“It’s the quality of Divine is such that it quenches your thirst as the water does. It gives you the light that guides you, it gives you the strength that makes you stand up on the right, it gives you the compassion that makes you enjoy your virtues, it gives you that attraction which takes you to higher planes of the spirit. It discovers all the pearls in the ocean of illusion. It gives you that peace within and without, and you are always drenched in the showers of the bliss of the joy. It is your right to have it, you have to have it. This is what you are meant to be here – but with humility.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @sy_way

“The one who is in the centre, the one who comes into balance, the one who comes into temperance and the one who does not go to extremes can get Realization. Within such a one only, the Kundalini rises through the centre and nourishes him. His attention is placed on the Kundalini within him and takes him into the Unconscious. As soon as this takes place, this Unconscious starts flowing into you from above.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @sy_way

“Now see the root of a little seed. It just sprouts, it goes this way. If it finds there is an obstruction, there is some sort of a stone or something, it goes around it. Then it finds another obstruction, it goes away from it. It doesn’t fight that but just says, “All right, let me find my own way.” Then he uses the same stone for holding the tree. So clever, he goes around the little stone and uses that for its own purpose. This is how a Sahaja Yogi should behave.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @alekssandra93

“So the basic, subtle point is that, that with your love, you are encouraging everyone, you are helping everyone, you are creating a confidence in him, in his personality and a kind of a rapport which is very subtle.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @ca_abbott

“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. However, man’s ability to understand love has become so feeble that tying of Rakhi has become merely a mechanical process. All beautiful human traditions become lifeless and dry formalities if there is no warmth of faith in them.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @tanya_st