Meaning of “Nih”

December 31, 1980

The other day I told you how to clean yourself as your Mother’s name itself is Nirmala and it contains many powers.

The first word is NIH which means not. Something that actually does not exist but appears to exist, is called Mahamaya (illusion) and the whole world is like that. It is seen but it is not true: if we are involved into it we feel that it is the only thing we have to live for. Then we feel that economic conditions are unsatisfactory, social and domestic conditions are bad, everything around us is bad and we are not happy about anything.

Water on the sea surface is very dirty and turbid. Many objects are seen floating on it. But if we go deep into the sea there is so much beauty, wealth and power that we forget that on the surface the water is so bad.

The point is that everything that you see around is illusion. You must remember first of all it is all nothing. If you have to establish ‘NIH’ you have to tell yourself, whenever a thought comes, say it is not there, another thought comes, say it is not there. You have to feel this again and again. Then you will understand the meaning of word ‘NIH’. The illusion that you see is not just the illusion, but there is something beyond that.

However, we have wasted so many years of lives in it that we give importance to all that actually does not exist and in doing that we have made heaps of sins. We have tried to derive the pleasure from many things. We have received nothing from whatever we have tried to enjoy. Essentially, it is all nothing.

So, the outlook should be, it is all that nothing, it is all false. Only Brahma is real the rest all is false. You have to adopt this view point everywhere in life. Then you will know what Sahaja Yoga is.