Good Morning, presenting Valentine Special YES!+ !! :)

For the first time, presenting a YES!+ in the morning, from 12-18th Feb: 6:30 AM at Koramangala, Bangalore.

Dont know what is YES!+ ? Check out www.yesplus.org and http://yesplusbangalore.wordpress.com

You are invited to apply for the program, we have limited seats, so hurry!

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its been a while that I wrote... been writing some new stuff elsewhere:

Check out nice music by Akhilesh on his Veena.

See some nice artwork by Ved.

And you would like to learn the art of how to carve vegetables.

And of course there are much more interesting things awaiting for you on YES!+ Bangalore Website.

Masti kee Aag

Launching the premier of:

http://yesplusbangalore.wordpress.com

:) N'Joy surfing!

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"...," this is the title of the Kannada movie in which His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankar is taking part in!! Its a silent movie except for one dialogue by Sri Sri!! I am all curious to watch it... The actors are not allowed any lip movement too, only some sign language and face expressions! wuhu, how would it be! Check out news on this in article one and two. The director has set up a competition to decipher the title, and they have approached Guinness book for a record too!
Looks like, after lot of useless blabbering in most of the films and even in life, which anyways don't make much sense, this is an interesting initiative to convey what is beyond the words! :)
I love the Art of Living Foundation's Advanced course, in which we maintain some silence. And at the end of it, I don't even wish to talk! I feel how nice it would be if there was no words at all in all over the world! hmmm. sometimes few words are necessary to bring out that silence.
Hats off to you Guruji, you have touched to all realms of expression!

Terrorism, you and me

I woke up fresh and smiling on the Sunday morning
Only to hear the sad news of the Delhi blasts and killing
The Anger inside me started boiling
But sooner than I expected I got some healing

I went to the YES!+ Followup in Koramangala
It was so nice to catch up with friends who have similar agenda
The breathing was nice, a soothing feeling
Sorrow and anger was gone and compassion and trust started flowing

After the Kriya, Shailendra asked, which knowledge, tell me a page
Number 30, came a response. To my surprise it was this knowledge: 
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Weekly Knowledge #324 Bad Antogast 28 Sep 2001 Germany

TERRORISM: THE CAUSE AND THE REMEDY

The act which is only destructive and inflicts suffering both on oneself and others is terrorism. In such an act, human values are lost in the process of achieving a goal.

Some of the factors that lead to terrorism are:

Frustration and desperation to achieve a goal

Confused emotion

Shortsightedness and Impulsive action

Belief in a non-verifiable concept of heaven and merit; a childish concept of God favoring some and angry at others, thereby undermining the omniscience and omnipotence of the Divine.

Terrorism induces fear psychosis in all, increases poverty, suffering and loss of life with no apparent gains. Instead of solutions the terrorist looks for destruction as an answer. If you simply criticize without giving a solution, know that this criticism comes from the same seed as terrorism!

Although there are certain qualities you can appreciate in a terrorist such as:

Fearlessness

Commitment to a goal

Sacrifice

You will have to learn from them things that you should never do:

Valuing some ideas and concepts more than life.

Having a narrow perspective of life and dishonoring its diversity.

The Remedy for terrorism is:

Inculcate a broader perspective of life -- value life more than race, religion and nationality.

Educate people in human values – friendliness, compassion, cooperation and upliftment.

Teach methods to release stress and tension.

Cultivate confidence in achieving noble aims by peaceful and nonviolent means.

Create spiritual upliftment which can weed out destructive tendencies.

Question: Can it be that terrorism need not be only physical violence, but also cultural or economical?

Sri Sri: Yes.

Solution for economic violence – "Think globally, buy locally."

Solution for cultural violence – "Broaden your vision, deepen your roots."

Question: How does one cope with the aftermath of terrorism?

Sri Sri: Faith and prayer. When disaster happens, anger is inevitable. To take precautions that one does not react wisdom is needed, not emotional outbursts. One mistake cannot be corrected by another mistake. Strive for multi-cultural and multi-religious education and spiritual upliftment to reach every part pf the globe. For the world will not be safe even if a small pocket of people are left ignorant.

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So relevant, Guruji has spoken
Solutions given, much before the problem
As we were listening in rapt attention
We saw losing all our tension

Together we decided to wind up communal fights
By celebrating festivals with all colors and lights
Together we decided to break the walls
By greetings from hearts and waking up calls

YES!+ Awakens India...
Jai Bharat!

P.S. Here is an excellent Article by Bawa on What can I do.