My Tryst With The Art of Living....no marketing gimmick...

My posts do tell you,I might be one of those slushy-mushy kind...pathologically emotional...well I am sensitive and not necessarily emo.It hurts to see certain things that shouldnt be the way they are.It may be just that..
But in life,u do bump into some experiences that change the way u thought about it...
Some of you must be thinking-well she is quite building up the plot of her marketing stint...namely the Art of Living..
Well,then tell me,even if that was to be the case...wat harm in standing up for sumthing sensible?U wudnt have had that expression of what-is-she-upto kind,had i spoken to yu about the latest car in the town or my favorite drink?
Lets move into the main story.Why Art of Living and what of me to do with that?
Before I begin,let me tell you,I m not being paid to write this up.no:)
The summers of 2005 and my mom was after my life..she believed in all this world,only an AOL course could change my she-is-killing-herself patterns of life.!I was requested,reprimanded and finally ordered to do the course.(sumtimes they want you to have fun..u dont understand)So I did....
Flashback-
All in all I dint really have a life u wud vouch for-a guileless,enthu-less,stinking,dull,obsessive life that went around all that was sad in this world.I dint believe something like ARt of Living could do ne good to me.Sure it dint,coz it changed my life for ever and I cudnt be that same me nemore. ;)))
It took me those mean 6 days to come out of my darkness and the comfy web of complacence I had built around myself..A bout of Sudarshan Kriya got the crap out of me..the emotional crap.The processes made me get in touch with a finer side in me,that for the first time I realised,There was so much more to me than cribbing and whining.
I made friends for life out there..Moreover,I discovered that really Living had to be an Art.coz it was so beautiful for the first time.This course was a first time for quite a lot of things...
-I discovered,it was interesting and relevant
-.It was simple yet profound.
I was a normal teenager and one thing that I hated was being preached and voila..noone even tried to ...Preach!
-But I was made to think and all my answers led me to a WOW I never thought that!
-The major reason why I loved the course was Complete Acceptance!For the first time strangers ,read the teachers and volunteers,dint have any qualms about me being wierd and troublesome and in the process I Learnt.
Did u ever know,u dont know how to breath,though thats what u ve been doing all ur life?I sure dint,back then..
I entered the course with certain perceptions about the course and The Guru(who is now My Guru),but Art Of Living couldnot live upto my expectations,it went beyond it...:)
For all those who are my kind,restless,crazy,cant-sit-at-one-place kind..This course had that much needed dynamism,masti and fun-frolicking that is needed to realise such an amazing blend could practically be possible,quite alien to our knowledge..
-Sudarshan Kriya was a bomb...oh My God...each cell of my body was breathing a rhythm...
If only people who commit suicides could know what this course is...they wud have realised the insanity of thier thoughts.Nothing much, they missed out on knowing what life is before ending it...
When the course got over,There was a rush of joy in my heart,I can absolutely not explain...What I was more grateful for was,that this wasnt a drug or ale induced high that I was feeling.I had a Smile that had evaded me for 17 years of my life,a smile that was childlike,innocent,pure..
And its this joy I wanted to share with the world that moment!And it came right from my heart,this desire to share this wisdom which is dynamic,simple,fun,uplifting,revealing and Ancient served in a way that makes you feel like you hadnt had enough of it..
Its for this reason I write this blog...To share,coz I have experienced it and I want you to feel it too...I could have with just this ease talked about the latest car,or my fav star or the drink...but it wouldnt have been From The Heart...
Simply put it,if ever u see life is depressing,directionless,go sit for this course..it will open up new dimensions for you...
I wish You Joy,Happiness(this is the change that has come in me) and Grace...
Love
Ruchira

The Warlords will not win....

For my,Ma

For My,MA

People say,words are important,

But I dont understand how,Mumma!

People say,love needs to be expressed,

But I cannot,mumma..

When a drop of tear rolls down your cheek,

I burn deep inside in pain.

But people shall never understand this,mumma!

When you Laugh and Giggle

I have a peaceful smile,

When you are happy and merry,

it makes all the efforts worthwhile.

Did I ever tell you,How much is my love for you?

How should I,Mumma?

I feel so small for all that You have been to me!

I feel so timid for all those painful days

that you have been through for me.

Pain not of a nine months that you suffered...but of a lifetime.

I know I ve hurt you and never bothered to heal a wound.

I know,I troubled and never bothered to whisper-I am sorry...

I could never sit by your side and tell you-

Mumma,I am there for you...

Please believe me,its not because I never loved you,

But because I loved you too much to be able to express,

too much to be able to put it in words,

too much to be able to sound genuine,

too much to be able to have the courage to say-

I AM NOONE WITHOUT YOU,MUMMA!

The Flower in the blue
To bear the pain,to bear the cold.
To bear the autumn in one's fold,
And yet exude the colors of gold,
is indeed the Art to Live,I am told.

She sure is a great teacher of wisdom so profound-
That what you lived by is known,
by what you've left around.
She said this once,when I was blue,
Go find the one more woeful than you,
Pick me up,with all tenderness too
and share me with the one more woeful than you.
As you smile and share your woe,
u'll find the pain dissappeared much long ago.

And oh,I realised what she had left behind...
A more fragrant world,
with happiness inside.
She said this,yes the flower in the Blue...
LIVE A LIFE THAT LIVES LONGER THAN YOU!

The World Inside
There is a world inside you and me
a world far more beautiful,
where things are just as they seem to be.
There everything is natural and real;
the emotions,feelings and tears.
There lies our vulnerability and sensitivity
our ability and capacity.
There nothing is hidden,nothing pretended,
nothing disguised,nothing defended.

But words we speak are not of this world
and may be thats why they hurt.
The love we give is not from this world,
and may be thats why it doesnt last.
But its never too late to start living in this world,
The world Far more beautiful...
The World Inside you and me...

no,please read me out,even if u dont agree initially

Why is it so difficult to belong to everybody?Infact isnt it the easiest thing to do?To Love to belong?Probably not...or else our world would have been a far better place,i tell u.We fear or we care less,or may be we think we dont need to...I dont know...but what is it that makes u and me so cozy in our small apartments and even smaller hearts...completely running out of love...

and one fine day,we get up to realise...we did nothing with our lives...we lived like the creepy things that grow,becoz they have to and die...and fortunately for soome of us this feeling becomes unbearable and then we start moving out of our cocoons to Make a Difference in the world we lived for so long just a nothing...We realise we had it all but we werent happy...
But my experience says...when u make life even a tad better for someone,by doing whatever it is that u can,ur life takes on a new dimension.We might become gr8 doctors,engineers,accountants,celebrities,managers,but what big deal,if U couldnt become a Human being first...if u couldnt "Make out Time" for being,for belonging to someone else,who doesnt have anything to give you except an opporutnity to make a difference to his life?
Has this alone remained the purpose of our lives-to lead shabby,stinking selfish lives,that might have loads of money,fairweather friends,knowledge of how the univrse works or who my target market segment is or how does the heart pump blood?BUT NO LOVE?
Dont tell me,u even know what Love is!
The Love that I talk about is far bigger in its meaning,quite out of what u might think it to be.We all at points of time,feel life has got nothing to offer anymore,life isnt moving and we are not growing,we have become mere bodies rolling in and out of offices and homes,looking after kids..but what after that,what would u do with this stagnation when it comes to bite you...I tell u,feel happy,these are the moments that will bring that change,that transformation that ur life will become much larger than that of others...simply because u will start Belonging to others without a reason and without a motive,except that it will make u feel Good...U would do whatever it takes to reach out to others who might need u...and Believe me, when someone smiles and U R the Cause,U will Feel numb and satisfied....This is how a Complete Life should be...A life where You belong completely...To YOURSELF and to OTHERS...No prayer of yours will remain unanswered...no wish will remain unfulfilled...BELIEVE ME!
I might have sounded a bit rude at places,but may be thats because I feel helpless and concerned,when I see people are tied up in thier lives,they are whining,shouting and feeling strangulated inside and making a show of being happy outside..Or may be because I wish to reach out to such lives..Because I KNOW Our Lives are so Rich..that if we really knew,not one day would go without being Grateful and Happy...Life is so Full,bright and Lively..only we need to realise and be Thankful...
Huh!!!at times I can be really Philo...u see

JAI GURU DEV!
Jai Guru Dev!