Raksha Bandhan & Independence Day

Dear Family,

HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi – Shri Krishna Puja, 19 January 1985, Nasik India

Jai Shri Mataji!

Wishing Love and Joy to all our brothers and sisters on Raksha Bandhan and to everyone on Indian Independence Day!

We pray to Shri Mataji to please free us from any thoughts that spoil our beautiful and pure brother and sister relationships.

“Purity helps you to understand the beauty of others.”

“Purity helps you to understand the beauty of others. Otherwise there’s a thought in between, always a thought. If it’s a dirty thought, of course the purity is not there at all. But even other thoughts like possessiveness, of criticism, say, of repulsion, anything like that can kill the joy. So try to understand that there is something wrong with you, that’s why you cannot get truly collective.

We are one homogeneous big huge family. And for any mother, what is the greatest pleasure, which I have told you many times, is that to see her children enjoying each other, loving each other. And when I see all of you loving each other and pulling each other’s legs and pinching everyone and enjoying each other’s company, I really enjoy. And when you shout at each other and also sometimes box each other, I like it. (Laughter.) Because there is an expression of love in it.

And that is what we have to learn, how to express ourselves. First, express yourself to your fellow being that are your kith and kin, are Sahaja Yogis. They are your brothers and they are your sisters.

Like once Christ was told, “Your brother and sisters have come.” He said, “Who are My brothers and who are My sisters?” These are His brothers and these are His sisters! [Shri Mataji pointing around.]

He is the eldest brother you have and you are all His brothers and sisters. That is how one should understand that this is a relationship of brother and sister. And that’s such a pure relationship.”
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Raksha Bandhan Address Hampstead London 18th August 1986