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Yoga, deep breathing used to address soldiers' post-traumatic stress
Rich Low dreamed of Iraq long after he returned home from the war. The memories haunted him when he was awake, too. About six months after his deployment, he was driving at night when a sudden burst of lightning snapped him back to Baghdad and the bomb tha ... -
Towards A Fresh Breath of Life
Have you observed what happens when rain falls on parched earth? When the skies open up to a free fall of unbiased, all encompassing, loving, fresh rain? That is what Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji’s visit was to Assam. “ He did not go to blame, point fi ... -
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Significance Of The Guru Disciple Tradition
Bangalore, India Sometimes I wonder, I have so many unending desires and you keep on fulfilling them. This makes me smile. How to get rid of hankering over desires Gurudev? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You know your desires are getting fulfilled, that is enough. ... -
Dear Gurudev, in deep meditation the breath slows down and even stops sometimes. How does the body function at that time?
When the breath slows down, the activities in the body slow down, the entropy is low. Samadhi is almost zero activity. I won't say it is zero activity; almost zero. Still a little bit something will be happening. Little bit of breath will be flowing out at ... -
Gurudev, what to do when someone blames your character or integrity?
There is a very beautiful couplet in Kannada that says, ‘What do you say to a person who is scared of noise but has built his house in the market?’ ‘What do say to a person who has built a home on the seashore and hates waves?’ ‘What do you say t ... -
You encourage people to think freely but how is free thinking compatible with faith?
Yes, this is the beauty. Usually you think faith means blind faith, or reason has no place in it. But that is not the case here. The Vedanta always talks about Vichara (deliberation) and Viveka (discrimination). Even in ... -
In Yoga Vasistha, Lord Rama tells us that three worlds exist because of mind stuff. When the mind vanishes the worlds also vanish. What does he mean by mind stuff and how can the world exist because of the mind?
This cannot be explained, this can only be experienced.Till the time it becomes your experience just take the words and don’t look for an explanation. If I say laddoo is sweet and if you ask, ‘How is laddoo sweet?’ I have ... -
Sometimes I wonder, I have so many unending desires and you keep on fulfilling them. This makes me smile. How to get rid of hankering over desires Gurudev?
You know your desires are getting fulfilled, that is enough. Be busy in fulfilling the desires of others, not your own desires. See, what is the significance of the Guru Disciple Tradition? It is for the Disciple to realize that desires are endl ... -
Bogotá Meditates
On 09 August 2012, the Art of Living volunteers in Colombia made history and gathered 4000 people to meditate, in an event called Bogotá Meditates. This massive meditation took place in Plaza la Santamaría, the old bullfighting ring where just a few of mo ...
