“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 One

Today is Guru Nanak’ Jayanthi and the words “Ek Omkar, Satnam – He is One, He is Omkar, the Supreme Truth” come back to me over and over again. Coincidently, Wisdom Dawns posted this very beautiful saying on their facebook page: It is our job to hold on to the One—to be directed to one [...]

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2D’s – Diwali and Desires – Part 2.

The Buddha talked about trishna – thirst or hankering and he put it so simply as one of the 4 noble truths, the second being “Suffering arises from attachment to desires”. Krishna talks about Desires in the Gita and says they are insatiable; the more one feeds them, the more they arise. Undeniably, getting rid [...]

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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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This Navaratri, ask and it will be granted.

What a wonderful Navaratri it has been so far. We have the tradition of having the Devi puja at home, involves some elaborate rituals, but for the last two years have been so very fortunate to be doing this Puja at home. The early morning kriya, meditation along with the Rudra Puja chants followed by [...]

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You never know

Via [Vedic Maths from FB] You Never know how And When The Existence Will Start Using You For Its Purpose You Never Know How And When You Will Be Filled With Abundance And You Will Start Raining Quenching The Thirst of Many You Never Know How And When You Will Be Full Of Fruits And [...]

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This Diwali, let’s light the lamp of compassion to serve others

[Guruji's talk on Diwali] For an oil lamp to burn, the wick has to be in the oil yet out of the oil. If the wick is drowned in oil, it cannot bring light. Life is like the wick of the lamp, you have to be in the world yet remain untouched by it. If you [...]

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Navratri Celebration – Kriya with Guruji

This went out as a blank post today morning….due to problems with the internet connection. Reposting. Last evening attended the Sudarshana Homa and had the opportunity to do short Sudarshan Kriya along with Guruji himself. What a moment – an overflowing yagyashala with thousands of devotees, the vedic chanting, the aroma of the homas, and [...]

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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 wait is over…

well almost!!! I believe this movie comes to India early next year!

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