Category: Chapter 13

  • They are all My children

    They are all My children

    In Portugal people liked shaking hands with Mother before going home, and though She was not in the habit of this, She allowed them to do so when saying goodbye. I also shook hands with Shri Mataji the first time that I met Her, but my uncle went a step further. He had been suffering…

  • The last to be worked on

    The last to be worked on

    Shri Mataji worked on everyone who had come to see Her and told me to go to the end of the queue. My turn came up a few times. ‘Sir, please go to the end of the queue,’ Shri Mataji said each time, so I was the last person She worked on and our family…

  • Shri Gruha Lakshmi

    Shri Gruha Lakshmi

    On one occasion Shri Mataji decided to go shopping. I was not invited, maybe there was not enough room in the car, but I felt a bit despondent. Then I realised that maybe it was because I was mostly interested when Shri Mataji was talking about chakras and vibrations and I might have disapproved, seeing…

  • The evils of spiritualism

    The evils of spiritualism

    A lady who was suffering from throat cancer came to meet Shri Mataji. She asked her whether she had been to any false gurus to which she replied, only spiritualism, and that only a few times. ‘There you are, even once is enough to cause the development of cancer. Spiritualism is very dangerous and not…

  • Shri Mataji and letters

    Shri Mataji and letters

    Before travelling back to the UK, Shri Mataji told me to write to Her and to come and visit Her in London. Three months later I did write to Her, and another three months after that I was able toer, but I never informed Her that I was coming. Once in Shri Mataji’s home I…

  • A garland of red chillies

    A garland of red chillies

    Shri Mataji vibrated a large basket of lemons and chillies and gave them away to new people. When my turn came they were all gone, and I had been queuing for them, not knowing what they were for. Shri Mataji seemed sorry that they were all gone, and asked the yogis to check whether there…

  • A memorable train journey

    A memorable train journey

    remember a journey by train with Shri Mataji. We had gone to Lille in the north of France with Her to where some programmes were going to take place in May 1982. After a small puja to Shri Krishna performed with some yogis in a small apartment, where Shri Mataji asked me to read the…

  • A sleeping bag

    A sleeping bag

    After the programmes Shri Mataji visited the handicrafts fair, where She bought some ceramics. They were to be taken to Madrid, where some yogis from the UK were preparing the public programmes and our Mother’s visit. Shri Mataji mentioned that as just I was accompanying Her in the plane, it was better that I did…

  • A pleasant surprise

    A pleasant surprise

    In the evening Shri Mataji said, talking to the only Sahaja Yogini present, that her vibrations had improved so much during this Portuguese and Spanish tour, and her Swadishthan chakra was now in such good condition that she should have no problem becoming a mother very soon. She had been married for some time and…

  • Better to avoid beef

    Better to avoid beef

    I was told by the Sahaja Yogis that the first time Shri Mataji came to Portugal they served Her beef not knowing that this was completely off the menu, and after eating some She explained that Her gums would probably bleed the next day as a result, and advised Sahaja Yogis to avoid eating beef…