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Ancient sacred texts presented in a simplified manner which can be applied to daily modern life in the form of commentaries offered by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
The Art of Living Teacher Training course provides you with an opportunity to grow stronger within and share Sri Sri Ravi's Shankar knowledge in society.
I feel happy and peaceful here. My heart is really contented. All negativity comes when I go out. I encounter all problems like corruption and bribery. How to face these problems? How to maintain the same positivity when I go from here?
Sri Sri: You forget a strength in you – Prayer and power of your Sankalpa (positive intention). You keep doing practices and your things are taken care of. Don’t ask for small things in your prayers. Ask for big things – Let government be good and stable, Let this knowledge reach out to many more people. It is up to you to make a divine society. You can start a collective moment. There are many good people and a very few people who cause disturbance, but their influence looks like they are many. You come together and you will find what difference you can make.
How to overcome self pity?
Sri Sri: The moment you recognize, you stop it. That is it. If you are asking for someone else, then only they can come out of it. Only meditation can help. Do advance course.
Many people have started preaching their own practices like Sudarshan Kriya. What to do about it?
Sri Sri: Many people have started their own things. These kind of wrong practices don’t work in the long run. Don’t worry about all of them. People try, get headache and then they come here. The spiritual practices like Sudarshan Kriya are not only at physical level. It is the divine grace which works. One can do 21 days teacher training, and spread this knowledge everywhere after becoming a teacher.
How to transform negative energies into positive energies?
Sri Sri: That is what we all have to do, and that is what we are doing. Let us get more and more youth together and change this atmosphere in society.
Is memory a blessing or curse?
Sri Sri: Forgetting bad things is a blessing. Forgetting good things can be a curse.
What is the best thing to do after one recognizes one's mistake?
Sri Sri: Recognizing your mistake and going forward is good. There is no point in hiding or justifying. Save the mind. When the mind is established, you can’t do mistakes even if you want. With the knowledge of the self, all negative emotions like fear, anger and sorrow disappear.
How to achieve excellence while following the middle path?
Sri Sri: It will happen. Your intention is enough. Main thing is Sadhna(Practices and self effort), next is awareness, and third is - no feverishness.
