Posted in Quotations, Shri Mataji on Feb 20th, 2010
Everything that you are doing is for God and that is why you are doing it for your Self.
So introspection is very important. Criticising others should be less and criticising yourself and laughing at yourself is the best.
I laugh at myself many a times and say many things like that, if you have noticed. That [...]
Before we came to Mother’s side
We felt knowledge was the key
To unfolding all the mysteries
Of life to set us free.
Now we know that ego’s trap
Ensnares our wisdom, and yet
We still attempt to solve it all
By falling further into the net!
It is only through surrender
To the Great Intelligence
That we come to understand
The Divine, Authentic Sense.
God is [...]
Part of the Cosmos
I am not my mind.
I am not my ego, so vain.
I am not my body
With all its passions and pains.
I am not my profession,
Nor inspiration, nor art.
I am not all these things -
This I feel in my heart.
I am bathing in Cosmic rays
In Eternal Love of God
I am only Pure Spirit -
Nothing [...]
Posted in Personal Experiences, Shri Mataji on Nov 6th, 2008
It was about 1991 or 1992, in Delhi.
I was travelling with Shri Mataji, founder of Sahaja Yoga, and I asked a question which had been in my mind.
“What is the thin line dividing self respect and ego?”
“A person who has self respect has no ego.” Mother replied.
G.K.D.
What right have we to question God’s will?
How can we know what is in the mind of God?
Why should we become dismayed and enraged
When the world fails to deliver what we desire?
These thoughts, feelings and beliefs come only from the Ego.
They have no reality outside of the brittle structures
Created by the wants and wishes of [...]