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Nirmala Srivastava

(1923–2011) Yoga Instructor

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Nirmala Srivastava was a yoga instructor, best known for Meta Modern Era.

Quick Facts About Nirmala Srivastava

Born: March 21, 1923
Died: February 23, 2011
Profession: Yoga Instructor
Notable works: Meta Modern Era

About Nirmala Srivastava

Nirmala Srivastava, also known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, was the founder and guru of Sahaja Yoga, a new religious movement. She claimed to have been born fully realised and spent her life working for peace by developing and promoting a simple technique through which people can achieve their self-realization.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Nirmala Srivastava · Page 8

You might be anything. You might be having any organization, you might be having any position in life, you might be any…

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Differences

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Like small children you must have a very clean heart to accept, to absorb the beauty of peace that is within you…

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Accepting

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The entire truth about everything can be known through your vibratory awareness. And this vibratory awareness comes to you through your attention,…

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Attention

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Within us lies the peace, the beauty, the glory of our being. There is an ocean of all that. We cannot seek…

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Beauty

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First of all, learn to laugh at yourself. That's the best way to enjoy yourself, you know, and not to spend much…

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Another way

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To allow your Spirit to manifest, you have to understand Its nature. Spirit can never be aggressive, can never dominate. It respects…

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Aggressive

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So in Sahasrara, you must know what powers are there. There are one thousand powers, one thousand powers within you which are…

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Can do

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You should get completely detached about everything and you will enjoy, just enjoy. But in that also, one has to judge. Are…

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Detached

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So, the first thing we should introspect - are we concerned about ourselves ? All the time do we think that we…

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About yourself

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Now the truth is that the Spirit is within you and you are the Spirit. You are the beauty, the bliss and…

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Attention

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Let somebody insult you and see that that you do not answer back. Just see it, not to get into temper. Try…

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Answers

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Supposing the Mother Earth was very hot like the sun, there would have been no growth, or it was cold like moon,…

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Balance

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What is important is that you should know reality. You should know exactly what is right and what is wrong. For that,…

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Awareness

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People do not believe that there is something like Sahaja Yoga, that there is a power in every human being which is…

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Achieve

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Before knowing the truth, if you depend on your intelligence, you can be misled completely. Intelligence that is without the spiritual insight…

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Depends

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You are transmitters. Everywhere you are sitting in meditation you are transmitting vibrations, do you know that ? At that time if…

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And love

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When you stand in the present, you become thoughtlessly aware. And this state is the first state you achieve, and this is…

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Achieve

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How to get rid of the greed is the point and to get rid of the greed is that if I buy…

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Amazed

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The absolute awareness only comes when you become the Spirit. When you get your realization and you become the Spirit. When you…

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Absolutes

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You have to get something that is beyond, something special, something unique that happens to you, by which you become one with…

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Achieve

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You have to establish your love. You should feel a hankering for others. Now the competition has to change, the style of…

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Competition

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You must forgive everyone. Now many would say that "We cannot forgive, it's very difficult." But it's a myth whether you forgive…

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Difficult

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Nirmala Srivastava by topic

Yoga (302) Meditation (302) Spirit (288) Wisdom (287) Wellness (286) Love (286) Ifs (56) Knows (39) Religion (38) Should (34) People (32) Sahaja yoga (31) Truth (28) Divine (28) Self (26) Attention (26) Way (25) Joy (25) Giving (24) Life (23) Awareness (23) Realization (17) Knowledge (17) Ego (17) Reality (16)