Let’s find out How was the Guru Purnima Experience this year

We offered two free public programs this year exactly in the Guru Purnima weekend: one was in Burlington, on Saturday, July 20 and in Oakville on Sunday, July 21st, 2024. You will find in this article feedback and stories related to these two Guru Purnima programs, while by the end you will also have the opportunity to learn more about the Guru principle.

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Feedback Notes from first comers that participated to the Guru Purnima Experience programs

Our Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network team of volunteers enjoyed observing the genuine interest shown for our programs.

Experienced meditators in other forms of meditation joined the last event; even helped with the set-up; We also had participants visiting from India that follow other forms of yoga. All these seekers of truth were very appreciative; telling us how much they learned during our program and how profound their overall experience was.

Let’s hear the Stories from the ‘Guru Purnima Experience’ programs

“Today I found my guru“, declared a participant after the Sunday program.

“I’ve seen the Poster at my temple around 10am, I felt I must attend and rushed to join the program at 11am“, confessed somebody else.

“I saw the history of all women’s evolution”, declared one lady who joined from Burlington.

Robin who is coming to our Burlington sahaja yoga meditation clases for months now, said that she was transported into a deep meditative state during Shivangna’s flute musical moment that followed the guided meditation. After a while, she opened her eyes and looked at Shivangna who was meditating. At that moment she had an incredible experience: the history or all women, somehow flashed in front of her eyes on the serene face of Shivangna, who was actually facing Shri Mataji’s photograph. Robin also confessed her strong desire to have the same photograph of Shri Mataji we put on the event’s poster.

More Feedback from Halton’s ‘Guru Purnima Experience’ weekend marathon offered by SYMN

“Peaceful and lots of positive vibrations!”

“It was awesome. Felt lot of peace after a long time.”

“The meditation was very deep. There was no pain in my body and with Shivangna’s flute I got into thoughless awareness easily which does not come to me easily as I have an active brain.”

“For a period of time I was in a physycally non-existing state.”

notes collected from first timers

More Feedback collected from the “Guru Purnima Experience” participants

“The most astonishing thing happened when we were watching the video covering Shri Mataji’s life.

My whole body shivered with ice cold waves for 5-6 times, and when the first time it happened I tightened the shawl I was wearing thinking that it might be the AC too cold. But it was repeteadly happening and all of a sudden I felt that I was tearing and I wanted to release it. So I rushed to the kitchen and for 5 minutes I let my emotions flow and got back to my seat. I don’t recall any emotion associated to it (happy or sad or anything). I couldn’t help but think of the Mountain Kailash’s coolness and Sadashiva’s presence.

I was honestly admiring Shri Mataji’s work and was thinking what a wonderful personality She was.”

collected from Dew. who immigrated to Canada recently from Sri Lanka and came only a few times before to our Burlington SYMN class

Let’s continue enjoying additional Feedback and more video-clips from this event

“As someone who is heaving a very heaty body, I know for a fact that this was some miraculous occurrence.

Also, I was in a stable mental and physical state the entire day.

So all in all, this day of Guru Purnima is something I am going to remember forever.“

collected from Dew. who immigrated to Canada recently from Sri Lanka and came only a few times before to our Burlington SYMN class

Highlights of the Guru Purnima Experience programs honoring our Guru: Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi – the founder of Sahaja Yoga Meditation

Participants learned about Sahaja Yoga Meditation at a high level, the emphasis was on experiencing the state of meditation and the awakening of the kundalini energy. It was wonderful listening to Shivangna’s live flute music offering by the end of the guided meditation, while the newest participants were also receiving a chakra energy workshop. You can watch some glimpses of the event in the following video-clips.

Remembering Shri Mataji through Yogic Experiences, Connections, Realizations, Dreams

A Week of Guru Purnima Experiences

Honoring our Guru with 100 Seeds of Joy

A Weekend dedicated to Experiencing the Guru Purnima Festival in Halton

Make sure that you will explore the links provided above if you want to get to know more about similar Guru Purnima events as well more about our guru through our connection to Shri Mataji and to our community here.

Now it’s about time for you to learn about your center of mastery! Let’s dive further into this aticle:

What is the Center of Mastery? What is a Guru? Q&A with Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

The Center of Mastery explained by Shri Mataji:

“Now all the Prophets of the past and the Saints and Seers have built up for us a Centre of Mastery, but to open the centre we have to have all the confidence, so please raise your hand and put it in the upper portion of your abdomen, on the left hand side and say here with full confidence, to nourish this centre, ten times:   ‘Mother I am my own Master‘, please say this ten times.”

“This centre was created by great masters and prophets. We have to just enlighten it.”

“After that, we will keep our right hand on the left side of our upper abdomen. This is the place of our Guru, meaning, all the great saints have made this chakra for us, so that, by awakening this chakra, we recognize our Guru.” 

Quotes mainly from Shri Mataji’s public program in London, UK, 1989-08-01

How can you become better? Awaken Your own Guru and Enjoy the Fragrance of Spirituality

Collective Experience of Fragrance during Meditation

Let’s absorb the following beautiful quotes from Shri Mataji’s teaching offered during another public program offered in the UK:

How to become a righteous personality? Can the religion be awakened from within?

“Whatever is good for your spirit and for the spirit of others you do it; and that is the right thing to do, and that’s how you become a righteous personality. That’s the religion within you that gets awakened.

Nobody has to tell you your religion, you yourself become your own master, your own Guru; and by which you determine yourself, that ‘Now Mr., you can’t do this. No you can’t!‘ So you become your own police commissioner. 🙂

You don’t need any outsider to tell you. You are on your own guard because if you do something like that [wrong] your vibrations will disappear and then you don’t like it. Then you feel uneasy. Nobody has to have you as a Guru, there’s no need you become your own Guru, is the best way. That’s how you solve the problem of becoming better by others, is very difficult but yourself becoming better, by your own understanding and urges, it’s a thousand fold happier and strong.

You become religious, you become the Guru yourself. Nobody has to tell you!

Because there is a natural valency of ten within you which starts balancing you.“

Quote from Shri Mataji’s speech offered during the Public Program at Ilford Town Hall. Ilford (UK), July 8, 1984

Let’s continue absorbing the Guru wisdom from Shri Mataji with Colourful comparisons:

“You become one and enjoy that balance.

As you enjoy a balance of colors in a beautiful photograph, in the same way you enjoy the balance within yourself.

You enjoy your personality, you enjoy your being and you enjoy to be the Self.

And those who are on the same level, you just enjoy each other.”

Quote from Shri Mataji’s speech offered during the Public Program at Ilford Town Hall. Ilford (UK), July 8, 1984

Shri Mataji: Enjoy another human being, as if you are enjoying a flower.

“This is the first time you enjoy other human being, as if you are enjoying a flower.

The fragrance of that personality is Spiritual Fragrance, is so beautiful and attractive.

Without any lust and greed in it but just enjoying the company is real perfect bliss.

Thank you very much. May God bless you.”

Quote from Shri Mataji’s speech offered during the Public Program at Ilford Town Hall. Ilford (UK), July 8, 1984

Namaste Shri Mataji! Happy Guru Purnima! We hope you enjoyed this article!

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