The Subtle Child

Think of mother who has to bear the child, has to give birth to a

child, has to look after the child, the needs of the child, protect

the child, to train the child.



…Now in the same way sahajayogi must know that the child within him

is born – the Spirit. Spirit is the child which has been born within

him, now he has to nourish it, through the Kundalini. He has to

water it, he has to look after it. It has to make it grow. Now where

is the time for other nonsensical things? You have a child in hand.

You are all mothers looking after the child – that's your Spirit. So

where do you have time for all these things? The attention should

be: "what can I do to make this child happy, to make this child grow

to make this child completely manifest my self. "The mother replaces

herself as soon as a child becomes a mature child. So now in you,

the motherhood must take over the fatherhood. Motherhood towards

yourself. The attitude should be like a mother towards the child,

how her attention is towards the child.



MOTHER EARTH

Surbiton, 21.8.1983



H.H.SHRI MATAJI NIRMALA DEVI

--Founder of Sahaja Yoga—

Left Quests

Janjaals are literally "Quagmires". The left side loops down in descent infinitely and a person with wrong, restrictive, left-sided ideas can infinitely loose himself in the unending maze of the left side. The sustaining forces for such a person are conditionings, heresay and secondhand knowledge which is never guaranteed to be pure. This vulnerability protects the person from being a social menace, but becomes a menace to its own existance. The ideas, aka bhoots (past-based-constructs, conditionings) take such deep roots that a immature realized soul can get lost in the stupidity of beliefs.

Practice of life rather than being a spirit-sustained living experiment becomes a hurried, scary rollercoaster of believing in just ideas rather than being powered by the spirit. The spirit is behind the clouds and can come out and shine in the presence of the Kundalini. It is the Holy Kundalini as Shri Durga that will extract these left-sided souls and show them light and a life of balanced living.

In my personal case, it is taking time. Being an alumni of that dangerous school of thought where there is a practice of life based on country-conditionings rather than the spirit. Unable to get vibrations for a while after realization should put an honest question: "Why cant I feel vibrations if I am realized?" But there are plenty of stupid ideas that circulate saying "Its allright, you'll get it" or "It doesn't matter when you are doing it from the heart" etc. Nothing wrong with these ideas floating around, except that they cannot back themselves up in the long run.

Being an Asian Indian in this birth, it was easy to pull off tricks that make apparent the daily conduct as being a yogi. But the western-born is also vulnerable to karmakand [ritualistic perfection] to sustain the drama of "yogi-ness", if you will.

This blog has commented on honesty before, but not with this new found perspective. Solutions to all problems left or right, are well expounded on by Shri Mataji's talks in the 70s, 80s and 90s. These living artefacts of evolution explain in astounding detail the problems we have.

The problem with our problems is the fact that the mind is smart enough to cloak it with excuses and render them either genetic & unsolvable [superegoistic] or not-a-problem [egoistic]. Humans can live with the problems. Adjust to them. Unconciously feed them. When the light shines down, when the cleanup time comes, it reveals the tragedy of the rottenness these problems have caused without our knowing.

A speculation on why we do not know about problems: Not because we are unevolved, but probably because we are the most evolved on earth. Our immunity blesses us with strength to do routine activities, even carry on wrong lifestyles without sensing the destruction... because of the vastness of the inner space. Like theivery in a large corporation goes unnoticed.

I can tell you a zillion times: stop identifying with the defective soul and identify with the spirit. But to make it happen, to actualize it, needs the supercharged voice of Her Holiness Shri Mataji. I hope this post awakens inspiration in those who have hit a deadend or those who have a nervous idea that they are comfortably allright & they have finished their achievements.

Wishing you True Spirituality

Bantumi on the Bus

These days, I play this pathetic game on the AATA bus to work. What has civilization [= my life] come to? I am addicted to 2-bit monochrome witless game. Strongbad, save me with 16-bit color....!

Its Ed Again!

Ed's Adventure with bandhand and paper-burning...

[From an email to Divinesahajayoga Yahoo! Group]





Insight of the day:



The other morning I had a mild run-in with a government worker who knocked on our door and asked us to move our car so his crew could dig up and destroy our only park place on the street. Even after a couple of decades in Sahaja Yoga, I still tend to over-react to unimportant, mundane events that come my way. But after this relatively insignificant incident, I experienced a new level of solidarity with the Divine.



Shortly afterwards I sat at the table and drew clockwise circles around a problem to be burned that I had written on a scrap of paper. Just like so many times before, I took the names of deities, devas and angels to help in the process. But this time a whole new depth of understanding and familiarity opened up between myself and our invisible, divine Friends. In contrast to the insecure feeling left in me by the construction worker, I realized how much I can rely on these People (as Shri Mataji once referred to them :-)

Imagine friends so dedicated that they are always there, ready to eagerly help you, even when you neglect them. The feeling of love and confidence that suddenly shone inside me is certainly something no human being should live without.



May everyone get their chance to discover and admire our great Friends who smile on us from the universe within.



Jai Shri Mother of us all !

Sahaja Yogis in HK Setup a Mehendi Stall

Quite Something! & Also Volunteer as Race Officials for Dragonboat Race!

& Also Sing Bhajans, while they are there...

Race & Mehendi Photos
Singing Bhajans

Try Wrapping your Mind Around This, Before Giving Up...

If you are familiar with the Ramayana, you might remember that Sita ji was abducted by Ravana. How can such a tower of negativity, Ravana, even come close to Sitaji, the Adishakti? Let alone forcibly abduct her? The fact was that Agni devata had replaced the true Shri Sita with a "Chaya Sita" for the entrapment of Ravana. After the episode of Ravana was over, Agni returned the true Shri Sita during the staging of Agni-pariksha.



I don't know if this satiates the question about the nature of Mahamaya. Our limited intellect tends to draw conclusions, and its not our fault. Our job is probably to rise above it and feel the subtle truth of matters that challenge us.



If you are interested in another example...



Another Rakshasha and his wife created havoc on earth for thousands of years. Finally he battled against the army of Shiva, The Adishakti and Shri Ganesha. His life was that of a lust & power oriented demon. The war lasted thousands of years and he was finally defeated. On his defeat, he ascended to the heavens. WHAT???? What a contradiction. But hold the phone...



The so called demon was Krishna's friend Sudama, who had crossed his boundaries and insulted Shri Radha. To correct his imbalance he had to spend just a moment (in divine terms) correcting it. Shri Radha helped him through the process by helping him clearout on his way to heaven. However, this 'moment' in Goloka translated to thousands years on Prithvi Loka [Earth]. And all the drama ensued in that universe where the villian who apparently fought the divine, was fulfilling a balacing activity.



Another example, the popular story of Shumbha-Nishumbha, if I remember corectly. The elder one, the most important one, after being slayed, also ascended to the heavens, i think.



Many such cases boggle the mind and then calm it completely, assurance us to rely only on vibrations and not on heresay to draw our conclusions. It is impossible to understand with the mind, really. Hope this helps and was worth it.

Worthy, Am I?

I've stumbled across a place,
Sortof Utopia, if seen
There is no other place,
Where injustice is unseen.

I've stumbled across a treasure,
I seem to weak to lift,
Will I lose this gift of love,
Before all the sand has sift.

I've stumbled across an ocean,
And I really want to swim.
But my body is too afraid of
Getting soaked within.

I've stumbled across perfection,
But I am not perfect.
I have the tools to absorb it,
But willingness flags.

I've stumbled across a seashore,
Where the sun never sets.
Curse my eyes, they quickly shut off,
To the sun's gentle glare.

I've stumbled across a brotherhood,
Which gives more than it takes.
But I slowly discover my falsehood,
Do I have what it takes?