The Quality of Innocence
Jun 28th, 2007
“This Innocence is something which is absolute, honest intelligence. It is not that it works for a purpose, some purpose. It’s absolutely purposeless. And thus, it achieves that height of Joy because there is no purpose in anything. It sees the futility of all endeavours that we have. It just enjoys.”
“Innocence is … an innate quality, and you should not deceive yourself that you are innocent. On the contrary, you just put some introspection upon yourself and see for yourself what have you been doing so far, so far as others are concerned. What is your attitude?”
“So, in Innocence you become very grown-up, mature, and in that maturity you know what a person needs and what a person doesn’t need.”
The above quotations are from a talk by Shri Mataji in 2000 on Shri Ganesha. In Sahaja Yoga, Shri Ganesha is very important as He is the essence and guiding principle of the Mooladhara Chakra and the embodiment of the quality of Innocence.
The Mooladhara Chakra is placed at the base of the spine below the sacrum bone. It is the first chakra of the Subtle System and is its Root and Support. Its most important quality is Innocence which embues everything in creation. Its main task is to protect the Innocence of the Mother Kundalini and to give permission for Her rising within us at the time of our Self-realisation. When we have the blessings of this principle, Shri Ganesha, our journey towards self-discovery is made easy as He removes all obstacles.