Jai Jai Jai Shri Mataji

Practised 3 bhajans yesterday, Jai Jai Janani, Nirmala Kiti Varnavi and Aaya Hu Darbar. Been wanting to bake something. Like bread pudding, a cake, or something. But currently I don't have a good oven. Maybe soon.... Will be away for the weekend. Have a great weekend!!!!

Last Saturday, we had a great Shri Krishna Puja and raksha bandhan ceremony. All was well. At first, we wanted to sell the rakhis at RM1 each, but then it was getting quite complicated and I wasn't keen of collecting money right after puja, so decided to scrap the idea off last minute. I know the Indians have a very creative way of making rakhis. I still don't exactly know how they did it, so someone taught me a very simple way. Here's how : What you need : Assorted colourful threads (I used DMC because their colours are just amazing and the thread is a good thread, colours don't run) Scissors A partner to help you What you do : Cut 2 different coloured thread (depends on how creative you are). I usually make sure the length is about 30 cm. Can be a bit less, but depends on the size of your brother's wrist. Tie a knot at one end and separate the 2 colours. Ask your partner to hold one end and you the other end. Then just twist clock wise, bot...

I had a little free time today and decided to read through all my previous posts. I didn't realise that there are people who had left comments and I didn't reply any of them. Thank you for the comments coz I didn't realise that there are people who read this blog. From reading my old posts, I realise that I have not been posting about Sahaj stuff for almost a year. So, I feel I must get back to it coz it keeps me going, keeps me in. So to start it off, I want to attached a message given to the Malaysian collective from the Mumbai collective. . Happy Raksha Bandhan everyone. Shri Krishna Puja is on this Saturday and the Yuva Shaktis has made 100 rakhis in the previous year. They will be on sale at RM1 each for fund-raising. My first rakhi brother is Errol Johnson. He was from UK, then worked in Malaysia for a while, then Kuwait then in Australia. He got married to a Turkish lady, Nilgun and has a daughter, Sophia (I think). The last time I heard from him was i...

Took a few days break, trying to balance myself and move on. Had a few tough days and some big time clearing was going on that I was not feeling well for a few days. So, took some time off to rest and relax. For the latest updates on what Shri Mataji is doing or saying, please go to www.shrimataji.org . Beautiful stories. I think I will take more breaks. Need to really balance myself and not to have ego.

No, I am not insulting any guru. Guru is the name of a Golden Retriever ( i think) and he belongs to Shri Mataji. I first met him when I went to Cabella for Shri Ganesha Puja in September 2001. The Malaysians were the first few groups to arrived and in the big pendal, there were only about 50 people staying the night. It was so cold that I have to wear 5 layers of clothing. Due to jet lag, I woke up at 3am Cabella time, which was 9am Malaysian time, and I saw Guru walking around the pendal. We called him and he came and gave us some warmth. He laid down and slept next to us. We were told that Guru has the qualities of a guru. He knows what's right and what's wrong and so often he will correct those people who made mistakes knowingly or unknowingly by barking at them. I have seen him barking at children who were running on the stage, where Shri Mataji's altar was placed. He had barked at a lady who was carrying her shoes into the pendal (which we were not allow...

This year the raksha bandhan was very different from other years. The sisters will pick a brother's name from a box which is under the same age group and then go to the brother, perform the ceremony and tie the string. This way, every brother will get a rakhi and no favourites or being left out. I tied for Krishnan, Camaresan, Richard Ravi, Paramjit and Caesar, who came from Hong Kong. It was a beautiful occasion. The vibrations were just flowing and the rakhis were so cool.

A few of the yogis came last Sunday to make rakhis together for Shri Krishna Puja. Seetha brought her daughter, Nira, 3 years old. While we were making rakhis, Little Nira did her drawing and colouring. I drew a face for her and she started to colour in blue. So, without thinking, I told her, no don't use blue colour. Use skin colour, I said. She doesn't understand what I was saying, and I took out beige colour for her. Little did I realise, that the so-called skin colour is actually for oriental people and whites. Little Nira is an Indian mixed with Romanian, so her skin colour is brown. Much later I realised I was being racist, without meaning to do so. From young, I was taught to colour faces with beige colour because that is the skin colour as I was told. Although I live in Malaysia, where there are Indians and Malays, all my drawings of human beings are coloured in beige. I didn't think to colour with brown or black at all. So, Little Nira has made me r...