“Saraswati cleanses all that is impure in nature, while with our brain activity we are spoiling all that. All our brain activity goes against pure intelligence. And that is what one has to understand – that this pure intelligence is not to be soiled by our thinking. Our thinking can make us so bumptious, so ego-oriented, so impure, that we can really eat the poison and say, “What is wrong in it?” Just the opposite of Saraswati. If Saraswati is within us, She gives us ‘subuddhi’, wisdom. And that is why, to worship Saraswati, to worship Surya, we must have that clear vision as to what we have to be, what we are doing, what filth we are living in, what our mind is getting into. After the all we are here for emancipation and not for just pampering our ego and living with our filth that is with us. So this light should come within us and we should try to rise above our own mental filth which has been created around us.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @wemeditate.nsk

“The attention of a Sahaja Yogi should be so subtle that he should feel the vibrations, he should think of vibrations, he should eat vibrations, drink vibrations and enjoy them. To enjoy Sahaja Yoga you must know that it’s not dry vibrations only, but is the Bhakti. That is the Joy of Shiva’s quality, the quality of Joy that He adds to our life!” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @smileyax

“So what you have to do is to understand how to correct your chakras. And you must understand how to work out your machines. Perhaps people still live on mental level and try to solve problems on mental level. And that’s why all the problems start coming out. Now, if you have a problem with any chakras or there is anything catching or you find that there’s something wrong with you, no use working it out on any other level but spiritual level.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @sy_way

“Let us establish within ourself on a subtler level the desire to be pure, and to be cleansed out. All the barriers and unclean things that are within us, to desire to be great Sahaja Yogis, desire to be responsible Sahaja Yogis and desire to be surrendered to your Mother. It’s not difficult. That is the easiest, the last one is the easiest, because what you surrender, I don’t want anything from you, except that you accept My Love.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

“Dedication is a very great rewarding effort. Nothing can be more rewarding than dedication, it’s so joy giving and peace giving and satisfying effort or work you can call it. When it comes from the heart, with love, when you try to do something, it works out beautifully and it shows its aesthetics, expresses, and anyone who sees that can see that it is done out of dedication.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @aaro.music

“You have to be collectively meditative because I am a collective being of all and when you meditate collectively you are really very close to Me. So even if you have a program or something, you must do some meditation with it. Always have meditation as a priority for any program.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, artwork @giselemouraart