“The one who surrenders takes the side of God”

What a brilliant answer from Guruji in last evening’ Satsang. Someone asked, “When there is conflict, does God takes sides?” And He responded, “God does not take sides…..The one who surrender takes the side of God. This happened. God is unbiased and not anyone’s side. But the one who surrenders to God comes on God’s [...]

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The loving eyes of god – part 4

Related Posts: Part 1: The beginnings Part 2: The Despair Part 3: The magic of Sudarshan Kriya It just so happened that the time we visited Ashram coincided with the time Guruji (Sri Sri RaviShankar) was meeting visitors. Despite being very spiritual in nature, I was very skeptical about this whole Guru business. Not knowing [...]

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Returning back home….

Via Bawa’s blog: Guruji has indicated that the next few months, upto around the middle of October are not so good and He has advised that we keep three things in mind 1. No adventure trips at all. No trekking, rafting, mountain climbing, etc 2. Cut down on partying and night outs 3. Drive slowly, [...]

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Seeing the world from the eyes of the Master

Last evening in the Satsang, someone asked Guruji, “You have said in Celebrating Silence to look at the world from the eyes of a Master. How does the world look from the eyes of a Master?” The question was in Hindi and the answer in Hindi too was instantaneous – अपना लगता है, अच्छा लगता है [...]

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The Sudarshan Kriya

Back today morning after conducting the Apex program for a small but a very sincere group of folks at Chennai and logged into my Google reader to catch up with the world and the first post I came across was this beautiful description of the Sudarshan Kriya given by Vikram Bhaiyya. The Sudarshan Kriya itself [...]

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Guru Poornima Message

[Via Art of Living's Blog ] What Sri Sri said today: July 7 The Guru principle is so vital in life. The first guru is Dakshinamurthy, the embodiment of infinity woven so skillfully in the finite that the finite and infinite co-exist. There is an element of the guru in every human being. That wisdom [...]

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“Be the agent of Change in this world”-Navaratri Knowledge!

So, where to begin and how much to write? I am not sure, just back from the 7th day of the Navaratri – the day of Rudra and Sudarshana Homa at the ashram and here is what Guruji spoke today.  Standard disclaimers apply, this is not a verbatim translation and all errors are mine!  “The [...]

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