Kiran Sawhney

Kashyap : "How do you make everyone happy?" Sri Sri : "Become me." Rama : "How do we become you?" Sri Sri: What stands between you and me is your self image. Your self image restricts you from being me. Self image whether good or bad causes misery. When you think good about yourself in a very subtle manner you think bad about others. Then anger, jealousy, hatred - everything follows. When you think bad about yourself you feel low and again you start getting angry and you hate everyone else. If you think good about yourself you are in trouble and when you think bad about yourself you are in greater trouble. So drop your self image. || Jai Guru Dev || SUTRA:“When your mind is not complaining, responsible, courageous, confident and hollow and empty you are inexplicably beautiful.”- Sri Sri A Must Read For All Of Us In The AOL Michael Fishman's book, Stumbling into Infinity, is a definite must read for all of us seekers. Michael, Pres...

Wisdom from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar   Russia, Sept. 10: Q:  I feel very shy while interacting with people. What is the remedy for the same? S ri Sri Ravi Shankar:  You know, when you have a sense of belongingness, shyness disappears. Q:  What is the fastest way to feel belongingness and unity? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:  When you are free from stress, you have a sense of belongingness and understanding. This is what happens when people undergo The Art of Living program. It happens so naturally. Q:  Should yoga become an integrated subject in school, especially if training/practicing can help our students to achieve something higher? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:  Yes, certainly. In several countries, they have already made yoga compulsory in schools. Q:  Do you follow any religion? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:  Yes, I am a born Hindu. I continue to be a Hindu, but the programs we teach are very secular. People of any religion can practice it. Q:  Ple...

"A Desire Kills Joy & All Desires Aim For Joy" This couplet needs to be pondered over and over; for a whole lifetime is not sufficient enough to digest this knowledge. Whenever happiness has disappeared from your life, look deeper and you will see it is because of the desire. And all that we desire is happiness! No person, animal or creature desiring unhappiness is ever born, never has it happened before and never will it happen in the future. When your small mind gets tired of running here and there, of wandering everywhere, it reaches a conclusion, "My desires have killed my happiness". Thus a person who has conquered his desires in called "mahavira". - Sri Sri || Jai Guru Dev || Guruji's Knowledge Sheet: You Are Pure Electricity Desires for sense pleasure are electric in nature and they get neutralized as they move towards the objects of senses. If, by your skill, you could move them within you towards the centre of your existen...

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Wisdom from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Russia, Sept. 5: When we become like children, then we realize that we have greater power. It is within each and everyone. Realizing this, is most beautiful. Beauty is not in clothes. It is in the inner quality. Appearance is beautiful, but if anger, jealously or greed finds a place, then it reflects in the personality, and all the beauty is lost. How to get back to that beauty that we are born with? Go anywhere, to the North, South, West or East, one finds every child beautiful. Children radiate joy and love. As we become adults, we learn skills and gain abilities but we somewhere miss maintaining the inner beauty, that spark of love in our life. Can we maintain those powerful skills and yet retain that beauty we were born with? I would say yes, that is what The Art of Living is all about - Making life a celebration; dream about a stress-free, violence-free society, disease-free body, confusion-free mind and sorrow-free soul. Tell me wh...

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi... May Lord Ganesha bless us all with Spiritual Progress. Experiencing the formless through the form By His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Experiencing the formless through the form By His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji... Ganesha Chaturthi is celebrated on the day on which Lord Ganesha is believed to bestow his presence on earth for all his devotees. Ganesha, the elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati, is worshipped as the supreme god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune. Though it is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha, the symbolism behind the festival is much deeper. The essence of Ganeshji is brought out beautifully by Adi Shankara. Though Ganeshji is worshiped as the elephant-headed God, the form (swaroop) is just to bring out its parabrahma roopa. Ganeshji is described as Ajam Nirvikalpam Niraakaaramekam. This means that Ganeshji is never born. He is Ajam (unborn), he is Niraakaar (formless) and he is Nirvikalpa (attributeless). ...

The body is dependent on the whole creation. In society, somebody has to make clothes, produce electricity, drill for oil. The body cannot be independent of the world. For the body, dependency is absolute. When the Spirit identifies with the body, then it gets pinched and looks for independence. Mind, intellect, ego - they all look for independence. In looking for independence often you get stuck in the ego and become more miserable. Most people are not aware of their dependency. When they become aware of their limitations and dependency, the desire for independence arises. Independence cannot be achieved unless you start moving from within. When you move within, you discover that you are interdependent. Individual Self/Soul/Jeeva is interdependence and in fact every wise person knows that everything is interdependent and that there is nothing like independence. On one level dependency is a harsh reality. On another level, it is an illusion because there is nothing else but the S...