The Art of Living

Today I am gonna write about something that I truly believe in. The Art of Living organization. All those who know the person that I am, would also know that I was never a person who could sit at one place and meditate. I was never a person who could maintain peace of mind. I was always worked up. With my mind always racing and tension always surrounding me, I could never relax or be at peace. This would agitate the anger in me and as a result I would always end up blasting my loved ones. (Especially my mom, since she was the easy target).

Then I was introduced to Art of Living. (Thanks to Aatish and Jayesh). When I first heard of it, the first thought that came to my mind was “Ramdev Baba” from “Aastha Channel”. Only I know how much it annoys me when my mom turns on that channel while he is preaching. With all due respect, I personally am not fond of people who preach, for two reasons; one, it’s boring and two; I don’t think they themselves follow what they preach. I mean, it’s very simple to say “Expectations reduces joy, so do not expect”. But at one level, all of us do expect from our surroundings. Don’t we? If a human stops expecting from the people around them, from the surroundings, we would not be humans but would be considered God. This is all that I tried explaining Jayesh, but he won’t listen. All he said was, “Come, do the course and then we’ll talk”. It was pointless arguing with him, so I attended the course.

Four days (or was it five?), changed the person that I was. Now I was much more relaxed, calm and peaceful. I was in a state, which in older times was achieved by saints after years of meditation. Contrary to my personality, now I was more cool, composed and yet cheerful, joyous and happy. I could now smile in every situation. I could now face trouble with a smile. All this in just 4 days. It was beyond my expectations. There was no preaching what so ever. All we did was breathe. It was simple. I was surprised to know what I was missing in life. I was happy (not that I wasn’t happy before), but this happiness was combined with peace of mind and no botherations at all. In short, I was happier. Apart from all the above I got a Guru. H.H. Sri Sri Ravishankar. He is fondly called Guruji, since he is the master who has guided our lives in this direction.

I am writing all this today coz a few days back I convinced one of my friends to do this course and she came to my room to discuss her experience yesterday. She felt the exact same thing that I had experienced (and still am). I could feel the change in her. She was smiling, like never before. She was calm and had no thoughts bothering her. I repeat, the experience is beyond explanation. I could see that she was full of gratitude for me, since I made her do the course. It wasn’t actually me. It was her Karmas. She was handpicked to do the course, me being just the medium.

Just wanna tell you all, that there exists such a course which has an answer to all your botherations, to all the queries that you have always had. All you need to do is make an effort to go and sit in the course and rest all will be taken care of. Do it to know you better. From your entire lifetime, just devote 4 days for yourself. You have spent all these years for worldly possessions, now it’s time for yourself. Go for it. It will rock your world and teach you the Art of Living. For all you intellectual people who think that they are smart enough and already know the Art of Living, In Jayeshs’ words, “Come, do the course and then we’ll talk”.