“…the second blessing of Ganesha is that He’s playful, He’s prasanna, He’s always a pleasing personality. He dances. He pleases you. He has ways and methods of pleasing you. And in the same way, a person who has that awakened Ganesha within him is all the time a very pleasing personality, not a drawn-out face, not a face that repels you, the face that makes you feel unhappy, but is a personality that makes you very easy, very understandable, likeable: that sort of a personality you develop.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @priya.allen_

“So to overcome the darkness of ignorance also we have to enlighten ourselves. And that is why is important that everybody should get Self-realization to feel the light within themselves.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @anna_jalan

“So what Sahaja Yogi has to be that we should understand. A Sahaja Yogi is a person who has got Realization through the Kundalini, and Kundalini is the motherhood in you, is the caring, nourishing power within you.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @sy_way

“… we are fantastic within ourselves, our Spirit is a fantastic thing. When it starts manifesting, we really become such a balanced personality, such a great personality, that what we are. But we have to know that we have to become that. We should not accept a position where we do not know where we are going. It is not darkness, it is light.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @rayheartphotography

“…you are blessed with peace, you are absolutely at peace with yourself. And you will be amazed – with peace, wisdom will come to you. You will be regarded as the wisest man, wisest woman, because you are at peace with yourself.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, artwork by @kamendo.art

“And also you must remember that your patience and your love and your guidance will definitely help to build your married life. If you want to be happy, you must know how to make others happy also. If you do not know how to make others happy, you can never be happy.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @alekssandra93