Rishi Nityapragya - What is Karma?

Guruji on Criticism

Guruji on Criticism


How to Deal with Criticism?

You know welcome criticism, why you are afraid of criticism.Criticism shows your strength.If you want to know how much mature you are it depends on when someone criticises you, how you take it.There may be many psychopaths who may not criticise at all, who may keep things in their heart.One who criticizes are very authentic, whatever in their heart they are pouring out.There are two case; One is either they are narrowminded then they critize you out of their ignorance in which case you have to be compassionate or they really want to bring something good in you.So when they critize you they are making you realize your mistake so thatey are so compassionate that you can improve from their criticism.


They are very brave, they have taken a bold step.If their criticism is coming from a space of improving you, thank them.If it is coming from a space of putting you down just laugh at them.In either case you don't have to worry about criticism. You should be strong enough to give and take criticism.This shows real educated person. An educated person will not shy away from criticism nor will he be afraid of criticism.

There is one saying of Kabir he says, 'Keep those who blame you close by, they keep your mind clean without soap and water'. So always have some people who criticize you somewhere around the corner with you, its good!

So Sweet Sri Sri - Part 5: Guru Paduka Stotram (with subtitles)

What Sri Sri Said June 28th 2002 Chicago, USA Public Talk, Q+A

GURU V/S TEACHER

A teacher takes responsibility of your growth
A Guru makes you responsible for your growth

A teacher gives you things you do not have and require
A Guru takes away things you have and do not require

A teacher answers your questions
A Guru questions your answers

A teacher helps you get out of the maze
A Guru destroys the maze

A teacher requires obedience and discipline from the pupil
A Guru requires trust and humility from the pupil

A teacher clothes you and prepares you for the outer journey
A Guru strips you naked and prepares you for the inner journey

A teacher is a guide on the path
A Guru is a pointer to the way







A teacher sends you on the road to success
A Guru sends you on the road to freedom

A teacher explains the world and its nature to you
A Guru explains yourself and your nature to you

A teacher makes you understand how to move about in the world
A Guru shows you where you stand in relation to the world

A teacher gives you knowledge and boosts your ego
A Guru takes away your knowledge and punctures your ego

A teacher instructs you
A Guru constructs you

A teacher sharpens your mind
A Guru opens your mind

A teacher shows you the way to prosperity
A Guru shows the way to serenity

A teacher reaches your mind
A Guru touches your soul

A teacher gives you knowledge
A Guru makes you wise

A teacher gives you maturity
A Guru returns you to innocence

A teacher instructs you on how to solve problems
A Guru shows you how to resolve issues

A teacher is a systematic thinker
A Guru is a lateral thinker

A teacher will punish you with a stick
A Guru will punish you with compassion

A teacher is to pupil what a father is to son
A Guru is to pupil what mother is to her child

One can always find a teacher
But a Guru has to find and accept you

A teacher leads you by the hand
A Guru leads you by example

When a teacher finishes with you,
you graduate
When a Guru finishes with you,
you celebrate

When the course is over you are thankful to the teacher
When the discourse is over you are grateful to the Guru

TOP OF THE WORLD

Such a feeling comin over me
There is wonder in most everything I see
Not a cloud in the sky got the sun in my eyes
And I won’t be surprised if it’s a dream

Everything I want the world to be
Is now coming true especially for me
And the reason is clear
Its because your are here
You’re the nerest thing to heaven that ive seen

I am on the top of the world looking down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that ive found ever since uve been around
Your love’s put me on the top of the world.

Something in the wind has learned my name
And its telling that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There’s a pleasing sense of happiness for me

There is only one wish on my mind
When this day is through I hope that I will find
That tomorrow will be just the same for u and me
All I need will be mine if your are here!

Shabdo Ke jungle me Tu Kyu Fasa Hai re?

Chitra Roy - Ek Pal Tero Charan Smaran

Ashtalakshmi 1

The first form of Lakshmi is Adi Lakshmi i.e. Knowledge of the Self. How many years have you been alive so far think about it,how many years of your life have passed so for 30yrs-40yrs-50yrs, how many more yrs are you going to be here on this planet. But have you ever paused and thought where did I come formm where am I going to go, what is my source.Knowledge of your source is Adilakshmi.If you notice the entire basic course revolves around the ashtlakshmi.

Adilakshmi only comes to the seekers. Now look how many seekers are there on this planet right now .How many people out of 6 and half billion are actually interested in knowing the purpose of life. In some forms everyone has these ashtalakshmi’s but the degree varies from person to person.To enhance this Adilakshmi in our life.

For those who are on this path your journey has already began you just have to follow it through. Spending time with knowledge gives rise to adilakshmi.Spending time with your personal sadhana or your personal practices gives rise to Adilakshmi.We all want to be knowledgeable but yet we do not want to spend time with what gives us knowledge, isn’t it. Everyone is eager to give our pearls of wisdom wherever we can yet we have never taken some time to go deep within us and enhance that sampatthi that wealth within us.

So first and foremost is Adilakshmi does not come to everyone also…only a handful will get it and here right now you already have it if not you would not have made it this far also, it is not possible.So you can pat your back…well done.

Knowledge of the self …what can we do to know ourself more.Doing more of your spiritual practices, everyday spending a little time with some knowledge.Guruji has given so much of knowledge isn’t it.You can name, anything you want to know it is available. Nachiketa who was blessed with the wisdom of death he spend several years following the lord of death to receive this knowledge and Sri Sri comes and just gives it to you in the book Wisdom for the new Millenium in the topics- ‘Death & Beyond and Karma & Reincarnation’.

What took Nachiketa several years following Yama to recive a knowledge is given to us just like that yet we have never taken time to go deep into this knowledge.What adilakshmi does is takes away the fear of life & death.The more you enhance adi lakshmi in life the more fear goes away from you.Have you noticed many of us have fear of death, fear of losses, that fear goes away. Those who have adilakshmi they will radiate with smile, they will be so free and happy in the moment.Lack of adi lakshmi is what brings fear in your life.


The more we attend to this wealth of knowledge about the self the more we will be away from the fear of life, the more we are free and we can live and enjoy our life also. Fear and anxiety hampers the progress of your life. By enhancing this wealth in our life we attain that fearless state of mind as well. So spending a little time everyday reading some knowledge, some meditation everyday, do whatever connects you to the self.What can give you the knowledge of the self is the self alone. The more we associate ourselves with the self; more the knowledge of the self arises also.


Now look at our life, how much are we caught in the external environment that sometimes we completely loose the touch with ourself so caught up in the external of our life.That is when fear and anxiety comes also.The moement you shun that outside,come back to your self you meditate sometieme.You come out of Sudarshanakriya what happens, a complete state of fearlessness isn’t it just calm and everything is still inside you.Adi lakshmi is awakened in that state:)

Diwali & Ashtalakshmi ....Intro

Diwali is another wonderful occasion to be grateful to the Master for all that life has to offer.Diwali is a festival of lights.We celebrate the triumph of good over the evil.Its significance is laid out in the sanskrit verse 'Asatoma Sadgamaya Tamasoma JyotirGamaya, Mrityorma AmritamGamaya Om Shanti Sahnti Shanti!. Which means lead us from falsehood to truth, from darkness to light, from death to immortality.This is a time for celebration and contemplation.When we remember those who are less fortunate.Those who may not be eating as heartily or celebrating as festively.Share the blessings that you enjoy this Diwali.


D-DEVOTION
I-INTENSITY
W-WONDER
A-AWARENESS
L-LOVE
I-INTUTION

I was browsing through the you tube videos yesterday for i wanted to know about Ashtalakshmi and guess what. I came across an absolutely fantastic series of videos by Dushyant Savadia who is an International Art of Living Faculty.

Snippets of the Video....Enjoy!Ashtalakshmi by Gurudev in the words of a Devotee...








It’s a very sacred and a hidden knowledge and this knowledge was revealed by Guruji many years ago and somehow it is not spread to man y people because the more it is sacred the more it is secret and today millions of people the fortunate few are able to receive the knowledge at the right time. Guruji has been an embodiment of this knowledge very rare to be found on this planet. As an instrument I am sharing this.

Lets understand what is Lakshmi first. Within India itself there are so many different religions, within Hinduism and Jainism there are so many castes and sects but regardless every culture prays to Lakshmi.In westernized format Lakshmi is prayed in different ways.In Sanskrit Lakshya means the goal. Lakshmi means the one which assists you to go to your goal.The one which carries you to the goal. Lakshmi has 8 forms.8 forms by which one can reach to the goal.



Goal is Narayana or the self or conciousness.Ashtalakshmi is the 8 ways to reach to the goal.8 mediums of reaching to the divine.And that is why in India also in the Hindu religion Lakshmi is always placed at the feet of Narayana because if you have Lakshmi, Narayana also comes with it and if you follow Narayana Lakshmi has no choice but to be there also. Whichever is easier?


To reach Narayana is sometimes difficult to automatically go into consciousness’ and meditate and reach to the self so we take support of Lakshmi to reach to the self. So what are these 8 forms.....

Learning Malayalam....

Hey I have started to read and write Malayalam.Today was my first lesson. I have learnt the first alphabet "AA" in Malayalam.Malayalam is my Mother Tongue. It is a member of the Dravidian family of Languages. Malayalam alphabet Malayalam
Origin


Malayalam first appeared in writing in the vazhappalli inscription which dates from about 830 AD. In the early thirteenth century the Malayalam script began to develop from a script known as vattezhuthu (round writing), a descendant of the Brahmi script. Malayalam is also regularly written with a version of the Arabic script by Muslims in Singapore and Malaysia, and occasionally by Muslims in Kerala.


Malayalam, a Dravidian language with about 35 million speakers. It is spoken mainly in the south west of India, particularly in Kerala, the Laccadive Islands and neighboring states, and also in Bahrain, Fiji, Israel, Malaysia, Qatar, Singapore, UAE and the UK.





When we start to study a language, first we have to learn to write and pronounce the alphabets. After that, we have to study to write and practice different words which include those alphabets.It really feels like ive become a child all over again ..back to school. ....wow!

Now i will be practicing it everyday and one day before my next visit to Kerala i can confidently read the names of different areas in Kerala on the bus name plate without help? Now i am sure that would be really an achievement, isn't it:)

By the way MALAYALAM is the only language which can be pronounced in the same way, whether you read it from left to right or rihgt to left ....cool na!

Guruji’s Diwlali Message during Dhanteras in Rajkot Gujrat

There are different kinds of prosperity not just of wealth(Samruddhi). Some people have lots of money but they are always unhappy. Take a Sankalpa and pray for the happiness of everyone.That’s the real wealth.Air, Earth and Time are also wealth. Utilize this wealth of Time properly.Gyan ka Dhan. One who relishes the wealth of knowledge he can reach the divine.Havan Se Samruddhi Hote Hain.

Sabke Man Mein Prasannatha Jaag Uthathe Hai.Prasing the divine forces through yagyas and Dana- sharing.Sabka Sanman Karte Karte Atma Mein Vishram Karna Dhyan Hain. Guruji then spoke about Bramhanaad where 1200 Sitarists performed on one platform and Antarnaad where 2700 Hindustani Classical Vocalists performed in the presence of Poojya Gurudev. Guruji said that it has now become his habit to make the Impossible …Possible

Guruji was praising the land of Gujrat and said the “Shuddha Shakahare Bhojan Gujrat Ka Garv Hai’-Pure vegetarian food is the pride of Gujrat. Guruji spoke about Annabramha which was conducted in Ahmedabad on 2nd Nov wherein 5000 varieties of food were cooked and served to underpriviliged children.

Guruji then said the million dollar statement which made crowd go spellbound. He said “ Tum Apne Aap Paap Se Mukth Nahin Ho Sakte Mein Tuhe Tumhare Paap Se Mukth Karne Ki Jemedari Leta Hoon. Apne Karma aur Dharma Dono Ko Samarpeth Kar Do” Just surrender all you desires and just know that God knows whatever you need.

Guruji then spoke about a doctor in China who had 7 diseases.He used to consume 500gms of medicines every single day. He started taking long walks in the garden and chanting ‘OM’ everyday .In just one year he was cured from all his ailments completely. It was absolutely miraculous.

Guruji said the ‘Instead of saying Oh! Out of sorrow say ‘OM’!:) Ek Tatva Ka Abhyas Karon. Isse Sabhe Badhayen Door Ho Sakten Hain. Gaan, Gyaan, Dhyan Aur Daan karma jaroore hain. Zindagi Ke Har Kshtra mein Safaltha Prapth Hoge.Narayan Ko Pakdo Tho Lakshmi Tho Aayege Hee!

VINODJI'S GYAN......WOW

The 4 A Formula

Awareness of what’s going on in my mind when I am exposed to a situation. What is that situation doing to my mind. Why am I irritated or what in me is the irritation. What is then trigger and drive in me to act perhaps in confrontation, perhaps in agreement with the situation. This comes through an evolved state of awareness.


Alertness: I am surrounded with changes and change is inevitable it continues to happen. My wisdom will allow me to be alert to the changes. To infer from the changes, to derive from the cause of the change and what things have changed to. And if I am not alert that things have changed around me then I cannot choose to adapt.

I need to enhance my Awareness Alertness and Adaptability. The fourth of A is my attitude. Most of the time if my focus is on things that are not in my favour I generate stress perhaps even resistances, frustrations and inhibitions because im not able to change. So the attitude needs to be attended to. Sometimes how much ever I am alert and I am driven to change the situation around me the situation does not change most of the time or the environment remains static or I am not moving along with the change.

So there is a mismatch between what is going on within me and the environment around me. Now I need to change my attitude. When my attitude is in agreement with the inevitable happening through me, when my attitude is calm and is to give in then most of the time I find that the environment has changed to my favour. For example: I decided to leave home at 10 am but then the bus did not come at that time but because I was not bowed by that situation and I changed my attitude.


So though there was delay in the bus for half an hour there was another announcement that the bus is coming in 10min.So many times people are attempting to change the environment and the situation without attending to their attitude.The secre is that you attend to your attitude and the situation and the environment will change in your favor.



Functionally we have some roles but unfortunately we start thinking that our role is our identity. And if I start believing that the role that I play is my only identity and then when the role changes because change is inevitable. The roles around me keep changing and I will be expected to play various roles that’s going to be a demand that comes on me to skip from role to role and various job descriptions. Few of them may not be even told to me I may have to infed myself


But if I am too rigidly attached to the role that I am playing then my flexibility is at minimum.Then I cannot slip in and out of any role with ease.So the state of readiness of my mind to slip in and out of various roles that inevitably is going to be bestowed upon me and when my state of readiness to move through various roles is nill then I experience stress. And when I am under stress and the roles have changed then my expressions becomes out of irritability, annoyance, unsteadiness or even destabilized mindset Such an expression further disharmonizes my environment in other words I will have a disharmonized environment for me to live in

So my caution should be thjat I should be able to create a cordial ambience around me so its good for me to live in. Not everything can become planned and prepared. Many things I may have to leave it to uncertainities.What is the state of my mind and what is the risk quotient that I can move through uncertainties with a Smile. Currently because of stress or because of conditioning of the mind perhaps my focus is on the impossibilities.


I need to graduate out of this and arrive at a mindset which gives me a vision of the possibilities and not restrict me or limit me to impossibilities. I am becoming spontaneous because I am seeing possibilities and I have agreed to move through uncertainties.

With this formula in place I can be a source of encouragement to others.So if I connect to my energy and enthusiasm I can become a source of encouragement to other people also. And if that is the case then I am a source of inspiration to people. If I am an inspiration to people the listeners are there, if the listeners get solace, comfort and relief from the state that they are in, but if somebody comes to you and they do not get relief, solace and comfort in your presence, instead they get agitated in your presence then you cannot be an inspiration.


To be an inspiration also you need to enhance your credibility in the eyes of your listener. The listener is going to decide how credible you are to decide wether you are a reliable person and a dependable person. So my objective is that I need to inspire other people by encouraging them. My listenr in their assessment of dependabilitiy, credibility and reliability on me they must assess in my favour. For this I need to connect with my enthusiasm and energy.For that I need to get spontaneous and for that I must have confidence to move through uncertainties. This formula in place it works well. Most of the tiem we prepare and plan in order to eliminate uncertainties. The irony is that you cannot always eliminate all the uncertainties. I formulate it as UPS- Uninterrupted Power Supply.

Uncertainity-Possibility-Spontaneity

Life.....

Life with a Guru
Is so full of beauty and truth
Every moment is so precious and graceful
Every relationship becomes all the more interesting
Every opportunity is absolutely enthralling

Life is like a fruit salad
So simple, so interesting and yet so colorful
Sometimes its like a Dance and at times like a melodious Song
With all its challenges and paradoxes
Life is still like a climax scene of a movie that I wait with eager, enthusiasm and a smile to encounter.

Life is really like a movie
With romance, comedy, melodrama and tragedy
But with Sri Sri in my life
Its no less than Shakespeares Othello, As u like or Macbeth!

Life with a Guru
Highlights the key words even in Oxford Dictionary
Awareness Belongingness Commitment & Devotion
Freedom Gratitude Happiness Intution
Joy Konnection Love Meditation
Novelty Optimism Patience
Quick Reverence Smile
Trust Unique Victory
Wonder Xmas yahoo Zeal

Kerala Journey.....

Jai Gurudeva Guys!

I am here in God's own country, the wonderful lush green lands of Kerala.I came to Kerala with a vision of creating an awareness about the Yes!+ courses. I am staying in Fort Cochin and the environment over here is mind blowing. Life has been pretty interesting in Kerala. I was reminded about the beautiful Indian culture that we all need to be proud of.

It's been real fun interacting with the Malu guys and girls of Ernakulam educating them about the importance of meditation. It's definitely been a challenging journey till date but an absolutely valuable learning experience. Guruji would put me through all those roller coaster rides wherein i did not have much of choice but to live the knowledge if i had to save my mind. Opposite values indeed were complimentary in the true sense of term. Accepting people and situtations as they are and then taking the right action was required every moment. Not becoming a football of other people's opinion, not seeing intention behind other people's mistakes and realizing that present moment is inevitable. Every knowledge point cam as breathing reality right in front of me. WOW! Now that's what i call a perfect Guru who sets the stage of your life, clearly defines the characters explicityly and gives you the skills to play the games of life .

Sadhana, Seva, Satsang & Knowledge are the only solace for you in such situations. I have realized the value of being on this path and the value of having a Master in your life all the more.I love u Guruji!:)

Jai Gurudeva




Guru Ki Mahema Koi Na Jane Na Koi Pandi Na Hi Sayane
Ek hi Satya Guru Kripa
Ek hi lakshya Guru Charana Guru Charna
Ek hi Bhakti Guru Bhakti
Ek hi Gyan Atma Gyan


The ways of the Master are unfathomable. It is amazing to watch and learn how beautifully and skillfully our beloved Gurudev has handled this whole situation including the media on the pretext of assassination of terror attack bid on him. If you look at the past terror attacks like for example; the one that happened in West Bengal people have lost their lives.

It was only because of the high sattvic energy in the ashram environment this whole negative occurrence got nullified immediately. Guruji re-emphasized on the fact that to eliminate the root cause of rising terrorism around the world the only solution is Sadhana, Seva & Satsang in every house.

To bring peace to the world as a devotee we need to reach out to more and more people to get them on this path of meditation and knowledge, then this world will become a better place to live. Guruji assured us that there is a Suraksha Ka Kavach that we all are carrying with us.

I am proud to have such an amazing Guru in my life and I promise Guruji that I will we will make his vision of a stress free & violence free society a breathing reality.

ALL ? OF UR LIFE TURN INTO !





How do we handle the Mind?
Ans: When you throw a small pebble ina pond it creates a few ripples, in a bucket of water maybe some water splashes out, in a lake a few more ripples may arise, but in a river or ocean if yoiu throw a pebble, it goes unnoticed.Smiliarly situations will arise in your life in the form of a pebble.Now its up to you as to how you train your mind.Tapas can make your mind stronger i.e the willingness to go through discomfort.


Guruji, I like this path of Spirituality, Sadana, Seva in the Satsang, but sometimes I get bored. Is it alright to get mischievious at times?

Guruji: Yes, yes, but not at someone’s cost . You know when you are happy, small things can make you laugh, that is when your mind is stress free. If your mind is stressed you cannot laugh even to a big joke. When I go to retreat programmes. And if I am going up and down in the lift, and in the Lift sometimes people come with me in the lift and they just simply start laughing.


Guruji, Man is intelligent, but why animals lead a more healthy life? They do not suffer diseases and they are in harmony?
Guruji : You want to go back to animals!?!?! ?(Laughter) , but you are correct. Animals don’t go to the restaurant in the middle of the night and eat fast foods. Animals sleep at the right time and gets up at the right time.

They go for prey every day. They don’t store like man does. Mankind is exploiting nature so much. You know in Bangalore, we grew up with so many sparrows It is almost disappearing now.
(Someone from the crowd): But Guruji, ashram has sparrows.

Guruji: yes, yes, Ashram has sparrows, peacocks, elephants, rabbits;

Someone prompts from the crowd: Guruji, monkeys also.

What is success?
Guruji: Success follows ability; ability comes when you have skill. And skill comes when you are quite. Real success is when you have smile, and no one can take that from you.

Q: What motivate someone to take decision?
Guruji: It is different in different cases, sometimes it is just a smile.

Q: Guruji, what should we focus on commitment towards family or seva.
Guruji: Commitment towards the family is the first thing.

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A zebra is white with black stripes.
All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.
Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.
The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.

The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".
The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.
India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.

Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.

Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias !!
It is impossible to lick your elbow. ( We know you gonna try this !!! )
A snail can sleep for 3 years. ( wow, lucky chap eh ? )

The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.
In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.


Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.
Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Say no evil
55 per cent of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn. Reading about yawning makes most people yawn. hello, zzzzz zzzz ?

TULSI-MOTHER OF ALL PLANTS

TULSI STRENGTHENS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

Tulsi is a rich anti-oxidant and is widely known for its anti-ageing properties and the immunity it offers against diseases. Tulsi is revered by Hindus who considered it to be a Goddess in the form of a plan.

In a religious tale, Lord Krishna was being weighed in gold and no amount of it could tilt the scales.The scales tipped only when a tulsi leaf was placed on the other pan with love and devotion.

The healing powers of the herb are considered to be legendary.A concoction of herbal tea is incomplete without Tulsi.Tulsi is a prime ingredient of culinary pastes and masalas.Tulsi plays a vital role in Ayurvedic Unani systems of medicines.

SAGAR MEIN EK LEHER UTHE TERE NAAM KI....

Hey Guys!



Today is my beloved Gurudev’s B’day. Very few people are blessed to get an opportunity to experience and enjoy the B’day of the Guru; the Divine.Guru’s b’day means the Devotee’s B’day. A devotee is a reflection of the Master. A Master like Poojya Sri Sri Ravi Shankar made his royal entry on the 13th May, 1956 i.e. ‘Tera Mein’. It’s amazing that Guruji’s birth date also implies and reflects a sense of belongingness. Some people may think that wow! What a coincidence. Well! , I believe it’s a pretty natural thing. Guruji was born in Papanasam in a small hometown in Tamilnadu.

And the main purpose of his birth is precisely the same, to eliminate sin from the life of mankind. Guruji was a miracle boy right from childhood. At the age of 4 he recited the entire Bhagavad Gita by heart and took everybody by surprise. He used to say when he was young, ‘The whole world is my family, and i.e. he believed in Vasudeva Kutumbakkam’.

Guruji’s vision is to bring a Smile in the face of every human being. As a devotee let’s take responsibility to make his vision a breathing reality by inspiring more and more people to walk the path and experience the unique gift bestowed by Gurudev to humankind: ‘The Sudarshankriya”. Guruji always says; “Ask yourself, what is the purpose of life? “Am I here only to make money, eat, and sleep, for fame, power, position & authority?

Guruji say’s “Broaden your vision & Deepen Your Roots. On the auspicious occasion of Guruji’s B’day lets all take a Sankalpa of joining hands with the vision of the Master so as to make a stress free, violence free, a happy & peaceful society.

NATURALNESS IS THE BEST

When a GIRL lays on your chest .. she is wishing for you to be hers forever.








When a GIRL wants to see you everyday... she wants to be pampered.




When a GIRL says ' I miss you ' .... no one in this world can miss you more than
that.






Life only comes around once make sure u spend it with the right person ....






Find a guy .. who calls you beautiful instead of hot.
who calls you back when you hang up on him.
who will stay awake just to watch you sleep. Wait for the guy who ... kisses
your forehead.







Who wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats.
Who holds your hand in front of his friends.





Who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares about you and how lucky he is to have you.
Who turns to his friends and says, ' That's her!!






BE NATURAL IN YOUR MOST INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP

Girls Pretty Girls

When a GIRL is quiet ... millions of things are running in her mind.






When a GIRL is not arguing ... she is thinking deeply.







When a GIRL looks at u with eyes full of questions ... she is wondering how
long you will be around.






When a GIRL answers ' I'm fine ' after a few seconds ... she is not at all
fine.





When a GIRL stares at you she is wondering why you are lying.

Humor is Vital Catalyst of Life

Dear Mr Bill Gates

This letter is from Banta Singh from Punjab . We have bought a computer for our home and we found problems, which I want to bring to your
notice.


After connecting to internet we planned to open e-mail account and whenever we fill the form in Hotmail in the password column, only ****** appears, but in the rest of the fields whatever we typed appears, but we face this problem only in password field. We checked with hardware vendor Santa Singh and he said that there is no problem in
keyboard.

Because of this we open the e-mail account with password *****. I request you to check this as we ourselves do not know what the password is.

There is a button 'start' but there is no "stop" button. We request you to check this.

We find there is 'Run' in the menu. One of my friends clicked 'run ' has ran upto Amritsar ! So, we request you to change that to "sit", so that we can click that by sitting.

One doubt is that any 're-scooter' available in system? As I find only 're-cycle', but I own a scooter at my home.

There is 'Find' button but it is not working properly. My wife lost the door key and we tried a lot for tracing the key with this ' find', but unable to trace. Is it a bug??

Please confirm when u are going to give me money for winning 'HEARTS' (playing cards in games) and when are u coming to my home to collect your money.

My child learnt 'Microsoft word' now he wants to learn 'Microsoft sentence', so when you will provide that?

I brought computer, cpu, mouse and keypad lekhin there is only one icon with 'MY Computer', remaining ka kya huwa?

Aur ye to kamal hai, windows says 'MY Pictures' lekhin there is not even single photo of mine, So when you will keep my photo in that..

There is 'MICROSOFT OFFICE' what about 'MICROSOFT HOME' since I use the PC at home only.

From:
Banta Singh,
Punjab

Moral of the Story

Success is the buzz word among youth nowadays. What is success? It is ignorance of your capabilities. You have set a limitation on yourself and whenever you cross that limitation or boundary you claim success. Success is ignorance of the power of yourself because you assume you can do only that much.
Every achievement takes you to a state of pride. Actually you should feel sorry about it because you do not know that you can do much more than what you are proud of. Surrender both success and failure to the divine.

FORMULA FOR REAL SUCCESS = Committed to Your Work + Comfortable with Yourself. Sadhana, Seva, Satsang & Knowledge can aid you towards real success.

SUCESS STORY.....CONTINUES

Comfort is based on commitment. Other people’s commitment brings comfort to you. For eg: The milkman’s commitment to bring you milk gives you the comfort of being able to have a cup of tea in the morning. Similarly, commitment should bring comfort to everyone else. Sometimes people say, oh I am stuck with the commitment so I am unhappy. Now don’t think every commitment will be smooth from the beginning. If you are committed to be a good volunteer, devotee or teacher there is bound to be some rough time in between.

Role of Commitment
Commitment can take you across all obstacles, the greater the commitment, greater the achievement. The more committed you are, the more your capacity and capability to do any work. It gives you an opportunity to go beyond your comfort zone. Your commitment has to be more than what you think you can do. Commitment is about stretching your capabilities. Commitment is the way to success.

THE REAL SUCCESS FORMULA BY GURUJI!

Jai Gurudeva Guys!

I read a very interesting article written by Guruji on the Real Success.


Why do you need money. Because you want comfort.What you are looking for in life is comfort. Any need in any direction boils down to one word comfort. Where is comfort, is it in the body or in the mind.It is in a combination of both. Sometimes when the body is not comfortable, the mind is also not comfortable and vice versa. More than the body the comfort of the mind is more important.

The mind is three times more powerful than the body, so mental comfort is three times more powerful than physical comfort. There are 3 types of comfort: Physical Comfort, Mental Comfort & Spiritual Comfort. If you are sitting on the grass you would prefer a cushion. A comfortable mind is more important than a comfortable home and bed. You have everything, but if someone close to you doesn’t speak to you or does something that hurts you, then your emotional comfort is gone. Comfort of the soul, total peace uninterrupted flow of peace and joy from within. Comfort means being at ease with yourself.

Feelings

Guruji says feelings are like flowers, however they are not like artificial flowers that will stay forever they are like real flowers. We all experience different kinds of feelings and emotions day in and day out. Sometimes we feel happy, sometimes unhappy; there are moments when we feel extremely enthusiastic about life and confident to take up every challenge that comes are way while there are also moments when we fell a sense of fear, insecurity and uncertainity around us. But then the Guru’s knowledge comes to our rescue.

Guruji says, ‘We behave as though we are a slave of our feelings. What’s the big deal about our feelings . They are like passing clouds. Living one’s life on the basis of feelings is foolishness. But does that mean that we should not have feelings….not at all It is feelings that make us sensitive to life, to your ownself and to others around you. So then what to do? Hmmm…… Just surrender all your feelings to the Divine. He can take care of them for you much better than you! Isn’t it!

Revolution on its way....

Hey Guys Jai Gurudeva!

Finally I am here with my first post for the New Year 2010.With the Grace of the Master we have bugun the New Year with a royal bash. As it is rightly said that opposite values are comlimentary when the New Year started of with unpleasant news of youths commiting suicides (stats indicates 15 yoths every hour) there was a negative aura that had got created in the environment.However when we have our belved Guru with us he will 4 sure not let that contiue for long. After the factastic concert of 2500+ Hindustani Classical Vocalists performing on one platform in Gurudev's physical presence Guruji declared to the adventorous and enthusiastic Yes!+ team ofcourse through our bubbly Bau and Dynamic Dinehda that 1lakh & 8 (thats for spiritual reasons) youngsters in Mumbai and 51000 youths in Pune would be doing the Yes!+ course i.e experiencing Sudarshankriya......WOW now thats something absolutely historic and revolutionary to watch out for! More 2 come......