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	<description>Welcome...  Here you’ll find a compilation of Questions and Answers (Q&#38;A’s) relating to the Sahaja Yoga meditation technique and its philosophy, as taught by its founder, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. These Questions have been posed to Shri Mataji at various events, such as public lectures and interviews. The answers below are Her response to the questions. Each event is grouped using the Q&#38;A Categories feature (on the right sidebar). New Q&#38;A’s are regularly posted on this page.</description>
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		<itunes:summary>Welcome...  Here yoursquo;ll find a compilation of Questions and Answers (QArsquo;s) relating to the Sahaja Yoga meditation technique and its philosophy, as taught by its founder, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. These Questions have been posed to Shri Mataji at various events, such as public lectures and interviews. The answers below are Her response to the questions. Each event is grouped using the QA Categories feature (on the right sidebar). New QArsquo;s are regularly posted on this page.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Question: Shri Mataji, what is Sahaja Yoga? I mean, what is the main idea of it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[TV Interview ORF (Vienna, Austria ’88)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[absolute truth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interviewer: Shri Mataji, what is Sahaja Yoga? I mean, what is the main idea of it?
Shri Mataji: Sahaja, Saha means with, Ja means born. Born with you. That is spontaneous. Yoga means Union with the Divine. Now, many people in the modern times won&#8217;t believe there&#8217;s anything like Divine. But supposing I say, &#8220;There is,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: How do you feel about people asking for money for spirituality?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Public Lecture (Miami USA '90)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: How do you feel about people asking for money for spirituality?
Shri Mataji: Is correct, you see that’s a very correct question you asked me, that how do I travel because most of time my husband pays but now these people (Sahaja yogis) are feeling ashamed of themselves that how he should pay for your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Most people say that from their previous experiences they find that it is not possible to have a moment or so where there is no thought.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Public Lecture (Brisbane Australia '87)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kundalini]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shri Mataji:&#160;Is true.&#160; You cannot till the Kundalini is awakened, you can&#8217;t have.&#160; You see one thought rises and falls another thought rises and falls.&#160; There&#8217;s a little space in between which we call in Sanskrit as Vilumba, very little spaces.&#160; Now what happened with Kundalini awakening, both these thoughts become elongated and this Vilumba [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: How did you begin this Sahaja Yoga meditation, how were you initiated in this group?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Public Lecture (Brisbane Australia '87)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Public Lecture, Brisbane 5th May, 1987)
Shri Mataji: I was not initiated. I had this from my very childhood. You see I know you would like to know about me, but it&#8217;s better first you know yourself. Then you will know about me better. All right?
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		<title>Question: How do you discriminate a false guru and a genuine Guru?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[TV Interview ORF (Vienna, Austria ’88)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rajneesh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interviewer: I did read in the Press Communiqu&#233; that one of your topics is the topic of Guru, of gurus. Gurus, false gurus. Now what are they? How do you discriminate a false guru and a genuine Guru?
Shri Mataji: Yes, I&#8217;ve been talking against them since I think, 1970 very openly, even naming them. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Shri Mataji, would you say a few words about the golden age? The forthcoming golden age?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Press Conference (London '99)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aquarius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Realization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Shri Mataji, would you say a few words about the golden age? The forthcoming golden age?
Shri Mataji: You see, Aquarius, as they say, Aquarius according to our astrology is the Kundalini. The Kundalini is Aquarius according to Indian, I should say, Indian science of Astrology.
And, you see, they, what they say that this age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question:  What you&#8217;ve described is a dynamic process. &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.sahajayoga.net.au/2008/07/27/question-what-youve-described-is-a-dynamic-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Lecture (Sydney Australia '81)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collectively Conscious]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: There&#8217;s one school of thought that describes enlightenment as a static process. What you&#8217;ve described is a dynamic process.
Shri Mataji: Yes. It is not static. How can that be? It&#8217;s a living process. You see, you become collectively conscious, you become that. You see, you become really dynamic because your awareness has a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q: Is there a difference between the awakening and Self-Realisation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abraham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christ]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Is there a difference between the awakening and Self-Realisation?
 Shri Mataji: Yes. Very good question. There is a difference between awakening and realization, it&#8217;s true.
It awakens, it passes, you can see with your naked eyes in many people when there is obstruction, you can see. It passes through various chakras, you can see. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Is reincarnation necessary until Self-Realisation is attained?</title>
		<link>http://www.sahajayoga.net.au/2008/07/11/question-is-reincarnation-necessary-until-self-realisation-is-attained/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reincarnation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Is reincarnation necessary until Self-Realisation is attained?
Shri Mataji: That is again, you are thinking about the past. You see, why to worry? You have reincarnated many-a-times. No doubt about it. But now, this is the point: at this point, where are you? There&#8217;s no need to have reincarnations, who is going to count? From [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Is the Kundalini the same force that exists all around us as the Chinese call Chi?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Lecture (New York, USA '99)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lao-Tse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Q: Is the Kundalini the same force that exists all around us as the Chinese call Chi?
SHRI MATAJI: Ya, ya. It’s true. But you see, it is, it has something to do with that, and that is what is our ego and super-ego.
 
The Chinese what they have written, it’s correct. But Chinese also don’t know [...]]]></description>
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