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The mobile phone rings. Some phones are on vibration mode. Some have crazy tunes. Some have pleasing tunes. There are so many of them these days. They were not always there. They exist now, everywhere, everyone. Today, during long sudarshan kriya followup,  three phones played their tunes. Some got distracted, some ignored it. Some did not care. Some were agitated. Some were releasing emotions. Some were in bliss. Every mobile phone tune is like the emotion that we experience in our daily life. They are so powerful. They overpower us. They disturb our sleep. They interrupt our family talks/meals.They bulldoze and wipe out our very existence. We experience the extremities of emotions more often than not. They interfere and can be destructive at times. I presume this was observed by HH  +Sri Sri Ravi Shankar  ji also. He saw that many were meditating but they were not able to get the deep experience which meditations gave in earlier ages. He got su...

Karma is impression to act. It is an act. An act is something which is not natural. It is a put on. It is not your nature. You know actors act. It is the same act. Most acts driven by law of karma are inevitable. They need to be performed. They need to be experienced. It is like a dish which needs to be consumed when you are hungry, you have no choice. During the performance you can choose to participate or complaint. When you participate in action the karma dies a natural death. When you analyze,complain and make a noise about it then it keeps on adding to the chain of karmas. As long as you have karma in your account you will come to this world. This world is imperfect and it will remain so. Your urge to correct and make things alright is a sheer waste of time for your evolution. The more you want to correct the more you will fall in trap of karmas. There is no such thing as perfect world. There is only perfect spirit, a perfect self. You have sever layers of existence as per...

Today's meditation was drive down the memory lane. The events of the past few months/years simple drizzled in and out. The location had been flat#508 Cassia block in Brigade Millennium. The flat was on rental by  +Hariharan Mani , an +Art of Living  teacher, actuarial practitioner and meditator from Mumbai. It was here that we began our Group Sadhana about a year and half back. Today's idea was from  +Balakrishnan Ganesan  and original idea was from Shuchi. All of us are in photo above. Yesterday Bala said, lets do it for one last time. He messaged again that we had to bring our own yoga mats. There was a time when we had kept one carpet for morning Group Sadhana at Hari's flat. People joined and left us at different points of time. I remembered that Agnihotra Homa was to be performed at sunrise so messaged back that my entry would be delayed. In the end we gave a moist eyes good byes to Mr Hari and his bangalore stay. His memories and co...

Happy Holi 2013 - to one and all The streets of Bangalore display the normal traffic. There are only few colored faces on motor bikes. Some colored faces stationed in some corner of street. The shops are open. The offices are open too. Even the school are open too. The schools even have exams. Can you beat that? One girl has gone to give exam in Brigade School and other man has gone to Aura Montessori. Yes, even the Montessories are open today. The Brigade gardenia owners apartment association sent an email restricting Holi होली festivities in the Brigade gardenia campus. I am sure other apartment/layout associations would have sent similar directive. Here's a sample for you to savor CELEBRATION OF  HOLI  INSIDE THE CAMPUS 1.         Holi Dahan on 26 th  March 2013. As there have been frequent fire mishaps the  Fire & Safety  authorities during their annual inspection and audit of...

Its amazing how time flies. Its more so when you are your own employer. In 12 years of being employed I could never stay with single employer for more than 2.5 years. For the last 4 years I have been my employer. And it seems it might stay this way. There have been many experiments on the way. Some have failed and some have given reasonable returns. One thing has remained constant and that is the openness to new technologies and ideas. One thing does not work all the time. Your source of income needs to be re-sourced and flexible all the time. There are two websites that have given most of the work and income. One is odesk.com and other is topcoder.com . Odesk is cut throat competitive bidding of projects on commonly available web related skills. I have been lucky to have worked with clients that have given projects for longer periods of time. If you develop a good understanding with client and work on reasonable rate than you can stay put for longer ...

The last words of  +Michael Fischman  before we parted to our individual destinies were "Enjoy your family". Thanks to him the bonding with the spouse have improved over the last few days. She is wondering "Why didn't I met Michael many years ago". She has been struggling to put good sense into my head but has failed miserably. A gentle collection of wordy slap from the conviction of Michael has brought me back into the path. What is your family? At first shot it looks your spouse if you are married, your kids if you are parent, your parents, your siblings, your cousins. As you meditate more on the term "family" it gradually gathers momentum and expands to fill the universe. It simple is a reflection of your sense of belongingness. If you think your neighbors belong to you , they become your family. If you think your neighbors neighbors belong to you then they become your family. If you think everybody connected to +Art of Living   belong to ...

19th March 2012, would be remembered as the beautiful evening in the company of  +Michael Fischman  and   +Sahil Jagtiani . Sahil mesmerized us with devotional rocking music, a variant of bhajans in common parlance. Most of us simply danced and floated in the space of love created by his music. Michael presence was spellbound on all present. His meditation took us to depth and control that I did not believe existed before. I could remember following from Michael's talk, if I missed something do add in comments. Mikey, as he is fondly known as has been in Guru's grace since 1979. Yet, he is humble, approachable, a father figure, a counselor, an epitome of devotion. People just lined up to get his sign on his book " Stumbling into Infinity ", a truthful and direct account of his life that was edited more than 5 times before it was accepted and released to its first publisher. The book is an expression of his experiences with life and meditation  ...

Is there a link between relationships that belong to the world and spirituality that belong to the ether world? Do they complement each other or contradict each other? Once married do you feel that marriage is impediment to spiritual progress. Once born do you feel that parents and siblings are impediment to spiritual progress. Once a parent do you feel that children are impediment to spiritual progress. As a householder, in the world, how do you run the fine balance between the relationships which become part of you and the path that you choose to tread. Can one be without the other? Is relationship the path? Yesterday had the good fortune of meeting  +Michael Fischman  . Thank you  +Hariharan Mani  for organizing the same. According to Mickey (as Michael is fondly called in inner circles...) Your daughter is your spirituality. Your spouse is your spirituality. Your parents are your spirituality. Your siblings and cousins are your spirituality...

शिव तत्व  क्या है? इसके लिए शब्द नहीं हैं, यह अनुभव है तर्क से बुद्धि को शांति मिलती है भाव से उर्जा स्फुरित होती है उस उर्जा मैं ध्यान लगाने से समाधी मिलती है विरोधाभास मैं शिव तत्व  है शिव का एक नाम है- विरूपाक्ष विरूप मतलब जिसका रूप नहीं उसकी अक्ष मतलब नेत्र जिसका रूप नहीं फिर भी जो देख सकता हो सुन सकता हो चख सकता हो वो विरूपाक्ष है शिव तत्व What is shiv tatva? Intellect is sharpened by logic, it gets quietens Satsang, singing, music creates energy, it energies your consciousness in that uplifted state of energy when you go into meditation you may get samadhi, you may be enlightened. The above were some of the points highlighted by HH  +Sri Sri Ravi Shankar  ji at Maha Shivratri celebration held at  +Art of Living  Ashram.

Gurudev is so different with art of living teachers. He looks so fragile, so approachable, so common yet leaves so much knowledge. If you are not an art of living teacher then you are missing a very human part of divine. If he sneezes, he does not hide it or worries about napkins, nor bother to take away the mike from near the nose. In public, you would not even noticed if he has sneezed, he would quickly cover himself with napkins etc., switch off the mike and then come back smilingly. But here he would immediately exclaim "सब नाटक है", "Its all drama". When he walks he can start acting like an old man, bent and shaking and looking here and there. If someone gives him a stick, he would hold that and show it as support. My eyes still have the views, if you have time then spend it looking in them ... the walk of the master. When someone gives him a turban, he can shake it left and right or up and down, as if nodding yes or negating to the screams of teacher...

My nine year came around Its five pm and she has come exactly before time as promised In the morning she got delayed she met us when we were leaving she said she can come back at five She is a stop gap arrangement helping us with household chores for past few days only the regular maid is on leave She sweeps, cleans utensils, wipes floor for couple of hours of hard work she charges sixty rupees only Before she left she wanted to wipe the floor too but my spouse let her leave It was Sunday evening when we want to be with our families she was serving out of her dedication and commitment How many of us can go to work at five pm on Sunday evening with no grumbling nor any complaints some characters are beyond comprehension beyond training beyond reason beyond remuneration I am inspired to complete my work now no matter what day or time despite lazy state of mind Are you?