Wednesday, May 22, 2013

BUDDHA in modern times: «this COLLECTIVE LIFE will definitely give you what Buddha got through His individual efforts.»


In Lumbini
In Sahaja Yoga, we have now understood that all other desires are not pure desires. Firstly, whatever desires are fulfilled, we are not satisfied by it, first thing. And secondly, all these desires have a repercussion. So what is the pure desire? That, you all know, is the kundalini. Kundalini is the power of pure desire, which fulfils your pure desire to be the spirit, to be Buddha, to be enlightened.
Buddha means a person who is enlightened.
So Gautama become... became Buddha, as you people now have become Sahaja yogis. But because He went through all these various penances, whatever He learned became part and parcel of Him, but in Sahaja Yoga it is all sahaj.
So we always conclude everything that "This is, after all, sahaj." And when we try to work out anything, we always say: 
"Oh, it will work out spontaneously. It's all right, Mother will do for us everything."
This is a common failing in Sahaja Yoga. 
So whether to put you all through that long process or to give you realization was a question before me. Because, in these days of confusion there cannot be much time to put you through all which Buddha had gone, and He was one individual, I had to put all of you. That would have been very difficult. I don't know how many would have sustained it. Most of them would have dropped out half way, or maybe quarter of the way. 

So it was done in a sahaj manner. You did not have to sit in a banyan tree. Ultimately you got your realization. Your kundalini was awakened and you got your enlightenment.
But that enlightenment which settled in Buddha, is not settled in us because our chakras were not cleansed as He had cleansed His chakras. We had the same body, the same mind and the same attitude when we got realization!
As we were looking at the house of God, still we are looking at the house of God, but you have entered inside the house and you have to look out from the windows. This you forget. And though we are sitting now on a hilltop out of all the congestion and all the traffic, still you see a car, you get frightened. You don't know you are sitting on top of a hill where your Mother has put you nicely. And that is how you try to behave. When I get reports about Sahaja yogis, I am quite amazed that they do not know that they are realized souls now.
That's why Buddha talked of desirelessness. 
It's not possible before realization, even after realization I find it's difficult. Some sort of a subtle desire exists and where you have to work it out, you do not work it out, saying that "Our ego will be catching." So wherever it suits us we work that way, wherever it suits we work this way.
The solution of the whole thing is one which I have found out Myself, was this: that it's a collective happening. A person who is an individual can never get over his ego. Individualistic person cannot get over his ego. The one who lives individually, wants to enjoy everything individually, can never get over his ego because you have not gone through all that penances. Or else, if you are an individual then you better go through all these penances and then come back. 
So the solution is to wash all our chakras, cleanse our life in the collective, and this is what was the solution of the problem of ego. Formerly, everybody worked out individually. Like they had to go to Himalayas, take some guru, then the guru would throw him out. Then he would go to another guru, then work there, then he'll throw it out. Then next life he'll be born again; again he'll be thrown out. Ultimately, if one guru accepts, all right, very well. He's beaten up, he's tortured, he's treated every way, hanged upside-down. And then ultimately, if any guru gets nearer to any one individual, he would give him realization. This was the situation. 
But in Sahaja Yoga, the door is open - anybody can come in, anybody: Get your realization!
Because I have faith in collectivity, this collective life will definitely give you what Buddha got through His individual efforts. 
But there also we fail 
that we do not 
know how to be
collective. 
Individualism is all the time around us. In every way we think of individuals. Wherever collectivity has worked, Sahaja Yoga has prospered; and wherever it has not worked, there has been a problem. So it is very important that we should look at ourselves, and see for ourselves and see how much collective we are.
Do you enjoy collectivity, or not? Are you aiming at collectivity, or not? 
As soon as I thought of this Cabella - place you have seen, and I thought I'll make a little ashram there, near the river, for you. Immediately people said: "Mother is it all right if we buy our own houses here?" Immediately. Then what is the purpose? And then they will call Me, "Mother please come to my house for dinner. Please come to my little house for some tea." I'm not interested.
So in Sahaja Yoga, unless and until you really become collective in every sense, you cannot ascend and you cannot wash yourself, you cannot cleanse yourself.
This point He did not say, but in a way He did say because He has said,…/… "Sangham sharanam gacchami." Sangha means collectivity, I surrender myself to the collectivity.
1991-08/04: You must become desireless, Shri Buddha Puja, Deinze, Belgium

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

AN AWARD FOR OUR FRENCH SINGER !


AMAZING GRACE ON YOANN
Yoann is Leeladhara 
You should have seen the attention and unity of us sahajas yogis in French National Seminar in Seignosse watching on saturday night the final of The Voice! Some did send 108 SMS to feed the public votation!
Thus, the group melted unanimous in his support for a brother yogi (Unity is rare, those days, in Sahaj world)
Yoann, "his nature is generous, he is a courageous young man and we can only wish him well in the world of showbiz." voncluded the blogger of Le Nouvel Observateur (compare: Time magazine)
Shri Mataji had often emphasized how much She expected from in becoming real quality professional. One can succeed with a PHD, as well as becoming a plumber, but then he too must become a master of this art!
Mother rejected behavior hippies behaviours (in the early 80es), and requested that yogis would be such that they bring a good name on Sahaja Yoga. Let's ask ourselves: was this fame Her only motivation? Was it not a diplomatic and lovable way to push us to ask another question, because we will not all become doctors, isn't it?
THE ART OF SUCCESS, THE ART OF MASTERY
So, did we - all of us, did we become masters in Sahaja Yoga? How many times Mother did ask to become gurus, masters, such that people will recognize our value, at first glance, either in our profession or in our families, or of course by our depth, and more: compassion? Given the success of Leeladhar (Yoann), we all can take a lesson in the art of success. He teaches us what does mean dedication to a 'call': how many exercises, scales, preparation, time, work. All the viewers, the public and the coaches, could see how he 'lives' both music and spirituality. Dedication and devotion do not mean a movement of feeling in the ida nadi, or a mere and pleasant  self-gratifying twinge of  the heart: it is a practice, according to any dictionary.
And we all could see how, when such devotion exists, then (only then?) ParamChaitanya comes to the rescue! How Kundalini allows Yoann to focus, instead of falling in fear or ego; how Shri Bhraanti, the aspect of the Mother who is the Goddess of Confusion, leads competitors to make mistakes, how a mere 0.2% difference to the second, like a light divine touch, finally crowns our Sahaja Yogi brother in his venture, how the Divine only gives the success at the end of the contest: 0.2%: just a sigh of the Holy Breath. In essence, Mother said that it is not as if the ParamChaitanya would run after you to help you: you have to get started!
Yet, how many times did Shri Mataji repeat that we do Sahaja Yoga 'by the way', by  the  way , there will be a puja, but it must be a weekend, 'by the way' Mother will cleanse us ? (Laxenburg, 1985)
He won a Singing tour in France +One CD by Universal company
Leeladhar personality, his victory, the vibrations of Grace (amazing Grace) through the plasma screen, the call (I'm calling you!) will have no impact, if each of us we do not find how to anchor Sahaja Yoga in our life. Seekers are attracted towards us, and they stay, only if our meditation is deep enough, if our heart is open and attentive, if we are united in a collective dynamic, willing to integrate, to welcome and care.

  • We have to congratulate Leeladhar twice, for his success is our lesson. The only way to thank him, for us, is to raise ourselves up to this level. In this sense, his voice, awarded as the best of France this year, his voice shows us the way.