“Without the man woman cannot express herself. She cannot express, because she is the potential. He is the kinetic. It’s absolutely relative terminology. You cannot exist without a man, you cannot. Even if you, supposing, if you have all the fragrance in the Mother Earth unless and until you have the flowers how will you know there is fragrance in Mother Earth? Men are most important otherwise what will they do? Their – all their energy will be all rotten. So, if women are the Mother Earth you are the flowers.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @sy_way

“So to see a simple natural person, we always say that they are like children. Means they do not understand the cunning, they do not understand the stupidity of the people and they live in their own world of innocence. In the same way, all the Sahaja Yogis have to develop that aura around them. Let people see you, how innocent you are, how sweet you are! No arguments, no quarrelling, no fighting is needed. It is just the inner satisfaction of thoughtless awareness.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo unknown

“You have the seeds of seeking within you from ancient times and these seeds are to be sprouted. That’s why one must understand that it is a living process which has to take place and it has to be spontaneous, ‘sahaj’. So the Kundalini is awakened spontaneously.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @tanya_st

“You are my children. I have really worked for you, in the sense that every moment of my life, I have thought of you: I wanted to work it out in such a beautiful manner that you become really good people, ideal people, special people, with understanding. So, that is the day you should feel that your birthday is being celebrated. When you have completely cleared out, you have become nirmal, absolutely pure personality of love – that’s the day is your birthday, and mine too!” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

“When you go against the nature, you get diseases. That’s a simple thing, is to go against the nature is the way you get diseases. And you must understand your own nature, and integrate with the nature outside – you will never get a disease.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @sy_way

“So we have to meditate, and by meditation we develop that strength within us, so automatically we start solving the problem. Like our antennae grow up to that point: the way we are strong inside, they grow outside to help so many things which are to be helped.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @thashriya