Nirmala Srivastava
Overview
 
Nirmala Srivastava (March 21, 1923 February 23, 2011) was the founder of Sahaja Yoga
Sahaja Yoga
Sahaja Yoga is a new religious movement founded by Nirmala Srivastava, more widely known as 'Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi' and affectionately as 'Mother' by her followers . According to the movement, Sahaja Yoga is the state of self realization produced by kundalini awakening and is accompanied by the...

, a new religious movement
New religious movement
A new religious movement is a religious community or ethical, spiritual, or philosophical group of modern origin, which has a peripheral place within the dominant religious culture. NRMs may be novel in origin or they may be part of a wider religion, such as Christianity, Hinduism or Buddhism, in...

. To her devotees she declared that she was the complete incarnation of the Adi Shakti
Shakti
Shakti from Sanskrit shak - "to be able," meaning sacred force or empowerment, is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe in Hinduism. Shakti is the concept, or personification, of divine feminine creative power, sometimes...

 and she is now venerated as such in over 140 countries.
Nirmala Srivastava was born in Chindawara, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 to Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 parents Prasad and Cornelia Salve. Her parents named her Nirmala, which means "immaculate". She said that she was born self-realised
Self-realization
Self-realization is a self-awakening.Self-realization may also refer to:* Self-Realization Fellowship, worldwide spiritual organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda...

.
Quotations

You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you.

A star is shining within us and that is our Spirit..

Either you lead a life which is luxurious on the material level or you lead a luxurious life of God's blessings - one of the two you have to choose, the time has come.

The enjoyment of life is only possible if the world could get connected to the Spirit... You become the Spirit as Christ has said in simple words that you have to be born again.

You are not this body, you are not this mind, - you are the Spirit... This is the greatest truth.

Self realization is the first encounter with reality.

Divinity is not a fashion. It is the way of life. It is the need of your being. You have to become that.

Blossom time has come and many ancient seekers are today getting their self realization.

You have to know your Spirit... For without knowing your Spirit you cannot know the truth!

Now the stage today is to know that self realization gives you experiences and then your faith is established. Not blind but open enlightened faith.

 
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