You might Wonder: How Wonderful was the Day of May 5, 2026 in Burlington? We have the Right Answer for You: It was Proclaimed “Sahaja Yoga Meditation Day” by the City’s Mayor with a Flag Raising Ceremony in the Valiant Heart of Burlington!
You must be Patient and Open your Heart for a Lot of Joy, Open Your Eyes to Watch People and Nature and Even Listen to Amazing Songs and The Great Mantras for theCrown Chakra – Sahasrarain Sanskrit language (1000 Petaled Lotus) that has the White Pearl or Daisy as Symbols!
On May 5th, 2026 our Cultivators of Joy team, gathered together starting with 8AM in the Veterans’ Square to start the preparations for the Flag Raising Ceremony, a tribute scheduled by the Burlington City, honoring the Proclamation received from the City of Burlington for May 5, 2026 being “Sahaja Yoga Meditation Day.”
This location carried a basket of symbols for our Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network of Halton volunteers – for many reasons!
The intimate space is next to the City Hall, yet remains somewhat intimate and invites naturally to a meditative state of reflection and gratitude, as it was created for the public to come and pay respect, remembering those who have served Canada, past and present,in times of war, military conflict and peace.
Also, there only two flags can fly above the cityat the same time, one being the Canadian flag. Therefore, the flag that we created to represent Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network and its Cultivators of Joy, was meant to join that morning in the Etherand keep company to the beloved Canadian Flag.
Take it ALL In! The Two Sister-Flags were Up, Waltzing Together in the Cool Breeze later that Morning of May 5th, 2026 – Known to the Burlington City as “Sahaja Yoga Meditation Day“!
Not only Our Flag went Up, but also our Kundalini energies strengthened the Cool Breeze around!
The Day of May 5th was about Celebrating New Beginnings and 21 years of Existence of Sahaja Yoga Meditation in the City, as well the Month of May as the Mental Health Awareness Month!
In fact, we had so much more to celebrate and many more connections to make! As our symbol is a Tree that unites.
Its roots will stretch, same with its branches reaching out and embracing Mother Earth, envisioning a blossoming from within (Inner Joy & Inner Peace) for all humanity, while maintaining the natural boundaries – Respect & Inner Balance to be awakened in everyone everywhere.
A healthy Tree should have Powerful roots. What about the Beginnings of Sahaja Yoga Meditation and Why is the May 5th so Special for our Cultivators of Joy?
May 5th, 1970 marked the Beginnings of Sahaja Yoga Meditation – because on that day its Founder, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, had such a powerful meditation, that the Crown Chakra – Sahasrara (mentioned earlier) – the ultimate energy center known in the traditional yoga system, became accessible to everyone. Shri Mataji envisioned the self-realization, as a holistic, quintessential wellness solution for individuals and humanity as a whole; as well, to be free of charge, based on the volunteer efforts coming from instructors that are qualified by their own genuine practice and inner growth.
We will share a few quotes from ShriMataji’s lectures with sharing about the Beginnings of Sahaja Yoga Meditation on tjat special day of May 5th, 1970. Thus, we will use this article also “teach a bit of yoga knowledge”, maybe learn a thing or two also about this Crown – Sahasrara chakra. Get ready!
The Meditative Experience of The Opening of the Crown Chakra- known as Sahasrara Chakra – on May 5th, 1970 in the Words of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Let us clarify that all the images you will see in this article are from Burlington (mainly from May 5 but also from May 4, 2026 when we went to downtown Burlington to check on the Japanese cherry trees (were they still in bloom? as we wanted to bring our friends there after the Flag Raising Ceremony). Me and my husband enjoyed a very good walk, the tulips just decided to open up on that day and the sky was determined to show us all kind of cloud formations. What do You see?!
Read and Absorb the Quotes below, Watch the Images and Feel the Truth they Share
Shri Mataji was describing the self-realization path that became possible after her amazing Experience on May 5, 1970 :
“Come to the Present (moment) which comes in this beautiful world of collective consciousness, where you realize that you are a part and parcel of that great Being. And you are not alone.
And you are to be cured, and you are to be all right, and you are to be perfectly in harmony with the great Being.”
“Then I saw the Sahasrara (the Crown chakra) and Sahasrara was like a huge, big lotus.”.
The clouds above and the flowers were mirroring each other – a variety in the likeness of Sahasrara chakra (resembling open white lotus flowers). Then an Ethereal White Ganesha?!
This bouquet of photos is from May 4th, by Burlington’s Lakeshore, so You will feel like you Know Burlington too. Can you see the theme of Flight, peaceful joy and celebration shared by Earth, Water and Sky?!
“It was very beautiful feeling. Then I felt a torrential rain, completely coming on earth, completely. That’s the Grace I was feeling. Like the rain of… but it’s very smooth and very silent effect, suddenly coming down on the earth. And I felt the whole earth was completely filled, completely filled with that Grace, completely drenched, and there was nothing left of it, like absolutely dissolved, every part of earth.
And that was the 5th day of May.
I should say, it was done near the sea shore.”
“I was just thinking how to cleanse the world, or universe, or whatever you may call it. That you see, ‘this should happen’. and it worked. Because, you know, I reached the point where I felt that, ‘It is important now. It has to be done’.
That is why today (May 5th) is a very important day. It is important for you that God in his grace and compassion has done this, and it’s more important for you that now you can dissolve into it, to be assimilated into that, to be one with that, to be that instead of thinking of the past. You have to go deeper and deeper and deeper into yourself and deny all that is superficial, and become that what you are.”
Starting with Vrinda’s image above (captured by the City media team the Guided Meditation we enjoyed as part of the Proclamation & Flag Raising Ceremony), all the following photos will be from that day – May 5, 2026 – Sahaja Yoga Meditation Day.
We continue with excerpts / quotes from Shri Mataji’s speech offered in London, UK, on May 5th, 1978:
“It is a force that should love, really it should love and should melt in that. It’s meant to do that. It should dissolve it itself. It’s a tremendous force. It is not a receding force as we say or a very sort of a compromising force. It is not an aggressive force also. But it is the force, it is the light. The light has no end and the darkness has to go. Because there is no light, that’s why there is darkness. So when the light comes in, it doesn’t mean it is aggressing the darkness. No, it is not. Because the light is there, the darkness has disappeared. That’s why you have to face this fact that you are the light. And when you see, you should be the light. And you should not be afraid as to how to please others, how to be kind to others, nothing else as such is needed. You are speaking with authority itself. It’s the greatest kindness. Because then you tell them, that ‘this is the truth‘.
The whole universe gets its confidence in righteousness, in virtue, and in divine providence.“
The last quote from that Speech reminds us the Importance of Symbols in our life, and Now you will realize why for our Cultivators of Joy, this Proclamation and Flag Raising Ceremony offered on May 5th, 2026, in that special place is so significant and embedded with symbols!
Connection to “The Tree of Good Fortune” plaque from Tuesday, May 26, 1992 we noticed on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 in Burlington Veterans’ Square
Shri Mataji said: “Those symbols are very important because the Unconscious understands the symbols and gives you also symbols. So when you do this puja (special ceremony on May 5th), I tell you, what happens is that the Unconscious sees it and is there“.
Let us make another connection to the Veteran’s Square special significance. Early that morning, as our car arrived first to that location, we had a bit more time to look around. That’s how we noticed a special plaque, mentioning “The Tree of Good Fortune”, dedicated to ROLY BIRD Mayor of Burlington 1978-1991, in honour of the faith and ambition he instilled in the recipients of the (horse chestnuts) tree’s fruit.
Our current Mayor of Burlington – Marianne Meed Ward -, with help from Ward 5 Councillor Paul Sharman, raised the Flag for Sahaja Yoga Meditation Day on Tuesday, May 5th, 2026
How neat are all these inter-connections that create and augment positive symbols of Union and manifestation of pure desire with the attention on What matters and on the Whole?!
In the photo above, from left to right): Rachelle Jeanty (Canadian International musician who supported the event with her amazing vibrant voice), Kassandra (representing the Honorable Karina Gould, Member of Parliament for Burlington), Councilor Paul Sharman, The Mayor of Burlington, Ioana and Shivangna representing the 100 Seeds of Joy community initiative (Sahaja Yoga Meditation Network of Halton volunteers)
Let’s Get to Know some of our Cultivators of Joy (those that were able to take time off from work): Gratiela, Sarah and Mama Carmela, Isabelle, Kruti, Pradeep and Michael, Shivangna, Anoma and Ioana, Brianne, Paul, Marina and Terry.
We Meditated collectively then we checked the Raising of Kundalini energy above the Crown Chakra, We listened to Rachelle singing the Maha Mantras and Two Beautiful Songs, and More!
Now, that we “speak the same language” and understand a bit better the importance at the profound level of wellness to pay attention to our crown chakra (subtle energy center that corresponds with limbic area’), let’s make it again “all about our Sahaja Yoga Meditation Day celebration”.
Everybody was truly Present and this was proof that the Event was truly Amazing. Those that came for the first time in contact with our team kept saying how impressed they were with the positive energy that we transmit around us, how we transformed the surroundings and a person remarked that after the guided meditation the sun started to come out and by the end of the event it was shinning bright! When we got back to the cars to leave, the Sun started hiding again. 🙂
Let’s Find out about the Crown Chakra & May 5th from Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Some of us know that the Crown Chakra is associated with the White color, so in the photos you will notice some people (from our team of volunteers) wearing ‘something white. It was interesting to see how the Mayor also, intuitively was wearing white too and of course our special guest Rachelle (who is also a meditator), was wearing a white coat.
Absorb the Wisdom from this Speech of Shri Mataji offered on May 3, 1996 during an International Sahaja Yoga Meditation Seminar in Cabella Ligure, Italy – focused on May 5th, 1970 and Sahasrara Chakra’s Qualities of Unity, Divine Love and Integration
Note: the speech followed an artistic performance on the stage, therefore there are also comments about ‘stage’ and ‘acting’, intertwined with advices that we can all aspire to follow.
“It has been such a great pleasure and glorification of Sahaja Yoga today. I remember the day when it started, on the 5th of May 1970, and today I see all of you so much engulfed in the Divine love and Divine power.
The whole thing shows one very great, fundamental thing, of Sahasrarathat people from so many countries integrated together.
It was Sahaj, spontaneous, but every way and there was no confusion, there’s no quarrelling, no fighting, nothing. Such an integration, spontaneous, whether it is on the stage or stage of life..
Now, as we are all global personalities, we are all integrated and those who were acting were enjoying as well as the ones who were looking at them were also enjoying in the same manner.
It was a beautiful blending I must say, and I congratulate all the leaders of all these five countries, who have contributed so well to this deep sense of integration.
Not that is the integration within that is important – of course that’s very important for a personality, but for our work, for our global emancipation we need integration of all the nations, and understanding of all the nations, because these barriers are created by human beings, not by God Almighty.
So we have transcended those barriers, and the way we are all sitting together in a complete integrated mood is – you don’t know what your Mother feels, I just can’t believe that in such a short time this we have achieved, in My lifetime I can see all these things happening.
So it was such a beautiful Sahaja, spontaneous, creation of the Spirit of this integration, and I congratulate all the leaders for this, and we all should thank them, for giving us this beautiful integrated, Sahaj-spontaneous illustration of Sahaj character.
Thank you very much. May God bless you all.”
We will share some videos by the end of this article or in another one, this is mostly for sharing photos from the event.
Happy Sahasrara Day – May 5th – Happy Teachers’ Appreciation Day – Happy Sahaja Yoga Meditation Day in Burlington
