Sahaja Yoga, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi and the 2008 Guru Puja speech
The path SYs now take at the final crossroad before Shri Mataji's Mahasamadhi will determine the future of Her Blossom Time. Without question the prevailing subtle system and chakra cleansing mindset (SYSSR or Sahaja Yoga Subtle System Religion) is destined for failure. If that is not the case, what need was there for Shri Mataji to free all SYs to spread Her message they way they saw fit, even empowering them to form their own organizations? This website gives evidence and minces no words to substantiate that, so as to awaken all SYs to this crisis of conscience and stagnation. Sahaja Yoga is not about the petty subtle system (SYSSR) but was, is and will ever be about the Comforter delivering the message of the Last Judgment and General Resurrection!
"All these (chakra cleansing) rituals have entered into Sahaja Yoga. I got somebody in France with the list of the (subtle system) treatments of Vashi hospital. But that was for sick peoples. This is the nature of human being, to follow the rituals because he thinks that he can do it."
Shri Mataji, 25 December 1997, Christmas Puja, India
"So when it (Kundalini energy) reaches the state where it is established in the brain, that's the time when we go beyond Dharma. We become Dharmatit, beyond Dharma, which means that Dharma becomes part and parcel of our being. We cannot lose it. Sahaja Dharma becomes a part and parcel within us, which is a very great achievement, because then you don't have to do any rituals, you don't have to worry about meeting other people, and you don't have to worry that your vibrations will be harmed. Then you don't 'catch' from anyone. You also don't 'catch' other negative forces. No one can harm you. That I call as the "completion of your Shraddha". That is the time when Sahasrara is so fully enlightened that you 'become Dharma'...
Also, I have seen some Sahaja Yogis who start new methods in Sahaja Yoga: 'You do like this, so it will be alright; you do like that, and it will be all right' — because they are stagnated at the point of dharma, so they start telling people: 'you do this way, you do that way'. But when you rise to the point of truth, then you don't do any rituals, you don't need any rituals. You are not bothered, because you are in Dharma and you are standing on the truth. And truth is much greater than Dharma.
A person who is standing on truth, he doesn't care for any absurd ideas about religion, even about Sahaja religion. He doesn't care that after all 'this is Sahaja, this is not Sahaja'. He goes beyond, in the sense that he sees a global truth within himself. He sees the truth which is all pervading; not only sees, but he knows and feels he is in the truth. So when Dharma flowers into truth, it's a very beautiful happening. And that should happen to all of you."
So many things can linger on, if you are only on the Dharma level. I've seen people going into ego, making money. Sometimes they don't even ask me and go on doing things, which they should not do. They do wrong things which are not good for Sahaja Yoga. There is no humility about it and they don't understand whether this Dharma is standing on truth or untruth.
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi,
Sahasrara Puja, Cabella, Italy, 4 May 1997
A 'catch' ('your hands will speak') is an imbalance. If we feel heat or tingling, or maybe even numbness in our fingertips, it means that our kundalini is alerting us to an imbalance in a particular chakra.
"It is just for money and power are some people, who are trying to mislead others, keeping them away from Resurrection. I must say they are committing the greatest sin against the Holy Ghost."
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Public Program, Brussels, Belgium, 1 July 1993
"Now the Time has come to start talking, announcing, telling about it to everyone. Otherwise the world would say that we never knew about it... You must have that vision before you that I have put many a times before you people that you have to emancipate the humanity."
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
May 6, 1990, Rome, Italy
"One spring afternoon in 1992, a Norwegian friend who was living in
my village for a year whilst he completed a Master of Business
Administration at Bath University dropped over for coffee. After
exchanging the usual set of pleasantries about the weather and a few
comments about the local primary school, he introduced a new topic
into the conversation. Knowing my interest in new religions, he said,
was I aware that some people in the next village were 'giving cool
breezes'? I confessed my ignorance and pressed him for details. One,
a woman called Jane, he continued, had given him a sort of massage
and as a result he had felt a cool breeze on the top of his head. "I
really did, you know!" he went on, looking slightly uncomfortable, as
he did not quite believe it himself. "What's it all about?"
This book is my attempt, as a sociologist of religion, to answer the
question raised by my friend that day. It is about Sahaja Yoga, the
new religious movement (NRM) whose member was responsible for
the 'cool breezes' which he felt."
Judith Coney, Sahaja Yoga (Introduction page)
Hardcover: 269 pages
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon; 1 edition (May 24 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0700710612
ISBN-13: 978-0700710614
About the Author (www.amazon.com)
Judith Coney is a lecturer in the Department of Study of Religions at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Book Description
The first full-length examination of Sahaja Yoga, a new religious movement led by Sri Mataji Nirmala Devi, which claims up to one hundred thousand members from around the world.
Synopsis
This is the first full-length examination of Sahaja Yoga, a new religious movement led by Sri Mataji Nirmala Devi, which claims up to one hundred thousand members from around the world. The study on which it is founded began as a result of the author's curiosity being aroused when she heard followers of the guru claiming to feel 'cool breezes' on the tops of their heads and on the palms of their hands. Basing her account largely on participant observation with devotees, Judith Coney sets out the experiences of western members of the movement, from the point of first contact to departure. She examines how newcomers adopt new practices and allegiances on becoming full-time members, and how most develop a radically new awareness of 'spiritual vibrations' as a result of the regular meditation suggested by Sri Mataji. To do so, she reflects upon current theories of socialisation, in particular building up understandings about new social worlds than has so far been appreciated. This accessible and informative account is of particular value to scholars working in the study of religions and new religious movements, and of interest to those working on theories of socialisation.
However, the book is required reading for anyone who wants to know more about the contemporary religious landscape.
Book Review
Jeffrey "jleow21" (New Jersey, NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
"This book presents the thoughts of at least half the practitioners of Sahaja Yoga in the United States.
I read the book avidly as I recognised many similarities to what I had observed myself.
Judith Coney has obviously found the flaws in SYoga, and has presented a fair representation of the problems in this group.
What she did leave out was the amazing capability of the leader to trigger blissful experiences in individuals. These people in turn can set off these feelings in others.
Judith does not investigate this crucial aspect of the group.
I, too, had the pleasure of trying SYoga for several years. After the initial pleasant experiences, I was led into a whirlpool of contradictions and deceit - as many still in the group will confirm privately. Why do they stay? - fear and an inability to resume a normal social life after decades of confinement to a closed community - friends and family forcibly discarded to be a "real" SYogi.
However, the ability to trigger intense joy and a tangible peace in thousands of people is inexplicable.
I do still believe that the leader has unique capabilities, but I could never subject my loved ones to the emotional and mental turmoil that many in the group accept.
A good book for those "thinking persons" in SYoga to know that they are not alone. A good start, Judith Coney."
Jeffrey "jleow21" (New Jersey, NJ, USA)
www.amazon.com
Vast majority of Sahaja Yogis are in a state of denial
"It is astonishing that the sahaja yogis, who believe Shri Mataji to be the savior of humanity prophecied by many religious scriptures, have not the conviction to promote her to the world openly, honestly and unashamedly as that. Promotion of the savior will draw more serious attention from many more people than do the current vague claims about stress relief and peace of mind. This lack of conviction speaks volumes and is the same reason they fail to respond to those who challenge SY. You simply can't be one thing and then attempt to portray yourself as another - no matter how clever you are, it shows and people see it very clearly. This is called hypocrisy. It indicates the vast majority of sahaja yogis are in a state of denial.
On the premise that Shri Mataji is indeed the Adi Shakti, on what basis do the sahaja yogis take it upon themselves to discriminate as to whom is delivered the message of her present incarnation and by what convoluted process that message is selectively delivered? To take upon themselves to make such discriminations is an expression of an elitist, missionary culture motivated by power and authority over others. The message must be very plain and simple if every person on the planet is to be afforded the opportunity to draw their own conclusions about the goddess incarnate. Why do the sahaja yogis make something so simple so complicated?. Why are they doing so poor a job in telling the world of Shri Mataji, when as the goddess she will surely stand and be recognised as the reality they claim she is?
My parting word is that like it or not, Shri Mataji and her sahaja yogis must face the issues presented by those who challenge them. Intelligent response is required and what remains to be seen is whether they are capable of this. The longer they avoid it, the more SY will be clearly identified to be lacking in credibility and its members in integrity. The more they will appear to be a cultish throw-back to the dark ages. I recommend the sahaja yogis today change their whole approach and start promoting SY as what it is - a religion focused around a personality who has claimed, and is understood by them, to be the Adi Shakti, divine mother of the universe. This is, after all, the year of exposure for SY.
May truth prevail."
Alex
i too have found many flaws in Sahaja Yoga
October 25, 2007
Just like Judith Coney, Jeffrey and Alex, i too have found many flaws in the Sahaja Yoga organization. i too was led into a whirlpool of contradictions and deceit - as many still in the group will confirm privately.
My children and myself too have been for years subjected to abuse, ridicule and false propaganda carried out by the very council members who make up WCASY (World Council for the Advancement of Sahaja Yoga). They have carried out this vicious campaign against us despite knowing that over the years Shri Mataji had given permission on different occasions and locations (Toronto, Canada; Cabella, Italy and Delhi, India) to record all that the children, whom She never met, were revealing about the Divine Mother from Montreal, Canada. The first confirmation by Shri Mataji that the Great Mother's revelations to the siblings were genuine took place June 1994 in London, UK. In 1999 during the Shri Krishna Puja at Cabella, Italy Shri Mataji responded with extreme pleasure and acknowledged before leaders and others gathered around Her that a miraculous work has been accomplished by the father (myself) who bore witness and carefully recorded all that the Divine Feminine had revealed to his three children since 1993. That last acknowledgement took place in New Delhi, India in the year 2000 where She spent half an hour checking the 2200-paged contents before national leaders.
Since WCASY has hijacked Her Divine Message i have set this website to record for all posterity how tens of thousands of SYs unwittingly empowered, and still continue to empower, such a latent negativity that has almost destroyed Shri Mataji's Advent and Message of the Resurrection to humanity. Without question that the sending of the Comforter (Holy Spirit) by Jesus in the name of God Almighty is meeting the same evil resistance that He experienced 2,000 years ago. Jesus' life and mission was brutally cut short then, which triggered the need to sent a future Comforter (Paraclete) to complete His mission. And He did as promised!
According to Jack Wilson Stallings' and Robert E. Picirilli's book, The Randall House Bible Commentary: The Gospel of John:
"Jesus solemnly assures the disciples that they will, in the future, perform even greater miracles than He. By this He means to say that through the power of the Holy Spirit, they will bring about the greatest miracle of all the salvation of lost souls. He promises them that whatever they ask for, in connection with their ministry of bringing the miracle of salvation to lost men, will be granted them.
The theme of this section is reassurance and encouragement. Jesus gives the disciples three basic reasons they should cease being troubled in their spirits. First, He tells them that, although He is going away, He will return for them so that they may ultimately join Him where He is going (vv. 1-3). Second, He tells them that, though He is going away, He will be the only means by which men may come to God and go to Heaven (vv. 4-11). Third, He tells them that, though He is going away, their ministries are not finished. In fact, the best is still ahead. They are going, by the Holy Spirits power, to be part of the greatest miracle of all, bringing men to salvation (vv. 12-14)."...
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
26. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have told unto you.
Jesus now summarizes all that He has been saying in this section. Referring to the many things which He has taught them while He has been present with them in the flesh, He tell the disciples that the Comforter not only is going to remind them of these things, but also will go to teach them all things necessary to their understanding and happiness. The Comforter will recall to their minds Jesus' teachings, will enable them to understand truly and completely, and will develop and expand them into new and wonderful truths.
Jesus has referred to the coming Comforter as the Spirit of Truth (v. 17)...[whose] primary function is the work of making men holy. This is the work we call sanctification.
In v. 16 Jesus has said that the Comforter is going to be provided to the disciples by the Father on the basis of His (Jesus') prayer that He should do so. Now He says that the Father is going to send the Comforter in His (Christ's) name. These statements are essentially identical and imply a joint action involving both Father and Son. (end)
Yet today we are again in a precarious situation! Tens of thousands are forbidden by WCASY, on pain of excommunication, to discuss the Comforter's Advent and Divine Message to humanity. And the vast majority of them, believing that all they need to do is just give self-realization, have happily complied! What empowers this collective deception? How is it possible that so many are neither conscientious nor conscious of collectively committing the greatest crime against humanity? As we continue to add ever more articles based on the holy scriptures and eschatology to give evidence of the promised General Resurrection, we cannot help but question what is the nature of this negativity that induces thousands of so-called self-realized souls to be so blatantly dishonest about their core belief.
And hundreds of thousands of genuine, innocent and serious seekers over the decades were deliberately kept in the dark that they had felt the cool breeze of the Holy Spirit as it is the promised Blossom Time. 99.99% left and never returned. Just like the Norwegian undergraduate at Bath University, they too left wondering, "What's it all about?" The official Sahaja Yoga policy till date states that the truth cannot be told as it would scare them off. It is thus preferable that SYs spare them the agony of truth with the compassion of soothing lies and deceitful answers.
But since time immemorial the Divine has always battled such negative forces, and ultimately won. The assured outcome against the leaders of the WCASY-dominated Sahaja Yoga organization will be no different. The challenge must be delivered, and war declared against the existing powers in the SY organization for deliberately preventing humanity from entering the Kingdom of God!
regards to all,
jagbir
www.adishakti.org
"So the first thing you have to do is never be a dishonest person, nor let others become or be dishonest. This is very important and all of you should together make it possible.
The milk is adulterated, ghee is adulterated. Wherever I see everything is adulterated. All the people laugh at us, nobody believes us....
So promise that you will never do any sort of corruption, because if you do any corruption you should know that your one foot will be in hell. And second point is you don't have to tell any lies. What is the need to tell any lies? You tell the truth! The person who will always tell the truth, he will be a special and if he is a Sahaja Yogi then he will be magnificent."
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi,
Diwali Puja 2007, India
"So many things can linger on, if you are only on the Dharma level. I've seen people going into ego, making money. Sometimes they don't even ask me and go on doing things, which they should not do. They do wrong things which are not good for Sahaja Yoga. There is no humility about it and they don't understand whether this Dharma is standing on truth or untruth."
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi,
Sahasrara Puja, Cabella, Italy, 4 May 1997
It is indeed a great blessing to undertake this tremendous task requiring great valor to bear this testimony to all the nations
Aug 17, 2008
Dear All,
After the post titled "The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore - Deepak Chopra" i would want the forum to be Silent for a week so that not only we absorb the immense importance of Lord Jesus Christ, but also the life-long sacrifice of the Comforter Shri Mataji, who so selflessly worked and toiled day and night for more than three decades and single-handedly upheld and fulfilled to the letter His promise to humanity:
"25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 26. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have told unto you... (John 14:25-6)
Jesus now summarizes all that He has been saying in this section. Referring to the many things which He has taught them while He has been present with them in the flesh, He tell the disciples that the Comforter not only is going to remind them of these things, but also will go to teach them all things necessary to their understanding and happiness. The Comforter will recall to their minds Jesus' teachings, will enable them to understand truly and completely, and will develop and expand them into new and wonderful truths."
The Randall House Bible Commentary
"If we follow Him (Jesus) then we cannot be conditioned by anything because He talked of Spirit only. Spirit cannot be conditioned, conditioned by anything. . . . I am here to tell you all these things which Christ could not tell, and to fulfill what He wanted to say. All those things I am saying to you."
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Christmas Puja, Delhi, India December 24, 1995
"Christ didn't say that, "I am the Destination." He said, "I'll send you the Holy Ghost; I'll send you a Comforter; I'll send you a Redeemer; I'll send you a Councilor." He talked about the future."
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Having said that, i would also want all to remember that the greatest obstacles facing Lord Jesus and the Comforter in emancipating humanity are those in the Sahaja Yoga organization, the thousands of rank and file Sahaja Yogis who have turned the Comforter's message into the official SYSSR (Sahaja Yoga Subtle System Religion).
But there is an excellent way to overcome them and ensure that the Comforter's message begins to sprout at grass roots levels:
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 9:25 PM
"Many thanks for your patience in creating adishakti site and the forum. Although, I'm not visible in the forum, I do appreciate what you, Violet & Nicole are doing.
Keep it up as we got the 'GO' signal from Mother to spread Her message even more. As for me, I will try to be more active here and work on a cell unit using the adishakti's site as reference. Maybe who knows, when every country have cell units, we could have an annual meeting."
This is the same way Deepak Chopra urges his readers "to start a satsang group. Satsang refers to a gathering of people devoted to the teaching of Truth or God-consciousness. Typically, satsang centers around a rarely found God-conscious or Self-realized sage/teacher. Chopra is calling for anyone at all to start satsang."
At the 2008 Guru Puja held in Cabella, Italy Shri Mataji completely freed us to form our own satsangs and spread Her message the way we see fit.
So may we have a week's Silence to deeply imbibe who Jesus and the Comforter truly are, what is at stake, how the negativity in the Sahaja Yoga organization has almost succeeded in overcoming both, and what we must collectively do and sacrifice in order to surmount that negativity as Shri Mataji cannot continue any longer. We must now allow Her complete rest, and assure that the Good News of the Kingdom of God reaches out to all the people and nations:
"I must proclaim the Good News of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; for I was sent for this purpose." (Luke 4:43)
"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the Good News." (Mark 1:15)
"And this Good News of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world, as a testimony to all the nations." (Matthew 24:14)
... the Good News that Lord Jesus was unable to spread as His life was brutally cut short, and promised to send "the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have told unto you. (John 14:25-6)". Lord Jesus promised to send the Comforter who will complete His mission and teachings of the Good News of the Kingdom of God to all nations and peoples of many tongues.
"He always talked about the future. He said you have to enter into the Kingdom of God; Holy Ghost has to come. He said that, 'You have to get somebody who will counsel you; who will redeem you; who will comfort you and that is the Holy Ghost.' " - Shri Mataji
"Declare to all the nations now that I am the Holy Ghost and I have come for this Special Time, that is, the Resurrection Time."
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Assume Yourself, Sydney, Australia - March 21, 1983
It is obvious that only after the Comforter Shri Mataji arrived, explained in detail, and completed Jesus' teachings was it possible for us to believe that the "time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the Good News." She has taught us all things, and brought all things to our remembrance, whatsoever Jesus had told His disciples 20 centuries ago! i repeat - Shri Mataji has made us remember all that Jesus talked about! And She kept on reminding us about Jesus and His teachings again and again ......... month after month, year after year, decade after decade!
Not only that, but the personal experience of the Cool Breeze (of being born again of the Spirit during the Resurrection), assures us that it is indeed the Good News - the promised time to enter the Kingdom of God as the eternal spirit!
And just like Jesus Christ, Shri Mataji also openly declares that "I must proclaim the Good News of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; for I was sent for this purpose" (Luke 4:43); that the "time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the Good News" (Mark 1:15); and that "this Good News of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world, as a testimony to all the nations" (Matthew 24:14)
"Tell all the nations and tell all the people all over the Great Message that the Time of Resurrection is here. Now! At this time, and that you are capable of doing it." - Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
"Today, Sahaja Yoga has reached the state of Mahayoga, which is en- masse evolution manifested through it. It is this day's Yuga Dharma. It is the way the Last Judgment is taking place. Announce it to all the seekers of truth, to all the nations of the world, so that nobody misses the blessings of the Divine to achieve their meaning, their absolute, their spirit." - Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
"I am here to do the job of God Almighty. And when you are My children, all right, His Grace will work it out. He will look after you. He will make you grow... How much you know about the Divine, nobody has known so far!... My life, My mission, My existence, My everything is for the purpose of emancipation of humanity... Please remember you are born of a very brave Mother. Please try to rise. Be proud that you are doing such tremendous task. Have that feeling of great valor. Then only, then only can we achieve results."
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Bordi, India February 6, 1985
We will now have to form individual cells to do just that, cells that are completely and unconditionally dedicated to fulfilling the wishes of Lord Jesus and the Comforter, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. It is indeed a great blessing to undertake this tremendous task requiring great valor, and ensure that this "Good News of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world, as a testimony to all the nations".
"The Christian message of Good News is described in the Bible. It relates to the saving acts of God, centred upon the person of Jesus and his substitutionary death on the cross and resurrection from the dead. Its context is the storyline of the Christian Bible as a whole, which tells of the creation of humanity, humanity's rebellion against God, and how people from all nations are restored to relationship with God through the person of Jesus. A key theme of the Christian Good News is that God offers a new life and forgiveness through Jesus. Jesus' teaching of the Good News also relates to the coming of the Kingdom of God (Mark 1:14-15)" - Wikipedia
regards to all,
jagbir
