The Tenth Incarnation Volume I “I will incarnate myself as a complete human being to understand these problems, and with my love and compassion I will achieve what was never achieved before.” H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Dedicated to Her Holiness SHRI ADI SHAKTI MATAJI NIRMALA DEVI Where the emerald green lake washes the feet of the Almighty. Where the Almighty Goddess spreads a cloak of green forest, And blushes in myriads of flowers. Where enthralled by Her splendor, time stands in awe. Where cool winds of the Spirit whisper sweet odes to the Primordial Guru. Where iron opens its heart to love. The Guru Tattwa of the universe opens. Here come a thousand pilgrims to anoint the Mother of all the Gurus. O Devi, we offer our gratitude from the inner most core of our hearts, Again and again. You have opened our hearts But give us also the iron tattwa to strengthen our love. Bless us with wisdom. But also give us humility to sustain the wisdom. You have showered upon us your choicest gifts. But also teach us how to share them. Please keep us forever like the yonder emerald lake Sparkling blissfully at your Lotus feet. Narrator's Note t was the end of a pilgrimage. It was the beginning of a Ipilgrimage. On arriving at the destination, I was far from it. Upon crossing Her threshold, I was transfixed—it was the fulfillment of a thousand pilgrimages. She was a Divine Incarnation, Her Holiness Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. Since 1976, I was blessed to attend on Shri Mataji. I got a sense of what the Prophet meant, “Heaven lies at the feet of the Mother”. When I sought her outside I failed to find her, but no sooner than I opened my heart, she was enshrined in it. A single visit to the heart transformed me without any mental deliberations. The wine of her love was so intoxicating that by drinking deeply I became sober again. By losing myself, I found her. Drunk with the wine of love I wanted to ablaze the spirit of my brethren. It was a treasure the world could not hold! Each day, nay, each moment was lost in her mirthful play, brimming with laughter, joy and celebration. It uplifted us desperate seekers from the illusion of our egos into the blissful realm of the spirit. She neither pampered nor fractured our ego but simply allowed us to witness it. She bathed us with such motherly love, it felt like babes being washed in rose water by the tenderest hands. I sought her permission to etch those eternal moments in her biography. With her grace her biography, “Face of God” was published in 1994. Since then Sahaja Yoga had taken a quantum leap and triggered the tide of human evolution towards its epitome. A new consciousness evolved and coalesced the global Sahaja family into one Being. Once again I sought Shri Mataji's permission to record the steps of this grand evolutionary process in a book titled “The Tenth Incarnation”. The Tenth Incarnation (volume 1) narrates those blissful moments in the realm of her heart. The first Volume is a narrative till 1990 and the second volume titled 'Shri Kalki' shows how gently she unfolds her power of Shri Kalki from 1991 to 2001—the power that would ultimately destroy all that is negative on earth and save all that is positive for the Satya Yuga. The third volume 'The Last Judgement' unfolds events from 2002 till 23rd Feb.2011, when She fulfilled her earthly mission & assumed her Virata Form. These volumes could only be completed with the help of the founding members of The Life Eternal Trust, Sir C.P.Srivastava, Roalbai, Sanjay Mane, Sandeep Gadkary, Michael Forgaty, Eduardo and all the brothers and sisters who nurtured the seeds of Sahaja Yoga in the sacred soils of all the countries. However, this narration should be taken only as a wee glimpse of our beloved Mother's infinite expanse of compassion. Were I to narrate her Divine realm, it would be beyond my finite perception to paint the infinite and perhaps take another life time. I humbly beg her forgiveness for my limited perception. But one thing I did truly perceive—no one returned empty handed from her threshold, and she never abandoned those who ensconced her in their hearts. Yogi Mahajan Index Sr.No. Particular Page No. 1 Chapter 1 9 2 Chapter 2 15 3 Chapter 3 19 4 Chapter 4 24 5 Chapter 5 40 6 Chapter 6 42 7 Chapter 7 48 8 Chapter 8 52 9 Chapter 9 56 10 Chapter 10 68 11 Chapter 11 72 12 Chapter 12 76 13 Chapter 13 79 14 Chapter 14 84 15 Chapter 15 91 16 Chapter 16 98 17 Chapter 17 104 18 Chapter 18 107 19 Chapter 19 111 20 Chapter 20 114 21 Chapter 21 118 22 Chapter 22 122 23 Chapter 23 125 24 Chapter 24 127 25 Chapter 25 129 26 Chapter 26 133 27 Chapter 27 135 28 Chapter 28 136 29 Chapter 29 141 30 Chapter 30 145 31 Chapter 31 147 32 Chapter 32 150 33 Chapter 33 152 34 Chapter 34 154 35 Chapter 35 158 36 Chapter 36 161 37 Chapter 37 167 38 Chapter 38 174 39 Chapter 39 176 40 Chapter 40 180 41 Chapter 41 184 42 Chapter 42 187 43 Chapter 43 190 44 Chapter 44 192 45 Chapter 45 193 46 Chapter 46 195 47 Chapter 47 197 48 Chapter 48 199 49 Chapter 49 202 50 Chapter 50 204 51 Chapter 51 206 52 Chapter 52 208 INTRODUCTION fter creating this beautiful universe, God did not aban- Adon it. He protected and nurtured it with his feminine power, Shri Adishakti. As Shri Adishakti began enlightening the path of evolution, God Almighty remained a witness to her mirthful play of creation, sustenance and transformation. For the sustenance of her creation, she established dharma. Lord Krishna told Arjuna that whenever Dharma was imperiled, he would incarnate to uphold righteousness and vanquish evil. Likewise, in modern tomes Shri Adishakti incarnated to save her creation. Shri Adishakti, the Mother of the world incarnated many a times as Durga, Bhavani, Jagadamba and Athena. Foremost she incarnated as the power of Shri Vishnu, as his consort, Shri Laxmi. Next she incarnated as Shri Rama's wife, Sita, and thereafter she incarnated as Radha. However, it is not possible for the finite human mind to envisage the infinite Divinity of an incarnation. But when the devotion of a seeker becomes infinite, the infinite reveals itself, like Shri Krishna revealed his Virata form to Prince Arjuna. Today, in Kali Yuga, we may not be as fortunate as Prince Arjuna to have the vision of the Virata, but with the incarnation of Shri Adishakti Mataji Shri Nirmala Devi it became possible to experience the joy of the Virata in our Sahasrara. Her incarnation is the most significant event in human consciousness of universal awareness, because under her guidance human consciousness began to expand in the realm of collective consciousness, which is Divine love. Moreover, in modern times through her compassionate action, the incarnation of Kalki has emerged as the Collective Being, formed by all the realized souls who coalesced with God's consciousness. Chapter 1 When I was born, there was darkness all around. I "thought, how to tell the people and how to give them realization. Then I felt I must awaken them en masse.” She was the incarnation of Shri Adi Shakti. It was the single most important event since creation. Her birth marked the end of Kali Yuga and the advent of the Aquarian age described as 'Krita Yuga'. In this new age the vibrations or Param Chaitanya was imbued with consciousness to pave the way for the manifestation of the Tenth Incarnation. It was also empowered to destroy whatever hampered the enfoldment of her mission. Her mission was to spread the power of Divine love and thus usher the golden age described as Satya Yuga. The world was still reeling from the aftermath of World War I, and the grey clouds of World War II loomed over the horizon. Mother India was suppressed under the tyranny of the British Empire. But at the precise noon hour of the day of spring equinox, March 21, 1923, the hand of God intervened, and a silver lining appeared in the clouds. It was the dawn of a new era of hope, Shri Adi Shakti took birth—a baby girl was born to Prasad Rao Salve and Lady Cornelia in Chindwara. Looking with awe at the smiling and radiant baby, the grandmother exclaimed, “She is 'Nishkalanka', i.e. without any blemish. Nishkalanka being a boy's name, the girl was named 'Nirmala', meaning immaculate. On Easter Monday the miraculous child was baptized amidst great rejoicing. The great sage of Maharashtra, Gagangarh Maharaj, who had mastery over the elements, was meditating in his ashram, Gagan Boara, near Kolhapur. Suddenly he saw the most beautiful sight of the complete Shri Chakra coming down upon 9 earth. He described his vision as the birth of Shri Adi Shakti. Seated on his lion he followed the Shri Chakra to seek the blessings of Shri Adi Shakti. It stopped outside the Salve home in Chindwara. Shri Adi Shakti Nirmala Devi blessed him but asked him not to disclose her identity to anyone. When the time would come, she herself would come to his ashram and inform him. The newborn Nirmala did not want to reveal her divinity yet.