AOL... a different art of Living..

i was wishing from a years time that i must experience something spiritual.. like while.. my body.. gains weight.. i needed my soul to nourish too.. i planned to go to the Shri Aurobindo Ashram in pondi.. but which was left merely as a dream.. i had some of my friend who was ready to accompany me.. but i couldnt make it out.. now.. that am completely running insane.. my positive side of brain compelled me to take a new year resolution that i will do something for the god in me..

it was all a voice.. which i really didnt hear,, .. but my soul was excited.. one fine morning soon when i opened my eyes.. the thought of AOL came in to my mind.. i can say louder any where to anybody.. that i am not motivated by anyone in the world but myself. on the 31st of December i called their office.. on the 03rd of Jan i joined them.. and yesterday they called me up and asked me to go there.. i left office at 6 evening and reached there..

to my surprise i found bunches of young guys and gals.. interacting to each other,, like i have never seen in my life.. everyone was so much lite at heart.. not even a glare of upset in them.. full of confidence.. i could see in their eyes.. an all clear mind..

on the very moment when my foot touched the floor of that hall.. they all called me by my name.. akshaya welcome.. i was surprised that they all knows me ven with out seeing me and was awaiting me.. i was asked to be seated in between them.. for a while stopped conversation was started again.. and one by one.. asked me what i am doing and all.. i noticed a guy bending before another guy with a long hair.. both looked young.. the long haired guy placed his hand tight on the other guys head..as if he was giving blessing..i asked the girl just next to me what that is .. n she told.. nothing but giving blessing.. giving the happy elements to the guy bended down.. things are really strange.. then i saw the guys in the group started to go in side another room one by one..

and when my turn was up with out my knowledge everyone loudly announced akshayaaaa..

i went inside with shivering hands and sweating foot..i found two chairs just on the middle of the hall. one occupied with a guy, who introduced himself as Ashwin and started to talk to me casually.. asked me how i came to know about this.. and what made me think about going spiritual..he added in between.. that i must answer anything which hits my mind on the time.. :) and the same way i answered everything.. i came out as cool as the climate.. it was the first time.. i think i have spoken so openly to a stranger.. trust me.. but ther was some kind of power inside that place.. i talked to the another gal whom i met on the day when i came to join. her name is Nisha.. she was also a tour consultant.. left her job and came to work for AOL now.. shes happy.. she says.. :) because shes enjoying what shes doin..

i was again seated in the old circle of talking people.. i heard them passing comments making fun of each other.. beating kicking.. :) i m really not in to this kind pranks.. in ma life.. but there i found complete equality..

The another thing i noted there is the way they were wishing each one saying " JAI GURU DEV" .. :).. i found a thing common on every one.. utmost devotion to their guru.. they all looked as pure and lite as a bubble..

some time later i heard something strange from some one in the corner praising a girl who looked weak for her strength.. it sounded like some kind of power healing.. and they do practice the same.. which i really want to experience.. the act of pumping positive atoms from a strong human to a weak human.. i really want to measure my strength.. i m completely unaware about how my inner self would be fed going for AOL.. but sure it will make a good difference..
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THOUGHTS OF GURU DEV

Breath

* Breath is the link between your body and your spirit and your mind



Love

* Love is not an emotion, it is your very existence.
* Here are the signs of love. When you love someone, you see nothing wrong with them.
* When you love someone, you want to see them always happy and you want them to have the best.
* Love is the highest strength, yet it makes you absolutely weak
* Love cannot tolerate distance, and hatred cannot tolerate nearness.
* You can experience love, but you cannot describe it or express it totally.
* Love is beyond sight, touch, smell, taste, and sound.
* When there is Love, there is no ego; ego dissolves like the dew drops with the sun.
* In the company of one who is living Love, you also cant but spring into that Love.
* Love is that phenomenon of dissolving, disappearing, merging, becoming one with.
* Love is that phenomenon of total letting go.
* The seers, the seen, and the process of seeing all merge. The knowledge, the knower, and the known, they all merge, become one & that is Divine Love.

Anger

* In ignorance anger is cheap and a smile is costly
* Make your smile cheaper and you anger expensive.
* The anger of the enlightened is a blessing




Silence

* Silence is the goal of all answers. If an answer does not silence the mind, it is no answer
* Only Silence is complete
* Smiling with all the existence is Silence
* Purpose of words is to create silence.


GOD

* When you know you own God you will not be in a hurry to get something out of God.
* When you have infinite patience, you will realize God belongs to you.
* God does not test you because he knows you completely - your past, present and future
* God is calling you every moment.
* God is the Seer himself. Who sees---that is God
* God is love. Being in love is sharing that love.
* This entire universe is made up of God. There is nothing outside God.
* God is responsibility, total responsibility.


Knowledge

* Be a Gopal. Be a friend in knowledge
* Be a friend in knowledge. Uplift each other in knowledge
* Knowledge is a burden if it does not set you free.
* Knowledge keeps everything fresh.
* In science you have knowledge first, and then faith follows. In spirituality, faith comes first, and then Knowledge follows.
* When you follow fun, misery follows you. When you follow Knowledge, fun follows you.
* Illusion is error of perception and knowing illusion as illusion is Knowledge.
* Suffering is a product of limited knowledge.
* For one who has awakened in knowledge, there is no more suffering.


Freedom

* Break through the barrier of the rational mind and find freedom for yourself
* Freedom is your very nature. Only with freedom do joy, generosity and other human values blossom
* Just an intention to be free makes you immediately free.
* Discipline protects freedom. You can choose to focus either on freedom or discipline, and this makes you happy or unhappy.
* Freedom without discipline is like a country without a defense.



Karma

* When you praise someone, you take on their good karma. When you blame someone, you take on their bad karma
* Performing actions cannot eliminate karma. Only through grace can the bondage of karma be burnt.
* Prarabdha karma cannot be changed. Sanchita karma can be changed by spiritual practices.


Ego

* The "I" or ego in you is a tiny atom
* Ego is separateness, non-belongingness
* The head level is safe for the ego. The heart level breaks the ego. The solve level dissolves the ego
* The inability to communicate occurs because of ego
* Someone experiences bliss, and that bliss, itself, becomes a trip for the ego. So the ego, in turn, destroys the infinity, the joy, the bliss.


Death

* Divinity dwells in the void as well as in celebration.
* Death brings you in touch with the reality of life.
* Wake up an see your life is too short. The realization that life is short will bring dynamism to your life.