When I started Sahaja Yoga over a decade ago, I was in need…in need of the truth, in need of a savior and in need of getting my life back in order again. I was sick of all the shopping I had done in the marketplace (Spiritual and Guru marketplace) and did not have any more money to spend. In fact, I realized several of such organizations are completely false and many times threaten you if you leave them. That’s when I wanted to be very very careful on my next step, I was a seeker and I had to find the truth but this time wanted to make sure am doing this correct. That’s when I came across Sahaja Yoga and Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. The first welcome sign was it was for free and after listening to Shri Mataji’s talks I felt so stupid about all that I had done and the kind of money I had spent on other Gurus and organizations out of fear. I realized for the first time in my life – you cannot buy God and it is not charity but stupidity if you have to pay anything to learn about how to get close to God. Everyone thought I was crazy but at that time, I did not realize and felt am actually getting close to God by paying money. As a result I was messed up…Now when I started Sahaja Yoga, there was never any compulsion on me to pay money or do things that I did not want to do.
Many Sahaja Yogis spread Sahaja Yoga with all their hearts but never pushed me to do so. Later as I understood and experienced the love of the Divine myself, I started telling people about it. It’s like this – when you feel so good and happy about something and if you can cross that selfish barrier on the fact that others too can feel it then you share your experience with them with love, without any expectation or favor in return. Especially, because all that happens is within and you are a small instrument to help with that happening. This is very different for a cult where people are paid, pushed, threatened to spread their message, join them and even stay with them. After all the horror stories I hear and see on the news about False prophets and gurus, I feel I was extremely lucky and despite my bad experiences in the past with other sects, was able to find and do Sahaja Yoga in all my freedom and love. Not that all Sahaja Yogis are perfect, but everyone is on their path to a better life and depending on one’s sincerity you get there or don’t. The best thing that Shri Mataji helped me do (by the way – I never met Her in person) through Her talks and meditation was introspection on what my own problems were and how to solve them. Over the years I realized, my biggest problem was my own ego which became my enemy later. I eventually learnt how to live so much more of a balanced life and was able to give up my alcoholism completely and even balance out my emotions a great deal. Earlier, I would get reactive and angry and the smallest of things but now things have changed and people see me as a much more amiable person who they can trust and take help from. It gives me a lot of satisfaction when I can tell others about the change I’ve seen in my life and so have other Sahaja Yogis 🙂 So I recommend with all my heart, that you can try Sahaja Yoga without any fear and if you are a real seeker of the truth then I assure you that this is the right place.
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