Category: Experiences

  • The Divine censor

    The Divine censor

    Shri Mataji told us She was on the board of Film Censors in India before coming to the UK. This is why the old Hindi movies of the sixties are always ok from the point of view of dharma. Linda Williams

  • Travels abroad

    Travels abroad

    Shri Mataji told us that when Sir CP was the Director of the Shipping Corporation of India, Shri Mataji encouraged various changes on the ships, such as cabins for officers which were large enough for their wives to accompany them. She Herself travelled on the ships and visited many places such as Cape Town and…

  • The life blood of my country

    The life blood of my country

    Shri Mataji was once with Mahatma Gandhi when it was time for a meal. The servant came in and Gandhi gave him the key of a cupboard, and Gandhi looked to see how many people were staying for lunch, and then measured out one scoop of rice for each person. Someone asked why he was…

  • A gift of bangles

    A gift of bangles

    When Shri Mataji was a medical student the head of the university where She was studying was sympathising with the British and the students wanted to do something to show him up. There was a big gathering of staff, students and families, and Shri Mataji went up on the stage in front of everyone and…

  • Shri Mataji was actively involved in the freedom struggle

    Shri Mataji was actively involved in the freedom struggle

    When Her Holiness was a teenager and Her family were involved in the struggle for India to be freed from the colonialists, Shri Mataji was very actively involved Herself and used to sneak out at night to attend meetings for planning freedom tactics etc. She was also caught by the British and tortured. She was highly…

  • What Shri Mataji wrote

    What Shri Mataji wrote

    When Shri Mataji was around eleven years old Mahatma Gandhi asked Her, ‘Why don’t You write a poem?’ And this is the poem that She wrote: Early in the morning I pray to the essence of My Spirit, Which is, ‘The Truth, the Attention and the Joy; So that I should go to the highest…

  • A lot of clearing out went on

    A lot of clearing out went on

    We were all sitting in a line. Somebody had a hand on Shri Mataji and we all had one hand on each other. The end person had their hand out of the window and we were sitting there and it went on hour after hour. Eventually, we all fell asleep. I woke up early in…

  • Shri Mataji used to go to people’s houses

    Shri Mataji used to go to people’s houses

    We used to go to the seashore to Worli. Mother would go to people to heal and clean them in their houses. They were often rich people who came just to get cured, and at that time She used to sometimes go to people’s houses. She came three times to our house. We used to…

  • I was just thinking about you

    I was just thinking about you

    ‘I went to Mother’s house today,’ my father would say, when he came home in the evening. He would get this feeling that Mother wanted him and he used to take time off from work and go, telling his boss, ‘I have to go out,’ and go and see Mother. ‘Oh, Mr Pai,’ Mother would…

  • She was also Mother Nature

    She was also Mother Nature

    This was written by my wife, and goes back to the 1970’s. It was the time of Navaratri Puja, and Shri Mataji used to stay in Mumbai. She told all the Sahaja Yogis to come to Her house for Navaratri. They all got to where She was living on the fifth floor and they went…