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Topics in this edition
1. PART II
2. International Art of Living Centre Event
3. November Part 2 course at the US Ashram
4. What Sri Sri said today – Oct,7th
5. PART I IN ANDHERI EAST WITH VIKRAM HAZRA
6. H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar key note address - Verbatim - WHO Conference , Oct
6 th, Sri Lanka
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From: harpal bhardwaj <harpalbhardwaj@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Subject: PART II
Dear Divine Ones,
Jai Gurudev !
If you are still debating whether to come to Andheri east for the upcoming Part
II course, think no more - just come!
4 days of amazing yoga and relaxing meditation sessions, super saatvik food, a
lovely venue and a fantastic teacher - what more can you ask for? The Part II
course is a wonderful opportunity to sink into the deep and peaceful space
within, and emerge completely recharged and rejuvenated!
Register soon - although I I C Hall at the Gyan Ashram is spacious, it tends
to fill up soon!
In case you need accomodation in the complex please do not delay. Register
before 25th oct 09 alongwith cash for the stay at the Gyan Ashram complex.
Single occupancy Rs 800/- per day. Twin sharing @ 450/- per day. In case you
would like to stay at a volunteer's home please mention in your application.
For women we have booked rooms opposite Gyan Ashram, these rooms are on a twin
sharing basis @ 120/- per day per person.
The course donation of Rs 3500/- can be given by cheque if you wish. The cheque
should be drawn in favour of V V K I M I C. In case you want me to collect your
registration pls feel free to contact me ASAP.
Looking forward to seeing you at the course.
Keep Smiling Alwayz,
Madhu Bhardwaj
9819303155
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From: Art of Living Foundation <artdevivre@artofliving.org>
Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM
Subject: International Art of Living Centre Event
COME FOR THE BLESSINGS COURSE
"Since the Blessings Course, my smile has blossomed from my
heart. I do not dwell on the past and feverishness over
desires is rarely there. I understood what Guruji once said that
actions can be born out of happiness and contentment."
"The Blessing Course is having our lives blessed!!!!"
"If you have the opportunity to take the Blessing Course-don't miss this
life changing experience!!"
November 26th to 29th
http://artdevivre@artofliving.org
artdevivre@artofliving.org
819-532-3328
with Swami Sukhchaitanya
at the International Art of Living Centre Canada
FREE TRANSPORTATION* if you register by October 10th
* applies to the shuttle leaving to or from the airport on the course dates
mention this email when you register
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From: Anand R <raj03@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Subject: November Part 2 course at the US Ashram
The Nov 12 - 15 Part 2 course at the US Ashram is ready for registrations!!
The Sri Sri Ashram in Uvalde, Texas heartily welcomes you to be in the midst of
pristine nature to discover yourself. Sri Sri Ashram is nestled in the Texas
hill country across from the historical Frio River on a 152 acre ranch. In the
evenings/nights, beautiful stars brightly decorate the vast sky. These
luminaries are spectacular and you become spellbound gazing at them. Come and
experience the fresh air and the morning dew kissing your feet as you walk
through the grounds. All of nature conspires to bring you peace and
enlightenment. You will absolutely LOVE it!!
Fall is a beautiful time to be in the Ashram, which surrounded by mountains.
The sumptuous vegetarian food served at the Ashram is divinely and perfect for
a Part 2 course. Lovely food and lovely location for a lovely Part 2 course!
Do not miss the opportunity to visit the Ashram. Ask the people in your city
who have recently attended the Navaratri course about the beauty of this place.
This time it is a 3 day course and total fee for this course is only $330
including expenses. Note that you have to take only one day off to be in this
course. The course begins on Nov 12th at 6pm (4-6pm on site check-in) and ends
on 15th at 5pm. Register soon since more folks will be interested in a short
course with a lowered fee. For students and seniors, the total fee it is only
$205.
Registration link
http://secure.artofliving.org/course_details.aspx?course_id=5769
Check out the Ashram on our website www.srisriashram.org
Jai Guru Dev!
Ashram Team
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From: Art of Living webteam.intl <webteam.intl@artofliving.org>
Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Subject: What Sri Sri said today – Oct,7th
Dear Ones,
Jai Guru Dev!
What Sri Sri said today – October, 7th
H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar addresses Youth, Siri fort Auditorium, New Delhi,
October 7, 2009
In His mission to unite the hearts and minds of the people in a post conflict
scenario in Sri Lanka, His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, gave " where there
is thirst, water will also be made available.... increase the level of Sattva
(Purity) in you and conflicts won't remain with you with time.
To read more, log onto
http://www.artofliving.org/intl/wisdomblog/tabid/183/Default.aspx
In service
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The Art Of Living
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www.srisri.org
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From: Seema Lamba <kaur.seema@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 5:06 AM
Subject: PART I IN ANDHERI EAST WITH VIKRAM HAZRA
ART OF LIVING PART I COURSE...... .IN Andheri East
WITH
VIKRAM HAZRA
As Program Director of the International Art of Living Foundation, he likes to
travel, teach, sing, smile and serve, and strive to excel as an instrument of
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, whose goal is to put the smile back on every
face on this planet. Though his work entails a lot of travel, he is primarily
based in Mumbai.
To know more visit his Blog http://www.vikramha zra.com
Watch him Rock on - htp://www.youtube. com/watch? v=Ad-VwKFjkZ8
DATE - 27th oct -1st Nov,09
TIME- MORN - 6:00-9:00am
VENUE- Chatwani Hall, Telli Galli , Near andheri station
CALL FOR REGISTRATIONS -9820211298 / 9987013308 / 9892456529
NO ON THE SPOT REGISTRATIONS
REGISTRATION CLOSE ON 23rd OCT,09
BACK TO BASIC [by vikram bhaiya]
I'm teaching an Art of Living Part 1 course in Mumbai this week, and two more
next week. Formerly called the Basic course, it holds a special place in my
heart.
AOL now offers a huge assortment of programs -- courses for children, college
students, corporates, prisoners, villagers, slumdwellers -- and each module has
been very successful in its own right. Yet the bedrock of Guruji's knowledge is
the Part 1 course; for many it has been the healing balm that washed away years
of pain or trauma, for others it has healed apparently incurable diseases, and
for many more it has been the ideal gateway to a more spiritual, effective and
harmonious way of life.
For the past fourteen years, I have had the privilege of teaching this program
to people from all walks of life in over 30 countries, covering most racial,
religious, ethnic, economic and social demographics. It never ceases to amaze
me how much each of them finds in common, and how the course works across the
board. I have even taught healers, swamis, yoga teachers, musicians and artists
-- deeply spiritual, highly evolved and refined beings -- each of whom has
marveled at how Guruji (Sri Sri Ravi Shankar) has cognized the deepest truths
into a simple, six-day experiential workshop.
The Sudarshan Kriya itself is like a beautiful poem; its rhythms seem familiar
yet esoteric, the experience sometimes excruciating but always enlightening, a
feeling of being totally spent yet craving more. Its like listening to a
wondrous dhrupad recital -- the tones sometimes pinning you with their raw
physicality, sometimes lulling you into meditation, sounding faintly familiar
yet just out of reach, and always that sense of a higher power, a presence that
seems to hover protectively close by.
And ah, how powerful our own breath is! It energises our body, calms our mind,
soothes our emotions, and offers insights into our true nature. Is it too
subtle? Do we sound too simplistic when we teach it? Perhaps. But one's own
experience always bears testimony to the efficacy of this premise.
Most humbling is the trust that people place in you as a teacher, going through
every process and technique with unflagging enthusiasm, apparently sure that
this is going to work. And most fulfilling is the glow, the peace on every face
on the last day; they know that its impossible to describe what they have
experienced, or what has touched their lives.
The course is also an introduction to meditation ("the best gift you can give
yourself") and to the experience of encountering a living, enlightened being, a
true Master. That itself is worth the price of admission.
Actually, no, it's priceless!
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From: Prasenjit.Saha@itc.in
Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:45 AM
Subject: H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar key note address - Verbatim - WHO Conference
, Oct 6 th, Sri Lanka
JAI GURUDEV !
My Sewa continues.......
We are fortunate enough to be under His auspices as He has chosen us to walk
this path. Plz add value to your knowledge bank & get Blessed !
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti ! Honorable Minister, His Excellencies and Dignitaries
on the dais, friends and distinguish guests.
As I was listening to our Honorable Minster of Health speak about mental well
being, it came to my mind, you know the word for health in Sanskrit is SWASTHA
that means one who is established in oneself, SWA means self STHA means one who
is established in self, If you go to Bali island in Indonesia they greet you
with OM SWASTHI RASTU – (may you have health), meaning well being, mental,
physical, emotional, it includes everything, total well being.
In the east, as it was being earlier mentioned that 2500 years ago we have had
this education, common masses, I would take it even further back 5110 years it
was in Bhagvat Gita concept of well being, social well being is mentioned and
even earlier Maharishi Patanjali made this whole treatise on yoga and how you
can be happy physically, mentally and socially. If someone is obsessed with
hatred, anger and jealousy they are not considered to be socially well, of
course it is an ancient concept to have this mind which is a container of all
knowledge, which is a container of intelligence, emotion and life force as such
cleansed to keep it healthy and to get rid of this jealousy, hatred etc.
If you analyze today's problem there is hatred in society, there is greed,
there is fear and because of this, depression sets. It was appalling to hear
that depression will be the Number 1 disease in the coming decades in the
world. In Europe nearly 30% of the population suffers from mental depression,
30% of the population!!! I was invited to address the psychiatrists in Europe
and they said you know "we expect this rate of mental depression to go up to
48% in the coming decade'' and you can't feed half the population Prozac or
other anti depressant, you need other ways, you have to change life styles,
bring certain changes in our life styles and educate our self, what I would
call as mental hygiene, you know dental hygiene, oral hygiene we teach people
how to keep their teeth intact but we are not teaching how to keep our mind
SANE or behavior pattern SANE.
I am happy that the World Health Organization has taken up this project now. It
should have been taken a few decades before. We could have saved our planet
from so much of this terrorism, hatred, ethnic conflicts, religious strives and
emotional upheavals, traumas, but never the less we are now taking action. It
has to take a fast track -educative and preventive programs throughout the
world, even if one small pocket of the planet is left uneducated about mental
well being you are not in a safe world. Terrorism is one such example of
extreme mental sickness. So, in this august meeting, we will all have to sit
and think of how we can reach sanity to every nook and corner of the planet.
One idea is to bring the spiritual knowledge, ancient knowledge we have in this
part of the world, bring a more secular, scientific attitude or temperament so
that spirituality is accepted by all sections of society. It has to be free
from dogmas. Scientific and secular spirituality is what we need, that would
give to the world a mind which is healthy which can take any stress or pressure
that the modern society is posing in front of us.
It is unfortunate that in some countries yoga is banned. Yoga is a very simple
way to keep your system free from stress, to keep happy, to keep contented. I
think it is just because of lack of education. If the World Health Organization
takes such a role to convey to the people, countries, and the health ministers
of the various countries where they are trying to ban or partially ban yoga and
yogic practices, to realize the importance of it. And usually we say there are
4 sources of energy, 1st source is food that everybody agrees and we all know
and there is lot of education on nutrition today and the 2nd source of energy
is sleep, you give someone enough food and you don't let them sleep they go
mad, they go insane. A good amount of sleep, not too much and not too little,
someone sleeps 10hrs everyday they get duller and duller day by day. So the
right amount of sleep 6 to 8hrs of sleep would give you enough energy not less.
3rd source of energy is breathing as our honorable guest from Thailand
emphasized on the breathing. I would say most of the illness can be handled
through breathing exercises, proper breathing can improve the blood
circulation, neurological health, physical health and mental health - breathing
is very important for energising our system. 4th source of energy I would say
is a happy mind, meditative mind.
A meditative mind gives you so much energy. You might have experienced in your
own life you know, when there is a function at home and you have to work
16-18hours a wedding or housewarming ceremony or any new project which is very
emotionally dear to you, you work 18hours, 20hrs you don't get tired but in the
office you are asked to take 2 more hours to work you feel exhausted, so the
mind plays an important role. The commitment in the mind, the focus in the mind
brings lots of energy too. So meditation is the 4th source of energy. So you
need to educate the population on this, and all the 4 different sources of
energy so that they can benefit by attending to them.
Mental well being to me is improved perception, improved observation and
improved expression. Like, the body grows from the time you are born to the age
21, 22 and then the body starts deteriorating, our mental age, our mental well
being should grow simultaneously from childhood we need to keep improving our
perception, observation and our expression this has no age, usually
psychologists say 50 or 40 it stops, middle age our mental observation,
expression starts deteriorating. I say if you are practicing yoga or meditation
this doesn't happen. There is no decay of your mental well being. You know the
other day a psychologist came to me, he has opened a clinic and says ''Guruji,
please give me blessings ''. I said ''what?!!'', I don't get patients,
please bless me so that I get at least 3-4patients, I can break even, I can
make some money". Asking me to give blessing so that patients come to them,
probably the psychologist would be happy to hear that there is one suicide
every 40second so that there is dearth for patients.
There is a taboo about mental well being, it is not that there no mentally sick
people but unlike going to a doctor if you have some other illness, if you are
mentally not well you go to a doctor then that is taboo, there is stigma
attached to it, so you feel very down, the family and the society looks down
upon you. We need to correct this through education, educating people you know
it is ok to go and see psychiatrist / psychologist and it is normal. In some
countries it is a fashion, at least one member in a family goes to a counselor
in Argentina, if you go to Buenos Aires you find lot of people go to
psychologist even though they are well, they have no mental illness. It is a
sort of fashion to go to a psychologist / psychiatrist / counselor, to talk
about how you feel and what's your problem in your life, but in South Asian
countries you have big taboo about it. We have to get rid of this stigma , we
have to get rid of the stigma no doubt, also, we have to educate people in our
own ways of meditation, of yoga, breathing techniques, of spirituality of
community living, community service, singing, dancing, participating in social
activities, games, all these can help in the mental well being.
You know, I heard that a very well known industrialist in India, he would call
all doctors at his house, anyone says he is a doctor he would invite him / her
and give them the fees, take the prescription whatever they give and then get
all the medicines as well ! So his attendant asked him,'' why do you call all
these doctors?'' , he replied,'' so that they will live, make a living'' Then
the attendant asked, 'why do you buy all the medicines they prescribe -
Unani, ayurveda, alopathy, homeopathy- why do you buy all the medicines sir
???''. He replied,'' so that the pharmaceutical companies can live''. ''But
sir, you don't take any of these medicines??''...he replied,'' So that I could
live myself!''(laughter). You know the irony is medicine is not the answer for
all this, placebo effect has demonstrated to the world over and over that it is
not just swallowing pills that you can get well or taking more and more of
these vitamins and minerals that you are going to be better. You need to attend
to lifestyle, you need to attend to your food habits, you need to attend to how
you interact with people, what are you taking from every interaction.
As I am speaking, see if you observe the mind, mind is saying ''yes or no'',
mind is accepting that which it already agrees and knows, or every few minutes
mentally we go for a cappuccino or a cup of tea, or presence of mind is not
there! And this is a problem in our schools and colleges, children say we study
for whole day but nothing remains in our mind, retention power has become so
less, you ask today's youth to narrate one movie or story he has seen, you know
he can't do it completely he will mix it up with 2/3 movies that he has seen,
because the stimulus bombardment to our mind is so high we are not recuperating
that energy, that mental energy, a sense of well being. We are not attending to
the container; we are simply dumping things into the container. Information is
being pumped into the container; we are not expanding the capacity of the
container or attending to its cleanliness.
Mind is our container, container of our life, we need to expand it and this
happens through a few moments of silence, few moments of meditation, few
moments of deep relaxation and I am so glad that this breakthrough has happened
in the world today through the World Health Organization recognizing this
mental well being. Recognizing that the people's behavioral pattern had to be
attended to, otherwise they are not healthy. You know in many meetings people
sit and talk for hours together and argue and counter argue really not being
aware of what they are saying. I would like you to ponder on this, - come up
with practical solutions, and create teams, combined efforts of NGOs,
governmental agencies, civil society, everyone together, religious bodies,
religious institutions should get on to this project, a combined effort of all
of us, of this different aspect of society, to make society, the world, a
better place, a better human being for the coming generations. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
Own an IPOD (Inner Peace Outer Dynamism) permanently ! Convert all your How's
to WOW's !!
Keep Smiling Alwayz & Stay Spiritually Konnected !!!
: : Prasenjit : :
KOLKATA
Catch Me (24 x 7) : 9831055163
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