Resolution for 2011

Life is serious

We have always said that life is really serious.

Click here to see the proof

Know thyself

Animals teach meditation 7: our hands can talk!

Each chakra has been assigned a zone on the hand - here is a chart. But again, refer to a teacher for further info on what to do with the info you get from your hands.
Anyone wants to report a special feeling in one of the fingers? which hand was that?

Animals teach meditation 6: start your meditation practice

Advice from both our animal and human meditation experts: meditation is deeper when you do it in a group. Join a meditation group near you! See here (if your country is not listed, contact us).

Animals teach meditation 5: checking vibrations again...

Or ask a friend... Anyway, let us know what you felt.

Animals teach meditation 4: get your Self Realization

Warning: if you are a human, especially an adult, animal lessons could not be enough for you to properly learn meditation. Please refer to a human instructor for more details - we'd be happy to refer you to one if you ask.
Seriously now, to get your Self Realization, go here.

Foot soak now

Happy Sahaja Thankgiving

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Animals teach meditation 3: why meditate?

Animals teach meditation 2: Meditation is for you if...

 

If you're a cat, don't worry: your natural ability to hunt will not disappear.

What will vanish is just the added violence you might have got from living with a nervous human or in a violent human environment. :))

Animals teach meditation

As our star Garfield is out for a short vacation :), we are starting a new series, "Animals teach meditation". If you´ve got photos of animals looking like they are meditating, please contribute.

Lesson 1: Is meditation for me?

 For copyright owners of the photos: please don't get our hides. No money will be made out of this kind of meditation!

New mantra for not feeling guilty

Enlightened email

via Noise Of India Cartoons

Quiz - a yogi meets a tiger - some answers we got by email

Rayavarapu Narayana Rao: A sensible tiger says Annapurna mantra

Supraja Krishna: Tiger will come closer to hear that clearly

Kunal Shah: As Shree Durga Maa is in the yogi's heart, the tiger should take him to his destination

Sunil Gaonkar: The tiger will run for shelter


Thank you all who have either commented on the previous post or sent us your answers by email. I found some of your suggestions quite interesting...

The Tiger ;)

Quiz - a yogi meets a tiger

A yogi unexpectedly meets a tiger in the jungle. He starts saying Shri Durga mantra.

What does the tiger do?

Geek meditation session

via Joy of Tech

Chello Sahaji

Last week, during Adi Shakti puja weekend the Ontario collective attended the Kitchener Waterloo Multicultural festival where our group, "Chello Sahaji" was invited to perform.

During the phone discussion with some organizers, Glenn (a member of the group) was asked about the correct pronunciation of the group name. So he told him how to spell it and the guy wrote it down.

But somewhere between this time and the time the boards with the schedule were printed, the name and the pronunciation were mixed so here is the result of how our group was advertised:

Shopping fun

I was shopping in a supermarket, and I noticed in a shopping cart there were: green chillies, lemons, coconut, camphor, candles and incense.

I waited to see its owner and I saw a lady, so I said "Jai Shri Mataji!".

She turned suddenly towards me shocked and said: "How did you know? I have never met you".

I said: "We have two brother carts."

***

I went with an Indian yogi in Italy to shop.

I noticed he was buying a huge quantity of bananas so I asked him: "What are you going to do with so many bananas?"

He said: "They are very good for Hanumana principle."

And I went on with my shopping. He saw a lot of meat in my cart so he said: "Why so much meat"

I said: "It is for Durga principle."

A lot of joy,

sis Mirvat

New Garfield

From nmirel:
I felt, being harsh to Garfield all the time is not fair:)

Hence my second and last 'version':

Clean your room

Here is a good joke from "nmirel". We also included the praises :)


my humble attempt...for fun
you're doing a great job!!! thank you!
nmirel

1.column:
John: Garfield, you forgot to clean up your room yesterday!
Garfield: You know, meditation gave me a different vision to look to my life.I don't hold on clutter and emotional baggage from yesterday.

2.column:
John: Make sure, your room looks spic and span tomorrow morning!
Garfield: I don't live in the future. It's my attention is in the present, then no worries, concerns are present.

3.column:
John: Gaaaaarfield! TIDY UP your room NOW!!!

Tired...

Via Sid

Real funny stories - brain switch

Before posting some of answer to our "contest" here is a funny story from yesterday.

We had a nice puja in Kitchener-Waterloo area (Ontario, Canada) and it was the first time I was asked to lead the puja.

Now, before going forward, I have to explain you something.

Those of us who are moving to another country are in a strange position. We slowly, slowly forget our mother tongue or talk have a strange accent and we can never speak perfectly the new language. Also, we can understand both languages, even if talked right after another, but when we are to speak it takes us few seconds be able to go from one to another. It is like we have a brain switch that changes the output from one language to another.

So now back to the puja. I got all planned out. I got a transcript of what needs to happen at the puja, with a list of songs, even approximate times when each has to happen so we finish in time. I was 100% sure that there was nothing I missed.

We started the puja with a short meditation, we went through few mantras.

Behind me there was a Romanian yogini with a cute 3-4 years daughter and she told her something, I don't remember what, in Romanian language. At that moment, the switch in my brain changed to Romanian.

And happily I spoke on the microphone:

"Acum sa spunem mantra pentru Nirvichara si sa stam in meditatie pentru 2 minute"

that is: "Let's say the mantra for Nirvichara and spend 2 minutes in meditation"

Something did not sound right... The room was at once quiet and I started the mantra and so did everybody else. I did not realize what has just happened until few second later.

Only after we finished the mantra, it occurred to me that some yogis from the 200 yogis in sitting behind me might not be so proficient in Romanian so, to help them, I translated in English :)

Contest

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Funny truth about money

We have NO influence whatsoever on how much money we are making!

Especially for Sahaja Yogis, the more we try to make money, the less we make.

True of False?

Use the comment section for answering

Together ...

when people are together, they can do amazing stuff...

Software Yoga

In order to understand Sahaja Yoga and life in general you have to be a software developer :)

Life of a software geek seems boring, but it is no more boring than the life of any other person.

When you join a new company, you have to work on a software product you have no clue about.

Same when you are born, you have no idea about your body or what one earth you are doing here.

You don't know how the product is built, what is its purpose and how it works.

Nevertheless, you have to work on it.

You have no (or very little) documentation, no blue print so most of the time you have to play with it to see how it works.

It works most of the time, just like our body and subtle system and chakras.

It has some bugs, though, some parts that are not working properly. And you are assigned tasks to fix it. That is why you are here, you got this job in the first place.

And this is when it is getting interesting. You have to fix something you don't fully understand, have no idea of its purpose and works random some time.

So you start to work. Lots of time you make more damage than fix. Take servers down, drive customers crazy, upset the "Supervisor", feel bad.

This part takes more or less time. The more screwed the system is, the more time it takes to fix.

But soon something wonderful happens. The more time you spend on fixing it, the more you understand how it works.

The more you understand how it works, them more you understand its purpose.

Then it is easier and easier to fix the remaining bugs.

The faster you are at fixing bugs, the more enjoyable the job it. The bugs don't trouble you anymore. You start seeing it just as temporary.

And your Supervisor is more an more happy with you so your pay is better every day that passes.

And also, one day, He or She will help you fix the remaining issues so you can enjoy even more the job.

Actually He or She helped you along the way as well, but you were to busy to notice!

new layout for the blog

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Funny Thank you

We are continuing the series about the "Funny" serious stuff we do.

We talked about "Funny sorry".

Today about "Funny Thank You".

The "funny sorry" is a lot of time accompanied by the "funny thank you".

For example, while walking towards a door at the same time with somebody. If the door is not big enough for two, one if not both of them will say "Sorry". One will stop and say: "Please go ahead". The other one will say: "Thank you".

We we buy something we say: "Sorry to bother you, can I have a ...". "Sure here we are". we pay and they we say: "Thank you." The employee say also "Thank you for buying". When he or she give us the change we say: "Thank you". While we leave, he tells us: "Have a nice day!" We reply: "Thanks a lot, you too!". He says: "Thank you"

We also go to the doctor and after a 5 minutes consultation again we say "Thank you so much" even if we pay for the visit.

The children have to say "Thank you for the meal" after eating even if it might be the parents that should thank for the opportunity.

We say "Thank you" when our boss gives us the paycheck :) He says: "Thank you for the had work". We then say: "Thank you" for his praise. "It is great to work here", we say. "Great to know, thank you. It is great to have you here" he says. "Thank you", we say.

We take a cab and say "Thank you for the ride". The driver says: "Thank you for the tip, have a nice day..."

you get the idea :)

Sahaj cartoons in French

The copyright was not observed again :)

Read one post in French here

Sahaj Cartoons translated

See here.

English version here

True story: To help or not to help

Here is another story. And involves also my friend George from Mantra for Ego.

Same place, "Sunny Meadow", a nice camp in the mountains of Romania where we spent with yogis the New Year in the early 90s.

As there were so many of us, the water at the washrooms was not enough so we needed to go outside (it was winter!!!) and wash our faces and teeth in the morning using the water of a small river passing by.

We felt very proud as we were (or pretended to be) detached of the cold.

I was sitting near George, brushing our teeth, when he lost his balance.

Now, this small river, creek actually was only around 1 m wide so you can easily jump over it.

When he lost his balance, he tried to jump on the other side.

I noticed only that he lost his balance and I tried to help, pulling him back.

Now you probably remember from high school Physics studies. If you apply 2 opposite equal forces to an object, it stays put.

So did George, who tried to jump over the creek, I pulled him back, so he was very curious why he stopped somewhere in the air. Gravity helped him to fall right into the middle of the creek.

It took all of us, including George, some time to stop laughing.

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Funny "Sorry"

One friend was combing her daughter's hair when she pulled it a little too hard.

"Ouch!!!" said her daughter

"Oops, I am so sorry" said her mom right away. "I did not mean it!"

"Then why do you say 'sorry'... You should never be sorry for things you did not mean!"

While this is a simple story it shows how much wiser the children are compared to adults (not that we needed much proof for that). We feel and say sorry for so many things we have not control.

We feel sorry if it rains when we organize a party for somebody.

We feel sorry when we do not know about a friends problem and we don't help. We also feel sorry if we help but it does not turn as we wanted.

What is the funniest thing you feel sorry for?

Let me start: I feel guilty when my left Vishuddi catches...

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Left-Sided or Right-Sided

From Alla

Where is your Mind?

Almost a year ago, we were on a Sahaja Yoga public program in Mulund, Mumbai and a Sahaja yogi friend came wearing a t-shirt that read "Body and Soul".

I asked him that your body and soul is here, but "where's your mind?".

We all started laughing and the pleasant mood favored the public program.

Regards,
Nirav from Arkansas, USA

Future of Sahaja Yoga (part 2)

(read Part One here)

There was quiet for a short while, then John asked:

- I still have few questions. I cannot seem to find the answer to them

- Sure, ask them, but for most of them the answer is Love.

- Sorry?!?

- Go ahead and ask...

- So what is the most important thing we should do to help people? Give realization, organize big program, seminars?

- None, just love them...

- How is it lots of them come but they are not attracted to our programs?

- Because you don't know how to love them...

- How should we organize ourselves?

- Don't...

- How will loving them help? We still have to do our programs don't we?

- Love is like the fragrance of a flower. They will feel it and they will come and stick around. It does not matter how the flowers are organized in a meadow, does it?!?

The psychologist lemon

Via Silvana (Italy):

An interesting technique for improving ourselves comes from Ukraine (or so).

A nice, big lemon needs to be involved in it.

We invite the lemon to get vibrations, then we just take it, hold it in our hand and then very sweetly we tell it all our problems and... it will absorb all of them!

This is not an official techique, but try to believe it!

There is no end to creativity...

This might be a true story, said as a joke by the organizer of a program in Ukraine. Or maybe somewhere else... Or maybe it is not even true. But it is funny :)

Sahaja Yoga for inmates (answers)

As you know many Sahaja Yoga programs were led in the prisons of the world.

What do you think is the favorite mantra of the inmates?!?

The answer, after the break.

... break ...

Here are the answers we received:

norbert said...
I am not guilty at all...

templeofspirit said...
The mantra to Shri Hanumana... so that they can fly away! :)

Sahaja Yoga for inmates

As you know many Sahaja Yoga programs were led in the prisons of the world.

What do you think is the favorite mantra of the inmates?!?

The answer, after the break.

You can leave a comment with what do you think is the answer. All the answers will be posted only tomorrow

True stories: what does "balanced" mean

From Gita:

Recently in our class.

New participant: "If I catch on the left and on the right Vishuddi, is my Vishuddi then balanced?"

Answer (without thinking): "No, that means it's messed up."

True stories - enlightened lemons

From Silvana (Italy)

It happened many years ago, during one of the first classes I have attended.

The teacher was explaining us a few techniques for clearing our chakras, when he started with a new one called "matka".

We were supposed to use lemons and chillies.

So he said: "Take 7 nice lemons and put them to MEDITATE in front of Shri Mataji's picture..." at that point, after an immediate surprise, everybody started laughing while thinking of the lemons meditating...

True stories - Mantra for Ego

This happened some time ago, at a nice camp "Sunny Meadow" in Carpathians, Romania.

We all sat for meditation, very serious, truly understanding the importance of the moment.

My good friend George was leading the meditation, going through different mantras for chakras.

When we reached Agnya, he said:

"Let's now say the mantra for Ego: Mother you are not doing anything, I am doing everything!"

I do not know if he did it on purpose, but the result was explosive. We all started laughing and we did not stop for a while!!!

True stories

We are starting a new series of posts called "True stories".

Did anything funny happened to you in your Sahaj life. Share it with us so we can enjoy and laugh together.

You can send it by email at contact@sahajayogablog.org.

Thank you,
Dragos

Light Bulb

From Leanne

Me

Things are quiet lately, so enjoy one real Garfield:

Safety first (a poster from India)

New subchakra

Details are emerging of a new sub-chakra, the San Serriffe.


see here 

Who's more humble?

Reasons NOT to meditate - feel good

World Wide Vibrations competition First Edition: results

And here are the winners :)

Number of answers: 6
Yes: 2
No: 3
The result was not clear: 1

Comments: 2
1. :(
2. I used 4 envelopes instead of 5, 'cause I couldn't find 5 identical. But they were pretty large and I put red sheets of paper inside. And the photo was very small. The difference was barely noticeable but it was there. I checked twice the vibrations of each envelope and the result was the same.

Thank you all for participating and let us know if you want to do it again!

World Wide Vibrations competition - First Edition

We have the honor and joy to declare the competition open!

Here are the rules:

You will have to test your vibration awareness and anonymously share with us the results.

Take five envelopes, each of them having inside a blank piece of paper.

Place a photo of Shri Mataji in one of them and shuffle the envelopes.

Make it in such a way that you will not be able to tell from outside which one contains the photo.

After the meditation or whenever you think you are most balanced try to identify which envelope contains the photo.

After that please let us know the results before the end of Sunday, March 7th, 2010 by clicking here

Monday, we'll post the general results.

Good luck!!!

Driving your car in year 2030

We hired a team of kids and here is their first production:

World Wide Vibrations competition

We present you the

World Wide Vibrations competition

addressed to all Sahaja Yogis and Yoginis.

In this competition, you will have to compete against a worthy opponent: yourself!

Here are the rules:

Once a month, you will have to test your vibration awareness and anonymously share with us the results.

You will take five envelopes, each of them having inside a blank piece of paper.

Inside one of them place a photo of Shri Mataji and shuffle the envelopes.

Make it in such a way that you will not be able to tell from outside which one contains the photo.

After the meditation or whenever you think you are most balanced try to identify which envelope contains the photo.

We'll then provide you a link to upload your result: Success or Fail.

Then after 1 month we'll do it again and see if anything changed.

Of course, you are allow to "cheat" in the meantime and clear as much as you can Vishuddhi.

Are you game?

Shoebeat

From Silvana (Rome)

Modern Office Gita

Enjoy via Rabi



Gita Summary.....

'Project' is nothing but 'Mahamaya' (great illusion)

Today you're doing a Project
Tomorrow someone else will do it

...the day after some one else......

What great have you achieved ...

that you are trying to use it in your Project?

What great are you learning...
that 'll come in use in your next Project?


'Error' is nothing but the greatest truth

Today also it exists and shall continue to exist forever
Do you feel you have fixed the Error?
You are greatly mistaken.

That is everlasting
It keeps on appearing in newer Form
...always in front you.
Realize it 'Parth'(companion/friend) (Shri Krishna always addressed Arjuna by this gesture)

That is why ...Keep on Re-working..
Don't think about Errors

It'll keep on propping up automatically
by its own self...as you trail along...


Hurry Home (Harry Om)

at 5:30 (office closing hours)

No bandhan, no snow

From Silvana (Rome)

Winter Yoga

Kung-fu Panda and His Friends

Look deep into my eyes… You are feeling sleepy…

more panda wisdom here:
http://www.free-meditation.ca/archives/3832

Yogi "Competition"

Why people don't stay - The answer

Many of you have felt the cool breeze on your hands and out of your brain. Some have grown in Sahaja Yoga, some have not. Some are still carrying on with old catches. But now I have to say that quite a lot of you can become gurus, means teachers, and you should act as teachers. To act as teacher you should know Sahaja Yoga, the theory and the practice of it, thoroughly well, and then you can become a guru. It’s a very responsibility, lot of understanding for a guru.

You should not have any ego, first. You should not have any of your chakras catching. You should be absolutely clear all the time, and there the vibrations should be flowing in both the hands. If they are moving in one hand and not in another, you cannot become guru. So you have to be a perfect Sahaja yogi, then you can be a guru.

(Photo and excerpt Guru Puja, 2008-07-20, Cabella Ligure, Italy)

Understanding life

Thanks Cristi!

Why people don't stay?!? - Possible answer 1

Why people don't stay?!?

What do you think John does not do right? What is he missing when he is doing the programs?

See the answer here

Where is God?

A story via Children's land

This is a story of the famous (late) Indian Scientist Dr. Hargobind Khorana and his son…

Dr Khorana had, with complicated logic, proved to his eminent peers that God does not exist. Firm in this belief, and wanting to hammer it home, he put up a sign to this effect over the door to his house: “GOD IS NOWHERE”!

His little son returned from school and proudly told his father that he could now manage to read sentences. Dr Khorana promptly asked his son to read the statement above the main door. The little boy looked hard at the line and began: GOD – IS – NOW – HERE…

It is said that, contrary to all logic, Dr Khorana’s belief had changed!

Long live the innocence of children, and may it infect all mankind!

Morning Introspections

New Year Resolution

No matter what happens in the project,

Whatever may be the pressure, deadlines, tensions!!

I’ll maintain this spirit…


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Sahaj Day (or not...)

My daddy is an astronaut

The teacher in class is asking the children what their fathers' jobs were. When his turn came, little Johnny says: "My daddy is an astronaut. He has been several times on the Moon and has analysed many samples of soil collected from the Moon surface."

After class, the teacher asks Johnny to stay a bit later than his classmates and asks him again "Is your dad really an astronaut?"

"No, he's not", little Johnny replies, "but if I'd told you that he was a sahaja yogi, that he works with realised children, that they meditate together every day, reaching amazing states of joy and inner peace, and that he has participated in many pujas with Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, who is the Incarnation of Adi Shakti, would you have believed me?"

translated from Humor Sahaja

Yogis vs. Non Yogis

Disclaimer: This joke was not created by us