Sahaja Yoga Meditation in the USA

When we are aware of our true selves, even in the face of adversity, or when we are challenged, we remain patient, calm and quiet.

As we continue to meditate, we develop detachment. We develop faith in ourselves.

As we develop an attitude of acceptance, we start noticing the glory of the creation in all its forms.

Take it as a mantra—“I enjoy whatever is there”—to slow down and start noticing what has been arranged for us, right now, in this moment, for us to enjoy. We start enjoying the moment we stop thinking and reacting.

People who meditate regularly using the Sahaja Yoga Meditation technique speak with eloquence. What they say is deep and powerful.

A friend of mine told me what he has found, after practicing Sahaja Meditation for several years.

He said when we strive for perfection, we end up worrying about the results, instead of just doing it. Just do it.

We can generate a lot of internal worrying by setting very high standards for ourselves. We are putting trouble in ourselves. By trying too hard to be perfect, we get agitated, and then, after we have tried and not attained perfection, we can fall into guilt. “I didn’t get it right.”

He said that now, in a state of meditation, it’s possible to just do things, and not worry about will happen.

“Knowing without thinking” is a way of instantly knowing something. Without thinking, with just feeling - looking at, smelling, tasting, listening to, or touching - we experience enjoyment. Connecting with the real world through feeling it, we know instantly. In Sahaja Meditation, this state of “instantly knowing” — a state of tremendous bliss and pleasure — a state without any thoughts — can last for hours.

When we use our mind to analyze and form an opinion about something or someone, we disconnect our attention from reality.

Having developed a habit of thinking about everything, we have to remember that in order to enjoy something, in order to see the innate beauty of someone, we must be in a state of meditation.

“Are Your Friends Making You Fat?” is an article in the September 10, 2009 New York Times Magazine by Clive Thompson.

The article says that there is some research that indicates that how we behave, how we live, influences not only the people who directly know us, but people who may only indirectly be connected to us — “friends of friends.” It’s possible that each person can have an effect on 1,000 other people. If this is true, this means that if, through Sahaja Yoga Meditation, we become calm, if we start to express our inner wisdom and generosity, we can affect hundreds of other people in a positive way.

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, the founder of Sahaja Yoga Meditation, talked in India many years ago (December 12, 1993) about the state of meditation. She said:

“The first thing should be to watch yourself, that you are not reacting, but you are experiencing and enjoying the silence, the subtleties, the beauty, the glory of your being, as well as whatever is around you.”