“The quality of Sahasrara is that you know the Absolute Truth on your finger tips. And this is the great, I should say, an event in your life, that you get your Self-realization, a second birth, actually. It is not just a sermon or a lecture. You get it and you can feel it and you can work it out. So the purpose of our life is to enter into the Kingdom of God and to enjoy His blessings without thinking about it.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @kinga.malec.dance

“When you cannot explain everything intellectually, then you take course to arts to express yourself and then you take to symbols to express what you cannot say verbally or cannot express rationally. This is what an artist does. Also a poet does, that he extends his imagination to such an extent that he creates a symbol… After Self Realisation, when you have become the spirit, your imagination touches reality. Then the symbols which were perverted, which were misrepresented, drop out and you touch the reality of the symbols.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @sy_way

“Here you don’t have to sacrifice anything as such, you don’t have to surrender anything. What you have to surrender is your ego and your super-ego. Then you become free people. And this freedom will take you very much higher and higher in your spiritual ascent.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @anna_jalan

“We respect the chastity of a rakhi sister and we do not want to in any way to comply with anyone who does not respect the chastity. Then the men also become chaste. When the women are chaste men also become chaste. And this chastity is your main power, is, this chastity is the one is the power of Shri Ganesha.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @pheiaography

“God has expressed Himself by Creation, by creating this Creation. While the Creation has to express its gratitude by glorifying Him, and this play must go on eternally. It’s the most beautiful play. Those who indulge into this play lead an eternal life. That life is unending, never breaks and binds the whole universe with it’s beautiful music.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

“Rakhi is protecting power. Its bond is very strong and extremely tender because it symbolizes the noble love of sister. Customarily, tying a rakhi to someone is establishing a place of pure protection.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @aussieyuvas