Who's behind the Sahaja Meditation movement?
The real answer is that no one person is behind Sahaja Meditation, nor is it a "movement." That word movement strikes me as the kind of word you'd use to describe a group that's bent on achieving some sort of a mission, like liberation from something oppressive, or domination and control of other human beings. I think the word movement is too activistic to be applied to Sahaja Meditation. They're not activists!
It is true that Sahaja Yoga (known as Sahaja Meditation in America) was originally founded by Shri Mataji, a guru recognized world-wide for her spiritual contributions to mankind. But it's also true that the system of Sahaja Meditation encourages creating more expert teachers all across the world — individuals who can teach the technique of meditation and provide guidance on energy awakening to anyone who seeks it. In fact, they tell new people who attend their classes that they're welcome to become instructors, if they choose to, in a matter of a few weeks or months.
The Sahaja Meditation "system" — for lack of a better word — is not centered around any one individual, group or country, nor is there a "power center" or headquarters or hierarchical structure. They have meditation centers sprinkled all across the globe. Anyone with any level of knowledge about Sahaja Meditation is free to walk in, learn and master the technique of meditation and reap the benefits, and even choose to go on to teach others.
The good thing about Sahaja Meditation is that the powerful energy awakening can be passed along from one human being to another, just as one candle can light another and another and another. And that is how millions of candles around the world can be lit. There's an old expression that I love… "A candle loses nothing by lighting another." I think this metaphor captures, in a very simple way, the sharing, giving spirit of Sahaja Meditation. I like the fact that an individual can practice Sahaja Meditation by himself / herself and also pass it along to as many people as he / she wants without having to depend on some central figure or guru or personality or having to get permission to do this from anybody in the organization.
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It is true that Sahaja Yoga (known as Sahaja Meditation in America) was originally founded by Shri Mataji, a guru recognized world-wide for her spiritual contributions to mankind. But it's also true that the system of Sahaja Meditation encourages creating more expert teachers all across the world — individuals who can teach the technique of meditation and provide guidance on energy awakening to anyone who seeks it. In fact, they tell new people who attend their classes that they're welcome to become instructors, if they choose to, in a matter of a few weeks or months.
The Sahaja Meditation "system" — for lack of a better word — is not centered around any one individual, group or country, nor is there a "power center" or headquarters or hierarchical structure. They have meditation centers sprinkled all across the globe. Anyone with any level of knowledge about Sahaja Meditation is free to walk in, learn and master the technique of meditation and reap the benefits, and even choose to go on to teach others.
The good thing about Sahaja Meditation is that the powerful energy awakening can be passed along from one human being to another, just as one candle can light another and another and another. And that is how millions of candles around the world can be lit. There's an old expression that I love… "A candle loses nothing by lighting another." I think this metaphor captures, in a very simple way, the sharing, giving spirit of Sahaja Meditation. I like the fact that an individual can practice Sahaja Meditation by himself / herself and also pass it along to as many people as he / she wants without having to depend on some central figure or guru or personality or having to get permission to do this from anybody in the organization.
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