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The Attention

International Sahaj Seminar

2007 - Cabella



1) How does God manifest in us?

We are the Spirit (the reflection of God)

What is the manifestation of this divine naturein our daily life?

The Attention



“The Attention is chitta and God is Attention”

Dollis Hill, 1980

Qualities of the Spirit (God):Sat, Chitta, Ananda

“How much your attention has been enlightened is adifferent issue, but your Attention is God.”

Dollis Hill, 1980

H.H. Shri Mataji:



2) The pollution of the Attention

Our Attention is originally pure, like a white projection

screen: unchanging, undisturbed.

Then our Attention starts to be influenced by thethree Gunas: past, present and future

Our experiences or our planning activities projectthemselves on to the white screen of our Attention

Our Attention is then dragged by these projections,generating a motion known as vritti



We immediately identify ourselves with these projections

as if they were real.

Country, religion, social class, culture, agegroup, profession, ways of thinking, habits,tastes, temper, personality, .........

Sahaja Yoga......

Hence, false identifications such as:



2. Yoga chitta vritti nirodh

“Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the Attention”

3. “In this state the Beholder rests in His own nature” 4. “In another state there is an identification with the

movements of the Attention (vritti )”

Patanjali (4th century A.D.)

Yoga Sutra

i.e. the state of thoughtless awareness

1.”Now we describe the Yoga”



3) The Myths

“Progress is retarded because you do not know

that this Attention is the pure form and thateverything that is put in this Attetntion is a myth.”

“Happiness and sadness are states in which you

are still in a myth. The myth is still there. Youmust go beyond.”

Dollis Hill, 1980

“If you identify yourself with your vritti - e.g.your

temper – then you are still in a region of falseidentification.”



4) Going beyond the Myths

“Atma (Spirit) undisturbable and indestructible. It is only

human Attention, seeking to satisfy its desires, thatabandons the inner path.”

“This is Maya. It was intentionally created. Without It Attention would never be developed. You should not beafraid of Maya, but you should recognize so that It mayenlighten you. A cloud hides the sun but also allows it to beseen”

Marathi Letter, 1975



I “Not all unreality disappears with Self -realization. Itcan be removed gradually. If, with a firmdetermination you deny in your heart all that isunreal, you will achieve Self-reality in its pure form”




“The Mastering of your Attention will start when you can seethat all that bothers you is a myth. Simply throw all thataway and understand that you are the eternal Attention, thatyou are the eternal life and the only thing that keeps you

away from that is ignorance. And ignorance is very simpleto understand: you have accepted a myth as reality. Simplydiscard it. It is all a myth.”

Dollis Hill, 1980



“For a Sahaja Yogi, the most important thing is to save his

Attention. This is called chitta nirodh. “Where is it going? It issuch a precious thing to me. Where is it running to?” Try toconcentrate. Do not allow your Attention to be roving. Graduallyyou will develop your concentration. You may look at my

photograph. This is the best. Concentrate, bring it to your heart.Let it be integrated in your heart. You are lucky people...”

“Assume your position”, Lodge Hill, 1983



7) We must walk the path

“All that should not be understood through explanation.Only showing the path will not help.The path will be onlyknown after we have walked on it.”


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