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Meditation is perhaps one very important aspect of sadhana in the attainment of yoga. But it is a much misunderstood term. Thoughts are always either in the past or future. The present is thoughtless. The gap between two thoughts is called vilamba and when vilamba becomes long enough, one gets into thoughtless awareness. The purpose of awakening the kundalini is to get into thoughtless awareness; that's called nirvichara. 
A subtle system
Sahaja yoga focuses on the subtle system within the human body consisting of kundalini, a living energy, nadis that are a series of channels for the flow of pranic forces and chakras, interdependent energy centres resembling flower petals. That the body is not the whole self, and the vehicle of influence is the subtle body parallel to the physical body is the implicit hypothesis. In the process, when kundalini is awakened, the effect can be felt in the central nervous system. It manifests as a cool breeze that is consistent and verifiable. Enlightenment dawns in the form of thoughtless awareness when the kundalini reaches your sahasrara.
The last step in yoga is also to achieve the union of the self with the all-pervading power; the term yoga refers to this process. The esoteric explanation is that the extremities of the gross body, hands and feet, if they are gathered to one point as in various exercises of yoga, then the currents of nervous energy intermingle, leaving the subtle body free to communicate with the brain through the vertebral column. The Upanishads maintain that the pursuit of highest knowledge, that is, illumination associated with the Self, results when the integration of the inner Self, the spirit-atma with the cosmic spirit,the cosmos-paramatma, occurs. The process is often referred to as Self-realisation.
Nirmala Mataji describes Sahaja Yoga as the spontaneous union of individual consciousness with the all-pervading divine power through the awakening of the residual power of the kundalini which lies dormant within all human beings in the triangular bone at the base of the spine, called the sacrum or the sacred bone. Although the description of nadis, chakras and the process of Self-realisation are the same in Sahaja yoga as in the ancient systems, there are some interesting differences and the methodologies differ significantly.
The most important difference is the recognition of Bhavasagara around the nabhi as the abode of primordial masters, which is a discovery of Shri Mataji. There is a gap in Sushumna in this area. Once initiated, Sahaj yoga practitioners can do this on their own.
Each Sahaja yogi becomes an instrument of the divine to awaken the kundalini in others. It is like one lighted candle lighting up others. Sahaja yogis use the principle that a photograph emits the same set of vibrations as the person. Sahaja yogis use vibrations flowing from Mataji's photograph, gathered through the palms, to awaken the kundalini within.
The concept of the left and right components of each chakra with qualities and deities peculiar to them is unique to Sahaja yoga. Their knowledge is helpful in cleaning the chakras and balancing the system.
Major energy channels
The major energy channels are referred to as sympathetic nervous system (left and right) and the parasympathetic (central) nervous system. Energy centres (chakras) are referred to as plexuses. Sympathetic and parasympathetic systems act on the plexus but in opposition to each other; the parasympathetic system increases vitality and relaxes the plexuses, but an over-active sympathetic and imbalances between the left and right sympathetic can be identified with the cause of diseases. The activation of the residual force (kundalini) maximises the impact of the parasympathetic system and balance is restored. A change in awareness takes place such that the plexuses can be felt both in the body and in the hands and Sahaja yogis refer to this as vibratory awareness.
Similarly, the location of Jesus Christ at the Ajna chakra is unique to Sahaja yoga. His resurrection symbolises the ascent of kundalini from the material to the spiritual world. In ancient systems, mooladhara, the abode of kundalini, and mooladhara chakra have been combined; according to Sahaja yoga, mooladhara is inside the sacrum bone and mooladhara chakra just below it.
A subtle system
Sahaja yoga focuses on the subtle system within the human body consisting of kundalini, a living energy, nadis that are a series of channels for the flow of pranic forces and chakras, interdependent energy centres resembling flower petals. That the body is not the whole self, and the vehicle of influence is the subtle body parallel to the physical body is the implicit hypothesis. In the process, when kundalini is awakened, the effect can be felt in the central nervous system. It manifests as a cool breeze that is consistent and verifiable. Enlightenment dawns in the form of thoughtless awareness when the kundalini reaches your sahasrara.
The last step in yoga is also to achieve the union of the self with the all-pervading power; the term yoga refers to this process. The esoteric explanation is that the extremities of the gross body, hands and feet, if they are gathered to one point as in various exercises of yoga, then the currents of nervous energy intermingle, leaving the subtle body free to communicate with the brain through the vertebral column. The Upanishads maintain that the pursuit of highest knowledge, that is, illumination associated with the Self, results when the integration of the inner Self, the spirit-atma with the cosmic spirit,the cosmos-paramatma, occurs. The process is often referred to as Self-realisation.
Nirmala Mataji describes Sahaja Yoga as the spontaneous union of individual consciousness with the all-pervading divine power through the awakening of the residual power of the kundalini which lies dormant within all human beings in the triangular bone at the base of the spine, called the sacrum or the sacred bone. Although the description of nadis, chakras and the process of Self-realisation are the same in Sahaja yoga as in the ancient systems, there are some interesting differences and the methodologies differ significantly.
The most important difference is the recognition of Bhavasagara around the nabhi as the abode of primordial masters, which is a discovery of Shri Mataji. There is a gap in Sushumna in this area. Once initiated, Sahaj yoga practitioners can do this on their own.
Each Sahaja yogi becomes an instrument of the divine to awaken the kundalini in others. It is like one lighted candle lighting up others. Sahaja yogis use the principle that a photograph emits the same set of vibrations as the person. Sahaja yogis use vibrations flowing from Mataji's photograph, gathered through the palms, to awaken the kundalini within.
The concept of the left and right components of each chakra with qualities and deities peculiar to them is unique to Sahaja yoga. Their knowledge is helpful in cleaning the chakras and balancing the system.
Major energy channels
The major energy channels are referred to as sympathetic nervous system (left and right) and the parasympathetic (central) nervous system. Energy centres (chakras) are referred to as plexuses. Sympathetic and parasympathetic systems act on the plexus but in opposition to each other; the parasympathetic system increases vitality and relaxes the plexuses, but an over-active sympathetic and imbalances between the left and right sympathetic can be identified with the cause of diseases. The activation of the residual force (kundalini) maximises the impact of the parasympathetic system and balance is restored. A change in awareness takes place such that the plexuses can be felt both in the body and in the hands and Sahaja yogis refer to this as vibratory awareness.
Similarly, the location of Jesus Christ at the Ajna chakra is unique to Sahaja yoga. His resurrection symbolises the ascent of kundalini from the material to the spiritual world. In ancient systems, mooladhara, the abode of kundalini, and mooladhara chakra have been combined; according to Sahaja yoga, mooladhara is inside the sacrum bone and mooladhara chakra just below it.
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