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World March for Peace at Bangsar

A Self Realisation and fund raising activity was organised by Penny and some of the yogis at Jalan Bangkung, Bangsar in conjunction with World March for Peace festival fair recently last Friday 10th. October, 2009 from 6pm till 10pm at night.

Two booths were paid for; one for SR and the other a fun raising initiative by the parents of Dharamsala going children with the support of Puchong sub-collective. The turnout by yogis for this SR was great and some 30 odd yogis came to lend help at the two booths.

YB Nurul Izzah Anwar visited our booth and spent some time chit chatting and taking photos with us. We have met YB several times in the past and she is very familiar with Sahaja Yoga activities.

We had a variety of items on sales ranging from our regulars; such as the fruit enzyme cleanser, Kimchi, Austrian cookies, Rosella jam and drinks, buns from RT bakery and tomato chutney to name a few. Even our outstation yogis came to help out. Heng and Anna from Muar brought along moon cake jellies for sales.

It was a tough crowd that night as many came party revelling and just to look and see. It was a challenge just to talk to them about SR and even to purchase goods that was on sales for charity.

There was a simple march procession by several NGO members complete with “tang-lungs”, whistles and even dogs. Many different breeds were there from tiny to small to long and big dogs. There were banners encouraging people to keep animals as pets rather than serve them on the dinner table. Food for thought, eh!

Nevertheless, some people did get their SR that night including foreigners as far as from Iran and Europe. This Iranian lady heard about Sahaja Yoga in Iran but did not get an opportunity to receive her SR then until that very night in Malaysia. Well, this shows that everything we do is done at divine time.

With things going slowly, it was quality time for the yogis to mingle with each other and catch up on some latest news. Later that night, we had a “fire sales” and sales then became brisk and the yogis had a bargain snapping up buns and other items at discounted prices.

All in all, it was a good collective outing, somewhat tiring but fun.

By Stephen

Sahaja Yogi Wins Top Award In India

It is a great pleasure and honour for all of us to congratulate our Sahaja Yogi brother Abhay Sopori who has recently been awarded the prestigious ‘Bharat Shiromani Award’ for the year 2008 – 09.
Abhay became the youngest recipient ever to receive this prestigious award. The award is given in recognition of outstanding achievements and contribution made at international level to luminaries of Indian origin in different categories like Armed Forces, Arts & Culture, Business, Cinema, Education, Fashion, Information Technologies, Journalism, Judiciary, Medical, Politics, Public Sector, Science, Social Work, Sports, Industry, etc. The deserving personalities are chosen on the basis of their comparative merit, high caliber and commitment to national progress and human welfare.

Abhay and his father played on a number of occasions before Shri Mataji. Especially, this Saharara Puja they got very special honour to play in front of Sri Mataji’s room. Abhay composed a special raga called “Nirmalkauns” dedicated to Shri Mataji.

They are attempting to compose special ragas on Shri Mataji’s talk this year.

Let us give them our full hearted vibratory support for their unique work of elevating human awareness through their divine music!

By email from: Shantanu,October 2, 2009 11:58:35

IOI PUTERI 8 CARNIVAL & TANG LUNG NITE 2009

The IOI PUTERI 8 CARNIVAL & TANG LUNG NITE 2009 was a successful project by Sahajis although the SR activity did not draw large numbers of crowd but nevertheless we did manage to give SR to Tan Sri Dr. Koh Soh Koon when the Hon. Minister did his rounds and visited our stall. The full story is with Uncle Richard who was in attendance at the time.

The public fund raising effort for Dharamsala School (to buy new computers) organised by the parents and backed Puchong sub-collective was a success and had better crowd participation. At the end of the day, we collected RM 1,659.00 by Mother’s grace, generous sponsors and the hard work of yogis who manned the stall from 3pm (it was hot) right up to 11pm last Saturday.

Numerous items were sold and they are:-

1. Fruit Enzyme Cleanser brewed at home by Sue Tan and assisted by Joanne

2. Kimchi, Korean Jabchae (sweet potato noodles) and Korean spicy rice cake home made by Diana

3. Austrian cookies baked by Wenzi & Andrea

4. Rosella (hibiscus) Jam and Drink Concentrate arranged and consigned by Adrian. Later that evening Adrian sold Rosella cup drinks but ran out of cups, better luck next time.

5. 300 buns were donated by RT bakery shop (a very popular bakery for quality pastries and bread) for sales arranged by Lee Yin. We have sent a big thank you to the owners of RT bakery shop for their kind generosity. The buns were a favourite with the yogis during meal times.

6. DIY lanterns donated by Prima Education Centre for sales arranged by Lee Yin. We would like to thank Mr Yaw, Ms Tan and Ms Wee for their valuable contributions.

7. Tomato chutney eaten as a spread or with main meals home made by Sathi and Florence

Yogis support was great and morale was high throughout the day right up to night and I am sure everyone was tired by the end of the day but deep inside it was a fulfilling and satisfying feeling to be a part of the SR and fund raising collective activity for the community.

Now that the ball is rolling, we are pleased to announce our participation in “WORLD MARCH FOR PEACE & NON-VIOLENCE” bazaar & street festival organised by Women's Aid Organization. The details are as follows:-

Date: 10th. October, 2009 (this Saturday)
Place: Jalan Bangkung, Bangsar (near the commercial centre), KL
Time: 6pm to 10pm. (Setup time is between 4pm to 5.30pm)

We will be having Self Realisation programs and fund raising. This time, we will be having our regular items like before and maybe some new additions like home made cheese tarts.

For more information, you can call any of us at the following numbers; Penny (016-9109305), Robin (012-3879199), Adrian (019-3544085), Diana (017-3361178) and Stephen (019-3389617)

All are welcomed. Have joy, have fun and be blessed.

“When All is One, then One is All”

With love,

Stephen

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Inauguration of the new Sahaj International School in Cabella.

On the 26th of September, 2009, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi inaugurated the new Sahaj International School in Cabella.

Shri Mataji, Sir C.P. and Sadana Didi arrived at the school in the afternoon. They visited the different classrooms and went into the assembly hall where the children sang songs like angels. The Sahaja Yogis and Yoginis performed the Aarti and offered flowers to Shri Mataji, and thanked Her again and again for having made this school possible.

With Her divine presence Shri Mataji transformed the newly created Cabella School into a paradise on Earth.

Sir C.P. addressed parents, children and teachers, and the country leaders, and said that this was an historic day. He said that Shri Mataji wants us to open Sahaj schools in every country and that Sahaj education is the future of humankind. He asked us to promise that we will do our best to realize our Mother’s dream.

This day marks another mile stone in the emmancipation and future of humankind and laid the foundation of an enlightened education which will change the face of Europe.