Transformation

[Vijay Kapoor]

Jai Shri Mataji

Dear All

Some significant points regarding  Shri Mataji's talk on "Transformation" during seminars and pujas in January 1980 at Bordi are given below for all of us to understand why we must transform ourselves during the large gatherings at Seminars and Pujas and thus the aim of Seminars and Pujas also becomes clearer after reading/ listening to this talk. Those who are interested may kindly read the entire talk in amruta.org.

Love and respects

Lt Gen VK Kapoor (Retd)

Transformation

1. So you have to absorb that flow of the Ganges (Kundalini) within you and assimilate it and transform yourself. The Ganges would be flowing, but if it is flowing through the stony area, the stones are not going to absorb anything from the river Ganges. But if it is flowing through fertile land, everybody will be making use of that water. So you have to make use of your Kundalini by transforming yourself.
2. Now, the expectation about Kundalini …..that people think that Kundalini should work it out itself ……and the Kundalini is going to work it out, which is very, very wrong idea.
3. If the river Ganges is flowing, you have to go to the river. You have to fill your pitchers, you have to have beautiful pitchers; you have to carry them; you have to bring them home and then use the water for enrichment of your food, of your household.
4. In the same way, if you cannot transform yourself, if you do not, cannot change yourself then this Kundalini will be just going like a thin line and you’ll be catching all the time and there won’t be much progress. 
5. Those who think that by saying mantras morning till evening they are going to achieve much, they are sadly mistaken; it’s all mechanical then. 
6. Mantras should open your chakras, otherwise, it has no meaning. They should be used properly at key points, with great respect, with a great understanding, and then allow them to open your chakras, by which you take the water in of that great thing known as Kundalini.
7. If you are identified with your ego and think oh, you are all right, you are sadly mistaken. You have to transform completely within yourself.
8. Change of circumstance means only the atmosphere that has changed and that makes you feel that you have achieved something great. You have to achieve it wherever you are. It should be retained and must be there.
9. By coming here (Seminar ), if you just feel nice and think that oh, you have achieved everything, then it’s… you are sadly mistaken. You have to grow in this atmosphere; you have come here to grow and to be changed, to be different person altogether.
10.  You have to transform yourself and see for yourself: How are you behaving? How are you feeling about things? Are you taking a new view of things or not?
11. Now, the worst thing that comes in the way of ego is obstinacy (Ziddi / hat), of your own obstinacy. Obstinate people are extremely difficult ………If you take pride in all such nonsensical things, then you carry the load of these stones on your head – this life, next life and many lives to come that you are going to live.
12. If you want to give fragrance to others, how far have you become fragrant? Is there fragrance within you that you are going to give fragrance to others?
13. Of course, there are difficult people and difficult relationships, but a sahaja yogi must have a very detached view of the whole thing and should be able to correct all those problems that exist. 
14. So with these two things, ego and superego, manas and ahankara we have got – in between these two is the buddhi, is the intelligence is in between. But this intelligence if it is not, if it is not balanced by wisdom – by subuddhi– it can be very dangerous……..
15. So you have to be very careful about your intelligence also. Your intelligence becomes suddenly silent; it doesn’t help you. Then, the ego takes over or the superego takes over……. and you just don’t know where you are going, what you are doing.
16. So when we are in this place (Seminar & Puja) ….have a very good session of Sahaja Yoga, it is important for all of us to know when we go from here, how much changed are we going to be. Otherwise, there’s a puja, there’s a havan, there’s this… every time; and what is the progress within ourselves? .
17. So to be Nirvichara, you have to keep your attention first steady, and once this steadiness is achieved, then you just have to see that you are Nirvichara. Put all your thoughts in that stream of Nirvichara and it will solve your problem.
18. But transformation is definitely a positive stage where you see yourself. You see, yourself; you call yourself, say, you call yourself Nirmala. Then you say, “Oh, Nirmala, now, is this the way to look at things?”
19. Transformation is identifying yourself with that Self (atman) which sees you.

Transformation, Morning Advice At Bordi Seminar

Sunday, January 27th, 1980