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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: Is God reflected within us? How can man be one with God?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Question: God and Spirit.. Is God reflected within us? How can man be one with God?
Shri Mataji: God and Spirit. Is correct. That’s correct. Very correct. God Almighty is reflected in your heart as Spirit. But without this connection you cannot feel that Spirit. Because I have not talked about the Spirit that’s why you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Is this Kundalini the same like Atman?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[TV Interview ORF (Vienna, Austria ’88)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atman]]></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: Do you have to sit in any special posture while you are doing this (Sahaja Yoga meditation), or can it be done at any time and in any form?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Public Lecture (Brisbane Australia '87)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nivichara]]></category>
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(Public Lecture, Brisbane 5th May, 1987)
Shri Mataji:&#160;No.&#160; You see in this Sahaja Yoga you become the Spirit.&#160; Then you don&#8217;t have to meditate much, about ten minutes or so is sufficient and there&#8217;s nothing much particular restriction or anything in it.&#160; You can sit in any pose you like, there is no restriction of any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Is it possible that those who teach about the Spirit differ on different points?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Public Lecture, Brisbane 5th May, 1987)
Shri Mataji:&#160;In the beginning they do little bit.&#160; Is still they are not settled down.&#160; You see they have to mature in Sahaja Yoga no doubt.&#160; But in the beginning they do little bit differ but not much.&#160; In the beginning they do little bit sometimes differ, that I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Shri Mataji, don&#8217;t you know many people that want more of yoga than yoga can give?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Radio Interview (Austria '84)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self–Realization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interviewer: Shri Mataji, don&#8217;t you know many people that want more of yoga than yoga can give.
Shri Mataji: You see, yoga is a big misnomer in the West, people don&#8217;t know what this yoga is. Because even if you read Patanjali, it is said that you have to&#160;get to your Self&#8211;Realization and then how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: When you depart from this body where does the spirit, where do the energy stay?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Press Conference (London '99)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: When you depart from this body, as this lady was asking, where does the spirit, where do the energy stay? 
Shri Mataji: Spirit &#8211; it&#8217;s a very long answer, but I would say, Spirit goes according to its desire, alright. Now, supposing there is a drunkard, who dies, now he wants to drink still, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Should I  search for the material or for the spiritual?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Public Lecture (Brisbane Australia '87)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question: I have a search for the material and a search for the spiritual, but while I am young should I use it for the search for the material or the search for the spiritual?
Shri Mataji: If you get the Spirit you get the material automatically. The whole material is controlled by the Spirit. Is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Shri Mother, &#8230;. What is the relationship between love and will?</title>
		<link>http://www.sahajayoga.net.au/2007/12/28/question-shri-mother-what-is-the-relationship-between-love-and-will/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Radio interview (Santa Cruz USA '83)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[All Pervading Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cool Breeze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sahaja Yoga]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interviewer: Mother, we have learned, heard that when we learn love then we shall have will. What is the relationship between love and will?
Shri Mataji: When we&#8217;ll have love, then we&#8217;ll have will. Good! Love is when you become the Spirit, because Spirit is nothing but God&#8217;s love. &#8211; is All Pervading Power, is Spirit. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Shri Mataji, what are Your views on evolving matter&#8230;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Radio interview (Santa Cruz USA '83)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Realization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interviewer: Many of us have heard discussions or read in books about the evolution of matter, the evolution of substance. What are Your views on evolving matter and how does this relate to our own physical matter in our bodies, in our cells?
Shri Mataji: For the matter did go into evolution, you know that, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Is your Spirit one with your mental and physical being or is it separate from it?</title>
		<link>http://www.sahajayoga.net.au/2007/12/23/question-is-your-spirit-one-with-your-mental-and-physical-being-or-is-it-separate-from-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Lecture (Brisbane Australia '87)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Public Lecture, Brisbane 5th May, 1987)
Question: Is your Spirit one with your mental and physical being or is it separate from it?
Shri Mataji:&#160; It enlightens all that.&#160; Now can you say that this light that is enlightening us, is it one with us or without us?&#160; You see light, the light is separate, the Spirit [...]]]></description>
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