Ahmedabad

Well I just finished MY TTC!! and gurudev blessed me to take Art Excel,YES! and YES!+. Decided to organize and take my first yesplus. As an organizer i learnt a lot. It changed the way i look at life. The stakes were as high as ever. YES!+ with SHREYA DIDI. It need to be BIG!!. Usually when complete responsibility is taken it comes with stress (tension that where will people come from?). I mentally made a note that full responsibility will be taken by me like a feather not like a rock on my head and that's how my experience was. 400 + youth did kriya . Course was organized by students who had not done the AOL course. Used technology (SKYPE sessions with didi), Online database, Bulk smses . The management was shocked by such a good response.

Got bored of intro talks and started doing satsangs in classrooms. Realized it doesn't matter what you say more important is in what state of being you are blabbering. It doesn't matter if you sing,dance ,play games ,talk for 5 min or talk for hour and half at the end its your range and signal strength to the TOWER. Students in ahmedabad are good dancers. The moment we played music they automatically formed a circle and stated dancing in a FORMATION (garba). Rythm and beat are ingrained in their DNA.

I felt i had made a mistake...... and i asked didi for her feedback shreya didi replied " Krishna i don't see any mistakes because i don't see any faults in you" . Its very easy to be critical but to have perfection in feeling level...... this is one of the amazing qualities in shreya didi .

In one of the satsangs in bangalore ashram some one asked swami bhramatej "how do i get rid of negative thoughts" and swamiji replied " i dont know...." "i don't get negative thoughts"(WHAT!!!!) but it was the way he said it that i realized, that i am in the presence of perfected beings.

What Have i been up to

Well i have finally completed my engineering and now i am on cross roads of my life. My engineering degree has been a gift from my guru. I never attended college and when i did attend i slept. I have been extremely lucky ( I had got placed without me even trying ...... ) . I am right now in bangalore ashram doing seva in Sumeru Sandhya Dept. with sahil bhaiya. I am have also applied for the next TTC. Took morning yoga sessions for two YES!2 batches. I totally loved it. The grind of getting up early morning every day and doing

sadhana with children rocks :P. Have also been practicing my guitar in vasuki till now no one has complained to the admin. :). I also lost office mobile phone and observed my mind saying "see i have come so far from chennai to do seva ,why is this happening to good people like me". I am also putting an effort to improve my communication ( speaking to people without aaa, and,umm,like, etc etc.) anyway figuring out a way to live in knowledge CONSTANTLY (guys the first step is to listen to knowledge:P). Am happy with the way things are going ( i seem to get offended very fast) am still naturally arrogant to some people. I recently read a book on maharishis of india (agastya, vashista, bhrigu.... ) feel totally inspired to do tapas and achieve perfection in my life, some how i feel connected to them :).

Tuffy The Puppy

Well i am sure you like my blog and like what i write. This blog is dedicated to all my roomies. I will introduce them as the story progresses. Ashwani was my roomate,now he a full time YES!+ faculty in lucknow. As we were getting to know each other as roommates very well,one day we contemplated on having a dog. Dogs are cute (puppies). I had gone to do my thing during summer vacations to bangalore and when i returned i saw a cute puppy. All of us fell in love with him. It could barely walk straight. The innocence in his eyes would make any one cuddle him. Its one of those things one has got to do as a bachelor (ex: going to GOA, adopt a STRAY dog,all the things mom would not let us do,watching movies non stop for a days without going to loo). Getting a doggy seemed so right especially when the dog was stray. We were not sure if the dog had rabies( Being in Art of Living we dont judge people/puppies and accept every one beyond race,cast,creed,religion and sex). Responsibility to feed the dog was taken by Ashwani, as he had got it home. We expected the dog to walk itself (we had a 2000sq.ft floor space). But little we knew of the evil it could do.
Be tuned for the next post:
Prewiew:
Snehil to Ashwani "either the dog stays or me" ,Ashwani "fine you leave"
Maid quits after seeing the "poop"
Tuffy gets a kennel to sleep in :D :D.

Failing

Well i wanted to write about failing. Only those who fail can go to a state of helplessness.This feeling is so beautiful. Generally people pray truly when they fail. WELL LET ME TELL YOU THAT I HAVE FAILED CONSISTENTLY. When i started doing seva in my teens every thing would become fiasco. I could not register people for course could not speak without stammering and everything used to breakdown when i touched it(literally!!). YES I have broken (glasses,cups,motors,... and much much more). Simple tasks like getting getting some vegetables for my teacher would end up in a mess. I still remember that night when i was walking alone in bangalore streets, UTSAH 2007 was a few days away and i started crying. Every thing i did was counter productive and useless.I screwed up the course accounts, ordered the wrong pizzas for my teacher (YES @ that time pizzas were very important), Lied about the number of registrations and got caught. I knew all my actions were out of love. Still there was failure. Suddenly and automatically a deep prayer came up. I felt that moment completely. It was a moment of deep perfection. perfection in feelings. Such a perfection that even now just the thought of that night ...... can trigger that perfection in my life even now.

Concert Coimbatore

My inspiration has always been guruji of course but one person also stands out. My YES! teacher sahil jagtiani. He has always guided me on how to be on the path and how to balance life almost. He has tolerated my foolishness. He has launched his new album avataran 3. Its come out awesome. Recently i went to coimbatore and didn't sing this time though but i learnt a lot about sound engineering. i was managing the effects, echo etc. Mixing sounds to get the optimum end result is a tedious task. Also noticed the perfection in him. The concert was just ...... amazing(understatement). Even its like a month since the concert i am still humming the tunes. There is a part of me which is in pursuit of happiness and another part which is totally blissfully. Also have learnt some new bhajans which i will try out in the satsang soon. I am also planing to take my guitaring skills to next level. Last year was great but .... next year you better watch out bcos i am comming sooon to party.
The above picture >> Bhaiyas First YES!+ course in delhi.

Sri Sri Yoga TTC

Being a Yogi::


For the past ten days i thought i was going to lean how to teach yoga, But what i learnt and experienced was something else. My TTC teacher was kishanji who is a yogashiromani. If i have met enlightened people one is guruji and the next one is him :). He is like a child over 70 years of age. Guiding our body mind and spirit. Body ... intense yoga for 4 hours each day. Mind..... amazing knowledge from the Ashtangyoga, PYS etc. Spirit.... i have never meditated for 2 hours in a stretch. Yoga develops ones 6th sence. Any one can teach how to do yoga these days internet is full of yogic books etc but to be a yogi is something special being united with the spirit always.
Part 2 coming up.

Navaratri in kitchen making laddus

YES!+ CHENNAI

Let me just jog you past few glorious days of my life. I had actually organized a YES!+ in Chennai For my dear Shreya Didi. I keep telling didi that i had organized this course only for you and she keeps saying that she had come to chennai only for me :). We partied and ate in the most expensive restautrants every day ..... Now i am blogging form the YES! office in bangalore. Today was ganapaty homa. Ganapaty is the god who removes and CREATES obstacles. Trust me folks this pooja is very important for sadhaks. There was a point in the pooja where i fell helpless and not responsible for any actions and sincerely prayed (just prayed ..... didnt ask or tell just prayed). Beauty is at its best here in bangalore ashram. The pooja finished with Sahil Bhaiyas Ganesh OM.

Sayam Sandhya

I am learning my sandhyavandanam from my room mate. I always wanted to learn sandhya, but didnt know how to perform it with right pronunciation. Mahadevan is a expert. I am so greatful to guruji for making this happen. I feel like a bhramin.

Bhakti

I need to collect my thoughts on this one. Its the only thing that seems real in this world or sometimes every thing else seems so real. If you have not felt it, you will not be able to understand a word of what i am going to say. It not merely love but something beyond that. It is a feeling where each and every cell of your body ...... is in that state, that moment.
I have noticed a pattern in my life which has given me strength or faith on my path.

1)I have been so helpless whenever i have taken or challenged things larger than life, when at that point when no knowledge seems to work.
2)This feeling of helplessness ferments and ferments.
3)Ferments more.
4)Amazingly all odds turn to your favour and you are victorious.

This feeling, that every thing will be alright at the end gives me immense faith on my guru and on my path. These days fear in non existent in my lexicon.This is because i have failed may times. But still i am every ready to take panga(take on things larger than life) with the divine because it is only then i get to feel him completely. I have prayed from him, for an opportunity to do seva (larger than life style).He is the one doing seva and he is the one looking after me 'in time of trouble'. He has taught me how to play the guitar and he is the one who has bestowed me with grace. If you get a chance please listen to Bhakti sutras by guruji. I have crossed oceans of misery with these sutras. Well lets not delay and lets spread the fire of bhakti around the world.

Another Week Over

Its another and to another day;
How swift they are passing thru;
And the sweetest moments that i have spent;
My dear , I spent with you :)

Well i have gone to my college for more than 30 days regularly and have only taken ten days off. Well i am impressed with myself. I might just get 80% attendance. Have heard really good music will upload the as soon as i get a widget to play them. Feel really content for no reason at all. Just moving with the flow .

Transformation

I am working on my new blog for quite some time now. I will be adding videos and music soon. Got lot of ideas and have lot of stuff to share. I have a new youtube channel in my profile as my webpage. My old blog mindfrk.blogspot.com is officially dead.

My Holidays Part 1.

(A view of papanasam temple from gurujis house)
My Semester holidays had begun. That is the only time when i do something meaningful in my life. I caught a train for tirchy as soon as my exams finished where i assisted a Yes! course with Shreya Di. Around 150 people celebrated,danced and meditated. To know more about her you can read my earlier posts. She was my first teacher and i was one of her first students. Now She is the youngest TTC teacher and takes Part1,SSY,AE&YES!,YES!+,KYC,KYT,UTSAH,UTSAV workshops to name a few. We were staying in a apex body members house. In a span of 4 day Didi had taken almost 5 workshops for students teachers and the parents combined. The amount of creativity that comes up during her courses is amazing. "I am 100% available for anything "it was a felling which i was floating. We went to Papanasam -Gurujis house and it is said that if you go around the ganesh temple outside all your paap of your previous and future life gets removed. At the end of the course a Poor Muslim boy came and gave me a keychain he said that he has never felt like this before and started crying with tears of gratitude. This magical journey ended and i had to go back to the ashram to begin another one where guruji was there and Sahil bhaiya had some plans for me.