Sunday Morning Notes from 11/13

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

Thursday Morning Meditation 12/9/2010

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

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!

Nepali Bhajan: Maharagi Maharagi

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!

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

Children with ADHD Benefit from Sahaja Meditation

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

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

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?

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?

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

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