In December, 2003,
before She left America, Shri Mataji created The World Council for the Advancement
of Sahaja Yoga. The purpose of this body is to stimulate the further
growth of Sahaja Yoga and to provide support to the efforts of all the
national collectives.
The World Council for the Advancement of Sahaja
Yoga is composed of 34 members designated as world leaders. Advisors of
the Council for financial, legal and communications affairs have also been
identified. The Council is expected to meet twice a year.
The announcement from Shri Mataji reads as follows:
"The world is in turmoil today. People everywhere are anxious about the
future. What they need is the soothing, uniting, elevating spiritual
message of Sahaja Yoga. They have to be enabled to experience "Self
Realization" and thereby attain inner transformation. Only then will they
begin to regard all human beings as members of one global family
regardless of their race, culture etc. Only then will they discard hatred
and violence.... Sahaja Yogis have a momentous responsibility at this
crucial time in human history. They have to spread Sahaja Yoga in all the
parts of the world by written and spoken word.... For this purpose, a well
thought out approach is required."
THE WORLD COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP
Chairperson: Shri Mataji Nirmal Devi
Members ( All designated as World Leaders):
- Rajesh Shah
- Gregoire de Kalbermatten
- David Spiro
- Vijay Nalgirkar
- Manoj Kumar
- Eduardo Marino
- Wolfgang Hackl
- Majid Golpour
- Phillip Zeiss
- Derek Lee
- Arneau de Kalbermatten
- Nese Algan
- Ivan Tan
- Karan Khurana
- Alex Henshaw
- Aldo Gandolfi
- Rajiv Kumar
- Brian Wells
- David Dunphy
- Zafar Rashid
- Bohdan Shehovich
- Gagan Ahluwalia
- Paul Ellis
- Alan Wherry
- Alan Pereira
- Sandeep Gadkary
- Mihaela Balasescu
- Viktor Bondar
- Dmitry Korotaev
- Alexander Solodyankin
- Chris Kyriacou
Advisors to the Council:
- Gagan Ahluwalia: Financial, Accounting and Property
matters
- Paul Ellis: Legal Affairs
- Alan Wherry : Publication Issues
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