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.

Shri Mataji: Is true.  You cannot till the Kundalini is awakened, you can’t have.  You see one thought rises and falls another thought rises and falls.  There’s a little space in between which we call in Sanskrit as Vilumba, very little spaces.  Now what happened with Kundalini awakening, both these thoughts become elongated and this Vilumba increases.  So you will automatically have that.  You won’t have to worry about that. (Public Lecture, Brisbane 5th May, 1987)

Question: I have tried to go into spiritualism in the real sense of the word.

Question: I have tried to go into spiritualism in the real sense of the word. Shri Mataji: Some gentleman has done spiritualism in the real sense of the word, and his health is deteriorating. I have told you already what is the reason for that is – you take to spiritualism out of ignorance. There’s no spiritualism. There is no “ism” with God. Spirit cannot be “ismized”. So, you take to Sahaja Yoga. Become your …

Question: How do you communicate with people who are bound by their dogma and are rigid in their beliefs?

Shri Mataji: See love can melt anything isn’t it? And there is a way. First you have to, logically talk to them. Divine logic is very convincing, but if somebody’s a stone, there is no need to break your head with the stone, but logically you can explain, and if they have dogmas they will melt, because you can ask them a simple question: ‘What did you get out of it? What powers did you …

Question: How do you feel about people asking for money for spirituality?

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 salvation so they pay to the airfare not to me, all right? To the  what you call the travel …

Question: Why is it that with Sahaja Yoga you can come to self-realization so fast?

Q: Most saints spoke of self-realization coming with the lifetime of practicing the education and commitment. Why is it that with Sahaja Yoga you can come to it so fast? Shri Mataji: Why, because the need is so much. It’s the need of the Divine. Divine now is fed up with human beings and it wants to have a very short thing. You see formerly, to go to even to New York was very difficult. …

Question: I have this friend with allergy problems, is there anything that you can base the chakras on?

Shri Mataji: Yes it is curable. This is due to liver, it’s a liver problem, allergies are due to liver. But also it’s triggering from the left side and so it can be cured, we have cured that. It can be cured, all right? Some people take more time, and some people take less time, but I’ve seen most of them get cured, most of them. You may write to Me if you have any…

Question: Is the Kundalini awakening good for the children?

Question: Is the Kundalini awakening good for the children? Shri Mataji: Excellent. They are the best. Children are the best. I mean they have no complications, you see. We are complicated. We are on the left side or the right side, we have complications. They are such balanced things. They are the best. Children are the best. The more the merrier. I told them to bring all the children here, I would have been so …

Question: So, you are talking about God as a real entity, as an existing entity.

Interviewer: So, you are talking about God as a real entity, as an existing entity. God, I mean, is existing, is something for you? Shri Mataji: Of course. Interviewer: Yes. Shri Mataji: Of course He exists. Interviewer: Excuse me that I’m asking this [it was not clear for me ?]. Shri Mataji: No, no, it’s correct, it’s correct, it’s correct. No, no, what I am saying is true. But I would say in modern times, …

Question: What is the place of morality in your system?

Interviewer: What is the place of morality in your system? Shri Mataji: It’s innate. It’s innate. I don’t have to tell you, “Don’t do this, don’t do that,” it’s all innate with you. As soon as you get the light you drop the snakes. That’s all. You don’t have to ask Me, it just works out. The morality part works by itself, it’s innate. You know that this if do I’ll lose my vibrations. It’s …

Question: Is there a difference between the awakening and Self-Realisation?

Question: 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’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 some people it is so slow moving, otherwise it takes just split of a second. But if there’s an …