind and intellect.

Prayer for balance: During meditation, place your right hand on the heart and your left hand toward the sky, and pray for your mind and intellect to become balanced.

When the Kundalini energy passes through the central channel (Sushumna), it establishes a person in the present. After this, the intellect becomes discerning and the mind becomes completely peaceful and joyful.

Laziness is a hollow trap that devours both the present and the future. If you truly want to fulfill your dreams, become active starting today. Trust your abilities, work hard, and improve your life. Remember, success kisses the feet of those who make good use of time, not those who remain drowned in laziness. Rise, awaken, and move toward a better tomorrow in your life.

True Spirituality

 

True spirituality is that which enables a person to experience the purity within themselves and the truth of the Divine.

It is not merely about going to temples, performing rituals, or putting on an external show, but rather a path to purifying one’s heart.

When love, compassion, forgiveness, humility, and truth begin to awaken within a person, true spirituality begins.

True spirituality teaches us that all human beings are children of the same Divine, and therefore no one should be hated.

It gives peace to the mind, purifies thoughts, and provides the right direction in life.

A person who walks the path of spirituality gradually begins to move away from evils such as anger, ego, jealousy, and greed.

In true spirituality, a person values inner peace more than external pleasures.

By helping others, spreading love, and performing good deeds, they make their life beautiful.

When the soul connects with the Divine, the light of joy, contentment, and divinity begins to spread within the person.

That is why it is said that true spirituality not only makes a person a better human being, but also helps them understand the true meaning of life.

The Final Battle of Kali Yuga and the Establishment of Satya Yuga

 

The Final Battle of Kali Yuga and the Establishment of Satya Yuga

In the Indian Sanatan tradition, four ages (Yugas) are described — Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga. Among these, Kali Yuga is considered a time when human attention turns away from spirituality toward materialism, ego, anger, greed, and falsehood. But after every darkness comes light, so it is said that at the end of Kali Yuga there will be a great transformation, called the “Final Battle,” followed by the “Establishment of Satya Yuga.”

What is the Final Battle of Kali Yuga?

This battle is not only an external war, but also an inner struggle taking place within human beings. It is the conflict between truth and falsehood, righteousness and unrighteousness, love and hatred, consciousness and ignorance.

When injustice, violence, selfishness, and unrighteousness increase in the world, divine power works to awaken humanity. At this time, people must conquer the evils within themselves — such as anger, jealousy, ego, and greed. This is the real battle.

Religious scriptures say that at the end of Kali Yuga, a great transformation will occur in human consciousness. People will seek truth and move toward spiritual awakening.

How Will Satya Yuga Be Established?

Satya Yuga is not merely a change of time, but a transformation of consciousness. When more people experience the connection between the soul and the Divine within themselves, love, peace, truth, and righteousness will begin to be established in society.

Characteristics of Satya Yuga:

- Compassion and love will increase within people  

- Religion will not mean external display, but inner purity  

- People will respect nature and humanity  

- Truth and justice will be valued  

- Minds will become calm and balanced  

Views of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi explained that the present time is a period of great spiritual transformation. According to her, through self-realization and awakening of consciousness, human awareness can rise to a higher state. She said that true transformation will come only when people recognize the divine power within themselves, and that this will mark the beginning of a new age.

She explained that this transformation will not come through fear or destruction, but through spiritual awakening and the development of collective consciousness.

The Real Message

The final battle of Kali Yuga happens within us before it happens outside. When we eliminate negativity from within ourselves and embrace love, truth, and righteousness, Satya Yuga begins in our own lives.

The true Satya Yuga is where human beings experience the light of the Divine within themselves and illuminate the world with that same light. See less

Divine resides within every Human Being

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi gave humanity the most beautiful teaching that “a part of the Divine resides within every human being.”

That is why she taught people not only through words, but through her life and love, that true religion is to love one another.

Shri Mataji used to say that as long as a person keeps seeing only external differences — such as caste, religion, language, color, or country — true love cannot awaken in the heart. But the moment a person experiences the Spirit, the heart becomes vast, and one begins to see the light of the same Divine in every person.

Through Sahaja Yoga, she enabled millions of people to experience that love is not an obligation or a show, but the natural power of the Spirit. When inner peace and purity arise, a person learns to forgive the mistakes of others. Anger, jealousy, and hatred gradually begin to disappear from the mind, and in their place compassion, kindness, and a sense of belonging begin to grow.

Shri Mataji taught that —

“If you truly wish to attain the Divine, first learn to love human beings. Because the Divine resides in every heart.”

Her love was not limited to words alone. She embraced every person like her own child — no matter what country, culture, or circumstances they came from. In her presence, people felt for the first time that change in the world can come not through hatred, but through love and forgiveness.

She explained that true love is that in which there is no selfishness, no expectation, and no ego. Such love purifies a person from within and creates an atmosphere of unity, peace, and brotherhood in society.

Even today, this very teaching of Shri Mataji continues to illuminate the lives of millions of people —

“Love every human being, because all are children of the same Divine. When love awakens in the heart, only then does the world truly become beautiful.”

Innocence and purity of Ganesha be spread in the World

 

The innocence which Ganesha has should spread in the whole world.

We should understand the importance of Kundalini, because she is Gauri. Kundalini is Gauri. Today is Gauri Puja. Gauri Puja in the month of Chaitra is special. It means that before installation of Ganapati, we have installed Gauri in the month of Chaitra [March, April]. Gauri who created Ganapati is the Gauri from Chaitra and we all believe that. In the same way, our Shalivahan’s have given it so much importance that Gudi Padwa starts on the 1st day of the Chaitra month, because Gauri first is the Shakti, who started the work, to start any work first we worship Ganesha, this is also done by Gauri.

Gauri has put Ganesha in the temporal world or universe so that the innocence which Ganesha has should spread in the whole world. And before anyone else she established Chaitanya in the form of Ganesha [chaitanya – the Spirit, the consciousness that knows itself and also knows others] for the whole world and spread it everywhere. Then we will do whatever is required but first is the Spirit, the consciousness [Chaitanya]. The Kundalini of the world, Mother Gauri has done this work. The importance of this day is that it is the beginning. She created Shri Ganesha on her on own, no contribution from Sadashiva. She has not yet met Sadashiva. So, the virgin Gauri created Ganapati from her powers, because she is Shakti Swaroopa [the form of the Shakti], she can do anything, and that Ganapati is pure, holy, which is in the form of Chaitanya, was made.

So, she has done the work of Mother, where Father is not involved, on her own, and because of her courage and you all have also got Realization in the same way. A virgin who creates a child is not possible in our society, the one who is in pure form, it’s impossible. But the one who does the impossible is the Spirit. If it were doing the things which are possible, then it would be a human being, so that is why Gauri is the Parmeshwari Shakti – the divine power- as she has done the impossible thing, and this impossible thing has happened in you today. You have got rebirth and it is done by your Mother.

The Kundalini Shakti which is there with in you has done the miracle and has given you a rebirth and still she has not met Sadashiva, the time to meet Sadashiva has not come yet, because of that only you have become Realized souls.

Such is Gauri the “Mother”, a pure virgin, pure power, and when this power rises within you, she makes you pure. She brings purity in you. There are some people who don’t have a clean heart, they come to Sahaja Yoga, but they keep on doing wrong things. There are so many people. Sahaja Yoga is there, Shri Mataji has blessed us, we got a car, a house, our business is set up nicely, everything. But how do you behave? You act in falsehood, you are not sincere in Sahaja Yoga, you are deceptive towards your Mother, you lie to Her, you are deceptive towards yourself, with other Sahaja Yogis, then you will have to face consequences.

Today Sahaja Yoga has reached such a stage; that today’s day is special as we have started Vishwa Nirmala Dharma- first thing. It is such a huge thing that we have started Vishwa Dharma, which has people from all religions. People from all religions from the world are involved in this Vishwa Dharma.

Today when we stand in this Vishwa Dharma we have started a new history, of new people. So, today’s day is very auspicious day. Whatever is happening, being created, it is all happening by the grace of God. So, there should be no doubt, but if your mind [ghagari- clay pot represents our head] is full of stupid thoughts [stones] then how will knowledge retain in such minds [water retain in such pots]? So, you should have clean hearts, if you come in Sahaja Yoga with impurity in your hearts, then you are going to face problems in Sahaja Yoga, this is the second thing I am making it very clear this time.

Till now, whatever you did I was facing all your problems. You people behaved in any way you liked and I faced all your problems, your Mother faced all your problems, but now you have grown up. Now don’t behave like that, otherwise you will have to face the consequences. So, everyone with a clean heart and mind, without any doubts, you should come in Sahaja Yoga, work hard, understand what is Sahaja Yoga, understand yourself and understand others, give respect and treat everyone with dignity in Sahaja Yoga, value yourself and as per your reputation behave that way, then only this auspicious start will work out.

Forget whatever has happened, whatever wrong you must have done in Sahaja Yoga, from today decide that we will behave in the same way which suits to Sahaja Yoga as we are Sahaja yogis, we should say this in the beginning, in the middle and at the end, say it three times that “we are Sahaja Yogis”, we will not do this, we won’t do this as this is wrong. We should start today’s day with this resolution, means Gauri, how courageous she was, in the same way you should be courageous. She is there inside you, Gauri, she is sitting inside you, only you should give her a place to sit, and a place to sit in your heart, means you are so courageous, your heart should be so clean and pure to offer a place to Gauri, what all qualities you must have inside you, taking in to account all that give a place to Gauri in your heart and the fruits of Shakti will also begin from today.

You will see all the fruits of Shakti. Lots of extraordinary work will be done by you people, all this will start. So, there is only one importance of today’s puja, correct your Ganpati and start the work with determination, and dedicate ourselves to Sahaja Yoga, with pure and clean heart surrender to Sahaja Yoga, and be good Sahaja Yogis, we should take this pledge today.

Anger Destroys a Person's Peace and Wisdom

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi said that anger destroys a person’s peace and wisdom. According to her, anger should not be suppressed; rather, it can be calmed through inner purity and meditation.

She suggested a few main ways to reduce anger:

- Practice meditation — Regular Sahaja Yoga meditation calms the mind and reduces inner heat.

- Learn to forgive — Shri Mataji said, “Forgiveness is the greatest power.” Forgiving lightens the heart and gradually dissolves anger.

- Observe yourself — Instead of reacting immediately when anger arises, look within and understand where the ego, stress, or expectations are coming from.

- Experience the cool power — She explained that divine power is cool and peaceful. Experiencing the “cool breeze” during meditation helps balance the mind.

- Increase love and compassion — Where there is true love, anger cannot stay for long.

- Release negativity to the Earth with the left hand — In Sahaja Yoga, there is also a practice of surrendering negativity and anger to Mother Earth.

One of her beautiful thoughts was:

> “You cannot change anyone through anger, but with love and patience, you can change a great deal.”

Formless Divine Power and Three Gunas (Qualities)

 

DIVINE SAHAJYOG

Focus Your Attention Towards the Formless Divine Power

Those who practice Sahaja Yoga should remember that while living in this physical form, we are meant to become mediums of the formless Divine. We have to rise higher. Our attention should be towards the formless, towards the Divine Chaitanya (vibrations), and we should observe the Chaitanya flowing within us.

If you are still satisfied only with the outer physical form, then you cannot progress further. You must attain the formless state within, through which your inner creative powers will grow.

The Shri Ganesha whom you worship in form must be attained in the formless state. You must establish Him within yourself. It is not enough to simply offer flowers and return; everyone does that. They may worship the Mother, worship Gauri, but the real purpose is to imbibe their divine powers within yourself. Through this, you can purify your attention, mind, intellect, and speech.

— Shri Nirmala Mataji

28.09.1988

The Three Gunas (Qualities)

1. Tamasic People

Ignorance, irreligion, arguments, fear, sorrow, guilt, inertia, laziness, immoral behavior, cruelty, and dreadful actions are all tamasic qualities. Such a person becomes extremely manipulative and cunning. Indirectly and deceitfully, they try to trouble others. Tamasic people often suffer from psychosomatic illnesses.

2. Rajasic People

Desires, ambitions, attachment, hatred, jealousy, delusion, pride, cravings, and ego are rajasic qualities. Aggressive behavior is also rajasic in nature. Such people create problems for themselves and their families. A rajasic person insists strongly on their own opinions and imposes them on others. However, if you closely observe their life, it is often miserable. They struggle to maintain harmony with others and cannot communicate peacefully. There exists a large gap between their soul and their existence.

3. Sattvic People

Truth, wisdom, detachment, faith, love, and contentment are sattvic qualities. Sattvic people believe in righteousness and spirituality. However, even religious people may sometimes develop feelings of disregard toward unrighteous individuals