Thirty-three years ago today, Shri Mataji spoke in Budapest about Enlightenment.
But Her message did not end with receiving Self-Realization.
It began there.
She explained that the mechanism for our transformation is already built within us. Self-Realization is the first sprouting, but that sprouting must be respected and allowed to grow.
“But respect your realization.”
And growth, Shri Mataji explained, is not an isolated journey.
“Because it’s a collective happening.”
Through this transformation we become part and parcel of the whole:
“Like a drop becomes the ocean.”
“You have to have some patience with yourself.”
Before the experience of Self-Realization, Shri Mataji gave three essential conditions: full self-confidence and a pure desire to become the Spirit, freedom from guilt, and forgiveness.
Then came a remarkable instruction for what we may call Vertical Growth:
“You have to promise in your heart that you will grow in Sahaja Yoga and you will save others also.”
And immediately afterwards:
“One enlightened light can enlighten many.”
This is a beautiful image of the Sahaja journey.
Receive the light.
Nourish it.
Grow in the collective.
Have patience with yourself.
Become the drop that discovers the ocean.
The reward, Shri Mataji says, is:
“tremendous joy.”
TODAY’S CONTEMPLATION
Am I merely preserving the light I received,
or has my light begun to enlighten another?
“One enlightened light can enlighten many.”
— Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Public Program
Budapest, Hungary
10 September 1993
Source: Learn Sahaja Yoga archive
“You Have To Get Your Enlightenment”
10 September 1993
