Through Purification of mind and body

Spirituality came as a blessing and my inner soul looked for a way towards a path that can change my life to a better and best of all.

My sister was the first to share her experiences and insisted me to do The Art of Living Part I course. After lot of obstacles and a willing mind, it took me to land finally to learn the most ancient and the finest purification techniques of mind and body.

The 6 day Part I course was mind blowing ,I say. I was like a empty box, a new person renewing my life. I felt light mentally to deal with all kinds of situations and yet shed all by breathing exercises everyday. It is a process of detoxification of stuck up emotions and negatives in you. To control anger , health problems, and your mind at the greatest is what you perfect with the practice of some simple and powerful breathing techniques.

I share this with all of you there…Go Ahead and experience the renewal!

Jai Gurudev.

Spring of Happiness

"Antarmukhi , sada sukhi" - Shri Shri Ravi Shankar.

Look into your inner self & you will be happy.

All our life we expect peace to come to us and lets us make feel good, free of worries. Life spent is time spent and you never earn a bit of Peace. At the end, most of us think God is the last savoiur of our life and will give "mukti " (release) from all pain that we have taken up for our loved ones. But the wait will be over one day and what? Did you enjoy your life in REAL sense?
You never forgot to take care of your money , furniture and your house...but you forgot the most important thing to take care of, your self, your soul. Why expect happiness from outside when you can enjoy the spring of happiness from within. Take some time out to enjoy the grace bestowed on you.
Prayer & meditation is the food for your soul. Sing, dance & open up yourself. Take care of it; you will be in peace, Inner Peace.

Jai Gurudev.

Meeting a spiritual leader , being one among the spiritual crowd

The spring of Happiness flowed down on us. I was excited to see Guruji, a spiritual leader and a leader walking towards bringing a great social change in the coming time.

I wanted to meet Him or at least get a real glimpse of Him for quite some time. I followed His SATSANGS on television which changed my whole thought process living in this stressed time.

Some of my relatives also suggested visiting Him at the Bangalore International center of The Art of Living but my kid was too young for such a long journey from Kolkata.

As His devotees believe that if any of his devotee is not able to come up to Him, he walks down to meet them. And such a golden time was bestowed on many devotees of Kolkata. He came to my doorstep by walking down to Dakhineshwar Temple near my house.

On 15th Feb ’09 H. H. Shri Shri Ravi Shankar visited Dakhineshwar Temple on the occasion of celebrating 500 years of SANYAS of Shri Chaitainya Mahaprabhu. Dakhineshwar Temple was filled with VIP’s crowd and the common man’s crowd. Everything went smooth and we drenched ourselves in a spiritual concert which calmed our mind and soul. So many danced to the tune of BHAJANS and KIRTANS. The evening was glowing with the advent of Spring season.

Guruji explained that SANYAS means coming down to simplicity, humbleness. He said that only love can change the world and without spiritual knowledge no progress will comfort us.

Jai Gurudev

Chocolate - A perfect Gift

The word " Chocolate" is a taste, a color, and a food that is heavenly and acts magically to our senses.As the Valentine's Day nears, I thought what a perfect gift will be like to loved ones on this day and possibly everyday!

So much so my chocolate thoughts pushed me in search of it over the net and I had whole lot of things to read on and on. Here, I put in short about my craving for it.

1. History of chocolates – for now those who are interested in eating only can go ahead.
2. Facts about Chocolates – I Know some of them if not all… it is made of cocoa, fat and sugar, it can blended into hell lot of things like cake, cookies, ice-cream, coffee, dips, chips, sauce ...I know only these few.
3. Chocolate recipes – I haven’t prepared any yet.
4. Types of chocolates – that is interesting if you LOVE eating. White or milk chocolates, Dark chocolates, semisweet chocolates, Bittersweet chocolates, Covertures Chocolate.

Have crispy chocolate, soft baked chocolate, smoothed chocolate, nutty chocolates, hot chocolate, cold chocolate – have it in any way you like.

Benefits? It’s good for heart and rich in anti-oxidants to keep you young. A perfect gift to feel good and stay good. Have a bite of CHOCOLATE.

Happy Biting Chocolate!

My neighbour

I painted two immediate views from my house in kolkata. A shop opened in the early morning and The Neem tree standing tall and wide as a cover to an old mansion behind, which was once the pride of the local. The Neem tree is done in watercolor and the shop is a sketch in crayons.

Greeting Cards Day!!

A whole lot of Day’s greeting cards have filled the calendar again in the New Year.

Smile Day Cards, Hug Day Cards, Valentine’s Day Cards, Friendship Day Cards, Mother’s Day Cards, Father’s Day Cards, Women’s Day Cards, Holiday Cards, Festive Cards, Birthday Cards, Anniversary Cards, Congratulation Cards, Sorry Cards, Polar Bear Day Cards, Pig Day Cards, Chocolate Cheesecake Day cards, Flower cards, Kiss Cards, Hate cards……err…..wait wait. HATE DAY cards? No I just wanted to fill the page :-)!!!

We were using cards from our childhood days. We were not just writing and handing cards but we were POSTING cards to our friends & family staying at distant place through our postal system.
We bought not so flashy greeting cards in those days but the idea of our expressions was added into the inner page of a card with color pens and carefully writing the address on its envelope. Then, at the nearest post office, paste a two rupees stamp on it and the red letter box humbly took care of the rest. We eagerly waited for its reply and the joy of receiving the same from our friends and family at the doorstep delivered by a postman is unforgettable. We don’t have that “posting" cards rituals any more, though, but greeting cards have maintained their place even more than before, throughout the year & in every aspect of our feelings & expressions. And the card DAYs are a click away!!
My little one will never know what is a postcard or posting greeting cards and I am changing with all things changing.