Moments so Far ...

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...