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Chapter 3 - Rejoice Without Conflict  Day 20  By offering negative feelings, you feel relieved. And, he says, offer all positive feelings, offer all virtues. Offering all virtues you are relieved of the burden of feeling somebody special, getting into an ego trip.  There can be two egos, the negative part of the ego and the positive part of the egothat identification. Ego simply means limited identity and love is unlimited expansion. That is why ego and love are always in conflict.  Ego is limited boundary and love is an expansion which moves towards unlimitedness, unboundedness. So what to do? The limited things you offer to the unlimited, to the divine.  Dissolve the boundaries in the vastness of the space and offer them. You can see boundaries when your head is down on the ground, but when you lift your head up, the sky has no boundaries. It is moving from mud to the consciousness, to the vastness of intelligence.  Your body has boundaries, b...

It was the year 2017. I was supposed to travel to Jalgaon and Chopada districts in Maharashtra to teach the first ever Spine Care Course conducted in that region. I was going to travel 8 hours by bus from Pune to Jalgaon, teach a morning batch, travel an hour by car to Chopada, teach the evening batch and then return back to Jalgaon on the same night so I could continue this cycle again. The 4 day course was fully subscribed and there were also many doctors who had signed up. I was elated at the prospect of teaching a houseful course! However, as fate would have it, just a week before my travel to Jalgaon, I slipped and fell while going down the staircase, hurting my lower back. Fortunately, my head was saved. As the pain did not subside even after two days, I visited an orthopaedic and the X-ray revealed that I had fractured my tail bone. The tail bone takes a really long time to heal. My doctor strictly advised me to avoid any travel and also to limit bodily movements. I...

My wife and I met in Art Of Living, and it was always our dream to get married at the Art of Living International Center Bengaluru, in Gurudev’s presence. We met in 2011 and many many Guru Stories happened in our life, but fast forward to this specific one, we were planning our India wedding and were coordinating with the Ashram on what dates Gurudev will be there around end of year. We got guidance of early December, and potentially December 6. We were told it’s not a guarantee but Gurudev is scheduled to be in Ashram that day. We started preparation for our wedding, booking the beautiful locations, arranging accommodation for our guests, confirming the food menus, the environment is so so Sattvic. We and our families were just thrilled that our guests, who don’t know as much about Art Of Living, will get to experience this and see Gurudev. For me, in my life, my biggest wealth is Gurudev. He is my everything. In an Indian wedding, usually there’s a lot of show and tell, ...

Significance Of Cow Dung In Hinduism                                                                                  Millions of Hindus worship and revere cows. It is one of the animals which is considered sacred in Hinduism. From the Mother to the Goddess, a cow is very auspicious and holds a special significance in Hinduism. It is the sacred animal which provides the life sustaining milk. Cows are held in a superior position in Hinduism as it is one of the animals which has been mentioned in Puranas and mythological stories as well. We cannot forget the white cow that stood behind Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna was a cow herder so cows are considered very holy in the Hindu religion. However, even the cow dung is considered holy and auspicious in Hinduism. I...

Go Ghrita – Cow Ghee Offering to Ganesha Go Ghrita is an important offering in almost all pujas in Hinduism. Offering pure cow ghee to Ganpati during Visarjan helps in alleviating all the problems in life. (cow ghee) is an important offering because it is believed in Hindu religion that all the gods and goddesses have their abode in the cow. Some of the Cow Ghee offering to Ganesha include: Lamp lit using ghee, Bhog or Prasad (divine food) prepared using ghee and Abhishekam or anointment with ghee It is believed in some regions that offering ghee mixed with sindoor to Ganesh helps in getting his blessings. This mixture is then consumed. It helps in increasing strength and luster. Sri Eswaran