“Yoga is actually it means that union with the Divine, with the Divine Power which surrounds us. We are not aware of it, but it is described in all the religions that there is an all-pervading power of Divine Love and that is what one has to get connected to.”© Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @tanya_st

“So you should also keep yourself pure and should follow this religion (Vishwa Nirmala Dharma) like it’s your ornament, your glory, your speciality. This is why we are sitting in a high pedestal in the world. Every part of our body should have this thought. From each core of each body the divine vibrations flow. You should understand that God is so eager to decorate you. But you have to know if you are aware of this, and how much you are ready for this.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @colinheinsen

“All these mental ideas in the head that art means this and art means that, has led us to this situation that we are not going to have any more Rembrandts nor Michelangelo – finished. It’s not mental, art is never mental. It’s coming from inside, and whatever is coming from inside cannot be compared with outside our ideas.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, artwork @nicholas_tobias_

“In Nirananda state, there is no duality left – is “advaita”, is one personality. That is, you are complete integrated and the joy is not anymore dented – is complete. It hasn’t got a happiness and a sorrow aspect, but is just Joy. The Joy is not that you laugh loud, the Joy is not that ah you you’re always smiling: is the stillness, the quietude within your Self, the peace of your being, of your Spirit that asserts itself into vibrations which you feel, that when you feel that peace, you feel like light of the sun, the whole rays of that beauty spreading.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @motherearthom

“Enjoy everything and that enjoyment is the blessing of the Divine. Even you can enjoy the turmoil, the torture. Everything you can enjoy if you see the point that nothing can happen to your spirit which is the real light. Whatever you may suffer, wherever you may think is troubling you is actually this silent light of the spirit makes you absolutely, perfectly joyous and you give joy to others.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @tanynix

“We have to be, very firmly standing, on reality which is auspiciousness itself. If it is reality, it must give vibrations. If it is unreal, it will not give vibrations. Like you can see, a flower which is plastic cannot give vibrations, a flower which is living gives you vibrations. To this purity of understanding one has to rise.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @karinearami