Shri
Mataji Nirmala Devi, the founder of Sahaja
Yoga, was born on March 21, 1923 to a Christian family
in Chindawara, near the city of Nagpur in Central India.
She is a direct descendant of
the royal Shalivahana dynasty. She was born with her complete self-realisation
and knew from a very young age that She had a unique gift which
had to be made available to all mankind. Both She and Her parents
played a key role in India's Liberation Movement from under British
rule.
Her father, a close associate
of Mahatma Gandhi, was a member of the Constituent Assembly
of India and helped write the now free India's first constitution.
He was a renowned scholar, master of 14 languages, and translated
the Koran in Marathi. Her mother was the first woman in India
to receive an Honors degree in mathematics.
Fighting
for India's Freedom
As a child, Shri Mataji
frequently visited Mahatma Ghandi in his ashram with Her parents.
Gandhi saw the wisdom
of this child. Even at a young age, Her deep understanding was
evident, and he frequently sought Her advice on spiritual matters.
Shri Mataji's involvement
in India’s freedom struggle is extremely remarkable. She
was very courageous and played a daring role as a youth leader
of this campaign. In the 1942 "Quit India Movement" announced
by Gandhi, She was even arrested , put in jail and tortured along
with other freedom fighters for actively participating in this
movement.
Shri Mataji was born
with a complete understanding of the human nervous system and
its energy centres. In order to become acquainted with the scientific
vocabulary attached to these subjects, she studied medicine and
psychology at the Christian Medical College in Lahore.
Sahaja
Yoga is born
In 1970, Shri Mataji, after
half a lifetime of meditation and experimentation, succeeded
in developing a method by which the residual spiritual energy
in man could be awakened en masse. This method of self-realisation
has become known as Sahaja Yoga.
Shri Mataji has introduced
the practice of Sahaja Yoga in over 90 countries transforming
the lives of thousands of people, who now live a more joyful
balanced life, and are able to tap their inner spiritual power
through daily Sahaja Yoga meditation achieving greater harmony
in their lives on all levels—physically, emotionally,
mentally and spiritually.
Shri Mataji travels the world
offering Her teachings free of charge. She has
delivered thousands of lectures, given many television and radio
interviews, and been the subject of hundreds of newspaper articles
around the world.
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