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The last question of the session was Who decides when I get enlightened? < Nakul's Answer came spontaneously as > You. Its YOU.  Ok, its time to wrap up. Next session is on sunday 31st July at 9PM. Jai Gurudev. Baffled. Confused. Broken. I was lost. All my definitions were flying in the sky, scattered clouds. Mind was unsettled. How can it be? How can I decide when I want to be enlighten? Is it so straightforward? Is it so easy? What about karmas? What about grace? Mind was flooded with queries. . . . The best type of answers don't have questions. The deepest questions have no answers. . . Who is this YOU that Nakul was referring to? Was it me in my current disposition? Will it be me in some future evolved disposition? Where will I be and what will I be in order to be THE YOU that Nakul was referring to? . . story time . . Gadhi was a pious brahmana who once lived in Kosala. He went to the forest and meditated for 8 months. When...

The subtle combo of mind+intellect+memory+ego runs in self-feeding cycle. Ego brings forth the I-ness. Ego nudges the memory to bring into focus an incident/situation in which it triumphs or suffers. Memory nudges the intellect to argue on the situation. Intellect creates the argument and prepares the mind to have the argument. The mind comes into existence with the thoughts germinated in the intellect. The thoughts hail or destruct the ego. And the journey of life begins. You are born. Why are you born? A little story. Once Vishnu was in BrahmaLok and everyone came forth to welcome him except Sanath Kumar. When you get "don't care" in dispassion then its arrogance. Vishnu sensed this and cursed SanathKumar to spent one lifetime on Earth as punishment, as a journey to dissipate this arrogance/egoness. At that moment SanathKumar also cursed Vishnu to spent a lifetime on Earth while he was there and so Shree Ram was born. So tell me why were you born? hmm.. Even...

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 ...

प्रेम छुपा नहीं सकते हो वो आंखों से झलक जाता है कदमों मैं दिख जाता है वाणी मैं पुकारता है होठों पे मुस्कराहट बनता  है हर पल तड़पता है खुद को व्यक्त करने को असंभव को संभव करने मैं सदियों से इंसान प्रेम की अभिव्यक्ति मैं कितने जीवन बिता चूका है लेकिन जो अस्तित्व है उसको अभिव्यक्त नहीं कर पाया है खासकर महिलायें जो जियों जान से अपने परिवार की सेवा करती हैं फिर परेशान रहतीं हैं कि कोई उन्हें प्यार नहीं करता न बेटा , न बेटी , न पति , न बहु इस दर्द मैं जीवन गुजार देतीं हैं उस प्यार की अभिव्यति ढूँढती हैं जो संसार मैं इंसान से आधी अधूरी ही हो पाती है ऐसा ही कुछ सत्य का हाल है जो सच है वोह चुप नहीं सकता और उसे जानता है वोह उसका सम्पूर्ण अभिव्यक्त नहीं कर सकता इसलिए कुछ मान के चलो कुछ जान के चलो सबको गले लगाते चलो Truth cannot be hidden neither can it be expressed Same with love It just shows in the glistening eyes of beholder from the spring in his walk in the sweetness of his talk in his ever broadening smiles for no reason there is g...

अति मैं इंसान परेशान हो जाता है. इतना काम मैं विलीन हो जाये ओर  फिर थक जाये या फिर इतने आलस मैं रहे की सिर्फ अपना वजन बडाये. इसलिए मध्य मार्ग मैं चलो. जब हम पैदा हुए थे तब चार किलो के थे ओर अब ६०, ७०, ८०, ९०, ओर कोई तो १०० किलो का भी हो गया है. यह वजन अन्न से आता है. पञ्च तत्वों मैं पृथ्वी हमें वजन देती हैं. अन्न से मन भी बढता है. एक बार मुल्ला नसीरुद्दीन के यहाँ पांच साल तक सूखा पड़ा तो वह बहुत परेशान रहा. फिर  बारिश हुई, फसल आई तब भी वह दुखी था. किसी ने पुछा क्या हुआ मुल्ला, इतने दुखी क्यूं हो. उसने कहा "अब फसल काटनी पड़ेगी, मेहनत करनी पड़ेगी". सत्य  लेकिन इन पञ्च तत्वों से परे है. इस मृत्यु लोक मैं सब काल से परे नहीं है. पेड़ भी आते हैं ओर जाते हैं. शरीर भी आता है ओर जाता है. यह पञ्च तत्त्व मिल के कई प्रकार के प्राणी बनाते हैं, वह भी आते हैं ओर जाते है. एक तुम्हारा चित, तुम्हारा चैतन्य,  काल से परे है, वह हमेशा से था, है  ओर रहेगा. अगर तुम चित बोध को शरीर का साक्षी मान लो तब तुम्हारी पीड़ा कम हो सकती है, बंधन मिट सकतें हैं ओर मुक्ति की इच्क्षा प्रबल हो...