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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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		<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: 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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		<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: When in collective, the kundalini moves but when is she is alone with you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Public Lecture (New York, USA '99)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: When in collective, the kundalini moves but when is she is alone with you?
SHRI MATAJI: You should know you are never alone when alone. Absolutely, it’s just, you just enjoy the loneliness also. Sometimes I’m left alone then I’m quite happy also you know. No questions, nothing, no problem. Sometimes I enjoy myself you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: What are the ways and means to raise the Kundalini?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 10:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Public Lecture (Miami USA '90)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kundalini]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question: What are the ways and means to raise the Kundalini and what are the symptoms?
Shri Mataji: The first one is I’ll do it now, so you will see it’s nothing so special, but the second one is that when you get your Realization first thing that happens to you that you become thoughtlessly aware [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: &#8230;it is hard for me to reconcile myself with the fact that there is not the slightest reference of Kundalini in the authoritative guides on yoga</title>
		<link>http://www.sahajayoga.net.au/2008/02/19/question-it-is-hard-for-me-to-reconcile-myself-with-the-fact-that-there-is-not-the-slightest-reference-of-kundalini-in-the-authoritative-guides-on-yoga/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Public Lecture (New Delhi '83)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kundalini]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question &#8211; In spite of tremendous stress on Kundalini by Your Holiness, it is hard for me to reconcile myself with the fact that there is not the slightest reference of Kundalini in the authoritative guides on yoga &#8211; I mean Patangali&#8217;s Yoga Sutras or Gita. Why?
Shri Mataji: Yes it is surprising that people will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: What happens to a man if he is a realized soul?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question - What happens to a man if he is a realized soul?
Shri Mataji: Now that is &#8211; I have been telling you what happens to a man he is a realized soul that his ego and super ego are sucked in and he gets a dent in the fontanel bone area, and the Kundalini [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Is this Kundalini the same like Atman?</title>
		<link>http://www.sahajayoga.net.au/2008/02/09/question-is-this-kundalini-the-same-like-atman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Atman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Power of God]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interviewer:&#160;So is this Kundalini&#160;the same like Atman? 
Shri Mataji: No, Atma is Spirit in the heart. Now I&#8217;ll tell you from the another side,&#160;so you will understand. See, we can say that God Almighty is reflected within your heart as Atma, all right? And the Kundalini is the power of God. She is desire that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Is Kundalini a very, very intensive energy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interviewer: Is Kundalini a very, very intensive energy? 
Shri Mataji: It is the energy of pure desire. It is an energy of pure desire within you. All other desires are impure, because no desire makes you satisfied. So this is an energy of pure desire within you. It is waiting all the time for your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question:  Shri Mataji, what is your tradition. I mean the tradition of Sahaja Yoga,</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interviewer: What is your tradition. I mean the tradition of Sahaja Yoga, since when does it exist as an idea? 
Shri Mataji: I think from times immemorial, because this is the only way you can raise Kundalini, by a Realized Soul. But used to be only once &#8211; one person,&#160;maybe two persons maybe. Like we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: &#8230;on what is called New Age</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hatha Yoga]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interviewer: I am working on an issue on what is called New Age. 
Shri Mataji: Oh, I see. Now this New Age people, I have read about them, because they came to this place called as Mind and Body Exhibition in London. They invited Me also, but I didn&#8217;t go. Because you see that&#8217;s also [...]]]></description>
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