Jai Jai Jai Shri Mataji

I was having some aches and pains and was googling to find out what is wrong with me because I was too lazy to go to the doctor.  Turns out, most of the websites I went diagnosed me with stress. As I read further, I found out that most of these so-called diseases are incurable.  Medication can only control the symptoms but not eliminate it entirely.  And most website recommends a change in lifestyle. I blogged about GERD .  Most doctors gave me antacid to stop the heart burn and the uncomfortable feeling in the stomach.  Antacid doesn't taste nice and it leaves a bad aftertaste in the mouth.  And it only helped to control the symptoms but doesn't prevent the acid from coming up in the future. Thereafter, I read up on a few more diseases, i.e Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Cirrhosis, Hemorrhoids, Diabetes,  Fatty Liver etc, etc.  If you read about them, you will find the best method to heal from it, is to change your lifestyle, well, except...

So, I made an impromptu trip to China.  At first, I thought since we have 2 days of public holiday here and if I take 3 days off, I get 1 week holiday.  Besides, it was Diwali and I wanted to spend Diwali with my husband.  But turns out, the whole trip was meant to happen and it was all part of Divine's plan. When I arrived, I was getting irritated at China and its surroundings again.  The next day I bounced back to reality and realised I was being too complex.  Life is so simple in Foshan and as Chinese saying goes by, 'Got rice eat rice, got porridge eat porridge.'  They live day by day to the best of their means.  So, I began to accept the surroundings and the people and learning how to adapt with the changes and the environment. This trip was so spontaneous and it turns out as if everything was planned.  In fact, it was so good that it feels as if I have planned this months ago and how everything fell into place.  This makes me l...

I started out this blog, wanting to share all the lovely Sahaja Yoga experiences with the whole world.  It went well, the first few posts, until year 2008. Then what I noticed was, a lot of posts were trying to convince myself that I am on the right track.  I felt sorry for myself, victimising and sometimes rambling about worldly problems. Now, it's 4 years since 2008 and many times I told myself to write only happy things.  So that anyone who reads them are happy as well.  I tried to dig my memories of all the beautiful, lovely experiences that I had.  But it seems to be running thin. Sometimes I wonder, how come some people can be so optimistic and always looking at the bright side?  But I can't seem to do that? I don't want to give up on this.  I don't want to turn the blog into something depressing.  I wondered myself, have I become more and more ungrateful towards whatever I have?  Or, I am asking too much and expecting a lot? ...

Wish everyone here a Happy Diwali!  May all of you have a great time with your loved ones! Diwali Greetings Orkut Greetings

On 2nd September 2010, the moment that I have been waiting for has finally arrived.  It was during one of the evening programs for the World Festivals, in Cabella that my name was finally announced.  A sense of relieve gushed through me and finally, I got it! Two months earlier, I have submitted the marriage application form.  From that day onwards, life was like a roller coaster.  Lots of thoughts.  'What if...??'   I thought I have prepared myself mentally, but when it comes right through it, I realised preparation was merely a word to comfort myself. I was excited and yet nervous.  I was happy and yet anxious.  The two months of anticipation of the event was much more bigger than anything that I had ever encountered.  Although I hid my emotions from the outside world, because it was a secret and I was too shy to announced, yet inside I was having a nervous breakdown every now and then. On my birthday that year, I received ...

Wow, this blog is already 6 years old.  How time flies.  I enjoyed readying back the old blog posts, brings back so much of nice memories, especially those Sahaj related and also reminded me to go back to basics sometimes and watch that Ego. Reading my experiences, reminded me of my journey in Sahaj.  Started out being ignorant, then started to recognised Shri Mataji, began to observe protocols, attended various international pujas, met Shri Mataji personally, performed for Her and got the opportunities to offer gifts to Her.  Then became really into Sahaj, everything Sahaj this, Sahaj that and recognised other things which are non-Sahaj is not good, etc. Also, back then, so much more innocent, and so many miracles happened.  I took it for granted, forgetting everything.  Who would have guess, Dr. Madhu Rai was the person who tied sari for me during one international puja?  Interesting right? Looking back, I started the blog with lots of h...

My husband taught me a few things in life.  Some are quite valuable, so I thought I better write it down somewhere.  Sometimes, the more people advises me, the more I can't seem to follow through.  The best for me is learning through experience and this is his experience.  Anyway, all these were already spoken by Shri Mataji.   The first is if you have spoken the truth to another person, but if that person still want to be ignorant and do not want to accept the truth, then just leave it.  You are blessed to know the truth and have compassion for that person who does not. The second was to have pure desire.  Pure desire work better if the desire is for another person, for the betterment of that person.  I read a beautiful talk by Babamama, Shri Mataji's brother here , and it is exactly how my husband experienced.  He desired something for another person and that person got what he wants.  So, I realised that I always desire for m...

This is a continuation from this post .  Remember I said that I was trying to transplant a new mogra plant using existing mogra branches?  Well, I wasn't successful after many rounds, but my dad who has a green thumb has transplanted not 1 plant, but 3!!!  Not only he managed to transplant a new one, the existing ones was flowering so much more with my dad's love and attention.  He put fertilizers and some vitamins and new soil, etc, etc. I don't know how he did it.  He didn't use the growing roots powder.  But I think the mistake I made was I cut a small twig to transplant instead of the whole branch.  He cut the whole branch and from there, new branches started growing. However, I can still tell the difference between the old and the new plant.  The mogras from the older plant is much more fragrance compared to the new plant.  Can't explain why. Throughout the years of noticing this mogra plant, I found that the mogra b...

God always have a plan and destiny for everyone.  We just need to be patient.  However, patience is not waiting kind of patience. " Now this patience is most joy giving.  Patience gives you the greatest joy.  When you are patient you develop all your qualities.  I think in patience you blossom the best.  But patience is not be patient, be patient.  Patience is also a kind of a state within us with just this patience, Saburi as they call it. You just watch and see. Wherever you are you are.  Now some people are worried that they must get into the bus.  Some people are worried they must reach back home. S ome people are worried they must get their food in time.  According to them this is discipline.  This is not.  This is conditioning.  But what is the discipline is of patience in Sahaja Yoga.  Where you watch everything and you are patient.  If you are in the bus you are there.  If you are standing on the r...

I wrote a post few minutes earlier and it was full of unhappiness.  Somehow, don't know why, my cursor decided to go to the Close button and click and poof, the whole thing gone.  So, I guess, it's a message that's not meant to go out to everyone.  It's saved but I think it's not meant for you to read, so I deleted it. Well, yes, I was unhappy, and still am a bit.  But what's the point right?  Today I found really, that negativity is acting out again and it can pulls you down faster than anything.  I was not strong, I have to admit, and was pull deep into the trap.   There are so many unhappy people out there that I feel really insecure to walk out on the streets sometimes.  I don't know who I will meet.  It can be a thief, you can get scolded anytime, for no reason, strangers can be really rude to you, it's scary.  Coz unhappiness spells negativity and so on and so on.  Lately I find that so many people have no qualms in c...

Today is the Victory Day!  It's a day of Celebration, to celebrate the victory of Shri Rama defeated Ravana. It's a day of song and dance and lots of celebrating to do!  To celebrate good over evil! This year Dusshera is celebrated on the 9th day as well due to the Indian calendar.  Happy Dusshera!!!!

Today is Navami, it's the day we recite Shri Mahalakshmi Ashtakam.  There is a bhajan on this as well. SHRI MAHALAKSHMI ASHTAKAM Namosthesthu Maha Maye, Sree peede, sura poojithe, Sanka , chakra, Gadha hasthe, Mahalakshmi Namosthuthe 1 Salutations and salutations to Goddess Mahalakshmi, Who is the great enchantress, Who lives in riches, Who is worshipped by Gods, And who has conch, wheel and mace in her hands. Namasthe garudarude, Kolasura bhayam kari, Sarva papa hare , devi, Mahalakshmi Namosthuthe. 2 Salutations and salutations to Goddess Mahalakshmi. Who rides on an eagle, Who created fear to Kolasura, And is the goddess who can destroy all sins Sarvagne Sarva varadhe, Sarva dushta Bhayam karee, Sarva dukha hare, devi, Mahalakshmi Namosthuthe. 3 Salutations and salutations to Goddess Mahalakshmi. Who knows everything, Who can grant any thing, Who appears fearsome to bad people, And is the goddess who can destroy all sorrows. S...

Today is Ashtami.  It's the day that we should read the 12th Chapter of Devi Mahatmyam.  For the full (all the chapters) of Devi Mahatmyam which is translated into English, please go here .  Below is only Chapter 12: CHAPTER 12 DEVI MAHATMYAM Eulogy of the Merits The Devi said: 1-2. ‘And whoever with a concentrated mind shall pray to me constantly with these, hymns, I shall without doubt put down every trouble of his. 3. ‘And those who shall laud (the story of) the destruction of Madhu and Kaitabha, the slaughter Nisumbha likewise. 4-5. ‘And those also who shall listen with devotion to this sublime poem on my greatness on the eighth, the fourteenth and on the ninth days of the fortnight with concentrated mind, to them nothing wrong shall happen, nor calamities that arise from wrong doings nor poverty and never separation from beloved ones. 6. ‘He shall not experience fear from enemies, or from robbers and kings, or from weapon, fire and flood. 7...

Today is Saptami.  We should read the Devi Atharva Sheersha.  What I have here is the English translation.  You should try to read the Sanskrit version. Shri Devi Atharva-shirsham Sri Devi Atharvashirsham 1. All the gods approached the Devi asking: “Who are you, O mighty Goddess?” 2. She replied: “I am the embodiment of the all-pervading Brahma. From me nature, mankind and the Self enter the world, both void and non-void. 3. I am bliss and non-bliss. I am knowledge and non-knowledge. I am the desire to know Brahma and non-Brahma. I am the five primordial principles and the non-principles. I am the complete universe. 4. I am the Vedas and their absence. I am knowledge, I am the absence of knowledge. I am both born and unborn. I am below and above and also across. 5. I move about in the forms of Rudra and Vasu. I am that infinite Aditi by whom the gods also come into being. I hold aloft Mitra and Varuna, Indra, Agni and both...