LET’S MEDITATE FOR FREEDOM FROM THOUGHTS
March to December 2022 Series
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Beginners • Intermediate • Advanced Sessions
No previous experience in meditation required.
“When you become the Spirit, your attention gets enlightened into collective consciousness – it becomes, because this Spirit in you is the collective being.” – Shri Mataji (founder)
Session recordings
108 beautifully presented sessions for beginners, intermediate and advanced meditators. Do as many sessions as you wish – no need to do all the sessions.
No previous experience in meditation required.
These sessions were hosted by Sahaja Yoga practitioners from USA.
Visit the next January 2023 Course hosted by USA.
We will experience the awakening of a divine mothering energy within us that gently takes us into a state of silence.
“Meditation is such a soothing thing, such a beautiful way of connection with the Divine, that all your problems get solved in that meditative mood.” – Shri Mataji, founder of Sahaja Yoga meditation.
Download “Affirmations for Self Realization”
We place our right hand on our torso and head in certain places, such as the left hip and the forehead. In Sahaja Yoga, these actions and affirmations connect our sincere desire to become our true selves to our own power to become our true selves. The result is a state of meditation, free from thoughts about the past or the future. This is Self Realization. This process is covered in Day 1’s session recording below.
Learn how to calm your attention, reduce your thoughts, and increase your enjoyment of inner silence.
“You become extremely peaceful. Like a wheel which is moving, if your attention is on the wheel, on the periphery, then your mind is all the time moving. But if you jump on the axis of the wheel, it is silent. So, you enter into the area of complete silence.” – Shri Mataji, founder of Sahaja Yoga meditation.
Download “Raising the Kundalini & Giving a Bandhan.”
Begin and end your meditation with the movements described on this page. They help to bring your attention into the present and sustain the state of calmness and inner silence. These techniques are demonstrated in Day 2’s session recording below.
Western consciousness is an acquired state of frenetic mental activity while the inherent nature of all human beings is a thoughtless state. Sahaja Yoga reconnects us to our inherent nature.
Just like when a bird spreads its wings, it can traverse the skies. Only when it is in balance can it ascend. Bringing our inner being into balance, we too can rise.
“In the West we have become very speedy, no doubt, and to bring down this speed we have to use the meditative process, that we feel our peace within ourselves.” – Shri Mataji, founder of Sahaja Yoga meditation.
The state of meditation can be enhanced by taking a little time each day to sit and meditate. A daily routine is explained in Day 3’s session recording below.
There are three energy channels in our subtle system — left, right and center. We will learn about the qualities of each channel, and how to balance them so that we can be in the center, in the present moment, and on the path to our spiritual ascent.
Quote: “You are an instrument most beautifully made, absolutely so beautifully made that once you discover it, you will be amazed as to what you are.” – Shri Mataji, founder of Sahaja Yoga meditation.
The state of meditation can be enhanced by taking a little time each day to sit and meditate. A daily routine is explained in Day 4’s session recording below.
Thoughts are generally about the past or the future. Sahaja Yoga Meditation helps us to establish ourselves in the present, without any thought. We balance the left and right channels of our subtle system using these techniques. They are demonstrated in Day 4’s session recording below.
Inner transformation through meditation.
Learn about the innate qualities of the subtle energy centers within us and how we can imbibe these qualities in our personalities through meditation.
“The first thing should be to watch yourself, that you are not reacting, but you are experiencing and enjoying the silence, the subtleties, the beauty, the glory of your being.” – Shri Mataji, founder of Sahaja Yoga meditation.
Every human being has a subtle system of seven energy centers, or chakras. When a chakra is in balance, it helps keep an aspect of our lives in balance. For example, when the third center (nabhi chakra) is in balance, we tend to be more peaceful and generous. We introduce the chakras in Day 5’s session recording below.
Final description: Sahaja Yoga meditators can use the natural elements of water, earth, fire, ether, and air to deepen their meditation state and reduce the impact of things that may disturb their ongoing meditative mood.
The Foot soaking technique helps us clear our subtle system. It calms our inner being, balances us, improves our sensitivity, and helps deepen our meditation.
“Only in meditation you are in the present and you grow in your spirituality.” – Shri Mataji, founder of Sahaja Yoga meditation.
We will steady our attention and learn to identify and clear out the imbalances affecting our subtle being. Gradually, we’ll go deeper into our own subtlety, silence, and inner bliss.
Quote: “Freedom is when you really get to know your own powers which are within you. You see yourself clearly and start changing yourself.” – Shri Mataji, founder of Sahaja Yoga meditation.
Our attention can move into the past or the future, making it a challenge to meditate. We will demonstrate the cleansing power of ice to establish balance and steady our attention.
Quote: “The Spirit will shine on an attention which is steady. Steady it. By balancing you bring a steadiness to it. Balance your thoughts, balance your eyes, balance your desires.” – Shri Mataji, founder of Sahaja Yoga meditation.
Using ice to cool down our right side
Download Ice Treatment Handout
When we think and plan too much, we ‘heat up’ our right side. An ice pack helps to ‘cool down’ an overheated right side. We demonstrate how to use an ice pack in Day 8’s session recording below.
Using Shri Mataji’s photograph for meditation
We have found that by meditating in front of Shri Mataji’s photograph, we become calmer as we experience the inner joy of the Spirit in our heart. We follow the traditional respect and protocol of not placing our feet pointing towards the photograph and we remove our shoes.
If you wish to use Shri Mataji’s photograph, then it’s best to place the photo in a frame and use a small candle in front of the photo when meditating.
All images are in jpg format and are ready for printing. For best print quality, use a high resolution printer or take the files, on an SD card or USB drive, to a digital photo lab for printing.
Image sizes available
Photo 1: 4″ x 6″ (10cm x 15cm) 1800 x 1200 pixels.
Photo 2: 5″ x 7″ (13cm x 18cm) 2100 x 1500 pixels.
To download an image, right-click on the image and save the file to your computer or device.
Creativity/ Using the subtle power of fire to clear our left side.
To clear our left side of our subtle system we use the subtle power of fire. This will be an interactive workshop in smaller virtual rooms with experienced Sahaja Yoga practitioners. You’ll learn techniques to clear your subtle system and go deeper into meditation. This interactive workshop is only available on the Zoom platform.
“Freedom must have wisdom behind it. So, both the sides, the movements on both the sides, are wrong. So, what is all right? In the center. Is not to get conditioned by anything and not to be ego-oriented.” – Shri Mataji, founder of Sahaja Yoga meditation.
SAFETY NOTE: We will use a candle to clear our left channel of imbalances. As a safety precaution, do not do this treatment if you are wearing loose clothes or near anything that might catch fire. Take great care. You can sit on a chair or on the floor.
WHAT TO BRING: Before the start of this session, please have these items available: – A small candle in a holder or secured to a plate – Matches or a lighter.
Download Candle Treatment Handout
When we seem to have no motivation or a heavy, low-energy feeling, it might reflect the state of our left side. We can use a candle to clear the left side and feel more energized. We demonstrate how to use a candle in Day 9’s session recording below.
“The Three Great Mantras.”
This is the recording we play at the beginning of every class in this 21-day course. It is called “The Three Great Mantras.” Chakras can be cleared using techniques, elements, music, and reciting mantras. The Three Great Mantras are recited to open the seventh center – the Sahasrara Chakra.
How to use a candle to clear our left channel of imbalances.
SAFETY NOTE: Do not do this treatment if you are wearing loose clothes or near anything that might catch fire. Take great care. You can sit on a chair or on the floor.
WHAT TO BRING: Before the start of this session, please have these items available:
– A small candle in a holder or secured to a plate
– Matches or a lighter
“We are all part and parcel of one country and that country is of Love.” — Shri Mataji
We will focus on the first energy center, the Mooladhara Chakra. In Sanskrit, “Mooladhara” means support of the roots. This chakra is the base of the subtle system. Its innate qualities are purity, innocence, joy, and wisdom.
“This innocence never gets destroyed because it is eternal, but it may happen that it will get covered with some clouds by our mistakes that we commit. But once you get your Realization, your innocence is re-established, manifests, and you become innocent.” — Shri Mataji
The fundamental quality of the Mooladhara chakra is innocence. This is the basis of righteous behavior. Your innocence can never be destroyed, but it may be masked by your ego and conditionings, just as the sun may be covered by clouds.
A balanced Mooladhara helps you maintain and increase your inner wisdom. It also leads to improved memory, attention and focus.
Swadisthana, the second chakra, is the center of creativity, pure knowledge, pure desire and pure attention. The power of pure desire within us guides our spiritual journey. Opening this chakra helps us to let go of our need to control, so we can allow the divine power to work things out.
“Thinking, thinking thinking, planning, planning, planning, planning, running. Ultimately the whole joy has disappeared.” – Shri Mataji
Excessive thinking and planning can exhaust the Swadisthana chakra. Our creativity blossoms when this chakra is clear. When we are able to get things done while maintaining our inner silence, we are less likely to get tired, and we will accomplish our goals with spontaneity and joy.
We’ll do a footsoak to help clear the Nabhi chakra and Void area. In this guided meditation, we let go of stress, relax and begin to experience our own divine qualities of satisfaction, generosity and inner peace. We cultivate our ability to steady and purify our attention.
“There can be no peace in the world until there is peace within.” — Shri Mataji
(Nabhi and Void handouts): Our seeking originates in this chakra, whether it be for food and water, or for self-knowledge and our spiritual evolution.
A clear Nabhi is vital to achieving the state of thoughtless awareness and clear attention.
Let’s collectively open our Heart Chakra so we can feel our innate qualities of love, compassion, security and fearlessness.
“You become the source of joy, not that you only receive the joy but you become the source of joy, the source of bliss and the source of peace. Wherever such a person goes, it just soothes.” –Shri Mataji
The fundamental quality of the Heart chakra is unconditional love. As the chakra clears, you experience pure joy and pure attention. You discover your place in the world and your purpose.
We will put our attention on the Vishuddhi Chakra to strengthen our sense of self-respect and respect for others. The power of this chakra also helps us to be a detached witness of the drama of life.
“The detachment takes place because you become one with the Spirit which is not attached, which gives you that light, that detachment from where you can see the whole thing just as a drama going on.” — Shri Mataji
A clear Vishuddhi chakra allows you to witness events calmly, without judgement and without feeling guilty.
To open the Agnya Chakra, let’s learn to forgive. This clears the subtle pathway to be connected to the all-pervading power of the Divine through the Sahasrara Chakra at the top of our head.
This class includes a clearing, balancing and meditation workshop which is only available to participants on the Zoom platform.
“When you forgive a person, what do you do? You accept the situation, to begin with, and secondly you forgive what you think has been done wrong to you. But because nothing can be done wrong to your Spirit, you just forgive because you are the Spirit.” — Shri Mataji
Download Agnya Chakra HandoutA way to clear your Agnya chakra is to sit outdoors while looking at the sky. You can place your right hand on your forehead, tilt your head slightly forward and say, “I forgive everyone, including myself.”
We celebrate Shri Mataji’s Birthday and introduce the Sahasrara Chakra at the top of our head where we connect to the all-pervading power of Divine Love.
Our complete subtle instrument is integrated in the Sahasrara chakra. As our attention and our Kundalini rise to the Sahasrara chakra we enter a new dimension of consciousness. We go beyond the relative to the absolute.
“The rationality that is separated from the heart becomes one with the heart. It becomes one with your attention. Wherever your attention goes you act in a collective way. All the activities of your attention are blessed. Your attention itself is effective. Your attention is very important, your desires are even more important, because it is such an integrated thing: your desires and your attention become one. Whatever is good for the Spirit you desire.” — Shri Mataji
Download Sahasrara Chakra Handout
When your Sahasrara Chakra opens, your human awareness has united with the Divine, and your physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual selves become integrated.
We devote more attention to clearing the sixth chakra, the Agnya Chakra, including the left and right aspects. This will help us to get more easily into thoughtless awareness.
Saying the two mantras “ham” and “ksham” (pronounced a bit like hum and kshum) helps to clear the left agnya (ham) and right agnya (ksham). Recording of the two mantras:
We’ll work on increasing our awareness of the state of our chakras. We will review the location of the chakras on our hands and learn a simple technique to clear individual chakras.
“If you can achieve that point, where you watch everything without reacting, you are in reality. And then only the penetration into the subtleties of your surroundings, of your relationships, your friendships — the whole universe — dawns upon you.” — Shri Mataji
We will introspect about how our subtle state connects to our daily life and patterns of behavior. We enhance the experience of meditation by going deeper into the silence within us.
“Now this happening of achieving thoughtless awareness is very simple and easy. But to maintain that point is difficult. We still react and we think. Anything you see, you react. To get to that point in thoughtless awareness is first to change your attention…. Try to witness everything…. You start enjoying everything that is there. Even a small blade of grass you can enjoy.” — Shri Mataji
“If you can go into meditative mood, you are in contact with this Divine Power. Then whatever is good for you, whatever is good for your society, for your country, all is done by this Divine Power…. Just if you meditate you are one with this Divine Power.” — Shri Mataji
“Meditation is the only way you can grow.” – Shri Mataji
“This Divine power is the ocean of knowledge, is the ocean of compassion, love, and bliss. But above all it is the ocean of forgiveness.” — Shri Mataji
“Develop that dignity and that love and that understanding, that etiquette of a divine person, that sweetness, that gentleness of a divine person.” — Shri Mataji
“An innocent person is really like a magnet and it attracts, he attracts, the people towards himself, just like a flower attracts a bee towards itself.” – Shri Mataji
“This power is your own. She’s actually your mother, individual mother and She has got everything recorded about you within Herself and She is your own energy. She has to just rise and get you connected with this all-pervading power, then you realize how great you are.” — Shri Mataji
When desire and attention are purified, inspiration strikes!
“Once you are in thoughtlessness, you will get all inspirations, all powers.” — Shri Mataji
When your attention is enlightened, it becomes powerful.
“This is the miracle, that human beings have turned their attention to their spirit. Then you are amazed how things work out.” — Shri Mataji
Satisfaction comes from your Spirit.
“One cannot enjoy anything until he achieves contentment.” — Shri Mataji
“Eyes should be steady. When you look at somebody steadily you should know that you have got Sahaja Yoga in you, with love, with respect, with dignity.” — Shri Mataji
We become our own gurus through the daily practice of Sahaja Yoga. We stop arguing with ourselves. We accept and follow our own inner guidance. We leave behind all extreme behavior, whether it’s over-indulgence or over-strictness.
“You have to be your own guru means you have to guide yourself. You have to treat yourself as your disciple and you have to trim yourself.” — Shri Mataji
“This is what is Self-realization – you become just the master. You don’t have to consult anyone, you know it. You have to just consult your Spirit through your vibratory awareness, and you know it.” — Shri Mataji
In Sahaja Yoga we awaken the divine qualities of the Heart chakra. In the Left Heart we awaken love and compassion, in the Center Heart we develop our sense of security and inner strength, and in the Right Heart the sense of responsibility.
“You can gradually experience. With the experience, try to put the experience in your heart, and have faith in that experience. What were you? What have you become now?” — Shri Mataji
Guilt is a way to judge ourselves and keep repeating our mistakes. When the left vishuddhi is clear, we are able to see ourselves with compassion and correct ourselves.
“We have to be pleasantly placed towards ourselves. We have to respect ourselves. We have to be happy about ourselves. This is the first thing – is not to feel guilty about anything. Just believe that you have done nothing wrong which cannot be dissolved by this great power of forgiveness.” — Shri Mataji
We can use our voice to dominate and hurt others, or to soothe and comfort others. In a meditative state, we don’t react with anger or criticism, but we elevate and inspire with our words and deeds.
“Diplomacy is not convincing anybody with his intellect or by temper or anything but it is to melt away another person by your goodness, by your good words, by your sweet words, by your forgiving nature.” — Shri Mataji
The balloons of ego and superego, the culmination of all our attention on the future and the past, prevent the Kundalini from reaching Sahasrara. As our Agnya chakra clears, these balloons are reduced, allowing us to get above our thoughts at Sahasrara. When we are completely silent — without thought — we are in reality.
“Kundalini, when she reaches the Agnya Chakra and when She opens Agnya chakra, then you can be in thoughtless awareness. Then you don’t think – thinking just stops. You watch everything, just watch, but you do not get involved into what you are watching. You just watch and that watching itself gives you the growth within.” — Shri Mataji
A bird is “born twice.” First it is born as an egg, bound by the shell, and at the right time it breaks free. We are like the egg before Realization, and like the bird after Realization.
“Our ego and superego makes us an egg. We are like a shell. It has to be there, to have our I-ness; to have our freedom to choose between right and wrong. And then when we mature the Mother can break the shell and you become a second person, the person who is twice born. This is what is really baptism.” — Shri Mataji
At Sahasrara we can let go of all our worries, opinions, and frustrations. We can offer them to the silence above the top of the head. This is where our attention joins the universal, Divine attention.
“Sahaja Yoga is like building first the pinnacle of the building, and then the foundation. Opening your Sahasrara was the first thing that was achieved. And then in the light of Sahasrara you have to watch yourself and see for yourself.” — Shri Mataji
At Sahasrara our ignorance and confusion is transformed into pure understanding and knowledge. No longer separate and isolated, our individual attention joins the collective attention — the Divine attention. We rise above all the limitations of our human awareness. The culmination of our seeking, at Sahasrara we are comforted and redeemed.
“Unless and until your Sahasrara is open, all the blessings of the Divine Power cannot come to you.” – Shri Mataji
“Sanskrit has come out of Kundalinî’s movement when She makes a sound. All was recorded by the great saints and like that every chakra has got vowels and consonants according to the number of sub-plexuses they have — you can say petals they have — and all of them make the alphabets of Sanskrit language.” – Shri Mataji
We can enjoy true collectivity if we know how to balance ourselves and use compassion and wisdom in our relationships.
“After you get your realization you enter into a new awareness of collectivity. You become the collective consciousness.” — Shri Mataji
When we bring our attention to the Mother Earth, she has the power to soothe us down and purify our attention.
“We have to understand the connection and the symbolic expression of the Mother Earth within ourselves.” — Shri Mataji
“Peace can be only achieved by establishing peace in the hearts of the people” — Shri Mataji
“You have to have complete faith in yourself and that your Self is nothing but innocence.” — Shri Mataji
Download From Mantras to Silence Booklet
The “From Mantras to Silence” booklet will help you learn more about the subtle system and how affirmations and mantras can strengthen your meditation experience. Learn how to establish self realization, clear your chakras, awaken the powers within the chakras, and solve all types of mental, physical and emotional problems.
“As soon as the Kundalini enters into the limbic area, she soothes it and it opens, like a lotus, thousand-petalled lotus. It opens and then the Kundalini emerges out of your fontanelle bone area and gets connected to the all-pervading power.” — Shri Mataji
“All those things or obstacles which block or stop you from reaching your depth should be removed by loving yourself, by watching yourself and by understanding that I have this problem within. I have to remove this problem.”
“On the moon line if you go too far it can be destructive. Because if you sit in the house doing nothing… then you start thinking too much, and this thinking is just the desire energy working out, no action.” — Shri Mataji
“The love that I’m talking about, the divine love, makes you not only strong but dynamic. It is the greatest luminous power that we can think of…. The dynamic power of love can transcend all the evil powers of the world.” — Shri Mataji
“In our evolution, whatever we have achieved has come in our awareness. That means it should become a part and parcel of our awareness. Like, as I can see you, I can feel you, in the same way you should be able to see. And through that light we should be able to explain each and every thing.” — Shri Mataji
“In our evolution, whatever we have achieved has come in our awareness. Like, as I can see you, I can feel you, in the same way you should be able to see. And through that light we should be able to explain each and every thing.” — Shri Mataji
“Somebody likes a particular thing – you go all the way to get it and give that small thing, very small thing, to the person and the joy, not out of the money that you have spent, but the feelings you have expressed of knowing what that person would love.” — Shri Mataji
“You don’t have to worry for anything, don’t have to think about anything, you don’t have to plan about anything. Only thing is, you have to jump into it, just jump into it and know that you have become part and parcel of the reality.” — Shri Mataji
“You should have your own ideas. You shouldn’t worry what Plato said and what Socrates said and what this thing said. What do you think? After all, you are enlightened people.” — Shri Mataji
“Kabir says that if by shaving your head you meet the Divine, then the goat and sheep get shaved every day – these must be close to God.” — Shri Mataji
“You get rid of all your fear, but you do not dominate anyone. You love. In your love you are secure. It is not by domination but the security that you are love, you are compassion.” — Shri Mataji
“What is the essence of this diplomacy? It is benevolence. You have to achieve the benevolence of the whole humanity.” — Shri Mataji
“When Buddha was tired, finished… then he got his realization. When you stop your efforts then only you will get your realization.” — Shri Mataji
“We are seekers of truth, and we are seekers of peace within, silence within, the love within, and that power that gives you, empowers you, to love others.” — Shri Mataji
“This ego cannot take away our joy. Anywhere such idea just comes into your head tell them, ‘Now Mister ego, I know you very well.’ In the light of Buddha you can see your ego very clearly.” — Shri Mataji
“We are very powerful people, but if we fritter away our attention we become very, very weak people.” — Shri Mataji
“We are here to become those unique personalities which are required to raise the humanity to a higher state. So you have to be now responsible for yourself. You have to look after yourself.” — Shri Mataji
We will explore our subtle relationship to nature and learn the mantras for the five elements – earth, fire, water, air and ether.
“In Sahaja Yoga it’s one of the biggest mantras for all the Western people. They should all the time say to all the trees, all the nature around: “I am not guilty.” Your ecological problem will improve because then you won’t do wrong things to spoil your ecology.” — Shri Mataji
”Have patience with yourself as I have with you. You have to have patience.” — Shri Mataji
“There’s no temptation. There is no mental activity, either. There is no stealing nor telling lies. Such a person is extremely honest and fearless.” — Shri Mataji
“She gives us a second birth because she understands everything. She knows everything. She organizes everything. She brings forth all the beauty that you are.” — Shri Mataji
“You have to choose your liberation through your own freedom of choice.” — Shri Mataji
“Now with Realization what happens, the Spirit doesn’t take note of all this stimulus…. It is just witnessing the play as a drama and a joke. It doesn’t react to it as human beings do. And that’s how the stress stops, drops out.” — Shri Mataji
“It should be your own — that you should be able to maneuver yourself, you should be able to handle it yourself, should be your own power which should express it. I just cannot say, ‘Alright, done. Now you are a member of Sahaja Yoga.’” — Shri Mataji
“Our attention has to be so pure that it should not waste any one of our energies. You know that with purity in your eyes, even a glance can create such a beautiful life for others. Even a glance.” — Shri Mataji
“When you are in that silence, you are in the silence of the cosmos, silence of the cosmos. And the silence of the cosmos works for you.” — Shri Mataji
“What you have to know: where the Kundalini is, how it is moving, where it is, what is the chakra catching and what is the mantra for that.” — Shri Mataji
“The whole sensitivity changes. You start understanding what music is good for your Spirit.” — Shri Mataji
“Ours is a path of knowledge—knowledge that is love, knowledge that is compassion.” — Shri Mataji
“A person who is a holy person, he touches anything, it vibrates. He touches water, it vibrates. Anything you touch, anything you feel, it vibrates it.” — Shri Mataji
“Becoming innocent, the attention becomes very steady. This steady attention penetrates deeply into any enterprise you take up.” — Shri Mataji
“Becoming innocent, the attention becomes very steady. This steady attention penetrates deeply into any enterprise you take up.” — Shri Mataji
“Your energy comes from the Spirit, which is love. In one word it is love. And in three words, it is truth, it is attention and it is joy. All put together it is love.” — Shri Mataji
“As we have grown outside, this knowledge has also grown deep. If we do not have the knowledge of the roots, this big tree will fall over. So we have to have the knowledge of the roots.” — Shri Mataji
“Yoga means union with the Divine. Also yoga means deftness, expertise. You have to have expertise how to use, how to maneuver the energy when you become realized.” — Shri Mataji
“The best thing to keep your chakras clear is to first of all keep your heart clean.” — Shri Mataji
We take on different roles in our daily lives. When we remain in thoughtless awareness, we can witness the drama and enjoy the comedy.
“You will enjoy everything. You become a witness to a drama, like let’s say the drama going on, you watch the drama and you are involved into it, but once the drama is over, then you will say ‘Oh, I am here, I am just a spectator, I am not in the drama.” — Shri Mataji
“This is something which has to be practiced in everyday life with your friends and things. It’s something which grows within us. It’s not any teaching as such. It is the growth that takes place.” — Shri Mataji
“If you take to introspection, you will be surprised to see, yes, you have these powers and you can do wonders.” — Shri Mataji
“You all will have a deeper insight into yourself, and you’ll enjoy the bliss and joy of the Spirit and feel the power of collective consciousness within you.” — Shri Mataji
“Once you become the Spirit you will enjoy the light of the Spirit, and the light of the Spirit is love.” — Shri Mataji
“You have to be discreet. And the best way to be safe on discretion is to keep in the center. Never go to any extreme of anything.“ — Shri Mataji
“Discretion — how to deal with people, how to understand them, how to understand the situation — everything develops because you become the knowledge.” — Shri Mataji
“Spirit has got three qualities. Satchitananda — Sat, chit, Ananda. Sat means truth, Chit means attention, Ananda means joy.” — Shri Mataji, Sydney, Australia, April 3, 1981
“The Spirit starts emitting its own light into our attention. Then your attention becomes powerful.” — Shri Mataji, Frankfurt, Germany, July 13, 1988
“So many artists, so many musicians and so many writers have really contributed to the central path of Sushumna…. They were realized souls.” — Shri Mataji
“We are really majestically divine and we have to touch the divinity within us. You will be amazed to know how great you are.” — Shri Mataji
“There are 17 great saints who have talked about Kundalini in the 16th century. One of them was Guru Nanak — who has clearly said that you have to seek it within — and Kabir, who is also included in the Grantha Sahib.” — Shri Mataji
“Any Self-realized person in Sahaja Yoga can raise the Kundalini, and can give Self-realization to others – immediately after they have touched the Sahasrara.” — Shri Mataji
“Divine love gives you that warmth needed, that strength needed, that confidence needed. Everything is given to you by that Divine love. So, one has to realize that it is love — and love and love — is the basis of all this creation.” — Shri Mataji
“This kundalini crosses this Agnya chakra, the sixth center — a person becomes absolutely peaceful and without thoughts.” — Shri Mataji
“So every moment count your blessings… That is how you are going to have the joy of Sahaja Yoga.” — Shri Mataji
“You are standing in the water, and there are waves around and you are frightened. But if you are put in the boat you start seeing those things. If you know how to swim you can enjoy those waves.” — Shri Mataji
“When all these sounds are sounded together and pass through the spiral of the body, if the body is like a conch, the sound that comes out of the synthesis is Aum.” — Shri Mataji
“After establishing your sustained attention on the Spirit you will develop a state where you’ll be in a complete state of witnessing with joy.” — Shri Mataji
“I am not a Guru. I am a mother, and I am going to tell you the truth about everything whether you like it or not.” — Shri Mataji
“You should be like the water, which is mobile, which is cooling, which is soothing, which is cleansing.” — Shri Mataji
“In a state where you are thoughtlessly aware, introspection comes to you automatically…. You do not think about it, it just comes to you.” — Shri Mataji
“You must have that self-esteem that you are a human being.” — Shri Mataji
“You have to communicate with complete humility.” — Shri Mataji
“I am a mother. I’m not here to dominate or to curb your personality. I’m here to nourish you, to make you grow.” — Shri Mataji
“You have to really mother others, and have that feeling of compassion and love for others.” — Shri Mataji
“We are all potentially divine. We have to just feel that divinity within us.” – Shri Mataji
Resources
Meditation Guides to download, meditative music, video and audio meditations and more resources and materials from this Course are available here.
Some information here is very ‘advanced’, so you should ensure you have completed the whole course and are regularly meditating so you can appreciate the information. Please don’t hesitate to ask questions about the material during the Course sessions or when you are in contact with one of our mentors.
DAY 1
Download “Affirmations for Self Realization”
We place our right hand on our torso and head in certain places, such as the left hip and the forehead. In Sahaja Yoga, these actions and affirmations connect our sincere desire to become our true selves to our own power to become our true selves. The result is a state of meditation, free from thoughts about the past or the future. This is Self Realization. This process is covered in Day 1’s session recording.
DAY 2
Download “Raising the Kundalini & Giving a Bandhan.”
Begin and end your meditation with the movements described on this page. They help to bring your attention into the present and sustain the state of calmness and inner silence. These techniques are demonstrated in Day 2’s session recording.
DAY 3
The state of meditation can be enhanced by taking a little time each day to sit and meditate. A daily routine is explained in Day 3’s session recording.
DAY 4
Thoughts are generally about the past or the future. Sahaja Yoga Meditation helps us to establish ourselves in the present, without any thought. We balance the left and right channels of our subtle system using these techniques. They are demonstrated in Day 4’s session recording.
DAY 5
Every human being has a subtle system of seven energy centers, or chakras. When a chakra is in balance, it helps keep an aspect of our lives in balance. For example, when the third center (nabhi chakra) is in balance, we tend to be more peaceful and generous. We introduce the chakras in Day 5’s session recording.
DAY 8
Using ice to cool down our right side
Download Ice Treatment Handout
When we think and plan too much, we ‘heat up’ our right side. An ice pack helps to ‘cool down’ an overheated right side. We demonstrate how to use an ice pack in Day 8’s session recording below.
Using Shri Mataji’s photograph for meditation
We have found that by meditating in front of Shri Mataji’s photograph, we become calmer as we experience the inner joy of the Spirit in our heart. We follow the traditional respect and protocol of not placing our feet pointing towards the photograph and we remove our shoes.
If you wish to use Shri Mataji’s photograph, then it’s best to place the photo in a frame and use a small candle in front of the photo when meditating.
All images are in jpg format and are ready for printing. For best print quality, use a high resolution printer or take the files, on an SD card or USB drive, to a digital photo lab for printing.
Image sizes available
Photo 1: 4″ x 6″ (10cm x 15cm) 1800 x 1200 pixels.
Photo 2: 5″ x 7″ (13cm x 18cm) 2100 x 1500 pixels.
To download an image, right-click on the image and save the file to your computer or device.
DAY 9
Download Candle Treatment Handout
When we seem to have no motivation or a heavy, low-energy feeling, it might reflect the state of our left side. We can use a candle to clear the left side and feel more energized. We demonstrate how to use a candle in Day 9’s session recording below.
“The Three Great Mantras.”
This is the recording we play at the beginning of every class in this 21-day course. It is called “The Three Great Mantras.” Chakras can be cleared using techniques, elements, music, and reciting mantras. The Three Great Mantras are recited to open the seventh center – the Sahasrara Chakra.
DAY 11
The fundamental quality of the Mooladhara chakra is innocence. This is the basis of righteous behavior. Your innocence can never be destroyed, but it may be masked by your ego and conditionings, just as the sun may be covered by clouds.
A balanced Mooladhara helps you maintain and increase your inner wisdom. It also leads to improved memory, attention and focus.
DAY 12
: Excessive thinking and planning can exhaust the Swadisthana chakra. Our creativity blossoms when this chakra is clear. When we are able to get things done while maintaining our inner silence, we are less likely to get tired, and we will accomplish our goals with spontaneity and joy.
DAY 13
(Nabhi and Void handouts): Our seeking originates in this chakra, whether it be for food and water, or for self-knowledge and our spiritual evolution.
A clear Nabhi is vital to achieving the state of thoughtless awareness and clear attention.
DAY 14
The fundamental quality of the Heart chakra is unconditional love. As the chakra clears, you experience pure joy and pure attention. You discover your place in the world and your purpose.
DAY 15
A clear Vishuddhi chakra allows you to witness events calmly, without judgement and without feeling guilty.
DAY 16
To balance your Agnya chakra, meditate outdoors while looking at the sky. You can place your right hand on your forehead, tilt your head slightly forward and say, “I forgive everyone, including myself.
DAY 17
Download Sahasrara Chakra Handout
When your Sahasrara Chakra opens, your human awareness has united with the Divine, and your physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual selves become integrated.
Welcome to Sahaja Yoga Meditation
“You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the Power that created you.”
HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi – Founder of Sahaja Yoga Meditation
Your Self Realisation
Today, you have been introduced to Sahaja Yoga Meditation and received your Self Realisation. Self-Realisation occurs when the Kundalini, a mothering energy within all of us, is awakened and connects us to the all-pervading power.
Meditation
Through regular meditation, we strengthen our Kundalini to cleanse and balance our energy centres (chakras). Meditation allows us to go beyond our thoughts (thoughtless awareness) to experience inner peace and silence. Regular meditation only takes a few minutes and really works!
Try the meditation
Sit quietly for a few moments and hold out your hands, palms upward, towards the photograph. You may feel a cool or warm breeze and your thoughts may quieten. Continue meditating in silence for 5 to 10 minutes.
HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
About Sahaja Yoga Meditation
True meditation is a personal experience, where one goes beyond thoughts, worries, and upsets. One is calm and peaceful through ‘thoughtless awareness’- that is, no unwanted thoughts but fully aware. Sahaja Yoga meditation is used by millions globally, with minimal disruption to daily routines, to actually achieve inner balance, joy and improvements in mental, physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.
Sahaja, Saha means ‘with’, Ja means ‘born’. Born with you. That is spontaneous. Yoga means Union with the Divine. So, Sahaja Yoga is the spontaneous union of your Self with the Divine.
Who is Shri Mataji?
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (or ‘Mother’, as she is affectionately known) founded Sahaja Yoga meditation in 1970. For over 40 years, she gave thousands of lectures and taught millions around the world how to meditate easily. Born in 1923 in India, she worked with Mahatma Gandhi and was very involved in India’s fight for independence. She was a mother and grandmother and a descendant of an Indian royal family.
The Subtle System
Overlaying our nervous system, resides a subtle system comprising of energy channels (‘Nadis’, see A to C on diagram) and centres of energy (‘Chakras’, see 1 to 7 on diagram). This system looks after our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual being. Upon ‘Self Realisation’, our spirit is awakened, and the subtle system connects to the all-pervading life force that nourishes and balances it through true meditation.
The Subtle System
How do I learn more?
To help you understand this new experience, you are invited to free online courses or weekly classes where collective meditations will establish your Self Realisation. You will learn how to maintain inner balance throughout the day and read and correct any imbalances in your subtle system. Classes are held in over 100 countries worldwide. Suitable for newcomers and regular meditators. No booking needed and everything is provided. Classes are always free of charge.
More Information & Online Resources
Online resources with video and audio meditations, meditative music, balancing techniques, printed guides and talks by Shri Mataji (founder). Live Streaming meditation webcasts. Podcasts with guided meditations, music and talks. Newsletter sign up for news and events.
Use this Guide to learn simple meditation and balancing techniques to help you experience the peace of true meditation. If this is your first meditation, then please follow the ‘Affirmation for Meditation’ steps for your Self-Realisation to activate your inner-being.
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Note: You do not need to register to participate in any of our courses.
About the sessions
Newcomers and regulars will learn how to meditate and experience true meditation. During the sessions you will be guided by our online team through the three levels of knowledge and meditation experiences from beginner to intermediate to advanced. One on one help and workshops with group practice will be available.
This is a spiritual meditation whereby we awaken the inner energy that gently brings positive change within us – making us more balanced, peaceful and joyous. As you participate in daily classes you will notice increasing gaps between your thoughts and feeling more relaxed and spiritual. Sahaja Yoga Meditation is volunteer run, always free and practiced in more than 100 countries.
Through Sahaja Yoga meditation, we awaken our inner energy that gently brings about positive change within us – we feel more balanced, peaceful and joyous. As you participate in the daily sessions, you will notice the gap between your thoughts increasing and you will feel more relaxed, peaceful and spiritual.
About Sahaja Yoga meditation
Millions around the world are enjoying our free Sahaja Yoga Meditation since it was started by HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi on 5th May,1970. Her meditation enables en-masse Self-Realisation. Self-Realisation is the key to thoughtless awareness, also known as mental silence, and is the basis of good health and wellbeing. Sahaja Yoga meditation provides this experience.
Sahaja Yoga Meditation is always free and is practiced in more than 100 countries.
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