Saturday, March 28, 2009

One World Family-The Art Of Living

Jai Gurudeva!
It is really one of the most beautiful things that have ever happened in my life. My entry into the Art Of Living. It was indeed Guruji's call for me. Because after Rajesh bhaiya gave the intro. talk in my college, there was just one registration from MIT and that was Meghana Wagh(!).
So many miracles have happened since then. I don't know what kind of energy I gained from the YES+ course(thanks to Pavan bhaiya, my yes+ teacher), that I was able to act out how my HOD shouted at me(of course for no mistake of mine) in front of the director. The director shouted at him and called me bitiya(so sweet!). The very next day, the HOD apologized in front of the whole department as well. Hahahaha, can't believe it. After that, came the beautiful course of DSN(I still miss the bananas and karelas), as I had enjoyed eating them! Thanks to Manoj bhaiya who taught us how we are human beings first and after that a male or a female. At the YES+ I had met many brothers and sisters, in DSN I met many moms and dads.
With this spirit of one world, when I was going to the ashram to do my advanced course, I was little bit worried(because when I asked Sunil Bhaiya "Hamare sath responsible bada kaun ja raha hai" and he said "aap"). I was literally taken aback. But I said Jai Gurudeva and was much scared when someone in the train said that adv. course to bohot difficult hai, you will have to clean even the toilets(I actually dreamt myself cleaning a public toilet and after that dream could not sleep in the train). But I thoroughly enjoyed the entire course, infact was one of the last ones to come back from the ashram(frankly speaking, I didn't want to come back, but when Dinesh dada said" Meghana, now you have to make your college a second ashram", and I said "Yes dada I will", I got a new aim in life. The adv. course was really a nice one, especially, I liked meeting with Guruji, question-answer session with Bau N Dinesh dada. I got many answers to the questions even without asking myself.
After that, everything has been so beautiful, whether it is Vikram bhaiya's satsang at Emrald Heights or the UNAIDS conference at the ashram, or Anubhuti with Rajesh bhaiya or the UTSAV. I have been learning lots of things out of all these experiences and now I am looking forward to the adv. course with Rishi Nityapragyaji that will be at the end of April, and also the next adv. Yes+ again with Dinesh dada at the end of May.
All is never goody goody. Many times I see that even those who claim to be Guruji's true followers do not actually follow all the knowledge points of Guruji(sometimes even the teachers and the most active volunteers of The Art Of Living), but as Guruji says, "Keep your focus as me and not my disciples". Indeed Guruji, you are very true.
Thanks to Guruji(H.H. Sri Sri Ravishankarji) and his messengers in my life who have given me the tips to be happy from within all the time.