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ART Excel Acton Town 31st May – 4th June 2010

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ART Excel Acton Town 31st May – 4th June 2010

31st May Monday – Wake up one last time at the ‘Animal House’. Pack, hoover, reconcile with BK and move. See BK had taken my cash and bag and promised to return it one a certain day and it was way past that day so the previous night when I really needed the bag he was a no show and I kinda unleashed Landlords issues on him too. Anyway so move, new Landlord sorts out my room key, unpack, worry about my deposit from old place but Landlord comes through. Take a nap before my journey. Tube to Gunnersbury, buses to Ram and Vita’s place. Meet Lil Vikram, Josh and Sonali. Su, Carolina, Joanathan, etc… come over. We do some fun and crazy yoga. It was jokes when Jonathan led it coz he’s tall and there was jumping and it was just funny. Long Kriya after ages. Vita’s amazing man… I think the only Lithuanian that speaks Hindi too. She knows how to make proper Indian food and every thing. And she’s been taking care of us and baby Vikram and still so peaceful. Don’t know how she does it. Oh and coz I was sleeping on the floor I could hear the guys watching TV downstairs through the tempura mattress and pillow.

1st June Tuesday – I gotta wake up first, at 4.30, for the shower coz I need 30 mins just to wake up before the shower. Yes the power of snooze to the power of 3. Do padma sadhna and then have a disturbing short Kriya with people burping and jumping and alarms and baby Vikram. Get to the school and it’s usual, get the kids to write their name tags and make their ART Excel books. This time they were much younger so some needed help with reading. Already spotted the problem kid (Robert) and like the previous one (Egli) he’s from Albania too. This time it’s pretty mixed, Polish, Russian, Afghani, Iranian, Iraqi, Somali, West Indian, etc. Don’t know whats up with me but when it was time for kids to lie down I knocked out too. Lunch. Game time was funny, football with no rules. Abdulrahim didn’t wanna play right from the start and then he came and told me he’s better and analysing the situation than being in it so I’m like ok you be referee then. Robert wanted attention which he wont getting from me. Just when we had to get back in I hear the coach on the other field shouting Egli’s name and making Egli do a lap. Was good seeing him, he looked so different but it was just a hairstyle change. Anyway… usual games and this and that and I fall asleep again and get caught by the kids. After a long debriefing we come back and do a meditation that felt like a week of bliss. Eat some amazing food Vita made, shopping, get locked out and watch Zeitgeist part 1.

2nd June Wednesday – Wake same as yesterday. Vita didn’t get any sleep coz Vikram was up all night coz of the chicken pox. Weird bit is, when I was locked outside I went through my phone to delete numbers I wont call and came across this one number that got me thinking about the person… and today morning I get a friend request from the person. One of them thangs. We hit traffic so we knocked out while Debbie sang us lullaby. Games. Kids walking off… don’t know what that means. They learn Victory/Ujjay breath and Happy breath. Poor Wiktoria looked miserable she had tummy issues so her mom picked her up. She’s def the Prima Donna in the group. Painting meditation. Debrief. Come back Tesco shop with Carolina. Walk into Su and Debbie and all doing pranayam and I was like … what again? So I half did mine and after the meditation there was gonna be satsang and I was dying for some alone time so thought I’d go read for a few minutes and join them but the lady downstairs got hold of me and bless her heart she talked my ears off. She’s like her name is Prince… I was like what? Then she pulled a James Bond on me and went Dorothy Prince. It went like this… I was at the entrance of the building near her window so she opens the window and asks me ‘don’t you have any gardens where you come from’. I was like no I’m trying to get in but the people upstairs are singing and it’s so loud they can’t hear the doorbell. She thought I said something else and that’s how the pattern followed. So instead I just listened to her as she took me around the building showing me all the problems thinking I stay in the building and will help her with her issues. The bins were empty but the rubbish was out in the corridor. Cleaners don’t come and cameras and do you think I should also complain about so and so… let me show you where the offices are. She even caught this other dude but he escaped early. And if I haven’t mentioned already these buildings are like posh projects just high rises all over and on the first day I took an early turn and started in the 400s when I was meant to be around 30s. By the time I finished and got back to the crew satsang was over but at least food was next. And some great food, everyone made or brought something. Dry potato and yogurt followed by fruit salad and ice cream did it for me. The Magic Tree system AOL have in the South is amazing with all these activities… much better than forcing folks. Josh was so so wired it was fun and funny. After finishing the washing I was so ready for sleep but we find Vikram asleep face down, butt in the air. And coz he’s been training to peepee he’s usually not wearing any pants so it was a sight to see this little creature look like a drunk frog and chicken pokie skin. I was just happy he didn’t wet the duvet or anything. Get my read on and knockout.

(Grrrr… was promised pics with me in them but I promise I was there!)

3rd June Thursday – Another day can’t believe we already half way. Skip padma. Most of us were kinda late for that anyway or not feeling it… think it was coz of one of the members distracting the rest during Kriya. While waiting Carolina had stuff to sort out and Josh brought up the burping during Kriya issue. Dorothy Prince starts again but not for long this time she was just like ‘did you see him come in (the cleaner)’. And I was like um no. It was my turn to do the day chart with some kids. Then trust games… Mudasa and Wiktoria looked the cutest during the blindfold game. Animal yoga and my team sucked… Abdulrahim had his ‘I’m always right tantrum’. Then Muna followed and… well it was crack day. Breathing. Lunch. Painting as our service project. Now I’d brought rough clothes but didn’t know it was gonna be like paint that would be hard to take off so I’d bought cling film and tied carry bags on my shoes. And just as I look like a clown a hottie decides to join us for painting. Games. Get Mustafa in trouble he punched me enough and was being difficult. Today the F bomb was dropped by Ahmed too. It was funny coz 3 kids were like ‘he just said Fuck off’. Carolina had to get away but something made her stay… we do yoga and meditation before pizza and debriefing at Franka Manka. Note for later: Had extra chilli oil on mine and as usual stole their serviettes. Get dropped and Vita had given me keys so let the guys in and nip off to Tesco to negotiate the release of some brown hostages… man we’ve been eating so much we’re full of gas and the Tesco dump was a memorable one. Even thought of buying myself a gift. Back to Vita’s and even our patience is being tested. One’s asking too many questions, anothers hogging the couch, net and TV, I don’t know what I’m doing. So Vikram and parents get back and they spot this helicopter toy Sonali got for Vikram and what bad timing coz Carolina was going to sleep and Sonali was about to while Josh and I were listening to the siren go off in the living room. Oh well, last time we’re gonna see the brat so make the most of it. Note for later: Had ice cream to counter the chilli oil and drink lots and lots of water before sleeping.

4th June Friday – Now everyday my wake up time would start at 4.15 but the mix of chili oil, ice cream and water made me need to GO at 3.30 but someone was inside. And I REALLY had to go. I’m in bed thinking I’m gonna explode, then I remembered tissue was finished too… see how the notes for later are adding up. The serviettes came in handy. Catch a few minutes of sleep, shower and watch the new Naruto… he’s back and he’s graduated to Sage Mode. My eyes were welling up at 5am watching this kid turn from brat to gangsta ninja. Pack… really wanted to say bye to Vita but she was sleeping and just as we leave she comes out… the sweetest thing man. Yo all our tummies were funked up. Sign cards for Su coz she’s leaving for Italy, cards for the school and cards for the caterers who were not AOL but still nice enough to seva with the food. Trust games. Lunch. Short game time today coz we had to prepare for a presentation for the guests and parents. Guests come, sun salutation, singing, etc. Cake and the girl that silenced the world vid. Pack, byes. Confide in Josh about being in love with a married woman. I’ve converted him into discussing bowel movements like the way we do with the cousins. Sleep the rest of the journey home. Squeeze in an hour of running at the gym… wow Friday evenings is packed. While doing my alternate nostril breathing after yoga this dude got curious so explain stuff to him… skip steam room coz it was boiling as it was. Get home and meet the Albanian roomie… Ella… soooo my type man! Short and voluptuous and naughty but her boyfriend Max came by and ruined my game! Order a late pizza… oh and met the Bangla housemate too … Shahid… man he’s like studying law and the way he talks is the same… so we’re all chilling and he’s ‘presenting his case’. And before sleeping teach him a lil about picking convos with girls and ploughing. Fall asleep watching a DVD I got from the gym. Spend my first night in the new place.

Notes: Terrell was a playa, Madiy was on top of things, Shabnam was very open and warm, Mustafa was a problem, Shannon has potential.

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A CONVERSATION WITH THE MASTER (May 2002, Santa Monica, California)

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A CONVERSATION WITH THE MASTER (May 2002, Santa Monica, California)
Spiritual path demands two things. First, authenticity. Are you authentic? Whatever you are doing, are you authentic? The second thing it demands is intensity. How intense are you, in anything you’re doing. If you are just lukewarm, there is no progress in spiritual path. Do you have the intensity of anything, desire? Do you desire something with such intense, with such intensity? Do you have longing with such intensity or are you happy with such intensity? Just like a child you know its so happy, so intensely happy. Its not just and smiling. The smile and joy pours out from its whole body. Havent you noticed that? Have you seen, small baby, 6 month old baby, she how it laughs, when it laughs is joy contained in a little lukewarm fashion? (laughter) The joy of a child bursts! Similarly the life force in you should burst out from you. Every cell of your body should/be vibrant, should exhibit the life energy. Your whole system radiates. That is spiritual, then you say oh you are doing something. You’re living your potential. Intensity in your expression, intensity in your experience, intensity even in your misery will take you on spiritual path. (laughter) Not lukewarm misery, you’re so desperate and you cry your heart out, you know without shame. You are on the path. You are a seeker. So options. Intensely miserable, intense longing or intense desire or intense expression of joy. There is no fifth condition. And authentically, not just dramatizing it. You know you can make drama. (Guruji laughs) Make a mood. But that doesn’t come from deep within. If that is the case then all the actors and actresses would be living that full potential. But it is not so. Are you getting what I’m saying?

Intense expression of life. The second sign of a seeker. That doesn’t mean you intensely get angry and and go. There are so many people who intensely get angry and justify that. We should not use knowledge as a shield. Use knowledge as an umbrella, not as a shield. Because you are at loss, if you use knowledge as a shield, to cover up your, whatever, shortcomings, then you’re at loss. And again, when you recognise shortcomings don’t hold on to them, this is another problem. Oh I’m no good, I’m no good. Self blame. If you are blaming yourself, remember, there is no chance for you to make any progress. Coz if you’re blaming yourself, how can you go towards something which you are blaming? You try to stay away from that something which you blame. And if you blame yourself, will you ever be able to go deep within yourself? Huh? Self blame prevents you from settling down. And if you cannot settle down, you are definitely going to blame others around you. See we oscillate between self blame and blaming others. This is the biggest pitfall on the path of evolution and the path to god. So whenever you blame, you’re not blaming yourself, you’re blaming god.

So that golden rule we need to find, that gold line we need to find. That centre point where you recognise the shortcomings but not start blaming yourself. The mere recognition take you further. Not denying, and not blaming, but recognising. Are you all with me? Is your mind still here? I want 100% of you here. Don’t want only 30% of you here and then another 50% out somewhere in Santa Monica. (laughter) Huh? 100% Intense! Do anything intense, listening, seeing, tasting, smelling, crying, singing… I tell you it’s the shortest way.

Patanjali, the propounder (?) of yoga, he said that… teevra samveganam asana. The one who has the intensity, for them, the yoga, the union or the oneness of the mind, becomes so easy. Are you all here? YES!!??? (Guruji laughs/everybody laughs) Often when people are upset, they are intense. And people who are peaceful, who are in love and joy, they don’t seem to exibit the intensity. Isnt it? I would call it the tamsik peace. Means very dull. Sort of inertia. (laughs) Inertia can also be interpreted as peaceful. But the dynamism is often associated with? Anger, rage, frustration. Where we find those who are intense even in peace? Are you getting what I’m saying. An intense peace. (laughter) Is a goal you can aim at. And that’s what this society, the world needs today. Isnt it? Hmmm? (Guruji taps on the mic) Let me see how many of you are really smiling and how many of you are really not.

You know we have made our smile so expensive. We smile once in a while. Some time, now or then. And our anger, frustration we distribute it freely, free of cost. Cant we make our smile cheaper? Wisdom is when you make your smile cheap… in fact distribute your smile free of cost and make your anger very expensive. You know when we were in schools, if we are upset someday or one day, you know, we were made to feel ashamed about it. If someone loses themselves, loses their… what you call… lose the temper, everybody would look and them, say what is wrong with them? If a boy or girl in the class shouts or does something, everybody wonder, what has happened to this person. So many days people will remember, oh that person lost the temper, coz losing temper was not considered to be a very good thing to. Coz the ideal was the Samadhi. Equanimity, how equanimity and how unperturbed a person was. That was given, that child or that student was really thought to be very high, very, its good. I mean pride was attached to unperturbedness. But today pride somehow got attached to rage, frustration, aggressiveness. Aggression got itself hooked to prestige. Violence got hooked to… coz the ideal of Mahatma Gandhi, he had just, maybe 10 years he must have gone. So everybody admired Mahatma Gandhi. So anyone who is peaceful and… always ranked high. Was given, you know, respect. But just within few years, everything is changed. Isnt it? And Gandhi used to read the second chapter of Bhagvad Gita everyday. And second chapter this is what its said… how to be equanimous in your attitude. Impartail and equanimity was given so much importance, pride.

Its not suppression, again. To whichever values you attach the pride to, that is what blossoms in life. Isnt it? You attach pride to violence, then violence will blossom, come forth in life. Violence will be exhibiting in every action. Why not to smile more? You know, just look at the person next to you and see if they’re really smiling, if they’re not just pinch them and make them smile. (laughter) Tell them you either cry or smile. Nothing inbetween. (laughter) This is a step to become like a child again, a child either cries or smiles. Express yourself. And life finds an authentic expression, it progresses in the path of spirit, for spirit is truth, spirit is love, spirit is joy, spirit is all that! That we aspire. Isnt that? Isnt that so? Hmmmm?

You know what stops you, what bottles you is your problems. And you know everybody else have the same problems. Slightly different problem. People say I want to talk to you Guruji alone, I said theres no need. (laughter) In the ashram I kept 5 baskets, I know what the problems are. Either the problem is about relationship, one basket. (laughter) Job or finance, another basket. (laughter) Health and health related problem, third basket. (laughter) And miscellaneous, forth one. (laughter) Fifth, big worries about the society, about whatever, the country, about the nation, about world, environment, all these problems, you know. Put in that. Or any complains about me. (laughter) Put it in there. Guruji you never meet with me, you never spend time, too many people, I don’t get time, I don’t get to do this, etc, etc, whatever. You don’t give me personal attention. Huh… put all that in there. (mad laughter) 5 Baskets, all the problems. There is nothing. And I have my own ways to reply to them all. Life is too short to keep solving one problem after another, I tell you. Just wake up and walk ahead, problems will get solved by themselves. You’re not alone my dear, wake up! You’re not alone, all the problems are getting solved and there is some power with you. Whos walking you through all the problems. And when you feel that intense desire to offer, write it down, put it, give it, send it, do anything. (laughter) Huh?

I’ve said, teacher is a garbage collector. (laughs) He wont say, oh this is yesterdays garbage, this is third days garbage, no why did you give me. No, no question. Any amount of garbage you can give. You the person who comes to collect garbage in front of your homes, they don’t say, they don’t quantify you. You can only give only 2kgs of garbage. I wont take anymore. (laughter) You’ll be in trouble. Unlimited quantity of garbage, dump it. And you have hesitation even to do that. This is irony. This is the irony. That we have hesitation to drop a garbage. Are you all there. (YES) (Guruji waves to everyone)

See I have no shame I tell you. (laughter) Nor am I shy. I just say whatever comes here. If you take it, take it, if you don’t want to take it, just drop it along with the garbage. (Guruji laughs/everyone laughs/applause) Give it back to me, no problem. But don’t sit just like, lifeless statue. (laughs) Ya? (Yes, WHOOOOW) (laughter) You know that’s why its called satsang. Satsang means you know what? Where you can just drop all, what people would think about me sort of things and authentically be there. 100% Authentic company, the company of the truth. Ya? Ok, now I’ll see the questions. Do we need to go through the questions? (laughter) Answered them all huh? (Guruji laughs)

People normally ask questions and Guruji aptly answers.

Thank you for the grace you have brought to my life. (Paras note: Not a question)

How does one attain optimum physical health?
Don’t worry about health a lot. (Applause)

Could you speak on noncausal joy?
Non-causal joy, you know the cause and effect, is again an illusion on one level. You know some of you have this problem, ok I read all these books, I know all this knowledge, but in practical life it is not applicable so what is the use. How many of you have had this sort of question, raise their hands. My dear you should know there are two types of science. One is the pure science, the other is the applied science. You learn about thermodynamics, aerodynamics, but all that you learn in physics, thermodynamics, aerodynamics, all that is not applicable in everyday life. Is it? But the knowledge of it helps you in some point of time. You can just learn being a mechanic, how to repair a car, can take a diploma course. Not even a diploma, 3 months, go and sit with a mechanic, he will tell you how to fix a car. But that is not enough to be an engineer. An engineer will have to know the whole mechanics, the dynamics of how the car functions. Right? So all that, as a theory, you read, you study, may not come to your day to day use. But never discard them, sometime in life they will come to your use, your help. It should just be there. Are you getting what I’m saying? At some point in life in time, that will come to the help. If you see only practical application of knowledge, then nobody will study physics and chemistry, the pure science. But without pure science there is no depth. There is no deeper understanding of the mechanics. There is no further innovations. How can you do further innovation when you don’t have knowledge in depth about it. So similarly all this studying, this knowledge hearing. Though you may feel its not applicable to life now. Some point of time, when there is a dire need, this will come up. And they do help your life. So there are two kinds, one help that comes direct and another help which is indirect help. There is one kind of joy which is direct, which is eminent, the other kind of joy which is indirect, which we do not obviously see the connection. Hmmm? Like brushing your teeth everyday, doesn’t give you any great joy directly, but it prevents you from toothache. It helps you from not having toothache, so in that manner it is aiding your happiness, joy, indirect manner. Same with disciplines, sometimes the disciplines that you practice, exercise or yoga, meditation, may not give you an immediate pleasure or joy or happiness. But in the indirect fashion, they do aid your growth. Are you getting what I’m saying?

What is the significance of the number 108?
Significance is what we attach to it. One of the significance that people have attached to 108 is, there are 9 planets… they counted 9, though there may be 10, 11. So 9 planets and 12 constellations. So when 9 planets move through 12 constellation, they make 108 changes. Of these 108 changes, they may be pleasant, unpleasant, whatever. To nullify the unpleasant, and to increase the pleasant effect of these changes, they would chant the mantras or the sound so many times. This was an ancient way to do that.

Why do all the god, saints, wizards, prophets keep long hair, beard and robes? (laughter/applause)
Its just their uniform so you can recognise them. (laughter) People can recognise only through dresses. Coz they don’t have eyes to see their spirit behind, so perhaps this is a uniform. There was one Indian freedom fighter, he was a great scholar, he had written many books and all. Chatterji or someone, huh? Vakilchandraji. He was invited for dinner. In the British tent, he was invited for a dinner, for a scholarly thing. And he was supposed to wear coat and you know, proper dress with a tie, coat and all that. But he just walked with a robe like this dhoti and a simple shirt, he was not allowed in. So he went back home and he put on the suit and came, and at the dining table he was sitting, when the dinner was served, he was feeding it in the pockets. (laughs) People asked him why is he. I was not allowed to the dinner, its only this coat that could let me inside this place, so I am feeding the coat. (laughter) Used to say, comeon eat. You eat. (laughter) So don’t have to be hung up on the dresses. Long hair and beard, its just I don’t have time to do all that shaving and… ok. (laughter) These are not an essential requirement for spiritual growth. Just wake up and see, you are connected to god. However you are. Its like you know a mother looks at some children are happy and cheerful, some are all the time waning and wailing and what do you call… crying and complaining. So you choose what type of child you want to be. (Guruji laughs/everybody laughs) Of course the former one otherwise you wouldn’t be here.

Are we all god really? Is this absolutely 100% reality? Please expound on.
(Laughter) Certain questions, its easy to say no and get away with it. (Guruji laughs) But that is not true. (Guruji laughs even more) Forget about god, first you have to tell me what is your concept of god. But if you just say god is love, I tell you, you are love. Even if you are angry, upset, frustrated, whatever state you are, you are still love. Love distorted, fermented. (laughter) Spoiled a little bit here and there. All the negative emotions are nothing but distortions of love. Love when it gets fermented becomes jealousy, anger, hatred, all these things. Frozen love becomes hatred. Just a little heat to it, it will melt. Hmmm?

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The Game by Neil Strauss

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The Game by Neil Strauss
Oh boy is this a juicy one. It’s a true story of how Neil finds himself in the middle of the Seduction Community at the perfect time. When I first came to UK I used to research the guys he mentions. And boy has he met all the legends. So the book itself is not only entertaining, it’s very informative and gives out a lot of the ‘Game’ to the public… which I guess is a help and a hinderance but hey, that just makes the rest push their game even more. Like all cults and communities there’s a lot of acronyms from AFC’s to PUA’s to AMOG’s, also a lot of terms are taken from movies like Top Gun, etc. And he basically takes you through it all. The contents should explain most of it. The book is divided into 11 steps and each step is further divided into chapters. Anyway like I mentioned I’d researched these legends and one thing film production taught me is what you see on the vids or read in the books is not exactly the whole story. He got to meet Ross Jeffries (and his NLP techniques)… you could call him the god father of the community. In his vids he looks sleazy and talks like a kid and so so true. Most of Neil’s time was spent with Mystery… the worlds greatest PUA (pick up artist). One of my heroes coz he gives and gives and gives and all he wants is attention… good or bad. Things I didn’t know were things like what a loser Tyler Durden was… gotta admire his tenacity though. Then you got tantric and hypnotic folks like Steve P and Hypnotica (Rasputin in the book). Oh man I was gobbling it up. Neil gets into it all… which means he got into the dark side of things too. The drama, dirt and especially addiction. There was even a case on BBC I think where these guys give up their real dreams and goal to pursue women and get better at the Game. So in a way it’s like guys get into it coz they don’t wanna let the women be in control but the Game controls them so the women win anyway kinda thing. Something new I learnt though was about something called sleep diet. Like you sleep for 20 mins every 4 hours and that way you don’t have to sleep at night. But it’ didn’t work out for them so it’s still not a proper thing I guess. Oh and props to Neil too coz he innovated soooo much in the Game… from The Cube to opening lines. The only thing I was not happy about was there was no proper mention about congruence. Every good playa knows this much… no matter what techniques, lines, methods you use… YOU have to be CONGRUENT with them. So it’s either fake it till you make it or make it to fashion your personality. But then again most of these Pickup Gurus teach you stuff where you have to fake it first. Apart from Hypnotica e.g. they say never buy a girl drinks first… he does the opposite but coz of his ‘congruence’ he can do it. Still helps but know what you want, how far you want to get and beware… it’s very addictive! In fact it helps not only if you wanna get better with communicating with women and getting the girl you want but if you got confidence issues or just interaction issues. Big up Sach and Ashu for the recommendation and big up Viv for hooking it up.

Contents
Step 1 – Select a Target
Step 2 – Approach and Open
Step 3 – Demonstrate Value
Step 4 – Disarm the Obstacles
Step 5 – Isolate the Target
Step 6 – Creat an Emotional Connection
Step 7 – Extract of a Seduction Location
Step 8 – Pump Buying Temperature
Step 9 – Make a Physical Connection
Step 10 – Blast Last-Minute Resistance
Step 11 – Manage Expectations
Glossary
Acknowledgements

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Collabo ’10 at East London Dance Stratford Circus

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Collabo ’10 at East London Dance Stratford Circus
Been there and done it last year so I’ll stick to the the changes and interesting bits. The 3rd performance was pretty busy coz it was a collabo with Velocity, Laban Youth Dance Comany, Sense of Sound and Greenwich’s Youth Choir. It stood out coz the choir gave the whole performance a Motown feel to it with the acapella and beatboxing. Some dude called Botis Seva did a crazy solo performance… bit freaky but thats why we like Collabo. The best performer out of all of them were Trilogy for sure… I mean the other groups and crews looked like they were still counting the moves or not smiling while Trilogy not only looked like they were enjoying themselves they also pulled off some wild moves and made it look easy. Always a plus in my books. Now before Avant Garde performed the presenter (Ricky) gave out ‘freeness’. Basically some t-shirts. He picked 2 kids from the audience, Clinton and Claire. Man Clinton was so jokes he was meant to be on stage. Looked like a baby Eddie Murphy… and he had the purple jacket too! By the way Ricky the presenter himself is very captivating as a presenter… dude got jokes. Anyway so then Avant Garde performed and boy have they grown in number. Some kiddos in the mix too so big up Avant Garde Dance, ay’bady that played a part in it and Viv for the reminder.

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The World According to Bush (Docmentary)

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Just in case… THIS IS JUST FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES!

The World According to Bush (Docmentary):
France’s take on the Bush administration. Starts off about how stupid our ‘favorite dumbass’ is. People like him coz they think if he can be president… so can I!?!? Goes on to Christianity… before dude was an alcoholic, skirt chaser… something happened… Religion happened and he changed his ways. God talked to him. Then it went on to what Christians believe… that Israel is where God shall rescue the Christians. If destroyed they’ll all go to hell. Which is why there’s so much attention on the ’51st State’. Israel. One of the interviewees says Israel is treated by the US govt. as part of US. In fact treated better than the US. There is talk of one of the officials to pin 9/11 on Iraq. The people involved created the conclusion, then looked for supporting facts, when they didn’t find much they lied. Lied to America, UK, Congress… THE WORLD. You know the guy they executed in Dec? Not saying his name but they wanted him bad so desperately connected him to it all. A 2 step plan of getting rid of UN inspectors that didnt find WMDestruction and then find a way to prove there were WMDs. ‘What if we dont find them’ was replied with a ‘you better invent them’. Wow it was confirmed no uranium was acquired from Niger (Africa) but in the State of Union speech (the most important speech a prezzie can give) dude says the British govt. confirms seeing significant quantities of Uranium from Africa. Now Joe’s the one that went to Niger and his wife is in the CIA… to screw things for him for opening his mouth they exposed the story in papers… not to bad if you’re not in the CIA. The wife is in danger and 20 years of accomplishment jeopardised. So all the countries she visited, all the people she met up with… all nullified and in danger too.

The Bible prophesy comes true. Ashcroft and others seemed to be working on a secret law… for the ‘loss of freedom’ they could use any kind of surveylance to keep an eye on everyone especially America. Mobiles, emails, cameras, etc. If only you guys read Post Script or one of those ‘conspiracy, 666, America, ‘Satan” books. The Patriot Act II is claimed to be more of a ‘think piece’. All in the name of trying to get the terrorist. First introduce fear, then introduce safety. These guys can go to your video library to get your details… ANYWHERE! Tollfree numbers have been setup for people to call in reporting funny behaviour or subversive language of neighbours or such. Then you got the concept of mailmen and meterreaders keeping an eye out and giving in ‘simple reports’. It’s being compared to how Russia had spy neighbours all over the place.

Stuff about Haliburton stealing it all then selling what was worth 1 Euro for 3 Euros. President and Vice President both into the Oil biz. Stuff about Cheney’s wife being on the board and still being there after Cheney got the seat… unheard of in US history. When confronted about this, she reacted like she’s gonna do whatever she wants. Stuff about how all members of the board have some involvment with companies that produce/supply weapons or oil. Stats show most of those companies did so much more business, in 2 years the %age shot up… A very serious Los Angeles Times wrote: No Previous preseidency has done a tenth.. ..of what occured under G… (trying to use his name as little as possible).

Wow… 3 generations of the Bush fam. Starts with Prescot (Grandfather) who was a banker for some company right. At the same time he was the secret banker of Adolf Hitler and the Thyssen family, so moved money for the Nazis… this was while the son was fighting in the Pacific. No so long ago the story was released in the national archives and not one single television network reported it. Then comes father. He had ‘relations’ with Hussein and other tyrannical regimes around the world. They created Hussein and Laden. The idea of the war was to drag it as long as possible to ensure mutual destruction. CIA helped Hussein in the war. Disagreement of anthrax strains being shipped to Iraq in 1986 but some may have found its way there. Conformation that biological strains were delivered 60 times though. So many big guys knew most of this… after turning a blind eye to the genocide, 10 years later they call em terrorists who did not hesitate using lethal gases. Some dude has records of 4 generations. Father linked since 70s to Laden bankers. Political careers financed by it.

Info about the Carlysle… 16 billion profits, connected to the Pentagon, White House, etc. One of its companies makes tanks used in Iraq and missiles for the U.S. Navy. Another historically unprecedented… They never had a former U.S. President helping a weapon supplier in war time when the former President’s son is the current President. Unheard of and utterly peculiar situation. On 9/11 top officials of the Bush admin and Laden fam/brother have a meeting in a nice hotel. Friends talkign about business. Embassador Bandar arranged for a chartered plane when no American citizens were allowed to fly, to pick up all the Laden fam members and take them home. So the only jet that was allowed to fly the day after 9/11 was the one to pick up all of Laden’s fam.

Oh JUICE! Saudi pays the most for things in Washington. They paid Colin Powell $200,000 and 1st class plane ticket to give a 15 min speech in Boston Uni. The next week he was appointed secretary of state thanx to Saudi money. One dude goes on to say they’ve been Saudi’s political whores for the last 40 years. Make me some change b****! Talk of how everything can be bought and how they saved our dumbasses ass so many times. Then goes on to say they’ve allowed Saudi’s to rape and cheat the American public in exchange of cheap oil. Some French dude was invited for some Pentagon presentation, it leaked, major scandal, but until then the Saudi question was taboo. French dude was very politicly incorrect and pointed all sorts of fingers at the Saudis. Lol he’s like the spoke to the Saudi princes who proliferate like rabbits in Aussie. Like 8,000 princes today. Others say it’s false and only his opinion. Dude was chucked coz of the Saudi lobby which Bush inherited and still play a major part.

30 pages of the 9/11 report vanish. One dude says coz its embarrasing to Saudi Arabia. Another says its all out there now. Instead of Iraq, Saudi Arabia should have been targetted for war against terrorism. Saddam was used as a diversion, PR do overtime to point at the wrong person. Colin Powell says it was right to hang Sadam. The dictator is gone. But where is the anthrax? Nuclear bunkers? This war was stupid. The Generals, Pentagon, soldiers… everyone hates it. So many dying but the media are not allowed to cover it. Talks of democracy. Leadership, rulers. Who does Colin hand down soverignty to? Iran is the neighbour, it will become an Islamic nation. America has no clue what’s going on but stuck a flag there.

Over to dumbasses ranch and town. Lol memorabilia shops with Bush stuff. A toy for your pet that looks like Sadam that says ‘you cant get even but your pet can’. Talk of his riches and blindness. $200 million for his campaign, competition only has $15 mill. Finally a clip of Bush saying they have no evidence of Sadam was involved in Sept 11. Paul O’Neill, Bush’s former secretary of Treasure released a book disclosing that the war was prepared way before Sept 11. Dude will be sued for giving press a doc entitled “Plan For Post-Saddam Iraq”. 8 months spent by CIA chriscrossing Iraq with 1,400 strong team to look for WMDs. They return empty handed. CIA are the people looking for it but they cant find it, its their job but others know better. Kay wanted to ask where they could be found. Bush falsly claimed that Kay confirmed weapons. He immediately resigned after hering that. The only weapons stockpiles were destroyed in th 1990s. Another CIA member admits overestimating Baghdad’s nuclear program. The End.

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Fullness and Pure Love is Devotion by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar from Dushyant

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Fullness and Pure Love is Devotion by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar from Dushyant

Whatever your actions, just surrender them to the Divine. Don’t say, I have done this and get into doer-ship. We make a mistake, keep thinking about it and end up blaming ourselves. Blaming oneself is an obstacle in Love just as uncertainty and pride is. Guru is just for you to surrender your guilt, all kinds of pride you surrender, ego and pride cannot remain in front of a Guru. If you have any leftover guilt, go and surrender it to the Guru, to a knowledgeable person. Also surrender lust, anger and pride along with it. If you want to have a desire, just desire for the Divine. When you desire only for Him then other desires do not remain. If you want to be angry on anybody, be angry with Him, what is the point getting angry with others. Anger should also be on Him, desire and pride should also be for Him. Be proud of the fact that He belongs to you, the Master is yours.

If you take pride in the fact that the owner of this world is yours, will pride have any limit then? Give it such a big dimension. Love is saved then, it does not die. Only then love is old, often when people love it is not long lasting. People love for 2 to 4 days, the fifth day, love has died. If you want love to be forever, if you want your love to last for many lifetimes then love only Him. Lust, desire and pride all should be for Him. If you have these (longing, desire and pride) for others then you will be more stressed, if you have for Him, you will grow in devotion. If you limit your desire for lust, anger, attachment and pride, you will be tired, you will be stressed, you will start feeling small but if you have the same longing, anger, attachment and pride for the Divine, then you will shine more.

Apart from three types of love – sattvic, rajasic, tamasic there is one more – ie. devotion. Devotion is bigger than these three. There are two kinds of devotion, – you are master and I am your servant and the other is feeling of friendship. Only in these two, there is closeness. If you start with these two, then, you will attain the feeling of oneness. First is dasa bhav (master-servant relationship) , in which you have protocols, respect, when there are too many rules then there is fear in the devotee’s mind; then kanta bhav , a servant cannot claim any right over the master but a lover can. However, a balance of both is required for devotion to be complete.

To eliminate fear one has to become a lover, be like a lover, interact like a lover with Him. If you believe Him to be your loved one then you will feel very close with Him and if you consider yourself to be His servant then you won’t become sad. A servant can never be upset with the master, a lover becomes upset at times. We often get upset that our friend/ lover did not look at us, did not talk to us. The problem that exists between lovers can be eliminated by mixing the spirit of being a servant, lovers should feel they are one another’s servant, not that one should be the other’s servant(Guruji laughs). If one says to another, you are my servant then it brings sadness. One should interact with the Divine in this manner (dasa and sakha bhava) everyday, not sometimes. Be in love.

Often we become servant to many, lovers to many, this should not be the case. First you love the Divine and become His lover, then you can love everybody else. When we say pranam, we say God, I have come to you, my prana is yours. You should have be one pointed and centred. Once you are focused in this direction, there is no way you can wander.

When love is one pointed like this then, your throat fills up, you feel tingling sensations in your body, when you hear or speak of Him your eyes are filled with tears. There is so much interest and passion in His stories. This is the sign of devotion. This is one sign of ultimate devotion, love of the top most category. One speaks of only Him, shares only His stories, and make their lineage and this world pure. Such devotees wash off the dirt in other’s minds and make it pure. The place where such people walk, becomes clean and sacred. That is the greatness of a devotee, wherever a devotee goes, he makes that place sacred, he makes the minds of others pure.

Don’t believe that another person is such a devotee, believe that your are one such devotee, you are not less than any other person. If your love is one pointed then you are also such a devotee. A sacred place becomes sacred by devotees, lovers not by pundits. Where lovers sit, that place becomes a pilgrim centre, where knowledgeable sit, that place becomes a pilgrim centre. Any place of worship becomes a pilgrim centre because lovers (of God), knowledgeable people were there sometime. Every karma, action of theirs becomes good, whatever they do, it becomes good karma.

This is because a devotee can never go wrong, a devotee has love and surrender in every cell, there is belongingness for all. There is no attachment, nor is there any selfishness, or there is Self-ishness, love for all. Just like the senior most member of the family has love for all the others, similarly a devotee has belongingness with everybody. They realise that the whole world belongs to them. Whatever they do, it becomes good, they prove the knowledge in the books to be true. Once they start living the knowledge, then the importance of knowledge in the books is realised. ie. knowledge gets its importance only then. An ignorant person thinks his value increases by objects he possesses, if I have an Audi or a Benz car then my value will go up. They value themselves with objects possessed.

Actually, a knowledgeable person increases the value of an object. For example, when Gandhiji wore a footwear, its value went up. An old, worn out footwear is kept in Sabarmati ashram but its value has gone up. A small pot that he used, its value has increased because Gandhiji, used it. A person increasing the value of an object, is a sign of a knowledgeable person. There is a shine, importance in those objects. Buddha sat under a tree and that tree became invaluable. Similarly texts on knowledge also get their importance from devotees as they prove them right. The collection of experiences is a shastra.

Every cell has only divinity in them. A devotee is filled with the one he loves. All this happens because a devotee is filled with divinity. This body, which is made up of those five elements, what is it? It belongs to Him, it is made of Him. When we know that this body, the mind in it and the ability to know (intellect) is also His, then where am I? The memory is also His, its only Him there is nothing other than Him. The praise that we get or curses that we hear, all are His. When is everywhere, then we say we are filled with Him. A devotee is not separate from God, a devotee is only God, don’t go out in search of God, go in search of devotees. If you find a devotee, then, know that you have found God. Don’t go in search of devotees also because you are also one. One who goes in search of a devotee, he becomes a devotee that very moment.

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