tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15589587614829978512024-03-12T19:07:02.836-07:00Saleel PulekarSaleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-49095031614722360082016-07-02T13:12:00.000-07:002020-08-07T09:02:14.933-07:00New Website<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">Check out my new website :</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.saleelpulekar.in/">www.saleelpulekar.in</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Love, Saleel</div></div>Saleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-64522151237391573262013-09-18T12:37:00.000-07:002020-08-07T09:02:15.485-07:00YogaVasistha Excerpts: Jan01-08 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>Agastya</b>:</span><br /><div>Verily, birds are able to fly with their two wings; even so both work n knowledge together lead to th supreme goal of liberation.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Valmiki:</b><br clear="all" /><div>He is qualified to study this scripture, who feels 'I am bound, I should be liberated', who is neither totally ignorant nor emlightened.</div><div><br /></div><div>This world appearance is a confusion, even as th blueness of th sky is an optical illusion. I think it is better not to let th mind dwell on it, but to ignore it.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Rama</b>:</div><div>What do people call happiness n can it be had in this ever-changing objects of this world? All beings in this world take birth but to die, n they die to be born.</div><div><br /></div><div>Only he lives who strives to gain self-knowledge, wch alone is worth gaining in this world, thereby putting an end to future births; others exist here like donkeys.</div><div><br /></div><div>To the unwise, knowledge of scriptures is a burden; to one who is full of desires, even wisdom is a burden; to one who is restless, his own mind is a burden; and to one who has no self-knowledge, th body (th life span) is a burden.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>:-)</div></div>Saleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-57505096779312851432013-08-29T03:31:00.000-07:002020-08-07T09:02:15.841-07:00AshramSnippets - 290813 - RadhaKunj<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The way a person responds to the different stimuli he is exposed to, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">largely determines his growth. So this means, that the quality of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">stimuli, their diversity and intensity, definitely matter a lot. For </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">example, when you are playing badminton against a tough opponent, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">there are better chances of improvement in the quality of your game as </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">compared to playing against a weak opponent.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnSHO6bd4wI5aF2CDtSV7GQ_ZuMJ-IDQdz3J-VRiyb-0cfcRDXwgRfQ9RuV_nrKZPhLmw-6HUC2D3Md7p93J-Q6MUq4g96cFlHSF2f8GT7FPLxTP9PFBbmqjpNXWIaCiLdBmBqIFXGpcO/s1600/IMG-20130829-WA0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today while sitting in Radha Kunj and blankly gazing at the lake, its </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">waters shimmering with the scattered reflection of the sun, as I was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">feeling the breeze caress my cheeks and hair, my mind went into a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">subtle ecstasy. </span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGLgv0i6fEZg5amNQYdm7uNUuyiGOFmIX5cIIX5zku7myLbMbxfkwybeC65fLrYQRY8ZroxRnB2TcgdI3qr-zo7GlpEVVxHKcjSA_udBMtsjoMi4QwxY587oQiGxVhdqcgj9IeeQL55tb/s1600/IMG-20130829-WA0000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGLgv0i6fEZg5amNQYdm7uNUuyiGOFmIX5cIIX5zku7myLbMbxfkwybeC65fLrYQRY8ZroxRnB2TcgdI3qr-zo7GlpEVVxHKcjSA_udBMtsjoMi4QwxY587oQiGxVhdqcgj9IeeQL55tb/s320/IMG-20130829-WA0000.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The pandits were chanting and performing the Sudarshan </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Homa, sitting around the HavanKund, just overseeing the lake. People </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">who were lucky enough to have reached there, had taken their best </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">positions, were eagerly waiting for the Master's arrival, very few </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">were in the present moment, the mind instead of being offered in the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">agni, was busy calculating the best way to capture the Master's </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">glimpse, either in the lens of the eye or that of the camera.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlF6M_gbfRtTO5hAVsZ_x_9JYiCeRHfbQS0EEQa4-GUHCIPecEYkQneWEpleE1_FuGlMtOWZFJ0SX0yyvNAs54UHnQnOc0Or9gW2CReebKdcSXclmA2O1gkYNUGXB5bpkIqmmBID20w7e/s1600/IMG-20130829-WA0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlF6M_gbfRtTO5hAVsZ_x_9JYiCeRHfbQS0EEQa4-GUHCIPecEYkQneWEpleE1_FuGlMtOWZFJ0SX0yyvNAs54UHnQnOc0Or9gW2CReebKdcSXclmA2O1gkYNUGXB5bpkIqmmBID20w7e/s320/IMG-20130829-WA0001.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Serenity, devotion, longing and anticipation were mixing their </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">soothing colors on the sometimes caught up and sometimes expanded canvas of the mind.</span></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">From time to time I was becoming a witness to these beautiful</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">happenings and feeling lucky and blessed to be there. I felt so </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">fortunate, that I was, by the grace of my Guru, being subjected to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">such highly evolved and culturally refined stimuli, impreganted with </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">divinity manifest in the Purush and Prakriti both.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Jai Gurudev</span></span></div></div>Saleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-87099538973729493932013-04-16T04:23:00.000-07:002020-08-07T09:02:16.469-07:00I got it<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><br />What I am is what I see;<br />What I see is what I do;<br />What I do is what I get;<br /><br />so finally... <br />What I am is what I got!<br /><br />Got it?<br />;-)<br /><br />How futile is the struggle to achieve, because at the end of it you get what you already had, in fact, what you are.<br /><br />Aho Niranjano!<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />:-)</div>Saleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-91418018996901012582012-08-29T03:25:00.000-07:002020-08-07T09:02:16.835-07:00You are at your best when you 'Rest'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5SRvOKLMTq0iWDS5Njtfi08ddCvNATcgLuMKyMPP4Uc3_wqfjZV2Romsm3KCwxsK5cehy8rIUBc5xvIAIW9WLkm6uzLoTTKcwDQger_b45verIMkNw9VQXXDL47kqCP93w_TpYR_GuDn/s1600/2012-08-26+19.02.43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5SRvOKLMTq0iWDS5Njtfi08ddCvNATcgLuMKyMPP4Uc3_wqfjZV2Romsm3KCwxsK5cehy8rIUBc5xvIAIW9WLkm6uzLoTTKcwDQger_b45verIMkNw9VQXXDL47kqCP93w_TpYR_GuDn/s320/2012-08-26+19.02.43.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />They have no idea what hit them on Sunday evening 26th August, the last day of the Divya Samaj Nirman course of the Art of Living at Amravati, in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. Well, I know it was purely the Master's stroke of grace, but am still wondering in amazement about what I witnessed. Minute by minute, they were opening up, petal by petal, layer by layer. My one pointed focus was to offer the best to them and I offered myself fully into my sankalpa and my sankalpa was offered to my Guru and while totally immersed in the action, in the role that I was playing, I was also a 'Sakshi' to the phenomenon of the Guru's Grace taking over not only the hearts, minds, intellects and souls of all of them, but also the whole atmosphere.<br /><br />How does this work? May be, Kena Upanishad can answer this question or Yoga Vasistha.<br /><br />The grace did the job of a catalyst, and I was simply an instrument and a witness.<br /><br />The grace did the job of an amplifier, and I was simply an instrument and a witness.<br /><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The grace did the job of a carrier, and I was simply an instrument and a witness.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The grace did the job of a elevator, and I was simply an instrument and a witness.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The grace did the job of an energy booster, and I was simply an instrument and a witness.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The grace did the job of a celebration installer, and I was simply an instrument and a witness.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The grace did the job of a peace inducer, and I was simply an instrument and a witness.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">....and I did the 'rest' ;-)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Cheers</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Saleel</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Saleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-82990875052338445732012-08-27T12:04:00.000-07:002020-08-07T09:02:17.247-07:00Those were the days...Engineering Days<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5zYqPCYuOiHF1FkjYJlUAubV94uFX5a2jGDbZL6QVoFBQEDhbyXNvhcLycYOb9CSvGOFsfQgjlSPtxr5FNCBB4Q30JYkLjcdDyY0vKr3VcPWkbSfkXLNpdyLqyjAPAW7uSlyd5W2wZEG/s1600/image001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Like a over-ripe fruit drops from the tree my enthusiasm went down in a moment. <br /><br><br /><br>I met a few friends on the way and they wanted share something with me but I was just not interested. I dragged myself towards the Yagyashala. When I reached Guruji's car arrived and the rocket we light in Diwali in bottles, which goes up when ignited, my enthusiasm shot up in a moment, the smile expanded and I felt so energized and happy.<br /><br><br /><br>Was this prana going down first and then up or was it just an emotion or a past pattern or something else?<br /><br><br /><br>Cheers<br /><br><br /><br>Saleel<br /><br><br /><br>Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEASaleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-44452809254198691262012-06-05T19:08:00.000-07:002020-08-07T09:02:18.201-07:00The Ashram Sky - Different Moods<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dsH2nyXqctjAOuJewvSEOHUD-pMh-TEhIYkUW7Dm1uXdmrYiXUSwJM6iF-KCVvgTGULmHybTlb-f0BJSKEcUVP5eQLCgtaQ6ATmdXxqWNHDALdnM4jiAHKMJivJ9r6BdRwdpHlwQvRCp/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDE2NDMtMjAxMjA2MDUtMTgwNy5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-704075"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dsH2nyXqctjAOuJewvSEOHUD-pMh-TEhIYkUW7Dm1uXdmrYiXUSwJM6iF-KCVvgTGULmHybTlb-f0BJSKEcUVP5eQLCgtaQ6ATmdXxqWNHDALdnM4jiAHKMJivJ9r6BdRwdpHlwQvRCp/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDE2NDMtMjAxMjA2MDUtMTgwNy5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-704075" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5750740041680591442" /></a></p>Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEASaleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-14375376397382235632012-06-05T19:06:00.000-07:002020-08-07T09:02:18.561-07:00The Ashram sky - 1<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGINsZ07BBXeh6M2pAlreDcXmXh12TpXIqon2mR28mUjIaSYpXJfJeevWpVspxB07ODAEp2H4YRO926sYUhSD0vdoJvcboO_Fwgr61X9f8FC_PFt-8thet_be-YF_UFlimr30ixYdhSQF/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDE2NDEtMjAxMjA2MDUtMTgwNi5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-773454"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGINsZ07BBXeh6M2pAlreDcXmXh12TpXIqon2mR28mUjIaSYpXJfJeevWpVspxB07ODAEp2H4YRO926sYUhSD0vdoJvcboO_Fwgr61X9f8FC_PFt-8thet_be-YF_UFlimr30ixYdhSQF/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDE2NDEtMjAxMjA2MDUtMTgwNi5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-773454" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5750739473284618338" /></a></p>Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEASaleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-16585414638488439812012-06-05T19:00:00.000-07:002020-08-07T09:02:18.918-07:00Enjoying d Walk @ VM after evening Sadhana<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpr2ecw0BpRO21csh5y7xmDuwTm3x5755L-EjuxRXBvTKU79ZHSFuwnOCzCcVhcDjKMEo7ZqTBS7bGpoU_h8Xwrwc5HGSNkQXFEl_FRDLKXZjU5Wx4Woz7b8Kqb0h7pHpRlsGwrU_DnRG/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDE2NDgtMjAxMjA2MDUtMTgxNy5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-710901"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpr2ecw0BpRO21csh5y7xmDuwTm3x5755L-EjuxRXBvTKU79ZHSFuwnOCzCcVhcDjKMEo7ZqTBS7bGpoU_h8Xwrwc5HGSNkQXFEl_FRDLKXZjU5Wx4Woz7b8Kqb0h7pHpRlsGwrU_DnRG/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDE2NDgtMjAxMjA2MDUtMTgxNy5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-710901" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5750738351867157042" /></a></p>Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEASaleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-51524395605462885442012-06-05T06:27:00.000-07:002020-08-07T09:02:19.277-07:00Full Moon Satsang @ Ashram with SriSriAs HE arrived the beats and claps on Guru Om, Guru Om, ...became louder, even before he had come onto the stage. How such energy can exude from a 5ft5inch body has always amazed me. As Sri Sri says, 'experiencing the infinite in this finite body is the purpose of human birth.' HE rightly lives it to the tee and has enabled millions to have the same experience.<br /><br><br /><br>Mani bhaiya's Shiv Raja Maheshwara in a high pitched and upbeat tone was complementing Guruji's silent pose with eyes closed. Just couldn't take eyes off HIM.<br /><br><br /><br>Like a rose essence that spreads itself in a glass of milk, Chitra didi's rendition of Rom Rom me Om Om hai...sublimely melted itself in the sweet aura created in the entire amphitheater by Guruji's divine presence.<br /><br><br /><br>When HE opened his eyes it felt like mother nature had opened the doors of its warm heart to welcome all of us in.<br /><br><br /><br>HE conducted the Full Moon Meditation, it was very short, I wondered why? But when HE asked us the crowd, "did you realize it was 18 minutes", I continued wondering how easily HE takes thousands beyond the dimension of time and space...so GRACEfully!<br /><br><br /><br>Cheers<br /><br><br /><br>Saleel<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br> <br /><br>Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEASaleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-46214019790692961052012-05-31T08:57:00.000-07:002020-08-07T09:02:19.636-07:00Murud Monday...contdThe meditation in the water gave us a lot of rest. In no mood to take bath and get into clothes, we had hot upma, which was terribly dry, and owing to the amount of salty water that passed our tongue, it did not taste good at all. <br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>After that chota recharge we were ready for a game of flying disc. The power and balance of our wrists was put to test. I realized that different sports bring out different aspects of one's personality and its so necessary. The current generation kids are completely missing out on this.<br /><br><br /><br>Just before the game we did a running race in knee deep waters. Rohit Ranjan, Deep, Deepak, Pramod and me; guess what? 2 of them fell down and I came first. This is our YES!+ youth from <br /><br>metros in their early 20s! This is not it, later we had a 100m (might have been 80meters) sprint. No chocolates for guessing that I, a man who has entered his 40s, came first!!!<br /><br><br /><br>Now I don't know whether the credit goes to 15 years of Sudarshan Kriya and Padmasadhana or it was a mischief played by junk food and internet addiction!<br /><br><br /><br>And then came the best part - Padmasadhana on the beach in shorts. What a feeling it was to feel the sand on arms, legs, stomach chest, face. Had never felt such intimacy with the earth, to some extent like a foreplay! With the rhythmic sound of the waves in the background the Hari Om meditation was magical. Man, how would it be doing Hollow-n-Empty on the beach?<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>More might follow in the next post :-)<br /><br><br /><br>Cheers<br /><br><br /><br>Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEASaleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-30996534154741413942012-05-29T02:59:00.000-07:002020-08-07T09:02:19.992-07:00Entrance of the Janjira Fort<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5TbxRgc-5GebIzh7eT1vitC1-dG14jJ3fYxnCnZkbYmMLL6BgjNdIqk7hXtNVT8c95CTm8AC23AMSJ9QXsrHPnVz0xa3PekZS1111YBCCwZnaEGODR9hXHBRsn13wYtHTzB_moM-fHujC/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDE2MjctMjAxMjA1MjktMTUyOC5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-786090"><img 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienA17swxoxi_NDfz1VWF-rl4-6XYJbGCVTPvX7Vu3RKuGE0qG00uavAaw6MwOc_BFPEs57aRoEgxVmi8MQVGTp9AvGAhPWv-jvQmXUPwfmhweuHTHQCMX4FuSegOYnXKU0GmeoY5WTHfl/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDE2MDAtMjAxMjA1MjktMDgxOS5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-714764"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienA17swxoxi_NDfz1VWF-rl4-6XYJbGCVTPvX7Vu3RKuGE0qG00uavAaw6MwOc_BFPEs57aRoEgxVmi8MQVGTp9AvGAhPWv-jvQmXUPwfmhweuHTHQCMX4FuSegOYnXKU0GmeoY5WTHfl/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDE2MDAtMjAxMjA1MjktMDgxOS5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-714764" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5747783430261737858" /></a></p>Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEASaleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-21874238120684118692012-05-28T12:02:00.000-07:002020-08-07T09:02:21.799-07:00Soothing evening Sun @ Murud beach<p class="mobile-photo"><a 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spent it in the physical presence of my Guru His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. It started with the RudraPuja with HIM and HE putting HIS garland around my neck...and a lot more expression of love followed in the rest of the day :-).<br /><br><br /><br>This year so far, the best Monday has been 28 May, that's yday! Started with Padmasadhana, then packing for the Murud trip and then Sudarshan Kriya followed by meditation on the Rudram.<br /><br><br /><br>Fast fwd....we reached Murud at 330pm, booked into a very modest resort on the beach. 5 of us, all boys...that made a lot of things easy..well you know what I mean ;-).<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>From 4pm till 9pm we were in shorts bare-chested either on the beach or in the water.<br /><br><br /><br>As you enter the water you are greeted by the small waves like playful kids running towards you. As you go deeper you meet the ruffians who literally rag you. One after other the huge waves were slapping our backs or stomachs or chests, many a time even stripping our pants!<br /><br><br /><br>But when you go even deeper, the romance with the sea begins. The wave gently hugs you and shyly passes away. You just jump to keep your head above the water and glide back down to land your feet.<br /><br><br /><br>Later we sat cross legged in the shallow water, which was just above the naval, occasionally reaching the chin, and chanted Om Namah Shivaya. The meditation that followed was a revelation of how much the five elements love us. The depression created by the receding sand beneath us, made the earth hold us as though not wanting to leave us. The water was gently rocking us back n forth as though playing mischievously throwing us off balance. The air was caressing our skin as though wanting to cool it as the fire in the Sun was warming us with its affection. And we were surrounded by space all over.<br /><br><br /><br>Bliss unbounded...:-)<br /><br><br /><br>And that's not it.<br /><br><br /><br>More later.<br /><br><br /><br>Cheers<br /><br>PS: about 200ft away from where I am lying down, the silvery waters are reflecting the half moon making a soft whisper. <br /><br>Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEASaleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-44595243026190870782012-02-26T23:29:00.000-08:002020-08-07T09:02:22.750-07:00When GOD Ditched me*Courtesy Puneet Dawar on BBM<br /><br><br /><br>Me: God, can I ask You a question?<br /><br><br /><br>God: Sure<br /><br><br /><br>Me: Promise You won't get mad<br /><br>... ... ... ...<br /><br>God: I promise<br /><br><br /><br>Me: Why did You let so much stuff happen to me today?<br /><br><br /><br>God: What do u mean?<br /><br><br /><br>Me: Well, I woke up late<br /><br><br /><br>God: Yes<br /><br><br /><br>Me: My car took forever to start<br /><br><br /><br>God: Okay<br /><br><br /><br>Me: at lunch they made my sandwich wrong & I had to wait<br /><br><br /><br>God: Huummm<br /><br><br /><br>Me: On the way home, my phone went DEAD, just as I picked up a call<br /><br><br /><br>God: All right<br /><br><br /><br>Me: And on top of it all off, when I got home ~I just want to soak my feet in my new foot massager & relax. BUT it wouldn't work!!! Nothing went right today! Why did You do that?<br /><br><br /><br>God: Let me see, the death angel was at your bed this morning & I had to send one<br /><br>of My Angels to battle him for your life. I let you sleep through that<br /><br><br /><br>Me (humbled): OH<br /><br><br /><br>GOD: I didn't let your car start because there was a drunk driver on your route that would have hit you if you were on the road.<br /><br><br /><br>Me: (ashamed)<br /><br><br /><br>God: The first person who made your sandwich today was sick & I didn't want you to catch what they have, I knew you couldn't afford to miss work.<br /><br><br /><br>Me (embarrassed):Okay<br /><br><br /><br>God: Your phone went dead bcuz the person that was calling was going to give false witness about what you said on that call, I didn't even let you talk to them so you would be covered.<br /><br><br /><br>Me (softly): I see God<br /><br><br /><br>God: Oh and that foot massager, it had a shortage that was going to throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn't think you wanted to be in the dark.<br /><br><br /><br>Me: I'm Sorry God<br /><br><br /><br>God: Don't be sorry, just learn to Trust Me.... in All things , the Good & the bad.<br /><br><br /><br>Me: I will trust You.<br /><br><br /><br>God: And don't doubt that My plan for your day is Always Better than your plan.<br /><br><br /><br>Me: I won't God. And let me just tell you God, Thank You for Everything today.<br /><br><br /><br>God: You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God and I Love looking after My Children.<br /><br><br /><br>:-)<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEASaleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-44654849659028057302012-02-10T11:06:00.000-08:002020-08-07T09:02:23.110-07:00Thoughts about Satsang<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><br />Satsang is that which kindles the trust. -- Sri Sri<br /><br />As literally understood, it is the company of truth.<br /><br />Satsang is the best companion to the destination. -- Sage Vaistha<br /><br /><br />So, apart from the above and music, sound and vibration, what crossed my mind, while pondering about what satsang means to me, I have penned down here.<br /><br /><br />Satsang ....<br /> is a game of communication.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Satsang ....</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> is a play of the 'Prana'.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Satsang ....</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> is influenced by the three 'Gunas'.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Satsang ....</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> is founded on devotion.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Satsang ....</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> runs on participation.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Satsang ....</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> is a cry of the soul.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Satsang ....</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> is the culmination of an intensely burning longing.</div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Satsang ....</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> is an act of letting go.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Satsang ....</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> is surrender, merging with the Infinite, dissolving in the Existence, union with the Divine.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Satsang ....</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> is realizing that 'I don't exist', 'only the Truth exists'.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Satsang ....</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> is becoming the 'Sat' - 'Truth'.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Satsang ....</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> is realizing that 'I am the Truth - SatChittAnand'</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>Shivohum, shivohum, shivohum, shivohum....</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>Amar atma Satchidanand main hun.</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">:-)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div>Saleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-41451047350712119972012-02-01T21:46:00.000-08:002020-08-07T09:02:23.468-07:00GI GR GD<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">What is Seva, Satsang and Sadhana?<br /><div>Its GI, GR & GD!</div><div><br /></div><div>Seva is a Grace Installer</div><div>When you do Seva, you earn merit. Seva is an expression of gratitude. When gratitude is expressed through good deeds, more grace flows; rather, you become more eligible to soak in the grace which is already flowing every moment.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHWil2ikgAFQ5c8UdI9QhcRYB7QQcR5R9-YUCN8lbWGIDT0TPXchC0P8iKIj2MR4qbRq2BnLhp0gxHXw03-5eqkLSzj5ObfMWvmiugTGzNv3KiPxSQEswZ71HSwpP5J743vj9ehKDPUmni/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHWil2ikgAFQ5c8UdI9QhcRYB7QQcR5R9-YUCN8lbWGIDT0TPXchC0P8iKIj2MR4qbRq2BnLhp0gxHXw03-5eqkLSzj5ObfMWvmiugTGzNv3KiPxSQEswZ71HSwpP5J743vj9ehKDPUmni/s1600/1.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span id="goog_141783002"></span><span id="goog_141783003"></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Satsang is a Grace Retainer</div><div>Satsang acts like a protective shell, an insulator, which does not allow the earned merit to dissipate through unwanted thoughts and deeds. Satsang is that which kindles the trust, thereby eliminating negative thoughts and doubts.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfz3pj1pCtdtHyLUxixcuAs8x8i_iyrYxLrO1MsKohisEVoKWLcKuoq3nijpsobH_5wGPoiltSYXDix0vNMqV9jgrOW9hNS5jYdktscdzFqIz8vZC5DWag24Xrf2R_e1f9BIjkwy_3ZPjE/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfz3pj1pCtdtHyLUxixcuAs8x8i_iyrYxLrO1MsKohisEVoKWLcKuoq3nijpsobH_5wGPoiltSYXDix0vNMqV9jgrOW9hNS5jYdktscdzFqIz8vZC5DWag24Xrf2R_e1f9BIjkwy_3ZPjE/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Sadhana is a Grace Distributor<br /><div>Sadhana increases the size of your cup, so that you can empower yourself with more sattva, which makes you strong enough to be able to distribute the grace through Seva. And seva deepens your sadhana.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGniyLryg9erBoUIe35_tdaAh-RM-JIETIvn2kSPwURUuNRyCa1iIl45f6oMj6R0XEqJNF3NMehV7Ph8M9VZvofOYist_COHHKK3A30_7AllK_C3pskVPZsbWW40YmyWOG4_Hj-_fgbme_/s1600/6.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGniyLryg9erBoUIe35_tdaAh-RM-JIETIvn2kSPwURUuNRyCa1iIl45f6oMj6R0XEqJNF3NMehV7Ph8M9VZvofOYist_COHHKK3A30_7AllK_C3pskVPZsbWW40YmyWOG4_Hj-_fgbme_/s320/6.gif" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div></div></div>Saleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-83296749342625883732012-01-16T06:00:00.000-08:002020-08-07T09:02:23.825-07:00MasterTip on Relationships<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><br />Such depth and clarity only Sri Sri can give.<br /><br /><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Q: Guruji, you have told us how to be in a relationship. Please tell us how to come out of the relationship.</b><br /><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> You have already come out of it! When you want to come out of it, it is already gone, it's already done! Isn't it? </span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Main thing is to relate yourself to the universe, to the Divinity. If you have a relationship with the Divine, you have a relationship with everyone. Then the question of establishing or breaking a relationship with anyone does not arise. In attempting to break also, one may get stuck badly. The more the mind tries to break away the more it gets pulled towards the relationship, and experiences pain. </span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">You neither want to stay nor leave. </span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">In leaving one feels as though some comfort is being lost, and in staying, the pain gets too intense and it is hard to stay on. So it is better to secure a relationship with the One. This way, relationships with everyone else is automatically established.</span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Q: Guruji, I am in love with a girl who wants me to prove my love to her by asking for expensive gifts. You had said that love is absolutely free, but this one turned out to be extremely expensive for me!</b><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> Come child, just learn the lesson! What love and friendship is, you will learn within a few days, as you grow older. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Maybe she is testing you to see how much you can sacrifice. Love does demand sacrifice. So maybe she wants to see how miserly or generous you are.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The true lover can never be greedy. A lover is joyful, peaceful, and generous. But that does not imply that you squander all you have. Use your discrimination.</span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">I was reading </span></span></span><a href="http://www.artofliving.org/in-en/what-sri-sri-said-today">http://www.artofliving.org/in-en/what-sri-sri-said-today</a> and thought I must enhance my blog, found the above answers just too good.</div><div style="text-align: auto;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: auto;">Cheers</div><div style="text-align: auto;"><br /></div></div>Saleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-10226720121701207202011-11-22T23:15:00.000-08:002020-08-07T09:02:24.188-07:00Lighter....n....lighter....n....lighter.......en LIGHT en ed!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did she talk? That definitely wasn't a talk. What was she doing? Did she do anything at all? Or was it just happening? Whatever was spoken was extracted from the consciousness, wrapped in the warmth of her heart and delivered with precision through her head. I was in awe of this perfect amalgamation of the three levels of communication [ref: Principles of Communication by H H Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji], head-2-head, heart-2-heart & soul-2-soul.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I came back with concepts in my head, either thrashed or rectified, heart filled with love and kindled with trust and the soul absolutely free.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How can someone, sitting so comfortably, with such ease and effortlessness, inspire others to take the effort to break out of their comfort zones! Note that my previous statement is punctuated by an exclamation and not a ? because I am in wonder!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The words were direct, there was nothing to read between the lines. However, there was a lot to feel and absorb between the lines. Like chocolate on the nut, her words were cocooned in the love that she is. When she was answering questions from the audience, I could sense the compassion that she felt for us, and like a mother who feeds her young one, she was serving us food for our souls and enbalming our hearts.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her take on 'Thinking v/s Doing' was brutally punitive. But there was a fatherliness in the loving way with which she encouraged us to take risks, she sounded like a messenger from God, reading out God's guarantee letter! Oh man, when she spoke about the Blueprint made by God for each one of us and how he makes us realize that, I had goosebumps.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="display: inline !important; float: none;">The way she explained about blame, with the example of the stain on the robe, made so many things clear all of a sudden. "When someone points to the stain on your robe, don't burn their finger, instead feel grateful that they made you realize there is a stain. And know for sure that the stain is on the fibre. The fibre is as it is, a little water and a little soap of knowledge will remove it."</span></span><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She was so emphatic about not being hard with ourselves. "Don't try to behave enlightened just because you got the highest knowledge overnight." </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Its ok, its ok, everything is ok." This was so reassuring.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Such authenticity, sincerity and genuineness can exude only from a being who has the first hand experience of what she is talking about. The pinnacle of love is devotion, says Sri Sri. When she explained her 'nu-nu-na-na' funda with those kisses and cuddles, I melted. My love for her transformed into 'Bhakti'. And am longing ever since.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The meditation that followed was as restful as a sleep of a century and it seemed as if the Master HIMself was sitting there.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was as though she was directing the music of our minds like in an orchestra with the conductor's wand, which I was realizing, as the session progressed, was a magic wand. The cobwebs in my intellect have been cleanly swept. Very subtly, she has repaired and fine tuned something inside. Not just years, but lifetimes of load seems to have been shed off the shoulders of my ego. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel 'mukt' [free], so light, so light, I feel EnLightened.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love you Rajshree.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pranams and gratitude.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div>Saleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558958761482997851.post-56930851428163023532011-11-15T09:39:00.000-08:002020-08-07T09:02:24.547-07:00Why should I know WHY?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Did Warren Buffet know what he was doing would make him the richest man in the world? Did Sachin Tendulkar know that what he was doing would make him get hailed as the God of cricket? Did Newton know that thinking about the apple would revolutionize the world of physics?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ75ASL74TRcR0mSmpdlLVnbxLngeEEU-7S7owWBGibWNkZJCxtaOiHynZrfR8ATFbHPxNFjXgmzaOys9GrOzT0uTv4Czh9NNO0fmK3rz2FIQRLetIgjv1FTqxVFpP5G07UF_ggUg5Li4v/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ75ASL74TRcR0mSmpdlLVnbxLngeEEU-7S7owWBGibWNkZJCxtaOiHynZrfR8ATFbHPxNFjXgmzaOys9GrOzT0uTv4Czh9NNO0fmK3rz2FIQRLetIgjv1FTqxVFpP5G07UF_ggUg5Li4v/s1600/images.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Most management and self development Gurus claim that one needs to set goals and rationally plan to achieve them. I would like to ask them, "Did their life work out as they had planned it?" Has your life taken the same direction you wanted or wished or intended or desired or dreamed or envisioned?<br /><br />Man made objects and programmed them with some system and made their behavior predictable. One can tell that the 9.55 slow local from Ghatkopar will definitely reach CST Mumbai by 10.30, of course, if nothing untoward happens. A stone if thrown in water will definitely reach the bottom. However, the laws of the body and the mind are completely different. And it amazes me to even begin to think as what would be the laws of the spirit? Or are there any?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_6gZ9UKkMlHh1c7s6YWdSo16BR5Nn_x2vEhonwDxgpGTYrwgnpuqDcbkDVFriexqtBRrUeI8fZE1psPOxOcroRWXzt1xMojocU-Bn4MGTe-ci-RvuIyVdz7MJohgL2bA1rtX4d_d5O43/s1600/a2744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_6gZ9UKkMlHh1c7s6YWdSo16BR5Nn_x2vEhonwDxgpGTYrwgnpuqDcbkDVFriexqtBRrUeI8fZE1psPOxOcroRWXzt1xMojocU-Bn4MGTe-ci-RvuIyVdz7MJohgL2bA1rtX4d_d5O43/s320/a2744.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Today scientists are talking about <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter" target="_blank">Dark Matter</a></i> which comprises more than 80% of the universe. The Rishis in India, said the same thing centuries ago. An invisible force [Adrishya Shakti] governs life. The unseen is at work, was what His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji once commented in a <i>Satsang</i>.<br /><br />If its my spirit that enlivens the matter in me and makes it function, if the unseen is making things work, if what is beyond the perceptible is almost 100 times of the known universe, if an invisible force governs most of my life, if Love moves the world, then any attempt to quantify, logically analyze, rationalize, plan is blasphemous!<br /><br />Its foolish, simply absurd, completely insane to let oneself be an illusion that one can comprehend by one's finite brain and the infinitesimal intelligence it contains, the infinite creation, and even be moronic enough to predict its movement. Its like wanting to count the stars in the sky with a handful of pebbles, its like wanting to hold the ocean in your palms, its like wanting to express to your beloved, in words, how much you exactly love him/her.<br /><br />If words can contain what you have experienced then, I must say, you are living a very shallow life! Life is beyond the realm of the senses. The infinite organizing power of the Divine Intelligence is beyond the domain of comprehensible existence. The mystery begins where logic ends. And its to be lived and wondered at, rather than questioned and understood.<br /><br />I am glad I don't know why I am doing what I am doing, and know equally well that I will never know it too.<br /><br />Any attempt to know is Ignorance,<br />jumping into the unknown is Faith,<br />dropping the knowing is Wisdom,<br />merging with the unknown is Love,<br />trusting that HE knows is Surrender,<br />experiencing that I am part of the unknown is Yoga,<br />realizing that the known and the unknown is one, is Enlightenment.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROhAefiQPR8EAuy5blgOdunGDJlVjlIwvWuDEwD8Q6LokHJD3B6tU74LFrxftQHpTs1tPt_kmoWOe6p2dFZeIYvhlqDnsyRqf4-tCTrEzQ2dIaxYWZl2cchPxxLOVM0fCMyLO6kNLn9aQ/s1600/Unknown-1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROhAefiQPR8EAuy5blgOdunGDJlVjlIwvWuDEwD8Q6LokHJD3B6tU74LFrxftQHpTs1tPt_kmoWOe6p2dFZeIYvhlqDnsyRqf4-tCTrEzQ2dIaxYWZl2cchPxxLOVM0fCMyLO6kNLn9aQ/s1600/Unknown-1" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />However, I don't know. ;-) Its a beautiful I DON'T KNOW.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Jai Gurudev<br /><br /><br /></div>Saleel Pulekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976311393821602837noreply@blogger.com13