PURE AND IMPURE DESIRES

 

In Sahaja Yoga, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has explained in great detail about **“impure errors”** or human mistakes. According to her, the greatest error of a human being is not recognizing their true identity (the Self).

Here are the main points from Shri Mataji’s teachings:

### 1. Impure Desire and Pure Desire  

Shri Mataji says that most of our desires are “impure” because they never end. When one desire is fulfilled, another arises.  

- **Error:** Running after material pleasures and identifying oneself as the body or mind is the main mistake.  

- **Solution:** There is only one “pure desire”—**union with the Divine (Self-realization)**. When the Kundalini Mother awakens, she burns away all our impurities.

### 2. Feeling of Being ‘Guilty’ (Guilt)  

Often people feel guilty because of their mistakes (truti). Shri Mataji described this as a major cause of imbalance in the **Left Vishuddhi Chakra**.  

- **Advice:** She says, “To say ‘I am guilty’ is a kind of ego.” God is an ocean of love; He can forgive your mistakes.  

- **Remedy:** Instead of feeling sad about your mistakes, surrender them to the Divine and say—**“Mother, I am the pure Spirit, I am innocent.”**

### 3. The Power of Forgiveness (Agnya Chakra)  

The only way to come out of the web of our mistakes and others’ errors is **forgiveness**.  

- When we do not forgive someone, we become bound to that person or that mistake.  

- According to Shri Mataji, forgiveness is a power that opens our Agnya Chakra and gives us peace.

### 4. Purification of Attention (Chitta)  

Shri Mataji explained that when our attention wanders in the outside world, we make mistakes.  

- **Solution:** Through meditation, when attention becomes steady at the Sahasrara (top of the head), our intellect becomes pure (sattvic), and we stop making mistakes.

### Main Prayer:  

In Sahaja Yoga, this prayer is recited to remove these errors:  

> **“Shri Mataji, please forgive me. Please free me from my impure desires and mistakes, and grant me pure knowledge.”**

**Conclusion:** Shri Mataji’s message is simple: do not dwell on your mistakes, but purify yourself through meditation and awareness. When you are in the light (Self-realization), darkness (error) disappears on its own.