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 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...

The English birthday was on 5th oct. The tithi (hindu lunar calender) birthday was to be on 7th oct (Durga navami). Today was Durga Astmi, the 6th oct. The shata chandi homa had just concluded in art of living international ashram in Bangalore in continuation for celebration of 9 days of navratri (honoring and invoking mother divine in her various forms). pandal He was hungry. He left the pandal and the broken plastic chair behind. When he entered the packed pandal he only desired to find a chair to sit. Within few steps he saw a lady moving a chair from where it was to another location. The chair was empty. He just looked around and their were no claimant to it. It’s right support was broken. He did not care as he could now sit cross legged. The Vedic chants from Devi mahatmyam transcended him to another world. yagnashala He walked past the yagnashala, went past the cows, only to be blocked by the secure barricades to facilitate smooth exit of HH Sri Sri Ravishankar (Gurud...

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.