“ The truth is much greater than dharma.”
As you have realised that Sahasrara is a very important part of the subtle system. Of course this is a great day, in 1970, that this chakra was opened out. But by that, what you have achieved, we have to see it.
First of all when the Kundalini rises she goes to your void, where is your dharma. And your dharma gets established at the Nabhi Chakra, we can say, around the Nabhi Chakra.
Your dharma gets established which is the innate pure universal religion, is established. But then the Kundalini rises higher. Despite the establishment of the dharma we start becoming little bit aloof from other societies, because we find they are adharmis – they have no dharma. Also I think we are afraid that we might get caught up with their adharmas.
So at that stage we don’t want to cross the limits of Sahaja Yoga. We want to keep to Sahaja Yogis, to Sahaja Yoga program and to our personal Sahaja life. Of course it’s important, because first this chakra must be fully nourished. And this chakra is actually moves round the Nabhi chakra, which we know as Swadishthana.
This Swadishthan chakra is, in a way, very important because it supplies energy to the brain. So when dharma is established the subtle energy pushes through the Kundalini more energy for the Sahasrara. And also the energy for dharma which was in the Swadishthana, also starts flowing with it. It crosses over and starts rising in the Sahasrara….
So when it reaches the state where it is established in the brain. That time we go beyond dharma. Dharmatit. We become beyond dharma. Means that dharma becomes part and parcel of our being. We cannot lose it.
Sahaja dharma becomes, within us, a part and parcel. Which is a very great achievement because then you don’t have to do any rituals. You don’t have to worry about meeting other people. You don’t have to worry that your vibrations will be harmed. Then you don’t catch from anyone. You don’t catch also other negative forces. No one can harm you. That I call as the completion of your shraddha.
That time Sahasrara is so fully enlightened that you become dharma. For example we can give the example of Christ. Christ saw a prostitute being stoned. Now Christ had nothing to do with a prostitute, I mean just the opposite of it. But when he saw she was stoned, he took a stone in his hand, and he says that those who think, who have not sinned at all, can throw a stone at me, and everybody was stunned. Why is he taking the side of a prostitute? He is a religious man. He should also put stones on her. But He was standing on truth. That’s exactly what happens to you when it is established in Sahasrara that you stand on truth….
But when you rise to the point of truth, then you don’t do any rituals, you don’t need any rituals. You are not bothered, because you are in dharma and here you are standing on the truth, and truth is much greater than dharma.
For example a person who is standing on truth. He doesn’t care for any absurd ideas about religion. Even about Sahaj religion. He doesn’t care that “After all this is Sahaja, this is not Sahaja.” He goes beyond. In the sense he sees a global truth within himself. He sees the truth which is all-pervading. Not only sees, but he knows and he feels and he is in that truth. So when dharma flowers into truth, it’s a very beautiful happening , and that should happen to all of you….
At the state of Sahasrara this consciousness disappears because Truth is love and love is Truth. That is the point where the Kundalini meets the heart chakra. As you know the peetha of heart is here. So when the Kundalini pierces through the heart Chakra, what starts flowing in the brain, in the Sahasrara is the Truth, but Truth that is love.
There’s a difference between Truth as itself and Truth that is love. So out of love for that prostitute that Christ stood back her (?). He stood on the roots of Truth, no doubt, but what was flowing through his heart was the love, the Pure Love. So now when we have pure love for someone, we see the whole thing in a different manner. We see a person in a different manner. And it becomes very sweet. Otherwise truth can be very bitter, can be very painful, but Truth which is adorned with love is just like a flower without the thorns.
It’s very interesting how a person who is pouring with love and is standing on truth. That’s the personality you have to become.
H H Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi , Cabella Ligure (Italy), 4 May 1997.
