(MONTREAL CANADA AUGUST 2004)Dearest Guruji. After so many years on the path I’m finally starting to see how the divine cares for me. And that I am protected. For those with strong faith on/and a spiritual path, this appears to be so. However, what about victims of terrorism, abuse, slavery, starvation and tortures. They do not appear to be safe and protected. So is it that divine protection does not extend to all people on earth? Only those with a…
Our life runs through intention. Everything we do has either a desire or intention or unconscious habit attached to it. Whether you want to drink a glass of water, take a walk or sit and watch TV, first an intention arises in the mind. If you want to call it desire, as ‘a desire arises in the mind’, I have no objection. But there is a difference between intention and desire. People don’t understand this. Even if you say ‘I…
Prana means life in the form of breath so Pranayama means the control or regulation of breathing. Basically the book goes into how there are different types of breath for all sorts of remedies or benefits and shlack. Then come bandhas which is where you lock in or lock out the air and again theres a few different styles for that. Mostly the kind of stuff we teach in Art of Living. Thing is it goes into breathing, then asanas…
Guruji: Shoot brilliant questions and take only one liners! (laughter) Q1: Where do thoughts come from?Because this question came in your mind, give a pat on your back, know that you are fortunate. When you enquire where the thoughts come from you become meditative. Q2: How do you increase the love?No Chance, it is full already. Q3: What is creativity and how to increase it?Doing something new in everything is creative. I want to be creative, this very thought will…
Memorial Lecture given at S. M. Medical college, Jodhpur (23 February 2005) I know you all are waiting to hear me, while there are others who are simply waiting to see me, doesn’t matter what I talk. Should I speak in Hindi or English? Some want in Hindi and others in English. I will speak in both and whenever I am speaking in the language other than that of your choice, just listen as if you are listening to some…
Click here for a summary for a very important video by Gabor Mate where he talks about how the body will start saying NO if you don’t. “No” is a complete sentence – Shonda Rhimes So the idea is that your body knows when there’s a no, when there’s a yes, and when there’s what I’m going to call a subtle no, and we say ANYTHING OTHER THAN A WHOLE-BODY YES IS A NO. – Diana Chapman You have one…
