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  Today many are anxious about how to deal with their anxiety! Here are some of the ways you can manage your anxiety: Sing, dance and celebrate. The very intention to celebrate will pull you away from anxiety to a more harmonious state. Think about what you can do for others rather than just about yourself. Energize yourself with some service activity. Combined practice of yoga, breathing and meditation. Know the impermanence of the world. Having faith and surrendering to the Divine and knowing that there is a supreme power who loves you. The supreme power is behind you and accepts you totally. The sense of security comes with the sense of belongingness. Valour/courage: Invoking the lion within you and having an attitude of sacrifice will rescue you from anxiety. Reminding yourself that you are committed to a greater goal will keep the anxiety away. Being unpredictable for a while. Anxiety is always related to some anticipated action. Do something completely irrel...

SRI SRI SUVARNAPRASHANAM (A special Ayurvedic Immunization Progrmme for Kids) What is it ? Suvarnaprashanam is one of the comprehensive immunizer mentioned in Ayurveda. It is a safe Ayurvedic combination which is beneficial for normal growth and development of children. What are ingradients ? It is prepared with pure gold in its bio-available form and other Ayuvedic Immunomodulators and brain tonics. Who should take it ? Children (Birth to 10 years) What are benefits ? -  Increases immunity -  Increase intelligence -  Helps to maintain health by preventing common recurrent infections, asthma and other allergic conditions -  Reduces temper tantrums, attention deficits, bedwetting and other Neuro psychosomatic problems -  Improve speech, hearing and visual acuity -  Improves digestion and tones up skin colour When to be given ? Pushya Nakshatra of Every month to impart greater efficacy. Coming dates :   03-12-2012 Monday   30-12-2012 Sunday ...

Learn to make people your own. They already belong to you. They come from the same soil and breathe the same air which you expel. You are connected - so much connected.  ~   Sri Sri

Q. There is insecurity at the workplace and a lot of tension about office assignments. Even when I am at the satsang, I am thinking about office. Why is it so? Sri Sri: Ok, tell me have you been stressed before- were you stressed last year? You have lived through it, you didn’t die! Look back at your life- so many times you have gone through stress. Remember all that you have gone through and this will seem small in comparison. Have a look at yourself, you will understand that you have experienced this before. Don’t fear. Q. In the Ashtavakra Geeta (an ancient scripture which documents the dialogue between Sage Ashtavakra and King Janaka), Sage Ashtavakra gives a lot of knowledge to Janaka but doesn’t clearly answer his question about what is real and unreal. Please explain. Sri Sri : There are some questions that cannot be answered in words. Ashtavakra answered Janaka in silence. Q. I am not in control of my mind. I am afraid becoming a teacher is taking me away from ...

When you regain the memory of 'who am I?' all the meekness in you will disappear. You will walk with the highest spirits. 'Who am I?' I'm God's son or daughter. So why should I experience lack of anything? The whole world is there for me. What can time do to me? This sort of genuine bravery should arise in you. ~   Sri Sri

*AMC COURSE* 1                                                  *06/12/12 to 09/12/12*                                                       *Manasa Ganga Ashram*                                                         ...

Rashmin pulekar,international faculty with The art of living for more than a decade now, will be taking a series of DSN courses in Andhra Pradesh. 1st  in NELLORE from 1st december2012 to 4th december 2012          5th december,world volunteers day celebrations          for further details contact;pooja@08106208585, shailendra @09959988080 2nd in VIZAG from 6th december2012 to 9th december2012          for further details contact;  Raghavendra Puranam@9502657540  and Amarja Puranam @9963786438   3rd in WARANGAL from 10th december2012to 13th december2012          for further details contact; Dr. Deeptha Pandala @9676099666, Dr. Pranitha Anapindi @9490749403 and Chandana Appidi @9490049630 Rashmin pulekar has travelled more than a dozen countries so far and inspired thousands of youth to excel at whatever they do breaking their i...

Dear One Jai Gurudev Sougata and Anusree, two of our 'Gift A Smile' interns sat with students of our Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Peeth school, Rural Bangalore on a lovely afternoon to gather their thoughts on their school experience. To read what they had to say    Voice of innocent hearts On a warm November afternoon, students of Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Peeth were asked to write a small article on the topic “My school” within a time frame of 15 minutes allotted to them. We kept it a surprise because we wanted them to write whatever came naturally to them rather than a prepared speech flowered with adjectives to make their English teacher proud:-) . After a  sumptuous  lunch, we thought they will be ready to snooze. But the children were not at all deterred by it; contrarily they were so enthusiastic. Every child had a fresh perspective. and each spoke from the heart.We picked out three to share with you. (Please Note:The unedited articles of the stud...

Sri Sri Visit Gyan Vihar University Honorable Chief Mentor, Vice Chancellor of the University and Members of the faculty, I humbly accept this degree that you have conferred on me. See, today I received one but I gave away many. This is what education should do. What we receive we should give back to society, and as students you have received so much education here, now see how you can put that into use in life. The trouble in today’s world is not because of lack of education but because education is being misrepresented, misused and misunderstood. We need to clear these three things. Education is meant not to just make us tablets of information but living examples of high standards of ethics. Education is to make us such strong personalities, which would spread harmony, which would bring progress in the society and spread love and compassion. This is what I strongly believe. So we need to educate ourselves and people around us. Education is to make one a strong personali...

Astonishment brings wakefulness Astonishment is the basis of spiritual opening. Its amazing how this creation is so full of astonishing things around. But we take things for granted. And that’s when a thought of inertia dawns and dullness comes along. Tamas acts in, inactivity happens and ignorance resides. Whereas a sense of astonishment brings wakefulness. A miracle shocks you; that shock is the wakefulness. And when we are awakened we see the whole creation is full of miracles. The entire creation is to be wondered upon; because it is all a display of one consciousness. From the point of view of an animal, your language means nothing. It is just like howling. If a cat or a dog were to look at you, unless you have trained them for a very long time, they will think you are barking at them, just with a different sound, making no sense. Our language, our intellect, our mind is so limited, its perspective is limited. Our little brain is programmed to one language or f...

What I am saying is that spirituality is not a short-term entertainment, where you read a book and feel somewhat satisfied, and then move on. It is a complete and proven knowledge. With God’s Grace, whatever you desire is not difficult to obtain, I say this with confidence that this is a power that works - Sri Sri

‘Jo ichcha kariho manu maahi, prabhu prataap kachhu durlabh naahin’. This is a proven fact. If for small and frequent intervals we quieten our minds, we will be able to establish that connection with him. Then, whatever you desire, will no longer remain impossible - Sri Sri

Be free from your mistakes In the Srimad Bhagwatam, there is a story of king Ajamila. The king had many vices. When he was on his deathbed, he called his son who was named ‘Narayan'. And when he uttered the Divine’s name, he got liberated. This story builds trust in people that however their past has been; there is no need to waste time in repenting. If you turn to the Divine even at the last moment, you have a chance to be liberated. Instead of brooding over the past, just wake up and acknowledge it. Move forward and don’t get stuck in blaming yourself or others. It is like playing volleyball. You throw the ball and the ball comes back to you again. This game goes on. If you want to get out of this game, acknowledge the mistake. What do we normally do is to justify our mistakes so that the guilt is not felt. It doesn’t work. Whatever justification you give, the guilt lingers on. You resist the guilt and it continues and then distorts your behaviour deep inside. ...

Chapter 1 -- Verse 28 Verse: arjuna uvaca drstvemam sva-janam krishna yuyutsum samupasthitam sidanti mama gatrani mukham ca parisusyati Translation: Arjuna said: My dear Krishna, seeing my friends and relatives present before me in such a fighting spirit, I feel the limbs of my body quivering and my mouth drying up.

You are not alone. All the Gurus and intellectuals in the society are there primarily to solve your problems. The whole world, and your friends and relatives are there with you. So, ‘God is there, He exists’; I have come here just to remind you of this fact. God is there and He loves you a lot and He is in you - Sri Sri

LOYALTY Loyalty is the way in which a mature and integrated mind behaves.  Loyalty indicates undivided wholeness of consciousness and shows richness of the mind.  When the mind is not integrated it is feverish, disloyal and opportunistic. Disloyalty comes out of opportunism. Opportunism is short-sightedness of one's destiny. Integrity or wholeness is essential to be healthy. A divided mind will gradually lead to schizophrenia and other physical and mental disorders. Loyalty is a real strength and will have the support of nature in the long run. Fear and ambitions are impediments to loyalty.  Loyalty is needed both in the material and spiritual plane. Either to destroy, create or maintain any institution, group or society, loyalty is essential. Loyalty means believing in the continuity of commitment. Honouring commitment is loyalty. It takes you beyond the duality of craving and aversion. Responsibility, dedication, commitment are the limbs of loyalty. A l...

Q: Dear Guruji, in the Bhagvad Gita, Krishna says, ‘Bow down to me, I will free you. Follow Me!’ and a common man is also caught up in the ‘me’ and ‘mine’! So how is Krishna different from us? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: One is the person who is capable of taking the sins saying, ‘You give it to me.’ Another is someone who is incapable of taking anything and saying ‘Me.’ There is a difference. When a doctor comes and says, ‘You have fever? I will take care of you’. It is a different issue. But someone who has no knowledge of medicine, if they say, ‘I will take care of you,’ has no meaning. So the space from which Krishna says, ‘Me’, that me is not the body. That is why Krishna himself has said, ‘Avajananti Mam Mudha Manusim Tanum Asritam; Param Bhavam Ajananto Mama Bhuta-Maheshvaram’ . The ‘Me’ in me is a very different me, and not knowing that transcendental nature of mine, people think I am just a human body and mind. So that is the difference. Even when Arjuna asked Krishna to...

Mahasatsang at Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh Formalities are like wrapping paper. When we buy something, it is wrapped in paper. Similarly, in life formalities should be given only that much importance. Rest of the time we should sit informally. That is what we call satsang . Satsang means what? Where we can sit with intimacy and belongingness; sit with heart to heart connection – that is satsang. It is only through belongingness that the disinterestedness towards life can be overcome; once disinterestedness takes over life, all kinds of distortions follow. Dullness and disinterestedness is the cause of all desires and imperfections in life. If you take a look at your own life; let us say you were to live for fifty years, sixty years or seventy years – how do we spend these seventy years? Make an estimate of the time. If you have a life of seventy years, 10% of it we spend in bathing and washing. Suppose we spend two hours every day in bathing, using the toilet – that means ou...