“Even when you get your Realisation (when Kundalini energy is awakened and reaches the Crown Chakra), you are sometimes in a growing stage up to a point. Like you’re nourished by the Mother Earth all the time but you’re not aware of it. In the same way the womb of Sahaja Yoga nourishes you to grow up into beautiful beings.Still you have to come up to a point when it has to click in such a way that you start feeling the awareness of that unbounding love… That happens to everyone I said, but it happens more to people who try to be in the centre and don’t go on ego trips.
Some Sahaja Yogis I’ve know have been boasting that: ‘I’m the one who is going to … and I’m this and I’m that… I’m a separate person and Mother is specially selecting me.’ Anyone who thinks like that is no more a Sahaja Yogi.
It’s like he is holding onto a tree and thinking that by holding onto one leaf he is going to dominate the whole tree. Such a person will just have that little leaf in his hand which will also die out after some time.”
“You have to run in the way of the roots, of the branches, of the leaves, of the flowers and of the fruits. You have to be the essence of the tree that nourishes and not just the outward leaves with wrong ideas about yourself. And the people who are limited by their small personal problems also must know that they will have the same fate in Sahaja Yoga.
Put the problems of the tree always ahead of the problem of a leaf.”
“Now it is high time to jump from that little area to the vast area which has no bounds. And once that happens you will be surprised all these petty little problems will drop out in the ocean of greatness. Don’t indulge into them, and leave them in the hands of the tree. So that all your small petty problems will be looked after by that nourishing force. Because you belong to a Tree of great wisdom, tree of great sustenance and religion, and tree of great mastery, the mastery that you can never know how great it is. You belong to a Tree that has complete security for you, and you belong to a very great tree which gives you complete witnessing of the drama, and which gives you understanding that the Whole is a part and parcel of you, and you are part and parcel of the Whole.
So you belong to the Great Ocean of Love and Generosity. So this Great Tree of Life has everything integrated within itself. This is the tree of life that has been described in the Bible, the Tree of Fire they call it.”
“Now, you have become One with it. You are blessed by it. You are loved by it. You are gently guided by it. It’s so gentle that you do not even feel the guidance-like a leaf when it fails on the ground it doesn’t make any sound. Try to become identified with that power- that is what you are. Like the meaning of the word, is identified with the word, like the moonlight is identified with , moon, sunlight is identified with the sun. Let that identification be that oneness, that integration so that you become the light of God’s love, that people know God through integration, so that you become the light of God’s love, that people know God through your depths and your fruits. It is the most fulfilling job, highest paid in every way, the most satisfying, energy giving and dynamic.
You don’t have to give up anything, just be organised in the Light of your Spirit yourself.”
All the above are excerpts from the advices offered by Shri Mataji – the founder of Sahaja Yoga Meditation – to sahaja yoga practitioners, in Switzerland, 1983.
This article is a sincere dedication to anyone that ever had felt a connection with, or an inclination towards trees.. For sure it happened to many of us, when being in nature, to feel like embracing a tree and as Shri Mataji was saying above, to run in the way of the roots, of the branches, of the leaves and try to live the essence of that tree.. For sure we’ve seen children doing this, naturally, spontaneously, without any thinking or purpose.. We all had this fascination for the miracle of a seed’s becoming into a tree. Why not for the one that we are already carrying within .. or we should say .. that in such a subtle way, is supporting our being.. with a graceful power. During the silence of our sahaja yoga meditation practise, one may clearly experience the becoming happening within, as a developing tree nurtured by the most potent and loving sap, Kundalini energy. And really, let’s confess, we all feel like little children when we are around powerful majestic trees. On the other hand, as adults there is this sense of responsibility growing from within that we should be capable to offer the needed shelter and support, at least to our children, becoming the reliable strong trees in their lives..
Loved this submission – very very much – and the photographs (esp. of the willow tree) also look so beautiful!
Thanks.
So, uplifting, just when I have been surrounded by so many dark thoughts about my being. Thank you from my being…..
I would like to share 3 of my poems which have a bearing on this wonderful subtle subject which you have so lovingly touched upon.
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Oh Mother, of what multicolored hue
is the flower that has bloomed
in the soil of my heart,
to lend its color to the entire part.
The seed of ’shraddha’
that Thou sowed in it,
soon sprouted and seeking Thy light
blossomed into a tree
with its branches upright.
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The day I planted my little seed
at Thy Lotus Feet, oh Mother,
under Thy divine light and love
with the cool sprinkling
of Thy sweet waters;
it burst open out of its shell
and leaped to form a green plumule
quivering with joy of pure life.
How it grew from a dot of existence
into a tender sapling and therefrom
into a mighty tree
was outside my purview.
It was only when I found myself
under its all-compassing shelter that I realized its true stature !
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There stood two mighty trees side by side
the ‘peepal’ and the ‘gulmohor’
entwined with all their beauty bright.
Their branches interweaved
and their leaves intermingled
both reaching out to the eternal light.
Let’s learn a lesson from these beigs mute
how in perfect harmony
one gets to hear a lute!!
Dear Armaity, very sweet words well knitted into poems. Thank you
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Thank you for posting this.
Very thought provoking. Has to read twice to understand HER real message. Thank you for your selection.
Its a beautiful talk of MOther. Thank you for sharing. I really enjoyed the colours and pictures.
Its a good sharing, something that you have to fulfill good things on earth while you live so that when things gone people will remember your good things done…I LOVE YOU MOTHER….
Beautifull, full of love & vibration.Thanks
The Tree of Life… is the Treasure within… there is no need to look for alchemy to transform externals into riches… just go to the wisdom of the Tree… it is already connected.
The threads of the invisible aspect of the tree are intertwined into the fabric of the life we wish to experience from within. This is in full color always… so enjoy.
I LOVE Trees.
Thank you for posting this!
AS SAID ABOVE THAT WE MUST READ IT TWICE BUT I THINK WE MUST READ EACH LINE COUPLE OF TIMES TO UNDERSTNAD THE REAL DEPTH OF MOTHER’S WORDS. EACH WORD HAS GOT A DEEP MEANING AND MANY ANSWERS ARE HIDING IN HER WORDS …..SO…
That is what it means to be “self reponsible”.
Beautiful pictures and the explanation is filled with loving love. Thank you
Wow – the beauty of nature that’s all around us which we take for granted. Yes, these beautiful, strong, vibrant trees started with a seed – imagine that. How magnificent is Mother Nature. In the same way and through Sahaja Yoga, we can evolve, we can plant our seed and grow strong roots and develop into majestic, pure, beautiful human beings. After seeing this posting, I feel a strong urge to meditate right now and so it shall be.
Lots of love always.
Amazing pictures.Thanks for sharing,
Lots of love ,
Özlem
I feel the same way as debbie said and want to grow within and be part&parcel of this beautiful tree of life,this article is very deep,need to be understand by many times reading it.
So simple…
So many branches to explore…
And they are all growing constantly…
Yet they are All One…
From the Seed.
Beautiful
I loved it.