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YogaVasistha Excerpts: Jan01-08
Agastya : Verily, birds are able to fly with their two wings; even so both work n knowledge together lead to th supreme goal of liberation. Valmiki: He is qualified to study this scripture, who feels 'I am bound, I should be liberated', who is neither totally ignorant nor emlightened. 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. Rama : 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. 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. 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 l...
AshramSnippets - 290813 - RadhaKunj
The way a person responds to the different stimuli he is exposed to, largely determines his growth. So this means, that the quality of stimuli, their diversity and intensity, definitely matter a lot. For example, when you are playing badminton against a tough opponent, there are better chances of improvement in the quality of your game as compared to playing against a weak opponent. Today while sitting in Radha Kunj and blankly gazing at the lake, its waters shimmering with the scattered reflection of the sun, as I was feeling the breeze caress my cheeks and hair, my mind went into a subtle ecstasy. The pandits were chanting and performing the Sudarshan Homa, sitting around the HavanKund, just overseeing the lake. People who were lucky enough to have reached there, had taken their best positions, were eagerly waiting for the Master's arrival, very few were in the present moment, the mind instead of being offer...
I got it
What I am is what I see; What I see is what I do; What I do is what I get; so finally... What I am is what I got! Got it? ;-) How futile is the struggle to achieve, because at the end of it you get what you already had, in fact, what you are. Aho Niranjano! Cheers :-)
You are at your best when you 'Rest'
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. How does this work? May be, Kena Upanishad can answer this question or Yoga Vasistha. The grace did the job of a catalyst, and I was simply an instrument and a witness. The grace did the job of an amplifier, and I was simply an instrumen...
Satsang with SriSri Fri 8th June 2012
As I walked by the Ganga kutir, on my way to Yagyashala for satsang I came to know that Guruji is not in the ashram and will come late to the satsang. Like a over-ripe fruit drops from the tree my enthusiasm went down in a moment. 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. Was this prana going down first and then up or was it just an emotion or a past pattern or something else? Cheers Saleel Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEA
Full Moon Satsang @ Ashram with SriSri
As 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. 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. 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. When HE opened his eyes it felt like mother nature had opened the doors of its warm heart to welcome all of us in. HE conducted the Full Moon Meditation, it was very short, I wondered why? But when HE asked us the crowd, "did you...
Murud Monday...contd
The 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. 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. 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 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!!! Now I don't know whether the credit goes to 15 years of Sudarshan Kriya and Padmasadhana or it was a mischief...
Murud Monday
My best Monday of year 2011 was my birthday 16 May, as I 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 :-). 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. 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 ;-). From 4pm till 9pm we were in shorts bare-chested either on the beach or in the water. 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 ...
When GOD Ditched me
*Courtesy Puneet Dawar on BBM Me: God, can I ask You a question? God: Sure Me: Promise You won't get mad ... ... ... ... God: I promise Me: Why did You let so much stuff happen to me today? God: What do u mean? Me: Well, I woke up late God: Yes Me: My car took forever to start God: Okay Me: at lunch they made my sandwich wrong & I had to wait God: Huummm Me: On the way home, my phone went DEAD, just as I picked up a call God: All right 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? God: Let me see, the death angel was at your bed this morning & I had to send one of My Angels to battle him for your life. I let you sleep through that Me (humbled): OH 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. Me: (ashamed) God: The first person who made your sandwi...