Category: 1984 – 1986

  • Request sent email 14 05 andy goudry Life saving

    Request sent email 14 05 andy goudry Life saving

    In a hall in Belgium, at a public programme in 1985, Shri Mataji came round the audience and was paying attention to individual people. One lady was being worked on by Mother and was talking to Her. Shri Mataji asked the lady to turn around and put her back towards Her and then Shri Mataji…

  • Presentation of The Advent (diary entry)

    Presentation of The Advent (diary entry)

    On the 30th of June, 1985, there was the official presentation of the French edition of The Advent, L’Avenement, to the authorities and journalists, in the Palace of Congress at Versailles near Paris. Also present were some Sahaja Yogis who had been at the Guru Puja at Chamarande. Shri Mataji, simple and enigmatic at the…

  • I am very happy you have come

    I am very happy you have come

    My first personal contact with Shri Mataji was in July 1985. There was a public programme on the Wednesday, and on the Thursday was a follow-up. The local yogis had rented a beautiful villa in a park and I was very eager not to be late. I took an early train and was one and…

  • When the worst and the best meet

    When the worst and the best meet

    Back in July 1985, I was not even a year old in Sahaj, and France was of organising the Guru Puja. A large venue had been found in the Paris area called Chamarande, with wonderful gardens and an 18th century castle, a beautiful place to welcome around four hundred yogis from every corner of the…

  • A very special day (diary entry)

    A very special day (diary entry)

    Yesterday, the 26th January 1985, we had the privilege to be present at a puja to the Adi Shakti here at Pune. Shri Mataji explained that the 26th January is a very important and special day, both in Her personal life and because on this day the liberation of India from the English is celebrated.…

  • Arrival in Los Angeles, 28th May 1985 (diary entry)

    Arrival in Los Angeles, 28th May 1985 (diary entry)

    Last night we arrived in Los Angeles from New York. All the Sahaja Yogis met us and took us to the house of Dr Worliker and his family. He is a physicist who teaches at the University of California. The atmosphere is so joyous, at the reunion of all the Sahaja Yogis. Shri Mataji spoke…

  • More time in Venice

    More time in Venice

    We all dined again with Shri Mataji later that evening in another restaurant where She took a table with several of the doctors in Sahaja Yoga and spoke of how doctors should develop some discretion as to where their curative powers should be focused in human beings. On our last day in Venice, Camillo, Gunter…

  • The history of Western art

    The history of Western art

    In 1984, Shri Mataji paid Her fourth visit to Bristol. By this time we were living in a shared house in Bushy Park. While there, She talked to me at length, while I took notes, about the history of Western art. While this was happening, I was in a state of bliss. What was needed…

  • If we had faith we could move a mountain

    If we had faith we could move a mountain

    Sometimes it would appear that Shri Mataji was busy like any other housewife with matters of Her own household, and was not doing Her usual job of teaching spirituality and yoga, but appearances could be deceptive. One day in London, in 1984, a large haulage van was brought to Shri Mataji’s house at Brompton Square,…

  • Hail to the great Mother, the invincible warrior

    Hail to the great Mother, the invincible warrior

    Some time in 1984, at Heathrow Airport, London, Shri Mataji was being greeted by numerous Sahaja Yogis and flowers were being presented to Her. At one point, a security guard appeared and shouted orders to the Sahaja Yogis to move away. They were engrossed in the presence of Shri Mataji and hardly reacted. He was big and strong…