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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