Moments so Far ...

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 ...

A first time to banasankari amma’s temple at bangalore. The morning of April 8, 2017 was spent with special participants of art of living happiness programme at RBI Layout center. The evening was to be in art of living satsang led by dearest Swami Suryapada ji (otherwise known as Chayyana ji, with love). Started walking to the temple. The first few Bangalore auto wallahs ignored. One well dressed and young one of them stopped and demanded INR 80, almost double. Another, shabbily dressed and middle aged simply switched on the meter. Entered temple. Not knew which direction to take. Where to keep the footwear? Some feet were bare and going in, searched for ones not bare and followed them. Suddenly, the footwear stand appeared on the left end of the temple. Saw the banner declaring satsang in kannada along with photos of Sri Sri and Chayyanna. The stage was getting set. Suddenly saw one of the AOL happiness programme participant there. She said she came...