Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Guruji flew by helicopter to the island yesterday for some informal meeting and today everything became clear. The billionaire, who is the head of Thornico, which owns Hummel among other companies, previously said the castle would be used for events related to his companies. Among other internal meetings and events, the historic castle hosted Thornico's annual corporate party last Wednesday. Harridslevgaard's guest of honor was the Gurudev  On Wednesday the castle was once again packed for the annual Le Non Moi evening. “This is where we present the Le Non Moi award,” says Christian Stadil. The prize is awarded to an individual who, through art, research or otherwise, promotes the state of mind "Le Non Mo", which translates to "I-without-myself", and which is perhaps best explained as a special immersion. “This is a concept that I think is important. We humans do our best work when we let ourselves go and give ourselves over to what we do,” says ...

Rishikesh, India, 4th March, 1999 Chapter 2 - The Path To The Goal That Is You Day 75 - Surrender In surrender the head bends and meets the heart. The head that does not bend has no value, and the head that is stiff will have to bend sooner or later, either in surrender or in shame. The head that bends in surrender will never have to bend in shame.  Shame accompanies arrogance. Shyness accompanies love. See how children are endowed with shyness? It is natural to them. Shame is inflicted by society and is acquired. Shame brings guilt but shyness adds to your beauty. Retain your shyness and surrender your shame. Krishna first tells Arjuna, "You are very dear to me" and then he tells Arjuna that he must surrender.  Surrender begins with an assumption. First you must assume that you are the most beloved of the Divine and then surrender happens. Surrender is not an action, it is an assumption. Non surrender is ignorance, an illusion. Surrender has to begin as an assumption, then i...

Lake Tahoe, California, United States, 9th July, 1998 Chapter 2 - The Path To The Goal That Is You Day 76 - Surrender (Continued) Question - So everything that is happening is God’s will? Gurudev - Yes, including the thought - this shouldn’t be happening. The main impediment for many seekers on the path is that they want to surrender. Do not say that you want to surrender. Just know that you already are surrendered.  Wanting to surrender becomes an impediment on the path. This is like a child saying to his mother, “I want to love you”. No child ever says this, love is self-evident. Surrender is not an act, it is a state of your being. Whether you acknowledge it or not, surrender is there.  The wise wake up and see this, the unwise take a longer time. Know that you have no choice, you are in a state of surrender deep within you. Some people say, .”Surrender and let God do everything”. Other say, “It’s my responsibility”. Devotees often say, “Let thy will be done, then take it e...

European Ashram, Bad Antogast, Germany, 6th August 1997 Chapter 2 - The Path To The Goal That Is You Day 74 - Balance Life is utterly simple and yet most complex. You have to simultaneously attend to both facets of life. When life appears most complex, turn to simplicity. Simplicity brings peace. When you are peaceful attend to the complexity. That will make you more skillful. If you are only with simplicity, it makes you lazy and dull, growth is not there.  Being only with complexity makes you angry and frustrated, then there is no life at all. The intelligent ones skillfully balance these two and rejoice in both. When you recognize both the simplicity and the complexity of life, you will be skillfully peaceful. Colours are the complexity of life. White is the simplicity.  When your heart is pure, your life becomes so colorful. Hygiene supports health but too much hygiene destroys health. In too hygienic a situation, the immune system in the body becomes like lazy, unequipped...

St. Louis, Missouri,  United States 13th June 1996 Chapter 2 - The Path To The Goal That Is You Day 73 - Sacrifice Sacrifice is letting go of something that you are holding on to or that you are attached to giving up something that gives you pleasure for something bigger that would bring good. Sacrifice brings strength in life. Life without sacrifice is stagnant.  Sacrifice gives you a quantum leap, to a higher pedestal. Often people think sacrifice makes life dull and joyless. In fact, it is sacrifice that makes life worth living. The amount of sacrifice in your life brings out your magnanimity and helps you move out of misery. A life without sacrifice is worth nothing.  Zeal, enthusiasm, strength and joy all come from sacrifice. Someone in the audience - Some people complain, “I have sacrificed so much”. That is good. The thought of sacrifice has given them the strength to complain.  This saves them from blaming themselves otherwise they would be more depressed. Sa...