FW: [esatsang] Esatsang digest for Jun 27 2012

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Topics
1. Guru Purunima: SPECIAL Yagya and Celebrations with Sri Sri

2. Life Is One Bumpy Bicycle Ride

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From: Amit Haryani <haryani7@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 6:02 AM
Subject: Guru Purunima: SPECIAL Yagya and Celebrations with Sri Sri


One more week to the grand celebrations at our own Boone Ashram. The whole
week will be marked with special events (few of which are highlighted
below). We request your participation in-person or via webcast (details to
be provided on June 25).

1. JUNE 29: Special Pooja and Yagya to Commemorate International
Center for Meditation and Well-Being
TIME: 8:00am EST.
VENUE: International Center for Meditation &
Well-Being
SPONSORSHIP: $108 Sponsor Here:
http://secure.artofliving.org/event_details.aspx?event_id=103040
2. JUNE 30: The Grand Inauguration of the International Center for
Meditation and Well-Being
TIME: 11:00am - 12:30pm.
VENUE: International Center for Meditation &
Well-Being
RSVP: Required to reserve your space (not required
if registered for a course).
RSVP Here: http://secure.artofliving.org/event_details.aspx?event_id=102909
3. JULY 3: The Grand Gurupurnima Celebrations
TIME: Seating begins at 2PM
VENUE: Appalachian State University Convocation
center (Holmes Center)
RSVP: Required to reserve your space (not required
if registered for a course).
RSVP Here: http://secure.artofliving.org/event_details.aspx?event_id=103141
4.
Few more spots available for the Art of Silence, Sri Sri Yoga 2 and
Blessings Courses. Register today! More information available here
(http://www.artofliving.org/intl-meditation-center-usa/gp2012-courses)

We are excited to receive you all at our new home next week.


In Wisdom. In Meditation. In Celebration Join the Guru Purnima Celebrations
this Summer at Boone NC ~ June 28th-July 3rd
http://www.artofliving.org/gp2012
https://www.facebook.com/SriSriGuruPurnima

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From: Vinay Girotra <girotrav@shriamba.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:14 PM
Subject: Life Is One Bumpy Bicycle Ride

The Art of Living ashram recently had 1,200 youngsters interact with Sri Sri
Ravi Shankar in Bangalore


In the Ashtavakra Gita, it is mentioned that "If you hate people, in the
next life you become like them". If someone hates a non-living thing or
object, does one become a non-living object?

Objects are different from people. You don't become an object if you hate
it, but if you hate a person you will become like that person!

Who was born first, God or human?

Just like a tennis ball has no beginning and ending, similarly, God is never
born and is always present.

When we see a movie for two hours, we need meditation to remove the
impressions of the movie. Every moment we get impressions; how do we get rid
of all the impressions accumulated from this lifetime?

Do you know how one uses the blackboard? We write and then dust the
blackboard. Suppose, we write and overwrite and do not dust the blackboard,
will you be able to read anything on the board? Similarly, meditation helps
you to get rid of impressions accumulated through life.

How does one manage both studies and service?

Do you know how to ride a bicycle? The same way, you balance your studies as
well as service activities.

When we see something shocking or dangerous, we become unconscious. Where
does the mind go when we become unconscious?

When you sleep, where do you go every night? The same place the mind goes
when we become unconscious.

What is ego?

Ask anyone to give you a negative comment, and see what happens. If someone
criticises you or accuses you of a mistake, do you get hurt? That is ego.

What is soul-to-soul communication?

Do you feel relaxed when you are communicating? Are you confident your
communication has been heard totally? When you don't have a doubt whether
someone has understood what you are saying or whether they will
misunderstand you, and when such questions don't arise, that is soul-to-soul
communication.

What should I follow? My ambitions or my passion?

What is that ambition which does not have passion and what is that passion
which does not have ambition?

How do you tell whether you are on the right or wrong path?

Time will tell you! The right path will give you happiness and the wrong
path will make you miserable. The right path is that which gives short-term
challenges, but long-term goodness. The wrong path, on the other hand, is
that which gives short-term happiness but long-term problems.

How do I deal with bad thoughts?

Thought is a thought; don't label it. Let it come and go.

I have very big dreams but my own people make fun of me..

Let others make fun of you but you hold on to your dreams.

It is said that in every life, we come here with a purpose. How do I know
what is the purpose of my life?

Good! Keep asking yourself this question. One day, you will discover the
reality.

Why do our parents suffer for the wrongs that we do?

If you do wrong, your parents will have to suffer. If you break your
neighbour's glass window, the neighbour will catch your dad and not you. We
should not do any action which will cause trouble for others.

What is your opinion on capital punishment?

Capital punishment is no good. When we don't know how to give life, then we
also do not have a right to take it away. People who commit heinous crimes
should be given life imprisonment. They should learn to meditate, sit in
spiritual discourses and get reformed in the process.

People say God is only one, so why do we pray to different types of God?

You go to an ice-cream parlour or a chocolate store. How many types of
ice-cream do you get? There are many varieties, right? But all are
ice-creams. Similarly, God is one but we worship him in many forms.



Vinay Girotra


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