Although I had made business trips to the US before in my UK-based job with an American-owned pharma organisation, and transited JFK airport, I had never really visited New York, so there was a certain amount of muted excitement about being here for the first time.
This excitement seemed to infuse my travelling companions as well; which included Mio, Manohar and Justyn and we were rearing to make the most of our short stay in the Big Apple.
Having quickly unburdened ourselves of our luggage, and the jetlag of an 8-hour Atlantic flight melting away with the anticipation of adventure, we strode out together from the hotel and made our way to central park.
In the space of a few short hours, we had managed to take a lie down on the grass and get some rest in central park; take a yellow cab ride and mooch around Times square. The newness of the experience gradually gave way to a half-forgotten familiarity with the place, borne of the imprint of all the movies set in New York that we'd ever watched.
The evening sahaja yoga public program went well and having retrieved out luggage from the hotel, we were soon en route to upstate New York as night was falling.
The morning after quickly replaced the night before and we found ourselves in what appeared to be remote farm land in a place called Canajoharie, where Shri Mataji had bought some land.
"I selected this place suddenly from a very thick newspaper, American newspaper. The vibrations were just shooting out and I said : “What is this, coming from where?” And there was a little advertisement, and I said: “This is the place where we have to go.” This place has so many vibrations, even in the advertisement. So you can imagine how the guidance comes. It comes from vibrations, and that’s how I was here and this place was selected by the divine Force. It happened only in one day! Such a miraculous thing to happen in one day! It was taking so much time for them even to get this, and suddenly I told them: “Better get it.” It all worked out, and we are now here in the most beautiful atmosphere." - Shri Mataji From transcript of audio.video recording 'Shri Adi Shakti puja' Canajoharie, USA 20 June 1999.
Stories about the significance of the land began to circulate. That this place had been the last refuge and sanctuary of a tribe of native americans at a time of great encroachment by the new settlers to America.
"Of course, you know that <Native Americans> were driven out and they came here to hide themselves. They’re hiding themselves in this place so that they should not be crushed and destroyed forever. That era is over now, that era of domination, of entering into somebody else’s land and occupying it, and considering it to be a great reverie. All that is over now, the human understanding has gone much beyond; and they understand that this is sinful, this is wrong, whatever we have done was wrong. But those people are no more. And the children and the grandchildren of those children of these people who were the children of God, they used to think: “We do not like all that, because you have no right to take somebody’s land like that and occupy it as your own.” Of course, the land doesn’t belong to anyone, but still wherever you are born, that’s your land, and that land has to be kept with those who are born here who own it. But this kind of aggression has been going on for ages now. Now the time has come to finish this, once for all, give up this kind of adventure, is to enter into somebody’s land or somebody’s house and occupy it."
From transcript of audio.video recording 'Shri Adi Shakti puja' Canajoharie, USA 20 June 1999.
It could have been this priming of the imagination that led to a fitful nights sleep later on for many of us and some interesting, half-dreamed recollections the next morning.
At least a couple of people reported sensing the departed spirits of this place, braves on horseback, silently moving around and come back to see and inspect the present, sleeping occupants of their land. They approved of us and so again merged back into the land of the unseen.
Maybe these ancient scouts of a people for whom the mother earth is sacred, recognised in us a similar affinity and chose to let us be. When we later learned about the native american legend of the white buffalo calf-women, the connection of that shared affinity seemed very real indeed.
In the following excerpts of transcripts from audio, spanning a period from 1977 to 1999 (each followed by commentary), Shri Mataji talks about the first Cow , Surabh; reveals herself as the incarnation of the primordial mother ('Adi Shakti'); identifies Shri Krishna with the American Nation and suggests the symbolic significance of the flute (pipe) to human beings evolutionary destiny.
The Primordial Mother/Adi Shakti first incarnated as Surabhi, the first Cow/bovine.
From transcript of audio recording of discussion at Chateau de Mesnieres, Mesniere-en-Bray(France) - Sunday 6th May 1984
Sahaja yogi: Is Shri Krishna born from a cow?
Shri Mataji: [Mother and yogis are laughing shortly] Now, there once upon a time long, long time back, the Mother(Goddess) took birth as a cow. See? And everybody was in that cow. Krishna and
Commentary:
'Then later on the cow took the form of a lady..", this recalls the shape-shifting in the white buffalo legend. The Native American link between the calf-woman and the sacred Mother Earth, given expression in the form of native rituals , seems to derive from the fact that the calf-woman is in fact an incarnation of the Mother Goddess, source of all nature's provisions.
From transcript of audio recording 'The Story of Markendeya' Ashram Vienna (Austria), 9 June 1988
You know the story of Markandeya or not? I tell you the story of Markandeya. You see, his father had no children and the father and mother were unhappy. So they prayed to Shiva and they said that we want to have a son. Shiva said: “I’ll give you the son, but I will have to take him back after eight years. So he’ll only exist till he is about eight years of age.” So they gave that boon to him plus this kind of a curse. The parents were very upset that “our child will die after eight years of age”, very upset.
But they found the child very bright, brilliant and also shining and very religious.
One day he asked his father: “Why do you always so worry, I mean, after all I am your son?” So they said that it is said so, eight years or sixteen years, something like that. “Now I will be losing you very soon. Who can surpass Shiva?” He said it, “so I cannot think we can really ask anyone to neutralize the curse upon us. If you are not born to us we would not have been so attached to you.
Now you are born to us, we are so much attached to you.”
He was a very wise person, he said: “No, I know someone, I know Adi Shakti. And he went to this place where you got to see this Saptashringi. There he prayed to Her. Nobody had prayed to Adi Shakti. They would pray to Jagadamba, they would pray to all others. To Adi Shakti, who is the God, he prayed to Her. She appeared there and Her face is just like Me. It is Saptashringi because She has seven chakras on Her head. “Shringa” means on the head, like what you call the Shikara, peak?’ “Seven Peaks”. She was born with seven peaks. She came there, appeared from the Mother Earth, She just came out and he prayed to Her. He prayed to Her and then the whole place became so vibrated that Shiva could not touch him.
Then he wrote all this Markandeya? things, I mean he was the first who wrote about Adi Shakti. All these things that you read about Shankaracharya, he took it from Markandeya. He was the first who wrote about Kundalini, the first about realization, he was the first who did all that.
Even today they say that there is a gap between two hills and people used to cross that gap on a bullock cart and the bullock cart was carried over to the other side.
Now of course you got a place to go up, but at that time there was nothing like that, so they used to go up on a bullock cart and the bullock cart was carried over without any tension by Adi Shakti. And She is the complete, because we have got, as you know, Mahakali, Mahalaksmi, Mahasaraswati, three of them in Maharastra. Mahakali is in Tulsapur [ Tuljapur ], then Mahalaksmi is in Kholapur and the third one is in Mahor [Mahur]. In Mahor there is one mountain where is Mahasaraswati. And Adi Shakti is Artha Mata, on top of everything and this is it. Markandeya was actually the dearest son of Adi Shakti, because he is the one who incarnated Her.
… he was like a little child, absolutely. Everything is described, My hands and everything, even My body in a way. Just like a little child grabbing on the Mother. The dedication and devotion was so great, I mean, that Adi Shakti had to take him up. He is the one who brought Me in.
There was no idea of Adi Shakti taking birth or anything, nobody thought of it. Only once She came in Gokul, She was created in Gokul. Gokul is the one, now of course later on it was reflected in India, but Gokul is where Shri Krishna played, in the Goloka, in the Vaikuntha. She was created as one cow with all the deities sitting in Her, She never came on this earth and he is the one who gave the form, in what form She has to come?’ with thousand hands, the face like Mine and seven chakras.
In that way India is very much blessed, I should say, with these things, but the difference between the saints and the public is so much,
that they never understood. They know it is a very great place and Saptashringi is there. We have Saptashringi also in Puna, but Saptashringi is only there, where all you people go, near Nasik, that’s the place.
So that’s the great part of Markandeya. He took his birth later on as Buddha, then he took his birth
as Adi Shankaracharya, it’s the same personality. But he was actually the son of Rama, to begin with. He was Luv and he went to Russia and that is why they are called as “Slavs”. He ruled in Russia, that’s why they are called as Slavs.
Another son was Kush, who went to China, that is why they are called as Kushan. Then they incarnated again and again, also as Hassan and Hussain [ Husein ], as Mahavira and Buddha, as Adi Shankaracharya and Gyaneshwara, like that.
See, it is so peaceful. Cool breeze. I think the name Markus might be coming from Markandeya. Markandeya is a very unique name, isn’t it? “Markanda” means a powerful personality. Markandeya is son, of course, Markandeya is the name of the son. Markandeya, is the son."
From transcript of audio/video recording of Shri Pallas Athena Puja, Athens (Greece) - Wednesday 24th May 1989.
Alright. So today we have gathered, really, remarkably, in the really centre of the Nabhi of the universe, and I don’t know how far I can go with the description of this great country which we call as Greece. Also, in the Puranas it is described as Manipura Dweep. The Manipur is the Nabhi Chakra – Manipur, and a “dweep” is a island. Island of the Manipura stays the Athena, and there is a temple of Athena, all been described about Her temple, about Her jewelry, dress and everything. So it’s already in the Puranas described, this Athena. As I’ve told you before, ‘Athena’ means the Primordial Mother.
So now, one may say that, “Why the Primordial Mother, Adi Shakti, should be on the Nabhi Chakra of the universe?” One may ask a question like that, that, “Why She’s placed on the Nabhi Chakra?” Because in the – I don’t know in English – before the Creation was created in the material form, where it was planned, then there was something of the – what we call is the Vishnuloka, is the loka, or the area where Vishnu ruled, and in that Vishnuloka it was decided that Adi Shakti should first come in the form as a cow, and then She should descend in the area called as Gokul, which is Vishuddhi Chakra, first and create vibrations there. Now in the material form the Gokul was where Shri Krishna lived in His childhood.
So in the material form, Athena itself lived – in the material form, I’m not saying in the formation before – in this area, to create the vibrations. So it is not only She was a Goddess but She lived in this area to create the vibrations for the Nabhi, to create the universal compassion and love and all Her qualities.
Shri Mataji is the Adi Shakti who comes as 'mahamaya' (concealed/hidden/camoflaged)
From transcript of audio recording of Advice at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Question and Answers). Bombay (India), 22 March 1977.
But if I’m the Mother Who has to do the job, I have to do the job. Now you start finding faults with Me. So what to do with you people? I mean, after all, what should I have? Whatever I thought proper, I have. What else do you want Me to have? See if the, if Ganesha has a trunk of a elephant it has a meaning, and if somebody has something else it has a meaning. We say that Surabhi the cow, the first cow which appeared in the Brindabana – in the, in the Vaikuntha stage she appeared ? all the Gods were inside her. We accept a cow but we can’t accept a human being who has got these powers. It’s all right. Don’t accept. I’m saying not that you should flatly accept Me because once I say that there are many matajis all over now. What I’m saying, you should feel the vibrations yourself. You should take them. If you feel them, if you see the Kundalini rising, that is the first sign. If you see the Kundalini rising, you should.
When I went to Amarnath there was one Janaardan Maharaj. He had come, you see, because he had heard about Me. He came just to take My pareeksha, whatever it is. So he was sitting on near the stage, and people told Me that, “He may not accept You, Mataji.” I said, “Let Me see. If he is a realized soul he may,” and when I went inside on the stage he just fell flat on My feet. Then he told Me, “I saw everybody’s Kundalini rising as soon as You stepped inside, I could see.” They can see also. He saw everybody’s Kundalini rising as soon as I came in. They would not rise but the Kundalini rose. “We wish You welcome.” So if they know, many people know.
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Talk in Hindi
Shri Adi Shakti Puja (Hindi). Jaipur (India), 11 December 1994.
Today we are going to worship Adi shakti.
Everything is covered in it. Many people have not even heard the name of Adi shakti. We are the worshipers of Shakti. Here we are Shaktdharmi (religiously devoted to Shakti) and many kings have been worshiping Adi Shakti. Everyone has different deities and the names of each deity is different. The name of the deity of this place is also different, it is “Gangaur”. But Adi Shakti was once born in Rajasthan state whose name was “Sati Devi”. It is her grace that we find our culture the Dharma of wife, Dharma of husband, Dharma of ruling etc. which are nourished by her Shakti.
You all know the story of Sati Devi, I don’t have to tell you in new way but she was Gangaur. She was married and while she was returning after marriage with her husband some of the bad elements surrounded them and killed her husband. She came out of the bride’s carriage, took the Rudra form and destroyed all of them who attacked her husband and then she finished herself also. We should see in this that since childhood till marriage she did not disclose that she was Maha Maya in any condition.
It is necessary for Adishakti to be in Mahamaya form because the one who has whole powers and light within has to take Mahamaya form. The reason is all those great powers which in this World, initially they came in the form of Surabhi (Aroma) Shakti, which was the cow. In her all the deities reside and after that once she came in the form of Sati. Only once she incarnated in Rajasran. I told you before that my relation with this state is very ancient because Chitaurgarh’s (Famous city in Rajasthan state of India) “Shishodia” dynasty were my ancesters.
Adishakti has unlimited powers and Sati has all of them. But it is important to keep those powers hidden. There are two reasons for it.
Firstly, if people come to know that she is Adishaklti they may attack her because they all are evil, stupid and standing against God. They earn money on the name of God and misuse it. If these people come to know that Adishakti has incarnated in this World then either they will run away with fear or they will get collective and try that the work of Adishakti in this Kaliyuga should not be successful. So it is very important to take Mahamayas form.
The second reason is very that she has to do very deep, subtle and important work which has not been done by anyone till now. That is collective Realization. Forget about collective, even to give Realization to one person it takes years together to do this great work and that too with such a care that it should not harm the other person in any way. It is like one person is made to cross the river sitting on the boat without any effort. Yesterday I told you that how religion has got inverse. Those who told about religion were absolutely all right but to whom they talked about religion were not right people. So they did not understood religion but interpreted and confused it. If some person looks at his religion and thinks about it then he will run away from his religion because the things which are happening on the name of religion are very dangerous.
Somewhere it is insulting women, somewhere torturing children and somewhere it has become robbery. Every kind of wrong things are done on the name of Religion.
The Symbolism of the Flute (Pipe)
That’s what happens. When you get it you give light to others. You become to others. You enjoy your own light. The light starts flowing through you. You enjoy that light. And you give light. A very good simile is given like a hollow flute. You become the hollow flute through which the melody flows.
From transcript of audio recording 'Why are we here?' Hampstead, UK Friday 6th June 1980
Now these three energies are like the breath which flows through a flute.
The breath that flows through a flute passes through seven holes. In the same way there are seven chakras, basically, main. When we say seven holes, actually there are more. Basically I am saying. I will tell you about the other ones later on. Just now I am telling you the, absolutely, as I told you in the primary, first standard class. I am telling you the basic things.So these chakras, the centers that are placed within our being which are there, existing there and acting there, and which are in a subtle form are expressed outside as plexuses which doctors know.
From transcript of audio ' About the different chakras and their deities' Delhi, India 22nd February 1977
That will make you understand that your Mother has given you your second birth without any difficulties; she’s taken up all the labour pains upon Herself. Now you are grown up and you have to understand that now you are grown up people and you can’t behave like children. That is over now. Now you are grown up people, you have to become responsible for this Maha Yoga and for this great dharma that we have established: the dharma that integrates all the dharmas, the dharma that purifies anybody who comes near. It’s the ocean of all the rivers. All the rivers flow to this great ocean of Vishwa Dharma. So we have to mould ourselves to fit into the new pattern, the new rhythms, the new music of Divine flute. Unless and until that happens I do not think that Western people have much chances.
From transcript of audio/video recording ' You have to be in Nirvikalpa' - Austria, Saturday May 4th 1985.
So from Shri Krishna’s life one has to learn that how He would just play His flute and the whole atmosphere used to become absolutely quiet, without any ripple of any trouble, any idea of disturbance, just peaceful.
From transcript of audio/video recording 'Shri Krishna Puja' Saffron Walden, UK Monday August 14th 1989
But worst of all, I think, is the innocence is under attack in these Western countries, specially in America. The innocence is under attack and this is something is very dangerous, because the children get this mutation at a very young age, and what will happen to them? So we have to think of all those innocent children, what we can do for them, how we can save them, how we can work it out.
The concern has to now go from yourself to others. You got your Realization, all right. You corrected yourself, you are absolutely perfecting yourself; all this is there, but now what is to be done? For what is this light enlightened here? It is for others. So now Sahaja Yogis have to live for others, and not for themselves. They’ll have all the energy, they’ll have all the support and they’ll have all the blessings. So we have to live for others. And how do we live for others? Is very simple, is to have concern, concern about everything. You have concern about the Mother Earth, concern about your neighbours, concern about the people who’s suffering all over the world. If you read the newspaper you will be amazed how things are happening, how people are suffering.
We have to understand fundamentally that unless and until transformation takes place, we cannot change this world. And you all can transform others. So it’s your duty, it’s your job to transform other people and to tell them what is divine love. Love is the only way now we can work out.
From transcript of audio.video recording 'Shri Adi Shakti puja' Canajoharie, USA 20 June 1999.
Importance of America, which is the land of Shri Krishna and represents vishuddhi chakra - communicator/broadcaster/announcer.
All this has happened to you because there is a purpose. It’s not just because you have done poorva punyas and all that. Many people say, because of previous life we have got it – that is true. The cause may be that, but the result is that now you are capable of giving Realization to people, and this is what you have to do. All the way you have come here in this wilderness. From this wilderness only, you will rise and you will bless all the people of the world. Specially America should be blessed again and again, because it’s the Virat, it is Shri Krishna’s land, because people will always try to follow, to copy you. Things will improve if you get the, we can say the blessings of the various lotuses you have within yourself, no doubt. But what about you doing something ? What about you doing something about it? And this is what is very important.
From transcript of audio.video recording 'Shri Adi Shakti puja' Canajoharie, USA 20 June 1999.
I was asked that I should come and stay in America so America will improve very much. So now here I am! I came here, I stayed here, and I am definitely putting all My attention, because it’s a very important, very, very important chakra which is this, which is America.
From transcript of audio.video recording 'Shri Adi Shakti puja' Canajoharie, USA 20 June 1999.
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