Christmas Puja • 25 December 2002 • Ganapatipule
The Path of Christ
He governs
the hearts of
so many
At six in the evening,
Sahaja Yogis gather in the
main pendal. The backdrop
looks beautiful with the
little child Jesus in the lap
of the Holy Mother Mary.
A manger is seen covered
with grass, with angels
looking over the child.
The altar of Shri Mataji
is beautifully decorated.
Flowers seem to be a special
treat to our meditative eyes.
The Sahaja Yogis go into
meditation. The time grows
and maybe the patience to
welcome Her holy arrival
heightens. The hearts of the
collective yearn as they
sing a number of bhajans
invoking Shri Adi Shakti
to accept the puja.
Shri Mataji graces us
with Her holy appearance.
All rise up and cheer and
then there is a stillness
and calm all around.
She wishes all Her children
Merry Christmas before the
talk starts. Rabi Ghosh
.
“According to Sahaja Yoga, Christ is settled on your Agnya chakra.” His life depicts “the
qualities of a person who is a realized soul and what He has suggested in His own life is
that you should not have any greed or lust.”
Christianity and materialism
The greed of people today is shocking. Children learn to want things. “Only complete
satisfaction in life can give you that equanimity, that balance by which you do not hanker
after things.”
Even India has become very westernized with materialistic desires. But “now in
America, suddenly with this happening, people are getting to spirituality. They come to
spirituality because they think they have not found any satisfaction in anything.”
We should learn from the great life of Christ. He was born in a small hut, “very much
satisfied and He was put in a cradle,” covered with very dry grass. “And then He sacrificed
His life on the cross. The whole thing is a story of that sacrifice because He had a ... power
of spirit that He could sacrifice anything. He even sacrificed His own life....
“The greatness of Christ was coming from His great personality of spirituality. But
the same Christ is worshipped all over the world,” yet they are running after things.
They boast of their wealth and wear a cross on their necks to show that they are
Christians. “One should never bear that cross on which Christ was crucified.” By this
hypocrisy, “they are another extreme of Christ....
“India is very much in the same run.... They think, by getting all these things around
them, they’ll be very comfortable. It’s not so. They’re all the time hankering and they
cannot even enjoy whatever they have achieved....
“India was, once upon a time, a real saintly country where saints were respected, but
nowadays India has fallen down to such a low level of greed that it’s impossible to understand these people.
There was not a great following of Christ in India, but the Christians in India. They
are the ones who have taken to all kinds of western life or greed ... but Christ has shown
that you don’t need anything in this world. He is such a great personality, such a great
incarnation,” respected by everyone everywhere “because His power of sacrificing was the
highest, not because He was owning a big car or any big house.... He was such a humble
man. His life is remarkable.... He governs the hearts of so many, despite the fact He was
born a very, very poor man and was crucified also as a very poor man.
“So those people who are running after money are no way Christians, are nowhere
near Christ....
“So happy and joyous He was.” He could understand and feel the problems of the
poor and needy. He tried to help the diseased and underprivileged “while today’s world
has come to such a nonsense that they help countries to fight. They create Christianity
to fight.”