Sahaja Yoga News

On February 25, for the first time, there was held a Public Forum for Spreading Sahaja Yoga in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): Sahaja Yogis from different countries were discussing collective ways of spreading the message of Shri Mataji. The same day there was collectively offered Shri Adi Shakti Puja.

Shri Mataji always told us that we are a united family, that we do not have any national differences, any state difference. All these should go away. What each of us really has got within is the Spirit and there is one and indivisible family, one and indivisible world where we should carry the message of Shri Mataji to all the corners of the world. And if we are focused on problems, our own or collective ones, most people in the world won’t have an opportunity to get self-realization. Our open heart and attention kept on spreading Sahaja Yoga will bring peace to this world. Nothing else will be able to unite us and to give us such great joy which we would like to have and the joy of being near Shri Mataji. Sahaja Yoga tours which have been recently held gave us a tremendous feeling of staying in the presence of Shri Mataji. When we give Self-realization, everybody feels that Mother is near. This feeling appears when we understand that in reality we do nothing: we do not see Kundalini rising, we do not see how everything happens. Shri Mataji gave us a very simple method and uses us as instruments. But there cannot be birth without Mother. And when we see people get in mass Self-realization, we get a great joyful feeling of Mother’s presence – Mother is with us. Her subtle all-pervading energy is everywhere! And the moment of the closest being with Shri Mataji is when you see how She gives birth to a new child. And if we offer our instruments for Her work, we will always feel joy from being close to Shri Mataji. We should just take our attention away from everything that distracts it from it and slows this work down.

Many Sahaja Yogis shared their experience of spreading Sahaja Yoga in the countries where they had come from.

A brother from Belarus said that though the economic situation in this country is deplorable, though it is officially forbidden to spread Sahaja Yoga there, truth will always celebrate victory. There is a collective of Sahaja Yogis in Belarus who are spreading Mother’s teaching among their relatives and friends. Many Sahaja Yogis who live in different parts of the world have come from Belarus.

Dmitry B. from Moscow told us about the four Sahaja Yoga tours to Belarus which were organized by Russia and supported by Lithuania last year.

In Kazakhstan there are about 30 Sahaja Yoga centers where Sahaja Yoga is gradually developing. Kazakh Sahaja Yogis plan to organize some joint SY tours in their country together with Russian Yogis. A Sahaja Yogini from Chimkent (Kazakhstan) shared her experience of their giving Self-realization to thousands of children in schools under the auspices of the bodies of city administration. A sister from Russia who lives in Kazakhstan spoke about the experience of starting Sahaja Yoga “from zero” in Baikanur (a closed academic city in Kazakhstan), “We came to that city on November 26, and Sahaja Yoga classes started on December 1”.

A sister from Mongolia came to that country from Europe with the only purpose to spread Sahaja yoga there. “I wanted people to learn about Sahaja Yoga in the country where I had been born! And first I was absolutely alone there. But then there came such tremendous and love from Russia… For example, I write something and support comes so quickly and the result is seen immediately!”

Oksana and Dmitry A. lived in Mongolia several months last year, “Mongolian people are very sensitive to Sahaja Yoga and they are very deep people. But false teachings are widely spread in Mongolia and, thus, there is almost no seeker who wouldn’t practice something. And it is great that new Sahaja Yogis in Mongolia are getting their own, miraculous, experience now which helps them go deeper”.

Some more things that Shri Mataji taught us were mentioned at the Forum, “The most important thing is to reach Nirvikalpa. To reach this state we should fulfill two things – to constantly keep our attention in Sahasrara and to be humble to Shri Mataji. Are we all able to do it? From morning till night we should ask ourselves, “Where is my attention?” But very often we think only about problems: family, work, health… But 24 hours a day our attention should be in Sahasrara. Humbleness to Shri Mataji: not to blame, not to criticize, not to have desires. But sometimes it happens that we criticize whoever it is, from the president to our children and spouses. Of course, we should distinguish who is right and who is not but it is enough just to do a bandhan for any kind of problem. And there also should be forgiveness!

It is very important to develop Divine qualities in yourself: wisdom, kindness, love, mutual support. Sahaja Yogis should help each other! And do they really help? We speak about yoga and love but do we develop it in our lives?! If there is no kindness, we should develop it. The same refers to compassion and love. They will be developed and we will get great pleasure from it. For the people to love us and to respect us, we should become the ones they would like to follow. The more love you will give, the more love will come to you!

Shri Mataji asked us to speak only in a positive way. But why then we say so often, “Oh, I am so ill. Oh, my son is so bad…” We get what we think. Probably, someone is poor but he shouldn’t keep his attention on his poverty. God gives us what we think and say. The same refers to our health… Our attention should be on Shri Mataji and Mother will do everything for us, She will correct everything. It is She who does it all…”

All Sahaja Yogis unanimously supported the idea of conducting the Forum and it was collectively decided to hold the Public Forum for spreading Sahaja Yoga in the Commonwealth countries annually in the International Sahaja Yoga Center in Togliatti, Russia.

To support and to develop the initiatives for spreading Sahaja Yoga in the Commonwealth of Independent States it was suggested to collaborate and to collectively develop the projects the ideas of which are supported at the Forum in the frames of the Public committee for spreading Sahaja Yoga in the CIS. Any Sahaja Yogi who would like to spread Sahaja Yoga and to develop the initiatives suggested at the Forum can join the work of the Public Forum of the CIS.

At the present, there has started active work for the development of the international tours about the countries of Central Asia, Northern Caucuses, Mongolia, Belarus, Moldova and the Baltic states. All the information about the organization and conduction of the international tours will be published on the web-site of the Public Forum www.forumsy.ru .

After all the discussions at the First Public Forum, there was collectively offered Shri Adi Shakti Puja where all Sahaja Yogis asked for the blessings for spreading Sahaja Yoga in their countries and in the whole world.