“The whole inner being can be really charged with the energy of Shri Ganesh, no doubt. And the outer life becomes innocent.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @edwardsaugstad

“There are so many ways of making others happy. And for that, we have to learn also. So many things we have to learn, how to make others happy. And then when you make them happy, then you feel that joy within yourself. “Oh, they’re so happy.” See their happiness, then only this lotus opens out much more. Like a ripple moves and moves to the end of the shores and then from the shore it returns back. In the same way, when your joy reaches the joy of others, then the ripples that come up make a beautiful pattern of your eye. Just think of such situations where you did something good to others, being very nice to others and then you found the joy in that person and how that joy came back to you.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @priotato

“Love can conquer all these devils. If a person has this divine love within him, if it starts flowing through him, all these things will disappear. That’s the only way you can save this world, through divine love. Only through love you are going to win over all these horrible forces which are let loose, and your confidence will be established in you. This divine love is all-pervading. The trouble is, human beings are not aware of it. It’s the most dynamic force and is the only force that exists.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @colinheinsen

“So, by Self-realization you feel the power of Self. Now power does not mean domination by any chance but it means the balancing power. Gradually you start discovering around you how you help others by your balanced personality, then you also discover that you heal and help the atmosphere, the nature after the light of self has come into you. You find that you become a vehicle for the unconscious which flows into the matter.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @noah_ehw

“So balance is very important, and balancing yourself means you become innately religious. Now, most of the diseases are caused by imbalances within us. Human nature is such that we go always to extremes. So in Sahaja Yoga, you yourself understand how to come to balance. And you love to do that, because then you can enjoy the cool breeze, and you can enjoy the joy within yourself.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @sy_way

“Divinity never asserts itself, doesn’t propagate itself, doesn’t make a big sound.”© Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @sy_way