Sahaja Yoga

Symbolism of the Mooladhara Chakra

The four petals of the Mooladhara chakra can be likened to the four arms of the Hindu deity Shri Ganesha. In traditional iconography He is shown holding a different object in each of His four hands. The Mooladhara chakra, with its four petals, or sub-plexuses, is the foundation of the Tree of Life, or the subtle sytem of seven chakras (energy centres), in the human body. The Mooladhara Chakra gives us our grounding in Reality, and the sense of orientation in space.

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Through the grace of Shri Mataji

Bill, Canada

To begin the story of how I discovered Sahaja Yoga properly, I would try to describe the atmosphere of seeking in which I was living in the winter of 1995-96. I can only point to the types of influences that shaped my mood in those days. I’m sure my search was in some ways a universal one, and many fellow-seekers will recognize what these outside circumstances tell about what was happening inside.

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Thank you Shri Mataji from all my heart…

Alla, Russia

I was born and brought up in Russia. At that time there was no religion in Russia, it was prohibited. However, the inner feeling for the Divine was experienced by many people there. I started seeking when I was five years old. At that time I had an unusual experience. In a dream or a vision I saw an opening into a different world. This opening was high in the wall on the level above my head. I tried to stand up on my toes in order to see what was inside there. I saw that this new world was dark blue and there were gods and goddesses dancing. I just knew from inside that they were gods even though I was not familiar with any religion, and never heard of Indian philosophy.

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It is love that counsels and redeems us

Hans, Austria

Already as a young child I was confronted with the questions of life – its meaning and its fulfillment. I soon began to seek my answers in ideas of asceticism and competitive sports as a source of happiness for myself. I actually thought that I had possibly found a key to happiness for all human beings. I suppose if I hadn’t done sports it would have been something else. It wouldn’t really have mattered how I decided to seek because invariably the test of life’s experience soon shattered my illusions and I was led to see the futility of my unfounded ideas – a year of hard training in the Austrian army proved to me that torturing the body was not a way to attain spiritual liberation – after this year I was empty and lost; seeking some source of energy.

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I felt immense peace inside

Shalab, USA

I was fortunate enough to get my realization in Feb 1994. I was a friend of a Sahaja Yogi for three years. I had seen Shri Mataji’s poster in his office and in his dorm room. I never asked him about Her, and he never offered to talk to me about Her. Looking back, I think he talked to me couple of times about spirituality, but I had my own notions. For example, I used to say that “why should I worry God with my own problems”. I was of the opinion that one who approaches God in times of need was not entirely faithful. What did I know? Then in December 1993, my friend got married to a Sahaja Yogini, and she asked him to invite me to the public program. I agreed without any qualms or questions as if it did not matter whether I went or not.

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