Living in the Present: Guru Gyan #1

Ok hi, (again)

Sorry for the long hold up (from June 16th) I had to do an advanced course in the Ashram- which reminds me if anyone wants to do the YES+ course in Chennai contact me at aditya.cr@gmail.com for more details (I will not reveal mobile nos on blog- go check my orkut profile). I came back by IndiGo Airlines yesterday and tomorrow is my college so will post a crux of the course in here (for now of course). Guruji (Sri Sri) has an answer to whatever question you throw at him- that's the fun part- and his quick and humorous wit is the funny part!! Here is the tidbit of one Satsang session in the evening-

WA (wise answer) #1
Girl: Guruji, I love you!
Guruji: You have no choice!!!

Q #1
Spectator: Guruji, do you believe in aliens?
Guruji: As long as you do not think that I am one myself!!

Q #2
Spectator: Guruji how will you wipe the bad karmas that you have unknowingly accumalated from your previous births?
Guruji: Sudarshan Kriya.

Q #3

Spectator: I have done nothing in my life worthy of smiling, what can I do?
Guruji: Why not? You have come here (ashram) havn't you. That should be enough to bring the smile. See, do not wait to acheive something for the smile to come, keep smiling at first and then you'll acheive something- the smile will remain too.

GG (Guru Gyan)

(Everybody is making noise in the Vishalakshi Mandap during Satsang on Sunday evening (after Guruji had talked in Kannada to the locals- I was there and I understood everything!)

Sssssssssshhhhhh.... said Guruji and the whole Mandap was reverberating with man made echoes of "sssshhhh". Then Guruji started speaking when the jam packed hall was fairly quiet)

See there is a significance behind the sound "ssshhhh", everybody becomes peaceful. Similarly, when we get a surprise or we appreciate a masterpiece, we say the sound "Wah". (The whole hall repeats both the words obediently in random fashion). Then when you join the too sounds you get a commonly uttered name which is Shiva, his essence, signifying the admirable peace and silence which comes by when uttered in a hymn repeatedly for 108 times (by the way 108 because it is the only number which is a product of 27 and 4 as told by Bau) in "Om Namah Shivaya chanting".

See how knowledgeble Guruji is!

Jai Gurudev!
"Do the course with no remorse."
Aditya CR
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Living in the Present: It was an "UTSAV" all the way!

Ok, Hi!

Thought i should first start on a good note... I have been associated to the art of living for almost a month although my first impressions of this wonderful organisation began long back. I have always had an attraction towards enlightened people especially like Guruji who started the foundation and am really fascinated by the stories told about him and his followers (like me),

i like mythology and anything out of the normal and seeing he mind-blowing wonders done by guruji i had no words for him... you'll have to see him to experience him or you simply can visit the blog of two amazing teachers who do seva under the AOLF- Bau and Dinesh bhaiyya.... for more details browse- www.bawandinesh.blogspot.com and youll get a taste of the fun we have while doing good things all the time- a mix of meditation, music and knowledge is all one needs to get his/her mind pumping- I experienced this in one of the mega courses of the AOLF which concluded in Chennai yesterday called Utsav- youll have to register and come to experience its like you can taste a strawberry milkshake and only tell its tasty and not before that....

Contact www.yesplus.org for the schedule...

Jai Gurudev,

Aditya C.R

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