Art of Living : MUMBAI NAVRATRI FESTIVAL – October 2012!

Book your dates for the Celebrative and Auspicious Navratri Festival in MUMBAI!
Art of Living Mumbai Invites you all!
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16-22nd Oct.
at Sambhaji Park Near Eastern Express Highway,
Mulund East Mumbai..

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Advance Course :
16-19th Oct 2012
6am-9:30pm

To Register for Advance Course Contact on
(To apply : Need to have done One Part 1 Course)
9869374480/9769432693

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Sahaj Samadhi :
17-19th Oct 2012
5:30-7:30pm

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( Open for ALL : Anybody can register)
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Homas ::
20th October 2012 :
Morning
8:30am   :  Sri Maha Ganapati Homam
12:30pm :  Sri Navgraha Homam
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Evening
5:00pm   : Vasthu Shanti Homam
6:30pm   : Sri Chandi Devi Kalasa Sthapanam
Chandi Homa Prarambham
9:00pm   : Poornahuthi, Mangalarthi

21st October 2012 :
Morning
7:00am   : Rudrabhishekham
Shri Maha Rudra Homam
10:00am : Sri Chandi Homam
12:30pm : Poornahuthi, Mangalarthi

Evening
5:00pm   : Shri Maha Sudarshana Homam
6:30pm   : Sri Nava Chandi Homam
9:00pm   : Poornahuthi, Mangalarthi

22nd October 2012 :
Morning
7:00am  : Sri Nava Chandi Homam
Sri Chandi Navavarana Puja
Sri Durga Sapthashathi Adhyaya
Homam,Kanyaka Puja, Suvasini Puja
12:30pm : Maha Poornahuthi,Mangalarthi
Kalasha Abhishekham

Prasada Viniyogam

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HERE IS A POSTER :

Navratri Schedule!

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See how does the Homas help us
A brief description of the Homas happening in the Navratri festival
Do Come for ALL!

What Homas Do!

SEE YOU ALL

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If you wish to help out and do some Seva :
Here is the Volunteer Form :

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dHpyUTRIRm8wRHVHS3M1SzRINWluVHc6MQ

Have a look at the seva areas and join in

SEE YOU )
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Happy times ahead!

Love JaiGurudeva!

Swapnil

Dealing Frustration..

Delivering out the frustration by habit , to the one in front, is behaviour!
Realising; that, it is habit & not ur nature; to deliver frustration; is intelligence
Intelligence is in,realising,delivering d frustration, isn’t going to solve the problem!
Time heals most problems and other can be dealt Skillfully!
A centredness to self, awareness of the happening and the future arriving; the possible and possibility; can help bring, the peace, gradually!

Happy Times to you all!!
Love and Blessings,
JaiGurudeva!
Swapnil )

Meaning of Ghaalin Lotangan – Know the Verse!!

There are beautiful lines sung after Aartis
Many of you might have heard it.
But do you know the meaning of it!!
Here i make a small effort in explaining the meaning in limited words i come across
Hope this encompasses everything that is said by
Happy Reading!!

-Ghalin Lotangan Vandin Charan
Oh Lord! Will lie down and bow down at your Feet!

-Dolyani Pahin Rupa tujhe
Will see the beautiful form of yours through my eyes and

-Preme Alingin Anande Pujin
Will hug you with all my love and worship you with all the happiness within!

-Bhave Ovaalin Mhanen Namah
And doing so, Will worship you with all devotion and will offer myself to you!

-Twamev Mata Pita Twamev
After all, you only are my Mother, You are my Father;

-Twamev Bandhusch Sakha Twamev
You are my Sibling and my companion;

-Twamev Vidya Dravinam Twamev
You are the knowledge i seek for and the wealth i yearn for!

-Twamev Sarvam Mam Dev Dev
You are my everything, You are my Almighty God!!

-Kaayen Vacha Mansendriyevaah
Knowing this, With my efforts through body and by this limited intellect and senses,

-Buddhyatmnava prakrute swabhavat
So also through intellect,self,by nature and behaviour,

-Karomi Yad Yat Sakalam Parasmai
Whatever i do with all the above,

-Narayana Iti Samarpayami
I offer all that to You,Lord Narayana!!

-Achyutam Keshvam Ram Narayanam
Krushna Damodaram
Vasudevam Hari
Sridharam Madhavam Gopika Vallabham Janaki Nayakam Ramchandra Bhaje

O Lord in all forms I worship you with all my might..

-Hare Ram Hare Ram
Ram Ram Hare Hare
Hare Krushna Hare Krushna Krushna Krushna Hare Hare!!
All Hail to Lord Krishna Narayana!!
May HE continue to bless us with all the love!!

Love & Blessing,
JaiGurudeva!!
Swapnil

Dinesh Dada & Bawa at YES!+ session at Bengaluru ashram!

Dinesh Dada @DineshGhodke  & Bawa @khurshed at YES!+ session at Bengaluru ashram on 19th Aug 2012 :

Dinesh Dada, Bawa and Bhanu Didi

Dinesh Dada
ABC happens in AOL. Attitudinal n Behavioral Changes.
Be leaders like the honeybees.
Makes wax & honey.
Wax of knowledge & the sweetness of Love.
Honey bee is strong also.

YES!+ nurtures Leadership, helps your talents blossom & kindles seva (service) & the attitude of responsibility.

If you want to create Guru Stories in your life,rather than listening to others stories & becoming jealous, take courage zone targets.

See to it that your courage zone target is not impractical, it should be on the inner side of impossibility.

350 youth from Assam formerly involved in militancy, took the AOL Leadership Training at Ashram.

Genetically modified food, being promoted by Sharad Pawar, is destroying the flora & fauna of our country & causing disease.

Some of our politicians, have Asuri Shakti, to combat it we need to use Daivi shakti.

Guruji kehte hai, us ghode pe mat baitho jiska lagam tumhare haat me nahi hai.

@khurshed Bawa has arrived and laughters & applauses are resounding in BadriVishala

Bawa:
Confusion is good, it means at least you have choices.

Q: how does it feel to b 42.
Bawa: Exactly like being 24, minus the confusion!

Bawa:
make AOL enhance everything else you do in life.

Acid test of enlightenment is ur photo should be in the GuruParampara photo.

Q: how to improve intuition?
Bawa: By doing sadhana, seva & satsang.

Q: do I need a Guru?
Bawa: if u need the answer, you need a Guru.

Q: AOl does excellent work, but why doesn’t media talk abt it?
Bawa: Because AOL doesn’t pay them.

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Q: how to combat corruption?
Bawa: You stop giving bribes first. Go out & vote. Create a vote bank of good people.

Courtesy : https://twitter.com/saleelpu

Pic Reference : http://www.bawandinesh.name

Bigger Idols?

i was wondering if faith was the same, then why ever was the need of Bigger Idols?

Definitely faith mattered and figure is necessary for worship to many.

So here’s what the pondering mind rattled onto

The whole idea to make bigger idols was that, you don’t feel left out, of not seeing the God, when you visit the temple at a time when its crowded.
The elders knew the practical reality, that in a crowd, its difficult to honor people’s time & to maintain their Devotion to God! ]

So they made Bigger idols, so that in a big crowd, you could still worship God from a distance.

Bigger Idol is not greater faith. Its symbolic and for convenience to worship, so also to make you realize its vastness

Remember :

God will rise above, so that you can see HIM.

Your feelings are deeply precious to God, as much it is to YOU

Swami Vaishampayan on how Rudra Puja is Special in Shravan!

Swami Vaishampayanji on taking Sankalpa/ Fulfilling Desires/Why Rudra Puja in Shravan Month:

Swami Vaishampayan ji

Swamiji : Do you want to know the shortest way of fulfilling your desires?
The secret of Fulfilling your desires is leaving them or Offering them and forgetting it.
Puja is the place to offer it.

When u compare ur problems or desire with time & space you will find them small.
Same is done in Puja.
In Puja your consciousness is raised to The Universe and time and you are made aware of the vastness of the Universe.

You are raised to that Level & then you leave desires..
As such then you drop your desire
As on such offering, you will find yourself not holding it and with time, you will find it fulfilled.

In Sankalpa you offer your desire in the Puja when the specific Mantras are chanted.

The Secret in fulfilling desires is to Offer it & Stop holding desire in mind.

Q : Why Rudra Puja only in Month of Shravan maas

Swamiji : Why do farmers plant seeds in the monsoon?
Because they know that they will not have to put as many efforts for the crop to grow!
Nature will take care of their crops!
In the same way, when you do Rudra Puja in Shraavan Maas, the knowledge will flow on its own.It will happen naturally without you having to put the efforts.
You will absorb the knowledge on your own.
These have been tried and tested by Rishis and Munis in the past and came to the conclusion that the best time for Rudra Pujas is the Month of Shravan!!

Q : Rudra Puja mein sankalpa kyu lena chahiye?
( Why should you take sankalpa in Rudra Puja? )
Swamiji : Sankalpa lena nai.. Sankalpa ko choddna hai!
Only when you drop the wishes, they are taken care of by the divine.
Believe that HE will do only the best for you.

How will desires get fulfilled?
Swamiji : Just drop them!
And believe they are going to come true!! And they will come true!!

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With much Love & Regards,
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Swapnil

Is it worth Holding or Deserve to be left!

“A moment of Anger ignites that much hatred that it can Make you forget,the Many moments of Happiness you had”

Look back at the Moments, you had with a person and see,if ever, its worth, this moment’s doubt.
Dont judge a person by his inactive communication and assume it, to be his hatred or jealousy for you. Interact and maintain contact, that avoids the doubt to creep in.
Before taking action to such doubt,research a little.
Beneath all Assumptions is the Truth!
Let the Truth win

So
1) But what if they were your so called friends in the past and did terrible wrong to you?
Is forgiving them and maintaining a good, though not as before, relation with them justified?

2)What if you’ve forgiven them for their wrong many times but it only ended being bad for you again?

Ans :
Let them be as they Are.
If they have done something terribly wrong,
Let them be, You don’t focus or give attention or try to maintain contact by special efforts.
You dont discuss them either.
Instead of so much discussing in the mind.
You rather ask the justicification or tell how much it affected you and Then Move on!
Some people dont deserve Much focus.
If u do, it affects you more when it doesnt do anything to them!
Focus on people who mean giving best to you.
For People doing mistakes, Unforgivable, Justify first and if found accused.
Make them realise their degree of action and Move on and Forget them till you have forgiven them.
Till the time you deeply forgive, you only grieve the incident in agony pain and suffering!
Its better to focus more on Things which elevate you for some time , till You gain back Direction in life.

You are not employed to please them or keep going and Pleading them to be good, U should give fair chances and allow little room for improvement.
As such when u get tired, for one last time, Educate & Ignore.
Some ppl just don’t deserve to be given attention!

Let them Go off.
You should set them free.

Love & Blessings,
JaiGurudeva,
Swapnil

PS : Yaaay my 100 post on my Blog!
Feels awesome! The more i share, the more i have learnt what was that, that i felt!
Cheers to Writing!
Keep sharing.

Does Best Friend Exist?

Friends

 

Friends

Here is an interesting thought by a friend and my answer to it :

There is nothing on this planet as a best friend or a buddy.
It is merely an illusion.
Your Guru is only ur best friend.
As they say in Cocktail : Sri Sri, Tumhi ho bandhu sakha tumhi ho!
And trust me,It hurts more than any betrayal.
So never accept anybody your best friend.
Or on second thoughts, if you can’t do the above,Start making new friends!

Here’s my take :
Everyone has a role to play in life.
When you say best friend and Say only Guru meets the qualification..
You mean to say, one who unconditionally gives you love & support.
Accept the fact, that, at most times, Guru element, in someone is dominant and they will make you feel special.
But to expect that this will last a lifetime, is foolishness.
Honor their Guru element, dont try to measure it
Or don’t try to hold it.

Everyone has a role to play in your life and you should let them play their roles.
Some stay for one month, some six and some a year or more.
Whatever be the time, Be grateful for the good they gave and learn from the bad they showed you.
There is no need to go extremes, as Not making friends at all or making too many friends.
You just love the deserving ones who value you, who have spent quality time with you and who again and again get back to you
Be there to give best to them.

Dont ever try to focus more on others, who treat you as option.
Dont even try to label anyone.

Give time for friendship to be better.
And you dont proclaim from your side, that we are best friends.
When it becomes a good friendship, you unanimously dawn upon that and start living like that.

Give friendship time to blossom.
Don’t be in a hurry to evaluate it.

Let both proclaim together.

I would say on a ending note.
Let the relationship be..however it is.Don’t label it, as Good, better, best or worst.
Let time decide whats the value of it.
And you still don’t name it.
You instead enjoy and live that

Good day to you all!
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Love Prayers Blessings,
JaiGurudeva!
Swapnil

Do i feel the Connection?!

Q : Wat shud one do when he doesnt feel d connection ?

Answer :
It is not that you don’t feel devotion at all.
Maybe, not to the extent you feel most times.
And that is natural.
Just don’t focus on this lack.
As Guruji says don’t focus on the lack else you reel in lack.
So when you acknowledge that you feel tasteless in devotion,
Practise Seva, Knowledge and Sacrifice more.
These along with Sadhana Satsang & Surrender can bring back the lost touch.
You should say " Okay G! I am waiting for you..to again be there in the every inch of creation i see! I am waiting to feel the infinite love every moment! Till then YOU see my love for you"
Gratitude is the key – that you are feeling devotion
Seeing God in everyone

Love Prayers Blessing
JaiGurudeva!
Swapnil

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