Category: 1960-1980

  • Some little jewels from Shri Mataji

    Some little jewels from Shri Mataji

    Shri Mataji told us never to keep half an onion in the fridge or elsewhere for later use, because once one has cut an onion, it should be either used or thrown away. A cut onion absorbs negativity. The same applies to lemons. If a baby is born with a good head of hair it…

  • Shri Mataji related the knowledge of the spirit and soul

    Shri Mataji related the knowledge of the spirit and soul

    As the dates Shri Mataji was available as mentioned in the press article were over, there was no crowd on the morning of the fourth day. Some did turn up later in the day and She attended to them in the hall of the house. Earlier that morning Shri Mataji insisted She wanted to cook…

  • The Easthampstead seminar

    The Easthampstead seminar

    The first large seminar in the UK was at Easthampstead Park Conference Centre, in October 1978.

  • A TV show and a concert

    A TV show and a concert

    Some of us did a talk show against the very dangerous techniques the false guru who had caught us made us do. We had recorded it and it was shown at 6.00pm on a Sunday. The programme was called Credo and showed the relationship between this type of ‘meditation’ and epilepsy – the EEG waves…

  • One of the most majestic things I have ever seen

    One of the most majestic things I have ever seen

    At Dollis Hill, Shri Mataji would be working on someone, and would have Her index finger up, and like Shri Krishna She would be as if throwing these – chakras – at people and Her bangles would be jangling and Her hair would be back. It was one of the most majestic things I have…

  • Shri Mataji saved my father

    Shri Mataji saved my father

    As soon as they got back to Greece after getting realisation, my parents established Shri Mataji’s photograph in their house and started talking about Sahaja Yoga to all their friends and relatives, and thus Sahaja Yoga started in Greece. I was helping them, travelling from England to Greece. A short period later, in England, I…

  • She corrected us, taught us and gave us practical advice

    She corrected us, taught us and gave us practical advice

    There were many other pieces of valuable advice I remember from those times. Shri Mataji talked to us about our powers: the power of the bandhan, to give ourselves complete protection from any negative forces, to be able to feel the states of the chakras of ourselves and of others, to be able to fix…

  • Shri Mataji cleared the problem

    Shri Mataji cleared the problem

    We had a weekend seminar in 1978 at Easthampstead Park, near Bracknell. We stayed in a large country manor. We arrived on a Friday, and Shri Mataji was due to come the next day. That night, very few of us slept properly. My own experience was of feeling very uneasy and disturbed, and was awake…

  • She invited all of us

    She invited all of us

    The first time I met Shri Mataji was at my first public programme, at Dr Johnson House in Birmingham, in December 1978. I don’t remember anything about the talk, but afterwards someone worked on me and I was amazed that I was completely without thoughts, because I was quite a live wire type of person…

  • Today we can talk quite freely about religion

    Today we can talk quite freely about religion

    When Shri Mataji was renovating Ashley Gardens, in 1978, we used to go down to the McDonalds in Victoria Street nearby sometimes and have our lunch there. When we were sitting down, She used to talk to us. ‘Just imagine that today we can just sit down and talk quite freely about religion,’ Shri Mataji…