SHRI MATAJI ON ‘MEDITATION’

Meditation is actually facing yourself & correcting yourself will full understanding as to what you are.

Meditation is a very general word. It is not a word that explains all the three steps one has to take for meditating. But in Sanskrit, they have very clearly said, how you have to move In your meditation.

First is called as ‘DHYANA’, and second is called as ‘DHARANA’ and third is called as ‘SAMADHI’.

Luckily Sahaja Yoga is such a thing that you get everything in a bundle. You avoided everything else. You got the Samadhi part. That’s the beauty of it.

The first part of meditation is ‘DHYANA’. First when you have seeking , you put your attention towards the object of your worship. This is called as ‘DHYANA’. And the ‘DHARANA’ is the one is which you put all your effort, concentrate, all your effort. But this is all drama for people who are not realised. For them, it is just a sort of an acting that they do. But for a realised soul it is a reality. So the first, the Dhyana you have to do. Some do it of form, another of the formless. But you are so fortunate that the formless has become a form for you. No problem, you don’t have to go from form to formless, from formless to form; its all there, in bundle. So you concentrate or think of some Deity, some point of Nirakar, for the formless, or of Nirakar itself. Its all a mental projection as long as you are not a realised soul.

But once you are realised, you have just to think of Dhyana, whom you are going to concentrate, or you can say Meditate on.

But once you start Meditating on a person your attention starts moving. That is also possible after realisation, though it is in a bundle; but some people have it part of it, like that.

So when you Meditate, still your attention can get disturbed every moment.

It can happen , depending on the intensity of your concentration. So there are some Sahaja Yogis I have seen, they are cooking and there’s another one is meditating. The meditating one will say: OH! I can smell it is burning”. So there is no Dharana. Dhyana is there, but not Dharana. The second part of it is very important, that you have to put your attention continously on to your deity.

Then you develop a State which is called as Dharana, in which your attention becomes one with the Deity. But when these mature, the third stage of Samadhi, comes in.

Now for some people who think that without realisation, they can reach Samadhi. I think, they are absolutely mistaken. But after realisation also, when the Dharana is established, have to get to the position where you become ‘Samadhi’ . Now, what is that State? When that state comes into your mind, then whatever you do, the Deity that you worship, you see that Deity in your work; whatever you see, you see the Deity giving you the show; you can put it like that.

Whatever you hear, you find the Deity telling you the truth, whatever you read, you find there what the Deity would tell you. So, in that state, whatever you do with your eyes, nose & all these organs, all that, becomes a kind of manifestation of the Deity whom you worship, automatically.

You don’t have to think now I must concentrate, alright, I will not have these thoughts , I have to now think about this. It becomes automatically there”

The Window and the Door

There’s another kind of a stupid thing, that people ask you to meditate here [Shri Mataji points to her Agnya Chakra]. Is absolutely wrong. ... Nobody should put attention here. Instead, put attention at the Door [Shri Mataji is putting her hand onto her Sahasrara Chakra]. What’s the use of looking at a window? You can’t get out of it, can you? If you have to look at anything be on a lookout for the Door. And the Door is here. The Door of Sahasrara is to be opened out.

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, extract from Talk at Shri Krishna Puja, Switzerland, 23/8/86

This remark by HH Mataji makes one think of other things. The hundreds and thousands of seekers and others who are interested in yoga - and meditation, too. Many people come to know of Sahaja Yoga accidentally, while looking for 'something' for relaxing; or for relieving stress; or boredom or any of the different silent ailments that beset our modern society. Then when they realise what Sahaja Yoga can do for them; or better still how important they are in the eyes of God; or how much they can do for their own good and welfare and that of others, they ( I should be saying, we) are genuinely surprised.
We truly start off with fuzzy ideas about God, and ourselves in the pursuit of truth. But it's so wonderful as the wool comes off the eys, bit by bit. That is what is so wonderful about Shri Mataji's teaching and her unique way and powerful way of making us to become our own masters. There are so many people out there pulling wool over the eyes of seekers! Thank God we have someone we trust just like one's own mother.
Like she says: "What’s the use of looking at a window? You can’t get out of it, can you?" Of course, not. But like Christ said: "Seek and ye shall find". Mother points the way to the door. But so many people are stuck at the window, trying to get out - or to get in. And getting ripped off in the process. Not only in terms of their hard-earned money, but also paying heavily with their trust, with their emotions, with their vibrations and their chakras getting damaged in the process. For me Sahaja Yoga has been a simple way to get to know myself better and to find within myself the resources I never ever dreamt were there. I have found peace - or am in the process of discovering the peace within myself, bit by bit, as I master the meditation techniques put at my disposal by Our Mother's teaching for free.
This has not only benefitted myself and my family, but I am now aware of lots of other people and my country, too, who have been beneficiaries of the empowerment I have been exposed to.
Like She says: "If you have to look at anything be on a lookout for the Door".
Makes sense, doesn't it?

ON ATTENTION AND BARAK OBAMA

On the 25th October i received an e-mail from a yogi brother in the US, who wrote and said:


"Bandhans for Obama, this one looks (like)the forces of good vs the forces of evil, and what a statement will be made, so soon after the murders of MLK, Malcolm X etc, the USA elects its first black president. Commentators here are referring to this as the 'post racial era'. Let's hope they are right."

This morning, I wrote back to him saying :

Remember what you wrote to me some time back?
I then quoted the above statement from his e-mail, and continued to say:

So they were right, and your wish has been granted. So this is the beginning and let's work together for the process to take shape properly with our attention.

It is so important for us to realise what we can achieve with our attention. HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has spoken a lot about the power of our attention. When people have achieved Self-Realisition their attention is also enlightened by the Spirit. The consequences of this change are tremendous and we can enhance our ability to become agents of change - as Obama has been calling on American people (and other citizens of the world) to become. What does HH Shri Mataji say on Attention?

19.3.08
Global Attention
Advice given by H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi:

"So now our attention should be global. If Sahaja Yogis put their attention, you see, global, you don't know your powers, how important it is. Just put your attention now, say, to South Africa in the Natal where they are having all these problems of suppression. It will help - very much help, you don't know. Things will subside because through you this all-pervading power, paramchaitanya, will focus itself there. You are the one who can focus. You should have your global attention there and you should see for yourself very serious problem. I'm doing on My own whatever is possible. For that you must read newspapers, but not all the nonsense of the newspaper, but see where is the problem is, what is happening. Because you're in Sydney , but you're responsible for the whole world. Wherever you are, you are responsible for the whole world."
(Talk at Picnic in Lane Cove River Park, near Sydney, Australia, 5/4/94)

“But it is important for you to know, that now you're not an individual but you have become a global personality, a global personality. You are not an individual, you are a global personality and sitting down here, you are working out all the global problems. You are not a small person now, who is only worried about your own children, about your family, about this and that - no. This mind of yours has expanded - expanded like this that it works automatically for all the problems of the world. You know for a woman, I read newspapers, especially women seldom read newspapers; they think it is stupidity to read newspapers. But I read and I read those where my attention is needed. I've seen it works, but all of you put together, if you understand, that it is your responsibility to correct all the destructive forces, to put them right, you just have to collectively meditate on the points where you find there is a big problem. Now the problem mainly is because of religions.”
(Easter Puja, Istanbul, Turkey, 1994)

Here in South Africa, people are also hoping for Change. The US elections were followed very closely and with great interest. In fact all over Africa Obama's election has become a beacon of hope for chage. Can we translate that into reality? Yes we can. If we beleive what HH Shri Mataji is revealing to us about our potential to become agents of change. It would be interesting to relate little things we think we have achieved just with using our own attention. It's going to be coming soon from this space. So watch this space! Attention! On your marks! Get Ready.....