Richard Payment is a film librarian at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. He is also the editor of The Divine Cool Breeze magazine. He has enjoyed the benefits of Sahaja Yoga for 28 years.
RichpayI don’t know how meditation and thoughtless awareness have changed me. There have been no medical cures or swerving life changes. I know that joy does not go away like the sunshine behind a rain cloud. I know that the blessings are always around me, even in the smallest of things. If I am not collecting these showering joys, it may be that I am simply holding the bucket upside down…
In order to meditate, you must first want to meditate. There must be a desire in your heart. Be humble about it. Ask for the necessary temperament. Create an environment conducive to meditation. For starters, make a meditation room…
We are all a part of something greater. We are each a stitch in a fabric which is stretching across an infinite universe. It has folds and pleats and a design of such delicate beauty created by the warp and weft of each thread. Everything is connected – including you and me…
Many people feel a deep devotion to Shri Mataji because they recognize her uniqueness. When she entered their lives they felt changed.
There is a land unchanged, separate from our own. It is not distant, but very close. It a country we may never have visited, but it is not foreign. Don’t miss a thing. There is a lot to see.
Happiness is not just laughter. It is not simply a smile of satisfaction. These might be manifestions of our happiness, but they are not the source. They are not the root.
Imbibe is a word used often in Sahaja Yoga. To imbibe a quality, a virtue, a mode of living is to make it your own.
Knowledge of the chakras is most comprehensively found in the ancient science of yoga. This system was first formalized by the physician-sage Patanjali about three thousand years ago.
But are there saints today? Where have they gone – real saints, exemplary characters with street cred to match?