Sahaja Meditation in the USA

People are drawn to a good leader, as if by a gravitational field. A good leader has gravity. The weight of their authority comes from their strong moral firmness and personal integrity. A good leader leads by example. He gives respect and love to everyone in equal measure. The people working with a good leader want to work hard and do their best work, because the leader has encouraged and inspired them. The good leader has reminded everyone of what their true potential is.

What makes a good leader? She inspires and encourages. She empowers others. She always reminds the people on the team that they are on a team. She uses the power of gentle persuasion. She doesn’t bully. She never threatens. She never personally attacks anyone. Cooperation is encouraged, but some good-natured, probably humorous competition is sometimes used for motivation and “getting the lead out.”

Above all, a good leader has no ego. She takes responsibility for her own mistakes and is quick to forgive the mistakes of others. A good idea is a good idea, no matter who thought of it.

We are born with the potential to be great people. Wise. Generous. Loving. The potential exists in every human being. Sometimes, along the way, we lose the ability to fully express our best qualities. I have found, doing Sahaja Meditation, that my latent good qualities start to shine through. One such quality is “leadership”.

TIME magazine, November 17, 2008:

Barack Obama’s half-brother, Malik, lives in the village of Kogelo in western Kenya. Malik and Barack are part of the Jor’Obama clan. They have the same grandfather. Malik is the first-born son of the first-born son and the clan leader.

Alex Perry, the writer of the article, wrote, “There are so many unlikelihoods in his story that an Obama victory seemed like a fairy tale.” Barack’s father got a scholarship to study in the U.S. In Hawaii he met and married Ann and had a son. Malik said, “Look, my father might have gotten a scholarship to someplace like Brazil, and none of this would have happened. My brother is not supposed to accomplish even half of what he has. It’s meant to be impossible.

It makes you wonder. Is this some force at work, the dynamics of nature or life? Is it God? We divided the world after 9/11. And the world said no. And through my brother, we can all connect again.”

Sahaja Meditation is a soothing, relaxing state. Our mind becomes quiet and we start to experience things as they are, without the filtering of our busy, analytical mind.

For most of us, when we enter a state called “Sahaja” meditation, we feel a soft, cool breeze above our head and a cool wind flowing in the palms of our hands.