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Sahaja Yogis in Waitara Australia, just north of Sydney, recently dedicated an evening of bhajans and qawwalis to Afghanistan and the Sufi community.
This is how the episode started, in the words of one Sahaja Yogi, Our neighbours are Afghanis, very nice and sweet people. Since a few months, I started feeling that I should tell them about Sahaj meditation. A few weeks ago it happened that our neighbour called me over the fence to have a chat and I told him about it. He asked me, Are you Sufis? I said, Not really, but quite close to it. When I mentioned about Rumi and Nizamuddin, he was surprised that I knew about these saints. He said to me he likes to worship God through music and that for him we all come from the same root and that religions are all on one same tree.... Then we agreed that we would meet again to share our knowledge and I told him that I was singing and playing traditional Indian music and Sufi qawwalis. He was very happy to know about us. It turned out to be a special event, since these Afghani neighbours and their families attended the evening event and enjoyed the vibrations of the Sahaj collective.

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As soon as you come to know about someone,

you should not think what business I can do with him.
Ive seen immediately if somebody has money, people will jump at him, All right, lets have the business together even in Sahaj Yog. Or if theres anything like that, immediately they start employing that person for your purpose. On the contrary, what you have to do as soon as you know about somebody, then you have to think, What goodness he has got, how can I imbibe that goodness within myself? because we are here to enrich ourselves spiritually. So you must think, as the first and foremost thing, What can I do to get the goodness of that person within myself? So youll be looking out for the goodness of that person, than instead of looking out for the bad quality because bad qualities are not going to nourish you at all....

So best thing is to look at another person with adoration and understanding, with love that he is one of us and what can I use?
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The day seemed to be hot. Delhi is hot as usual mals, are dancing, so as to express jubilance over the these days. But as evening approached, there was a arrival of Shri Adi Shakti. She said that this is a very spat of drops of scattered drizzle on the way that was important painting, very beautiful and full of vibrafollowed by a dusty storm, as we progressed to the tions. Chhawla Gaon, Nirmal Nagri. However, the stage at the Birthday Puja seemed By the time it was 8 pm, the Sahaja Yogis a live drama of the whole episode with a replay. A lot placed themselves comfortable on the grassy lawn of vibrations could be felt. The Shri Adi Shaktis of this divine land in the main pendal. The climate throne was divinely decorated with simplicity. The was quite okay by then. bhajans started with the announcement that all who The pendal was so nicely decorated with desired could have their dinners before the arrival of colourful balloons and everything seemed be in bal- Shri Mataji that is, before 9 pm. Beautiful classical ance with its own fragrance. bhajans were sung as we all went into meditation. The backdrop of the stage sprang alive with At 9:30 all the Sahaja Yogis were blessed with the pictorial depiction of the Anand Tandav. This Her holy arrival. Mother was welcomed outside the picture is in the mantra book. I recalled some time pendal with processions representing various counback a Sahaja Yogi from the Italian collective wrote ties. There were firework displays. The night sky was regarding this particular picture by an unknown well lit with the colourful sparkles of the firecrackartist. Shri Mataji had once mentioned that the ers. Shri Mataji seemed very pleased with the collecpainting depicts and marks the advent of Shri Adi tive. All were anxiously waiting to express their inner Shakti on Earth and all the deities Shri Brahma, happiness. Shri Vishnu, Shri Shiva, Shri Ganesh, Shri Kartikeya Shri Mataji spoke very compassionately. The first and others are in cosmic ecstatic dance surround- ten minutes were in Hindi and the next twenty-five ing the chariot throne of Shri Adi Shakti. The picture minutes were in English. The talk started at 10 pm. was recovered from Harish Chandra Koli, of whom The recollection of the talk is as follows: Shri Mataji often had spoken in earlier talks. Mother explained once how the artist (unI am watching how the love has spread known to date) came to know that Shri Adi Shakti throughout. The love knows no bounds, no religion would come to theYou are the of all the deitiesocean beneath the waves of our lives Next Page Shri Mataji planet. The joy deep calm or any other things.

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Without peace, no growth can take place. If you have peace in your heart, you can grow to be a beautiful nation.

For a fuller understanding of this puja talk, listen to the audio or video tape. Shri Matajis words will also be published in the Divine Cool Breeze.

Only after Self Realization, a Sahaja Yogi can feel the essence of this love. One can feel the love of this Paramchaitanya spreading. We dont understand why one should hate others. It should not happen. In the name of religion, why is there so much of hatred amongst the human being? Reactions always result in another action and reaction. This is how it carries on. It is to be judged how we should love and be loved and live harmoniously. Love is like the innocence. For example, if we see our children, if someone beats our child, we do not say go and beat him. Instead, we must have the patience to pacify and be compassionate to teach our children good things. We must teach them the essence of love. The heart of a child is innocent. Why should we teach or speak to our child that you are Muslims and you are Hindu? The child gets confused within himself and thinks, Why am I being told these things when we look alike? They do not understand the religion. Even in Sahaja Yoga, I find there is greed. There should be no greed or lust in Sahaja Yoga. It should be totally finished. Then only you will understand the love of the All-pervading Power or else how can you know Him? Shri Mataji then spoke in English: I was telling them that how love is to spread. If you are matured in hatred, no one can save. In our country, this kind of hatred was once not there. People were very mild. There was no violence. But now, there is so much hatred amongst all. Basically, we believe in peace. Without peace, no growth can take place. If you have peace in your heart, you can grow to be a beautiful nation. The peace should be all around. People should emit peace. Anyone who goes near them should get that peace. Your spirit should emit peaceful vibrations by being in Sahaja Yoga. It is important that we have to grow in such an environment where we give peace. Forgiveness is a very good method for understanding the pains of others. Try to develop peace within yourself through this divine love that is flowing. The Sahaja Yogis should rise above all this hatred and anger. It is very difficult to speak to people who are not in Sahaja Yoga. So you should spread Sahaja Yoga to all religions, especially the Hindus. They have lost their patience and everything like love. For example, there are people who do not want other people to build the temple of Shri Ram in Ayodhya. Why deny the fact that He was incarnated there? Shri Ram was born in that small piece of land. All can just feel this now through vibrations. In these days again, there are certain opinions of the hair of the Prophet in Kashmir. What right have they to say about these remains of the Prophet? Once I was going by a car in Kashmir and I felt tremendous vibrations flowing. So I asked to be taken in that direction. There were a few Muslim huts there, so I asked them what are you doing here? They said it was the Hazrat Bal. See the very word has so much of vibrations.

People are fighting over Allah and Shri Ram. Do they know the meaning of these two words? Allah means Shri Vishnu and, in Sahaja Yoga, He is the Shri Ram. You are trying to fight over the name of Shri Ram. One should be a realized soul to feel the vibrations. Unfortunately, people are not realized souls to understand this aspect. There would not have been any fight if the judges in the courts and the advocate had been realized souls and felt the vibrations. There would not have been any controversy regarding the decision. Shri Ram was born there and it is a fact. You can all feel the vibrations. I dont know how the Hindus came to know of this knowledge, that Shri Ram was born there. They wanted to build a temple there, so it is perfectly all right to build a temple in the place where Shri Ram was incarnated. But all should be a realized soul and all should get their Self Realization. Somebody told Me that a mahant was given his Self Realization. A mahant means the saint, like a priest in church. But after Self Realization, everything got exposed. So, if you give Realization, automatically things get exposed. If you give Realization, people like the mahant, they get exposed. Through these vibrations, you can judge what is fact. What can I do, if, through Realization, spiritual people get exposed? So better do not give Realization to them. To love someone, one has to learn the meaning of innocence. India was once referred to as the most corrupt. But how far is it true? Even in Sahaja Yoga, it is found Sahaja Yogis are not spared. Every third person has the epidemic of corruption. Why do people run after money? Why have so much of greed? If we do not bother with money, it does not bother us. I dont count money, so it doesnt bother Me. In Sahaja Yoga, you will have a lot of money, but we should not run after it. It is a fact that the rich are more greedy than the poor because the poor are fearful of God. Even in Sahaja Yoga people have made business. They get caught and then they start justifying.

This money and greed comes from the right side, so there is no place of love for the right-sided people. Money is the enemy of love. One has to attend that state where you are nirmal. No one can touch you. You should do all those things as a realized soul should do. One should be like the child Jesus said, You have to be children to enter into the kingdom of God. This divine love can change the whole world. If you can help spread Sahaja Yoga, it will help in the transformations. What you need is introspection and understanding. The talk concluded at 10:35. With the offering water and the washing Shri Matajis Holy Lotus Feet by 108 children, the puja was offered. The puja started with the bhajans sung from the Indian song book, Nirmalanjali. Instead of reciting the Shri Ganesh Atharvashirsham, Hemja Sutam Bhaje was sung. Then followed Namani Shri Ganaraje Dayal. The vibrations flowed like a fountain. The atmosphere was getting cooler and cooler. This made the Sahaja Yogis bring out their warm clothing in this night of the 21st. Before we could all wish Shri Mataji, the bhajan Janamdin Ayeo was sung. It seemed a fountain of happiness, the state of anand prevailed all the while. Then, with the greetings of Happy Birthday to Shri Mataji in chorus, She cut the cake. Then followed Sir C.P. (Papaji) on another cake. He looked very compassionate and with love for all of us. Shri Mataji seemed to be very pleased. The gifts came up slowly. Shri Mataji was pleased with the representatives from various nations. From South America, She said She was extremely pleased with the progress. For Afghanistan, She gave a bandhan and blessing. The announcement for the forthcoming Easter Puja was also made. It is to be in Istanbul, Turkey on the 19th, 20th and 21st, while the public program is scheduled for the 23rd. Shri Mataji departed from the main pendal at 3 am, leaving enough vibrations behind for us to meditate. Jai Shri Mataji. Rabi Ghosh