Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

The best way to be happy is to count your blessings. Count them: how much God has given you. Then you will be cheerful. Thank God. Start thinking what has happened to you. Start thinking about what you were and what you are. Just start. Know it for sure. The first thing one should do is to thank. All your gloom will vanish. This is volume one of a two volume collection of blessings.

At public programs, informal gatherings and media interviews, Shri Mataji often invited questions - from Sahaja Yogis, seekers, journalists. She satisfied our curiosity, our concerns. And calmed our confusions. Here are 108 of those questions, some naive, some misguided, but mostly insightful, rich and relevant. Each one is answered with love and patience. As one seeker prefaced his query, "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, but we are spiritual beings having a human experience." Shri Mataji agreed. "You have just become loving angels," She said.

Composed from the words of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, this book tells us that the Spirit is the only eternal thing within us. All the rest are transitory and evolutionary. This is the true quest of our lives, the goal that we seek, the home for which we yearn.

The words of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi on the nature and quality of innocence. (This book contains some of the same content as "Introduction to Innocence: Forty-nine Things to Know," a book created primarily for seekers.)

An explanation of the role and importance of dharma in spiritual ascent. More than just a code of right conduct, dharma is our sustenance and the point where the gravity of sin does not act.

Seventy-five doors, seventy-five opportunities to ascend: the words, advice and wisdom of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi.

Collectivity is a thing to be understood in a much deeper way than we have thought. Collectivity is the nature of a Sahaja Yogi. It is to be grown within you. Collectivity is the place where you belong.

Meta Modern Era by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi is a loving, compelling and powerful book that introduces a tangible spiritual breakthrough for the 21st century - spontaneous Self Realization through Sahaja Yoga meditation - which opens a new dimension in human awareness. Written by Nobel Peace Prize nominee and one of the greatest voices on spirituality, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, the book offers stunningly deep insights on the crises of our modern times and the solutions to their root problems.

JOURNEY WITHIN: THE FINAL STEPS TO SELF REALIZATION is the story of our spiritual ascent, both as individuals and collectively. With equal parts instruction and inspiration, the book beautifully describes how we have gotten where we are today and our essential next steps. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi gave more than 3000 recorded talks all around the world. Whether it was a village school, a medical conference, a gathering of UN employees or a suburban hall on a hot summer evening, her central words were the same: introspection, ascent, inner peace and - most important of all - a realization of our true self. With humour and love, she both guided and listened. From the opening words, "My father felt that I would do something great," we can sense the trajectory of this tale. And we know too that we are bound for that same greatness. With this book, Shri Mataji reminds us of the journey we are all on. And the direction of that journey is always the same. It is a JOURNEY WITHIN.

The words of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi on the nature and quality of humility. Humility is the only way to know that there is an ocean before us. It is the only way to achieve our lost innocence.

The words of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi on the nature and quality of love.

The words of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi on the nature of wisdom.

Advice about children and education, a guide for both schools in Sahaja Yoga and for parents.

Shri Mataji writes that "India is a very ancient country and it has been blessed by many seers and saints who wrote treatises about reality and guidelines on how to achieve it." This is just such a book. This book is both an introduction to Sahaja Yoga, describing the nature of the subtle reality within each of us, and a step-by-step handbook on how to be a good Sahaja Yogi, the nature of Sahaj culture, how to be a leader and how to raise children. "The knowledge of Sahaja Yoga cannot be described in a few sentences or one small book, but one should understand that all this great work of creation and evolution is done by some great subtle organization, which is in the great divine form."