“This divine love is all-pervading and is looking after us in every way; it protects us, it creates miracles for us.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @tomasdrunga

“I always give the example of the root of a tree. It penetrates deeper and deeper into the soil circumventing the obstacles. It does not fight with them and it would not have been able to hold the tree without the obstacles. Hence the problems are necessary because you cannot progress without the problems. The power that teaches you how to overcome these problems is “MA” Shakti. Therefore it is “MA” Shakti’ i.e. Mother’s power.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @sy_way

“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