To meditate with the Divine Power

  Introspection is very important

Christmas Puja, Ganapatipule 1992-12/25:
Everything that you are doing is for God, and that's why you are doing it for your self. So introspection is very important, criticizing others should be less, and criticizing yourself and laughing at yourself is the best. I laugh at myself many a times and say many things like that, if you have noticed, that makes life so interesting. That will kill your ego. How I am trying to assert myself, and where is the meekness that Christ has talked about? It is a natural goodness within us. Once it shines and shows, you become so beautiful, so lovable. Whether you are sitting here near me or there, I know who is that kind. My heart just opens for such a personality. I know who they are.

But even if I know, I will never tell you. It is better that you know yourself. 'Know thyself' is His message, in the real way, not with deception, because you are deceiving yourself. Whom are you deceiving? “Know thyself” without any deception, without any lies, with full concentration! See where is your attention going! That's how you are going to rise; you are not going to rise by seeing the defects of others but you are going to rise only by seeing your own defects. Exactly this, what Christ has said, I am telling you in very, very simple words.

Then He has said, “Love thy neighbor as thyself,” which is a very, very big thing to say. Now, it’s only possible in Sahaja Yoga because you are collective. Those who are not collective, how can they love their neighbor? I mean who is the neighbor then? Nobody's the neighbor, they're outsiders, but as soon as you become collective, see:  today there are fifty-five nations! You are all so collective, so moral, so beautiful, no complications, nothing. I am so overjoyed to see that, but, to make it perfect we should introspect. Socially, collectively, you people have improved a lot, but also individually, within yourself, you have to improve for your own goodness. 

 So on this great occasion, we have to celebrate because really such a great amount of work was done by Christ, though neutralized by these horrible priests, which is done in every country, in every religion. But now we should take a vow to save others who are taking the name of Christ and doing something just the opposite. If it could be done, if it could be achieved through your lives, Christ's work has been done. You have to now express Christ through your life, this is what it is. 

Through your life you can express it; through the purity, through the meekness, through the compassion and the wisdom of Christ. Absolutely fearless was He, and that's why you have to be fearless,  because you have to be only afraid of God and nobody else, that's all, and if you have done nothing wrong then there's nothing to be afraid of God,  also because He loves you very much.

So be clear cut about everything, be understanding. You are all lovable people no doubt but you should be such that you can adore yourself and love yourself because of the virtues you have.

·        Devotion

Dedication through Meditation, Cowley Manor Seminar, Cheltenham, England 1982-07/31:
Today, for the first time, I’m venturing to say something which I should have said much earlier. As today I told you that it is necessary that you have to recognize me.

And that recognition is fixed, that condition is fixed. I cannot change it. As Christ has already said, that “Anything against me will be tolerated, will be forgiven, but anything against the Holy Ghost will not be.” It’s a very big warning ... very big warning. (…)

After all, you are my children, I love you very much and you love Me. That’s only the warning that Christ has given you. But one must think why we are not progressing so fast as we should have.

When people are mesmerized, they fall completely flat on the ground in front of their gurus, absolutely. They give up their money, they give up everything, homes, houses, families, children, and just go flat - when they are mesmerized; without asking any questions, without going into any detail, without trying to find out the life of their guru. All such people also go very fast into darkness, into greater darkness, and into complete destruction. 

But you are Sahaja Yogis and you have to construct yourself. I didn’t want to shatter your egos before, never to tell you in these words. Perhaps this is the first time I am saying this to you, that you have to dedicate yourself completely to me - not to Sahaja Yoga - but to me.

Sahaja Yoga is just one of My aspects. Leaving everything, you have to dedicate. Complete dedication, otherwise you cannot ascend any further. Without questioning, without arguing! Complete dedication is the only way you can achieve it. People still get caught up, still get into problems. What’s the reason? So many people ask me that, “Once we have got Realization, how is it Mother we go down?”

The only reason is the dedication is not complete. Complete reverence and complete dedication has been not established. You still do not know that I am Divine, to that extent, as you should. I don’t say all of you. But still, if you look into your heart and look into your mind, you’ll find out that complete devotion that you had for say, Christ, or for Krishna, or for any one of those who have been, is not there.

Krishna said Sarva dharmanam parityajya mamekam sharanam vraja: “Forget all the religions of the world.” He didn’t mean the religions like Hindu, Christian, Muslim, but He was meaning all the sustenances. “Forget all the sustenances, and completely dedicate to me.” That was six thousand years back. And there are many who would still say that “we have completely dedicated ourselves to Shri Krishna.” Where is He now? Even those whom I have given Realization, they say like this. 

Of course, there’s no difference between Him and me, but today I am the one, I am the one who has given you Realization.

But our first consideration could be our jobs, our own problems, our family problems, our financial problems, and dedication is the last!  I’m illusive, it’s true. My name is Mahamaya. I am illusive, no doubt. But I’m illusive just to judge you.

Now the dedication is a very important part of the ascent. Why? Because when you are precariously placed, when there is immediate danger to your existence; at this time, when the whole world is standing at a precarious position where it is going to be destroyed completely, it’s very important that you cling on to the thing that is going to save you, with complete might and complete faith. Like if you are getting drenched in ordinary water, it doesn’t matter. But if you are sinking in the sea, and there’s a question of this moment of existence, and that moment of destruction - that time, if a hand comes forward to fetch you out, there’s no time for you to think anymore, but cling on to it, with all your might, with all your faith.

When we have baddhas, when we are surrounded by negativity, we get aware of it, and little bit we get confused, and that’s the time we want to cling on. But the baddhas give you ideas which are detrimental. So, a big struggle is set in. At that time, what is the best way? Best way is to forget everything else. Forget that you are possessed, or there is a baddha or anything; with all your might, whatever is there, you have to hold on to me.

(…)
For us, so many small problems are important. Somebody has a house, somebody has an admission in the college, somebody has some job to be done. All these considerations are the dharmas which Shri Krishna has described as Sarva dharmanam parityajya mamekam sharanam vraja. Give up all the dharmas! -all these so-called dharmas!  Like a patni dharma is the duty of a wife, then the pati dharma is the duty of a husband, then the putra dharma is the duty of a son, the pita dharma duty of a father; and duty of a citizen, and a duty of a world-citizen! All these dharmas are to be given up, entirely, and you have to surrender fully from your heart.

I am what I am, I’ve been that, I’ll be that. I’m not going to grow any more, or less. This is an eternal Personality.

It is now for you to get out of me whatever is possible, to make the best use of your birth in these modern times,  to grow to your full maturity, to be able to work out the complete design that Divine wants to do through you.

As soon as the dedication starts, you become dynamic, clinging on to that. For this, meditation is the only way, I should say.

Of course, rationally you can do many things. You can rationally accept me. Emotionally you may feel closer to me in your heart. But through meditation, surrender! Meditation is nothing but surrendering,

It is complete surrendering, which is a difficult task for a modern man in the Western countries. He only surrenders to people who mesmerize, who fully mesmerize them. They become slaves of people who mesmerize. But in their own freedom, their ego is more powerful than their Spirit; in their own freedom. That’s why all the free countries have gone to dogs: because ego plays the part, not the Spirit. They cannot master their ego when they are free. Only if somebody can just entangle their ego and mesmerize them, then they are all right; they are shut, completely they surrender. And it’s so obvious, from the way these false people have mastered their art of making slaves out of you.

In your full freedom, complete freedom, you have to surrender. Freedom does not mean ego, one should understand. Freedom is killed by ego. Not only killed, but is disfigured and disgraced, is made ugly. Freedom, in its subtlest form, means complete egolessness, no angularities, complete hollowness, just like the flute, so that the melody of God could be played well. That’s complete freedom - no “hang-ups”.

We have to realize that we are in the mire,  mire of ignorance, mire of sin. Ignorance brings sin. How are we to get out of the mire? Anybody who tries to pull us out will also go in the mire. Anybody who wants to come even near the mire gets into the mire. He becomes part and parcel of the mire. The more we try to take help from others, we pull him more in the mire and we go more down, deep down, into it.

So, the tree of Kundalini has to grow, and from that tree, Paramatma Himself, the Parabrahma itself, has to pull you out. It grows out of the mire, and the Parabrahma has to pull you out, one by one, take you in the hand and swing you outward. But still when you are pulled out, your catch is not sufficient, you slip down again. You come up partly, again you go down. It’s very enjoyable to be out of it, but still the feet have not come out fully. Still you are not completely cleansed.  

Unless and until you are cleansed how can you be completely blessed? You have to be fully blessed by the Divine, clothed by the love of God.

It is surprising to see how the people who go to these false gurus stick on to him, or stick on to her, in such tremendous dedication that you are amazed - they become just like cabbages. Till they are completely ruined, they just go on surrendering everything that they have. But in Sahaja Yoga, when people come, they do not surrender, but they are nourished, they are looked after. Their health improves, their wealth improves, their mind improves, their relations improve, every way they feel better, their conditions improve. They are all the time getting the benefit. We have ashrams which are beautiful, which are the cheapest, and the food, every advantage that is available -best possible. Everything is there. But we don’t realize that all this nourishment is for what? All these blessings are for what? -For your higher ascent, for getting out of the mire completely!

Now, you have to adhere, you have to be dedicated, you have to be devoted. We have reservations, we hide things; we try to be smart. That’s a dangerous situation. You all should, within yourself, try to see what part is so sneaky:

What conditioning is keeping you out of dedication?

What is making you have reservations?

What fright, which ego, what angle still sticking out into the mire?

What attachments, what relationships?

You have to get out of it!

 Unless and until you fully get out of it, it’s not going to work out. There’s no place for half-way things. It’s a question of now or never. Christ has said it, He has said it: “You give your devotion and dedication and leave the rest to me.’’

I know who are progressing in dedication and devotion. I have seen people improving so much. You need not face me, you need not see me. In person I need not be there. It’s all in the all-pervading Power. That’s all my light, which knows each and everything about you. And only through your bhakti, through your devotion and dedication, you can achieve me. My achievement is the complete manifestation of your Divine power. It’s very simple, made so simple. I’m only pleased by people who are simple, innocent, who are not tricky, who are loving, affectionate to each other. It’s very easy to please me. When I see you loving each other, talking good of each other, helping each other, respecting each other, laughing aloud together, enjoying together each other’s company, I get my first blessing, first joy.

Try to love each other, in dedication to me, because you are all my children, created out of my love. In the womb of my love you all have resided. From my heart I have given you these blessings. I get disturbed, my hands shake, when you fall back into the mire again, when I see you quarrelling among yourselves; jealousies and petty things which belong to your past life. (…)  A deep love should exist. Selfishness has no place in Sahaja Yoga. Miserliness has no place, has no place. Miserliness is a sign of a very small mind.

I’m not saying you give me money, of course. But the way we look at money, the way we cling on to it, the material things, the material wealth, the material objects, the possessions you see. The greatest possession you have is your Mother. Through Her you have your brothers and sisters.

(…)

Your rising has to come from you. That has to be worked out by you and you alone. Not by any other Sahaja Yogi or by me. I can only give you suggestions, not only the suggestion, but the warnings. And everything is at hand. It’s all worked out so well. I’m in Form. I’m in Form before you. You don’t have to go anywhere. The whole thing is within yourself. You don’t have to give money; you don’t have to give anything. But develop that dedication within yourself.

You see, this man who interviewed me said that the unemployed are maneuvered by the politicians. Let God maneuver you. But how? Supposing I have a brush in my hand, I want to paint something, and the brush I cannot maneuver. The brush is angular, it’s troublesome, it’s inconvenient to use that, or, you can say it’s uncomfortable, it’s awkward, it’s clumsy. How can you use it? Dedication is the easiest way to get rid of all your angularities, all your problems, all your baddhas. Now watch and see within yourself: are you dedicated?

Those who are fanatically adhering to me are also not correct. There should be no fanaticism about it. The whole thing becomes a complete logical thing, there is no fanaticism about it. Like, somebody has to go to a doctor, to see a doctor, then a fanatic person might say, “Oh, I’m not going to see the doctor. I’m not going, because Mother has told me that she’s going to look after me.” And when she gets sick, she’ll come to Mother in fright, “Mother You had told me that You’ll look after me, and how is it I’ve got sick?” This is fanaticism.

What is surrendering? Deep down you should say, “It’s the Mother, She’s there, She’s my doctor. Whether She treats me or not, whether She cures me or not, I’ve nothing to say. I only know Her. I don’t know anyone else.” It’s very logical. The logic is, that Mother is the most powerful thing that you know; logically it’s true. “And if She is so, She’ll cure me. But if She does not cure me, it’s Her Power, it’s Her whim. If She wants to cure me, She’ll cure me. If She does not want to cure me, how can I put my will upon Her?”

Like the dedication of Shri Ganesha is such that when his Mother said, “All right, between the two brothers, Kartikeya and Him, the one who will go round the Mother Earth first, will get the first prize.” Now poor Ganesha had a little rat on which to move, but wisdom He had. And Kartikeya had a very quick-moving peacock which used to fly. He looked at the peacock and He said, “Who is greater than My Mother? She’s Adi Shakti. What is this earth? Who has created this earth? Is My Mother has created her. Who has created this sun? The Mother has created it. Who is greater than My Mother? No one else. Why not go round My Mother only? What’s the need to go all round the whole earth?” And much before Kartikeya arrived He was sitting with His present in His hand. His innocence gave Him this wisdom to understand – that’s what logical is. It’s very logical.

And also logical it is, that “Mother feels my pain more than I feel.” What will you say when Christ was crucified for his Mother? She was Mahalakshmi Herself, so powerful! She made Her Son sacrifice His life, suffer like a human being. It was too much, to make Your Son sacrifice, when you have all the powers in your hand to finish everyone there!  But it was a very delicate job, to create this Agnya Chakra. What does that mean? Does that mean that He lacked something in His devotion? On the contrary, She was so sure of Him, of His devotion, that She could ask Him to do that. So when we expect Mother to do something for you, there are people who say, “All right, Mother I’m giving this thesis. I must get through.” All right, give a bandhan, you get a thesis. “Mother, I’m trying to discover this.’’ All right, you have it. “Mother I’m trying to get this job.” You have it.

Now, it is the other way round. How many have dedication that of Christ? None! It’s a fact. Why is He the eldest brother? Because there is no-one like Him. He went through all those horrible sufferings, because He was part and parcel of His Mother. She suffered much more than Him. He also went through that suffering for a greater goal, for a greater happiness, for a greater life, for a wholesome life. That is real dedication. But the false people can take advantage of this.

(…)

But why to grow in Sahaja Yoga? To grow, to stand up like great children of a great Mother. The work is tremendous. It’s not for medium, mediocre people to do this job, frightened, fearful, arrogant, cheeky - they cannot, they have no mettle.
(…)

So, the dedication in meditation, complete dedication in meditation must be practiced. It’s not for your good now you are doing, so-called “your”. First you were a little baby, a small thing; now you are that collective being, so you are not doing anything for yourself, but for that collective being. You are growing to be aware of that whole which you are going to become. Your jobs, your money, your wives, your husbands, your children, your father, mother, relations, these considerations are over now. You all have to take up the responsibility of Sahaja Yoga. Every one of you is quite capable. You are brought up for that.

(...)You have to be out of it, completely. Steadfast wisdom is needed for that, steadfast. Every moment! Your need not blame your left side and right side for that, nothing, you just get out of it. Cling on to it. The Parabrahma has come to look after you. Cling on to it. Even the death has to go back. Then what about these minor things?

Now the name of your Mother is very powerful. You know that it is the most powerful Name than all other names, the most powerful mantra. But you must know how to take it, with that complete dedication you have to take that Name, not like any other name. You know that in India when they take the name of Guru, they pull their ears for taking the name of the Guru. Means: “While taking the Name, if  I am making any mistakes, please forgive me”; means that. This mantra is a very powerful mantra. Only, what you need is the dedication, the dynamite of dedication.

(…)

The Name, how subtle it is!... Just the Name, which means Nishkalanka, which means Nirmala, which means completely without any mala. What is this, mala? It’s this mire. Without any mire. Nir. Absolutely. The joy at the Sahasrara is called as Nirananda, since long, since ancient times, called Nirananda or Nirmalananda. So many call it as Nirmalananda or Nirananda! That joy is the joy that you enjoy even when you get crucified. That joy, you enjoy even when you are poisoned. Even on your deathbed, you enjoy that joy. That joy is Nirananda.(…)

You become the ocean, you become the moon, you become the sun, you become the earth, you become the ether, the firmament, and you become the Spirit. You work for all of them. All the stars and universes you become, and take up their work. That’s what it is, because you have jumped onto your principle, onto your tattwa. That’s how you jump onto everybody’s tattwa. But be dedicated on that tattwa, because I am the Principle of all these things! I am the tattwa – Tattvam’asi, I am the Principle. Keep to your principle. I am the Kundalini. I am the Essence.

• Effortlessly

London – Public program England, 1980:

In the same way vibrations are coming, they are radiated. What you have to do is to expose yourself to it.The best way is not to put in any effort, don’t worry at what point you have problem. Many people during meditation, I have seen, if they catch somewhere, they go on looking after it.You just don’t have to worry, you just let it go and it will work by itself.
So you don’t have to put in any effort, this is what meditation is. Meditation means exposing yourself to God’s Grace.

 Now the Grace itself knows how to cure you, it knows how to mend you, how to settle down by itself into your own being. Keep your spirit kindled - it knows everything! So you don’t have to worry as to what you have to do, or what name you have to take, what mantras you have to do. In meditation you have to be absolutely effortless. Expose yourself fully, and you have to be absolutely thoughtless at that time.

Supposing the possibility that you might not be thoughtless at that time, you have to just watch your thoughts, but do not get involved into them. You will find gradually, just when as the sun rises darkness goes away, and the sun rays go into every part and makes the whole place lighted; in the same way your being will be completely lighted; but if you put in an effort at that time, or try to stop something within you, or try to give it a bandan, it will not!

 Effortlessness is the only way into meditation, But you should not be lethargic about it - should be alert and watch it! The other side could be that people just doze off . No! -you have to be alert. If you doze off, nothing will work out, that’s another side of it.  If you are lazy about it, nothing will work out. You have to be alert and open, absolutely aware, completely effortless, absolutely effortless. If you are absolutely effortless,  meditation will work. The best: don’t think about your problems at all, whatever chakras you have,  just expose yourself! See, when the sun shines all the nature exposes itself to the sun,  and receives the blessings of the sun  effortlessly;  it does not put any effort.
It just receives the sun, the sun rays start acting. In the same way, the all pervading power starts working. You are not to maneuver it; you are not to do anything about it; just be effortless , absolutely effortless! Do not take any names, do not bother if your Agnya is catching, this is catching, that is catching!

It is working out. It will go on working as long as it can and it will do the miracle that it has to do, you don’t have to worry about it; it knows its job. But when you put an effort you actually create barrier for it. So no effort is needed: be absolutely effortless and say “let it go, let it go!” that’s all.

No mantras are to be chanted. In case you find it impossible, then you can take my name, but there is no need even: when you put your hands toward me, that is the mantra, it is sufficient, this gesture itself is the mantra. You see, there is no need to say more, but the thought in the mind, the emotions, is what we spread our hands to that, and it should work.  When this emotion is absolutely complete there is no need to say any mantra, you go beyond it, so one has to be absolutely effortless, absolutely effortless:  that is what it is.

(…)

 …it is beyond us to solve our problems, so leave it in the hands of divine power and expose yourself effortlessly   absolutely effortlessly!
Sit in comfort properly, with both feet on the ground, with both hands relaxed like this. Be comfortable, you should not be uncomfortable at all because you have to sit for quite some time and you try to put your attention to me within yourself if you can, toward my Kundalini, if you can, you can come into my kundalini.
So effortlessness is the key word, absolutely effortless, whether you are meditating before me, or before my photograph

·        To have a full oneness with the Divine is possible only if you really meditate

Shri Adi Shakti Puja, Cabella 1993-06/06

(…)

Bogota, Colombia, 2003

In meditation you grow; in that, spiritually, you become higher. And when that happens, you start in a way, -I would say that – when you reach a state of that, I should say, maturity in Sahaja Yoga; and then you don’t want to give up your meditation, because that time you are absolutely one with Me.

That doesn’t mean for three hours, four hours you should do meditation. But it is how much intensely you are with me which is important, now, it is not how much time you are with me. Then I’m responsible for you, for your children, for everyone. I am responsible for your ascent, for your protection,  to save you from all your negativity.

 (…)

But this inner relationship, by which you get your benevolence, you cannot have it without meditation. I’ve been telling all of you “please meditate, please meditate every day!”. But I think people are also not understanding the importance of what I am saying, because they tell me, ‘Mother, we don’t meditate.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Now we are realized soul, so why should we meditate?’ Now this instrument [the microphone] is fully made, but if it is not all the time connected to the mains, what’s the use of having it?

In that meditation you will feel the love, the Divine Love, the beauty of that Divine Love , a complete panorama changes. A meditative person has a very different attitude, a very different temperament, a very different life and he lives always in complete satisfaction with himself.

(…)

If it has happened and it has been helpful to you, if it has been a great blessing to you, then you must know how to preserve it, know how to enhance it, you must know how to enjoy it.

You should not just get satisfied with one, or, can say, one nice drama, or one this thing, one that…

But you should have a full oneness with the Divine, full oneness. And that is possible only if you really meditate, which is quite an easy thing to do, to meditate is… Some people say “Mother, we cannot get over time, we cannot,  think… we are all the time thinking something, or that time we want to see the watch”. In the beginning we may have a little problem; I’m not saying you that you may not have; you may have, but that’s only in the beginning. But gradually you will be all right. Gradually you will master it. Gradually you will know it so well, that you would not like to have anything else of a cheaper type, you would not care for such a thing. You see, so to get to your beauty, to get to your glory, to get to your own great personality which is now exposed, only thing you have to do really religiously is to meditate.

That’s not that, “Tonight I came very late so I need not meditate”. Tomorrow: “you see, I have to go for work so I cannot meditate.” Nobody wants to know the excuses. It’s between you and yourself. It’s your gain, nobody else’s. It’s for your gain everything is happening.

Now, one has to know that we have achieved a certain height of evolution. And from this height you might go up to here, up to here, up to here! I’m not saying it’s not possible to do that. But, first and foremost thing, that whatever you may be, may consider you to be a very high-class Sahaja Yogi, you have to be humble about meditation. This meditative quality… Even when I’m talking to you, it’s just that I am getting into it, because it’s so joy-giving. You just jump into the ocean of joy. First, it will be difficult, but after some time you will know that this connection that you have with Shri Mataji is the only connection that you were looking out for.

And also there is another point people get lost with, which I have seen very common with some people who get lost. They meditate individually, very much, which is very correct. Individually they will meditate. And they will sit down, meditate, we do Puja, we do… But collectively they will not meditate. So this is another point one has to remember, that you have to be collectively meditating. Because I am a collective being of all of you. And when you meditate collectively, you are really very close to me.

So even if you have a program or something, you must do some meditation with it. Always have meditation as the priority for any program. You sing the songs; when it is over, everything is done, then, you meditate. If I’m insisting on something, you must know that this must be the Truth that I’m telling you, absolutely the basis of it, though it looks rather mundane, but it’s very important.

Now, for us, to worship Adi Shakti, I don’t know, or… Because there has been no prayers or anything about Adi Shakti. Up to Bhagawati they have gone, but beyond Bhagawati, they have not gone. So I don’t know what sort of Pujas you will have, but let’s try something, maybe.

I think the meditation is the best way we can really achieve something, so we can go into meditation for about five minutes.
Please close your eyes.
[Shri Mataji blows into the microphone several times]
Eleven Rudras are awakened and they will destroy all that is negative. Now, ignorance is the greatest negative force, and I’m sure they’ll destroy this ignorance of people.

May God bless you all!