Sahaja Yoga Online Meditation Blog

2012-01-31T06:25:00.000-05:00

Today's talk was: Transformation, given at Bordi on January 27th 1980. Some interesting points

Enjoying the flow of Kundalini energy is not sufficient, but it has to transform us
Kundalini energy has to enter our chakras and be retained for their blossoming and becoming fragrant. Only then can the fragrance can be passed on to others.
The depth of our love is to be developed.

We have to see how deep is our love through the detached performance of our duties as parents, spouses etc. in a nice way.
Lack of transformation within us should cause concern, lack of enlightenment in people around us should cause anxiety for their salvation.

Manas power arises in the left and goes to the right. Ahamkara (ego) arises from the right and goes leftwards. In the middle lies pure intelligence, Buddhi. Balanced thoughts arise from buddhi. But overuse of or excessive flow of Manas or Ahamkara silences the Buddhi. That's when our thoughts from pure intelligence are replaced by Ego/Superego thoughts.

In the end we gave bandhan for Iranian yogi Kavoos in Canada who is facing unfair deportation, and on hunger strike. Latest news and updates here: kavoos.org

Spirit and Attention Week

2012-01-23T06:29:00.000-05:00

This week on the east coast morning meditations, we will be listening to a talk given by Mother at Finchley ashram in 1978. You can listen and download the talk via the Sahaja Library on SoundCloud:

1978 Spirit Attention and Mind by Shri Mataji at Finchley Ashram

Introspection and Meditation at Shudy Camps, 1988

2011-12-05T06:22:00.001-05:00

We are listening to this amazing talk this morning and tomorrow which is on the commemorative CD given at the Vishumaya Seminar in Niagara Falls earlier this year. Today we heard the talk portion. The next part consists of a guided meditation, which will be broadcast tomorrow, December 6th, 5:30 AM.

Here is the full talk in case you missed it this morning.

Six Enemies of our Soul

2011-12-02T06:20:00.001-05:00

Thanks for joining in today's meditation on removing the six enemies of the soul, and a prayer to restore our soul (Psalm 23) from the damage inflicted by those six enemies.

The East Coast morning meditation will now be weekdays-only, since there have been very low numbers for Sunday mornings. I myself would like to sleep in after a late night with local collective on Saturdays, so let's attend the West Coast morning meditations on the weekends at 8:30am Eastern Time (US/Canada). 5:30 am meditations will continue for East Coast on weekdays. JSM!

You can certainly meditate with any of the recordings of the morning meditations at the video archive collections for east coast morning meditation recordings or west coast morning meditation recordings pages.

Give priority to the subtle body - Kabir

2011-11-25T07:59:00.001-05:00

Knowledge that makes us clever, delights the mind and makes us arrogant is impressive. Knowledge that brings true humility, grace and permanence is indeed pure knowledge.

Today we shared a meditation and an ancient song. Thanks to Pushpa who meditates with us online, deeper meanings and messages were uncovered, that relate to our subtle system.

The meditation was simply to experience the bliss of the word 'Nirmala'

Now, Nirmala, you'll be all called as Nirmalites. Means the ones who have been enlightened by Nirmala. It goes light, the word light goes very well with you people because you are enlightened. Others are just lights without any flame. So, this is Nirmalites, means the ones who are being enlightened by Nirmala. - 1985-0112: Talk before Puja, Mumbai

The bhajan involves Kabir-das advising seekers of truth to take more care of their subtle body, giving it priority over the gross body. The subtle body needs attention and awareness. He talks of the chakras, the 10 gurus within us and the main channels of the subtle system. But he laments the ruination of the subtle system by those who call themselves holy men, religious leaders and such. The way he recommends we 'wear' our subtle body and awareness is 'just the way we were granted it'. i.e. one meaning is that we keep it the way it was at birth - pure. Another meaning could be, we simply witness our subtle system the way it is being kept by the highest force.

Here are the words and translation line by line:

Oh it is subtle, the one you wear all day, is subtle!It purifies when washed in the name of GodContainer of the eight lotusesBinding the 5 elements with the ropes of the three channels.Built on the 10 foundations of the guru, by the guru SaiThe threads have been pressed to get a tight weave.When worn by the so-called holy men,That subtle cloth is surely soiled.I Kabir, wear it with great care and awareness, witnessing it,

Not interfering with the way the Lord chooses to keep it for me.

Sunday Morning Notes from 11/13

2011-11-13T06:58:00.000-05:00

What is the difference between powers & qualities of a Sahaja Yogi? Why and which festivals to celebrate? Which is the most important celebration?

Negativity: Avoid or Fight?

2011-11-03T09:36:00.003-04:00

CS Lewis (Narnia Books) introspected about negativity in the introduction to the classic "Screwtape Letters" book, "There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them."

The talk we meditated upon this morning addressed negativities openly affecting seekers at the time. The subtle negativity discussed has been affecting humans since the dawn of time. The best option the six enemies have is not to fight us but make us forget they exist, making their task easier.

Happy Meditating!

If you were unable to join the East Coast morning meditation today, meditate with the archive of today's meditation (35 minutes) here:

The full talk of Mother is from 9th Feb 1979 "Talk to Westerners about Negativity", embedded from Sahaja Audio Book website here as mp3:

Further reading:

Sea of Changes

2011-11-02T07:09:00.002-04:00

Today's meditation featured a unique, one of a kind talk by Shri Mataji about the reform in Soviet Russia undertaken by Gorbachev and the need for a similar review of extreme libertarianism in the west for achieving balance. The talk us untitled and undated, but extremely unique, and a must listen:

Guided Meditation + Talk (40 minutes)

Talk Only (28 minutes) State of the Planet / September 1989 (Estimated Date)

Daily Morning Meditation: Guilt-Free, Loving-Protection, Authenticity and Freedom

2011-10-21T06:33:00.001-04:00

What are the basic human rights that make our existence on earth joyful?

Did you think of a few things?

Now think, what could be some basic spiritual rights, rights bestowed upon us as human beings? Things that no one can or should stop us from achieving? The qualification being simply, our human birth? This morning's meditation covered those basic human spiritual rights aspects that are granted to us by the grace of Shri Mataji, through self-realization:

Guilt free living
Being radiant in truth, through a strong spiritual connection
Being liberated from the bondages of the six enemies: cutting the leash that the six enemies tie around our necks for their devious purposes
Being protected, feeling secure through the shield of protection that is granted to us by the Devi Kavach

You may want to meditate with us with the recording of this meditation here

Bhavasagara: The Void Within

2011-09-19T06:27:00.000-04:00

Today's meditation was with Mother's talk in 1991

We heard the first 20 minutes or so. The take home message for me was the importance of valuing divinity and working out our imperfections, because hiding them just delays our improvement. Sooner or later, those around us will be disillusioned in us because of our lack of depth. What was your take away message?

1991-0406 Shri Bhavasagara Puja Brisbane from Sahaja Library on Vimeo.

Archive video: H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. Talk at Shri Bhavasagara Puja, Brisbane, Australia, 1991 (1991-0406)

Today/Yesterday's Talk on Shri Ganesha: Link to Video

2011-09-07T10:42:00.002-04:00

For those who joined us today and yesterday, we were listening to 85 Shri Ganesha Puja talk about Chastity. Watch below (via vimeo/sahajalibrary)

Purchase DVD: WF Store Link

Havan for UK Riots

2011-08-09T12:34:00.000-04:00

A last minute havan is planned for today, August 9th to address the tumulus situation in UK.

Dear all,

As a spontaneously happening, a couple of us desire to have a candle
havan tonight, with a specific focus on the riot and related
negativity that disturbing the commonwealth of UK.

The proposed time of the havan will be 9:30 pm, GMT.

The havan will be streaming online, at
http://live.sahajayogaonline.com/more/havan/

The physical location will be: 22 Blackeney Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1HD.

Please join us by stopping by or lit the candles at your abode.

Jai Shri Mataji!

The UK yuva skype meditation
with the loving support from the US onlinemeditation (live.sahajayogaonline.com)
and our beloved global sahaja family

Spring Navratri 2011 Online

2011-04-04T12:01:00.001-04:00

Today began the Spring Navratri Meditations at the East Coast 5.30AM online meditations section of the Live Online Meditations Community for established Sahaja Yogis. Unlike the Fall Navrati celebrations which were in the form of worship online, these will be meditations using the prescribed daily hymns and prayers to the Goddess. The celebration concludes April 10th, Birthday of Shri Rama - Rama Navmi.

Update: (April 5th: West Coast 5:30am Meditations will also be following the Navratri Schedule). This means two opportunities to join in live! See updated timings below.

From April 4th to April 10th

US East Coast: 5.30AM
US West Coast: 5.30AM

India: 3 PM, 6PM

UK: 10:30 AM, 1:30PM

Italy: 11:30 AM, 2:30PM

Romania: 12 PM NOON, 3PM

Moscow: 1:30 PM, 4:30PM

Australia (Victoria/Queensland/NSW): 7:30 PM, 10:30PM

People Get Ready, The Train is Coming

2011-03-21T00:40:00.007-04:00

The train metaphor is somehow inspiring to modern songwriters in devotional music, even western devotional. Listening to Rod Stewart, of all people, sing "People Get Ready, The Train is Coming" gave chills and a great enjoyment of the train metaphor. In the eastern spiritual tradition of sahaja yoga, Kishore Chaturvedi introduced a piece of modern folk music, that also rides the train metaphor.

The lyrics are simple, yet deep. For instance, in one stanza, allusions are made to checked baggage, which is out of site for the passenger of life, but should not be forgetten to be pick it up at baggage claim at the end of the journey. Similarly, those who resort to guilt, rather than self correction, store their bad karma baggage by checking it out of sight in the left part of the vishuddhi chakra (left shoulder/throat junction). But guilt will come back and bite the spiritual seeker, unless it is faced and gotten rid of, along your journey by self-correction.

Here is a snippet of this delightful song, we got singing at a meditaiton gathering in Pittsburgh. Excuse the missed notes and beats... this spontaneous rendering, with interludes from memory are not studio quality, but heartwarming.

Listen Online (Rec 3/20/2011)

OR Download Here

Further Listening:

Watch Kishore Chaturvedi, the artiste himself, playing the melody on a real flute, and singing a stanza at the end:

But this is not the first time we are recording something and putting it up. Here is the crowd favorite "Your Sound Around Me" camp version from Christmas 2009 from Steel City again:

Broadcast from Japan

2011-03-12T21:09:00.001-05:00

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Jai Shri Mataji!

This week we will tune in to the online puja from Japan at 8 PM (PST)

The link is below:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/meisounoheya We are going to start the program tomorrow from about 13h JST. (Detailed e-mail below)
In case, a password is given as: sahaja

Before the puja we will be offering a havan to the powers of Ganesha (21 names), Kartikeya (21 names) and Rama (16 names) at our location without broadcasting - if you are desirous please join us in that as well.

For finding your local time you can refer to http://www.worldtimeserver.com/meeting-planner.aspx

Please be reminded that the online meditations are especially intended for the yogis who attend collective pujas and have recognised H.H.Shri Mataji.

With Nirmal Love & Gratitude ~

Jai Shri Mataji!

Sahaja Yoga Online Meditations Team
North America

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From: jules pyke
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Sent: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:01
Subject: [SY UK] Live Broadcast from Japanese Collective Puja

Hi,

I've been talking to Hitoshi from the Japanese collective.

In the wake of recent events in Japan, they have asked for our
collective attention.

They will be broadcasting a small puja live tomorrow 1pm JST. Because
Japan is 9 hours ahead, this does mean that it would take place at 4am
UK time! However, as many of you know it's a nice time to meditate -
very still and quiet! We all know that in the early days, Shri Mataji
used to get Sahaja Yogis to meditate in the early hours. It would be a
wonderful way to witness the powers that Shri Mataji has vested in us.
It's amazing how technology has the power to unite us and make the one
Universal Pure Religion!

If you can't make it up in time, could you please give a Bhandhan for
Japan.

I don't think you'll need a password, but if you do, it will be
"sahaja".

Link is below.

Jai Shri Mataji!

Jules

We decided to perform small puja.
Here is the link for tomorrow.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/meisounoheya
We are going to start the program tomorrow from about 13h JST.

--

Jai Shri Mataji!

Sahaja Yoga Online Meditations Team
North America

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Thursday Morning Meditation 12/9/2010

2010-12-09T09:34:00.000-05:00

We meditated today with a Pittsburgh yogini leading meditation over Google Talk and it came through perfectly. After the meditation we listened to "Kundalini Chadi Badhi Jaye", an original qawwali from Rajiv Bagadadhe and Pune Collectivity, which conveys the journey through the chakras in the manner of the sufis. Original songs by Sahaja Yoga artistes were instrumental in many of us youngsters to understand the important concepts of attaining yoga in the sahaja manner - and these compositions acted to convey the abtract concepts of surrender and instrospection in a manner no discussion or question/answer could.

Tuesday Morning East Coast Online Meditation :: Dec 06 2010

2010-12-07T09:25:00.003-05:00

Today in the morning we played two songs for the meditation from the Nirakara Puja CD by Bagadade Bhaiya from Pune, available on the Sahaja Store:

https://sahajayogaonline.3dcartstores.com/Nirakar-Shiv-Puja_p_3390.html

We meditated to the sounds of the ocean for the rest of the meditation and said two invokations to the Adishakti for bettering attention and connection.

Caio!

"Vandana Trayee" Wednesday Morning Meditation: 12/1/2010

2010-12-01T09:49:00.001-05:00

The morning meditation started late. Partially due to the need to restart the computer and partially because of snoozing the alarm a couple more times than necessary. No more sleeping at 1am! Thanksgiving weekend has been quite challenging -- sleeping late has been inevitable. But we managed to hold most meditations with greater gusto. Even when in Chicago on Monday morning, reaching quite late in the night and being up and ready in the morning. Collective attention helps overcome the lethargy to get up and soak up the morning rays of the Divine.

This morning we began with Vandana Trayee, a 3-in-1 prayer to Shri Ganesha, Shri Saraswari and Shri Adi Guru. It was beautiful. There was absolutely no guided portion as the vibrations were tremendous. Sahaja Yogis were already in meditation for 20 minutes when the broadcast started. Here is the prayer someone put on youtube for your enjoyment...

Thursday morning meditation: Thanksgiving Day 2010/11/24

2010-11-25T10:22:00.002-05:00

Today was the first day with a major "technical" snag and I was hoping to find 37 odd emails in my mailbox demanding to know if the meditaiton is happening or not.

The morning alarm was on "mute" and I ended up getting up late --- but there were 20 connections probably meditating on their own already. Good on them. But the vibrations were instantaneous and intense. It was mostly silent with no guided portion. Some days, its better like this.

Tomorrow, two wake up alarms as usual. Cannot risk setting up just one alarm :)

Monday Night - Weekly Online Meditation for East Coast: 1982 Yogeshwara Puja Talk

2010-11-23T14:01:00.003-05:00

The meditation last night was as usual, with a surprising twist at the end. We do know that the focus in North America is on the establishment of boundaries of behavior within collectives, an essential part of preventing chaos in any large sized organization, especially one which has no entry barriers.

The talk which came up spontaneously was a 1982 gem, on Yogeshwara which explains the definition of being in a state of yoga quite well: When you are in yoga - you are in perfect detached state. You can be eating, drinking and doing, yet your spirit is not "involved". e.g. Eating, but your attention is in yoga with your spirit. So your attention is not occupied by the taste or sensations of eating. The conversation then turned to limitations to any extreme behaviour, called "maryadas" in sanskrit. Mother emphasized the need for avoiding self made relationships, which undermine the larger vision of Sahaja Yoga, as given by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

American Morning Online Meditations

2010-11-22T09:35:00.002-05:00

|| Jai Shri Mataji ||

Thank you all for attending the online morning meditations in good numbers!

Many regions around the world change clocks in spring and autumn. This causes a bit of confusion - so for now, these relative times should hold good for our morning meditations...

Where: http://live.sahajayogaonline.com/east-coast

Format: Silent, with some guided portions

Duration: Approx 30 minutes

Audience: Established Sahaja Yogis
Time: 5:30am US/Canada East Coast

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10:30am GMT / United Kingdom

4:00pm India

9:30pm Sydney

8:30am Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

12:30pm Romania

11:30am Italy

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Navratri Online Timing Survey: 10pm EST - 2009

2009-09-17T12:26:00.008-04:00

THIS INFORMATION IS OUT-DATED: FOR 2010 INFO, PLEASE GO TO

NAVRATRI.SAHAJAYOGAONLINE.COM

Jai Shri Mataji,

Thank you for your heartfelt responses and comments. The survey for Navratri online timings is complete and it seems like we will be going with:

10pm Eastern / 7pm Pacific Time - Starting Saturday Sept 19th

Important: Unlike last year, this year, the online pujas will be password protected. What do you need to do? You will need to sign up for the "Online Puja Room" created for this Navratri and other online pujas we may do in the future. You will need to answer some questions before you are able to access the online puja room.

Next Step: Sign Up Here
http://sahajapuja.ning.com/?xgi=4pdFvv9JxnH2EW

Question: Where will the online meditations be?
The meditations will be at the online puja room http://sahajapuja.ning.com which you can access once your membership is approved. The pujas will not be openly webcasted at live.sahajayogaonline.com like last year.

* Score = Perfect + Allright + Neutral - 0.5 (Bad) - Impossible

Some Sample Timings (Calculate your times here:

Some insights into the collective situations of those wanting to attend (names withheld for privacy):

"I live 6 hours, two ferries from nearest collective"
- Yogini in Powell River, BC
"on the west coast 5:30 am would be 2:30 etc. yet
nothing is impossible"
- A west coast yogini willing to wake up at 2:30am,
in case we went with the east coast morning time.
"I work til 9:00 PM and drive 40 minutes to the nearest..."
- Yogini on East Coast

"we are alone in nicaragua, and in centro america"
- Yogi family in Central America

"I have a litlle girl and the ashram it´s far away from my house and I have no car and also I have no money for taking taxi every nights"
- Yogini living in Medellin, Colombia

"I am in a big collective but will be traveling for work during Navratri"
- Cincinnati (A situation the online service hopes to address)

Notes from Survey Analysis:

1. Total respondents: 90

2. Data Points Rejected 9 (Reasons: Attending Sakshat Puja , in a Large Collective etc.)

Change in Timings for Navratri

2009-08-24T23:46:00.000-04:00

Hope you all had a fine 6th night! Saturday the timings are slightly different. Please checkout the blog on SYPheR for updated details. Saturday the time is 12noon Eastern US / 9am Pacific.

Live Meditations Photo Contest!!!

2009-03-25T17:54:00.001-04:00

Send us a picture of you or your family/ashram/collective in front of the computer and we'll feature it on the front page of live.sahajayogaonline.com!

Take a camera, cell phone, webcam anything! Just take a picture of you all + COMPUTER!! email it to info@sahajayogaonline.com and We'll feature it online.

Jai Shri Mataji!

English / Mandarin Online Meditation 3/17

2009-03-17T15:21:00.001-04:00

Jai Shri Mataji!

This is a reminder for the 3/18 online meditation, we will listen to
the Birthday Puja talk in Dheli, March, 1996. We will also listen to
the chapter 5 of Lao Tsi before the talk. (Last week due to a small
technical issue, the audio quality was no good. It is solved, and
should be better this time!)

Hope to meet with you

Mandarin/English online meditation
http://live.sahajayogaonline.com/mandarin/

Please pay attention to the time change--due to the daylight saving
time. The time of online meditation will be an hour earlier in
countries that do not have daylight saving or summer time. Please
consult the following list for detail time.

Every Wednesday @

(Acrobatically ordered)

Afghanistan - Kabul 3:30 PM
Algeria - Algiers 12:00 Noon
Argentina - Buenos Aires * 9:00 AM
Australia - Australian Capital Territory/New South Wales * 10:00 PM
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin 8:30 PM
Australia - Queensland - Brisbane 9:00 PM
Australia - South Australia - Adelaide * 9:30 PM
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne * 10:00 PM
Australia - Western Australia - Perth * 8:00 PM
Austria - Vienna 12:00 Noon
Bahamas - Nassau * 7:00 AM
Bangladesh - Dhaka 5:00 PM
Belarus - Minsk 1:00 PM
Belgium - Brussels 12:00 Noon
Bolivia - La Paz 7:00 AM
Brazil - 8:00 AM
Bulgaria - Sofia 1:00 PM
Canada - Alberta - Edmonton * 5:00 AM
Canada - British Columbia - Vancouver * 4:00 AM
Canada - Manitoba - Winnipeg * 6:00 AM
Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador - St. John's * 8:30 AM
Canada - Nova Scotia - Halifax * 8:00 AM
Canada – Ontario/Quebec * 7:00 AM
Chile - Santiago * 8:00 AM
China 7:00 PM
Hong Kong 7:00 PM
Taiwan 7:00 PM
Colombia - Bogota 6:00 AM
Croatia - Zagreb 12:00 Noon
Cuba - Havana * 7:00 AM
Czech Republic - Prague 12:00 Noon
Denmark - Copenhagen 12:00 Noon
Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo 7:00 AM
Egypt - Cairo 1:00 PM
El Salvador - San Salvador 5:00 AM
Estonia - Tallinn 1:00 PM
Ethiopia - Addis Ababa 2:00 PM
Fiji - Suva 11:00 PM
Finland - Helsinki 1:00 PM
France - Paris 12:00 Noon
Germany - Berlin - Berlin 12:00 Noon
Germany - Hesse - Frankfurt 12:00 Noon
Greece - Athens 1:00 PM
Guatemala - Guatemala 5:00 AM
Honduras - Tegucigalpa 5:00 AM
Hungary - Budapest 12:00 Noon
Iceland - Reykjavik 11:00 AM
India – Delhi/ Maharashtra/West Bengal 4:30 PM
Indonesia - Java - Jakarta 6:00 PM
Iran - Tehran 2:30 PM
Iraq - Baghdad 2:00 PM
Ireland - Dublin 11:00 AM
Israel - Jerusalem 1:00 PM
Italy - Rome 12:00 Noon
Jamaica - Kingston 6:00 AM
Japan - Tokyo 8:00 PM
Jordan - Amman 1:00 PM
Kazakstan - Almaty 5:00 PM
Kenya - Nairobi 2:00 PM
Kiribati - Christmas Islands - Kiritimati Wed 1:00 AM
Kuwait - Kuwait City 2:00 PM
Lebanon - Beirut 1:00 PM
Madagascar - Antananarivo 2:00 PM
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur 7:00 PM
Mexico - Federal District - Mexico City 5:00 AM
Morocco - Casablanca 11:00 AM
Myanmar - Yangon 5:30 PM
Nepal - Kathmandu 4:45 PM
Netherlands - Amsterdam 12:00 Noon
New Zealand - Auckland * Midnight -Wed
New Zealand - Chatham Island * Wed 12:45 AM
Nicaragua - Managua 5:00 AM
Nigeria - Lagos 12:00 Noon
Norway - Oslo 12:00 Noon
Pakistan 4:00 PM
Paraguay - Asuncion 7:00 AM
Peru - Lima - Lima 6:00 AM
Philippines - Manila 7:00 PM
Poland - Warsaw 12:00 Noon
Portugal - Lisbon 11:00 AM
Puerto Rico - San Juan 7:00 AM
Romania - Bucharest 1:00 PM
Russia – Anadyr/ Kamchatka 11:00 PM
Russia - Moscow 2:00 PM
Russia - Vladivostok 9:00 PM
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh 2:00 PM
Serbia - Belgrade 12:00 Noon
Singapore - Singapore 7:00 PM
South Africa 1:00 PM
South Korea - Seoul 8:00 PM
Spain 12:00 Noon
Sudan - Khartoum 2:00 PM
Sweden - Stockholm 12:00 Noon
Switzerland 12:00 Noon
Thailand - Bangkok 6:00 PM
Turkey - Ankara 1:00 PM
Turkey - Istanbul 1:00 PM
U.K. - England - London 11:00 AM
U.S.A. - Alaska - Anchorage * 3:00 AM
U.S.A. – PST-Lost Angeles/Seattle 4:00 AM
U.S.A. - Colorado - Denver * 5:00 AM
U.S.A. - EST - Washington DC/New York * 7:00 AM
U.S.A. - Hawaii - Honolulu 1:00 AM
U.S.A. – Central- Chicago/Houston * 6:00 AM
Ukraine - Kyiv 1:00 PM
United Arab Emirates - Dubai - Dubai 3:00 PM
Uruguay - Montevideo 8:00 AM
Uzbekistan - Tashkent 4:00 PM
Venezuela - Caracas 6:30 AM
Vietnam - Hanoi 6:00 PM
Yemen - Aden 2:00 PM
Zimbabwe - Harare 1:00 PM

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English-Czech Online meditation - Sunday

2009-03-13T16:55:00.002-04:00

We would like to invite you to another online meditation of Czech Sahaja yoga which will be broadcasted on

Sunday 15.3.2009 at 8.30 p.m (Czech) and 2:30pm Eastern Time (North America).
will be in czech-english version and the topic will be introspection.

You can join us on this website:

http://live.sahajayogaonline.com/ceska/

You can listen to interesting music and part of Shri Mataji speech from Birthday puja in 2001.

Welcome !

Czech on line meditation team

Need time in your own country?

Visit http://live.sahajayogaonline.com/monday-nights/ for detailed instructions on time conversion.

New to Online Meditations? Test your computer by going to the help page & follow instructions:
http://live.sahajayogaonline.com/help/

Portal to access all online meditations: live.sahajayogaonline.com

See other hours at:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/custom.html?sort=1

[podcast] Nabhi Chakra & Evolution

2009-03-13T07:56:00.005-04:00

Link to full text

3/11 Mandarin/English online meditation (change in time)

2009-03-10T13:16:00.001-04:00

Jai Shri Mataji! Please pay attention to the time change--due to the
daylight saving time. The time of online meditation will be an hour
earlier in countries that do not have daylight saving or summer time.
For detail time, please consult the list of time following this reminder.

For 3/11 online meditation, we will listen to the talk about subtle
body, in Birmingham (UK) on 9, July, 1982. We will also listen to the
chapter 5 of Lao Tsi before the talk.

Hope to meet with you

Mandarin/English online meditation
http://live.sahajayogaonline.com/mandarin/

Every Wednesday @

(Acrobatically ordered)

Afghanistan - Kabul 3:30 PM
Algeria - Algiers 12:00 Noon
Argentina - Buenos Aires * 9:00 AM
Australia - Australian Capital Territory/New South Wales * 10:00 PM
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin 8:30 PM
Australia - Queensland - Brisbane 9:00 PM
Australia - South Australia - Adelaide * 9:30 PM
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne * 10:00 PM
Australia - Western Australia - Perth * 8:00 PM
Austria - Vienna 12:00 Noon
Bahamas - Nassau * 7:00 AM
Bangladesh - Dhaka 5:00 PM
Belarus - Minsk 1:00 PM
Belgium - Brussels 12:00 Noon
Bolivia - La Paz 7:00 AM
Brazil - 8:00 AM
Bulgaria - Sofia 1:00 PM
Canada - Alberta - Edmonton * 5:00 AM
Canada - British Columbia - Vancouver * 4:00 AM
Canada - Manitoba - Winnipeg * 6:00 AM
Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador - St. John's * 8:30 AM
Canada - Nova Scotia - Halifax * 8:00 AM
Canada – Ontario/Quebec * 7:00 AM
Chile - Santiago * 8:00 AM
China 7:00 PM
Hong Kong 7:00 PM
Taiwan 7:00 PM
Colombia - Bogota 6:00 AM
Croatia - Zagreb 12:00 Noon
Cuba - Havana * 7:00 AM
Czech Republic - Prague 12:00 Noon
Denmark - Copenhagen 12:00 Noon
Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo 7:00 AM
Egypt - Cairo 1:00 PM
El Salvador - San Salvador 5:00 AM
Estonia - Tallinn 1:00 PM
Ethiopia - Addis Ababa 2:00 PM
Fiji - Suva 11:00 PM
Finland - Helsinki 1:00 PM
France - Paris 12:00 Noon
Germany - Berlin - Berlin 12:00 Noon
Germany - Hesse - Frankfurt 12:00 Noon
Greece - Athens 1:00 PM
Guatemala - Guatemala 5:00 AM
Honduras - Tegucigalpa 5:00 AM
Hungary - Budapest 12:00 Noon
Iceland - Reykjavik 11:00 AM
India – Delhi/ Maharashtra/West Bengal 4:30 PM
Indonesia - Java - Jakarta 6:00 PM
Iran - Tehran 2:30 PM
Iraq - Baghdad 2:00 PM
Ireland - Dublin 11:00 AM
Israel - Jerusalem 1:00 PM
Italy - Rome 12:00 Noon
Jamaica - Kingston 6:00 AM
Japan - Tokyo 8:00 PM
Jordan - Amman 1:00 PM
Kazakstan - Almaty 5:00 PM
Kenya - Nairobi 2:00 PM
Kiribati - Christmas Islands - Kiritimati Wed 1:00 AM
Kuwait - Kuwait City 2:00 PM
Lebanon - Beirut 1:00 PM
Madagascar - Antananarivo 2:00 PM
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur 7:00 PM
Mexico - Federal District - Mexico City 5:00 AM
Morocco - Casablanca 11:00 AM
Myanmar - Yangon 5:30 PM
Nepal - Kathmandu 4:45 PM
Netherlands - Amsterdam 12:00 Noon
New Zealand - Auckland * Midnight -Wed
New Zealand - Chatham Island * Wed 12:45 AM
Nicaragua - Managua 5:00 AM
Nigeria - Lagos 12:00 Noon
Norway - Oslo 12:00 Noon
Pakistan 4:00 PM
Paraguay - Asuncion 7:00 AM
Peru - Lima - Lima 6:00 AM
Philippines - Manila 7:00 PM
Poland - Warsaw 12:00 Noon
Portugal - Lisbon 11:00 AM
Puerto Rico - San Juan 7:00 AM
Romania - Bucharest 1:00 PM
Russia – Anadyr/ Kamchatka 11:00 PM
Russia - Moscow 2:00 PM
Russia - Vladivostok 9:00 PM
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh 2:00 PM
Serbia - Belgrade 12:00 Noon
Singapore - Singapore 7:00 PM
South Africa 1:00 PM
South Korea - Seoul 8:00 PM
Spain 12:00 Noon
Sudan - Khartoum 2:00 PM
Sweden - Stockholm 12:00 Noon
Switzerland 12:00 Noon
Thailand - Bangkok 6:00 PM
Turkey - Ankara 1:00 PM
Turkey - Istanbul 1:00 PM
U.K. - England - London 11:00 AM
U.S.A. - Alaska - Anchorage * 3:00 AM
U.S.A. – PST-Lost Angeles/Seattle 4:00 AM
U.S.A. - Colorado - Denver * 5:00 AM
U.S.A. - EST - Washington DC/New York * 7:00 AM
U.S.A. - Hawaii - Honolulu 1:00 AM
U.S.A. – Central- Chicago/Houston * 6:00 AM
Ukraine - Kyiv 1:00 PM
United Arab Emirates - Dubai - Dubai 3:00 PM
Uruguay - Montevideo 8:00 AM
Uzbekistan - Tashkent 4:00 PM
Venezuela - Caracas 6:30 AM
Vietnam - Hanoi 6:00 PM
Yemen - Aden 2:00 PM
Zimbabwe - Harare 1:00 PM

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3/4 Wednesday Morning Online Meditation

2009-03-03T09:24:00.000-05:00

A reminder for 3/4 online meditation. We will listen to the second
half of the talk on Creation. We will again introduce the chapter 4 of
Lao Tsi before the talk.

Hope to meet with you

Mandarin/English online meditation
http://live.sahajayogaonline.com/mandarin/
Every Wednesday @

North America: Toronto 7:00 am, Vancouver 4:00 am, New York 7:00 am,
Dallas 6:00 am, Los Angeles 4:00 am, Detroit 7:00 am

South America: Bogotá, Lima 7:00 am, Mexico City 6:00 am, Brasilia,
Buenos Aires 10:00 am

Europe: London, Lisbon, Canary Islands 12:00 pm; Madrid, Paris,
Berlin, Rome, Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest: 1:00 pm; Bucharest,
Sofia, Athens, Istanbul, Kyiv 2:00 pm; Moscow 3:00 pm

Africa: Rabat, Abidjan 12:00 pm, Cairo, Johannesburg, Maputo 2:00 pm,
Antananarivo 3:00 pm, Saint-Denis, Reunion 4:00 pm

Asia: Ankara, Jerusalem, Beirut 2:00 pm; Dubai 4:00 pm; Kabul 4:30 pm;

New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata 5:30 pm; Kathmandu 5:45 pm; Bangkok 7:00
pm; Ulaanbaatar, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Hong Kong 8:00 pm

Australia and New Zealand: Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne 11:00 pm;
Wellington, Thursday 1:00 am

2/25 Mandarin/English online meditation

2009-02-24T13:08:00.003-05:00

A reminder for 2/25 online meditation. We will listen to a talk of Mother on Creation. We will also introduce the chapter 4 of Lao Tsi before the talk.

Hope to meet with you!

Mandarin/English online meditation Every Wednesday :

North America: Toronto 7:00 am, Vancouver 4:00 am, New York 7:00 am,
Dallas 6:00 am, Los Angeles 4:00 am, Detroit 7:00 am

South America: Bogotá, Lima 7:00 am, Mexico City 6:00 am, Brasilia,
Buenos Aires 10:00 am

Europe: London, Lisbon, Canary Islands 12:00 pm; Madrid, Paris,
Berlin, Rome, Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest: 1:00 pm; Bucharest,
Sofia, Athens, Istanbul, Kyiv 2:00 pm; Moscow 3:00 pm

Africa: Rabat, Abidjan 12:00 pm, Cairo, Johannesburg, Maputo 2:00 pm,
Antananarivo 3:00 pm, Saint-Denis, Reunion 4:00 pm

Asia: Ankara, Jerusalem, Beirut 2:00 pm; Dubai 4:00 pm; Kabul 4:30 pm;

New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata 5:30 pm; Kathmandu 5:45 pm; Bangkok 7:00
pm; Ulaanbaatar, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Hong Kong 8:00 pm

Australia and New Zealand: Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne 11:00 pm;
Wellington, Thursday 1:00 am

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Online Meditation (02.23.2009): '86 Ganesha Puja

2009-02-24T09:39:00.002-05:00

Last Night (02.23.2009) We Heard the First Part of "1986 Ganesha Puja, California, USA"

We played the first part of the talk. Some quotations from the talk:

1. Being Sahaja: Relative Importance of Knowledge & Compassion

2. How Much Should One Meditate?

Next Week: We'll listen to the second half of this 56 minute talk.

--Online Meditation Team

Online Meditation Sunday 22.2.2009 (Czech+English)

2009-02-19T09:03:00.000-05:00

Dear all,

at Sunday evening 22.2.2009 we will broadcast meditation on Shri Shiva (in Czech and English language)

Time of broadcast: 8.30 PM (Czech time) on

http://live.sahajayogaonline.com/ceska/

Note: 8.30pm Czech Time is 2:30PM Eastern Time / 11:30AM Pacific.

You can hear mantras, bhajans, ragas and excerpt of talk of Shri Mataji from Shiva puja 2002.

Live telecast of Yuva Seminar on the www.sahajahealthcentre.org on 8th February afternoon

2009-02-07T03:22:00.002-05:00

Note... the time translates to

Sun 2/8/2009 3:30 PM INDIA
Sun 2/8/2009 4:30 AM NEW YORK
Sun 2/8/2009 1:30 AM California

This comes as an additional information over the earlier announced
schdules of the Yuva Seminar being hosted at the Sahaja Yoga
International Research and Health Centre on Sunday the 8th February
2009 (1000hrs-1700hrs) . It is to inform our family member, (as
received from the International Health Centre) that certain
proceedings of the Yuva Seminar (especially, the 'Question-Answer'
session) will be telecast live on the www.sahajahealthcentre.org .
Please do log on to the international Health Centre site around 1530
hrs to catch up the latest happening to see and listen to many
interesting queries alongwith your own queries (if you have already
sent them at sahaja.health.centre@gmail.com) being answered by the
panel tomorrow (on 8th February 2009) as announced in teh flowwing
mail appended below.

Regards

Jai Shri Mataji

----------------------

We are happy to inform you that by teh holy blessings of Shri mataji ,
as a part of 13th Anniversary Celebrations of International Sahaja
Yoga Research & Health Centre a Yuva shakti Seminar is scheduled to be
held on Sunday 8 Feb 2009 between 10 am-5pm.

The proceeding of the seminar will be telecast live in the afternoon
session. A panel of yogis will attend to questions that we have
already received from around the world through mails and media and
those shall be present in the live audience.

Thank you.

Regards

Dr. Sandeep Rai
Director Research
ISYR&H.

Sunday "Ganesha"; Monday "Thoughtless Awareness"

2009-01-31T11:38:00.002-05:00

Theme for monday night is "thoughtless awareness" . The 2002 Diwali Puja talk was on that topic and will be played back.

Apart from the Monday Night meditation, there will be one Sunday, 2.30pm EST (8.30pm Czech time). Theme "Shri Ganesha". For details on this meditation click here.

Monday Night Online Meditation Reminder
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Online Meditation (Czech) Sunday

2009-01-30T11:40:00.004-05:00

Jai Shri Mataji ! Dear all,

at Sunday evening 1.2.2009 we will broadcast meditation on Shri Ganesha (in Czech language)

Time of broadcast:: 8.30 PM** (Czech time) on

http://live.sahajayogaonline.com/ceska/

You can hear mantras, bhajans, ragas and excerpt of talk of Shri Mataji from Ganesha puja 2001.

Welcome !

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Nepali Bhajan: Maharagi Maharagi

2009-01-29T09:51:00.000-05:00

A beautiful bhajan from Nepal Sahaja Yogis

Maharagyi Maharagyi Dharti Ma orlin Maharagyi

Maharagyi landed down on the earth

Shiva priya Shiva Priya Chitta ma aayin Shiva Priya

Shiva priya settled into the Chitta

(Maharagyi and Shiva Priya are two of many names of Shri Mataji)

Gulab jal le nuhayera mehandi racheko

Having bathed with rose water, she has put on Mehandi

*(Gulaab jal is a Hindi word too, ‘nuhayera’ means ‘naha kar’ in Hindi –Shri Mataji’s photograph is cleaned with gulaab jal)

(* Mehandi racheko means: ‘Mehandi rachi hui’)

Laligurans rang ko pahiran, attar chhareko

Having dressed in the color of rhododendron, she has sprayed fragrance or perfume

*(Laligurans: Rododendron is the national flower of Nepal, its color is scarlet: kind of deep red)

*(Attar is a hindi word too)

Mangala dhuna ma sangeet gai, Nirmala Mata ko aarti utaraun

Lets sing music in Mangala dhun (tune) and perform aarti to Nirmala Mata

Maharagyi…

Suun ko pauju, suun kai chura, suunai ko chha Haara

Having worn Golden pauju, golden bangle and golden necklace

*(‘pauju’ – ‘anklet’)

*(Chura – is like ‘chudi’ in Hindi, and Haara – is like haar in Hindi)

Manik ratna jadiyeka aabhusan saaraa

She has put on dresses attached with pearls and gems

*(For the word Manikratna: I think this word is applicable in Hindi too. It’s like Mani + Ratna, so I used ‘pearls and gems’.)

*(Jadiyeko means: ‘jada huwa’, and aabhusan is a common word, i.e. dress)

Mangala dhuna ma...

Maanawa rup li aadishakti dharti ma aayin

Having incarnated in the form of human being, adishakti shakti came down to the earth.

(Hindi sentence would be: Maanawa rup le kar aadi shakti dharti mein aayi hain

Devalok ko sara shakti dharti ma fijayin

And she spread all the powers of heaven on earth.

Mangala dhuna ma…

Maharagyi…

Sahaja Yoga Live Webcast Page - New Look!

2009-01-23T12:28:00.003-05:00

look look... we got a fresh now look! visit today to explore the old page re-layout:

Havan for USA: Jan 24th 2009

2009-01-21T12:49:00.001-05:00

A desire started up in Pittsburgh, PA - in the heartland of USA, to have a havan. To remove obstacles from the path of USA's progress in this new era, marked by the new government.

We polled yesterday's online meditation participants and there was a slight majority in favor of 12pm Saturday Eastern USA time. There were many who were not able to operate the poll and wrote via the email expressing their preferred time a little later than that.

So we will have a havan, web-casted online and everyone is invited to join in. The time will remain Saturday afternoon, 1:30pm Eastern Time / 10:30am Pacific Time. The proceedings are expected to be 90 - 120 minutes.

All you need are four candles, kept in a clean area / platter which you may clean and decorate using kumkum etc.

Location: http://live.sahajayogaonline.com/monday-nights/

Setup & Test Your Computer:
http://live.sahajayogaonline.com/help/

Times:
(more times at the bottom)
Sat 1/24/2009 1:30 PM Eastern / 12:30pm Central / 10:30am Pacific

Sat 1/24/2009 4:30 PM* Argentina (B.Aires)
Sat 1/24/2009 7:00 PM France / Austria / Czech Republic
Sat 1/24/2009 6:00 PM United Kingdom

No time suits all countries, and this time, the havan times are not conducive to Australia/India.

Sun 1/25/2009 12 AM India
Australia (3am or 4am)

Dallas 12.30 pm, Los Angeles 10.30 am, Detroit 1.30 pm

South America: Bogotá, Lima 1.30 pm, Mexico City 12.30 pm,Brasilia,
Buenos Aires 4.30 pm

Europe: London, Lisbon, Canary Islands 6.30 pm; Madrid, Paris, Berlin,
Rome, Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest: 7.30 pm; Bucharest, Sofia,
Athens, Istanbul, Kyiv 8.30 p.m; Moscow 9.30 am

Africa: Rabat, Abidjan 6:30 pm, Cairo, Johannesburg, Maputo 8.30 pm,
Antananarivo 9.30 pm, Saint-Denis, Reunion 10:30 pm

Asia: Ankara, Jerusalem, Beirut 8:30 pm; Dubai 10:30 pm; Kabul 11:00 pm

Sunday, January 25:

Asia: New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata 12:00 am; Kathmandu 12:15 am; Bangkok
1.30 am; Ulaanbaatar, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Hong Kong 2:30 am

Australia and New Zealand: Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne 5:30 pm,
Wellington 7:30 pm

See other hours at:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/custom.html?sort=1

Where is SYGM website?!!!

2008-12-18T10:35:00.005-05:00

There was a server outage on Sunday/Monday and we had to move to a temporary location online. Just think of it as, your regular meeting place was closed because the roof was blown off by a storm and the meeting was held at a yogi's apartment, hehe! The storm in this case was digital and the apartment was the temporary website.

However, moving forward, we'll move the location of Monday night meditation to the live meditations portal, where you simply click on the Monday night page and ta-da!

live.SahajaYogaOnline.com

As all things go, there is always a chance for any website to be down for any number of reasons. The best way to stay in touch is by subscribing to the announcement email group for the online meditations! If you have not already, please sign up below:
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Your Email:

Meditation Talks Recently Played

2008-12-16T14:33:00.002-05:00

Dear all,

Here are the talks we played recently: Only for USA Residents, you can order from sahajayogaonline.3dcartstores.com

What Is A Sahaja Yogi? (Set of 2)

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (05/17/80) Winchester, UK

Catalog ID:8005 17 2

1983 The Agnya Chakra, Part 1 Delhi, India

"Third eye, seeing things, Christ & problems of Agnya"

Catalog ID:PP1983-0203-1D

Children with ADHD Benefit from Sahaja Meditation

2008-11-14T09:45:00.000-05:00

The ADHD Blog Reports on the benefits of Sahaja Yoga meditation on children:

Diwali Clearning Havan - Fri Nov 7th, 7pm Eastern

2008-11-07T00:17:00.002-05:00

I know this notification is a bit late, but as announced on Monday night, there will be a havan
in preparation for diwali. It will be a audio webcast of the local collective havan, so it will have to be a little early: 7pm Eastern time on Friday the 7th of November. This is two hours prior to whatever time monday night meditation in your collectives are.

Hope you'll be able to join in in person or online.
http://sahajayogaglobalmeditation.org

How does the brain responds to Sahaja Meditation?

2008-11-07T00:16:00.000-05:00

The following informative page answers questions on how the brain responds to Sahaja meditation. It's calming effect can be seen from the brain activation patters observed via EEG. Here is an extract. Go here for the full article.

Electrophysiological studies (EEG) measure the electrical activity from groups of neurons on the surface of the scalp. EEG studies comparing the brain activation of long-term Sahaja Yoga practitioners (11) to short-term Sahaja Yoga meditators (16) found specific brain activation patterns corresponding to the subjective feelings of thoughtless awareness and happiness experienced by the Meditators (Aftanas and Golocheikine, 2001, 2002, 2000). In their EEG measures, the long-term meditators showed increased power in low band frequency EEG activity of theta and alpha, which was particularly pronounced over the left frontal regions.

Can meditation help your body & mind?

2008-11-04T11:56:00.000-05:00

from the BBC, a report on meditation and its benefits. To locate a meditation meeting near you, visit (for USA) www.sahajayoga.org ; To learn about meditation related topics with live online workshops, visit www.freemeditation.tv

Online Meditation - Oct 27 2008

2008-10-27T20:46:00.002-04:00

Diwali Puja 2000, Lake Piru (California). Please share your learning, your feelings after listening to this talk via comments to this post. Jai!

Clearning with Bija Mantras (Oct 20th 9pm Eastern)

2008-10-19T16:07:00.002-04:00

Monday night yogi online meditations will resume with collective clearing using the Bija Mantra CD from Shri Mataji. To enhance your clearing experience during the program, you may optionally use a vibrated lemon, sliced just before the treatment. This method can be modified as there is no exact "right way". Generally one would keep a half lemon on Sahasrara, and 2 parts of the other halfs in the two hands. The most important part is Mother reciting the bija mantras for the chakras and later She breathes into the mic at the correct frequency. It will be exciting to do it collectively - so please invite other established yogis for a large collective clearning time!

When: 9pm Eastern Standard Time (Visit website to convert the time for your time zone:
http://sahajayogaglobalmeditation.org/time-zones/)

Where: http://www.sahajayogaglobalmeditation.org/

Directions: Just go to the website and the program should start playig. We
will plan to play some test audio/music starting about 30 minutes prior, so you can come and
test in advance.

Technical Requirements: Test your computer in advance here:
http://sahajayogaglobalmeditation.org/help/

Feedback on Furture Online Meditations

2008-10-09T21:00:00.002-04:00

Dear Online Collective, Please post your thoughts in the comments section of this post about furture pujas. Should we have a password aunthentication for entering Pujas? How should we verify yogi identities (reference system) etc.

Fourth Night of Navratri

2008-10-03T13:27:00.004-04:00

Fourth night will feature a talk of Mother's from 1990 Navaratri Puja, followed by a short havan.

A longer havan will be done Saturday afternoon 1pm Eastern Time, followed by Argala strotram.

Jai Shri Mataji!

For tomorrow (5th night of Navratri) Argala Strotram (Sanskrit version)
http://sanskrit.safire.com/pdf/DURGA700_INTRO.pdf

Third Day of Navratri Puja

2008-10-03T11:51:00.009-04:00

Navratri Puja Day #3 was celebrated online with much joy! We had about 170 connections, which could be anything close to 250 - 300 yogis minimum. The Devi Kavach was read, which celebrates the aspects of the devi in various parts of our being, a reflection of the supreme being.

We had a close call on the technology when our streaming solution did not 'let us in' to the virtual puja room until 2 minutes before the webcast. But all went well in the end. Kindly share your reflections, deep thoughts and comments on this post.

Here is a picture of the third night attendance at city level:

Second Day of Navratri Online

2008-10-01T13:23:00.001-04:00

Firstly, thanks for joining in the puja last night in such large numbers. We have never had 170+ connections (which translates to conservative estimate of 250 - 350 yogis and children).

Tonight is Dwitiya, the second night. There are no special materials to gather up for the rest of the nights. We'll plan to start again at 9pm. This night the Devi Suktam is read (Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu...). Pasting below the text for tonight which is also available from the wonderful resources (see fowarded email message below). See you all tonight... JSM!

DEVI SOOKTAM

Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu Vishnumaya iti shabdita namastasye namas tasye namastasye namo namah.

Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu chaitanyata bhidhiyate namastasye...

Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu Buddhi roopena samsthitah, namastasye...

Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu sarvabhuteshu nidra roopena samsthitah, namastasye...

Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu Shuddha...

- Chaaya... - Shakti... - Trishna... - Kshaanti...

- Jaati... - Lajja... - Shanti... - Shraddha... - Kaanti...

- Laxmi... - Vritti... - Smriti... - Daya... - Tushti... - Maatri... - Bhranti...

Indriyanam adhishthatri bhutanam chakhileshu ya, Bhuteshu satatam tasye Vyapti devyai namo namah.

Chitiroopena ya kritsnmate dravyapya shita jagat, namastasye namastasye namastasye namo namah.

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Devi Sooktam was read

Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu...

namastasye namastasye namastasye namo namah.

First Day of Navratri Online

2008-09-30T22:21:00.002-04:00

I hope you all are excited and looking forward to the Navratri online. Here is a simple guideline. Please arrange for what you can, remembering that the puja will be from the heart. From a Marathi talk in Mumbai in the 70s, Shri Mataji explained the significance of the Kubha which is established on the first day: The Kalash is the sacrum bone, the water in it is the Kundalini. I am do not recall the rest of it, so if anyone knows please contribute: the pan leaves are the petals of Mooladhara and so on. The basic sentiment is establishing the basis for the next 9 nights.

Also, the Navratri Talks book is not required for the pujas. See you all tomorrow at 9pm Eastern!

http://sahajayogaglobalmeditation.org/

> The Puja is a simple Puja and starts with the following steps:
>
> Step 1: 3 Maha Mantra
>
> Step 2: Ganesh Atharvashirsha
>
> Step 3: Sthapana of the Ghata.
> Here you would need one plate and one kalash made of clay or matka material. The Kalash shoould be decorated as we decorate the puja kalash. Have vibrated water in kalash, mango leaves (or pan leaves) and coconut. The plate below should be filled with soil, and placed on right side of chair as we face the chair. After the Atharvashirsha, Married ladies pour wheat grains in this soil and sprinkle vibrated water in it.
>
> Step 4 : Offer Sweet to Mother
>
> Step 5: Aarti
>
> Step 6: Diya -- am not sure if this would work here, but they try to
> ensure that the Diya which lit in front of Mother burns all 9 days

9 Nights of Navratri Online

2008-09-30T22:19:00.000-04:00

Welcome to the Nine Nights of Navratri at the online community of yogis at http://sahajayogaglobalmeditation.org Program details are also available at the website.

Programs will start 9pm (Eastern) Tuesday, September 30th. Friday nights and weekends may have different timings, which will be posted here and announed online. Special Note for First Day: This day of Pratipada, the Ghata Sthapana is done (establishment of the alter, symbolic elements for the rest of the nights.) In preparation, please have most puja materials ready:

Coconut, Kalash (Pot of Clay/Earth/Copper), Pan or Coconut Leaves, Soil, Vibrated Water, Kumkum and other Puja Materials

Recommended to have: Navratri Talks Book of Shri Mataji, Mantra Book

Notes: Havan will be friday night (4th Night of Navratri); We will celebrate on Sunday, day of local Nirakara puja for the benefit of those who are too far away from collectives. As we recieve feedback and suggestions, the following program might evolve…

Tuesday September 30, 2008 Pratipada: Ghata Sthapana
Wednesday October 1, 2008 Dwitiya: Devi Sooktam
Thursday October 2, 2008 Tritiya: Kavacha of the Devi
Friday October 3, 2008 Chaturthi: Havana
Saturday October 4, 2008 Panchami: Argala Strotrum
Sunday October 5, 2008 Shashti: Local Collective Puja + Online
Monday October 6, 2008 Saptami: Devi Atharva Sheersham
Tuesday October 7, 2008 Ashtami: Devi Mahatmyam Ch#12
Wednesday October 8, 2008 Navami: Talk of Shri Mataji