Raw Devotion

 As we grow old, we become wiser but more logical. However in life the most relevant things are the ones that cannot be understood by ones intellect. As a parent to a now 4 year old, i experience the beauty of the unknown with every passing day. 

The devotion that this beautiful soul has is unfathomable. We can only see some glimpses of its depth if we are aware and totally present. 

Being in the vicinity of highest energy, at our Bangalore Ashram during the auspicious time of Navratri, the devotion was so evident that it won hearts of thousands gathered. 

The eyes shine so bright and are so deep diving in devotion, it is completely unmistakable. 

The divine works in mysterious ways, one just has to be totally available and surrender to the highest force with complete innocence.

The conviction and faith my little one had manifested itself in the Maha Ashtami satsang.

The communication that happens with words is very shallow and superficial. But the communication that happened between Pranavi and Gurudev was completely heart to heart. 

No words were being used, but hearts were united. 

There was so much physical distance but the souls were merged. 

When a drop meets the ocean, it loses its identity but becomes the ocean. No two remains. It loses itself but there is no lack, there is only abundance.

Similarly when a devotee and divine meet, the devotee doesn't remain, there is only divinity everywhere.

The world cheered as a witness to this amazing union where what remained was only love.

They say the soul chooses its parents, I feel beyond blessed to be chosen by this beautiful soul. Today I remember that during my entire pregnancy, I only wished for a devotee soul to come to my womb and every passing day I am a witness to this utmost devotion which is so raw and pure, it is not conditioned by the worldly norms. The devotion that drives this life and makes it all worthwhile. 

I remember Gurudev shared once that a devotee is Antevasi - one who stays in the heart of the master. Being there and seeing it raw is a reminder that there is no other better place to live.

Happy Guru Purnima

'Gu' means 'darkness' and 'ru' means 'destroyer'. So Guru means the one who removes you from darkness.
So many times in our lives, we feel that we are stuck in this world and are drowning in the problems. We feel that our life is filled with darkness.
Gurudev so beautifully says that darkness has no existence, it is merely absence of light. The movement light comes, darkness goes away. Similarly, presence of a Guru brings so much light in our lives, all the darkness simply vanishes away. 
It is just till we are facing opposite of light that we see the shadow, the movement we turn around and face the master, the shadow simply vanishes.

Kabir Das Ji beautifully said "सब धरती कागज करूँ, लेखनी सब बनरायसात समुंदर की मसि करूँ, गुरुगुण लिखा न जाय". Meaning: Even if the whole earth is transformed into paper with all the big trees made into pens and if the entire water in the seven oceans are transformed into writing ink, even then the glories of the Guru cannot be written. So much is the greatness of the Guru.

On this auspicious day of Guru Purnima, I feel immense gratitude to be chosen on this beautiful path by my ever so loving master. 
Thank You Gurudev for giving us this beautiful life.

Life, A Blessing !

Unfortunate are those who keep desiring yet their desires are not fulfilled.
A little fortunate those whose desires get fulfilled over a long time.
More fortunate are those whose desires get fulfilled as soon as they arise.
Most fortunate are those who have no desires because there is fulfillment even before the desire arises.

More and more you stay with the Master, faster your journey moves towards the 4th category.
The more one stays on the path, the more awareness one has, more the realization dawns of being the 'chosen one', of 'being picked' by the master. Aho! What a blessing!

Spending time in HIS Presence keeps giving one such beautiful realizations.
The Holi meeting, the Glimpse, the eye contact, the Ganga Dip, the Satsang, the Darshan, the Goodbye....have collected a pandora of memories to keep refilling the love and longing in me untill next time.

Soaked in love, Drenched in Devotion

Hugging the Bundle of Love

23 December 2012

23 December 2012 marks a very special date for me. Exactly 3 years back, on this very day Guruji blessed me to be a Divine Instrument. Those 15 days are still so fresh. Just a memory of the journey fills my heart with gratitude. I still remember with all my faith and a dream to serve the master I entered our Bangalore ashram for the Teacher’s Training Course. Little did I know at that time, that this one decision would change the entire life and these 15 days would become the most memorable and life changing days. I still remember how one by one, petal by petal Guruji opened us to blossom like a Rose. How it all happened is still a wonder to me.

I remember our teacher – Girin bhaiya saying that TTC is not just a teacher’s training course, it is Total Transformation of the Consciousness. And yes, the transformation did happen on all possible levels!

It is difficult to relate to what I was before those 15 days and how the entire consciousness just blossomed and transformed.  Since, the day I came back, every day of my life has become amazingly special. Today, it’s been 3 years; well it just feels like yesterday but yes 3 years! A lot has changes in and around me in 3 years.

HE said, you will not have any need unfulfilled in life and if I see, my life has been full of abundance. A sense of fulfillment has dawned and there is nothing which seems to be missing in life.

It feels as if he has picked up a stone and raised it to a level of worship. Just being his mere instrument, one gets so very much in life, that there is no time to think if anything is left. So many wishes I got on this special day, so much love is showered just coz someday HE decided to choose me.

My heart fills up with gratitude when I think and see how my life is transformed just because this one Divinity chose me. I am overwhelmed with the love I receive and am soaked with Bliss for life has become such a Blessing.

On this special day, I just pray and wish that for this lifetime, may this body and Soul be used for HIS work, for HIS mission of One World Family and for Spreading Smiles on this planet 

Close to the Master

Guruji was here for Bhagavad Gita discourse and the Janamashtami Celebration. During this visit, I had a chance to do a lot of Swadhyay. Majority time waiting for him went into introspection, so I am sharing what I realized all the more during this amazing trip we had with HIM.

We all want to be close to the master. But one extremely important thing to realize here is that it is not the physical proximity that actually matters. I know we all love being in HIS Physical Presence, nothing can be even counted close to that. And not to forget, our constant efforts to go near him; being inside the house, to standing very next to HIM, to sitting in the nearest car, to sitting in the same car and the list is endless. We do all that to be closest to HIM. And we are not wrong, who on this planet would not want to be close to HIM.

But what I realized this time is a step further. Being close to Him physically won’t even matter if you are not close to HIM from your heart. During this visit, there were instances when I was inside the same house, standing next to him and all the amazing moments I could dream of. But there were few realizations as I said. The most amazing memory of this trip was not when I was inside the house and physically in close proximity to him but when I was sitting far away and yet could feel his presence in my heart. What I got in a session sitting far away is beyond expression. And it dawned to me that it is not just his physical presence, HE has been saying it time and again, and it is a lot more than that. Coz he is just not the body, HE is far above that. I am sure we all have had those times, where we just FEEL him, Feel Close to HIM even if we can’t see him. Hold onto those moments of life coz they are the most special ones. For these make your heart full, the sweet tears roll out, these are a gift, a gift for the tremendous love we have for him, for the amazing and wonderful longing we have.

This is a time when the realization that “You, Guru and God” are the same dawns on the experiential level. The moments like these make you realize how loved you are and how precious you are to HIM. He truly has his own ways to make you feel close.

Quoting HIM:

“You are with the Master to share the joy of the Master, to share the consciousness of the Master. For that, you have to empty your cup of what is already in it. So you share that with the Master. You share whatever you have and don't judge, "Oh, that is garbage." The Master is ready to accept any garbage of any extent. However you are, he will embrace you. He is ready to share. You only have to share from your side.”

So don’t be stuck in your ways, coz you would miss out then when he attempts to give you, an experience of life time! Of the ultimate bliss and the ultimate closeness one can feel. So empty your cup and let HIM fill the same for you coz HE knows the BEST. :)

Jai Gurudev !

I Never Knew !

I was just going through one of my favorite poems written by Guruji. I am putting it exactly down here:

You never know
How and when
The existence will start
Using you for its purpose

You never know
How and when
You will be filled with abundance
And you will start raining
Quenching the thirst of many

You never know
How and when
You will be full of
Fruits and shade
And travellers will take
Shelter and food from you

You never know
How and when
You will be full with
Love and light
And you will start spreading
The fragrance of beauty to everyone

You never know
How and when
The death will come
And make you deathless
And life will start
Flowing out of you

You never know
How and when.... Really !

Just reading through it makes me so full of gratitude. I really never even realized when it all started happening and each word of the poem became an experience to me. A life experience and it amazes me all the more when I read that he is already said it all. It a beautiful wonder and I can be nothing but amazed by it. I really never realized how and when and believe me neither would you realize, how and when all these amazing things start happening in your life too. Most likely they are, happening already, just a little realization. We will never know how and when life became a celebration. All I know is that we are picked by HIM and we are the lucky ones. No, the luckiest ones to be chosen and picked and pampered by the Divine itself.

Ahhh ! What a blessing ! 

Just A Thought

We live in a world where everybody is running a rat race. A race where we want to achieve more and nothing is enough.

We want to achieve more and more and more. We want more money, better house, better job, better position, better car. However much we have, we still want to achieve something more and that is probably what keeps us going.
And the higher ladder we aspire to climb, the bigger steps we take. Little do we realize that in all this running, we have forgotten to stop and relax. We have forgotten to just realize that in the process of achieving more whose achievement it is. We work hard and hard and harder but who gives us the opportunities. We may think we chose our opportunities and en-cash them but who puts a thought in the mind to make decisions.

Whatever we do, whatever we achieve we are guided by something inside us. Some magical power, which in a very subtle way makes sure that we exactly get what we need. Again, I said need and not want. There is something or someone or some power which makes sure we exactly get need we want in life. In the midst of running and achieving and more running, take out few moments and ponder upon the fact that somehow something happens and the deal is cracked; and the dreams are fulfilled; the opportunities come forward and everything ends the way it should be, may not be the way we thought :P

Lets just relax and realize we always do get the best that should come. Everything just sets in like a movie and at the end the hero wins in spite of the struggle. The only difference in the movie and life is that the director doesn't make us realize that he is directing.

The giver is giving in such a way that we think it is our achievement.

And the moment this realization dawns, one can be nothing but grateful for HE chose us to be the hero and we didn't even realize.
Take a moment to be aware and be grateful, I am sure you will be in love with movie of your life then, coz the director just makes sure that the hero wins.

Ek Baar

Ek baar haath badha kar to dekho, puri zindagi ke liye na thaam le to kehna.

Ek baar dil de kar to dekho, agar deewana na banaa dia to kehna.

Ek baar kadam badha kar to dekho, manzil tak na pahunchaya to kehna.

Ek baar maang kar to dekho, puri duniyaa tumpe na lutaa di to kehna.

Kya soch mei baithe ho, kaun apna hai kaun paraaya,

Ek baar apna banaa kar to dekho, pura jahaa tumhe apna na banaa le to kehna.

Ek baar nazre mila kar to dekho, tumpe beintihaan pyaar na barsaae to kehna.

Ek baar wishwas kar ke to dekho, duniya tumhaari na ho jaae to kehna.

Ek baar pyaar kar ke to dekho, duniya jannat na ban jaae to kehna.

Feeling Blessed

In this life, everyone has been born for a purpose and everyone is important. There is not even a single creature that is not important. And, everyone ends up doing their own tasks, their own things. We live in an interdependent society and no one individual can perform all the duties. No one can do all the roles. Hence everyone becomes all the more important.

When we do a role we for sure miss on the understanding, the intricacies of other roles but everyone is required to do something and that makes everyone important.
So each one has a purpose of life and is supposed to serve that purpose. And all this is amazingly taken care of.

A maid is required, a plumber is required, a mechanic is required, a postman is required, a watchman is required, a doctor is required, an engineer is required, a policeman is required, a guard is required, a school teacher is required, a professor is required.

Each and everyone have a purpose and each and everyone is required. Now a doctor can never do what a plumber can. And an engineer can never do what a cook can. Hence everyone learns in the life according to their roles and purpose of life.

Now knowing this, I feel more blessed to be chosen on this path. We may be missing on different roles and responsibilities of life. May be we missed learning some lessons, maybe we never faced some situations, we never solved some problems, we never enjoyed some moments in life.

But, what compensates it all is what we are chosen to do in life. What we do is by far the best we could. To be able to live with the purpose of bringing Smiles on faces, giving a hope to have a happy life, bringing transformations is the best that could be done. What could have been better? We for sure have not chosen these ourselves. We are in fact the picked ones, the luckiest ones. This is not a fruit of any action but for sure amazing Grace that has been poured on us by our master. We are blessed to be the one, the one who was picked.

Know this and feel blessed. King of the world is surely in our hearts, there is nothing to fear. 

Loads of Love,

Madhvi

Tera Main (13th May)

 13th May is a very Special Day for all of us as it is our Master’s Birthday.  Tera Main (13^th May) in Hindi means “I am Yours” and that is what we have been feeling since we have realized HIS presence in our lives. He has completely given his life to bring Smiles on our face.

Life has become an expression of gratefulness with HIS presence. We are indeed extremely lucky to have you Guruji, to be chosen on this path.

Today it’s not only Guruji’s Birthday but its all of ours Birthday as well. We all have got this new life since HE has come in our lives. Thank You Guruji for being born. We love you Guruji.

The following song is your Birthday song and each and every word of the song is so true:

Pyaar Ke Saagar Ho

Gyaan Ke Mandir Ho

Aakhon Me Baste Ho

Hoton Pe Haste Ho

Har Pal Jatate To

Tera Main Tera Main Tera Main Tera Main

Pyaar Ke Saagar Ho

Gyaan Ke Mandir Ho

Aakhon Me Baste Ho

Hoton Pe Haste Ho

Har Pal Jatate To

Tera Main Tera Main Tera Main Tera Main

Duniya Main Aaye Ho

Roshini Laye Ho

Sabke Dulare Ho

Har Dil Pe Chaaye Ho

Har Pal Jatate To

Tera Main Tera Main Tera Main Tera Main

Oh Man Ke Charaago Main

Tum Jhil Milate Ho

Bhooli Si Yaadon Ko

Roshan Kar Jaate Ho

Yaad Dilate Ho

Tera Main Tera Main Tera Main Tera Main

Tapti Do Peheron Main

Raahat Ban Jaate Ho

Sabke Dilon Ki Tum

Chahat Ban Jaate Ho

Haskar Keh Jaate Ho

Tera Main Tera Main Tera Main Tera Main

Sunlo Yeh Gaate Hain

Gaake Sunate Hain

Sunlo Yeh Gaate Hain

Gaake Sunate Hain

Aaj Batate Hain

We Love You Oh Guruji
We Love You Oh Guruji
We Love You Oh Guruji
We Love You Oh Guruji
We Love You Oh Guruji
We Love You Oh Guruji

Song Credits: Sachin Limaye

Happy Birthday Guruji JJ

Unconditional Love

March 19, 2014

Guruji came to Delhi on March 18, 2014. His flight was supposed to land at 4:00PM. As I couldn’t leave office before 5:00PM; I thought I would go to meet him after HE lands to Vasant Vihar where HE was supposed to be staying. To my surprise and HIS wish, HIS flight got delayed and kept getting delayed till 7:00PM. By the time we could easily reach airport and meet HIM.

Now we reached the airport but we did not have any conveyance to go from the airport to Vasant Vihar. Before HE landed HE even fixed that and we had a car arranged.

He came. We met HIM at the airport and went behind HIM to Vasant Vihar.

We reached just in time when HE was there and again got a tap on the head with the bouquet of flowers he was holding.

Then HE went inside and we waited and waited and waited in the hall amidst hundreds of people.

And HE came. And took all our hearts away. As HE rightly says, HE is a CHIT CHOR, who steals the heart too. On being asked to meet one to one, HE replied “Dil mei to milta hu one to one”  When HE is there, one can feel Bliss amidst Chaos. Then the long waited one to one meeting started. Something felt touched from inside on meeting HIM. All I wanted after that was to cry every tension, every burden off that I have been carrying with me. And I came back and just hugged his photo and slept.

He was suppose to leave on March 19, 2014 at around 1:00PM for Rishikesh. People had already left to be with HIM on the banks of holy Ganges. I got an offer too but had to reject it coz I was supposed to be in office and I couldn’t take an off. I was sad that I couldn’t even leave office to go and bid him good bye to the airport.

All I had was, a sincere prayer in my heart that HIS flight gets delayed or his trip gets cancelled.

And to my surprise and love, He cancelled his trip to Rishikesh. Now HE is here till 21^st March and is staying as close as Vasant Vihar which is around a 45 min distance from here. 

This amazing transformation only HE can bring. The amazing wonderful feeling that HE loves you so very much can bring a Smile on every face. Can turn sad tears, sweet. Can make you feel soaked in love and drenched in joy. Can change the disappointment into wonder “Koi itna pyaar kaise kar sakta hai?”

He has truly said in Narada Bhakti Sutras that “In the worst of situations if I can just remember that ‘Divine loves me.. there is Divine Unconditional Love’…my misery will not be there !”

“Love is not an emotion; it is your very existence”

Being associated with Art of Living since last 4 years, I have heard the above line a lot of times from the master. “Love is not an emotion; it is your very existence”. I never really thought about what is the hidden meaning behind this or what it actually feels to be Love.

For me Love was an emotion which I felt with people close to me, my family, friends…. So I really could never understand how Love is the very existence and how it is more than just an emotion.

But being in HIS presence, meeting HIM several times I have really understood much more than I initially thought it to be.

If you have been to Ashram, you would know that it is a beautiful paradise. If heaven exists, it is like the Art of Living International Centre in Bangalore. And when Guruji is there, it is like heaven with God J I was at Ashram this year for the beautiful Shivratri Celebrations.

Believe me Shivratri is a day when you cannot afford to be anywhere except where Guruji is. It’s a huge celebration at Ashram, people from across the globe are there to experience the infinite energy, the union of seen and unseen, the Divine Consciousness which we all are made of.

When you are there, you actually realize that you don’t need any reason to be happy. You feel that Love is in the air. You feel so content that you really have no desires unfulfilled. You really don’t want anything to be totally happy, peaceful and centered. You attend the amazing pujas which are good enough for you to be drunken in joy and intoxicated in bliss. In no time you find yourself immersed in deep meditation, a journey to the blissful world, a journey where you realize who you really are. And in no time you find yourself dancing, being one with the music to the beats of Shiva bhajans.

You realize that you really don’t need anyone to be in love with. You realize that you are so complete and so full of love that everyone who comes across is nothing but just love, just made up of the same substance as you. The very same thing, there is no difference.

Like the wood that the door is made up of is no different than the wood the table is made up of. There is no actual difference between what you are made up of and what the other person is made up of. And a realization dawns that nothing but Love exists, we just need to realize that. You are my dear made up of Love. You are Love.

And still if that has not dawned, just look in to the eyes of the Master; just one glance from him is enough to make you realize that the entire creation is just love, nothing else. Everything else is just a distortion of love. So nothing except love really exists. And the realization gets a flood of love within you and you get totally immersed in it.

“I am You, You are Me is the slogan of love” becomes an experience than, much more than just a mere concept you have heard of.

I remember a story told by one of my teacher. Once someone said to Guruji, “I love you” And he replied why are you saying the same word thrice? “I” “Love” & “You” are actually all same. It’s all Love. Now I know how it actually means the same.

“You are made up of a substance called Love” seems so beautifully true now.

It is amazing how the deepest truths of life are really expressed and taught on this path with so much ease and it’s all so effortless.

It is said that if you are extremely lucky you get a human birth. If you are luckier you have a thirst for knowledge. If you are even luckier you have a chance to be on this path and if you are the luckiest (extreme possible luck) you have a living master. Truly blessed we are to be on this path.

Very few are blessed to be one among the lucky blessed souls. Just be grateful – Great and full to be able to be here.  

And all you can do is feel Blessed to be able to experience this.

Know and Remember for a fact that “YOU ARE LOVE”

My First Gurupuja

 Pooja is that which comes out of fullness. 

When heart is full with gratitude it comes out in the form of puja. Its a play with the divine. Its just you and your God playing. 
And on doing it gratitude overflows and one truly feels HIS presence. Presence of the master. Of the Guru tattva. Of the energy of the Divine Consciousness. One feels that there is somebody constantly taking care of you and is always with you, you just need to feel it. Grace overflows, you become great and full — Grateful. 
Then the Smile does not leave your face. Tears roll out but of love and gratitude. Salty tears turn sweet. And one is left with a realization that all that exists is just Love. 
You actually feel that "Love is not an emotion, its your very existence" 
Grateful to be on this path. To be able to experience something so beautiful.

Blossoming Happens

"Its one thing to take a rose and force its petals open, but its another thing to wait for it to blossom by itself. HE does that."

If I just look back a few months, how was my life and what I am now; there is a huge difference. The way my life has changed, only a GURU can do that. Just thinking of what I was and what I am makes me realize the power of Grace in my life. Life has been amazing full of challenges, blessing with the powers they get along. Events have been happening, things come n go, people come and go but someone stands by your side in all Ups n Downs, n that's Your GURU. Just this one Power is enough to Stand against all odds, to Smile in all situations, to Laugh in all circumstances, to Let Go when needed and to Make Life an Eternal Celebration.

"I will love you more than a mother loves her newborn" is what HE has promised. And I surely walking on this path have experienced this. It is just inexpressible. 

I am so amazingly in love with this one Soul who drives the entire world around. 
With this one Person who is so Universal yet so own. 
With this one Energy who loves me Uniquely.  
With my Lord who keeps me in His Heart.

Like, Air is everywhere but we need a fan to feel it, same ways Grace is everywhere but we need GURU to feel it.

A Meeting With The Master

Just sharing one of My Experiences With The Master:

I rushed from the office to the airport to see him off. He had already entered the gate when I reached. I just leaned on the glass wall, waiting for the last glimpse. I could already feel his presence, so strong, so intense.
I stopped, just looking at him..and he turned & waved..the moment froze for me. Looking at him, I could feel that he turned just for me.
He started moving, I moved with him. After a few steps, he turned again. And to my surprise, he moved towards the exit door and came out.
He came out for me, that's all I know. He came we walked amidst others. I wasn't walking just next to him but I could see him. I was looking at him, observing him throughout. He looked towards me and pampered me, he patted my cheeks. The moment froze and I couldn't believe it was me. Rest is inexpressible.

The way he loves me, only he can do that. He has accepted me as I am totally.
"Its one thing to take a rose and force its petals open, but its another thing to wait for it to blossom by itself. He does that."

His love is unconditional. It is true, in his presence, you grow by leaps and bounds. You can experience your existence is love when HE is around.

Volunteer For A Better India

It is the apathy of the good people which has brought us to this state.

Let the youth and citizens come forward and pledge 1 HOUR TO THE NATION and

VOLUNTEER FOR A BETTER INDIA

- H.H.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

We all feel a surge of emotion for our country when the Indian Tricolor is raised in the midst of ‘Jana Gana Mana’ at the Red Fort, or whenever the martyrs of Indian Freedom Struggle are being remembered at the India Gate. We all have that twinge of love and fervor for our country. But in the thick and thin of our daily life, we hardly give any thought to what we can do for this great Nation. And we do not know where, when and how to begin.

There are many areas in which the country has been experiencing an array of social challenges such as corruption, safety of girls, drugs and alcohol abuse, HIV & AIDS etc. It's time that we stop complaining about the situation and instead shoulder responsibilities and be a part of the solution. Volunteering is a passion kindled by “humanness”, something we are all instilled with.

Volunteer for a Better India (VFABI) is a call to every citizen to make things better and to give a better society to the coming generation. VFABI is a call to give at least one hour of your precious time to set things which you think are not right. It could be devoted in the area of one’s interest and knowledge. It is the call of the hour not to blame our society, but to plunge into action.

Various United Nations agencies have gladly partnered with us in this initiative and have promised a better India in the coming years. Old and young, rich and poor, urban and slum dwellers, school and college students, corporate and business community, NGOs, RWAs, hospitals, achievers from art, culture, music, literature, theatre; people from all walks of life would be encouraged to volunteer for the nation.

Plan of Action

Under Volunteer for a Better India, various events & activities have been done and many more are planned and we invite you to join us for all of the following –

I.        Social Issues UN Youth Conference – ‘United We March ~ A National Youth Summit 2013’

2^nd Feb 2013 (9:30 am - 12:30 pm)

II.      A Citizen's Movement:  3^rd Feb 2013 (4:00 pm - 7:00 pm)

I.        Social Issues Youth Conference, 2^nd Feb 2013 (Saturday) (9:30 am - 12:30 pm)

The Premise for the Summit is sensitization of the young leaders under the overarching spirit of human values to address issues relating to  HIV and AIDS, the Declining Child Sex-Ratio, Sexual - Reproductive Health and Rights, Drugs & Alcohol,  Corruption, Millennium Development Goals, Safety for Girls  and Entrepreneurial Opportunities.

Summit Design

The summit will commence with a joint plenary session followed by a deeper orientation through highly interactive, youth friendly breakaway workshops, all independent yet parallel, each on the key issues. It will be facilitated by the various VFABI partners and will culminate in a joint valedictory session.

Breakaway Workshops:

✤ UNAIDS, HEROES Project, INERELA+ & IICA

Getting to Zero!

Zero New HIV Infection-Zero Discrimination-Zero AIDS Related Deaths!

✤UNFPA, FPA India

Spot It to Stop It - Everyone Counts!

Bridging  the Gender Gap!

✤ National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, AIIMS

High on Life!

Away from Drugs & Alcohol!

✤UNODC

Know It to Fight It!

Myths & Facts about Corruption

✤ UNMC

World We Want!

The Millennium Development Goals & Priorities Beyond 2015!

✤ UNICEF

Girls Every Where. Safe Every Where!

Safety for Girls is Their Right!

✤ UNGCNI, DRISHTEE

Will to Lead!

Entrepreneurship for Young India & a New World!

The 7 breakaway sessions will end with a combined valedictory and plenary session of 1200+ audience.

**Certificates of Participation carrying all Partners’ logo of UN agencies and NGOs will be extended to all participants.

A Citizen's Movement: 3^rd Feb 2013 (Sunday) (4:00 pm - 7:00 pm)

The highlight of the event will be a talk by H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, inspiring lacs to join hands and Volunteer for a Better India.

This grand finale will also feature a unique “Voices on Issues” to promote engagement of the masses on the selected social issues and will serve to energize VFABI with people pledging their time and commitment to the cause of nation building.

We are even entering a national partnership with UNICEF for Saving Girl Child on the same day.

It will be our pleasure if you join us in the initiative and help create a Better India.

Without You Where Would I Be?

Without you where would I be?
A Body without life
A Sun without light
A Moon without night
An Eye without sight

Without you where would I be?
Ear that doesn't hear
Tongue that doesn't taste
Nose that doesn't breathe
Skin that doesn't feel

Without you where would I be?
A Fish without water
A Bird without wings
A House without roof
A Sugarcane without juice

Without you where would I be?
Leg that doesn't walk
Mouth that doesn't talk
Air that doesn't blow
Seed that doesn't grow

Without you where would I be?
A Fish without water
A Body without life

Without you where would I be?

Oh My Dear..... :)

Despite all my efforts, I have never been able to express my feelings; my Gratitude for having a Master in my life.

One of the attempts to put it in words is as follows:

Oh My Dear…

I can't describe...

It feels so good...

That's why you have to understand only...

Oh My Dear…

I can't describe...

What it feels to have a Guru in life...

Its like having a life on light...

Oh My Dear...
You won't understand...

What it feels when besides you someone stands...
It’s like with you the divinity stands.

And everyone stands to see what it feels like,
When you get a glimpse of that Smile,
Oh my dear.....its mine,
Oh my dear.....its mine.
The experience is so Divine,
Total fullness without Wine
The Sun Sparkles, the Stars Shine;
To Salute to this Power of Divine.

Yes it’s my dear, When he is near;
It is just He who exists,
And nothing else is there.

Believe me dear, when he is beside,
Then it is what is called Divinity personified.

Oh my dear, I can't describe
What it feels to have a Guru in life.

 

Me & My Wonderland

"Angels are ready to serve you and crown you with the highest. 
Don't stop before that. 
Come to me, come to me." 

When I first read this, they were just a few lines from a poem, I wasn't able to relate them to my life.
But lately I have realised how it has been happening in my life. 
If I carefully analyse my life, I can see Angels serving me...I feel I am being carried by an Angel, who is with me on each and every step of this journey called Life. 
It is like I am climbing some stairs, growing by leaps and bounds in my life. But I don't have to worry about keeping my steps carefully because someone is so beautifully carrying me. I don't have to worry that I would fall, because I know he'll never let me. The hold is so strong that I cannot deviate from the path. 
The path full of love, it is like the nature, the environment, everybody and everything is supporting me on this journey. 
I don't have to wish, I have the wishes fulfilled. The desires are taken care of, even before they arise. 
All I have to do is follow the 3S formula: Sadhna (my daily meditation), Sewa (serve), Satsang (company of knowledge) which I anyways love doing and I have all my wishes fulfilled.
He rightly says: you just do these 3 things and you won't have a want in life. And everything starts happening effortlessly, without even realising that I am doing something, a lot is done. Everything is achieved, all dreams fulfilled. 

It is as if I am somewhere in some wonderland where everything is just for me, just to make me feel Special, to make me feel more Grateful, just to fulfil my desires, just to pamper me, to make my life full of love. 
And living in my wonderland, I Smile for no reason, I am happy, dancing, joyful for no big reason. For u need no reason to be happy so Smile dil se :) and you will see the nature Smiles with you.