I remember it was in autumn, seven years ago, when I came to Sahaja Yoga. I had a chronic allergic rhinitis then. Anyway, I didn't come to Sahaja Yoga because of that, but because I couldn't, until then get closer to God. I felt Sahaja Yoga as something of my inner self, coping with my inner beliefs, so I decided to give it a try.

I have been treating my rhinitis for about 15 years, but the results could hardly be noticed, so I stopped all the treatments. I was just tired with those everlasting (it seemed so to me) injections and medicines I had to take, so I gave them all up. I used to be rather resigned about it. It was difficult, if not impossible, for me to smell a flower, to walk in the grass, during spring and summer time without sneezing for fifty, sixty times successively. It was like I had to pass spring and summertime with minimum possible interference with nature. It's so difficult, though!

I began Sahaja Yoga meditation, participating in the collective meetings and enjoying the Bliss of Divine Vibrations by the Grace of Shri Mataji, so much that I forgot about my illness. Six months later, in spring, I was invited to participate in a Sahaja Yoga seminar, that lasted for three days. Suddenly, I realized that I can smell flowers, I can walk in the grass and I can directly enjoy nature. Nothing whatsoever reminded me of my previous state. It seemed that all I had faced, all that suffering was felt by another person, not by me. I didn't take any medicine; it was through meditation, I overcome that previous suffering. As if, coming into Sahaj world, all the Bliss cleansed my illnesses, bad moods and gave me hope for better times.

I am now regularly practicing Sahaja Yoga meditation. And it's not because in this way I got rid of an illness, but because I feel peace, quietness in my inner self almost all the time. Sometimes, when I have to cope with difficult moments, that all of us might be confronted with, it's easier for me to surpass them now than before Sahaja Yoga.

I read some web sites saying bad things about Sahaja Yoga and its founder, Shri Mataji. I felt those people, after missing some spiritual experience want all other people to miss it. I know that spirituality is not meant for all of us. Each person has his/her own way of feeling and understanding spirituality. And no one can prevent others to have or not have their experiences.

I feel I'm fully responsible to encourage other people that might read this web page to get closer to Sahaja Yoga and give it a try. Who knows, it could give you what you have been seeking for a long time, just think of it!

21st of December, 2001