"… So as English we are, we have to think how our brains work, are used to work, how traditionally we have been brought to problems. When we see around how we have accepted some things which were very absurd and nonsensical, say from America or France and other places, as if we have no personality of our own. What did we give to others? What is the impression people carry about the British? Hippies, or what do you call these days, modern - the Punks? What is it that we have to give? Is an honourable image, is an honourable image of the British, of the English. We have to be honoured. We have to be honourable people and we must keep our honour. And honour cannot come or cannot be expressed if we are people who are cunning. That's very superficial. Anybody can find out if we have that cunning within us…
Now English language is a specially honoured language because it is the language of Sahaja Yoga as well. Of course we use Hindi, Marathi and then English. But English is the language in which my speeches are, so it should be honoured. We must have a sense of honour that comes by respecting. When you respect yourself, you respect others. If you do not respect yourself, you cannot respect others. And that's what I discovered. When people took to anti-culture and all sorts of things, the first thing they did was not to respect anything whatsoever… So in language, in speaking the language, try to speak straightforward English language. Because we are international people…
Saying something nice to others is a great art. Have we developed that art of saying something nice to others? This art is to be developed by Sahaja Yogis, how to say something sweet and nice to others. If you can develop the gentle method of saying nice things, then later on you will see you will be able to do nice things for others... Like I would say, what's nice about British? Let's see…"
Many answers were given but were not accepted by Shri Mataji, some close and some quite false.
"Scholarship, scholarship. Sahaja Yoga? Read everything. Sahaja Yoga means Kundalini, means this, that. Go to the library, find out everything, just know it. Scholarship. That's their quality and this has to spread all over. You agree there? The scholarship in Sahaja Yoga has to spread all over the world… Scholarship is the thing and that's why they're honoured everywhere. They are scholars. And see now, heart becoming a scholar. That's the integration of the brain and the heart. We have so many scholars of Sahaja Yoga in England… To understand all the intricacies, all the delicacies and to work it out, in that scholarly way, is the way you will really do greatest service to Sahaja Yoga. And it is such an honourable thing to be a scholar and once you are a scholar, this knowledge goes into your head and goes to your heart also. Scholarship in every subject. Scholars are different from inventive people. They may know very little and can invent something, that's a different thing but that doesn't mean you go and read Vivekananda and all that, doesn't mean that. But you go in every library, every place and discover the truth. Blake - scholar, so many scholars in this country, most of them were realised souls. In England we have the maximum number, in the West I'm saying, maximum number of scholars, who were realised souls, in such a small, little country like that…
A scholar does not stoop down to nonsense. He does not take to superficial thing. It's below his dignity to behave in childish manner or to take to sex and all these nonsensical ideas. But the basic quality you have got, which is something so great I feel, because heart becoming a scholar is something very great, it's a balance, it's a real balance. And that's the steel, that is the steel of England, the scholarship. That's how a New Jerusalem has to be built in, not the old one where they were only faithfuls just going down, singing songs and hymns, nothing - but scholarship, the complete knowledge. They know everything about Kundalini, they know all about chakras, they know all details about it and, if you may please, your Mother has spoken in England the maximum number of lectures, because there are scholars.
So preserve that, develop that, then only you will have all other qualities which you have described just now. But remember that you are yogis, but scholars in your subject. Take any subject that you are dealing with, even ordinary things. We can say, if you are a carpenter, you must know everything about wood. What is this wood, from where it comes, what is it, what can be used for, what is the density of this wood, what is the chemical composition? Everything you must know about it. And this is what you have to give to other people of the world…
So it is necessary for us to bring goodness. To bring benevolence in this world we must write benevolent things, write something idealistic, something higher, something hopeful, something which gives them a new dimension of understanding. All the Sahaja Yogis must start writing. Ramdas Swami has said that: 'Every day you must write something.' Write diaries, write novels, write articles, do what you like - poems, poetry. All kinds of things you can do, if you just know that you have to be yogi scholars but not intellectuals. Intellectuals have the knowledge of others, but scholars build up their knowledge on the true knowledge of others…
Now in Sahaja Yoga as you know that the heart is surrounded by seven main auras and these come from the brain, which is the seat. Now in the centre, at the Brahmarandra we have got the Heart Chakra, all right? The heart is here and around it are all these auras, if you see, in the brain. In the same way, they are surrounding the heart. So, if you know about them, it will circulate. The knowledge will circulate but circulate with love, without any aggressiveness, without any showing off, without any cunning, without any sarcasm, in a full, straightforward, loving manner.
But for that, we have to remember that we have developed lots of antidotes in England. Like the words I have seen people use. Very common is: 'That may be too much.' 'It may be too much.' They're frightened: 'One shouldn't say too much.'
You should! When you say too much, at least a little bit will go into their heads. So you have to say too much. Say what you want. There should be exuberance, exuberance of your ideas, so that something goes into their heads. They know that you are sincere, you're saying it sincerely, you cannot contain within yourself. Emphatically you have to say things. That's what everybody did. All those, who were great incarnations, said it with such concern, with such force. In the same way you have to say, without any fear of: 'Oh, that may be too much. Mother, it was too much for him.' Let him be blasted! Doesn't matter. Say everything that you have to say, absolutely with full heart.
But when people come to Sahaja Yoga, when they come for, say, a workshop or something, we try to be the same party people, like in the party you see: 'What will you have?' Then they will say: 'All right, let me think what did I have yesterday, so I'll have today this thing.' It's like a shopping going on. No, you have to say: 'We have this and please have it now, otherwise you won't have it!' This is the time, let them say what they like…
I don't say you aggress but don't say anything less. Understatement is not needed. There should not be any balancing in that. Those people who will be appeased by that will not be good Sahaja Yogis. They cannot come in the Kingdom of God. We don't have to be begging from them but we have to honour them, we have to respect them, we have to be kind to them. But we have to give them what we have. Like in the family you go. You get everything from the fridge and give it to them. They'll be very happy: 'Take it, whatever you like. What a spread!' But if you put one little fish and two eggs for ten people, with one chili to say that it is Sahaja Yoga, maybe a lemon, they will think: 'What's this going on here? Wishy-washy stuff...'"
[Two sessions included many practical issues: looking after children and their education, creativity, organising projects, transcribing talks, publishing books, etc. Also behaving in moral, honest and dignified ways. These extracts, almost verbatim, are from the first 47 minutes of the seminar.]
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