Why is it that people all over the world feel “Mother’s cooking is the best”? Is it because the tastes and likes that we have acquired in our childhood are still with us for the rest of our lives? Maybe. Is it because the dishes we enjoyed eating as a child provide us with the same feeling of comfort and security when we are older? Possibly. Or is it because Mother not only buys the best possible ingredients she is able to find and afford, but she adds this other very special substance which is called LOVE. This is why Mother’s cooking is the only food that will ever come close to Amrut and Ambrosia, the elixir of the Gods.
COOKING WITH LOVE is an attempt to compile recipes shared by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi with people from many different countries over the last 32 years.
Cooking with Shri Mataji was a tremendous experience. Under Her strict but ever loving motherly guidance, we felt like children receiving all the attention, care and love from a mother who wanted us to become perfect.
She gave importance to every detail so that we would understand every aspect of cooking. These were unforgettable moments. Full of joy and nourishing for our stomachs, but mostly for our soul.
COOKING WITH LOVE means that the first and basic ingredient of all these recipes is love. Love is expressed in each and every recipe, in each and every detail of the cooking itself. It is the love from those who cook for those for whom the cooking is done. Without love no
food can be satisfying, nor can there be real satisfaction for the one who cooks. All discussions about nutrition and food have neglected one vital point: It is love, which makes food truly wholesome, nutritious and healthy for our body, mind and spirit.
AGRICULTURE
Series Green Revolution
She set up a research farm in Pune. With vibrations, one sun-flower became over one foot in diameter and the agriculture department became interested in Sahaja Yoga methods. The Government of Maharashtra granted Her land at NeeraNarsingpur to experiment in Sahaja Yoga methods for producing non-hybrid seeds. Shri Mataji loves flowers and plants and animals respond better to Her vibrations than human beings. Roses from her farm have won many prizes in flower shows. She feels the growth of all living beings on Her own parasympathetic nervous system.
ARCHITECTURE
Series An Ancient Prophecy Comes True
Shri Mataji is a great architect, although She has never studied architecture. She has personally drawn up the plans of two of the finest monuments as well as several Sahaja Yoga ashrams throughout the world. Her house in Pune, called Pratisthan, is an architect's dream. Another house in Noida near Delhi, is a marvel. She designed a sprawling ashram with a traditional courtyard in Konkan Bhavan, near Bombay and another in Delhi. Also a school in Dharamsala, is like a hill fort in the Himachali style.
