Shri Mataji at Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi

PRAYER

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Mother, give us the self-awareness to know

honestly what we are.

What we can do and what we cannot.

Give us the wisdom to cheerfully admit our

mistakes and power to learn from them,

without repeating them.

Mother, give us the humility to learn from other's,

even if they are younger to us.

Mother, give us the courage to make decisions and

sensitivity to know the reaction of others.

Mother, give us the power to recognize

the worth of each individual.

Mother, give us the patience to live realistically and more useful life through service of our brother's and sister's and all other creatures of this universe

Mother, make us your instrument to spread

Vishwa Nirmala Dharma


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God's Gift

- I asked for strength and God gave me difficulties to make me strong
- I asked for wisdom and God gave me problems to solve
- I asked for prosperity and God gave me brawn and brain to work
- I asked for courage and God gave me dangers to overcome
- I asked for love and God gave me troubled people to help
- I asked for favours and God gave me opportunities

I received nothing I wanted I received everything I needed
My prayers has been answered


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Cleansing Technique: Foot-Soaking

When the day is over (also anytime), relax by soaking your feet in salt water while meditating. This technique relieves the body from stress and allows for a peaceful and relaxed night's rest.

Sit comfortably in a chair with your hands out on your lap,
facing Shri Mataji’s photograph. Light a candle in front of
Shri Mataji's photograph.Place your feet in a basin or
bucket of luke warm water containing a handful of salt.

• Meditate for 10 to 15 minutes.
• You can say some affirmations to cleanse the chakras.
• Rinse and dry your feet.
• Flush the water down the toilet. Try not to look directly in the bucket before flushing.
• Don’t use the foot-soak bucket for any other purpose.

Foot soaking is a Sahaja Yoga technique which many people will recognize from everyday life. Quit simply it is the Sahaja Yoga version of putting the feet in a bowl of warm water as a way of relaxing at the end of the day. It is best done in the evening, and the main difference in Sahaja terms is that salt is added to the water to represent the earth element. In this way we use all the elements - fire (with the candle), air, water and earth. The element of water rinses away, and salt (earth element) sucks or absorbs away negativity. Vibrations are the key to helping these processes work.



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The Knots Prayer

Dear Mother:
Please untie the knots
that are in my mind,
my heart and my life.
Remove the have nots,
the can nots and the do nots
that I have in my mind.

Erase the will nots,
may nots,
might nots that may find
a home in my heart.

Release me from the could nots,
would nots and
should nots that obstruct my life.

And most of all,
Dear Mother,
I ask that you remove from my mind,
my heart and my life all of the 'am nots' 

that I have allowed to hold me back,
especially the thought
that I am not good enough.
 
I am your son,
and that means everything to me.
Amen


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Establishing Sahaja Yoga within us

After experiencing kundalini awakening, it is important to nurture this seed, to help it to grow and establish.

1. Meditate at home: Shri Mataji’s Photograph, you may get from Sahajayoga’s centers near you. Frame the photograph. (avoid black colored or plastic frame). Put the photograph of Shri Mataji on a table and put a lighted candle in front of it. The photograph emits a constant stream of positive, cool vibrations (energy). Raise and “tie up” your Kundalini and put a protective “Bandhan” around yourself. Then, open your hands and place them palmupwards in your lap. Close your eyes. Try to keep your attention relaxed and focused on the top of the head (at Sahasrara). Meditate quietly for 10 to 20 minutes. During this period, allow your mind to be silent; you do not need to say any affirmations or concentrate on anything. You may find your thoughts wandering to past or projected future events. Try to witness them and let go, gradually letting the peace settle in. After meditating, raise your Kundalini again using your hands and put yourself in Bandhan.
This regular practice will help you to develop and maintain a state of inner peace which will last throughout the day as your attention becomes more and more identified with the Spirit within you. You can learn further meditation and clearing techniques for each chakra as you continue your practice of Sahaja Yoga.

2. Attend Sahaja Yoga center: Collective meditation is a more powerful aid to growth. At your local Sahaja Yoga center, you can learn more about the techniques by which we can balance overselves, clear blockages and develop the qualities of the Chakras. Sahaja Yoga centers are always free of charge. We should visit Sahaja Yoga center once in a week.

3. Listen to Shri Mataji's lectures: Shri Mataji has given hundreds of talks in Hindi, English and Marathi, explaning all aspects of the Subtle System and of spiritual life. Her love and wisdom, expressed in these talks, is a great help in our growth.The talks are available on Cassettes and CDs at the centers.

4. Use Sahaja Yoga treatments: These are simple treatments utilizing the power of the elements to balance and clear our Subtle System. Foot Soaking is a very effective treatment. Try a week of meditating, using Foot Soaking in the evening, and you will see the difference.


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Experience your realization

The Kundalini rises in the presence of an awakened person and Shri Mataji's Photograph has the same effect. (You can get Shri Mataji's Photograph from the Sahaja Yoga centre near you.) Find a quiet place. Stand the Photograph on a clean surface and sit comfortably with the hands palm-upwards on the lap. Close the eyes and allow the thinking process to subside naturally. It is not necessary to do any physical or mental exercises, or make effort. On the contrary, it is better to let go and allow the natural process of Sahaja Yoga to work out.
At the start of meditation it is useful to clear first the Left and then the Right Channel. These become overactive from our daily lives and disturb us with thoughts and images.

Sit comfortably in front of Shri Mataji's picture, with the left hand palm upwards on your lap. Close the eyes and, placing the right hand on the Chakras on the left side of your body as shown, say the affirmations silently inside.

Place the right hand on the lap and sit in meditation for some time. You can open the eyes and look at Shri Mataji's Photograph without thinking.

10. Try placing first the right and then the left hand a few inches above the top of the head, and see if you can feel a cool or warm breeze coming out. A breeze on the palms and top of the head, and a state of thoughtless peace, indicates that the Kundalini has risen.

11. Raise both hands towards the sky with the palms facing forward, tilt the head back and ask:-
'Shri Mataji, is this the All-pervading Power of God's Love?'
A wave of bliss and an increase in the breeze can be felt.
Initially, it is helpful to go through the whole process. After some time you may find that steps 6 to 9 are sufficient.

"You just 'become', like a flower becomes the fruit. It's built-in within you. Allow it to work out." H.S.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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