“You should have only one intense desire within yourself: Have I become the spirit? Have I achieved my ultimate? Have I risen above the worldly desires?” LoveShouldWisdomSpiritDesireMeditationYogaShould HaveUltimateIntenseWellnessWorldlyRisenWorldly Desires Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Now, you just watch your attention. Where is it going? Watch yourself. As soon as you'll start watching yourself, your attention, you'll become more identified with your Spirit.” LoveWisdomSpiritAttentionWatchesMeditationYogaWellness Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Present is the reality. The past is finished, and the future doesn't exist. When the Kundalini rises She elongates those thoughts and establishes in the center where there is complete thoughtless awareness. And spiritually you grow in that thoughtless awareness which in Sanskrit we call as Nirvichaar Samadhi.” LoveWisdomRealityPastSpiritGrowsMeditationAwarenessYogaFinishedWellnessSamadhiSanskrit Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the sole aim is to stay on board as long as possible.” PeopleLoveShouldLongSometimesWisdomSpiritGamesMeditationPoliticianYogaAimChessWelfareBoardsWellnessDedicatedSole Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Real democracy is only possible when people truly imbibe democratic principles and respect ethical values above everything else.” PeopleLoveRealWisdomSpiritValuesPrinciplesDemocracyMeditationYogaDemocraticWellnessEthicalEthical Values Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“In modern times, what impresses one is not a simple and unassuming statement of the truth, but superficial showmanship and display.” LoveWisdomSpiritSimpleMeditationModernYogaStatementsWellnessDisplayImpressSuperficialModern TimesUnassumingShowmanship Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Ego and conditionings are created by mind, which is a myth.” LoveMindWisdomSpiritMeditationEgoYogaMythWellnessConditioning Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“You must forgive everyone. Now many would say that "We cannot forgive, it's very difficult." But it's a myth whether you forgive or don't forgive. What do you do? You don't do anything. But when you don't forgive, then you are playing into wrong hands. That means you are torturing yourself, while those who have troubled you are quite happy.” LoveMeanWisdomHandsSpiritDifficultMeditationYogaForgivingMythWellness Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“It's such a frustration when you see in the name of religion, in the name of God, what people are doing is something we never expected. The religion has to be Spirit-oriented, but it is only power-oriented or money-oriented. In the original scriptures, or we can say in the origin of this religion was the truth. And all these religions bloom on the same play of spirituality like beautiful flowers at different times, but people have plucked it and now they are fighting with the dead flowers.” PeopleLoveDifferentPlayWisdomBeautifulSpiritSpiritualityFightingNamesMeditationFlowerYogaOriginalsExpectedScriptureWellnessFrustrationDifferent TimesBeautiful FlowerDead Flowers Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Surrendering means cleansing yourself completely, getting completely detached. Detachment is the only way you can rise.” WayLoveMeanWisdomSpiritMeditationYogaWellnessDetachmentDetachedCleansing Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“What is your Self? Self is nothing but joy. A joyous person is definitely a person who has got his Self expressing through his joy. Such a person is so joy-giving, so humorous, and never degrading anyone.” LoveGivingPersonsSelfWisdomJoySpiritMeditationHumorousYogaWellnessJoyousDegrading Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“You should be a pleasing personality. Instead of thinking about how you should be pleased, I don't like this, I don't do like that, instead of, what have I done to please others?” ThinkingLoveShouldDoneWisdomSpiritMeditationPersonalityPleaseYogaWellness Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Like small children you must have a very clean heart to accept, to absorb the beauty of peace that is within you and also the beauty of purity. Without purity, you cannot enjoy anything.” LoveHeartChildrenWisdomSpiritEnjoyAcceptingMeditationYogaCleanPurityWellnessWithin YouSmall ChildClean Heart Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Love should have no fear. It should have just free love, without any fear, without any aggression; enjoy that pure love.” LoveShouldWisdomSpiritEnjoyMeditationPureYogaShould HaveWellnessAggressionNo FearPure LoveHave No FearFree Love Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Ego is the greatest hurdle for your ascent. You see that ego is at a place where you have to just cross to go to Sahasrara, and to break Sahasrara is very easy otherwise. But if there is ego, you are already lost in that ego.” IfsLoveWisdomSpiritLostEasyBreakMeditationEgoYogaCrossesWellnessHurdleAscent Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“You have to learn humility. First of all you have to be humble people. Unless and until you have a large heart you can never humble down. You have to be an extremely humble person. Humility doesn't mean that you bow to a person who is dominating, it never means that. But it means a strength within you. The person who is weak can never be humble.” PeopleLoveFirstsHeartMeanPersonsWisdomSpiritMeditationHumilityYogaWeakHumbleWellnessBowsWithin YouBe HumbleDominatingStrength WithinHumble Person Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“If you get frustrated and unhappy with yourself, then there is going to be a problem. You have to laugh at yourself and laugh at your mechanism that is out of gear.” IfsLoveProblemWisdomSpiritLaughingMeditationYogaUnhappyWellnessMechanismFrustratedGearsLaugh At Yourself Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“You have to establish your love. You should feel a hankering for others. Now the competition has to change, the style of competition among Sahaja Yogis. The competition should be how much you love. Who loves more ? Let there be a competition who obliges more, who shares more ? Who loves others more ?” LoveFeelsShouldWisdomSpiritMeditationShareLove YouStyleYogaCompetitionWellnessYogiHankering Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Wisdom plays such a part in life that whatever may happen outside, whatever may be the trend, whatever may be the fashion, whatever may be the people are all changing into, you do not change. You change within.” PeopleLoveMayPlayWisdomHappensSpiritMeditationFashionYogaWellnessTrends Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“One thing we must understand, that if we have to change the world, we have to change human beings. People think by giving lectures, having conferences and this and that, peace will come. It will never come. A global transformation has to come for peace, for wisdom and for joy.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldLoveGivingHumansWisdomJoySpiritHuman BeingsMeditationOne ThingYogaTransformationChanging The WorldWellnessConferencesLectures Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“When you're desireless you are happy because you are never disappointed, you are never nervous. So to be desireless doesn't mean that you become something absurd or ascetic or anything like that, but not to expect something.” LoveMeanWisdomSpiritMeditationYogaAbsurdNervousWellnessDisappointed Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Unless and until you introspect you cannot even respect yourself. You cannot even love yourself. If you love yourself you will introspect and find out what's wrong.” IfsLoveWisdomSpiritMeditationLove YouYogaWellnessLove YourselfRespect Yourself Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“If you are extremely generous, greed will run away.” IfsLoveWisdomRunningSpiritMeditationYogaGreedGenerousWellnessRunning Away Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Spirit is the only truth within us, the rest is all untruth.” LoveWisdomSpiritMeditationYogaWellnessUntruth Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Innocence is something to be appreciated, to be understood, to be enjoyed. Like you see animals, they're innocent; you see children, they're innocent; flowers, they're innocent. Divert your attention to all these things.” LoveChildrenWisdomSpiritAnimalAttentionMeditationFlowerLike YouUnderstoodYogaInnocentEnjoyedInnocenceWellnessAppreciated Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Success is when the whole gets enlightened. When you become one with the whole, that's the real success. To be one with the whole is the real success. And when that success is achieved, then you really enjoy that growth - that growth of your awareness which makes you one with the whole. That is what you have to know, is to become your whole. You are just a fragment, a segment, a cell. You have to become the whole and that can be done only through this connection.” KnowsLoveRealDoneWholeWisdomSpiritEnjoyGrowthMeditationAwarenessYogaConnectionsCellsWellnessEnlightenedFragmentsReal Success Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Sahaja Yoga is a very subtle happening within us. It's a very subtle happening. And this subtler happening gives you sensitivity to divine joy.” LoveGivingWisdomJoySpiritMeditationDivineHappeningsYogaWellnessSubtleSensitivitySahaja Yoga Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Now you are changed people. Your personality is different. It's shining through your spirit. In that spirit, you have to see everything. All your conditionings will drop out as soon as you start identifying your Self fully, fully with the spirit. Fully - again I say because we do not. We are still Christians. We are still Hindus. We are still Muslims. We are still Indians, English, this, that. We are still narrow-minded, small, little puddles. We have to be the ocean. Once you are identified with the ocean, you have to throw away everything and become absolutely clean and detached.” PeopleLoveLittlesStillsDifferentSelfWisdomChristianSpiritMeditationChangedPersonalityOceanYogaShiningCleanWellnessConditioningDetachedIdentifyingPuddlesNarrow-mindedShining Through Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“There cannot be a new religion. Religion is a continuous living process within us which is our sustenance. It's like a ladder on which we climb, leaving one by one, step by step - but not leaving the ladder. All others are required.” LoveWisdomSpiritProcessStepsMeditationYogaLeavingWellnessClimbsLaddersSustenance Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“So, the first thing we should introspect - are we concerned about ourselves ? All the time do we think that we are suffering, we have this problem, that problem, or this should be done, that should be done. If the attention is on that, that all the time you are worried about yourself, then you cannot break, you cannot break through this shell of your being which is under the domination of your mental selfishness or self centeredness.” IfsThinkingLoveShouldFirstsSelfDoneProblemWisdomSpiritSufferingAttentionBreakMeditationYogaConcernedWorriedSelfishnessWellnessAbout YourselfShellsDominationSelf CenteredBreak ThroughSelf CenterednessCenteredness Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“It is everyone's right to achieve this state of ones evolution and everything necessary is already inbuilt. But as I respect your freedom, you have to have the desire to achieve this state, it cannot be forced upon you!” LoveStatesWisdomSpiritDesireMeditationAchieveEvolutionYogaWellnessYour FreedomDesire To Achieve Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“So spirituality itself should be self satisfying. If you are spiritually endowed, then you are self satisfied. And this self satisfaction within you will lead you to that ocean of joy about which I've been telling you and all the scriptures have described.” IfsLoveShouldSelfWisdomJoySpiritSpiritualityMeditationOceanYogaSatisfactionScriptureSatisfiedWellnessSatisfyingWithin YouSelf-satisfaction Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Some people are very identified, say with their country or maybe with their worshipping style , whatever it is. All these misidentifications have to be given up. It is very difficult for people because they are so conditioned and as long as you have conditioning you cannot rise above your mind, which is a myth, you cannot.” PeopleLoveMindLongCountryWisdomSpiritGivenDifficultMeditationStyleYogaMythWellnessRise AboveGiven UpConditioning Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Love has its own qualities and one of the qualities is that love understands. Its understanding is not in words, not in thought, but it understands within. It can feel within, which is very important.” LoveFeelsImportantWisdomSpiritUnderstandingQualityMeditationYogaWellness Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“The main thing is you have to be under the protection of spirituality, under the protection of morality, under the protection of divine laws. If you're not under that protection, you can get caught up into anything.” IfsLoveWisdomLawSpiritSpiritualityMeditationDivineMoralityYogaCaughtProtectionWellnessCaught UpDivine Law Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“That's the quality of the Spirit that you start feeling so joyous and the joy doesn't have the duality of happiness and unhappiness. It's singular.” LoveFeelingsWisdomJoySpiritQualityMeditationYogaWellnessUnhappinessJoyousDuality Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“As scientists you must keep your minds open. There is no use having blind faith in Me, in Sahaja Yoga, in anything because blindness will never give you reality. But you should be open like scientists are and whatever hypothesis I am putting before you, you have to feel it on your central nervous system.” LoveGivingFeelsShouldMindUseWisdomRealitySpiritMeditationYogaScientistBlindNervousWellnessBlindnessHypothesisNervous SystemBlind FaithSahaja YogaCentral Nervous System Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Absolute knowledge is only possible when you know the Absolute Truth and to have the Absolute Truth you have to go to the Absolute Being within you which is your Spirit. So, it gives you the truth, it gives you the collective consciousness. The main thing is that you become extremely peaceful personality, you become peace, you emit peace.” KnowsLoveGivingWisdomSpiritConsciousnessMeditationPersonalityYogaAbsolutesPeacefulWellnessCollectivesWithin YouAbsolute TruthCollective Consciousness Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“We have had philosophies, we have ideologies, we have so many kinds of enterprises but despite that there are so many differences and the differences are having larger and larger gaps. If it is the truth, it has to be the truth for everyone. Everyone has to say: "This is The Truth". But it has to be the Absolute Truth. If it is not the Absolute Truth than what we believe into is not the reality. And this is the main reason why everything in the name of God, Divinity, everything has failed so far because it is not substantiated by reality.” IfsLoveBelieveKindReasonPhilosophyWisdomRealitySpiritNamesDifferencesMeditationYogaAbsolutesDespiteIdeologyReason WhyWellnessEnterpriseDivinityGapsAbsolute Truth Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Bliss can only come through gratitude, only through enlarging your heart with gratitude. Bliss is the reward of gratitude - the gratitude which is not just wordly or just spoken lip service, but is from the heart - the gratitude of the heart.” LoveHeartWisdomSpiritMeditationGratitudeYogaRewardsLipsBlissWellnessLip Service Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Whatever you have committed wrong in the past or whatever you used to think of the future, the present becomes divine. And that divine present is the ocean of joy of which you are the part and particle. Just enjoy that.” ThinkingLoveWisdomPastUsedJoySpiritEnjoyMeditationDivineOceanYogaCommittedWellnessParticles Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Sahaja Yoga is nothing but love, love, love. How much you love others is the main point.” LoveWisdomSpiritMeditationYogaWellnessSahaja Yoga Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Once you jump in the ocean of love there's nothing to be done, just to be enjoyed, every wave of it, every hue of it, every touch of it. That is what one has to learn by reasoning that Sahaja Yoga is nothing but - is love.” LoveDoneWisdomSpiritMeditationOceanYogaWaveEnjoyedReasoningWellnessHueSahaja Yoga Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“When you start witnessing something without thought, there is no obstruction for absorbing the knowledge about that thing because there is no thought. It's complete absorption which takes place. And then it manifests. This is how the Divine Power works within us. So with our gravity, what we do is to touch that depth within us, which can carry the Divine Power and manifest.” LoveWisdomSpiritMeditationDivineYogaDepthWellnessManifestGravityAbsorbingAbsorptionDivine PowerObstruction Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“One has to practice wisdom through living in the present.” LoveWisdomSpiritPracticeMeditationYogaWellnessLive In The Present Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Supposing the Mother Earth was very hot like the sun, there would have been no growth, or it was cold like moon, there would have been no growth. It had to come to the centre where it had both the things in proper proportions to grow. In the same way a human being has to work out that you keep a moderation and a balance and understand not to go to extremes of anything. That balance you learn when you love someone.” WayLoveHumansHas BeensWisdomEarthSpiritMotherGrowsGrowthHuman BeingsSunMeditationColdBalanceMoonYogaHotWork OutExtremesProportionWellnessCentreModerationLove SomeoneMother EarthWhen You Love SomeoneSupposing Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“One of the basic things we should avoid is to criticize others. Better to criticize yourself. Criticize yourself, criticize your brothers and sisters, criticize your country, criticize all the habits you have and laugh at yourself, is the best way. If you know how to laugh at yourself then you will not object or will not stand in the way of any creativity of another person.” IfsKnowsWayLoveShouldPersonsCountryWisdomSpiritCreativityLaughingKnow HowMeditationObjectsBrotherHabitYogaBest WayWellnessCriticizeBrothers And SistersYour BrotherLaugh At YourselfBasic Things Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Reality and truth are not products of rational or linear thinking. They are derived from absolute wisdom as it manifests itself spontaneously, coming from the light of the Spirit.” ThinkingLoveWisdomRealityLightSpiritMeditationProductsYogaAbsolutesRationalWellnessLinear Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“The Spirit is like the steady axis of a wheel. If our attention reaches the immovable firm axis at the very centre of the wheel of our existence (which is constantly moving), we become enlightened by the Spirit, the source of inner peace, and reach a state of complete calm and self-knowledge.” IfsLoveSelfStatesWisdomMovingSpiritExistenceAttentionMeditationSourceYogaCalmInner PeaceFirmWheelsWellnessEnlightenedSteadySelf KnowledgeCentreAxesConstantly Moving Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“You just become, like a flower becomes a fruit. It's all built in, within you. Allow it to work out.” LoveWisdomSpiritMeditationFlowerYogaBuiltFruitWork OutWellnessWithin You Author:Nirmala Srivastava
