Talks by Shri Mataji - Video excerpts for public programs including online programs




Video extracts of Shri Mataji's talks are played in the North American 21-Day Course which started in 2022. They are played by a dedicated tech host. The links to the talk excerpts (unlisted on YouTube) are in this Google Doc >

Most of the video excerpts have extra space added at the beginning and at the end, to help with queuing up and knowing when to stop the video.


Video extracts of Shri Mataji's talks - including English subtitles - for the 2025 European 21 Day course.
mp4 video files with subtitles are here >

The video numbering differs from the North American numbering at times.
Web page of the European course >
YouTube playlist of the European course >

The subtitles have been checked and revised by the European 21 Day course team.



The complete 2022 course YouTube Playlist >

Excerpts of Talks by Shri Mataji - for use in Zoom online meetings

Some of these excerpts have been used in the 21 Day Course.
Read through the transcript and/or watch the entire video excerpt before sharing with a newer person – not every talk is suitable for everyone.
To share these video resources with new people, click on the link to a specific video.
Then, copy the link into a chat, text or email.
“VIDEO ONLY” means there is no transcript handout yet.
Some of the following videos were played during the 2022 21 Day course.

Example of what you might send to a new person. Send the title of the talk and the link to the talk:
Here’s the talk by Shri Mataji we watched in today's meeting:
Ego and Superego
http://sahaja.us/handouts/27_HHSM_EgoSuperego_1985.html

 

Most of the video excerpts have extra space added at the beginning and at the end, to help with queuing up and knowing when to stop the video.

 

 

 

Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: How to Raise Kundalini and Give Bandhan from a public program in Middlesbrough, England, 1984.07.31. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] Shri Mataji demonstrates to new people how to raise their own kundalini and how to give seven bandhans to themselves.
(Duration of excerpt: 2 minutes)
Also see “Shri Mataji Gives Realization”, below.

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Collective Awareness” Press conference in Vienna, 1986.07.07
Two versions: (Duration: 13 minutes and 32 seconds, and a shorter version: 9 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “You Are Seekers” Public program in Santa Monica, 1981.10.13. Three short excerpts edited together.
(Duration: 10 minutes and 17 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - (Intermediate) VIDEO ONLY: “Becoming a Guru” Guru Puja, Shudy Camp, UK, 1988.07.12
(Duration: 9 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Enlightened Awareness” Public program in Derby, UK, 1982.07.10
(Duration: 11 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “The Challenge of Our Ego” Sahasrara Puja in Cabella, Italy, 2002.05.05
(Duration: 11 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “The Purpose of Our Life” Public program at NIH, Washington DC, 1993.10.14
(Duration: 12 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Seeking in a Time of Darkness” Diwali Puja in Delphi, Greece, 1999.11.07. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube]
(Duration: 8 minutes and 46 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Be Meek and Wise, Like Christ” Christmas Puja, Ganapatipule, 1992.12.25
(Duration: 6 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Thoughtless Awareness and Doubtless Awareness” Public Program in Sydney, Australia, 1996.03.04 [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube]
(Duration: 13 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Pure Knowledge” Puja at Canajoharie, New York, 2001.7.29
(Duration: 10 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Know Thyself” Public Program, Porchester Hall, London, 1989.08.01
[Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube]
(Duration: 10 minutes and 11 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: Shri Mataji Gives Self Realization - Public Program, Porchester Hall, London, 1989.08.01 [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube]
(Duration: 15 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Innocence and Creativity” Public Program, Porchester Hall, London, 1989.08.01
[Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube]
(Duration: 8 minutes and 53 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - (Intermediate) VIDEO ONLY: “Become the Universal Being” Kundalini Puja in Cabella, Italy, 1992.06.21
(Duration: 9 minutes and 32 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Attention on Your Spirit” Birthday Felicitation, Delhi, India, 1998.03.20
[Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube]
(Duration: 9 minutes and 49 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “The Beauty Lies Within You” Public Program in Los Angeles, 2000.06.07
[Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube]
(Duration: 12 minutes and 13 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “The Road to Realization” Public Program in Sydney, Australia, 1987.05.08
[Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube]
(Duration: 9 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Understand How Valuable We Are” Public Program in Sydney, Australia, 1987.05.08
[Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube]
(Duration: 13 minutes and 42 seconds)

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First two parts combined of three-part talk:

Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: Watch Without Reacting and Accept from a puja talk in Alibag, 1989.12.17. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] “If you do not react, then your thoughts will give up. The first thing should be to watch yourself, that you are not reacting, but you are experiencing and enjoying the silence.” [A lot of noisy crows in the background.] This combines the first part and second part, below, of a three-part talk. (Duration: 9 minutes and 25 seconds)

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First part of three-part talk:

Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: Watch Without Reacting from a puja talk in Alibag, 1989.12.177. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] “If you do not react, then your thoughts will give up. The first thing should be to watch yourself, that you are not reacting, but you are experiencing and enjoying the silence.” [A lot of noisy crows in the background.] (Duration: 5 minutes and 17 seconds)

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Second part of three-part talk:

Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: Acceptance from a puja talk in Alibag, 1989.12.177. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] “The witnessing and awareness develops when we start just accepting things as they are. ‘I think it would have been better like this’ doesn’t work out.” [A lot of noisy crows in the background.] (Duration: 3 minutes and 45 seconds)

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Third part of three-part talk:

Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: Likes and Dislikes from a puja talk in Alibag, 1989.12.177. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] “We become so vulnerable to our likes and dislikes that the entrepreneurs take over and they create likes and dislikes in our heads.” [A lot of noisy crows in the background.] (Duration: 3 minutes and 45 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - audio with transcript: Where Joy Comes From from a public program, Enfield, UK, 1979.7.26. “Joy is a state of mind which does not have duality: like day and night, like happiness and sorrow.... It’s a state in which you feel you are beyond all the waves of thought.” (Duration: 5 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - audio with transcript: Agnya Chakra and Ego from Christmas Puja, Ganapatipule, 1995.12.25. Very strong talk about Christ and ego. “Christ, such a great incarnation of purity, was crucified, shows what people are like, what they did to Him, how He was troubled and tortured by these stupid people.... In the West, people don’t know how to forgive. They are full of hatred. And they cannot ask forgiveness because they are full of terrible ego.” (Duration: 3 minutes and 22 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: Right Heart: Sweetness and Warmth from talk given at Les Avants, Switzerland, 1987.10.04. The right heart looks after the lungs and the inner part of the throat, trachea, nose, ears, and eyes. Shri Rama “acts through your Hamsa Chakra and partly through your Vishuddhi Chakra in the inner side of it.” A clean right heart is full of “love, affection and warmth.” (Duration: 5 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: Ego and Superego from a talk to Sahaja Yogis in Bergenfield, NJ, USA, 1985.10.27. “When you aggress you don’t see that you are aggressing; this is the problem of the egoistical person.... In the area of ego, he never feels his own catches, because the ego is in between the reality and himself.” (duration: 5 minutes and 35 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “Right Nabhi: Thinking, Planning and Swadhishthana Chakra” -- From Public Program, Perth, Australia, 1983.03.03. “When this chakra works more for thinking, for planning... it neglects its other work, which is also equally important, like liver, and your pancreas, and your kidneys, your spleen.” (Duration: 5 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “Desire to Ascend” from Mahakali Puja talk, San Diego, 1989.06.19. A very strong talk about our pure desire. “When we ascend we just start seeing that these are the forces which are destroying us.... If we do not desire the destruction of these destructive forces we’ll be finished.... Sahaja Yoga is meant for people who are brave, who have intense desire, who are intelligent, and who are auspicious.” (Duration: 8 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “The Essence of Love” from Paramachaitanya Puja talk, Taufkirchen, Germany, 1989.07.19. “The essence of love is concern.... Whichever way it may look, but actually, it’s for your benevolence. Not only your benevolence, but the collective benevolence.” (Duration: 7 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: The State of Witnessing from Shri Krishna Puja, Garlate, Italy, 1988.08.06. “In your using the vishuddhi chakra, you have to remember it is to be used for sweetness, for madhurya.” (Duration: 5 minutes and 14 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - audio with transcript: “Seeking.” Public program, Hampstead, UK, 1980.10.23. “People don’t understand that the time has come for thousands of people to get their realization.... Anywhere anything happens to someone, we feel it. So, our collectivity has also become sharper and sensitive.” (Duration: 10 minutes and 44 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - audio with transcript: “You Cannot Purchase Love” Public program, London, UK, 1982.03.22. “We are futuristic people. We always think of the future.... You think that in this lifetime you cannot get your Realization.... Money has nothing to do with God’s kingdom. There is no money in His kingdom.” (Duration: 8 minutes and 25 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: Seeking the Absolute. Public program, London, UK, 1982.08.16. “Are we to evolve more, to achieve some­thing higher, to get out of this confusion? Or are we to be dissolved with this confusion in our mind?” (Duration: 9 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: The Power of Innocence.” From Diwali Puja, Lecco, Italy, 1987.10.25. Innocence is knowledge and power. We are protected in our innocence. Impure knowledge (avidya) teaches us how to make fun of others and exploit them. Avidya is based on insecurity and fear. The story of the two men, one going up and one going down the steps: "I don't move for fools." Innocence gives us discrimination; how far to go with others. (Duration: 7 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: A Guru Uses Love, Not Anger.” From Guru Puja, Cabella, Italy, 1999.08.01. As a guru, we should not feel jealousy and we should not get angry. Love and forgiveness are the only ways to solve problems. If someone has been misbehaving, just forget it. Forgiven means forgotten. (Duration: 8 minutes and 46 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: Kundalini. From a public program in Houston, Texas, 1986.05.30. Kundalini means “the coils.” We are to be born again. The kundalini is the reflection of the energy of God, the Holy Ghost. We cannot find the truth if we live with myths. Sahaja Yoga is the lighting of the lamp within us. (Duration: 9 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: The Left Side.” From a talk given in Hove, England, 1982.05.13. Spirit gives us mastery and freedom with wisdom; freedom, not abandonment. We no longer suffer from what is in the subconscious and the collective subconscious. There is no more guilt. Our fingertips tell us what is reality, beauty, joy and love. (Duration: 8 minutes and 44 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: Relationships - Forget the Past.” From Radha Krishna Puja Talk, Melun, France, 1989.07.09. Our conditionings stop us from knowing how to give detached love. We are conditioned to desire revenge. Revenge is the quality of a snake. When someone expressed remorse to Buddha for something done the day before, Buddha said: "Yesterday is finished now.” (Duration: 8 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: Evolution. From public program, Washington DC, 1999.06.24. Our animal and human stages of evolution. Sahaja Yoga takes us to the next stage in our evolution. (Duration: 6 minutes and 30 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: Spontaneity. From Shri Krishna Puja talk, Cabella, Italy, 1996.09.01. Sahaja culture is when we are spontaneous and don't think about what we should do, the way children are simple and innocent. (Duration: 8 minutes and 19 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - audio with transcript: Don't Fight Your Ego.” From talk to Sahaja Yogis, Le Raincy, France, 1987.08.17. (2 Excerpts). See your ego in the mirror. It includes a story of Narada and Shri Krishna (a bride-to-be runs from Narada; Narada discovers he has the face of a monkey). The audio is a bit choppy because the French translator's voice has been edited out. (Duration: 9 minutes and 20 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - audio with transcript: Love Makes You Powerful.” From Shri Krishna Puja, Mumbai, 1973.08.28. Love is a dynamic power which can overcome all negativity. We must not just quietly enjoy our own state of yoga. “If the creation has to be saved, then you are not to keep mum about it.” (Duration: 5 minutes and 34 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - audio with transcript: Accept Only the Truth.” A very strong talk from Shri Krishna Puja, Mumbai, 1973.08.28. “All the falsehood about love has to be given up.” There is no compromise between negativty and positivity. “Feel your attention.” (Duration: 5 minutes and 30 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “Identity: Your True Self.” From Kundalini Puja, Cabella, 1992.06.21. To strengthen our kundalini awakening, our conditionings should not control us--our identification with our family, religion or country. We are universal beings. We must accept our position and accept that our purpose is to emancipate the whole world. (Duration: 6 minutes and 45 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “Everything Belongs to You.” From Kundalini Puja, Cabella, 1992.06.21. Our desire to get more things -- our acquisition instinct -- leads us to invade other countries. Also, we think of what we have as “mine.” After kundalini awakening, we are satisfied with small things, and even our families are not “ours”: we love everyone equally. (Duration: 8 minutes and 17 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “Meditation is Important.” Two excerpts from Bhavasagara Puja, Brisbane, Australia, 1991.04.06. “It is important that you all should meditate, morning and evening, every day. Develop that dedication to yourself. (Duration: 6 minutes and 17 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “Going Deeper.” Excerpt from Bhavasagara Puja, Brisbane, Australia, 1991.04.06. Introspect; “cleanse yourself every day. The deeper you go, you won’t show off. It will just emit.” (Duration: 6 minutes and 51 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “Humiity” Excerpt from Christmas Puja, Ganapatipule, India, 2000.12.25. The significance of Christ: He opened the agnya chakra. (Duration: 7 minutes and 28 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “Innocence and Children” Excerpt from Ganesha Puja, Cabella, 2000.09.16. Innocence is “the expression of Shri Ganesha within you. Children want to please others, and they cannot tell lies. "Innocence will guard you and give you proper guidance. (Duration: 6 minutes and 42 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - audio with transcript: “Belief and Fanaticism.” Excerpt from public program in Caxton Hall, London, 1980.05.12. Both blind faith and the denial of the existence of God are the result of ignorance. We stop being confused and we stop being fanatics once we feel the reality of the existence of God. “You start feeling God--God Almighty. (Duration: 10 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - audio with transcript: “The Fulfilment of our Being.” Excerpt from public program in Caxton Hall, London, 1980.05.12. “Within us lies that power and that power is anxious to give you your second birth.... Sahaja Yoga is a slow process. It does not work out on people who do not want it. (Duration: 7 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “The Gravity of a Guru.” Excerpt from Guru Puja, Andorra, 1988.07.31. “if the individual does not have the gravity, then they float on the surface and anything can impress them. That’s why we find today people get impressed by fashions. (Duration: 8 minutes and 14 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “The Value System of a Guru.” Excerpt from Guru Puja, Andorra, 1988.07.31. This is a continuation of the previous excerpt. “In your value system you have to first of all understand what is auspiciousness, what is Divine beauty, and what is morality of the Spirit. (Duration: 8 minutes and 9 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “Love is Above All.” Excerpt from talk to Sahaja Yogis on India Tour, Lonalva, 1982.01.25. “When you become subtler and subtler, you will see that you will not have sympathies with people who are afflicted. Not sympathies, but you will have love for them.” (Duration: 5 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - audio with transcript: “Feel the Joy Pouring.” Excerpt from public program talk, Los Angeles, 1983.09.26. “The thing that stands between you and your Self is your ego and your conditioning.” Shri Mataji talks about the Mona Lisa and how Christ is depicted in the Sistine Chapel. He is “a robust, tall fellow standing there, throwing people here and there.” (Duration: 7 minutes and 15 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - audio with transcript: “Ego is Never Satisfied.” Excerpt from public program talk, London, 1979.10.22. Continued in the following excerpt (58), below. “All of us have got this Mr. Ego there, sitting on our heads. Then it starts bloating and the more successful you are, the worse it is.” (Duration: 7 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - audio with transcript: “Seeking Must Come From the Heart.” Excerpt from public program talk, London, 1979.10.22. A continuation from the preceding excerpt (57), above. “Those who are on an ego trip, you tell them that “This is the best way to go to hell,” they will be the first booking their seats.” (Duration: 7 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - audio with transcript: “Be Relaxed and Alert.” Excerpt from talk given in Melun, France, 1989.07.09. “Whatever happens is by the Divine Power. So, there is no need to be tense.... If we can reduce our tensions, heart will open.” (Duration: 8 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “The Breakthrough.” Excerpt from a public program talk in Houston, Texas, 1986.05.30. “We are seekers of truth, and we are seekers of peace within, silence within, the love within, and that power that gives you, empowers you, to love others.” (Duration: 7 minutes and 9 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “Conditionings and Vishuddhi Chakra.” Excerpt from a public program talk in New York City, 1985.06.05. [Full talk on amruta.org] “New York is on the right side. And the left is... South America. Vishuddhi chakra in the center gives you so many problems of ear, nose, throat, of the eyes.” (Duration: 11 minutes and 40 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “As a Guru, Be Strict With Yourself.” Excerpt from Guru Puja talk in Cabella, Italy, 1991.07.28. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] “If you do not understand the responsibility as Sahaja Yogi, of working it out yourself everything, you cannot move very fast.” (Duration: 9 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “As a Guru, You Should Be Fearless.” Excerpt from Guru Puja talk in Cabella, Italy, 1991.07.28. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] We live in a society where we fear criticism, we fear that our actions will be misinterpreted, and we are afraid to even try to solve our own problems. “You should be fearless. You are a Sahaja Yogi.” (Duration: 11 minutes and 37 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video and audio with transcript: “Kathak Dance.” Excerpt from Guru Puja evening program in Leysin, Switzerland, 1984.07.14. [Full event on amruta.org] [Full event on YouTube] After an introduction to Kathak dance by Shri Mataji, there is a short excerpt from the dance performance, when the dancer and the tabla player do ‘jugalbandi’ — the dancer creates a rhythm and the table player must imitate it. Then Shri Mataji talks about the beats in Indian music and their correspondences to the chakras. (Duration: 10 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - (Intermediate) video with transcript: “The Essence of Diplomacy.” Excerpt from Shri Krishna Puja, Saffron Walden, England, 1989.08.14. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] “You cannot run away from telling people what you think is right for them, especially those about whom you are in charge.... You have to face your reality. Try to find out what’s wrong with you.” (Duration: 8 minutes and 21 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “You Have to Grow.” Excerpt from a public program talk in Hampstead England, 1982.06.10. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] “If you have to come to Sahaja Yoga you have to be people who have to understand that reality is not a joke. It’s not a frivolous thing. You have to become a realized soul, and you have to grow in the light of that realization, and you have to master this art.” (Duration: 8 minutes and 22 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Horizontal Movement - Use Your Power” Excerpt from a talk to Sahaja Yogis in Sydney, Australia, 1987.05.06. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] “By horizontal movement what happens, that you start meditating on a particular subject which is a very bothersome subject, and which is for the destruction of humanity. Anything – you just put your attention to it and meditate. If you are that deep... you will immediately put an effect on that.” (Duration: 8 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Be Honest Seekers” Excerpt from a public program talk in Sydney, Australia, 1983.03.15. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] “You don’t have to certify a bird that it is no more an egg. It just becomes.... You have to become something. It’s not just that you become mad or you become like some sort a funny freaky fellow, but you become really something that is in your awareness.” (Duration: 9 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Clearing the Left Side” Excerpt from a workshop in Burwood Ashram, Sydney, Australia, 1983.03.20. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] “Kundalini has to look after your problems.... You have to learn how to give additional help to solve the problems.” Shri Mataji demonstrates how to clear the left side with a candle. (Duration: 11 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Learn Detachment at Sahasrara” Excerpt from Sahasrara Puja, Cabella, 1998.05.10. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] “You are there, you see everyone, you watch everyone, you know everyone, you are close to everyone, but you are a detached person. It’s a state of mind that you achieve when Sahasrara is open.” (Duration: 6 minutes and 20 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - (Intermediate) video and audio with transcript: “Respect Our Kundalini” Excerpt from Gauri Puja, Auckland, New Zealand, 1991.04.08. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] “It is all Her work, all Her ascent, all Her understanding and wisdom which has given us this beautiful state that we call ourselves as yogis. So I would request you all to pay attention to your Kundalini, try to raise Her all the time, see that you get your vibrations.” (Duration: 11 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - video with transcript: “Mind is a Myth” Excerpt from Shivaratri Puja, 1996.03.03. [Full talk on amruta.org] [Full talk on YouTube] “This happening of achieving thoughtless awareness is very simple and easy, but to maintain at that point is difficult. We still react, and we think.” (Duration: 10 minutes and 20 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Beautiful Things Have Vibrations” 1991.02.16 (Duration: 7 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “The Path of Our Ascent” 1985.05.30 (Duration: 12 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Seek the Eternal” 1989.06.15 (Duration: 8 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “The Knowledge of Kundalini” Brisbane, Australia Public Program, 1991.04.05 Quote: “God and the primordial kundalini are one.” (Duration: 12 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Truth is Joy-Giving” 1986.09.30
(Duration: 8 minutes and 45 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Connected to Your Spirit” Sydney, Australia, 1981.04.03
(Duration: 10 minutes and 12 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Develop Your Wisdom” Los Angeles Public Program, 1983.09.27
(Duration: 8 minutes and 40 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “The Middle Path” Derby Public Program, 1982.07.10
(Duration: 7 minutes and 11 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “A New Dimension” Public Program in Derby, England, 1982.07.10
(Duration: 9 minutes and 45 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “The Innate Religion” Public Program in Sydney, Australia, 1994.04.05
(Duration: 8 minutes and 15 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - (Intermediate) VIDEO ONLY: “Sahasrara is the Heart” Kundalini Puja, 1992.06.21. A strong message to spread Sahaja Yoga.
(Duration: 12 minutes and 31 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Everything Belongs to God” Kundalini Puja, 1992.06.21. Shorter excerpt from “Sahasrara is the Heart”, above, more appropriate for beginners.
(Duration: 7 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “The Truth Within Ourselves” 1982.10.21
(Duration: 7 minutes)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “The Awareness of the Spirit” Public Program in San Diego, 1985.05.30
(Duration: 6 minutes and 45 seconds)

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Talk by Shri Mataji - VIDEO ONLY: “Respect Your Realization” Public Program in San Diego, 1985.05.30. In addition to talking about Sahaja Yoga, Shri Mataji gives self realization to the seekers in a simple way.
(Duration: 10 minutes and 23 seconds)

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