Shri Mataji, founder of Sahaja Yoga

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

 

Tad Niskala by Adi Shankaracharya

Om, I am neither the mind,
Intelligence, ego nor 'chitta',
Neither the ears nor the tongue,
Nor the senses of smell and sight,
Neither ether nor air.
I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness,
I am Shiva! I am Shiva!

I am neither the 'prana'
Nor the five vital breaths,
Neither the seven elemements of the body,
Nor its five sheaths,
Nor hands, nor feet, nor tongue,
Nor other organ of action.
I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness
I am Shiva! I am Shiva!

Neither fear, greed, nor delusion,
Loathing, nor liking have I,
Nothing of pride, of ego,
Of 'dharma' or Liberation,
Neither desire of the mind,
Nor object of its desiring.
I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness
I am Shiva! I am Shiva!

Nothing of pleasure and pain,
Of virtue and vice, do I know,
Of manta, of sacred place,
Of Vedas or sacrifice,
Neither I am the eater,
The food or the act of eating.
I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness
I am Shiva! I am Shiva!

Death or fear, I have none,
Nor any distincton of 'caste',
Neither Father nor Mother,
Not even a birth, have I,
Neither friend, nor comrade,
Neither disciple, nor Guru.
I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness
I am Shiva! I am Shiva!

I have no form or fancy,
The All-pervading am I,
Everywhere I exist,
And yet I am beyond the senses,
Neither salvation am I,
Nor anything to be known.
I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness
I am Shiva! I am Shiva!

"That's what you are. You are Eternal Bliss and Awareness. Consciousness, the Pure Consciousness. I think this must be. Everyone must learn it by heart and must say it in all the ashrams. That's a verygood way of remembering what you are! May God bless you!"

H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Gmunden, Austria, 1986

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