Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
A life of service
As she went around the world and met people, she recognized the need to empower people for their own growth so they could live a happy, healthy and a meaningful life and contribute to the betterment of their society. Even from a young age, Shri Mataji had shown a deep understanding of the complexities of human nature as well as their potential to rise above any challenges to achieve their true potential. To empower every human being to live life to their full potential, she developed a technique of mediation, based on her knowledge and understanding of meditation practice as was taught in India by great meditators, saints and sages over thousands of years.
She called her technique Sahaja Yoga Meditation. She was sure that this technique of meditation could help millions of people overcome personal challenges and become strong contributors to the society, building a better life for themselves and a better world around themselves by giving back and contributing to the societies they live in. She decided that the knowledge of Sahaja Yoga should be available to every person on earth, no matter what their color, their religion, their language, their culture, their believes are. It was for everyone to access, to learn and to grow, hence she formed it as a non-profit organization that is run and managed solely by volunteers. All the instructors of Sahaja Yoga Meditation are volunteers and not paid employees. Starting May 5th, 1970, till today, millions of people in more than 110 countries around the world have learned and benefited from the daily practice of Sahaja Yoga Mediation.
From the very beginning she was very firm that Sahaja Yoga Meditation should not become a commercial enterprise with profit motives. This knowledge had to be freely available to anyone who wants to learn it. It was a simple heart to heart connection between human beings that mattered the most to her. You learn for free and then you teach for free, and keep it going from generation to generation, simply out of the goodness of your heart. She believed that the power of love is the only thing that can have a transformative effect on this world. To embed this love for service of people within communities across the word, she travelled from city to city, country to country spanning the entire globe. For the last forty years of her life, she was on the road every two weeks, visiting a new city, a new country, meeting new people, teaching them about meditation, spending her personal savings, to the point when she once had to sell her personal jewelry to buy tickets to travel to America. Shri Mataji passed away on Feb. 23, 2010, but she has left behind a wealth of knowledge, a legacy of service, and an unbiased, non-discriminating bond of love, for all human beings to follow.
As she went around the world and met people, she recognized the need to empower people for their own growth so they could live a happy, healthy and a meaningful life and contribute to the betterment of their society. Even from a young age, Shri Mataji had shown a deep understanding of the complexities of human nature as well as their potential to rise above any challenges to achieve their true potential. To empower every human being to live life to their full potential, she developed a technique of mediation, based on her knowledge and understanding of meditation practice as was taught in India by great meditators, saints and sages over thousands of years.
She called her technique Sahaja Yoga Meditation. She was sure that this technique of meditation could help millions of people overcome personal challenges and become strong contributors to the society, building a better life for themselves and a better world around themselves by giving back and contributing to the societies they live in. She decided that the knowledge of Sahaja Yoga should be available to every person on earth, no matter what their color, their religion, their language, their culture, their believes are. It was for everyone to access, to learn and to grow, hence she formed it as a non-profit organization that is run and managed solely by volunteers. All the instructors of Sahaja Yoga Meditation are volunteers and not paid employees. Starting May 5th, 1970, till today, millions of people in more than 110 countries around the world have learned and benefited from the daily practice of Sahaja Yoga Mediation.
From the very beginning she was very firm that Sahaja Yoga Meditation should not become a commercial enterprise with profit motives. This knowledge had to be freely available to anyone who wants to learn it. It was a simple heart to heart connection between human beings that mattered the most to her. You learn for free and then you teach for free, and keep it going from generation to generation, simply out of the goodness of your heart. She believed that the power of love is the only thing that can have a transformative effect on this world. To embed this love for service of people within communities across the word, she travelled from city to city, country to country spanning the entire globe. For the last forty years of her life, she was on the road every two weeks, visiting a new city, a new country, meeting new people, teaching them about meditation, spending her personal savings, to the point when she once had to sell her personal jewelry to buy tickets to travel to America. Shri Mataji passed away on Feb. 23, 2010, but she has left behind a wealth of knowledge, a legacy of service, and an unbiased, non-discriminating bond of love, for all human beings to follow.
Shri Mataji in USA
