Moments so Far ...

I on the path, still walking through the paper creating bamboos… The path you take is where you will go. What you see is what you get? If you see vibration you will relate to it. If you see the packaging around vibration you will be lost to it. You’re eyes are on the decoration. The package. You are missing the decorator. The vibration. Every human is a vibration and acquires the wrapping papers to package themselves around it. Thus defining and redefining their identity. This happens over many lifetimes. This is not a single doing. The distractor is more busy. Or it seems so. How the vibration creates wrapping papers is mystery? I don’t know, not sure of you though. But fact is that you are a bundle of papers packed like a Russian doll. Now you get curious. More interested in the paper theory. Questions comes to you. How do I unwrap paper? Why should I unwrap? If you have come this far in reading then there is something in you whi...

Can you ask the mind? Do you mind if I take a dig at you? When you want somebody’s attention you will do all gymnastics to draw their attention. You will jump, crack joke, act funny, push yourself through to be noticed for a while. When you look inside. Do you find somebody sending thoughts to allure you, grab your attention, a bait to hook you? If you are attracted to the thought then the thought stays and links up another and then another and … a thought leading onto another — courtesy Indrayani the elephant at Art of Living international ashram If you let the thought go then it goes away just like the cloud. Have you wondered to explore who is that that sends the thoughts. First randomly and then sequentially, logically… Or thoughts just come for you and there is no force behind it. What’s your take? No matter if there is a single thought or flood of them, why do humans aspire to be free of thoughts? Is our real nature t...

One possible walking route from Brigade Gardenia to Yelachenallai Metro (2.1 km) The Green Line was launched and I was waiting for an opportunity to jump into Namma Metro. Finally the opportunity came in one afternoon when I had a meeting in MG Road. Google Map helped locate Yelachenahalli to be about 2 Kms from Brigade gardenia in JP Nagar 7th phase. Took the following route to walk to the metro. Heard that parking situation was pathetic and did not have will to negotiate with autowallahs. Turned left on on Kanakapura road and realised that Metro station was on right. Then with spring in feet started moving towards the source station. Suddenly had encounter with two well built eunuch who blocked my way, one bypassed by sending a gesture, other one pinched beside shoulder, gave an abuse as I refused to pay them. Why can’t they work hard and make a decent living instead of wasting life with sexual innuendoes? Stepped into Yelachenahalli station a...

उसकी एक तरंग से सारी सृष्टि चलती है और तुम भी  उसकी स्पंदन हो  फिर क्यूँ पड़ते हो  शब्दों की जंजाल मैं  उसने ऐसा कहा  क्यूँ कहा, कैसे कहा  मुझे ऐसा लगता है  ऐसा होना चाहिए था  उसे ऐसा करना चाहिए  शब्दों के तार  जब धुन पकड़ते हैं  तो तर्क चलते रहते हैं  एक शब्द दो होते हैं  दो से चार होते हैं  डोर से रस्सा बन जातें हैं  तुम्हें घिस जाते हैं  तुम छीलनी होते जाते हो  फिर भी रुक नहीं पाते  हल्के से शब्द  पत्थर बन जाते हैं  बाक़ी जीवन तुम उन्हें ठोते रहते हो  पीड़ित हो पुकारते रहते हो  पता नहीं कहाँ शूरुआत हुई  नासमझी मैं मार जाते हो  अगर पकड़ना ही है  तो गुरु वाक्य पकड़ो  गुरु शब्दों मैं गहरायी हैं  गुरु शब्दों मैं थहराओ है  गुरु संग मैं  रुक कर भी अनंत पहुँचते हो  थम कर भी विस्तारित होते हो  विशाल और शून्य जैसे होते हो  एक पल मैं  उस तरं...

After samyama I went to answer nature’s call. The closest rest room was packed with people so decided to go to Vishalalakshmi Mantap restroom from yagyashala. There is a flight of stairs from connecting road to top of Mantap. I was taking 4 steps at a time and simply flew up. Similarly while coming down, I was moving down the stairs like a bird no body, no inertia no breathlessness simple swift movement Samyama is an art of living program spread over 7 days in which you intensify your sadhana and go deeper into your yoga practice. The first one concluded yesterday and was taken by HH Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji.

If you are fortunate enough to be an Art Of Living teacher then the refresher's meet is exclusively for you. It is a time to revive, rejuvenate and revitalize yourself to refocus. Many a times in life the world takes over, maya overpowers. Those times you need a greater force, a greater power to shake you, wake you and reawaken you. That strength and conviction lies with senior art of living who have been with GuruDev for so many years, for whom Gurudev himself have laid the path, have himself done the course correction. In their narrative you find hope, you get empowered and you become more free. In their presence you get light. The master does give personal time, cancels appointments with dignitaries to be able to spend more time with teachers. In these 3 days of TRM he creates time for his teachers. Everything is well taken care of from accommodation, to exclusive and exquisite food. If you have not become Art Of Living Teacher yet then TRM is a strong enough reas...

You judge the color of the sky based on yesterdays clouds that you remember today as seen yesterday.  You judge yourself based on your thoughts that come from yesterday’s situation as you remember today as it happened yesterday.  Are you seeing things as they are and as they happen?  Are you clouded by thoughts born out of your perception of how it happened?  Do you make a factual statement based on something somebody told on someday as to how it happened in their analysis of the worldly situation? Whom are you judging here? What are you judging? On what grounds you stand when you judge? What is the basis of judgement?  Are you basing your claims based on a moving platform? Will you have an stable opinion about yourself or anyself for that matter? अपने वजूद को समझो, क्या तुम्हारा आधार है। निराधार राय को जन्म दे कर किसकी पहचान बना रहे हो।  हथेली मैं बहती हवा को पकड़ कर एक ठोस पत्थर की पहचान कैसे निर्धारित कर सकते हो।  ...

Mind flows like the river. It has not seen the ocean but still carries own in search of the ultimate bliss that it has glimpsed but not yet become.  The water finds the lowest point. The mind becomes humble. Humility blossoms. The water overcomes the rock solid obstacles. The mind develops patience and perseverance. A never give up attitude. The water irrigates the fields and leaves fertile soil. The mind shares stories of hardship, toil and makes inside and everyone around light. The water jumps and cuts through hilly terrain. The mind exhibits its youthful exuberance.  The water keeps flowing. The mind keeps exploring the new. The clouds come and meet the mountains. The rivers of life are born. The seeds of mind are fresh from pure rich showers of rain.  The river is born. Streams innocently flow and bubble down the hills. Gathering experience and water to form rivers. They become lazy and lame in fields, dwindling wherever the slopes takes ...

If you were a child going to a fair with your father and in the hustle bustle of crowd you lose contact with your father. You were holding your father’s hand and somebody came in between and then a stream of people rushed in and you were thrown in different direction. What will happen to you? You will search for your father.  Then the colors of fair might attract you and you will be lost in them for a while.  You will suddenly remember your father and run around to find him. Then the sounds of fair might attract you and you will be lost in them for a while.  You will suddenly remember your father and run around to find him. Then the lights of fair might attract you and you will be lost in them for a while.  You will suddenly remember your father and run around to find him. Then the circus in fair might engage you. You may come into the act of the circus and then go elsewhere and then come again. In between you may remember your fat...