1. Non Negotiable Sahaj Practices
Ahmedabad – 27th – 29th Jan 2017

2. Session Objectives Raising Kundalini & taking Bandhan Meditation
Importance of Collectivity
Joy of Spreading
Puja
Protocol
Treatments
Balancing
Footsoaking
Ghee & Camphor

4. Raising the Kundalini Then use both hands to tie a knot (3 & 4).
Place the left hand in front of your lower abdomen, palm facing the body (1)
Raise the left hand up slowly, moving from the base of your torso to the top of your head. While the left hand is rising, the right hand rotates around it clockwise, (up from within, and then down)(2)until both hands are above the head.
Then use both hands to tie a knot (3 & 4).
Repeat this three times, once for each channel. The second Time tie the Knot 2 Times , The third time, tie the knot three times (4).

5. Bandhan
Hold the left hand out on your lap, palm upwards. Place your right hand over your left hip (A)
And slowly raise your right hand over your head and down the right side of your body.(B)
Then raise the right hand up the right channel, over your head where the kundalini is flowing, and down the left side.(C)
This is one bandhan. Repeat this seven times, once for each chakra. A bandhan protects us and balances the energy in the left and right channels.

6. Bandhan & Importance When to take Bandhan
When you get up in Morning from Bed
Before we get into Meditation / At the end of Meditation
Before we leave the house
Before any treatment / After treatment like Footsoaking/ Shoe beating/ 3 Candle treatment

7. Bandhan & Importance Some Important Aspects
Do it in front of Mother’s Photo graph
Attention should be alert and aware of what we are doing, Should bot be mechanical
Feel the awakening of Kundalini and flow of vibrations when
Mother Shows how to take Bandhan

8. How to get Into Meditation
Complete Relaxation - we have to be in complete relaxation – Sushumna Function Automated (Effortlessness)
Preparation: We have to bring the Nadis into complete Balance
Sustain: We need to sustain – Remain Alert – Wait for the blessing

9. States that we grow in Meditation
Different states in Meditation
Nirvichara
Savikalpa Samadhi
Nirvikalpa Samadhi
Mother Explains in a Q&A in Sydney
How to Sustain State of Meditation the whole Day
Be in a State of Witness
Reduce Reactions
Get into thoughtless state when there are troubles

10. Importance of Collectivity
We cannot grow only individually
We are a collective being.
More Vibrations flow when we attend collectivity
It is easier to get into Balance in collectivity
It is easier to remove problems in Chakras in Collectivity
We leave our Satta (Individuality) and come into Unconcious Domain in Collectivity
“I” ness goes away in collectivity and you come into domain of Spirit, which is a collective being
All religions have talked of collectivity.
Sangham Sharanam Gatchami – Buddha
Mothers Talk on Importance of Collectivity

11. Joy of Spreading Sahaja Yoga

12. The Play of the Nadis IDA NADI - We have to have strong Desire
PINGALA BADI - Need to be Dynamic about Spreading
SUSHUMNA NADI - Sustain the effort/ Give Experience of Sahaja Yoga

13. Starts with Desire We need to awaken the desire to spread.
Our experience gives us feeling that Sahaja Yoga has given us so much we need to give back.
We cannot keep it to ourselves. We have to help the world
Mothers Video - What is your First and Formemost responsibility in Sahaja Yoga (6min)

14. Dynamism of Spreading
We have to put Desire into Action (This is call Will).
Dont worry about how. Just start. Ideas will follow
Hanumana should be our inspiration.
Mother’s Video - Dynamism in Spreading Sahaja Yoga – Hanumana Puja – 20 min

15. Sustained Effort
We have to keep putting effort. We take one step the divine takes 100 steps ahead of us.
Give people Experience. Sahaja yoga starts with Experince of Kundalini awakening and can only be sustained through experience.
Move the seeker closer to Shri Mataji (Slowly and Steadily)
Be Genuine and Vocal – Say from your heart

16. Puja & Its Significance
On our Chakras reside the Dieties and are there from Time eternal.
Through Sahaja Yoga Kundalini Awakening, The connection with the Deities have got created.
When we want to improve & awaken the Deities our Chakras, we need to do Puja
By Puja the deities bless us with great qualities and essences are awakened at each chakras
We receive Nourishment during Puja
When we worship the dieties through Shri Mataji these Dieties become happy and start emitting and great Vibrations.
First we need to Awaken and establish Shri Ganesh.
If we don’t receive vibrations then the deities feel angry.

17. Preparation for Puja Do proper meditation
Do footsoaking before coming to Puja
Be relaxed and prepare the heart to receive the vibrations
Keep your self Open to receive vibrations
Don’t worry about time / What Rituals are being done/ What songs are being sung/ What other people are doing/ Don’t react and just be alert and try to receive vibrations
If you feel uncomfortable sitting for long time / Change position / Sit on chair
Pls sit after aarti for a long time to receive the vibrations.
Mother Talk on Significance on Puja

18. Protocols Whatever you do with an Innocent heart is Protocol
Innocence brings about Protocol Automatically
Rules and Regulations are slowly thrust as Protocol
When you do something for a long time it becomes conditions and then we call it Protocol
In the name of protocol usually we tend to hurt people
Remember Shabari Story for Love of Ram all the time to understand love from heart which breaks Rules and Regulations.

19. Protocols
Some people know more rituals, others know more protocol, but it does not matter. I know the one who loves me. The one who loves others, loves me the most. I don't care about your protocols and rituals. It is nonsense for me. What does it matter to me? It makes no difference wether you say good morning or good evening to me. What you say to your brothers and sisters is the important thing. (Chelsham Road, London, 24/5/81)

20. Protocols
Quietness within, peace within, that’s very important. If there is peace you will grow. There’s no other way out. But you see, all this ritualism, sometimes giving bandhan all the time or raising Kundalini all the time and people even would like to see the table if it has vibrations, you see. That’s going too far. There’s no need to do all that nonsense. Sahaja Yoga is sense, it’s not nonsense.  (Talk in Armonk, New York, 27/7/88)

21. Protocols
Is not necessary to have this ritualism, this kind of a rigmarole. Oh, all the time you go on. Everyday, morning till evening, nonsensical these things and they become fanatic. They start becoming absolutely fanatic about Sahaja yoga and this fanaticism can be very dangerous because they try to remember everything by heart this and that. No, not necessary. (Shri Adi Shakti Puja 1995) You must know what you are. First of all introspect. Accordingly you should work it out, but this ritualism is not allowed in Sahaja Yoga all the time.  (Christmas Puja 1997)
Mother Talk - Shri Ganesha Puja 1993 and Adishakti Puja 1995

22. Treatments Balancing is the most important Treatment
Left Side- Use of Earth & Fire to clear
Right Side- Use Sky/ Water /Ice to clear
Foot Soaking
Use of Ghee & Camphor
Vibrated Water
Allah Ho Akbar
Shoe beating
The best of all treatments
Awaken Kundalini and but Bandhan - Before Any treatment and After treatment
Usually we don’t do any Sahaj Activities between 12 am to 4 am

23. Treatments Important Facts
All Treatments done before mothers Photo (Except for Shoe beating)
Awaken Kundalini and but Bandhan - Before Any treatment and After treatment
Usually we don’t do any Sahaj Activities between 12 am to 4 am
Attitude should be mother is doing
Don’t make treatments (Except Footsoaking) into a Daily Ritual – Do it with your Heart / Be alert for vibrations and change in Vibratory state after every treatment.

24. Use Fire & Earth for Left Side
Keep left hand towards photo and Right hand on Mother Earth
Keep Left hand towards Photo and Right hadn towards Candle
Move vibrations form Right to the Left
Mothers Video about How to Clear Left

25. Use Water and Sky for Right Side
Keep Right hand towards photo and Left hand towrards Sky
Move vibrations form Left to the Right
Don’t use Fire
Ice treatment 
Keep Ice on the liver (Right Swadisthana)- placing an ice pack or other cold pack on the liver on the right side of your body during the meditation until you feel the balance.
Mothers Video about How to Clear Right

26. Foot soaking
Sit comfortably in a chair with your hands out on your lap, facing Shri Mataji’s photograph. Place your feet in a basin or bucket of luke warm water containing a handful of salt.
Water
Luke warm Water for Normal
Hot water if imbalance on Left side
Cold water if Imbalance on Right side
What to do during Foot soaking
Meditate for 10 to 15 minutes.
You can open eyes or if you want to close eyes it is OK.
You can say some affirmations to cleanse the chakras.
You Can do balancing if required.
Rinse and dry your feet.
Flush the water down the toilet. Try not to look directly in the bucket before flushing.
Don’t use the foot-soak bucket for any other purpose. 

27. Foot soaking Important Aspects of Footsoaking
Expose yourself to Mother and Relax
Allow the divine to work it out
For your satisfaction you can say mantras/ Balance but after that expose and wait
Watch your self and be Alert and watch the miracle of cleansing of chakras and balance of Nadis
Can do it any time of the day / Morning/ afternoon/ Evening
Usually before sleeping is suggested so that all the stress of the day goes and we get good sleep.
When not feeling well can do it 2 -3 times a Day

28. Use of Ghee & Camphor
This should be done Daily – Mothers says this is the only ritual we should definitely do.
Put 2 drops of Ghee with slight Camphor into the Nose
You can sleep on the End of the bed such that the head is in towards earth and put 2 drops in each nostril and inhale after dropping the Ghee.
Some people who have Asthma/ irritation of Nose should not put Camphor and can put only Ghee and don’t mix Camphor.
Mothers Video about Hamsa Chakra and Ghee treatment

29. Vibrated Water Mothers Video about Vibrated Water
Keep a Glass of Water in front of Mother
Pray from your heart and request mother to Vibrate it
You can move your hand in a form of Bandhan also if required (For your satisfaction).
See the cool vibrations flowing out when you keep your hand.
Drink this water.
Mothers Video about Vibrated Water

30. Allah Ho Akbar Mothers Video about Allah Ho Akbar
you have to put your Index fingers into your ears,
and say ‘Allah ho Akbar’ 16 times…
Mothers Video about What to do Daily
Mothers Video about Allah Ho Akbar

31. Shoe Beating
This is an ancient 'cleansing' technique from Islam, used by Sufis to offer negativity or evil to the Mother Earth.
Used for some problems like:
Your ” Balloon of EGO is rising high ” as Mother says.
Problem related to health which is becoming a hindrance in sitting for meditation
There are some obstacles in your spiritual ascent then you can shoe beat them. So for any such problem  which is disturbing your mental peace and  attention you can shoe beat.
This shoe beating technique  should not be made a ritual .It is not mandatory to be done daily

32. Shoe Beating
For shoe beat sit on Mother Earth. it is best if you can sit under free sky.
Should not be done in front of Mothers Photo
While  shoe beating keep your eyes open .You can  look whether on Mother Earth, in the green or in the sky.But it is better to look at sky because sky gives us a state of thoughtlessness
To shoe  beat use your own left foot   slipper/sandal /shoe .it is better if you use the slipper/sandal /shoe which is generally worn by you and not a new one or very old one.
You can say Mantra of Mother Earth/ Ganesha/ Mohammad Saab
It entails drawing a circle on the ground with the index finger and symbolically writing into the circle, something that is of concern.
Give 7 bandhans to the writing/circle.
Take your left shoe and with right hand beat the problem with the heel of your shoe, 108 times.
Don’t keep your whole attention  on counting.
This in no way presupposes an outcome to the problem, but is a way of surrendering it to Mother Earth, to be dealt with in the best possible way for all concerned.

33. Best of Treatment
Mothers Video about What is the best of all treatments

34. Let’s meditate in silence now