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Q: How stress affects your body and brain? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji Stress is a silent killer. Normally, your body and mind are enabled to give you multiple signals before the effects of stress become extreme and fatal. The question is -  have you been paying attention?  What are the effects of stress on your physical and mental health? What does it do to your body and brain? We’ll explore the physical and psychological effects of stress here along with the results of some research studies on stress.  Stress is, undoubtedly, a part of every aspect of modern-day living today. You could be: 1 spending an hour commuting to work 2 preparing for an important presentation  3 waiting outside the examination hall where your child is giving a college entrance exam 4 expecting results of your cholesterol test at the doctor’s office In each and every scenario stress promises to be your constant companion - though not in the same way or at the same level. We al...

Dear Gurudev, can you please speak about the connection between sexuality and spirituality. Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji Sex is the origin from where everything is born. In the Orient, it is honored as divine. Sexuality is in the second chakra, and then you move upward to the other chakras. So it is just part of the process. Spirituality does not disown anything or disassociate with anything. Spirituality encompasses all aspects of life. In fact, spirituality uplifts one from sex to higher consciousness. Sex is being attracted to a part of the body and getting some stimulation from it. The goal of sex is to find joy, and not sex itself. It is to get into the moment, forget about everything and find joy, and spirituality provides that joy, which is not gotten through some act, but beyond the senses. In the Bhagavad Gita, there is a saying, “Buddhi grahyam atindriyam”, it is the joy that can be grasped by the intellect, but is acquired from beyond the senses, and that is th...

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji in Satsang  on (5th May 2018) at the Art of Living International Center, Bengaluru: Q: Gurudev I see people look so happy even without doing yoga. Is it my illusion or is it their past life merits? Why do you bother about others? You look into yourself. If you can be happy without anything, be happy and if you need to do whatever you need to do to be happy then do that. This analysis will not lead you to anywhere. Yes! Many people could be happy with their merits. Some may look happy but may not be really happy. Some are happy but may not appear to be happy. What is the point of you doing any research on it? If it is for any benefit then I am ok with that also. At least you be happy and do what you want to do. Q: Guruji! I used to get into bliss every time I used to meditate. After marriage and kids, it is not happening. What really went wrong? Look! Do not blame marriage for this. There are people who are married and happy and there are p...

If we grow lemon and tulsi in each and every house we can have good health in our country. If we grow lemon and tulsi in each and every house we can have good health in our country.            You know in our country there is a shortfall in the production of pulses.  We are importing nearly 40% of the pulses and if this continues we will not have sufficient food In the future.          So we have to plant pulses in our home garden and our women can do it. - Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

She had laid rules for herself and hence had a lot of energy. My Grandmother was in Papanasam.  Even at the age of 92 years, she used to do things for herself and she had a good system of eating.            Like, eating “Agathi Keerai” , on every “Dwadesi” day ( The day after ekadesi fasting) and she used to take two kinds of vegetable.  She had laid rules for herself and hence had a lot of energy.           In the next generation the energy level came down and now in our generation it is getting lower. - Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Being Yogi is becoming a baby again The fact is that every child is born with spiritual knowledge and as you grow up, you start losing that.  Being Yogi is becoming a baby again. Getting in touch with your pure essence.  It is as simple as that.            You don’t need a yoga teacher.  Just look at a baby from the time it is born, to the age of three and they will teach you everything.  But you have to observe them everyday for all the three years.  The way they breathe, the way they smile.  They feel so connected with everybody.  It is we who corrupt the children and spoil their naturalness. - Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

The first chapter of Bhagavad Gita is called Vishaada Yoga. How can Vishaada be yoga?  Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji:  See, yoga is interpreted in three ways. 1. Union of several herbs. Ayurveda and Ayurvedic medicines are also called yoga. 2. The combination of various planets is also called yoga. Raja Yoga, Kaal Sarpa Yoga, all these terms are used in Jyotish (astrology). 3. The union of the individual Self to the cosmic Self. Here in Bhagavad Gita, since it is an authority on yoga, it’s the union of the small, individual Self to the Cosmic Self. When the small Self comes in contact with the big Self, first it comes with Vishaada Yoga -- Vishaada means regret. That is how yoga began there -- by regretting having jumped into the field of war; regretting the state of affairs that one is facing in life. That is Vishaada Yoga. I think many people are stuck in this situation. Often people move into spirituality because there has been some trouble. Some problems come ...

  Vedas  Ayurveda has a similar story.  Q: Vedas are said to be of non-human origin. What does that mean?  Vedas are simply downloaded information. The Rishis went into deep meditation and what they saw and heard they started sharing. There is a beautiful story that I would like to share with you -- Vedavyasa went to the creator and asked him to please give him knowledge. The creator pointed to a shining mountain and said, "That is knowledge, whatever you can grab you can take". So what he could grab with his hands, that is what the Vedas are today. More than one thousand saints went into deep meditation and whatever they cognized are the Vedas. Ayurveda has a similar story. There were 88,000 saints gathered in a place. They wanted to bring health to the society and so they all gathered to meditate. They needed someone to write down what they cognized and so one of the Rishis, Rishi Bharatwaja volunteered to not meditate and write down what the other sain...

Ten types of Shuudhis , Purification . 1. Body gets purified by water and exercise. 2. Breath gets purified by pranayama. 3. Mind gets purified by meditation. 4. Intellect gets purified by knowledge. 5. Memory gets purified by manan chintan. 6. Ego gets purified by SEVA (service). 7. Self gets purified by guru chintan. 8. Food gets purified by cow's ghee. 9. Wealth gets purified by daan. 10.Bhav (feelings)gets purified by satsang. ~ Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji

A doctor’s job is not just to prescribe medicine but a proper lifestyle including diet, exercise, pranayama & meditation. Take this holistic science of Ayurveda to every home. Serve the people of this country & serve the world.    ~ Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji 

Importance of Ayurveda Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji explains the importance of Ayurveda. The practice of Ayurveda can truly enhance the quality of your life. Ayurveda is the study of life.  Ayur is life and Ved means to know. According to Ayurveda, life or existence is not a rigid compartment, but a harmonious flow.  Even the five elements (earth, water, air, ether and fire) of which the whole universe is made of, are not tight compartments of defined objects.  They flow into one another.  Each of the elements contains the other four. The subtlest element in us is space, which the mind is made up of, and the grossest is the earth element, which our bones, marrow, the skin and the structure are made of.  This is further divided into three Doshas — Vata, Pitta and Kapha. This is a way to understand our physiology, its characteristics and its reflections on the mind. When an illness arises, it comes first in the thought form, the subtlest aspect, the...

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji explains  5 tips for living a happy life. 1) Ensure that you have good food, especially organic food – It is important that you have the right type and the right amount of food. 2) Pay attention to your health – A little bit of exercise, yoga and some meditation will help maintain good health. 3) Relationships – This is something that disturbs everybody, and there are many questions about it. I have three pieces of advice, one for men, one for women and one for both. First, for women – never step on the ego of a man. A man should not be pressurized to prove himself at home. Second secret is for men – don’t step on the emotions of women.  Third, advice for both – do not question the other’s love for you. Don’t keep asking, “Do you really love me” or say, “You don’t love me!” This sort of complaining, demanding for love is not good. Demand destroys love, in you and in the other person too. I want each one of you to be magnanimous; come...

Q:  Dear Gurudev, I would like to hear you talk more about the mysterious power of human sexuality. Can you give us some ideas as to how to deal with the power of sexuality?   Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji : I don’t know about it. But remember you are all born from sex. We have a tendency of saying it is bad or a sin, or on the other side you indulge in it too much. You must walk the middle path. Moderation in everything. Life should have moderation. Sex is an act to bring the mind to the present moment. And there is expenditure there. It is not just the body that is there, it is the movement of energy within you that gives you a sense of relief or ecstasy. Like, smokers feel a sense of relaxation when they smoke. It is not the smoke that is elevating you, it is the way you breathe, in a particular pattern that elevates you. A particular channel - what we call nadi – opens up. It brings a little relaxation. When you do breathing exercise (pranayama), the same thin...

Kushmanda Mata  Meditation is Abundance and fullness meditation Spiritual significance of Kushmanda What does Kushmanda really mean?  Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar explains:  A pumpkin is round. It refers to your prana (subtle life force energy) which is total; complete like a sphere. It is one of the most pranic vegetables on this planet.  Energy pervades this entire universe from the smallest to the largest.  Our energy has this unique quality of being smaller than the smallest, and larger than the largest.  Kushmanda means the Mother Divine manifests as prana, as the energy within us. Like a pumpkin, you too should feel the ABUNDANCE and FULLNESS in your life, and see every particle in creation alive with prana. Seeing that awakened intelligence manifest and pervading everywhere in creation is the meaning of Kushmanda. Kushmanda Mata  Meditation is Abundance and fullness meditation Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

The feverishness, and attachment or delusion, and diabetes Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar  at The Art of Living International Center, Bangalore: In Tamil there is a saying, ‘veham, moham, madhu meham’. The feverishness, and attachment or delusion, and diabetes, they are all linked. If you are in a hurry to do everything, sometimes you are bound to get diabetic. So, slow down. ‘Moham’ means attachment. Mind is raising & clinging on to things and unable to be in the present moment and grieving. That is ‘delusion’, excessive attachment. It is connected with diabetes. The sweetness has become like a cloud. ‘Meham’ also means cloud. Cloud is of no use. It only gives little shade. But the water in the form of cloud is not useful. You cannot drink it. When you are thirsty, stand in the cloud, the cloud doesn’t do anything to you. It can’t quench your thirst. So, similarly, there is sugar in the body but the cells in the body are starving. They are not able to use it as energ...

Life should be lived lightly, easily, with no stiffness, no walls, unassuming, free and at home with everybody. Q: I have a very nice family, a lovely and caring husband and three lovely daughters, no financial problem, but on and off I have disturbed moods and emotions without reason! Is this problem inherited from my father as he is a major depression patient? And my grandfather committed suicide long long ago; my father hated my grandfather so much! Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Listen, everything changes! Every cell in your body changes in one year and when you are on the spiritual path, this is accelerated. However the past has been, you simply dump it, drop it, okay! Yeah, people didn’t know how to handle their mind in those days, but now you know, okay!The concept, ‘Because of my hereditary problem I am having this mood swing’ will not let your mind be free. It can all change and it is changing. With the practice of pranayama, you must have already noticed a change. It will ...

Surprising Research on Acidity , Hypertension , Cholesterol , Asthma , Diabetes , Kidney Stones , Spondylitis  _1. Acidity - Not only caused by diet errors, but more dominated because of stress .  _2. Hypertension - Not only caused by too much consumption of salty foods, but mainly because of errors in managing emotions._ _3. Cholesterol - is not only caused by fatty foods, but the excessive laziness or sedentary lifestyle  is more responsible._ _4. Asthma - not only because of the disruption of oxygen supply to lungs, but often sad feelings make lungs unstable._ _5. Diabetes - not only because of too much consumption of glucose, but selfish & stubborn attitude disrupts the function of the pancreas._ _6. Kidney stones : .Not only Calcium Oxalate deposits, but pent up emotions and hatred_ _7. Spondylitis -  not only  cervical disorder; but over burdened or too much worries about future._ _If we want to be healthy..._ _... fix our mind_ _Do regular...