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.

Power of the MIND

Hey guys I've written a post on my blog on this... check it out @ Reach Out.

Just wanted to add something extra. Well not only mere qualities or few skill sets be it anything in life its just the play of the MIND! Mind is the most powerful instrument you've got!! Whatever you believe is true... If you believe you can you're right and if you believe you can't you're right!!All your thoughts, wishes and actions can attain the result you want if you've got the ability to handle your mind in the right way! :)

If all of this sounds strange to you... and you want to know more then YOGA VASISTHA is the book for you!(or you could simply watch 'the secret'!Its only at the surface though... ). But then don't tell me i didn't warn you, you can only complete the book if your appetite for knowledge is voracious!

jaigurudev

love

rahul

The Promise

This is something written by Guruji himself which touched my Heart..

If I had to promise you something what would it
be?

I can't promise that you would always be
comfortable ....

Because comfort brings boredom & discomfort.

I can't promise all your desires will be fulfilled ...

Because desires whether fulfilled or unfulfilled
brings frustration.

I can't promise that there will always be good
times...

Because it is the tough times that makes us
appreciate joy.

I can't promise that we will be rich or famous or
powerful....

Because they can be pathways to misery.

I can't promise that we will always be together...

Because it is separation that makes togetherness
so wonderful.

Yes, if you are willing to walk with me,

if you are willing to value love over everything else,

I promise that this will be the most rich & fulfilling
life possible.

I promise your life will be an eternal celebration.

I promise you I will cherish you more than a king
cherishes his crown.

I shall love you more than a mother loves a new
born.

If you are willing to walk into my arms,

If you are willing to live in my heart,

You will find the one you have waited forever....

You will meet yourself in my arms....

I promise....

Love & Blessings,

H.H. Sri Sri Ravishankar

Satyam Param Dhimahi...

Well... its been quite a bit of time since the last post and will make up for that by posting regularly from now on, part of which would be from knowledge sheets(from 'Intimate Note To The Sincere Seeker'-by Guruji) considering the fact that very few people on campus have the book.

Now i come straight to what this post is aimed at.All my life I've lied a lot regarding various things for example, be it giving the list of expenses to dad (or) denying politely a request from a friend to borrow something(and of course many other reasons not to be proud of :D).

Ever since joining AOL and starting my spiritual journey I've lied for various other reasons... sometimes with friends about my YES!+ activities(when i was new to our YES!+ group and didn't fully implement the football sutra!), but its been mostly to my parents(i hope my mom doesn't read this :D) about my activities and volunteering in AOL to avoid hurting them and more than that just to divert conflicts!!

But that's only a thing of the past, before i had this wonderful experience... i don't remember the exact incident when it happened, but the experience itself is fresh in my memory. I was about to lie to my dad on a call(obviously about AOL) but i 'chose' to face the situation boldly and decided that let me tell the truth!This in spite all the exact words i had planned to convince him( i managed to convince anyways). I cannot express the amount of joy and contentment i expressed in that single moment. I fell in love with 'truth' and i wondered with a smile the reason why Gandhiji loved truth('satya') so much!

Its very easy to lie in uncomfortable circumstances and get away... but just give this a shot. CHOOSE to tell the truth when otherwise you wouldn't have.It'll spark something in you... each and every time you would choose truth over comfort,or something else for everything else would seem trivial!

And to this was added a brilliant realization... just a few months back it dawned on me that when I'm seeking enlightenment(mind you its a loaded term), the highest reality that would dispense all darkness and reveal all secrets... how will this highest knowledge(truth, reality call it whatever you like) come to me if i myself don't honour and speak the truth at all times!



And that is precisely what the shloka Satyam Param Dhimahi means... literally translated as " Let the Ultimate truth dawn on me"

jaigurudev!
love
rahul

p.s. 22nd was bawa's 40th birthday and there is a wonderful post about him at www.bawandinesh.name