Commitment

Hello all!

Here’s a good example of commitment - right infront of us. I feel that we will be able to relate to it. Hence putting it here.

Some of you may be knowing that a Navchetna shibir for the mess workers is going on in our campus. I wanted to organize such a course, but never did it. This time, the course is being organized almost single handedly by Vishesh. Though it may seem to be simple to organize a Navchetna shibir, it definitely is not – especially for the first time. He has been planning for this since last sem. Co-ordinating with the teacher, taking institute permissions, convincing the institute to organize it, etc etc is a lot of work. Hats off to you Vishesh! Brilliant work.

It can be a good learning for all of us. Many times while working for AOL activities or otherwise, we get discouraged if we do not get the support of other people working for the same cause. “No one is working, so why should I? Anyways I can’t do it all alone”. Normally under this state of mind we drop the activity, the reason being, ‘lack of interest in people’. The key is to have our commitment so strong that nothing can shake it. (Feelings come later, commitment first). When you have such a commitment accompanied by faith and willingness, even the absence of support from others or any such hurdle fails to stop you! (and such great things happen)

Well done Vishesh! :-)

Btw, I got to learn this lesson now, because, I was very FORTUNATE to always have full support of all of you in all the activities! :-D Thank you guys! Love you! Njoy! :-)

Jai Gurudev!!

Harshad

P.S. – It was not that Vishesh had less support, it was just that he didn’t need any! :-)

I m not good at expressing my thoughts, so plz ‘bhawanao’ ko samajh jana! :-D

The last minute

This is something i started writing last semester, i wrote the second half only today :) !!

Why do i do things at the last minute ?

It is because the work gets done fastest when its done at the last minute. The same work, which otherwise would take 20 mins., takes only 5 mins. At the last minute, the mind becomes suddenly sharp and alert ; a sense of purpose dawns.

Right now I am sitting in my room and watching a movie. I still have not packed for my journey home in the morning. Its only a 5 min job, but I’m not doing it now because otherwise it will take 20 min. Why ? Why will it take a longer time ? There is no sense of purpose, there is a lethargy, a love of being still and doing nothing. Laziness.

The root cause of laziness, according to me, is a love of being still and doing nothing. And that is exactly what is meditation !! So if i really love being still and doing nothing, why not meditate ?

So when i finish my meditation, (if i have meditated 100 %) i'll feel sharp, alert .. with a sense of purpose (no need to wait till the last minute to get that !!)

So now whenever i feel lazy to do something, i know what to do :) !!

Plus not choosing to do something at the last minute gives me the additional advantage of extra time if the work is longer than i anticipated :). So useful for exams na ?

What say ?? Would love to hear your views on this ...

JGD,

Luv :)

Vishesh

CONQUER YOURSELF

Nikhil found this really kool article and he's been kind enough to share it with us :).He's edited and added some of his own views as well... have fun reading it!

"The name of this post sounds like something you hear from every other person who has ever cared about or loved you. And here I am, telling the same thing over again. I can just hope you find patience enough to stick your bum infront of your screen and read this. Here goes...

Everyone has limits. But we never know our limits, until our skills have been put to test. How would you ever be able to understand the thrill of Para-gliding, unless you don’t dare to jump off the cliff? Life is short, by the time people understand this simple fact, that short life is over. So, never say: “This is all I can do”, unless you’ve tried to do it. Do you know that humans use only 10% of their brain? While much more you can do. You have the resources. You just need to find it and the first place to look into is within yourself.

Our skills double when we face danger. Then we see, hear, smell, and move faster. It shows that we are capable to act and do much more than we think. We are just too afraid at times. But what are we afraid of? Are we afraid, we may actually find our true strengths? Or is it, we just need to be pushed to find our true potential.
“What is the most universal human characteristic: fear or laziness?”

Some of us aren’t afraid. We just aren’t bothered. ‘So what’ are the two most dangerous accountable words. “So what, I’m weak? So what, I’m not using my abilities to my best?” These are the questions that can never be answered. But think about it a while; if everyone starts asking you the same questions, how will you feel? If all the great leaders fuss ‘So what, if the country is unhappy?’, if your grocer yells ‘So what, you’re hungry?’, if your garbage collector tells ‘So what, your home is dirty?’; pointing their fingers to you, how would you feel?
Replace that acidic “So what?” with the hopeful “What if?”
“What if you become someone great worth remembering?”
“What if you can make people proud of you?”

The thing that’s worse than quitting or failing is – being complacent. Believing you are weak and that’s all you are capable of. When you start saying, “This is the way I’m and there’s nothing I can do about it”, that is when you hit rock bottom. No one can help you in such a situation. Even the skills that you’ve mastered will be a waste with such an attitude. Believe in yourself, and only then you can expect others to believe in you.
Start to care. Even if no one else cares for you. The last person to give up on you should be yourself."

Jaigurudev
love
Nikhil(and rahul :) )

After a Looooong time....

I was kicked out of the blog by Rahul for not posting for a long time, so I had to assure him that I would post atleast once in a week to get back as an author... :)
So here i go...
I watched this documentary called "HOME- A Stunning Visual Portrayal of Earth" (download it from u know where). Its a very beautifully documented HD video about our only home - Earth. Unlike any other documentaries that u watched in Nat-Geo or Discovery, this is entirely different coz it talks about........... uhh well, I just can't find the right words to make u enlightened or stuff like that... Simple! just watch the video to get the feel of it... :)

Sid got very emotional while watching ( lol :P ) so i told him to forward some scenes....

Here are some snaps of it:


Arctic ice...
melting away...
(boring.... hearing this from over a decade)








Deforestation... we know all this gen stuff..
but wat about these following things..!!









Most of the grain produced is used for livestock feed!! In US alone, 95% of the soyabean goes for cattle-feed & biofuel!
Imagine if this were to be distributed then it would alone solve the world's hunger problem!!

To grow
1kg potatoes requires 1000l water,
1kg rice requires 4000l water,
whereas 1kg beef requires 13000l water.


"Dubai, the new beacon for all the world's money!
A culmination of the western model.
A symbol of the exploitation of the energy the Earth supplies!"
-HOME(documentary)





In Los Angeles, the number of cars is equivalent to the number of people!









Legas, Nigeria.
Even though being Africa's richest oil exporter, more than 70% of the people are Below Poverty Line.
People dont have access to the country's wealth.

And half the world's poor live in resource rich countries!!



Water pollution caused by the extraction of oil from tar sands of Canada!! (aerial view)








P.S. : Forward first 15 mins to watch the real deal.

here are a coupla fotos from buddy's budday

Go Mumbai!

Hey guys! Ab tak tho all you guys must be aware of the Mumbai 1 lakh people YES!+ from march 18th and also bout the Pune 50k yes!+... huge plans and work ahead... truly YES!+ is spreading like a wild fire...

Just read 'bout whats happening on Bawa's blog... the link's on the sidebar.I had the opportunity of contributing to the work in a small little way... I had written an informal article for people to read and sent it to a volunteer.. dunno if and when it'll be used, but anways i think itll be a nice read... have fun :). "

"Slowly, sheepishly a 20 year old lad walked into a near empty hall with hardly 10 people… brightly lit with halogens, the floor spread with carpets, and as he further explored he saw the wall beautifully decorated with charts and upfront he read YES!+ in a big cool font. He realized he was 10 minutes early. As the time for the course to start drew closer, he saw the hall now got filled with a 100 young, nervous and apprehensive minds most of whom were there for the same reasons he was…

To explore their potential, Sudarshan kriya, dump their ‘emotional garbage’,being stress free and to empower themselves with all that it took to do something extraordinary that each one of them dreamed of…all of them were on

YES!+ : Youth Empowerment & Skills workshop! Organized by the Word alliance for youth empowerment(WAYE) in 150 countries…in association with the Art of Living.

And as the workshop began he got a glimpse of the things about to come over the next three days, he was drawn into a big wide smile and his heart excited and enthusiastic! Now that it’s the fourth day and the workshop is about to end his smile is bigger than ever, his eyes drawn to tears… his heart has a mixed feeling of the same joy, enthusiasm, confidence and gratitude. He is amazed by the dynamism of the place,awed by its energy and the loves the way he learnt things with masti,love on the workshop that constituted 100 young minds in their prime! The change he had foreseen came true… with a calm, composed stress free mind he now realizes he is only limited by his mind and he is now truly empowered to dream and to go get his dream!

Now imagine what the same workshop having a lakh young minds could do to you! Here’s an opportunity of a lifetime, get empowered! YES!+ in Mumbai,India starts 18^th march… the biggest ever!Dont just watch things happen… make things happen and just do the workshop!"

I've edited just 4-5 words... but apart from all of it is the same...

jaigurudev
love

rahul