Moments so Far ...

 tandav She said she was scared. She was to give a dance performance. There will be dancer and audience. The thought of audience can scare. The audience will judge and comment, appreciate, deride. Their view on her performance will affect her dance. What is dance? Dance is expression of gratitude.  A gratitude towards the body which can move in certain rhythm to the musical notes.  A gratitude to the musical composition that inspires the body to move in a certain way at certain note. A gratitude to the air which allows the body to flow like water.  A gratitude to the earth for holding the weight of the body. A gratitude for the platform provided by the organizers to perform.  Why to perform? A performance is a reminder of the dance which is in nature.  A performance reminds us of how the consciousness creates, maintains and dissolves. The Shiv Tandav. शिव तांडव। A performance connects us and when it does its ther...

It was a chance meeting with Dr. Divya (fondly called as chechi).  She stays in art of living ashram @ bangalore but was on a friendly visit to Ragini's house post our volunteer's meet. Bala insisted to take a quick shower and come into volunteers meet post Guru Puja. What unfolded was unexpected, pleasant and shocking? A path resetting exercise if you wish.  We had rare opportunity to hear Chechi/Ragini/Pawan in unison in Guru Puja followed by heart rendering bhajan from Ragini. Dr Divya ji spoke at length and here are some drops of knowledge for you too. Its not verbatim and some interpolation and extrapolations are there too. -- The reason we are born again and again is because we have this belief/thought or संकल्प  that " its not ok ". Whatever is not ok happens in next lifetime. It could be stuff like how can they get divorce? how can he be killed in car accident? how come material things don't attract me? how come I am not a successful busi...

On a lazy sunday afternoon when most people hit the bed after watching movies like Jolly LLB, I too was at the crossroads. The choice was Agree to tamas (तमस) and allow the human body to sleep in the day  Go to ashram and witness satsang in Gurudev presence The family said No for accompaniments. They went to sleep. The other usual suspects were not going or were in Ashram. I said, I have to go (commitment) . Anyways its 3 hours and its worth spending in the company of the master. The tamas vaporized. The decision made. The movement began.  I did not want to take my car ( enthusiasm ) as I was alone. When I was walking towards the main gate of the apartment complex, I was wondering about the 3 km walk to nearest bus stop to take the BMTC bus (public transport -  commitment ) from konankunte cross roads. I remembered another soul which has moved in Brigade Gardenia (apartment complex) recently. I had earlier messaged him and did not want to disturb t...