
“Sahaja” in Sanskrit means spontaneous and also born with,” Yoga” means
union with God. The potential to the spiritual awakening and ascent
is inborn in every human being. This potential is possible to be actualized
through a unique living process of Sahaja Yoga. This unique discovery
has been done by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (in 1970).The process of Sahaja
Yoga is spontaneous and natural. It is a technique to awaken the Kundalini
Shakti which lies in the sleeping state at the base of the spine (sacrum
bone) of each human being. The process of awakening this Kundalini (Self
Realisation) is a spontaneous and joy giving process, quite contrary
to the widespread misinformation about it.
There are seven chakras (energy centers) basically within us. These
seven chakras are responsible for our physical, emotional and mental
well being. Once we get our Self Realisation we feel these centers in
the Subtle System within us. As the Kundalini rises and passes through
the six centers (which are our energy centers in the spinal cord) and
pierces through the fontanel bone area on the top of our head, it nourishes
and revitalizes the centers (chakras) so that the person feels relaxed,
calm and full of life.
These centers are meant for our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual
requirements. These centers are enlightened. Once the Kundalini pierces
through the last center, which is the fontanel bone area, which was
a soft bone in our childhood, it becomes one with the all-pervading
power of the Divine love. A cool breeze, like very beautiful vibrations,
starts flowing through the fingertips .We can also feel the cool breeze
coming out of the fontanel bone area on the top of our head. This is
the first experience of Self-Realisation.
The second experience is that, when this Kundalini rises, she creates
a state of thoughtless awareness (Nirvichar Samadhi).
Human beings are always thinking about the future or about the past.
When the Kundalini rises, these thoughts elongate. There is a space,
very small, between the thoughts (vilamba), which spread out, and a
state of complete silence is created. Then, we are in the present, but
without thoughts, without any worry, without any anger and we stand
in the present, which is the reality, and the past is no more and the
future does not exist.