Re-living...

Lost Control!

2011-11-14T08:34:00.001-08:00

Hill'ffair 2011
The most eventful Hill'ffair of my four year study here at NIT Ham.
First time on stage both as a performer and as a host. The passions were definitely ignited and the intensity was high. Words can't express the feelings we all had. They would be just another approximation. As the song goes " Jo bhi main kehna chahoon, barbaad karein alfaaz mere ".
I learnt a lot of stuff yesterday. One thing that I constantly observed yesterday was that , " The quality of my life indeed depends on the state of my mind." ( Due to a lot of happenings which were not so happynings :D)
A few acknowledgements before the pics. :)
Thanks Aneesha, Shubhi, Chuaare, Kanav for making even me dance. Chuara specially, tune meri kamar hilwa hi di :p. A special mention for Shubhi for spending those extra 10-15 secs without her partner on the stage.:p U guys rock!
Besides, thanks Nitesh for giving me the oppurtunity to compere and Saransh, Sumeet and Amit for sticking through the dilemma.
And, how can I forget "G" for turning a guy who was so shy that he couldn't even speak properly to the guy who stood on stage yesterday in front of a humongous crowd. The pics are uploaded below, have a look. Most of you would have already seen then on fb but nonetheless :) .

Thanks for being there guys.
P.S. You people are addictive, not just those mentioned above.. Many more :)

Thanks and loads of love,
Jitesh Vaswani

Coolness quotient!

2011-10-07T11:16:00.000-07:00

Some lines by some great people inspire me to write this post. " Naturalness is the best, in this form there is no stress", used to say Jayant Nasa (obviously inspired by one of our YES!+ programs ). The statement upon being implemented obviously changes one's outlook towards life. The biggest disease for a mind is to keep on hankering about what others might be thinking about oneself.

Lets just realize that we are cool the way we are. We don't need a tag from somebody to define our coolness quotient. The problem is that in order to impress others we actually turn the boat upside down. In order to gain love we show a side of us which is not true. When we are natural, when we are not in this constant nag to prove ourself , the realization dawns that the whole creation loves us so madly and deeply. And, as far as people are concerned, they are left with no other option but to love you. So much for just being natural :).

Lets all be cool this fall. Be Natural. Meditate, for it helps maintain the truly awesome you :)

"And screw you Louis Vuitton and Armani, Benetton and the rest of you fools, if you think you can define what’s cool this fall. We’re ALL cool this fall. And every fall." (Quote Courtsey: Some blog i don't remember :p)

Love,
Jitesh Vaswani

A friend of mine! I am sure we all love him!

2011-08-07T03:21:00.000-07:00

7th August 2011.

I am sitting in my hostel room, with songs from ZNMD playing on my laptop and writing this post on a person we all revere here in our final year. As, I reminisce about the last four years of my college life, I definitely came to this conclusion that my life wouldn't be spiced up without this guy, whom we also refer to as Mota bhai (literally also, though actual reference being Bada bhai , in Gujrati).

Tales of his generosity and kindness are known across the campus. Many of our laptops and internet connections are working properly only because of his guidance.

His intrinsic love for cricket and general knowledge makes him all the more unique. Though the unique adjective is not given to him for his love of these things but for his unique and yet irritating love for spreading it across the rooms.

This post is for him, the master of downloads and collector of hard disks (I wonder what he does with the movies! ). Any guesses who he is?

P.S: He is also known as Orbit downloader. Also, Happy friendship day, DUDE! Life with you is something, it won't be without you!

The inside is outside..

2011-07-28T11:34:00.000-07:00

The quality of the life depends on the state of the mind. Today, as I stand outside my room, in the balcony, staring out at the vast skies, into that nothingness, I feel that hollowness inside me too. A tinge of sadness touched my heart.
The mountains did not look that beautiful today as they always did. What changed? The mountains? No, I don't think so. It was something inside me.
Have you ever had any moments in your life where even the best of things don't feel right. When you know that you are being given the best, when you are being taken care of, still there is some longing. What is it for? The question still remains unanswered....
And, yet there are moments when even in the worst of times, you are lit up, as if the Gods took all the time in the universe to paint tha day perfect.
The difference I think lies in the state of your mind. The inside surely reflects in the outside.
While, I work on my inside, you keep reading my blog.

P.S: If you are reading this, make sure you take an inward glance :).Meditate :)

Jitesh Vaswani

Myriad Views: What is the solution?

2011-07-13T11:08:00.000-07:00

13th July 2011, Three blasts in the heart of Mumbai is what inspired me to write this post. I am sick of seeing the same things on the news channels again and again. The same Ministers appealing for peace. But, how can there be peace when there is so much agitation inside. Plus there is this question hovering around in everybody's mind, What can I do? What role do I play? Just being a spectator is not enough. Also, there is this question in our mind, in life How much does our doing count and how much is happening on its own, is it all destiny?..

Once a devotee asked H.H. Sri Sri Ravishankar Ji, How much is our doing and how much is happening?
He replied in a very funny manner that, when your doing is 100% you will see that everything is happening.

As far as How can we contribute is concerned, the answer is simple. Let's spread belongingness in people. People feel so distant from each other these days. The feeling of trust is somewhere missing. Though our thinking patterns may be different, yet when a bigger cause comes into picture, we all have to be together.

It's like the same thing in cricket, we cheer are favourite teams for IPL. But, when it comes to International matches, we all come together to cheer India. Similarly, do we even have the guts to think of uniting the whole world for a cause. One man has.

I am spreading the message of love and peace in everybody's heart, without any discrimination, whether it is a terorrist or a criminal or an excellent performer in academics etc. The point is clear, when there is love in people's heart such hideous acts of aggression and violence cannot prevail. See we all love ourselves right, that is why we don't hurt ourselves. We also love our families, our girlfriends or boyfriends, that is why we feel hurt when they are hurt. We just have to spread the message of love in everybody's heart for everybody :)

I regret this day today, not only because of the blasts, but because, if we would have been faster (AOL ppl) we even could have touched that terrorist's life who did this. Behind every criminal there is a victim crying for help.

I am playing my role as a YES!+ volunteer, are you??? THINK and THINK BIG!!!

And, btw also check this out http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=206110259433738

Love,
Jitesh Vaswani

Life in general :))

2011-06-09T10:06:00.000-07:00

Life is beautiful. Giving it the importance that it deserves makes it living all the more worthwhile. We guys are so lucky, so damn lucky, to have this human form, and hence can contribute to the society. It might seem superficial in reading, but if you feel what I am feeling right now, you would agree that not all get this opportunity.
Life is so sacred. If you feel that even while doing the most trivial of things, like walking on the road, and feeling the whole sky is there on top of you, that happy si feeling, that is something worth achieving. Doing most trivial of things with a feeling of authentic gratefulness makes your life so juicy. It is not the life of a sadist. It is a life of the most juicy, generous person on the planet.
Life is longing. The longing for the truth, the longing for the divine. If the spirit of inquiry has arisen in you, questions like Why am I born, what's my purpose here, if anyways I have to die, then your life is worth living. This spirit of inquiry can make you jump in leaps and bounds.

As Guruji says, Let time celebrate your presence and you live on forever. Such a profound thought. Make your life such a blessing for others, that even time feels lucky, that you were born at that time, that it was able to witness a phenomenon called you, this is what is worth achieving.

P.S: I still need to hone my writing skills, till that time Go beyond the words. :)))

Love,
Jitesh Vaswani

The Shimla Moments!!! :-)

2011-01-18T07:32:00.000-08:00

14th January 2011, We reached Shimla in high spirits during daytime, booked a luxurious stay at Hotel white. The day kicked off with roaming on The Ridge. Our appetite just started to grow bigger (analogous to the winters there) with an ice cream cone.

It melted into our mouths as we reached The Mall road and the shops etc. The weather was not at all genial but it raised our spirits and the awesome trip to The Jakhoo Temple took place. Our eyes roved around at the vistas of nature (the reason behind it was to have our photographs clicked :) ).
OOps I forgot to introduce you to the gang. Here, we go:-)
Mitti (Amit Thakur) , Chottu (Naresh Choudhary), Bubbly(Abha Bansal), Kiss Paaji (Kishore Lal Chettri), Maa (Priyanka Chowdhary) , Jeetu(Jitesh Vaswani (me) ),
Dhiraj Pathania n Shubhi Agarwal (their nicknames still have to come up :) )
Ok, getting back on track, at Jakhoo Temple, we were greeted by 'The Vaanar sena' (couldn't see much of that-had my specs removed). After a proliferated no. of photographs, we returned back to Shimla. The snow flakes welcomed us while we looked for a cheaper accomodation at Kaali Baadhi Mandir. The evening ended with a delicious dinner at 'Sagar Ratna' and with eclairs adding cherry to the top.

The night began with the masti of 'Magic POP' , the 'censored card game' and the truth waali Card game (I survived that-haha).

The next morning was marked by breakfast at aiwen sa dhabha and a blissful bournvita/coffee at The Indian Coffee House..

Kufri was closed but we managed to take our 'sanguine' faces to Sanjauli where snowfall had just started (the fun started). the photograph clicks showered, our bodies shivered , and our smiles widened. Full Raasta played the game of desi maaram pitti with snow...'The beauty in nature had personified'.....

haha! look at our model (shubhi)

'Sanjauli ki coffee' was awesome in the Thanda Mausam....We returned back cautiously and Hotel Gulmarg was lucky to find us. The room it seemed was specifically designed for self obssessed people like us(Damn, it had so many mirrors).

Tired though we were, still grabbed seats at Ritz. The homely environment of the hall even made us dance...We missed dinner but enjoyed the 'chair ice skating' (Sorry Bubbly :-)). And, Thanks to all of us that each of us reached The Hotel safely, despite the vehement protests of our pudgy, cute Maa... The night ended on a very tired note but just to be fresh the next morning..
The 10km walk easily passed by each of us regaling each other.

And, I am sitting here writing this very post in my Hostel room. It all now seems like a reverie. From fun days back to the hectic college life. But as Dhiraj says 'Jab Okhli mein sarr daal diya to Mooslon se kya darna' (meaning ke liye ask Dhiraj..)
Nyways cheers to THE SHIMLA MOMENTS! Love Ya All :-)

Signing off,
Jitesh Vaswani

Welcome to Adventure Island!

2010-12-14T10:04:00.000-08:00

The day I entered The Art of Living , life has been pretty much a roller coaster for me, and I am pretty sure , if you are a YES!+ volunteer and you are reading this, you are bound to concur. But, no day I have regretted my decision of joining this massive task of bringing smiles on people's faces back. Not a day passes without a lesson from my master. As he says , all the mistakes in the past have made you humble, but you don't have to repeat mistakes to become more humble. In life anytime you become stiff and there you get a slap. Any stiffness, life evens it out...Become soft and smile, that is the whole essence of life. Be like water, as water can take any shape, become like that, adapt to new situations.

He has taught me how to overcome events. I am no more afraid of life, no more cringing thinking about tomorrow . Because, there is this inexorable force behind me to take care of me. Hail everyone, The peacemaker, The messiah is here. Lets join hands together and revel , for we have been picked up by The GOD himself. At the same time, be ready for the roller coaster of a lifetime.

Welcome to Adventure Island :-)

P.S. Watch this video wherein Dinesh da explains Guruji's knowledge sheet on Overcoming Events.
And, thanks Abhishek for reminding me that I had a blog.

Everyone's invited for an evening of a lifetime.

Do Visit:http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=174167259274840

Jai Gurudev!,
Love,
Jitesh

Everything changes, this will also change.....

2010-08-10T08:57:00.000-07:00

Life has been the biggest teacher for me yet. Whatever I have gone through yet has made me stronger from within. Well, I sit here in my hostel room wondering what my YES!+ gang of friends would be doing (who now seem to be spread all across INDIA and outside ). The few to name include - Abhishek ,Jayant , Priyam , Anshit, anshika, mahika, namit, divya*3, ramya and many many more...I realize we all have one thing in common, the committment to do something, to bring about a transformation in people's lives. I might be going through a very rough patch of my life right now but when I look upto these guys the problems in life seem smaller. I mean Jayant's doing awesome work in dhanbad , namit in singapore , vyom in pune, everyone else in Delhi. As I said, I take examples from these guys and move on , use my skill to get out of all this politics and ego issues going on around me. I might be tired and not being THE JITESH VASWANI i am. But, I know, my master has taught me- Everything changes , this will also change.

I surrender to you my boss.

Love,
Jai Gurudev,
Jitesh

I LEARNT THAT...

2010-07-09T10:18:00.001-07:00

Well, it was the fourth day of a course here in Dwarka. Its banging and rocking all the way.

The eyes closed as it rained "om namah shivay" from akshay's mouth and I delved deep within.

Journey for another 60 ppl has started...

I remembered the organizing days, those bunking IIT ki training ki classes( though I completed my work) , Abhishek bunking his office, priyam bunking her planning comission , divya bunking her home , Taranjeet's effort in spite of so many papers ( ha ha supplies ), kshitij for the superb intro talk at his place, abhishek and varun the rocking broz, khera parivar for that awesome satsang and their awesome support ( ankit and priyanka u guys rock), chidiya ke yoga sessions...... I remembered stall ke those two days when we had superb fun , super intro talks , super duper publicity , sanjeev bhaiya se inspiration and MAA Shefali ka khaana and of course Gauri Bhake ke sessions...

All this in just one trip, and within no time I am gonna be packing my bags to go back to Himachal. I am gonna miss all this and all these people. But, then I remember Guruji's talk in which he strongly said , "Drop all your crutches, Make divine your only support ".

Really looking forward to Himachal now. This trip I learnt that howsoever good people are, how much I may be attached to them , ultimately only my Guru is gonna stand along with me ,No one else comes in between and so in this trip I dropped my shallowness and became more strong to face on life..

Jai Gurudeva!

Love,

Jitesh Vaswani

Rockstar stuuf!

2010-06-15T09:25:00.000-07:00

It has been 3-4 days now, since we have started doing some work in Dwarka. Last few days have been lot of fun. From organizing a concert in 2 hours to going door to door in various societies.

Day before yesterday things actually started to take a shift as we organized a YES!+ concert within 2 hours. Things were pretty well , we had a great satsang and equipped now with SATTVA we the team had a shift in our attitude. Two days of pure fun , door to door.........and lot of mast experiences.

We met one aunty who really wanted her son to do it. She had lost her husband and her son did not work and she was running the expenses with her husband's pention. According to her, her son was quite capable of many things ( he was a graduate ). She asked us to meet him the next day as he was not there at that time and speak to him directly. As is our duty, we met went there the next day, the guy had a superb personality ,pity he did not have a job. Things are not sometimes as you expect them to be. His voice told us how much he needed such a thing which could end his deadlock. I was filled with gratitude, that how many oppurtunities Guruji gives us to transform lives, it is always upto us , let us not waste even a single second to transform lives.

YES!+ Dwarka

Venue: sector-13,MRV Skul,

Date:5th july-11th july

Timings:5pm-9pm

Great work going on guys.

The team:

Abhishek Dawar, Jitesh Vaswani,

Divya Sachdev, Priyam Sharma,

Taranjeet Singh,Hridaey,

Jaya, Saurabh,Ankit Khera, Jayati, Varun, Abhishek, Kshitij and many more.........................

Jai Gurudev!,

Jitesh

Tidal Waves In Dwarka!!

2010-06-04T11:00:00.000-07:00

Friday, June 4th,2010

Well, it was an amazing day today...

It started with a soft breeze in the morning. For me, abhishek, my mom and Dad it kicked off really well with Group sadhana. Abhishek left for his home ( and den his office) , I left for IIT-D. I will cut the not so important part at the IIT and would head straight towards Dwarka, the place where i was waiting to be the whole day.

Reached Dwarka half panting, cuz I was late . Seva had to start at 5.15 and reached 5.45 and that too thanks to Taran who was there to pick me up from Sector-1. And, soon our eyes were closed and beautiful chants filled the whole environment of A-star (Yes! we chanted in a car) into something simply amazing........

It was good to see Mahika today for seva. Priyam and I left for getting the sponsorship deal done, which of course with Guruji's grace we cracked it.

Abhishek, Jaya, Abhishek ( varun ka bhai ) and Taran rocked the market with intro talks.

Taran as always great with his contacts led us to the verge of many things.Pray that all of this manifests.

Interseting part: A non-aol guy is volunteering (isn't that amazing!!!).

Luv you all Guys. Muahh...and wishing that all of you who read this post join us in our sankalpa. May you all be blessed by his grace...

Tidal waves of Love are flowing in Dwarka. Come and Join us.

See ya ,

Jai Gurudeva!!

Jitesh

That ENCOUNTER!

2010-05-28T20:53:00.000-07:00

Beautiful poem wriiten by Divya, amazingly describes the feeling of elation and surrender when we are near him.........Read on......

THAT ENCOUNTER

Once when I was a little girl,

I entered a hall full of people laughing and dancing to have an experience.

I wonder why my mom got me there,

She kept saying the whole day " It's gonna be great even, it's gonna be great even",

and while all these thoughts pondered into my mind, the room was lit with a thunder of applause.

The smiles widened and my agitated mind calmed down,

my eyes met those innocent eyes and I dived deep within,

I could not name that feeling, All i remember is that it finally made me laugh.

What I saw was a man with long hair in a white robe.

It reminded me of Jesus,

but i knew Jesus was long gone.....

He finally spoke,

when those divine words hit my eardrum, a tear dropped from my eye,

i realise why mom kept on saying its gonna be a great even...

i still see those eyes n truly it was a great day,

I met him......

Love

Jitesh Vaswani...

Why not to do YES!+?

2010-05-20T22:00:00.001-07:00

Well I am back in Delhi after such a stressful week in my college, exams and all.

Ok let's not talk about it now, the best part is that the biggest in Delhi yet, YES!+ is going to happen in Dwarka. !008 participants and we are not stopping it there.So loads of work to do.

YES!+ the best thing that a youth can ask for in this lifetime atleast, aage agle janaam mein kya ho i don't know.

So, here are the few hilarious reasons which I came across that people give why not to do YES!+ :-

Q-Humme jeena aata hai, kyun karen ye Art Of Living?

Ans-Great ,Don't do it right now, do it ater 10 years , you don't seem to be mature enough, anyways any Tom, Dick and Harry cannot just come and join it, you need guts for this.

Q-Why do you charge money for such a good thing?

Ans-Nothing is for free in this world dear except for air and water .These days you even have to pay for Kachda at a kabadi wale ki shop. This is something for your life, if you don't value your life even Rs.3000/-, who cares.

Q-Mummy Papa Nahi maan rahe?

Ans-Well, hello sweety. You seem to be 18 years of age, You can't make your own decisions, all the more reason why you should do YES!+. And, anyways whenever you need to go to a party "tum manaate ho na apne parents ko" by hook or by crook. This is a party where you get to learn something for your own life.

For those who are willing to do it Please register soon as the seats get filled very quickly. And for those who are not, MAY GOD BLESS YOU.

P.S-The 1008 YES!+ happening in Dwarka, Delhi

Venue : MRV school sector-13, Dwarka

28th june to 4th july.

Jai Gurudev!

Jitesh

God Loves fun!!

2010-04-11T21:10:00.000-07:00

Yipeeee!! I just returned from home and welcoming the fresh air in my college campus. It was morning time and I was still ecstatic with the mood that finally YES!+ is again going to take place in the college campus and how I would inspire the new volunteers but little did I know what had happend while i was still at home. Well, the new gang without their strong sankalpa shakti created a whole new negative environment and again the question arises "College mein YES!+ hona chahiye ki nahi??"' hehe... The world is a mysterious place and with Guruji, it becomes all the more interesting and challenging.. My motto "Chill and enjoy , just watch the drama for God Loves Fun"
See ya,
LOVE,
Jitesh

P.S.- I think we should make our college team strong first and then do something but you know course bhi hona chahiye and only one month left till we all go back home in peace.Boy i am in a big dilemma..Wow! what do you say??

sutta v/s KRIYA!

2010-03-22T05:37:00.000-07:00

I have often observed the tendencies of the smokers in my hostel. What i was astonished to see was that every smoker invites all other smokers around whenever he wishes to go down to the mess for smoking cigarettes. Most of them usually smoke in group, as if it gives them a greater high when done in group...

Now group smoking reminds me of Group Kriya, that we(YES!+ gang) do everyday. Not that both give the same experience. The mental state achieved after Sudershan Kriya can never be matched even with smoking 100 cigarettes continuously.

What really bothers me is the fact that smoking has started being considered a "cool" thing to do. Nobody hesitates or feels shy in asking people around to smoke. But this is not the case with Kriya. Whenever someone sitting with friends leaves for doing kriya, he usually apologetically says, "Main na zara kriya kar ke aata hun", as if he's committing a crime by doing something related to meditation.

This mental attitude of the "good" people is the biggest problem of the world today. "Good" people, though they comprise 99.99% of the people of this world, are often heard saying, "Aajkal acche log bache hi nahi hai duniya me." I mean how can you say such a line when majority of the people in the world are good at heart. This is because "good" people always feel shy and hesitant to do "good things", they just think goody-goody and never implement something good. Whenever the time of implementation comes, they get caught up in their more important priorities like "bhaiya ki shaadi" or "taking a family member to the doctor". They are never able to take out time to do noble work from their "busy schedule" of reading newspapers, gossiping and doing "job assignments" among other things.

On the other hand, the "bad" people, lets say terrorists, are totally committed to do their destructive work. Whenever a terrorist is called for an attack, he never says ki "Mujhe bhaiya ki shaadi me jaana hai" or "Maine apni wife ko doctor ke pass le jaana hai". The bad people never leave any opportunity of doing bad work. They don't just think "bad" but also actually implement their "bad" intentions. That is why these 0.01% people of the world make us feel that the world is bad.

This mental attitude of the "good" people needs to be changed. Talking about college and kriya, when people can smoke, drink and take drugs publicly, then why should one hesitate to meditate, which is a very good thing to do and everyone, including smokers, know that. It is your own personal attitude that makes something you do cool or uncool. When you go for kriya, your attitude should be like "Main kriya karne ja rha hun. Tu bhi chal. Aankhe band karke baithiyo thodi der. Tera bhi kuch acha ho jaega!"

This is an appeal from my side to all the "good" people that please start implementing your "good" thoughts in life and don't just continue to think and never act. Because even small "actions" can make a big difference while big-big "thoughts", if not acted upon are totally useless and of no consequence.

Bye.

P.S. If you wish to learn the miraculous sudershan kriya and experience the "high" which is beyond all cigarettes and drugs, then please register yourself for the next YES!+ of NIT.Advance bookings are open...
The lifetime registration fees of YES!+ is Rs.2000 is far cheaper than smoking expenses.

In a month, a smoker usually spends about Rs. 1500 on cigarettes(average 10 cigarettes per day) and Rs. 500 on "daaru parties". This expenditure of Rs.2000 per month is reasoned to simply experience a "momentarily high" or to release "daily-life stresses".

With sudershan kriya, you get a much bigger and a permanent "high" in your mental state and of course you are also able to completely flush out all your stress and negative emotions.
So which is a cheaper bet?
Rs. 2000for lifetime good or Rs.2000 per month of no good?

Jayant Nasa!!

Gulping Bliss!!

2010-03-03T19:31:00.000-08:00

Nasha hi nasha hai apne raaste par bidu..
Just went deep into bliss . Had like unlimited masti with the master , and the way he delivers his knowledge , believe me "SUPER COOL".
Jai Guurduudev!!
Jitesh

meditation with/without meditation..... :)

2010-02-05T01:52:00.000-08:00

Just read this post by my friend, itz amazing..

And finally in his sweet voice , Guruji chanted "Om Shanti , Shanti, Shanti......."

It has been happening for a few days . I could not meditate . But this time , I did guided meditation by guruji nd after meditation ended my mind got relaxed nd i could actually meditate.

I could meditate only after guruji said "Now you may open your eyes". And I could actually realize that when you think that you have to meditate, you cannot. When meditation ended , my mind had dropped the desire to meditate nd then only actual meditation happened. So, today I found out that for true meditation, you need not feel that you have to meditate.You just have to say that you'll just sit with your eyes closed and let guruji meditate for you.

Letting go is the key to meditation and letting mind fly through the ocean of life is the key to bring mind to its center.

Jai Guru Dev......... :)

Alisha

3rd YES!+ NIT Hamirpur

2010-02-01T07:09:00.000-08:00

Last few days have been fun , after just returning from IIT-B, a YES!+ with Saleel bhaiya, enjoyed a hell lot and learned a hell lot..
Few things, this might help you a lot....
Somebody asked a question - Where to find GOD?
He answered with a one liner story-Once upon a time the fishes went in search of water.......
(got it na?)
And of course " There are three aspects to life-First is you observe , Second is you praise and third is you bring it down to your life."
As I strive to be more sensible, sensitive , reliable and more humble , you enjoy the photographs of the course.......

And of course salute to our rocking teachers Saleel bhaiya, Surbhi di( achi photo nai padi koi) and sweetu pallavi di.

Adios guys,

Jai Gurudev , oh shit one thing i forgot to tell that sudershan kriya is idiot proof , even a person with an IQ equal to that of room temperature in winter ( hehe ) can benifit , so don't give any excuses and keep doing your S.K..and arre meri photo to reh hi gayi,,

Love,

Jitesh Vaswani

AAL IZZ WELL!!

2009-12-30T02:25:00.001-08:00

Recently watched three idiots, and a helluva superb movie it is. Our life has actually become a race , we never take a break from competing against each other." Kaabil hone ke liye pado kamyaabi ke liye nai, kamyaabi to saali jhak maarke peeche aayegi"

Jab bhi life ho out of control , honthon ko karke gol , seeti bajake bol-"AAL IZZ WELL"

Dil Idiot hai pyaar se usko puchkaarle bidu.

haha

love,

Jitesh

Time really flows isn't it???

2009-12-04T23:27:00.000-08:00

I still remember fresh, three and a half years back I attended a silly stupid youth empowerment seminar, but that silly stupid workshop made all the difference. It was the first YES! course of vikas puri, i didn't know of course what was it all about, something about life maybe, i thought.

And now coming to think of it, i am here right now sitting three and a half years in future after attending so many of these workshops, organized a few here and there wondering maybe somewhere at some time in the same workshop , any other place another jitesh is being created..How life has taken a 360 degree u-turn, i dont know...My master lifted me up, i dont know how many more are going to be lifted, he made my life a celebration while many more still wait to recieve this precious knowledge. I welcome them all...Welcome new Jiteshs, anshikas, mahikas, aditis, divyas, abhisheks, namits.....Welcome to our world.

Jai Gurudeva!

Jitesh

Revised version of Johny-Johny!

2009-11-27T19:10:00.000-08:00

Johny Johny
Yes Papa
Pvt Company
Yes Papa
Any Motivation
No Papa
Many Tensions
Yes Papa
Do u Sleep Well?
No Papa
Onsite Opportunity
No papa
Boss Ki Galiyan
Yes Papa
Increment
Ha ha ha...

Dream big!!

2009-11-27T19:05:00.000-08:00

Question: Guruji, how can we control daydreams?

Sri Sri: Dream in the night! (laughter)

What is daydreaming? You have a desire but you do not have the faith that you can achieve your desire - that is what you call daydreaming.

You can control daydreaming by having a strong goal and believing in it.

Like the scientist who wanted to go to the moon and kept dreaming about it - for him it was the goal of his life but for others it was daydreaming.

Either you drop that it will not happen or you believe!

When you do not know yourself, your potentiality, you have no faith and confidence in your dream.

Once you have faith and confidence in your dream, it is no longer a daydream!

- Sri Sri

|| Jai Guru Dev ||

Jitesh

P.S.- Next post about an unbelievable trip , expect the most unexpectable, but wait after my exams are over!

Whoz problem is it really!!

2009-11-12T09:02:00.000-08:00

A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called the family Doctor to discuss the problem.
The Doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
Here's what you do," said the Doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her, and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you.
If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.
" Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
No response.
So the husband moves to closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
Still no response.
Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks, Honey, what's for dinner?"
Again he gets no response.
So he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
Again there is no response.
So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
"James, for the FIFTH time I've said, RICE!"
The problem may not be with the other person as we always think, could be very much within us!

JAY GURU DEV :)

Love,

Jitesh

The Union!!!

2009-11-08T23:02:00.000-08:00

I saw when i reached there was his hair in the car in which he left.

I was devasted.Had i gone through so much hassle with my parents only for this?
Na, more was to come in my spiced up life....

Being very upset i asked my dad whether we should go to the
house where he was going? My dad was a little hesitant but my
mom was full on ready,we finally asked the address of the place
where we had to go.And as it is said if you wish something very
strongly, with that inner intensity and peace, whole nature is with
you to get that thing done. So, luckily ( it was not a coincidence though)
Mr Inder chabbra ( apex body member) along with Abhay bhaiya
( who was travelling with Guruji ) came out of the airport
with gurujiz luggage. Mr. Gajraj the basic course teacher did our
setting with them and the next thing i know is that i am sitting
on the front seat of a mercedez, heading for the destination..
Still i was like feeling somewhat different ( mixed feeling of joy
and longing )...We reached there to see a full crowd waiting to
get inside the house. Inder chabbra uncle gave us guruji
ke bags and we entered when no one was being allowed carrying
Gurujiz luggage..

TIme passed and i met him...actually from outside fom inside....

Jai gurudeva!!

love

jitesh

The Longing/wait!!

2009-10-23T04:52:00.000-07:00

He came, i saw , he left, i followed , grace flowed and i met him....

6th october 2009, i had bunked my college after having so much
difficulty asking my parents to let me stay in Delhi for one more day..

They agreed and that was it, I was on cloud 9...But, little did i know
what was to come. I left for the airport along with my mom and dad.
My Dad made a vague attempt to park in the VIP area but in vain.
He had arranged for me and my mom to go inside the airport through
Gajraj sir( AOL teacher, he is at some post at the airport ),
so he asked me and my mom to wait there but human minds you see,
we went to the other parking. Time fled my dad came at this other
parking and as my dad called Mr.Gajraj

he was informed that Guruji had come at the VIP parking gate and
was about to leave. I ran there, i had to see him, i had bunked my college
for this, i had a train to catch and all I saw when i reached there was
his hair in the car in which he left.I was devasted.Had i gone through
so much hassle with my parents only for this? Na, more was to come
in my spiced up life....

Wait for it in my next post..

C ya..

Jai Gurudeva~

Jitesh Vaswani

2009-09-28T09:19:00.000-07:00

The rememberance of the victory of the Good always rekindles the faith...

Happy Dusherra!!

The virtual break up..and the bigger patch up

2009-09-22T08:52:00.000-07:00

Well you guys want me to end the story early....tathastu..hehe.. I don't know whether i would be able to do justice to the emotions involved...

They talked and talked, got bored but still talked. Every moment was spent on thinking about each other, still they were not going out . One fine midnight they talked about something and everything changed. They couldn't even face each other. Life took a drastic U-turn. Suddenly from talking everyday they couldn't speak to each other. Nights and days were spent in tears. The energy was low. Even in the most beautiful things the Jaguar was sad, devasted, helpless, that's when he realised. He thought about that very certain brkfree workshop. When he thought that his life had ended that's when he saw a ray of hope, some light. He turned to the ways of the divine.That's when he was saved from the drowning titanic. It took time though but certainly he had the patience and his master had the grace.

Tears of gratitude still roll down from his eyes when he remembers those moments. That's when he got truly connected to his guru. The jaguar flew high and high, now nothing could stop him on this path.He became immersed in love.

p.s: I am the jaguar. Love you guruji.

The meetings!!

2009-09-21T06:54:00.000-07:00

Now the parrot and the jaguar,met had fun but never used to talk to each other too much, don't know why, maybe they were too concious. BUT, on phone it was truly difficult to seperate them. Hours and hours of non stop talking, telling each other each and every single part of their life, they now had a bond which according to them was impossible to break. Their was something brewing up inside their hearts. Not even a single day passed without talking to each other. These meetings on phone were something very special.

The flight of the jaguar ( part-4)

2009-09-05T23:05:00.000-07:00

He now knew..those 7 days were the best among his own life. He had never experienced such love , such bliss, such oneness with all the participants..

He did his practices for any silly reason. But, he had a very special reason to go to the follow ups, he liked a girl ( dhan te tan), lets call her parrot.

Now, The jaguar used to go to the follow ups for doing the practices as well as for meeting Parrot. He was experiencing something very beautiful in his life. The air would be filled with fragrance , the clouds would look magical. He loved this brkfree workshop...

What happens next...wait, increase your longing..many interesting things are to come//

Jai Gurudeva!

Love

Jitesh

The flight of the jaguar- a review

2009-09-05T11:14:00.000-07:00

read the first 3 posts in the series//

http://jgdjitesh.blogspot.com/2009/05/flight-of-jaguar-part-1.html

http://jgdjitesh.blogspot.com/2009/05/flight-of-jaguar-part-2.html

http://jgdjitesh.blogspot.com/2009/05/boarding-flight-of-jaguar-part-3.html

And unfortunately or fortunately he had no reason to refuse.He had the dates (no classes), his father was also on him to join this very certain brkfree workshop, he could not refuse....he needed company, so he called up many of his friends, among whom one was intelligent enough to join...He boarded the plane (he joined in).

And so THE JOURNEY to the self BEGAN..

Aren't they beautiful !!

2009-08-22T01:32:00.000-07:00

Trees , while alive they give their whole hearted self to help us, provide us with our breath , gives us shade when The Sun is about to burn our skin away..

Even after they die they prove their usefulness by giving us fire in time of need.

May our life be such.

Helping people to be spiritually strong willed...

Only a lit candle can light others...Be like camphor, burn in totality..

Jai GurudevA!

Jitesh

Currents!!

2009-08-19T23:12:00.000-07:00

Got a not so good internet connection in this new hostel here in N.I.T hamirpur , so don't feel like writing some quality stuff. So i will just update you.
Tomorrow have to tell some volunteers how to give intro talks.
Day after there is an intro talk for girls and day after the day after 3 intro talks for boys..
On sunday have to keep a long kriya and none other than our very sweet Neha di a new teacher ( part-1 ) hamare college se hi...balle balle ho gayi..college mein hi teacher..
Congratulations neha di..
Y.E.S!+ is on from 27th...
interviews bhi lene hai ji...
Jai Gurudeva!!
LOads and lots and heart full of love
Jitesh

2009-08-12T06:59:00.000-07:00

God : Hello. Did you call me?

Me: Called you? No.. Who is this ?

God : This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat.

Me: I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am
in the midst of something.

God : What are you busy at? Ants are busy too.

Me: Don't know. But I cant find free time. Life has become hectic.
It's rush hour all the time.

God : Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results.
Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.

Me: I understand. But I still can't figure out. By the way, I was not
expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.

God : Well I wanted to resolve your! Fight for time, by giving you
some clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the
medium you are comfortable with.

Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?

God : Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it
complicated.

Me: why are we then constantly unhappy?

God : Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday.You
are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your
habit. That's why you are not happy.

Me: But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?

God : Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.

Me: But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty. .

God : Pain is inevitable able, but suffering is optional.

Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?

God : Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be
purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't
suffer. With that experience their life become better not bitter.

Me: You mean to say such experience is useful?

God : Yes. In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher . She gives
the test first and the lessons afterwards.

Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why cant we be
free from problems?

God : Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons
(to) Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and
endurance, not when you! Are free from problems.

Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we
are heading..

God : If you look outside you will not know where you are
heading.Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you
awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.

Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in
the right direction. What should I do?

God : Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a
measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying
than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others
work with the clock.

Me: In tough times, how do you stay motivated?

God : Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you
have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.

Me: What surprises you about people?

God : when they suffer they ask, "why me?" When they prosper, they
never ask "Why me" Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but
few want to be on the side of the truth.

Me: How can I get the best out of life?

God : Face your past without regret. Handle your present with
confidence. Prepare for the future without fear .

Me: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.

God : There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.

Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat.

God : Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear . Don't believe your
doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a
problem to resolve. Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to
live. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by
the moments that took our breath away!"

The king and the wise boy!!

2009-08-11T10:16:00.000-07:00

A King who believed in omens had a beautiful garden and he used to come in his balcony every morning to see the sunrise. The gardener's son was a very wise boy and he asked his father to show him their King. His father with limited access to King thought of some ways and lastly asked his son to be ready and see him in his balcony early morning when he comes to see the sunrise.

Next day boy went to a suitable place to see king. As he saw him, he could not stop the joy and being excited he clapped in joy unconsciously. The king was disturbed by the unexpected sound and looked at the boy and turned away his face fast to see the sunrise. In the quick motion he hit his forehead against the wall of the balcony.As the king believed in omens, he felt that he hit his forehead because the boy he saw was the first human face he came across on that early morning. The king became angry. Without thinking for a moment he ordered his soldiers to catch the boy and execute him.When the news spread, the gardener became very sad fearing his only son would be killed. But his son was really very wise that he promised his father not to worry, he would certainly escape the punishment. Finally, on the day of execution, boy was asked his last wish before execution, boy wished to see the king once. When he was taken to the king, he cheerfully asked the king, what was his fault for facing this severe punishment. King's officer explained the reason. Then boy told him, O Respected and Great King! you felt that you hit your head because you saw me. But your majesty's face I had seen and the result is that I am to be hanged. Kindly let me know what punishment your majesty propose to inflict on yourself.The king was surprised and felt happy at the ready wit and wisdom of the youngster. He not only ordered the boy's immediate release but also made arrangements for his education and upkeep.Moral:- Blind belief leads to troubles.Enjoy all...!!!

Blessing

2009-08-08T02:30:00.000-07:00

Make your home God's home and there will be light, love and abundance.

Make your body God's abode and there will be peace and bliss.

Feel your mind as a toy of God and you'll watch and enjoy all its games.

See this world as play and as a display of God Himself and you will repose in the Non-Dual Self.

Blessing comes to you in many forms.

If you are generous, blessing comes to you as abundance.
If you are hardworking, blessing comes to you as happiness.
If you are lazy, blessing comes to you as hard work! (Laughter)
If you are pleasure loving, blessing comes to you as dispassion.
If you are dispassionate, blessing comes to you as knowledge of the Self.

"Culturing meditation into our system is normal. What some people would call a higher state of consciousness, I would call the normal state of consciousness."

"Each cell of our body has the capacity for infinity."

"Fun or joy in a story is in its suspense............"

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional..

2009-08-05T02:25:00.000-07:00

Wow, i am writing after a hell lot of time..

Yesterday after my sadhana, heard a chotu guruji ki talk...As always he made me awestruck with the way he conveys his message..

He said, " Pain is inevitable , suffering is optional ." We always crib about small things in life. The moment we think that we are getting more than what we deserve then we are at ease. It relaxes us so much.

What we usually think is we must get more, or that we deserve more.. then there is a problem.

Always know that Nature gives you much more than you deserve and be grateful for what you get..Life will be mast..believe me.

Jai Gurudeva!!

love,

Jitesh

From Nothing to Nothing

2009-08-02T07:46:00.000-07:00

Took it from rajesh bhaiyaz blog...those who know and feel will understand..

“Why did u come to the master?”

“Because my life is going nowhere, giving me nothing.”

“so where is it going now?”

“Nowhere.”

“And what‘s it giving you now?”

“Nothing.”

“So what’s the difference?”

“Now I’m going nowhere because there is nowhere to go; I’m getting nothing because there is nothing to desire.”

Y.E.S!+

2009-07-27T03:28:00.000-07:00

Get prepared for 7 Days of
-- Rip roaring fun
- Concept shattering experiences
- Continuous learning
- Dynamic Body exercises
- Innovative breathing techniques to renew you
So all u 18-30 year old youngsters out there, dont even think to miss it!!!!
DATE - 3rd august to 9th august 2009
VENUE- Salwan girls school, old rajinder nagar
TIME - 5pm to 9 pm
For registration/further info, plz contact
----------------THE YES!+ GANG--------------
Abhishek:09711440908 ....... Nitish-9899181054.................. Divya:09711489471 ................ "ENTHUSIASM is the baking powder of LIFE.Without it, you are FLATAnd With it, you RISE..."

Guru di Gaddi!!

2009-07-19T02:43:00.000-07:00

Jaigurudev!!!!

The moment i came to know about Guru Poornima on the Weekly Satsang In Ludhiana- my heart sprang up to thank my guru on the day. It has been only 2 months for me in Ludhiana since i started working in Trident Group. With GuruPoornima-Guru Pooja and satsang (7th July) scheduled outside the city in the evening-i was all set and excited from the morning to join the celebrations in the evening and thank my guru for such precious knowledge. I was scheduled to leave at 6.30 in the evening with a volunteer whom i had requested for a lift as i was unfamiliar with the locations in Ludhiana and as it is without a vehicle it was impossible for me to reach GYAN MANDIR situated outside the borders of Ludhiana. All set to leave i got a call from one of our Plant Locations to dispatch some trophies for a function in Plant on the next day. With nobody left in office it was left on me to dispatch the trophies in a vehicle which was scheduled to leave at 8.30pm. All plans for the evening suddenly looked a distant dream. I asked the volunteer to leave without me, I said it would not be possible for me to make it this time. At 8.15 when i was about to leave office- i suddenly get a call from the satsang from a friend saying" yaar tera bara man tha aane kaa... abhi bhi try maarle". I did not know what to do. I left office and ran to the road. The destination was around 15-20 Km away and it was 8.15 in the night. Left Stranded in the middle of the road i did not know what to do . With no rickshaw or Auto in my view these were testing circumstances. Suddenly in a moment i saw myself lifting my hand up so as to ask a lift to the whole plethora of vehicles that were coming way. I dnt knw what would i tell anyone or where i would be headed for an auto. Expecting no body to stop and laughing at my foolishness at pulling out a hand for a lift in these days-i just pulled it back. And as soom as started to walk ahead with a bit of dejection-suddenly a two wheeler stopped in fron me. It was a middle aged man maybe in his MId 30s. He enquired about my situation. I told him i needed a lift till the main road to the auto stand where i could get an auto. On my way to the auto stand i told him where i was about to go. To my utter Surprise the man said im going to my village and my destination would be on his way. He said he would drop me all the way to the satsang. I was overwhelmed and could not believe that even this could happen. On my way to the GYAN MANDIR i saw no Auto-Rickshaws/buses on my way , There was no way i could have got there as it was a Highway. It surely was Guru di Gaddi. :) jaigurudev

Sandeep Vaswani

Change!! for good

2009-07-15T23:46:00.000-07:00

Well, i just changed my blog pic for good, yeah..

This pic signfies a lot.. A white full fledged flower on a black background.

This simply shows after darkness, light is soon to follow. And the level to which you are centred, have faith in yourself and your Guru, upto that level you flower out, fully blossomed..And as Guruji says, " The more you rub sandlwood, the more the fragrance spreads, and the more you hit gold the more it shines!!".

After intense darkness comes intense light and when we see ths pattern repeating in our lives, we become free from all our problems.

So, finally i found the perfect picture for the blog, giving perfect knowledge.

Jai Gurudeva!!

Jitesh

Bhanu Pratap Singh is king!!

2009-07-13T16:31:00.000-07:00

HELLO ALL

u are under my control because i'm Bhanu Pratap Singh is King!!

Long Kriya @ canberra

2009-07-02T05:10:00.000-07:00

Wolla, just attended long kriya @ canberra, Australia....Well just one confession to make , while the kriya was on i really needed to go to the toilet..but all went well i persisted the longing...and believe me it was a good experience..kriya was as always awesome...and the relaxation after going to loo was also amazing...heheh

Jai Gurudeva!

Jitesh

See what India was in 1835

2009-06-30T02:32:00.000-07:00

2009-06-29T18:30:00.000-07:00

Recieved this mail from my cousin Vishal..

-A mechanical engineer, an electrical engineer and a software engineer are travelling in an old Fiat 500 when all of the sudden the car backfires and comes to a halt.The mechanical engineer says "Ah! It's probably a problem with the valves, or the piston!".The electrical engineer says "Nonsense! It's most probably a problem with the spark plugs or the battery!".The software engineer says "How about we all get out of the car, and get back in again, It might work...".

Wanna break free!!

2009-06-28T21:45:00.000-07:00

Get prepared for 7 Days of
-- Rip roaring fun
- Concept shattering experiences
- Continuous learning
- Dynamic Body exercises
- Innovative breathing techniques to renew you
So all u 18-30 year old youngsters out there, dont even think to miss it!!!!
DATE - 7 july to13 july 2009
VENUE- G-148 Vikas Puri behind PVR vikas puri
TIME -morning batch- 6am to 10 am
evening batch- 5pm to 9 pm
For registration/further info, plz contact
----------------THE YES!+ GANG--------------
Abhishek:09711440908 ....... Namit:9958015100.................. Divya:09711489471 ................ "ENTHUSIASM is the baking powder of LIFE.Without it, you are FLATAnd With it, you RISE..."

Kewl knowledge!!

2009-06-28T07:32:00.000-07:00

Well i was just sitting on the back seat of a Ford...went into my thoughts and seriously missing my Gang in Delhi....and don't know from where i suddenly remembered this..
Dinesh bhaiya told this very beautiful thing, "When you make mistakes , others laugh , YOU LEARN"..Isn't this amazing!! :-)..so never ever in your life feel embarrased when you make a maistake..BE HAPPY that you got to learn something and you will notice that a block has been cleared..something will definitely open up..
Jai Gurudeva!!
Jitesh

Enjoy!!!

2009-06-28T07:30:00.000-07:00

Sydney! calling

2009-06-26T17:30:00.000-07:00

Hey there guys , just spent two amazingly wonderful days at Singapore.....Heading off to Sydeney...Moreover YES!+ Dwarka was superhit..will post some pics too...
Jai Gu ru de va !! !! ha ha
JI TE SH :-)

YES!+ Dwarka

2009-06-17T10:22:00.000-07:00

Well a lucky 80 people are going to experience their best 7 days of their lives..YES!+>>>

7 days of mast knowledge and pure fun..

Pray for them shower your blessings on them..God love you all ( my blessing )...heheh..

Jai Gurudeva!!

Jitesh

Blissed out!

2009-06-10T03:14:00.000-07:00

Mind has become more stable...Life has got an extra added meaning...The smile just got an extra plus...

YES! i have completed my first advanced ( YES!++)..

Jai Gurudeva!!

Love

Jitesh..

Off to B'lore

2009-06-02T21:00:00.000-07:00

wolla, i really don't have time abhi....stamding at the airtel internet kiosk...call has been made for my flight to B'lore..wow me leaving for my first advanced...yipeee!!!!

as far as the story is concerned why woory about past..letz live in the present...presently he is an awesome AOL volunteer...byeeee

jai gurudeva!

Comment on a comment!!

2009-05-24T09:32:00.000-07:00

Ahem ahem, well the guy is not Jitesh Vaswani...keep on your guesses...
jai gurudeva!!

The Boarding - The flight of the Jaguar ( part-3)

2009-05-23T08:33:00.000-07:00

standard 11th

Well this post and the posts after this would be revealing a lot to many of the readers..It is requested to keep it to yourself..

With dreams as high as the beautiful Himalayas he entered strong into his second last year at school.He had seen many of the people preparing for some so called competitive exams and doing GADHAGIRI for same and he also joined the rat race. With strong prayers and a bit of hard work he got into one of the best institutes which basically taught how to be the fastest gadha among all in the race. And , don't know for what reason his brother nagged him about some silly workshop on self development. Let's call it a brkfree workshop. And unfortunately or fortunately he had no reason to refuse.He had the dates (no classes), his father was also on him to join this very certain brkfree workshop, he could not refuse....he needed company, so he called up many of his friends, among whom one was intelligent enough to join...He boarded the plane (he joined in).

And so THE JOURNEY to the self BEGAN..

The flight of the Jaguar ( part-2 )

2009-05-21T08:46:00.000-07:00

standard 10th

It started with the silence indicating that of an incoming cyclone..Life was growing darker, he was charged up, full of some energy to show the people around him that he was an authentic scorer in studies and not just any phukra.He lived a dual life A MAN WITH TWO FACES..On one side he wantedto be good and do good in studies and be among the cream of the school but with all the darkness around him and without having Krishna as charioteer in his life he got more deeply aligned into his senses.He was torn between Good and Bad and he did not even realised this..

With the help of tuitions and pressure of parents he studied like any other guy and got an awesome set of grades..
Like any other year this year also passed..but there is something for everyone at God's feet, something awaited him, something big ,something out of bounds of imaginations........God had planned something for this troubled chap....
He entered his second last year in school

The Flight of The Jaguar!! ( part-1)

2009-05-09T04:15:00.000-07:00

Inspired by a true story..I remember this guy most well from his 9th standard..

Going back in time there was a boy 'The Jaguar ' ( name changed ) , good in studies, nice personality but very shy.

( class 9th )

Never used to go out, never played in the evenings.Just used to study, watch movies and socially very afraid to go out and meet people. He led a ( in a youth's term) very sucking and a boring life.A group of girls used to nag him by the name of a girl who had a crush on him and he was helpless couldn't even say a word. Slowly and slowly he started degrading his quality of life bunked tuition classes, went to multiplexes, internet cafes and started getting caught in his senses. He never realised that the path he was following would drown him forever...but he was not the one who was doing this, peer pressure, friends or in short the situations forced him to do this and this made him total 'Frusty' person and the best part he was enjoying it, but something was missing..Grades was a big tension , he was a topper in his previous school, but he came in this new school just last year and was crushed by the competition all around him.One awesome thing about him was that he had passion to do whatever he wanted and always did what he liked.He decided to show what the real Jaguar was by studying for his exams as hard as he could and he achieved what he wanted, people started to know his name too in this school.He now had an image in his school....but always in search of that something substantial which he knew existed but never knew what it was...Life for him at this point was enjoyment, parties with friends but he wanted something more..

More was in store for him

He entered the 10th standard...

MASTER IS A DOORWAY

2009-04-29T02:05:00.000-07:00

MASTER IS A DOORWAY

Master is a doorway. And the doorway needs to be more charming than the world so that you will come to the doorway. Someone is in the street and there is rain, thunder, hot sun; they need shelter. They look around, they find a doorway. They come to the doorway. The doorway is more inviting, more charming, more celebrative, more joyful than anything else in the world.

Nothing could give that much peace, joy, pleasure in the world. Once you come to the doorway, you enter the door and see the world from there. See the world from the eyes of the Master. This is a sign that you have come to the Master. Otherwise you may still be standing in the street and looking at the door.

But once you have entered the door, then you will see the whole world from the eyes of the Master. This means what? In every situation that you face, you will think, "If this situation comes in front of the Master, how would he handle it?" or "How would she handle it?" "If this complication comes in front of the Master, how would he take it?" "If someone blames the Master like this, how would he handle it?" See the world from the eyes of the Master all the time.

The world looks much more beautiful; not a nasty place. But a place filled with love, filled with joy, cooperation, compassion, and all virtues. The world is much more fun. Looking through the doorway, there is no fear. You will look at the world without any fear. You will be in all relationships with everybody without any fear. Because there is shelter.

From inside home, you will look at the thunder, you will look at the storm, you will look at the rain, you will look at the bright sun. Inside you have air conditioning. Very cool, pleasant. Outside it's hot. You donÒ´ mind because there is nothing that can really distract you, disturb you, or take the fullness away from you. Such a sense of security, such a sense of fullness and joy comes. That is the purpose of having a Master.

All relationships in the world go topsy-turvy. You make relationships and you break relationships. All relationships can get broken or made up and again broken. And there is craving and aversion. This is the world. This is samsara.

But the Master is not a relationship. The Master is the Presence. What is necessary is to feel the Presence of the Master, not to make a relationship. Don't make the Master a part of your world. Then the same, "Oh, he looked at me." "He didn't look at me." "Oh, he said this." "He didn't say that." "Oh, somebody is close. I am not close." All this garbage comes into it. You feel the Presence of the Master, that is eternal. That has been there with you before, now, and will be there in the future, too.

Master is the Presence. World is relativity. And relativity has limitations. Presence is unlimited. Presence is vast, infinite, and all comprehensive, all inclusive. And the presence of the Master in one's life will bring fulfillment to all relations. Every relationship will become complete with the presence of the Infinity if the Master is in your life.

Jai Guru Dev

-Sri sri

Sage Narada says...

2009-04-29T02:01:00.000-07:00

source of this post: www.bawandinesh.name

One moment of Samadhi is like the experience of 1000 unions happening simultaneously expounds the Sage Narada in His sublime Bhakti Sutras. You may wonder why a Sage, an Enlightened Rishi is talking about sex, and in fact measuring the bliss of Samadhi in units of orgasms.

When an Enlightened Master teaches, He will teach so that almost everyone listening (reading) will understand. The Bhakti Sutras are not a privileged conversation like the ones between Krishna and Arjuna of the Bhagawad Geeta, or between King Janaka and the Sage Ashtavakra of the Ashtavakra Geeta.

The Bhakti Sutras, aphorisms about Love are meant for the interested lay person. The two deepest impressions in the mind are those of food and sex. Throughout the various incarnations, you have had food and you have had sex. The Sage knows that this at least you will surely understand.

At the time of orgasm, for a few seconds the mind has no thoughts, you experience a blissful thoughtless state of almost no mind. Narada explains that the bliss of meditation, just one moment of Samadhi is equivalent to 1000 such orgasms happening all at once!

Even the grossest, most libidinous person will now really want to learn to meditate and experience this magical state of no mind. And so, the Sage gently and skillfully, in language that anyone can understand, nudges the devotee towards the ultimate Bliss of the Being.

Guruji has talked at length about the Bhakti Sutras of Sage Narada. Both in English and in Hindi. They are profound, intimate and most times really funny discourses, guaranteed to elevate your consciousness while you chuckle away with mirth. Do get them and listen

More importantly, Meditate.

Jai Gurudeva!

love

bawa

Mast Xperience!!

2009-04-28T08:08:00.000-07:00

Now miracles seem to have become a part of our life!!...That is what is said" You do Guru's work and he will take care of your work"...But remember don't do Guru's work just for making your work done, hehe, then it will be a great pitfall..ok not deviating from the topic let's just hear the incident..
Here i was preparing for my computer practical ( me a weak student in programming ).."Total band baji hui hai." and the usual "Guruji please sambhal lena".Recieved a difficult program comparitively but thank Guruji the same program i had practiced 2-3 times that morning..Here goes the main scene i was trying to save the program by the file name JITESHROKS.cpp and that file got saved as JITESHRO.cpp..I said what the "bleep"( bit exaggerated)..anyways I thought what difference does it make anyways..and went on for the viva..it was going fine when the teacher asked me, "When we save a file like something.cpp, how many characters are allowed to be written in place of something"..and guys it clicked JITESHRO.cpp instead of JITESHROKS.cpp...that means maximum characters allowed are 8 (JITESHRO)....
Isn't it awesome he thinks more about you than you do about yourself..HE DAMN BLOODY CARES ABOUT EACH AND EVERY THING YOU ARE GOING THROUGH....YOU JUST HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH HIM WHAT YOU WANT..
We don't just believe in miracles, we rely on them..
Jai Gurudeva!!
loads of love,
Jitesh

ONLY SPEAK KNOWLEDGE

2009-04-27T01:12:00.000-07:00

Only speak Knowledge. Don't repeat anything that someone tells you or opinions about anyone that someone states -- "That so-and-so said such-and-such about you." If someone comes to tell you such things, discourage them. Don't believe it.

If someone blames you directly, know that they are taking away your bad karma and let it go. Don't believe in it, and if you're one of the Guru's close ones, you will take all of the blame of the world with a smile.

Conflict is the nature of the world; comfort is the nature of the self. Amidst the conflict seek the comfort.

When you are bored with the comfort, get into the games of the world. When you are tired of the games of the world, get into the comforts of the Self. If you are one of the Guru's close ones, you do both simultaneously. Trying to end conflict prolongs it. Face the conflict by seeking the comfort of the Self.

God is alive in the world and has been putting up with all the ongoing conflicts throughout the ages. If God can put up with all the conflicts, you can too. The moment you agree to be with the conflict, the conflict disappears.

People who love peace do not want to fight, and those who fight do not love peace. Those who want peace want to run away. What is needed here is to be peaceful within and then fight. The whole message of the Gita is to be peaceful yourself and then fight. Krishna tells Arjuna to fight but be in peace at the same time. Does this ring a bell?

In the world, you resolve one conflict and another one comes up. For example, Russia is solved and then Bosnia arises. You make one better, and then another starts up. Your body gets a cold, then you get better; then your back hurts, then it gets better. Your body gets better, and then the mind goes. The world runs like this, isn't it?

Without any intention, misunderstandings happen. It's not up to you to try to resolve them. Ignore them and be alive.

Jai Gurudeva!!

Sri sri....

see this!!

2009-04-27T01:06:00.000-07:00

Have a heart to do something.....

2009-04-27T01:00:00.000-07:00

Just read this awesome and heart touching mail..

Your real wealth is your inner strength. Your inner sense of fullness and
not your bank balance is your real wealth.
You may have lots of money in the bank, but if your mind is fearful and
small, then what is the point?

Today a gentleman came from Mandya (a small town in Karnataka) to meet me.
He has two houses and doesn’t have a job. He wants to sell one house and use
the money to start a business. He wants to donate the other plot for a
meditation center.
He insisted that I take the land. The land costs several millions of
dollars. He had even come with the land papers. I took the papers and told
him: ‘This is mine, but it will be with you. You take care of it. You keep
it. You start your business, make your life stable, make your finances
better. I’m not going to accept it.’

What I’m saying is that those who have very little have big hearts to give.
I appreciate it. This is the most precious offer. That man came with his
wife and mother. They kept saying, ‘Guruji, please make a Temple of
Knowledge over here. We have benefitted so much from the courses, we want
others to enjoy.’

*Just the gesture is enough. The heart that wants to do gets blessings.
*Isn’t it so interesting? Values of humanness and generosity are still alive
on this planet.
People with big hearts are still alive.
I remember on the last day of the Silver Jubilee (The Art of Living
celebrated 25 years of service in 2006), I met all the volunteers. As I was
leaving, a 25-year-old boy came up to me, gave me an envelope and began to
cry. He grabbed my feet and hands and sobbingly said: ‘Thank you, please
accept this.’

I took it and asked him what he did for a living. He was a labourer from
Kerala (an Indian state) and had come to do seva for 15 days. ‘Guruji, I
don’t know how to express my gratitude. My life has changed. Please accept
this.’ *(Pointing to the envelope.)*

I opened it and saw that it had Rs 5,000. It must have been his salary of
two months.
I asked him about his family responsibilities. He has a mother, sister and
is the eldest of two sons. I took Rs 100 from the amount and told him: ‘This
money is worth millions to me. Take the rest of the amount home.’

*All that we need is to have a heart to do something. Nature will help you.
God will help you.*

jai gurudev

Here I am!!

2009-04-23T23:55:00.000-07:00

Long time since i wrote something myself on my own.Dude, i tell you it is much better to write here rather than in communication skills paper.Life has been moving too fast lately with me having a clear vague ( clear but vague--don't even know watz that supposed to mean.) idea of what i want to do next..Things just seem to be running out of hands when exactly at the right time they fall in place.HERE I AM, sitting in the computer centre of my college wondering what to do next to get more people for our YES!+..
Still confused with a lot of things, whether i should come back home in delhi during vacations or work, travel full time just for vacations...phew "Guru ki mahima koi naa jaane"..Don't know what's in store for me
Jai Gurudeva!!
Jitesh

Q and A with Guruji!!

2009-04-23T23:51:00.000-07:00

Q: I know it is important for me to be here with you. But I have a little conflict as it takes me away from my family. Could you comment?

You know when you are here and when you go deep and get rid of all the stresses, you are also helping your family out there. The good vibration that you produce in your system doesn’t just stay with you. Don’t think that your silence course is only benefiting you. You are being in silence, you are meditating - some of it goes to your family members as well. You may have noticed, some times you sit for mediation and nothing happens to you. And most of the meditation you know, the benefits of those meditations are going to people who have crossed the other side. So when you have to clear your debts you find balance not going up. Because debt is being cleared. So many times it happens.
There is an old saying “when you meditate the effect of it reaches to seven generations of the past and seven generations of the future.” So the genes with which you are connected u know affects all those seven generations the past and the future. That is a very common saying in India. People know it.
So a portion of our meditation, merits of our meditation goes to our near and dear ones. So you don’t have to have a conflict. And when you are at home doing your job, don’t think it is not spiritual. It is also my job. If you are taking care of your family know that it is not just your family it is Guruji's family also. So the whole world belongs to me and every body is a part of my family. So if you are taking care of your family you should know you are doing a seva, a work which is a part of AOL. And when you are here, you should know whatever you are doing you are also helping your kith and kin.Where is the conflict?

CLOSE TO THE MASTER

2009-04-21T08:30:00.000-07:00

If you're not feeling close to the Guru, it's because of you. Because of your mind, because of your ego concepts. Share with the Guru that which is very important or intimate to you. Share that. Do not feel shame, shy, or judgmental about yourself.

Unless you express to the Master that which is very intimate and important to you, just being on the formal and informal communication levels cannot make you feel close. "How are you, where are you going? How have you been?" Stop formal and superficial conversations with the Master and speak with your heart that which is very important and intimate, very deep to your life. Don't just say how much the squash costs, 30 cents or whatever.

If you don't feel close to the Master, there's no point in having a Master. It is just another burden to you. You have enough already. Just say "Goodbye," get rid of it.

Question: When you play little games and push us away, how can we feel close to you?

Answer: You should feel more close if you are pushed away, scolded or ignored. Because to ignore somebody takes a lot of effort. When a Master does not even ignore wrapping paper, or a flower that is in a vase, how can he ignore a walking, talking, breathing human being who is connected? How could that be ignored? So when you understand this, you already feel close.

Question: Can we call you every week?

Response from the room: Call Guruji every week and if he doesn't answer the phone then you know you are loved.

Answer: Yes, put that in. (Laughter)

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.

Jai Guru Dev

-SRI SRI

ACCEPT THE WORLD AT ITS WORST!!

2009-04-21T08:19:00.000-07:00

Suppose the worst of the world is given to you; what would you do with it now? You cannot complain if you get the worst. You can only complain if you don't get the worst. If the world is at its worst, then it can only get better and you are here to make it better.

Jim: When things are at their very worst, then there is only time and space. (Laughter)

Patty: When you see that life is suffering then you go within.

Paula: It is like running out of breath and you have to inhale.

What happens when you have to do it all by yourself -- no one comes to help? You do everything by yourself?

There are three options:

Frustration and complaining.
Take credit that you did it by yourself -- thank others for not helping so that you could take all the credit. (Laughter)
Be grateful, pray deeply, and know that you get all the energy needed to do it all alone. There is only one doer.

-SRI SRI

Testing Times...

2009-04-20T07:07:00.000-07:00

Hmmm. well I surely am going through testing times these days..with YES!+ on the cards , and practically no work being done by us. Thank Guruji, Ankush bhaiya came , did some magic with the volunteers and with all set ready for the leap, being brave enough to have a packed course ( that is brave enough to work ), we suddenly get the news to behold our work activities..( due to some seriously sucking but valid reasons )...Don't know what to do guys...feeling crap but certainly light after writing all this stuff..
Jai Gurudev!!
Jitesh..

The power of oneness!!!!

2009-04-10T05:06:00.000-07:00

Wow! I would like to share something that happened when SWAMIJI came to our college...The rain was mast mast ..there were some hundreds of us dripping in rain and waiting for him to start..and he said "Let's chant OM three times and pray to the Gods THAT WE WANT MORE ( reffering to the rain) ". So we all took a deep breath in and chanted our first OM and believe me the rain doubled..wolla...the power when we all come together and pray.
So, that's the message...Even do your sadhana in groups..even two people doing together is better than a single person doing it..one person doing sadhana is "Tapasya". when more do it, it becomes "adhayan".
SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF TOGETHERNESS.
Jai Gurudeva!!
love,
Jitesh

Swami vaibhav ke saath masti......

2009-04-08T10:08:00.000-07:00

When you are calm and composed,noise is musical, clouds are magical and rain is blissful shower..This was the quote we had put in the notice for the rock satsang in our college..and believe me this was what happened...rain was actually blissful..liquid love as guruji says...we started of with swamiji starting of with ganeshaz song..rain actually blessing us and guess what power went off...phew..bad luck??? naaa awesome luck...definitely the crowd thinned and after that swamiji called all 40-50 of us on the stage and believe me we literally rocked..

THE BEST BIRTHDAY GIFT I RECIEVED YET!!!! LOVE YOU MY MASTER!!

here he is vaibhav bhaiya...100% singing

and here we are dancing 100%......

STORY TIME!!!!!!

2009-04-05T05:12:00.000-07:00

Well, itz been a long time since i last wrote....phew i had to gather all my strenghts to start writing this...
At one of the rudrapujas i recently attended Akash bhaiya told this one..
One day King Akbar was strolling in his kingdom when suddenly he found a dry pond, with not even a single drop of water in it.So he made an annoncement that next morning every person in the kingdom should put one glass of milk in the pond.And each glass of milk would hence contriibute to the filling of the pond.
When the next day the king went to take a round and visit the pond, he found that the pond was fully filled but with water.What had happened was that each person had poured a glass of water instead of milk thinking that what difference will one glass make.

This is what we do in our real life guys..we think that how does our one vote makes a difference.But i tell you EACH AND EVERY VOTE COUNTS..
Please vote this time and be a part of choosing a sensible government.
Jai Gurudeva
love
Jitesh

Gurujiz views on politics...

2009-03-30T04:36:00.000-07:00

Guruji's beautiful knowledge on Politics in any organization. :

"Do not let politics sway you from the path. If you are afraid of politics you cannot be successful in the spiritual realm. You have to cross the barricade of politics. It is a test of your strength, your commitment and your focus. You cannot avoid politics, but you can choose whether to harbor the politics in your mind or let it go.

There was politics among the 12 apostles. There was politics among Buddha and his followers. Krishna was immersed in politics, and you say you do no want to involve in politics??

The more you do not want it the more you harbor it in your consciousness. When you recognize politics in any group it is a blessing for you to be centered and go inwards. You can do that without blaming the group, without running away from people, without giving up. It can enhance your skill to act and to not get attached. There are many advantages in becoming involved in politics. Politics amplifies the diversity in people. It comforts you with different view points, approaches and tendencies. Enhances your ability to communicate and act. It brings centeredness and dispassion. It shakes you up and makes you stand up to the knowledge. It enhances your capacity to accept and tolerate. It makes you realize that all of life is a game. Cross the threshold of politics and come to the divine. The strong will smile thru politics and weak will lament."

- His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankar

Akash bhaiya and Kashi bhaiya visit NIT_ham...

2009-03-25T02:24:00.000-07:00

What a cool start to the day that was when the aol-nit ham was blessed by Guruji through his biggest devotees- none other than akash bhaiya and kashi bhaiya. The superb sadhana in their presence was followed by sharing some guru stories..Cool breeze kissed our skins

and laughter prevailed in the air when they spoke. Everything was so serene, calm and mast..Those who were there

they know it:-)

i won't say much....see these snaps...

the one in the left is kashi bhaiya and on the right is akash bhaiya...

Guruji vs Cakes!!

2009-03-20T03:29:00.001-07:00

Once upon a time during one of the satsangs in one of our ashrams, one of our devotees, who was quite fed up eating the bland food was praying for something really tasty. By the end of the satsang he was pleasantly surprised to see one of the other devotees coming on the stage with a huge, delicious looking cake as it was his birthday.
As he was thinking that finally he would have something different and tasty to eat Guruji started wrapping the cake pieces in tissue papers and started throwing them in the audience. The audience was having a great time except this one guy who was singing with the satsang team on the stage and could do nothing more than watching flying cake pieces instantly disappear into people's mouths.
After a few minutes of this spectacular drama Guruji left and he noticed that there was still a lot of cake left which was generously been taken towards the audience for distribution.
Just for one moment there was a hesitation in his mind "Should I first go for the cake and then follow Guruji or...just forget the cake and follow Guruji". Fortunately for Him he decided to forget the cake and as soon as he sat down in Guruji's rooom the door knocked and there was someone with a cake to give it to him.
Three more people followed with cakes of different sizes just for this one devotee. He had more than he ever wanted to eat and then Guruji smiled and said,"You were hesitating, right? If you follow me all the cakes in the world will come to you!"
Again and again we need to let go of all our personal concerns (Cakes) and focus ourselves into Sadhna, Seva and satsang and as time passes we realize that the cakes are anyway on their way looking for us much more than we ever could even ask for.

You=Happiness

2009-03-20T03:09:00.000-07:00

I got this from dinesh bhaiya and bauz blog....ekdum gach post..

Here is an interpretation of a little incident that happened in Rashmin bhaiya’s course:
They were talking about how it is your very nature to be happy… and suddenly Rashmin displayed a stroke of sheer genius!
He made one of the participants stand up and told her to get angry… c’mon, he said get angry, frown, get upset!
She just looked at him in confusion and bewilderment… then he just as abruptly told her, ok smile! and she promptly smiled!
and so he concluded, See how smiling, laughing is just effortless! You can do it for no reason whatsoever! When i asked you to get angry or upset you can’t do it without a reason, but when i asked you to smile, you didn’t need a reason to smile, you just did it, simply and effortlessly… Happiness is your very nature…
You are made of a substance called happiness!

(to) Be Happy… (simply) Be Yourself!

Naturalness is the best , in this form there is no stress...well i don't need to lend my views on this cuz there are many who already have...another similar and awesomely similar post by my friend jayant.. go through it..http://jayantnasa.blogspot.com/2009/03/reason-for-happiness.html.stay happy stay young

AN AWKWARD SITUATION...

2009-03-13T10:43:00.000-07:00

Well the guruz grace flows and the knowledge just keeps on popping up (emails)....:-) and as sharing is a divine quality..

one of the coolest posts, just go through this..

An Awkward Situation
Why do you feel awkward? And how do you get out of it?

If you have always been the center of attention, and are suddenly sidelined, you may feel out of place. Similarly if you have always been on the side lines, and are suddenly pushed to center stage, you may experience restlessness.
If you are used to ordering, and suddenly have to take orders, or, if you usually follow orders, and you are made to give them, you may feel out of place.
A very busy person with nothing to do, or a laid back person who is faced with a lot of responsibilities may experience restlessness.

Every awkward situation increases your comfort zone.
Every awkward situation is a test for how deep you are in the Knowledge.

Very often, feeling out of place blocks the reason and distorts the logic.

If the situation you are in is inevitable, tolerate it.
If it’s avoidable, walk out of it.

If you feel that it can expand your abilities, smile through it.

Love something of an awkward situation. This will increase your comfort zone.
When your comfort zone increases, no one will be able to push your buttons and you will become so centered and unshakable.

Jai Gurudev

Be the change...

2009-03-12T11:22:00.000-07:00

Do our words really count and effect people? Just wanting to make changes isn't enough.People really won't listen to you if you are not substantial. If somewhere you are not connected with the truth you really don't create a difference.

The more powerful your sadhana , the more disciplined you are in your practises then your actions become fruitful. Inspire people by your actions and not by your words.

As Mahatama Gandhi said ,"Be the change that you want to bring in the people around you". And this is the ultimate logic...why would people not listen to you when you become so connected with the truth that you become irresistible , when you live the change , when you BE THE CHANGE.

Set examples , be role models.

And, if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice, for someone
seeking and needing to make changes in their life - If you don't like how
things are, change it! Don't meow like a cat, roar like a lion..Make a difference.!!

love,

Jai Gurudeva,

Jitesh

FOOTPRINTS!!!

2009-03-03T07:58:00.000-08:00

Everytime i read this it has a different impact...just go through this.quite cool.

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking Along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, He noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, One belonging to him, and the other to the Lord. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, He looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life There was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened At the very lowest and saddest times in his life. This really bothered him And he questioned the Lord about it. "Lord, You said that once I decided to follow You, You'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that During the most troublesome times in my life, There is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed You most you would leave me." The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, When you see only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."

Have faith guys for those who follow him..,the world follows them.
Jitesh

The celebration continues!!! :-D

2009-02-24T03:15:00.000-08:00

Hmmm...just before THE MARCH!! we volunteers needed something in our hands to concentrate upon..and so the ECODRIVE-Hamirpur took place. We the students of NIT, coordinating it up with AOL-hamirpur took this initiative to clean the bazaar in order to spread awareness among people not to throw their kachda on the roads rather in the dustbins..Now of course as you know after tiring ourselves a bit we definitely needed to relax and moreover rats were jumping in our stomachs who must be very much satisfied with "The momo party" which just followed the drive.hehe.

Here are some of the snaps..enjoy
see the happiness on my face.:-D

manish looks quite happy with that broomsick...with anshul sir keenly eyeing him..

gr8 goin anshul sir..

chalo then guyz..this was the most happening thing that i did in these dayz..i spose i will write after MARCH ( www.themarch.in ) then..cya

love,
Jitesh

ALL WE NEED IS A SHIFT IN OUR ATTITUDE>>

2009-02-20T02:14:00.000-08:00

Just recieved this kewl mail...go thru it

An old man lived alone in a village. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison.. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation: Dear Son,I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden, because your mother always loved planting time. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren't in prison.
Love,
Dad
Shortly, the old man received this telegram: 'For Heaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up the garden!! That's where I buried the GUNS!!' At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.
Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what happened, and asked him what to do next.His son's reply was: 'Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad.. It's the best I could do for you from here.'Moral:NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, IF YOU HAVE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DEEP FROM YOUR HEART YOU CAN DO IT. IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT MATTERS.. NOT WHERE YOU ARE OR WHERE THE PERSON IS....

That's what happens when you do service!! There are all sorts of people..Those who boost your confidence, and those who always criticise. Keep a YES! attitude and you will do whatever you want to do.

It's high time that those who want to do good take up the lead and bring all together.As i said take initiatives, pray , meditate , do good.

JOY GURUDEVA!!
love,
jitesh

$ri $ri speaks on V-day

2009-02-15T04:27:00.000-08:00

"Make God your Valentine. We will never be ditched, deceived or deprived," said Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at a Satsang in Kolkata on Saturday
when the city was in the grip of the Valentine's Day fever. The Art of Living founder said the world is so distraught because of the absence of love.

"Even if there is love, the problem exists. Because, there is wrong expression of it. Love without wisdom (gyan) can also bring trouble. If love comes with wisdom, there will be joy, satisfaction and benediction," he said addressing a crowd at the Rabindra Sarovar stadium.

On the attacks on people celebrating Valentine's Day, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said: "The extreme reaction comes out of fear. Our culture, heritage is not so fragile that one celebration would destroy it. There should be due respect to decency and decorum. But if you apply force against the violators, they will only increase. Force is no solution. Let it happen, if something is bad, people will reject it automatically."

The Art of Living Guru prescribed five steps to get out of sufferings. First, you have to understand the time you are in. Secondly, do some Yoga and Sadhana. Yoga will stop bad things from happening in your life. Thirdly, think that you have overcome many a problem in your life and will eventually also overcome the problem causing your suffering. Next, you must understand that there are people whose suffering is much worse than yours. Put yourself in the seva' of that person. Finally, have complete faith in nature's law no suffering is perpetual. Suffering will come and go.

"There are two modes you can be in participating and witnessing. We apply both wrongly and end up being unhappy. You must participate in joy and witness suffering. Whenever there is happiness, participate no matter whose happiness it is. When there is suffering, observe it. But what we generally do is that we only participate in suffering, whoever's it is. But when there is real cause of happiness, we become its mere witness," he said.

joy gurudeva,

love,

jitesh

HaPPY vALENTINEZ DAY....

2009-02-14T00:25:00.001-08:00

Just be and know that you are loved.That's BELOVED.

IF YOU WANT TO COME TO ME

2009-02-14T00:21:00.000-08:00

If you want to come to me
Sri Sri…

Praising me is not enough. I am not satisfied by your praises,gratefulness and gratitude. Do not just keep me on the stage, on the altar, put flowers and say, Jai Gurudev!' Keep me in your heart.When you are grateful, there is also a lot of gratitude and you feel like praising. But all this should be converted into your soul and make you blossom.

Once in a while when you have a problem, you come and say JaiGurudev. Don't say it only some times, say it all the time,everyday and every minute. All these qualities you see in me are also in you.

Only when you keep me in your heart, does guru ship arise in you.Otherwise just doing pad puja (worshiping the feet), saluting and running away, nothing will be born in you. If you only want to garland flowers, then go to temples. There are many idols there. There is no need of a Guru then. Not only that, there are many people in the world,who love to sit and be garlanded. Go and garland them.

If you have come to me, then change. Change from inside.

There is no happiness in the world which you cannot get by being on the path of
knowledge. Once you taste this nectar, everything else will be bitter. Once you begin to float in this, you will never experience a lack of anything in any way in your life.

Don't keep me at a distance. By staying far away from me you have no benefit whatsoever. You are just wasting your time and mine too. Whatever I am, you are that too. Whatever you thought was impossible for you, I have come here to show you that it is possible.

This body, this prana, has only one mission. It has come for one reason - to introduce you all to your own self, to reveal the true self to you. Who are you? You are truth. You are shiva. You are beauty.

See, many people come here. Some come just to visit the place and say, "oh! nice." some feel nice inside and say, "oh! nice energy!"they take few deep breaths and go back after one or two days in a good state of mind. Few others come and stay a little longer, while, while others just loot every thing. They take every thing. And that is good. Those are the kind of people I want. They must loot everything.

The shop is open. So loot all you can.

JaiGurudev!

THE THREE ADVANTAGES OF SMOKING ( a must go through )

2009-02-13T03:12:00.001-08:00

Well i was going through my posts one day, i suddenly remembered a thing which my bro Sandeep had told me one day 'bout smoking...quite funny..just read through this:-

The three advantages of smoking ( here we go );-
1) You are ever young.. cuz you never see old age, you die before hand.
2) Dogs won't trouble you because even if you don't die soon, you will soon have a walking stick ( lathi ) along with you for support.
3) Thieves won't break into your house as anywayz you are gonna be awake coughing the whole night..]

hAHAH...

SMOKING SUCKS GUYZ. ACCEPT IT>

VALENTINE's DAY...

2009-02-12T00:09:00.000-08:00

aaahhh...the most awaited day for the youngsters..feb14th..the v-day, a day of celebrations, exchange of gifts , love bytes, what not and what else...

acha, but have we ever thought beyond this?

Let’s have a different sort of Valentine’s day this year… instead of exchanging goofy nothings, how about doing something bigger?

How about falling in love with our country this year?

Let's all thank god first for making us take birth in such an awesome place..

And this time let's love our country more and more, and make her proud of us. let our country celebrate our presence..

The Art of Living as a first step is organizing a march in Delhi on the 1st of March at Parliament Street… A March in March … against corruption, against terrorism … Do take part and support… contribute your time, your money, yourself for it … Check the website:www.themarch.in

The Art of Living hamirpur is also organizing an awareness ecodrive cum campaign for maintaing cleaniness by ourselves picking the kachda in hamirpur's town bazaar..we want our country to be clean.This is my country and it has the right to be clean and green..this in turn will aware the people that their kachda has to be thrown in dustbins and not on streets.

For a year, be more environment friendly, the 3 biggest things you can do to help India (and the planet):

1. Say no to non veg food

2. Use energy efficient power (remember to switch off the lights when u leave a room, replace your light fittings with LED, etc)

3. Avoid the use of plastic and reuse all the plastic that you already have

This year, India is my Valentine!

go green.

jai gurudeva,

love,

Jitesh

extracts from: www.bawandinesh.name

SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP ;-)

2009-02-11T20:30:00.000-08:00

SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP ;-)

A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the
farmer's well. The farmer heard the mule 'braying' - or - whatever mules do
when they fall into wells.

After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the
mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble
of saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together and told them what had
happened...and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the
well and put him out of his misery.

Initially, the old mule was hysterical! But as the farmer and his neighbors
continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back...a thought struck him. It
suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his
back...HE SHOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP! This he did, blow after blow.

"Shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up...shake it off and step
up!" he repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows, or
distressing the situation seemed the old mule fought "panic" and just kept
right on SHAKING IT OFF AND STEPPING UP!

You're right! It wasn't long before the old mule, battered and exhausted,
STEPPED TRIUMPHANTLY OVER THE WALL OF THAT WELL! What seemed like it would
bury him, actually blessed him...all because of the manner in which he
handled his adversity.

THAT'S LIFE! If we face our problems and respond to them positively, and
refuse to give in to panic, bitterness, or self-pity... THE ADVERSITIES THAT
COME ALONG TO BURY US USUALLY HAVE WITHIN THEM THE POTENTIAL TO BENEFIT AND
BLESS US!

Remember that FORGIVENESS- -FAITH--PRAYER- - PRAISE and HOPE...all are
excellent ways to "SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP" out of the wells in which we
find ourselves!

SMOKING SUCKS!!!

2009-02-11T00:54:00.000-08:00

well now being in my second sem here in NIT-hamirpur , I am observing quite a few things here. for example, even people here in our first year seem to hav hooked upon things like smoking..well i spose things hav to be spruced up a bit..
CAUTION SMOKERS!! you are heading towards a dangerous death.. just look up on the internet what's the condition of people in cancer vaults. besides smoking is an environmental crime. And also since the government has put a ban on smoking in public places even in toilets. let's make it a point that all of us who don't smoke take it on us to stop people who are doing this. atleast implement on one of the very few good things that the government is doing..YOU ARE THE FUTURE YOUTH..

LIFE IS AN UTSAV!! DON"T SMOKE IT AWAY.

Acceptance....the key...

2009-02-10T06:50:00.000-08:00

i wonder how life teaches us so many beautiful things. once again when we sat today for full moon meditation...guess what?

we heard guruji saying " slowly feel the moon light on your body."

and suddenly we felt rain drops on our body..

hahaha....acceptance is the key.

accept people, accept situations..stay happy!-D

wow! isn't it awesome...

2009-02-10T03:03:00.002-08:00

well guyz...so here is it my first post...can't find words for what to write...well lemme guess..haaan...we r holding a full moon meditation in our college today...can't wait to hear his voice..u noe every volunteer should initiate this programme of full moon meditation in their respective residing places, homes etc..and invite more and more people to do it.. because more the no. of people into doing this stuff, more sattwa on this planet and hence guess wot dis wud b the solution for all the problems...on increasing sattwa all these problems get nullified....so keep on rokin keep on initiating projects...hav fun

joy gurudev!!

jitesh