Significance of Diwali in Sahajayoga

 

First of all you have to know there are four days that are celebrated in Diwali.’

‘Diwali comes from the word dipali in Sanskrit, the word ‘deepa’ means ‘the light’, and ‘ali’ means the ‘line’, the ‘rows’. Now, there are many things that have happened during these four days and that’s how it is celebrated with such a great enthusiasm. The first thing is the day of the Lakshmi’s birth..  the real day when Lakshmi was born out of the sea.’

‘Today is a day of very great happening, I should say. Celebrating the Diwali is a very, very joyous thing. But this joy is not for ourselves; this joy is for the whole world. We have to work for the whole world. We work for ourselves, for our jobs, for our money, whatever it is, but what are you doing for others? That you should see for yourself, and that’s very important. Only such people are useful in Sahaja Yoga because they have concern, they have care, and they are doing something for others. It’s a great enjoyment with that, when the lights are burning, it’s to give you happiness; they are burning their bodies to give you happiness. They are the ones who should teach us that we have to do something ourselves to enjoy our own higher awareness. …Now as it is, what is the aim after all, what is the aim of our lives? We have to change the whole world into a peaceful theme. Changing yourself, of course, is great thing, no doubt; but changing others also will stop all the problems of the world. If all the people of this world become good people.. then can you imagine what will happen?’

Diwali’s Sahaj Significance

‘Today we are going to celebrate the Diwali, which means the rows of lights or, you can say, group of lights. This Diwali has been a festival of very ancient times in India.. Diwali was celebrated when it was the darkest night of the year. 

So now, it is very symbolic of these modern times because the worst time, as far as morality is concerned has been in these modern times. We call it the Ghor Kali Yuga, the worst modern times. That means a complete darkness and, as you see around, you’ll find out that there is complete darkness as far as morality is concerned, but that’s why there are all kinds of crises. Because of that, also, there are many who are seeking the light, the truth…

Who is Lakshmi? How she becomes Maha (the Great)Lakshmi?

‘Now, this Lakshmi is the goddess (divine principle/subtle energy), who stands on the lotus. She represents all the well-being, the wealth, the glory of wealth, the decoration of wealth; whichever is auspicious. Whatever is not auspicious is not wealth. According to Sahaja yoga, or according to any scripture, it is not wealth at all. So She’s a lady who stands on a lotus, showing that a person, who has got wealth, has to be a person who does not assert his pressures on people, who doesn’t push people around, who doesn’t pressurize. And then, She’s a lady, She’s a Mother. So wealth, is the first opening to our seeking. But when you start seeking the wealth, you realize that the superficial wealth that you are seeking is not sufficient, is not going to give you complete joy. So you start seeking the deeper wealth. As I said that on the Mother Earth you’ve exploited all that is possible. Still there, deep down in the sea, lot of wealth still.So then the seeking moves toward the deeper seeking. So the same Lakshmi becomes Mahalakshmi (The Great Lakshmi in Sanskrit). When you start expanding yourself to higher and deeper valuables then this Lakshmi doesn’t lure you much; She’s just there for your glory, but not for your satisfaction. The wealth is there for distribution. You enjoy the.. generosity.. generous fondness; it’s a fondness, you see, that you should be generous. That is a very great happiness and joy that you feel. That is the greatest, when you are generous, when you give away. That’s a fondness, that’s a kind of a human expression of one’s own being, that you want to be generous. And this generosity only can come when Mahalakshmi principle is born in you. ‘

‘That’s why She is called as Miriam or Mariam. Word ‘Mari’ or ‘Marie’ also comes from the word ‘sea’. So, She’s born out of the sea, is created out of the sea. And the wealth of the sea, so far, thank God, human beings have not yet exploited, but they may one day start doing that also. And a lot of wealth is still there, so when people start getting worried about exhausting the Mother Earth, we must know that sea is much more than the earth is. So nothing is exhausted, still there is such a lot reserve for you, and one should not worry as to the supply of wealth that can come from the sea.’

‘Mahalakshmi is one of the main powers of Adi Shakti (the primordial universal power). Now these powers have powers at a material level also, at a subtler level also. Lakshmi was born or came out of the sea, the great sea, which was churned.. years back. And she came out of the sea because she is the daughter of the sea. That’s why she’s called as Neeraja. Neera means ‘water’ and ja means ‘born out of.’

So what is that? What is this Lakshmi? See symbolically, what is it expressing? It is expressing the Awareness. Lakshmi expresses awareness, and she came out of the sea, you know that; the awareness first started growing in the sea. The life started existing in the sea, to begin with, and then it grew out. Without the life there is no awareness. First the life, because everything is jarda, everything is dead, and when it becomes life it means it has awareness. So the Awareness started growing in the Sea.

taken from -https://www.free-meditation.ca/archives/2384

Diwali - The Festival of Light

 

Diwali the Festival of Lights

Diwali is the greatest hindu festival of Lights celebrated all over india and now at many places of world also.   It is the most joyous and happiest season of the year as almost every hindu person is in celebration mood.  Different days of Diwali has different importance.  Two special days – Bhaubeej for the sisters and Padwa for the wife.

Diwali means lighting  everywhere, in home, in office, on roads , in shops. You would find number of colorful  artistic lights everywhere.  But Mataji Nirmaladevi has rightly pointed out that lamps and lights outside has no value.  It is more important that you ignite the light within your own body.  Once you are sahajayogi that light is firmly deeply fixed in your body and mind.  In the light of that lamp which is within you, you can see the whole world in true sense and color.

The eternal light would help clense all the dirt, negativity, bad habits, and all sorts of personal problems like ego, superego, hatred, lust and so on.  One can become really delightful once the lamp within is on. In sahajayoga it can happen everyday, when you practise daily meditation.  The enlightened soul would manifest externally on your face and in your body language.  You would be just full ofall joy and love, caring for all surrounding you. 

Mataji Nirmaladevi has rightly said that internal lighting is more important than the external lighting.  Internal lighting would have wonderful effect on persons mind, body, deeds, and home.  He would always be at comfort with available resources. He would always be bubbling with joy and positive energy.  He would never fear for anything as Mataji and her blessings would always be with such person.

So let us practice sahaja yoga every day and enlighten our life from within.

Jai Shri Mataji for providing such a wonderful yoga for the total upliftment on mankind.

For real sahajayogi Diwali is not for three or four days in a year , but every day due to real lighting of the lam within. 

Jai Shri Mataji.

Sahaj Marriages based on Matching of Vibrations

Marriages is one of the universal concept or relationship recognised by almost every religion and society.  It is aimed at helping young boys and girls to choose their life partner with various motives.  It is union of not only two bodies but two minds and two families too as per hindu culture. In the situation when marriages are breaking and  sibblings are suffering, there is a need to establih a system which would avert such breaks and would provide great meaning to life time partnership of the couples.  With this great human and social requirement shri Mataji evlved a specia system of sahaja marriages. 

 Amongst the countless blessings showered upon us by our Divine Mother, Shri Mataji, we have been blessed and nourished by the establishment of Sahaj marriages. Through the creation of these subtle and beautiful relationships, She has not only given us the deep and loving companionship for the journey of our spiritual ascent, but has also created with each marriage the establishment of a force which both subtly and overtly works for the establishment of dharma and the founding of a new, enlightened society.

  With Her guidance on a selection protocol based on a balance of vibrational compatibility as well as practical common sense, standards were set for the approach to this holy and auspicious work, which led ultimately to the formation of an International Marriage Committee (IMC). Shri Mataji oversaw the selection process that would follow for many years, but She also trained a number of people in Her approach so that one day this process could continue without Her physical presence.

 Today the IMC ( International Marriage Committee) consists of a group of twenty people from around the world, a number of whom were trained directly by Shri Mataji in the process of arriving at appropriate matches. This group works with tremendous care and dedication and with an awareness that their work impacts the lives of Sahaja Yogis very profoundly. Being from diverse countries, their perspective is global and they have been carefully recommended as having has high vibrational awareness in order to ensure they can properly feel the right matches based on vibrations.

Marriages  arranged in sahaja prcess based on matching of vibrations  has helped many couples to  understand the depth and significance of the marriages, imparting peaceful wonderful coexistence as couple while attaining more depth in sahaja yoga and attaining transformation of the society.

 

Reference-http://centralcommittee.info/communications/marriages-in-sahaja-yoga-the-relevance-of-the-imc/

Sahajayoga - Very Easy, Free, Portable, Result Oriented yoga making your life wonderful in true sense

Sahajayoga is now internationl movement, wherin people from various countries and religions participate without any fear, fee or compulsion. It is out of own desire to make personal advancement, to get real silence and peace in life, to start inward journey after long processing of seeking everything outside in external atmosphere. 

United Arab Emirates also follows and spreads sahajayoga and many of its citizens have been doing it for long time and reaped various benefits.  The website of UAE explain fully why sahajayoga  and all related questions. 

Following are important answers to all questions about Sahajayoga. 

It’s Easy

You don’t have to spend years living in the mountains to achieve enlightenment. You don’t have to give up anything or spend weeks in silence. You don’t have to learn mantras or wear special clothes or even try to clear my mind. The meditation simply happens spontaneously. The classes are easy and fun, and as long as you keep up my daily ten minutes of meditation you find you are able to achieve a deep and peaceful meditation on a regular basis.

You’re your own boss.

You meditate and introspect at your own pace. You don’t have to keep up with others, or feel pressured into doing things you’re not comfortable with. You are your own teacher, your own guru, your own master. This technique of meditation empowers you and enables you to help yourself. You don’t have to rely on anybody else. Of course, there are many people in Sahaja Meditation who can teach you a great deal about the meditation and its various techniques. 

It’s portable.

You don’t need to take anything with you to meditate: no mats, no potions, no special clothing or books. You can meditate anywhere – in a quiet room or on a noisy bus; at the beach or watching a movie. Thoughtless awareness (the state of meditation) is easy to achieve if you keep medit

ating daily, and it can be achieved in almost any situation.

You feel good.

Without fail, every time you sit down to meditate you feel better. Whether you manage to have a deep meditation or not makes no difference, and as a consequence your family and friends are reaping the benefits

Real Spirituality

What is your take on spirituality in today’s world?

In today’s world, the understanding of the term ‘Spirituality’ is very distorted. Unfortunately, majority of humans, especially those with power/ authority/ education market ‘spirituality’ as something very ambiguous that needn’t be pursued at all. Rather they promote materialistic dreams to the common mass and define life and success as something to do with bank balance, number of bungalows and cars in one’s possession!

So those people who can work and be employed, have their priorities clearly defined by the world around us – esp. by the media, entertainment and advertising world! They create commodities and define fashion trends and also propagate the fact that if one is not following the current trend – however dumb that may be – is outdated and belongs to a backward society whose future is very bleak!
Therefore, afraid of being pushed into oblivion by the ‘supposedly’ trendy society, people tend to blindly follow fashion/ comfort/ luxury trends and make a complete mockery out of themselves and the society as well as the nation they belong to!
Although this is also true that India (and other parts of the world as well) is very rich in spiritual heritage but unfortunately it just remains as some matter of discussion by the intellectuals in their living room.

And of course there are charlatans in every country who are busy marketing superstitions and delusions in the name of spirituality. And because majority are quite unaware of the concept of true authentic spiritual science, they are easily duped by the frauds and they land up suffering endlessly!

What does spirituality mean to you?

In simple words, spirituality is the ‘science of the divine’ and as science is totally based on detailed understanding of any subject, so is ‘spirituality’ a very deep understanding of the techniques devised by the Creator (aka. God, Almighty, Allah, Eishwar etc) to run the Universe as well as experiencing the presence of divine blessings in the form of vibrations.

I came to know of the concept of manifesting your own divinity by reading various books on enlightenment written by our spiritually inclined and enlightened ancestors. It is through such books that I came of know about ‘Kundalini Shakti’ (coiled dormant serpent energy) lying at the base of our spine that needs to be awakened by a True Spiritual Master. Just like we have different body systems (respiratory, circulatory, muscular etc.) working in perfect synch with each other, so do we have a Subtle System, made of Chakras, Nadis (Energy Wheels and Energy Channels) and the dormant spiritual element (Kundalini Shakti) in all of us.

With sahajayoga, after awakening of your kundalini, you know what is real spirituality.  You  know you are Atma - and can know everything with the help of vibrations on your top of your  fingers.  You then know the hackers, merchants, salesmen of god fooling innocent people in the name of God.  You discard all wrong notions about religion  and associated dress code, behaviour, fasting, and all external manifestation of  code of dharma established by crooked  gurus.  You become your own guru.  Your inner voice, antaratma guides you on every issue of life, as kundalini in your body, is your real mother for many generations and knows well what is right for you.  So never neglect inner voice, which is real divine advice for you in given circumstances.

Mataji Nirmaladevi has enlightened thousands of  people who leading full life with power of love, compassion, brotherhood - the real teachings of any dharma or religion. 

Jai Shri Adishakti  Mataji Nirmaladevi. 

Stay in the present, and stay balanced - real solution for stress management.

 

Remaining in balanced state is the main principle, objective or idea of sahajayoga. Person should not be right sided or left sided, as both have their own problems - physical as well as mental. Hence attaining balanced state of mind gives one peace within, for which he or she is wandering everywhere outside.

Following was the important message given by Mataji Nirmaladevi to a group of IAS and IPS officers on stress management. 

Many a head nodded in agreement as Nirmala Devi, spiritual leader and founder of Sahaja Yoga, said, "Don't be too harsh on yourself. Stop feeling guilty about what has happened. Forgive yourself andforgive others.''

She was speaking to the officers of Indian Administrative Service on "Stress and Tension Management'' at the Y.B. Chavan auditorium on Saturday afternoon.

She described the IAS and IPS officers as the "spine of the country'' and said that they should not be under any kind of stress or strain.

For Mataji as she is popularly known, peace lies within an individual and it needs to be discovered. According to her, it is essential to go into the meditative state to reach that state. "And it is just the beginning of a transformation that takes us to a higher level of awareness,'' she said.

Nirmala Devi noted that people were not aware of the subtle system that works within every being. Explaining the concept of "kundalini awakening'', she said that the kundalini was the energy that lay dormant in the sacrum (bone at the base of the spine). In a broader sense, kundalini awakening was the process of self-realisation, which helps a person overcome stress and heals the harried nervous system. She believes that self-realisation was a person's first encounter with reality.

According to the shastras also, she said, power resides within every human being. Sahaja Yoga uses this subtle inner instrument -- kundalini, to bring about a balance in the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual being.

"When the kundalini is awakened, it helps the person humble down. It also brings about self-realisation. The awakening itself is known as self-realisation,'' she said. She added that people needed to relax today, and that too was possible with this awakening.

In her book, "Stress Management through Sahaja Yoga", she has explained that the left sympathetic nervous system, represents the power of desire of an individual, while the right represents power of action. "And it is the left side that you can control," she said, adding that there should be a balance between the two.

Sahaja Yoga aims at achieving holistic health care for people with meditation. Elaborating on the benefits of meditation, she said that a person could attain a peaceful state of mind and still stay alert. "One feels compassion for humanity and is able to let go of anger, hatred, fear, resentment and other negative traits that inhibit a person's growth,'' she said.

Nirmala Devi started the propagation of Sahaja Yoga in 1970 and today over 85 countries the world-over, have Sahaja Yoga centres. Having been associated with the freedom struggle, she said, that this technique of self-realisation also makes a person patriotic. "As those who practice it are above materialism and can sacrifice anything,'' she noted.

Commenting on the human tendency to brood over the past, she reiterated that to feel bad about the past was inconsequential. "If you feel bad, you torture yourself. Learn to stay in the present and stay balanced,'' she said.

 Reference-https://www.sahajayoga.org/researchandbenefits/times_of_india.asp

Lord Ganesha and Mooladhar Chakra

 

The ganpati festival is being celebrated in many parts of India. Lord Ganesha is associated with this chakra in our body.  Hence this post to highlight the importance of first important chakra in our body. 

Mooladhar chakra

Innocence and Wisdom (Mooladhara) 

The deity of this chakra is Shri Ganesha. It is having four petals and is associated with excretory organs.

 Location. The Mooladhara chakra is located in the pelvic plexus at the base of your spine. The vibrations of this root chakra can be felt on the base of your palm.

Qualities. Your Mooladhara chakra forms the foundation of your entire subtle energy system. It represents eternal and indestructible qualities within you. These qualities only manifest to their fullest potential when your Kundalini energy has been awakened. This chakra is represented by a coral red color. It is closely aligned with the earth element.

 The fundamental quality of the Mooladhara chakra is innocence. Innocence is the basis of righteous (dharmic) character. Your innocence can never be destroyed, but it may be covered (or masked) by your ego and conditionings, just as the sun may be covered by clouds.

Negative societal influences can also muddy the pure innocence and wisdom that is part of your Mooladhara chakra. The good news is that meditation can restore them. When you rebalance your Mooladhara, you can renew your energy and priorities.

 Experience and Benefits. A balanced Mooladhara will help you maintain and increase your inner wisdom. You’ll be able to quickly distinguish right from wrong. The wisdom of this chakra will enable you to avoid action (or inaction) that is harmful to yourself or others.

A balanced Mooladhara chakra will also lead to improved memory, attention and focus. You’ll be able to manage your intellectual energy and make decisions quickly while maintaining emotional balance and stability.

Additionally, the innocence of this chakra will enable you to view other people and situations without prejudice or bias. Your actions will be pure as a result.

 

Tapping into your Mooladhara will give you the ability and authority to raise your own Kundalini energy as well as that of others who also wish to experience the benefits of Kundalini energy awakening. You will become better able to distinguish false information. You will not fall prey to those who would cheat you or “take you for a ride.”

Your Mooladhara chakra plays a role in helping you remain in harmony with nature. It also helps you to avoid unnatural or unhealthy lifestyles (those that may be considered “perverse” or “against nature”). Mooladhara allows you to respect your innocence and purity, as well as that of others. It is through the Mooladhara chakra that birth and creation continue their course.

When you experience a disruption of your Mooladhara chakra, many illnesses mayresult. Because it governs sexuality and the reproductive system, balancing this chakra will guard against a misuse of sexuality or sexual perversions. Mooladhara also governs your excretory system. When the chakra is balanced, your body will be free of diarrhea or constipation.

Left channel problems, such as depression or lethargy, can also be prevented by balancing the Mooladhara chakra. Right channel problems, such as aggressive behavior, excessive thinking, excessive planning and overindulging may also beeliminated.

Self-Assessment. If your Mooladhara chakra is out of balance, you may experience a poor sense of direction, poor memory, or a poor sense of balance (gravity). Other symptoms of disruption in this chakra include excretory problems, sexual disorders and reproductive difficulties.

How to Balance. Fortunately, it is quite simple to balance your Mooladhara chakra. To begin, you should sit directly on the earth as often as possible. While enjoying a peaceful moment outdoors, you may clear your left Mooladhara by resting on the ground in a cross-legged fashion. Place both hands on the ground beside your hips, palms facing downward.

If you are unable to spend time outside, there is another option. Soaking your feet in a bowl of warm salted water is also helpful in balancing the Mooladhara chakra

 

Source: www.sahajayoga.us and https://www.sahajayogabengal.com/mooladhara-chakra/