“Darkness exists till the light is not there. It has otherwise no existence. It is a myth. In the same way when the light of divine love starts flowing in you, when you become identified with that divine love, then all these negative forces drop off.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @jvanos_

“Sincerity is the key of your success. It’s a privilege. I am giving you the key.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @sy_way

“This is a state in which you will be amazed so many things happen, unknowingly. Without your doing anything, and that is what we call as coincidences, but actually it is not coincidences, it is the state in which we are in thoughtless awareness and then the paramachaitanya is related to us, absolutely related, we are there, and that works out everything for us.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @rohitsv

“We have been singing the praise of Shri Ganesha before every puja. And we have such tremendous respect for Shri Ganesh, because we have found out that unless and until Shri Ganesha, who is the symbol of our innocence, is not awakened within us, we cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. And even to stay there and to enjoy the blessings of Shri Ganesha, we have to have our innocence fully blossoming. So we praise Him and He is very easily praised.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @sy_way

“Because you have to have your evolution. All our problems come from human beings, because they are not evolved, they are not enlightened. So, if they are enlightened, all these six enemies we have of anger, greed, all kinds of things that we do, violence and all that, will just drop out. Moreover, moreover, in all the scriptures it is written “You know your Self, then you will know God”. So, how will you know your Self? You have to know your Spirit. Only through awakening you’ll know it.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

“With Ganesha so much vibrating, the attention becomes very concentrated and this concentration helps you in so many ways and that is why it is said that Ganesha was created to spread or to emit auspiciousness and holiness. Actually, if there is holiness there is auspiciousness. For Ganesha is the one actually who cleanses everything, cleanses everything because it is innocence and the innocence that cleanses you takes away all kinds of conditionings and egos that are distracting your attention.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, artwork by Prasad Ben Beaven