Saleel Pulekar

10 pm Sat, 28 Feb' 09 Its the last evening before the THE MARCH - Against Corruption & Terrorism, 2 pm Sunday, 1st Mar'09, Parliament Street, Delhi. I was figuring out a good method of SMSing a few thousand people database that we now have, as registered entries for the event tomorrow. I called up Shiv, a good friend of mine, who works for Sumeru Software and is an Art Excel teacher in Bangalore, to find out some options. He didnt answer my call, and I realised, the bugger must be enjoying satsang in the ashram with Guruji. My work was important and urgent, and so I was disappointed that Shiv was in satsang when I needed his help. Very soon Shiv called back. Even before discussing work, I first asked him what did Guruji say? Shiv said he was in satsang for just 10 min. Guruji had returned from a function in the city to felicitate octogenerians and nonagenarians. A 95 year old man gave a speech in a clear strong voice. Another 87 year old person spoke and so on...All thes...

We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. We make a Living by what we get. We make a Life by what we give. God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

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Excerpts from Guruji's Valentine's day message (Kolkata Feb 14th, 2009): "Make God your Valentine. You will never be ditched, deceived or deprived.” The world is so distraught because of the absence of love. Even if there is love, the problem exists. Because, there is wrong expression of it. Love without wisdom (gyan) can also bring trouble. If love comes with wisdom, there will be joy, satisfaction and benediction. ||Jai Gurudev||

Happiness keeps you sweet, Trials make you strong. Sorrow keeps you human, Failures make you humble. Success keeps you glowing, but only Faith & Attitude Keep you going... And what can faith and attitude do to you...? Well, it did a lot to Obama. Obama, 21 years ago in his grandmas place: and his chair today: Now that's inspiring!

I missed a date with the divine Rishi Vidyadharji. I am a fan of his discipline, clarity and ease. He is awesome. To get a taste of what I missed, see ' Rishi Vidyadharji - Uthte Baithte '

I still remember the first few times I went to satsang, after completing my first Art of Living course in Nov'97; my teacher (Dinesh Nair) would nudge and coax me to sing and clap. Then I would start singing and clapping, as though I was being punished, out of an obligation towards my teacher, I would participate and get thoroughly bored and shocked at the same time, looking at other people sway to their own singing, which was out of key and rhythm and very far from being melodious. And today, for me, satsang is an inseparable part of not just my life, but of my very existence. Its too profound for words to describe. This and the next few posts in the series titled 'The Magic of Satsang' I will be attempting to translate and convey my understanding and experiences of Satsang. Less than one hour ago, I read what the great Sage Vasistha had to say about satsang, in his dialogue with Lord Sri Rama, popularly known as 'The Yoga Vasistha'. Excerpted from pg 30 of 'Th...

We were campaigning for YES!+ in IIT Delhi. Around 5 pm we took a break, sat to have maggi and biscuits at a Nescafe joint. And grace manifested as a spontaneous musical message. Of course its a very old famous Bollywood number (originally sung by Kishore Kumar), but the adaptation turned out just perfect! Watch it here: JHUMROO TALKS Cheers Saleel

Pl check One line SHLOKA to get centered Love, Jai Gurudev Saleel