Liberation is exiting with the knowingness

🌷 Katho Upanishad 🌷

      

      Chapter 5

       

      Winning immortality

     🌻 Day 40 🌻

‘What’ – we discussed the Kena Upanishad. It comes in order. First is Isha, then Kena and then Katho – this comes third.

Bodh mantra, just the knowingness, not knowledge or the knower. From objects of knowing to knowledge to the knowingness to the knower – these are the four steps to the Self. You can never make the Divine an object of knowing. This is what people are trying to do in the whole world. “Can I see God? Have you seen God?” When people ask these questions, it is so stupid. The Self cannot be an object of knowing. It is the knowingness itself. 

It is in death that the knowingness is not there; just like in sleep your knowingness

is absent. Liberation is exiting with the knowingness, like witnessing your sleep. You might have had one or two glimpses here and there, maybe in an advance course sometime somewhere, that you are sleeping and you know that you are sleeping.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Katho Upanishad 

Winning immortality

🌷 Katho Upanishad 🌷

         

       Chapter 5

       

       Winning immortality

      🌻 Day 39 🌻

Basically Nachiketa has been instructed two things. One is put in your self-effort. You need self-effort so that you don’t become a slave to your senses, you become the master of your senses. Will self-effort alone work? Yama said, “No, it is only grace that works.”

Since everyone is a combination of body and mind, matter and energy, the tangible and the intangible, the manifest and the unmanifest, you need two sets of rules to

follow. One set of rules for the body, the tangible, the limited. It works only with effort. Then another set of rules to handle the mind, the abstract, the unmanifest. That works through effortlessness. Often we confuse ourselves and do the reverse. In the mind we put effort and for the body, we say, “Let it be, whatever happens.” You have to exercise; it’s an effort. Only when you exercise do you built strength in the body. And you have to relax too. When you relax, you find strength in the mind. You don’t find mental strength by working our mind out. Mental strength or intelligence grows not by effort but by deep contemplation, relaxation. In the same way you have to do physical workout and only then body becomes strong. Just by eating and being a couch potato, you are not going to be strong. This discrimination is essential.  

Nechiketa was asked to look into this factor. If your senses are wild and untamed like horses, you will be ruined. You should tame the horses. You should have a say over your body. The way to train the mind and the consciousness is through meditation, breathing, and pranayama. And how would you

strengthen the intellect? He said, “Come on, wake up.” Waking up is also effortless. It just needs that call. When you are in deep sleep, do people have to take a stick and wake you up? Beat you up to wake you up? They just call your name. This is effortless effort. When you have to draw someone’s attention, how do you do it? You know children do it so well at home. They come and throw tantrums around you. If you are reading a newspaper and they have important things to show to you. How do you draw attention? Is it difficult? Hey, come on now, wake up!

See, you are sitting here and you mind is all over the place.

“Hey, come on wake up.”

How much time does it take you to come back. Just like that, “Wake up!” The Self is that way. You simply have to shake your head and get out of that cycle of the thought process. When you are awake, that is called Bodh mantra, just pure awareness. Bodh means that there is knowingness, awareness. Not knowledge,

knowingness is a quality of the Self. Wisdom is just the knowingness.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Katho Upanishad 

“Do My work and I will do your work.”

I am associated and connected to Sri Sri since 12 years now.

Since then I have been hearing from all the teachers, devotees and the Master himself – “Do My work and I will do your work.” But I never had this experience all these years and I really did doubt it. I have been travelling for Satsangs and Courses to nearby places while also looking after my business (Manufacturing Paints). Whenever I was out of my factory, there used to be some or the other problem that worried me. I once spoke to Gurudev in Teacher’s Refresher Meet about it, and He asked me to chant ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ and do Ganesh Aradhana (chanting for good luck) . Although I started doing that, the problem still continued and I started doubting more. I was also going through lot of problems in my business and even on the personal front. Due to this I was continuously e-mailing Guruji about the issues but didn’t get any reply. This went on for 2 years. In between, I had recorded my album and had met Guruji to give Him the CD and get it blessed. He blessed me and asked me to talk and be in touch with publications. That was the time when I stopped doubting Him and started following-up with publications. A year passed by but nothing successful had happened. Then I happened to meet the publication authorities in the Ashram. I got to know that because of various problems, my CD could not be released. This was shocking and I was weeping in Ashram the whole day. Finally, in total frustration, I wrote to Gurudev about my experiences, and the amount of issues I was going through. I wrote to Him this final email & forgot about it, thinking that He must be running short of time to read it. I thought to myself, He just keeps on saying that He cares but in reality its nothing like that. Bhuushan With Sri Sri To my surprise, 20-25 days later, in the night at 10:45 pm, I received a call. When I answered the call, a lady asked me if I had written an email to Gurudev. I was annoyed and replied that I had but asked who was calling. And the reply I got was – “EK MINUTE GURUJI BAAT KARENGE!!!” (Just hold for a minute – Guruji will talk to you) It was truly breath taking and I went completely blank. Next moment, Guruji came on the line and asked in His loving, caring, soft voice (You can easily guess the way in which He would have spoken) “HAA!!! BHUUSHAN, KYA HUA TUJHE? KYA BAAT HAI?” (Yes, Bhuushan, What happened to you ? What’s troubling you ? ) I was speechless for some seconds but finally gathered all my courage to talked as the MASTER Himself had called. Then as usual, as most of us do, I started complaining and telling Him about my experiences. I went on and on with my complaints and He was listening to everything that I wanted to tell Him, as if He was giving me a complete chance to come out of my frustration. He listened, and listened patiently. Finally when I was done, He very calmly explained to me that problems come in everybody’s lives and one should not behave just considering the problems. He told me to forget all the past problems and talk to the publications team once again and tell them that Gurudev had called and asked to take the matter ahead. At the end He said- “All I WANT IS YOUR HAPPINESS AND I NEED YOU”. “I AM THERE WITH YOU AND I CARE FOR YOU”. I was in tears. All the doubts, frustration, questions in my mind were washed away forever. It made me realise that YES, He takes care of each one of us. We just need to keep faith and patience. JOH WOH KEHETE HAI WO WOH DEFINITELY KARTE HAI. ( WHATEVER GURUJI SAYS HE SURELY FULFILLS IT) JAI GURUDEV.

- BHUSHAN

The tumour had burst, leading to extreme bleeding.

My Art Of Living journey began when I was a 7-8 year old kid, and did the Art Excel course. Thereafter, at the age of 14, I did the YES! course, following which, I did not miss the Kriya even for a single day in four years, until one day, when I felt a sudden, gripping pain in my stomach, and within minutes it grew so bad that I couldn’t even move my legs. And before anybody could understand anything, I started vomiting blood. I was rushed to the Doctor and was diagnosed with cancer of the ovary of second stage. The tumour had burst, leading to extreme bleeding.

All this happened just a day before I was to appear for an exam, that too of a very difficult subject. Moreover, the doctors said that the only cure was to remove my ovaries. We were shocked!! I was unmarried and was only 22. It meant that it would ruin my future!! I was in a state of severe depression. Somehow, the doctors gave me an injection and a temporary medication which would enable me to give my exam the next day. I couldn’t study at all, and was feeling very unconfident. My mind was all over the place. Next day, on my way to the exam centre, I started reading only the important headings of the chapters. Then our car broke down. It was repaired in about 15 minutes, so I got that much time to revise some formulas too. Luckily, I reached the exam centre in time and gave my paper. I was not sure whether I would even pass or not, as I had not got the time to prepare for it the previous day. After the exam, we went to meet the surgeon, who told us to operate after a week. She also told us that I needed to be given an injection that day itself, which would make the ovaries dysfunctional. It was important to do that a week before the operation. “This is the only cure”, she said. My family and I had made up our minds to get the ovaries removed, though we were very worried for my future, as it makes a lady unable to conceive. Then, the doctor told her nurse to bring that injection. The nurse, after searching for a long while, came out and said that they had run out of the stock for that injection. So the doctor told us to buy it from the nearby market. In the market, at the medical shop, when my father had to pay for the injection, he realised that his wallet was lost. So we had no other option but to go back home, and search for the injection the next day. Next day, my father searched the entire market of our city, but could not find that injection, as its’ supply had been stopped, suddenly. With a heavy heart, he went to his office and told the story to his colleague. Now the miracle happened!! 😀 That uncle told my father that his daughter also suffered from the same problem, and was cured by homeopathic treatment, without operation. She is married now and also has a child. Wow! My father could not believe his ears. What more could we have asked for? So with faith in my Master, and hope in my heart, I too started off with the same homeopathic treatment. And by Gurus’ Grace, I am doing very well:-D. Even in the exam that I had given just the next day of my falling ill, I scored above 70%, which was nothing short of a miracle. Now when I look back at this incident of my life, I can figure out from the series of events as to how I was miraculously saved from that injection and the operation, which would have taken away my future. So I say, if you ever feel that your life is ruined, just think of your Master. He will never let you down. Words cannot express the Gratitude I feel towards Him. I have such a wonderful Master, who makes me cry often, but with tears of Love and Gratitude for Him. Sri Sri, You Are My Hero. Jai Guru Dev.

Whole Divine Network that came to my aid.

It all started about two months back, when my dad, who is a Bank manager posted in Bihar (India) and got stuck in a false litigation case. My dad is a very timid, nice hearted, and soft spoken person. Someone filing a false FIR against him, that too when only a 3 year tenure was left for his retirement, took him into a state of grave panic & sorrow. Every time I would call him, he would be just so sad and surrounded by negativity, that my support would only be like a stream of words that flow in from one ear and flow out from the other.

Every time I spoke to him, I would get even more helpless and at the same time, thoughtful, as to what could I do from here (My bread and butter is in Mumbai) to improve the situation. I prayed a lot to Guruji to help me out. One Sunday morning, I gave a routine call to my family, to know if the new day had brought along with it some good news, but to my displeasure, my dad was almost in tears, and for me, this was the peak of my plight. Then suddenly, a thought flashed in my mind, that why not I seek blessings for my dad from the AOL teachers, in order to amplify my prayers to the Master. So I quickly called up one of the teachers in the Ashram and told him the long story in short, and requested him to bless my father. That was not all, in the evening, I met an AOL teacher personally, and he too blessed my dad with strength. A Blessings ll of this happened and at night, I slept with a little ease in my heart. The next morning was a regular one, going to office, completing chores of the day and all the usual, because of which, all my thoughts of worry and anxiety took a backseat. In the latter part of the day, on reaching home, the first thing I did was calling my dad, to inquire on his mood and health. To my utter surprise, he was in the best of the mood I had ever seen him in the past two months. He sounded very happy, with a chuckle in his voice. He said that slowly slowly, his problem was being resolved. He could see it and feel it happening. Also, he got his much awaited job transfer, which would bring an end to all his problems. He said that everything was becoming alright now. I was just so pleased to hear him this happy and strong. Words cannot express what bliss I felt. It had not even been 24 hours, and his state had changed from AWE to WOW. It was as though he was meant to join the new branch from his Birthday only. This was a birthday gift to him from our beloved Guruji. Gratitude was flowing in every drop of my blood for Gurudev. We are all so blessed to have Sri Sri in our lives. When we cannot reach the MAIN BRANCH (Guruji) directly, He has enabled BRANCHES all over the world, in the form of Blessers and Teachers, accessible 24/7, round the clock. In times when I thought I was HELPLESS, there was a whole Divine Network that came to my aid. Jai Guru Dev. 

- Neha

Meeting my life partner is only Guru’s grace.

We all know that meeting Guruji is a great task and definitely an opportunity that we all seek. But He has his own ways. With a magician like him around, miracles are sure to happen and mine too was one such miracle.

Meeting my life partner is only Guru’s grace. Ram is a wonderful person but I had made up my mind that I was going to do whatever Guruji said. As I was coming back with Guruji from Amritsar to Delhi in the same flight, I was sure that I would get a good chance to talk to Him. There would be less number of people on board and all would be well behaved and would not mob him. Getting a chance to speak with Guruji, I immediately asked Him whether I should get married. He replied saying “Yes Of course”. I told Guruji that He would have to meet the boy and take his interview. All along, my mind wondered how that would be possible. I also told Guruji my problems and setup. He yet told me to go ahead. Once again I repeated that I would do so only if Guruji met him and took his interview, and once again He said a yes. I asked Him how, when and where would that happen. He did not say anything. I was confused because Guruji had said He would meet Ram but hadn’t said how or where He would meet him. Gurujis recent visit to Borivali, Mumbai was what cleared my confusion. Ram and I got the opportunity of being a part of security for the house Guruji was to stay in. This made me realize that whatever Guruji had promised at the Delhi airport was coming true. Had He already planned this? Quite surprisingly through the whole event and even by the end of the day, nothing had happened. He did not call us to speak to Him. At night, however, Guruji was meeting all the volunteers at the ground. Being on duty, Ram and I were unable to go there either. But at the house, having met everybody, Guruji came back at the door and to my surprise asked Ram “Haan Ram, kya karte ho? Kaise ho? Shaadi karni hai?” (Yes Ram, what do you do? How are you? Do you want to get married?) He hugged him and took him to His room. After speaking to Ram, Guruji told me, ”Haan shaadi karlo” (Yes, you can marry him!) He had spoken to Ram and brought him along and told me to go ahead with the marriage. This meant Guruji had actually taken his interview. This is how Guruji works wonders for those without appointments. Each one is special for Guruji! He can do what he wishes and even when He doesn’t reply, it means a lot. It means He has planned something in the future. Jai Guru Dev.

I read about Art of Living

In the year 2009, I read about Art of Living and finally got a chance to take up Part 1 course in April 2012. Since Sri Sri has walked into my life, miracles have happened in so many ways. I have no words to express my gratitude to him.

 

In March 2013, during Shivaratri (festival celebrated every year in reverence of Lord Shiva) I took up a Sankalpa (intention) and the biggest miracle then happened to my mother. My mother is from Pontianak, Indonesia. She met my father in the 70’s and and they reside in Malaysia. 40 years have passed since my mother last saw her family, she couldn’t go back to her homeland due to financial constraint and also transportation was not as advanced during those days. Her eldest brother visited her 3 times in those days but after we shifted to a new place we had lost contact with them. My mother helps in volunteering at a local Buddhist association. One day her fellow volunteer friends decided to organize a leisure trip to Pontianak, Indonesia. I had a strong intuition that her friends wanted to accompany her to go back to her hometown. During the trip, she was praying that she could visit her relatives at the old house which is located on the old road. My mother asked the tour guide whether the bus will go via old road to Pontianak town. However, the tour guide replied they will go via new road which is so much more convenient. But a few moments later, the tour guide announced that they had to use the old road because the new road is under maintenance. Gratitude Is The Best Feeling When the entourage halted for rest, my mother rushed to nearby stalls and asked the shop owners about some of her relatives. Due to the fact that my mother was away from home too long, she had forgotten her mother tongue, the younger generation in Pontianak couldn’t speak that language as well. My mother asked the shop owner pointed next door, and the young boy asked my mother to try the next shop. The next shop was a hand phone shop, and when my mother mentions about her relatives name again, the youngster briefly went behind the shop and asked an elderly man to come out. This elderly man turned out to be my mother’s uncle! The man shed tears and asked my mother why she went off for so long and did not come back. They exchanged contact numbers, he also gave my mother’s siblings contact ​as well​. After they bid good bye, my mother and the group of people continued their journey to Pontianak town. On the way many of her relatives had called her up and after reaching the restaurant, her two sisters and family were already waiting for her. They hugged each other and all were so happy to see each other. During the short trip in Pontianak, my mother caught up a lot with her sisters about the family’s life for the past 40 years. They even showed my mother their old house locality which is now developed. Although my mother didn’t say much about her personal feeling but I know she is very very happy and we too are very happy for her. When my mother was reunited with her sisters, all her friends who went with her on the trip were so touched and they cried a lot in the bus. Gurudev,no words to express our gratitude for you. We are all blessed with Guruji’s grace. Jgd. 

- Siew Woan

Art of Living and having Sri Sri as a Guru.

It has been quite a while since I’ve been wanting to write about my experiences with Art of Living and having Sri Sri as a Guru. I keep reading other stories and while it fills my heart with immense joy, I kept waiting for the perfect miracle to happen to me, so I could also one day share my experience, my Guru story.

 

Let me start from the beginning. I did my first course in October 2009. I am an only child so when I was younger, I was pretty shy and had trouble making friends and opening up to new people. Somewhere in my mind, I thought I was lonely, and I wasn’t truly happy. However, I always wanted to change this feeling. I had attended an Art of Living satsang and was mesmerized when I saw just how blissful and happy all the people there were. I did not fully understand the reason for this and was curious to know their secret. I always thought, though, that AOL courses only took place in the Bangalore Ashram so I gave up hope. Luckily, a friend informed me of a course taking place very close to my home so naturally, I decided to do it. I experienced my first Sudarshan Kriya and it was like a miracle. Since then, I did not feel lonely. I stopped feeling out of place. I felt comfortable talking to almost everyone. I felt happy and that, too, without any reason, as true happiness needs no reason. Now it’s been over five years with the organisation, and to be very honest, life didn’t completely cease to be challenging but my outlook towards facing those challenges changed. That’s all that really matters. We need to change the way we look at tough situations in life. I have gained immense strength from this course, which has not only helped me survive through rough phases but has truly made me a more evolved person. I have hit various lows in my life but somehow Guruji’s grace didn’t let those situations break me. Miracles happen every day in my life. I pray to Guruji for the silliest of things like “Gurudev, please help me get the bus on time” and the moment I think He is way too busy for my stupid requests, I see my bus right there. Once, I lost my wallet and got it back and thanked the Guru’s grace but again, it did not feel like a big deal or a big story that I should share. Now I have realised something much bigger than all this, that which is the truth of my life. The very presence of Sri Sri in my life is the biggest miracle ever. The other small miracles are just subsets of having faith in a Guru. Many things in my life are yet to be sorted but I am sure about one thing – that as long as I have Gurudev, I have nothing to worry about. Jai Guru Dev. 

- Shrija

My favorite Guru Story

This is not a very recent experience but it’s my favorite Guru Story so thought to share it. One fortunate day, I rushed from the office to the airport to see off Guruji but he had already entered the gate when I reached so I just leaned on the glass wall waiting for his last glimpse.

 

I could already feel his presence so strong and intense and as I stopped to look at him, he turned & waved at me and the time froze there and then. I knew that he turned just for me and he started walking, I walked with him. After a few steps, he turned again and to my surprise, he moved towards the exit door and came out. He came out for me, that’s all I know and we walked amidst others. I wasn’t walking just next to Guruji but I could see him all the time and keenly observing him throughout. Guruji looked towards me, pampered me and patted my cheeks. The moment froze and I couldn’t believe all of it while the rest is inexpressible. The way Guruji loves me, only he can do that as he has accepted me the way I am. “It’s one thing to take a rose and force its petals open, but it’s another thing to wait for it to blossom by itself and Guruji do that.” His love is unconditional and it is true that in his presence you grow by leaps and bounds for you can experience your existence is love when he is around.

- Madhavi Mehra

Being happy or sad, gloomy or excited, moody or stable

Being happy or sad, gloomy or excited, moody or stable… are options that are presented to you every morning. You just have to make the right choice. 

Om Bavishya Chaturana Namah One who is aware of the future

Beyond the layers of existence

🌷 Katho Upanishad 🌷

       

      Chapter 4

   

      Beyond the layers of existence

    🌻Day 38 🌻

विज्ञानसारथिर्यस्तु मनः प्रग्रहवान्नरः ।

सोऽध्वनः पारमप्नोति तद्विष्णो परमं पदम् ॥

With that scientific temper and subtlety of feeling, one attains that abode of Vishnu!

Question: When you die will you recognize your friends and everybody?

Sri Sri : Yes, when you die , the first person you meet is your Guru. Then you meet your mother, ancestors, father, and grandparents. They all shake your hands and welcome you.

Question: why does the divine split itself into so many forms, make all this drama, and one day go back to its original form?

Sri Sri : it does, by its own grace. It blesses “Ok, you are gasping for breath. You legs

are tired, arms are tired. You have swam enough. Your skin is getting soggy.” Doesn’t your skin get soggy when you are in the water too long? Then you say, “Enough is Enough”, take a towel and wipe yourself, in the same way.

Question: What is suffering?

Sri Sri : If you know pain is just momentary – it just comes and goes, you don’t mind the pain. You go to doctor and he gives you a prick. You don’t mind the pain. You are doing exercise with dumbbells and it pains. You enjoy that pain. Why you don’t

like suffering, because in suffering you feel, “Oh! This is death.’ You associate death with suffering. That is why there is fear. Just simple pain doesn’t give you suffering. You willingly undergo many pains.

By understanding this, layer by layer, going scientifically, “I pay more attention to my mind than to the senses, and to the intellect more than to the mind.” Because the mind goes up and down. Sometimes, the mind likes this, doesn’t like that. You always justify what you like, justify what you don’t like. Like that you see mind, intellect, beyond that is ego. Why this is so? “Because its mine. Someone saying some words to somebody else doesn’t bother me.” But if they said that to me then “why did the say that to me?” if you go beyond that and see, it is just their opinion. If someone passes a derogatory remark on you, how do you see it beyond the ego? With compassion, “Ok, they are saying something because they are upset.” You don’t get hurt. When someone calls the person next to you stupid, you see it as a witness but when he does the same to you, there is a difference. Do you see the difference? If you can see that also from the same angle, as though they are fighting with somebody else, then you see it beyond ego. Then you say, “He must be tired, stressed out” , instead of taking it as a personal attack on you, you will see the state of mind, intention or

 consciousness behind the action.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Katho Upanishad 

Vignan Bhairav knowledge session

One story while I was in Mongolia with Guruji. This was on Sept 9th(about a month and half ago). After the final session of Vignan Bhairav knowledge session in Ulaan Bataar (was attended by about 2500 Mongolians) they all rushed to the stage and giving flowers etc to Guruji.

 

It was too overwhelming to see their devotion for Guruji. I was on the stage collecting items from Guruji as He received them. At the end a famous Mongolian singer came and met Guruji and said he wanted to sing for Guruji. Guruji asked him to come to the hotel to sing. The singer came to Guruji's room. I was there with Guruji. He sang one song. It was very melodious. Guruji asked the Mongolians present there to translate. There were couple of Mongolian Art of Living teachers there who knew English but were having difficulty translating. Then Guruji starts off translating what he sang. The Mongolians go yes, yes. that is the meaning. Guruji coolly said, what to do, there are no translators. Then Guruji asked him to sing couple more songs and translated. Guruji doesn't know Mongolian. I was blown away by what I witnessed there.

- A Devotee

Amazing Guru Story by Beatriz

Amazing Guru Story by Beatriz on what Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji has done in early 2000s

‘Once, in 2005 or 2007, a small group including me, were travelling with Gurudev in Kenya. We had flown to show him the wild animals in the jungle. He was in a car ahead of us. Driving at a slow pace behind him, what we saw was quite mesmerizing. A pack of lions surrounded his car and were walking around it. Just like your pet dogs and cats welcome you when you come home, the lions were walking around his car as if they were his pets. They hardly came near us; they were with him, surrounding him and walking with his car. It was quite a sight. Even the wild animals took to him like he was their master and friend.’

“Soon after the jungle tour,” she continues, talking with her bright eyes, “Gurudev said that we will meditate in the wild. It was evening, and we went to this watch tower, where we would see the hippos come out of the river. We sat on the deck of the tower and he said that we will meditate now. He didn’t guide us. We closed our eyes, and from silence we went into deep meditation. After what must’ve been 30 minutes, we opened our eyes and he asked us what we experienced. It was bizarre, but people shared that they saw faces of people with masks, and they asked him what it meant. He said that they were ancestral souls of Africa who were waiting for us for a long time to be redeemed, and that now they’re free. We were all spellbound. That night we cooked for him and returned to Nairobi where a wonderful conference was to take place. They were 2000 people, and that was the first time I saw him heal anybody. He called the people on stage, people with any sort of pain. He placed his hand where the pain was and it disappeared. There was this particular woman, who had come over to the stage. She was on crutches and had a difficult time walking with it. She was in pain. It was a tumor on her back that kept her from walking. He placed his hand where the tumor was and after a moment told her to leave the crutches and walk. She said she can’t walk without the crutches, ‘You can,’ he said. She left her crutches and walked to her place. She was in tears, and so were the thousands who saw this unimaginable phenomenon. I have never seen him do this before,” she sighs in amazement.

Beatriz had no questions of how this was possible. She knew it was. There is a scientific explanation to it. Anyone who has reached a higher state of consciousness, like Gurudev, would be able to put the necessary atoms in the body, muscles and nerves to restructure it. It is quantum physics. “Well this is my intellectual explanation,” she says, “and my non intellectual explanation is, that it is a miracle. That’s one thing out of the many I’ve learnt from him, that life itself is a miracle.

My main purpose was weight loss

When I started the part 1 course, my main purpose was weight loss but I got much more than that. From my 1st day to the 6th day- I was washed every minute. My love and compassion for my Guru was so deep that I wanted to spread the awareness all around, so I immediately became a volunteer and started organizing courses for my teacher- Dinesh Bhojwani.

 

Many miracles were seen in my day-to-day life as he made me realize his presence in every passing day. I use to talk to him every day, bothering him, kept asking him questions till I got the answer and I always did at its right time. One of the miracles that shook me was when one of my friends wanted to take our friendship to the next level. I had lost all contact with him for nearly two years because of his wrong intentions- and I kept asking Guruji why now? Why again? As taught by Guruji people change, so I dint know had it or not for him. I told Guruji, take 15 days and please solve this for me- LET THE RIGHT THING HAPPEN FOR BOTH OF US. It was unbelievable how in EXACT 15 days the entire truth came in front and GURUJI saved me from having the wrong life partner. My faith has always being with him even while mom was in the hospital. I was regular with my kriya. I lived in Jaslok hospital, Mumbai for 15 days only with her- I had not seen what was happening in the outside world. My mom’s journey to the hospital continued for 2 months. In between came GURU Poornima where I had decided to do my long kriya at Bandra Talao hall and only shout and shout and ask Guruji what is your plan for my mother and why are you troubling her by making her go through so much in the hospital. After I did my kriya that morning – I tried the hardest to remember what I had to talk to Guruji and I REMEMBERED NOTHING. NOTHING AT ALL- I ONLY LOOKED AT HIS BIG PICTURE & SMILED AT HIM. My mom’s journey ended at the hospital when she had to also end her time with all of us. She left me and my dad all alone on the 14th June 2010. I dint cry at all in front of my father because I had to support him like I did in our hospital journey. When I burst out at home – my friend played Vikram Hazra’s song Om Namah Shivaya Gurave-Russians Rock. Guruji showed me the visual of him coming and taking mom, holding her hand, both of them wearing white long gowns and my mom was very happy. I smiled and laughed to her and said goodbye.That was my first and till date visual glimpse of Guruji. Listening to that song till today makes me cry and I she was with me right now. Life has changed a lot for me. I have not been so irregular with kriya since I started this beautiful journey, but I still believe Guruji has a big plan for me. Jai Guru Dev.  

- Bhavika Hinduja

My gratitude to Gurudev for all the blessings

I don't know how to show my gratitude to Gurudev for all the blessings He has poured on me and my family. This is one of the most wonderful incident that I want to share with you all.

It was 28 th of April 2016. Morning when I woke up I could not move my left hand and left foot

The left side was paralyzed (I knew it only later). Till the previous night I was normal, did all the work and also finished 90 percent of the packing to go to Ashram to attend the AMP for teachers from 1st May. But now all of a sudden I am unable to move. Quickly my husband and daughter took me to the nearby hospital and immediately medical help was given, starting from MRI scan which showed a clot in my brain and doctors had to decide on the line of treatment. Waking up by 6 and finding myself in the ICU in an hour - I could not comprehend anything nor accept the situation and was resisting everything that was being done by the nurse staff. Suddenly after a few minutes of resistance it dawned on me that being an art of living teacher what is the use of giving the knowledge points to others if I am not able to follow it. Then I prayed to Guruji to give me the inner strength to accept and go through the situation. After the acceptance I didn't feel the pain of inserting so many tubes and administering the intravenous injections. I closed my eyes and was chanting "om namah shivaya" and could feel Guruji's presence near me.

I told Gurudev if that was the last day for me, then it's okay - atleast I will die chanting om namah shivaya. Otherwise if I recover, I should be totally normal. I didn't want to be depended on anyone, so don't put me on a wheel chair. If I can serve you for a few more years, then you make me normal, otherwise let today be my last on this planet. Whatever you think is best for me, I am sure you will give that. With so many thoughts running in my mind and doctors and nurses doing their job, I don't know how time passed. By 3pm in the main doctor came to examine me. He also asked me to say a tongue twister (earlier in the morning because of the facial pull on the left side, I didn't speak normally) which I could repeat so easily. The doctor declared me normal and gave me a full glass of water to drink (in the morning I could not even swallow a drop of water). The doctor said I could then drink a cup of coffee or tea and eat whatever I like. Then he asked the nurses to remove all the tubes from my body. After the doctor left all the other junior doctors were around my bed and they were telling me "You are very lucky, within 12 hours in the ICU you have completely recovered, its a miracle". Then it dawned on me that it was a miracle and I thanked Guruji for saving me in such a wonderful manner. The best part was that even the senior doctor was wondering (my husband told me later) why it occurred to me as all my other parameters (like BP, sugar, cholesterol) were all normal. It really remains a wonder and a miracle. All that I pray is that I should be able to do a lot of seva to our Master till the end of this life. Thank you so much for saving me Gurudev. Love you. Jai Guru Dev.

- Padmini Sekar, Chennai

YES + teachers who have been extremely supportive

I did my first Art of Living course in 2010. I want to share a story that shook me from inside and instilled my faith in Gurudev.

I am currently pursuing a Masters Degree at a reputed university in United States. During my previous semester, I had taken a course under a very challenging professor. 

He was a scholar and expected his students to perform at par with him. I soon started to regret taking his course. 

I was performing very badly in his assignments. Despite working hard consistently, I almost failed the first mid-term exam.

I was frightened at the possibility of failing the entire course as it was a mandatory requirement for graduation. 

Everyday, I prayed to Gurudev to help me clear this course. On the day of my final exam, I was terrified. My hands were trembling out of fear. 

My fellow classmates were equally tensed. I decided to completely surrender to Gurudev and wrote the exam.

After a few days, the exam results were declared. Out of the total 100 students in my class, 40 of them had failed. I was tense but looked up the results. 

To my sheer surprise, I found out that I had not only cleared the exam but also secured and excellent grade. 

I was totally dumbfounded and just could not believe it. I simply sat at my place and did not know whether I should feel happy, or laugh, or cry, or act crazy. 

It was really momentous. I thank Gurudev and my YES + teachers who have been extremely supportive. 

From time to time, I realise Gurudev's words - "Mein tumhe girne ka ehsaas zaroor karaunga, lekin girne nahi doonga" 

It means "I'll make you feel as if you are falling, but will never allow you to fall". We are all truly blessed to have a living Master in our life. Jai Guru Dev.

Advance Meditation Program

Here's one of my dearest stories!

Eversince I heard experiences from people who did an advance course (Advance Meditation Program ('AMP')Art of Silence course at Triveni Ashram in Dec 2019 wherein Gurudev met everyone and conducted some sessions, I had been really very jealous and was super desperate to experience Gurudev's session at AMP.

Soon after this, an AMP got announced at Vasad Ashram, new year special where Gurudev was going to come for a session too...in first week of Jan... Gurudev was going to be in Germany and then in Gujarat...I immediately took the first step of enrolling and little did I know, it was just beginning of enhancing my longing to meet Him. Things weren't working out well at office and I couldn't seek leave for the course and told Gurudev, even if you come, how will I speak to my senior for leave since my senior got an idea of my resignation thoughts. Well, Gurudev extended His stay in Germany and couldn't come to Vasad for the AMP. Neither could I!

But I was not very happy about it since I couldn't meet Him.

Few days later, I got to know that Rishi Vidhyadharji would be coming back to India and would be conducting AMP in March...this gave me relief. At least this AMP if not Gurudev special AMP...I finally convinced my mind to be happy regardless, after all, Each course wherever it happens on this planet, it's Gurudev's course. But the registration details weren't out for a long time even after the message reached me and I couldn't register!

Again I was desponded.

I kept complaining, I have taken one step, when will 99 steps follow :p

Again, some good news after a month, I got to know that Bawa and Dinesh Bhaiyya would be conducting an AMP in Rishikesh and this one had a lot of fun activities around the course and ofcourse Holi! But my exam schedule didn't allow me to register for this one either! The course was from March 11-15 and I had an exam on March 17 for which some educational visits to the Court and jail were necessary in March first and second week. I really gave up the idea of doing AMP!

And few days later, finally got to know about Rishiji's course in Vasad and Pune... without a second thought I registered again :p

Well, this time again, due Coronvirus related lockdown, my exam on March 17 got postponed (I could have done AMP in Rishikesh had I taken a leap of faith and registered) and few days later, got to know that Mumbai would be locked down until March 31. Still I was hopeful because Rishiji's course was scheduled in April first week.

No prize for guessing!

Again I gave up hopes when a nation wide lockdown got announced and all courses got canned until April 14.

Till this time, that is March 24, I was so full of stress due to work and so many other things at home, I really needed AMP! I asked Gurudev, is there some way you can help me be free and empty...my head is overloaded with all the possible negative emotions and I need intense Meditation techniques really very badly...some online course pls? I really can't brook anymore...I literally wanted to leave my house but due to the lockdown, I had no option :p

And Gurudev announced during some free Meditation in the afternoon about online silence course...I couldn't find the details so thought, this one might be for teachers! And in a day's time, the course registration details were out.

My Happiness knew no bounds... finally, not only 99 steps, He made Himself available for everyone and that too so many miles away!

I already felt so light and started doing seva for AMP on call. I made a long list and started calling people. Just after 2-3 calls I realized I'm not able to do justice in terms of explaining what AMP is all about. I told of one my friends about space element and couldn't explain well enough. This inability demotivated me and I told Gurudev, if I am not able to articulate what the course is about, what space element is and what it means to be hollow and empty, I can't just bluff. I stopped calling.

And AMP started. I was expecting Gurudev would take at least one session but Gurudev is unpredictable. You can't know until it happens. I wanted to do AMP (especially Hollow and empty Meditation) with Him since Dec 2019 and see how He takes care of these little desires. He explained everything that I wanted to know about space element. Gurudev answered all the questions that had popped up in my mind while doing seva on call for AMP. I have always preferred getting answers from Gurudev Himself through videos/quotes/meeting in person. And indeed, He took care of this little need yet again!

While I expected only one session, He conducted so many sessions during the course besides the 2 daily sessions for everyone! Needless to say, the Experiences have been mind blowing, literally.

Also, there is one more story about an advance course follow up in Mumbai in Dec 2019. The follow up had two sessions. I got late for the second session and missed few points that the teacher explained relating to Chakras and different forms of energy associated with different Chakras. I was really upset with myself for being late and missing knowledge. Gurudev helped again. While I forgot about it, Gurudev nicely explained it during one of the free online meditations in the afternoon.

And yes, I thoroughly enjoyed all the other sessions conducted by all the teachers during the online course.

For those, who may be comparing an online course with some experience at Ashram AMP, I tell you, not a single course can be compared for all courses are uniquely tailored by Gurudev for us!

One more online course has been announced from April 3 to April 5, 2020

You just can't miss the Hollow and Empty Meditations with Gurudev!!!!!!!

It's class apart!!!!

After all, when the Master Himself makes us Experience that lightness, how can you not love it!

I would advise you to manage everything else and just do it.

People travel across continents to meet Gurudev and do courses with Him. We are so lucky to have the opportunity of doing it at home. He is taking so much care. You just can't miss this opportunity for anything!

And what a beginning! Yes, indeed!

Gurudev explained that it's just the beginning of the course...and you have to do the next one to understand how!

Also, I had been longing for a Satsang since so long and this one got fulfilled too. A beautiful video got me on my toes wherein Gurudev Himself sang such lovely Bhajans and shared some tips to feel hollow and empty every day.

And yeah, wonderful Guru stories, Ashram stories coupled with amazing facts during Meditations and morning exercise sessions by Dinesh Bhaiyya helped me get deeper in devotion, faith and discipline!

(One of the key takeaways for me that now finds place in my prayers every night [something that Dinesh Bhaiyya had shared and it really helps me sleep peacefully and with total sense of security - not word for word but this is what I remember]

Sleep at the feet of the divine and put on your blanket of grace)

And stay super excited for the next Online AMP!!

Jai Gurudev :)

Antevasi Krishna

SPECIAL SWARNA PRASHANA CAMP 8 & 9 JANUARY 23

Love is More than Desire or Devotion

Chapter 1 - A Bridge To The Divine 

Day 4

It cannot be an object of desire. When the desires cease, then love can be felt, experienced. Don’t make love an object of desire. Desire means what? 

Not now, not this, something in the future. Desire simply means, ‘not now, not this-that and then’. Desire causes such feverishness, love is such a cooling impact, don't make love an object of desire, the goal of your desire. 

When the desires calm down, you realise that love is right here-Now. That is why Buddha said that desires are the cause of sorrow and misery. Love is the goal of all desires and when you cannot have, when you cannot experience or achieve that love, then hatred and anger come. 

The desire for love brings all other imperfections, for e.g. frustration. Whether fulfilled or unfulfilled, desire brings frustration. This is the nature of desire. Love cannot be achieved by just desiring it because it is the cessation of desire. 

It is the source or goal of all desires. Then what is that cessation? How does one stop that? It is taking a break from all activities, whether worldly or spiritual, whether religious or material-being centred in both activities. 

There is a feverishness to do something, to achieve something. You say, “I don't want anything material,” but then it could switch over to wanting to achieve some heaven, some spiritual merit, or bliss or some state of consciousness. 

See, you are still holding on to the desire and the action, but it has shifted from the material to the more ethereal, non-material. Our mind is so tricky. You cannot leave activity just like that. So what can you do? If you are 100% in an activity, then you become free from the activity. 

You are able to rest from that activity. This is what we don't do. Being 100% in an activity centres you. Desire is not being involved 100% in action. Suppose you want to drive and go to Los Angeles-you just drive and go, but if you just sit and keep thinking about it, it creates the feverishness. 

This is desire. Desire is chewing on to something and not swallowing it - not really acting on it. Those activities which you have to do, do them and rest. Those which you don't need to do, leave them and rest.

Being centred, letting go. However important an activity is, are you able to let go of it in a moment? Then you will see that it does not bother your mind, it does not bother you and it increases your efficiency. 

It is your attachment to an activity that makes that activity suffer, whether it is spiritual or material. Your obsession to act, your inability to retire and repose in the Self brings you frustration. 

Do anything with 100% and you will be able to drop it effortlessly. This ability to let go comes to you. Often you let go of things when you are frustrated. When you can drop and quit in a moment, without getting frustrated, then Yoga happens - you have retired back to the Self. 

You are holding onto things, onto activities and that holding on creates frustration. This is what desire does. Desire is trying to hold on to air in a fist. How much air can you hold in the fist? 

The more you tighten your grip, the lesser air you can hold. Love is like the vast sky and the sky cannot be held in the fist. You have to open your palm. That is nirodha - when you open your palm, the entire sky is in there and if you hold a mirror in your hand, you can have the sun, the moon - everything. 

A small palm can hold the sun, but not the fist. Being centred, being 100% in activity and rest. This is the way to be in divine love.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Narada Bhakti Sutras

Discover the various layers of your existense

Chapter 1 - A Bridge To The Divine

Day 3

The Rishi addresses all the 3 levels. Emotionally you get intoxicated, intellectually you are wonder-stuck and you repose in the self. The 3 layers of our existence are the spirit (self), the mind (intellect) and the emotions. 

How does love have such a profound impact on all three layers? Cravings, desires and aversions arise in the heart. Curiosity, inquisitiveness, enquiry are in the intellect. 

Joy comes out of intoxication. That is why many people get into intoxication or curiosity when they read all sorts of magazines or watch television. 

Everything is for the intellect-to calm it down and satisfy the urge of the intellect to know. There is nothing so wonderful, so awesome, as this deep devotion. 

Is this just an emotional exercise or will it take us further towards the ultimate reality, the truth to Self realisation? The Rishi says, “It takes you to the Self. Such is the glory of Bhakti. 

Knowing which you become intoxicated, spellbound and you repose in the Self. There is nothing that can intoxicate you like love. And all the intoxication that people use is to be in that love, is in the search for that love. 

But they are searching for love in the wrong place. It is the frustration, the ‘unfulfilment’ that makes one go for intoxicants, isn’t it so? What happens when you are intoxicated? The ‘two’ disappears, the ‘other’ vanishes. 

When the other vanishes, then you are more at ease and love is that which gives you such ease, such comfort. Divine love intoxicates you. Just knowing Divine love, you get intoxicated, spellbound and wonder-struck. 

When we are miserable, we ask many questions, “Why this, Why this?” When the questions turn into wonder, love arises. Love does not give rise to more questions-it is the answer for all the questions. 

Love is not a path actually. Love is home. Love brings you back home. Love is not an act or an action. It is a result. Then the next question arises, “How can I have it? That's what I want. 

Yes. What you are saying is right. How can I have it? I want to have it, I desire for it.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Narada Bhakti Sutras

A Bridge To The Divine

Chapter 1 - A Bridge To The Divine

Day 2

It is immortal, undying, because it is unconditional, it is not attached to some strings. When you love somebody, you don't care what they do with you, how they behave with you. You simply love them. 

Even in the case of the child and the mother, you have had many such examples where the children are not so kind, but the mother is always kind. You know, I heard about an instance in a train at a railway station, where a son had an argument with the mother, an elderly lady, and he really beat her up. 

She was all bruised, but when the police came to catch the son, she said, “No no, don’t do anything to my son.” She prevents the police from taking action on her son, who has been very brutal. 

Getting angry she says, “Never mind, he’s my son.” The police is trying to discipline her son, but she doesn’t want that to happen. Love is unconditional. Such unconditional love is amrit swarupa-undying, immortal, it makes you immortal. 

It is not that one day you fall in love and the next day you fall out of love. Devotion is not that. It stays deep inside, even if you don't feel it everyday on a day-to-day basis. 

Often people feel devotion one day and they start repeating all those exercises so that they can feel it again, but it doesn’t happen. But it remains, it is undying. 

Once someone tastes the pinnacle of love, they can never forget it, they can never leave it. So that love is undying. Having attained that, human life becomes perfect. There is nothing that you feel you don’ t have. That perfection dawns in life. 

You recognise that something deep inside which has never aged, never dies. It brings such fulfilment. Love brings such fulfilment in life. Having attained that, there is no more craving, no more desires.

You will not sit and cry for anythin, there is no sadness. You do not hate anything, nothing else is rejoiceful. Nothing else is pulling you off your centre, nothing else is charming. 

Then there is no other enthusiasm or excitement that can take you off. That does not mean you are devoid of enthusiasm. You are not over enthusiastic, not over excited about anything. 

Knowing which you become intoxicated, so still deep within you. You are reposing in the self. Only love can make you repose in the self, only love can quieten you, only love can intoxicate you. 

There are so many types of intoxication, but the intoxication that comes out of love is the intoxication, the supershot. You are amazed, wonder-struck. It is baffling. Atmaramo bhavati - it reposes you in the being.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Narada Bhakti Sutras

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The Art of Silence Course

I did the Art of Silence Course (19 to 22nd March, 2015) with the absolutely brilliant and awesome teacher Percyji. The course was simply liberating, as everyone already knows. What I am about to share here is the Nature Walk exercise.

On the second day of the course, we were asked to go and enjoy the beauties of Mother Nature for an hour. Just outside the course venue (Sanyaas Ashram, Ghatkopar, Mumbai), there is a small lane where 4-Wheelers are often parked on both sides. 

There must have been a 4-wheeler parked the previous day as well, because I had failed to notice the usually noticeable few potted plants bang opposite the course venue's gates, on the sidewalk.

My eyes noticed these plants and the poor state they were in. It so happened that there was a construction site just behind these plants and the site spewed cement and asbestos and what not into the air and this dust had formed a thick layer on top of these plants leaves and pots.

Now,cement absorbs water and the mud in these pots had gone bone dry because of this. Moreover, the layer on top of leaves meant the plants couldn't process sunlight properly either. I rushed to grab two bottles and watered them that day. 

I did so for the next two days (course's third and fourth day) as well. While I was watering them on the third day of the course, a security man from the construction site approached me and asked rather rudely, "Is this bike yours?" He pointed to my bike, which I had parked close to where the plants were. I was in silence, but I still looked up and nodded. He didn’t say a word, luckily, and just walked away. 

But the look of him shook something inside me. He was the exact lookalike of a certain individual who resides in my housing complex, whom we will call Mangesh for the sake of our story. Mangesh is a gangster in our area of Chembur. He has a bad reputation, a long criminal record, and is someone whom no one speaks up against in our area. 

I have had my share of tiffs with him, and let's just say that when Guruji asks us to visualise our greatest enemy during a process in the Art of Silence Course, Mangesh’s grinning face is what envelops my mind. And the security guy looked exactly like him. He even wore the same tilak on his forehead. I kept my shock to myself and just went ahead with the course. 

The last day of the course arrived and there I stood watering the plants one last time. I was so moved by the course that I promised the 8 potted plants that I would water them until the construction site remained operational (which I continue to do till today). As the course ended and a large group of participants came to the gates of the venue on our way out, the local fruit vendors, who sold their wares just outside the gate, saw me and remarked appreciatively about my watering the plants. 

They said they were impressed, and I said "Jai Guru Dev" and left it at that. So, as per my vow to the plants, I arrived there on the day after the course ended to water them (this also gave me an excuse to visit the venue, which I felt a particular affinity to, as any sadhak who has done the Art of Silence will understand. 

To my very pleasant shock, the plants had already been watered. My heart leaped with ecstasy. I was so happy that I feared my lips would tear from how dangerously wide my smile was at that point. I still watered the 8 little beauties and shouted from across the street to the fruit vendors, "Who did this?" I inquired, sure it was one of them, "Who watered the plants?" 

The security guard, sir came back the quick answer. I was stunned into silence. And yet, a part of my mind thought the situation was perfectly natural. Yes, of course the security guard had watered the plants. What option did he have?

I felt such amazing gratitude that this measly keyboard cannot express it. I had touched a life with my simple act of watering the plants. And now the security guard was doing selfless seva as well. I looked for him but could not find him anywhere. I came the next day and naturally the plants were already watered. 

Till today (seven days since the course ended), we haven't spoken a word and yet I feel he is my brother. And nor is there a need for words. He waters the plants in the morning and I do so in the evening. 

Everyone's happy. I will now have to find another face to ponder over when Guruji asks me to visualise my greatest enemy in my next Art of Silence Course.

- Aditya Nair

Basil

Basil

 

Botanical Name(s): Ocimum Sanctum

Family Name: Lamiaceae

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Lamiales

Family: Lamiaceae

Genus: Ocimum

Species: O. basilicum

Popular Name(s): Basil, Common Basil, French Basil, Garden Basil, Sacred Basil, Holy Basil, Tulsi, Royal Herb, Luole, Sweet Basil.

Parts Used: Leaves, Seeds.

Habitat: Found throughout India

Description

The term ‘basil’ has been derived from a Greek word ‘basileus’, which means ‘king’. It is a tender, low-growing herb that reaches a height of 1 to 2 feet. The stem of the plant bears many leaves, having a characteristic purple hue or coloration. The flowers are peculiar, in having two lips. The flower color can vary from pure white to pure red, with a slight purple tinge in some flowers. Basil is native to India, Iran and other tropical regions of Asia and has been grown there for more than 5,000 years. It is now cultivated throughout the world, as a flavoring herb in many cuisines. It plays a major role in cuisines of Italy, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodian and Laos. The herb comes in a number of varieties, like the sweet basil, holy basil, lemon basil and African blue basil.

Plant Chemicals

(+)- volatile oil (linalool, methyl chavicol), methyl cinnamate, cineole, citronellol, geraniol, myrcene, pinene, ocimene, terpineol, E-beta-caryophyllene.

Uses & Benefits of Basil

Fresh basil forms a common ingredient in cooked recipes across the world.

Basil oil has potent antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties.

Basil has been known to decrease the occurrence of platelet aggregation and experimental thrombus in mice.

In India, it has been traditionally used for the supplementary treatment of stress, asthma and diabetes.

Basil serves as an herbal remedy for diseases related to the brain, heart, lungs, bladder and kidneys.

The herb is mixed with borage to make a tea that heightens vitality. Steaming basil tea is also used for treating patients with fever.

Basil tea is utilized in the internal as well as external treatment of eye problems. It is used as eyewash and the tea is also drunk to treat eye disorders.

Dried basil leaves are used in a snuff, as a remedy for colds.

The herb has been used as an antidote for poison since ancient times.

It is commonly used in cosmetics as a toning body rub, when mixed with sea salt and vegetable oil.

Basil is used for treating disorders of the digestive and nervous systems and reducing the incidence of flatulence in affected individuals.

The herb is helpful in all kinds of cramps in the stomach. It is also used to treat colic, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, intestinal worms, physical tiredness, depression, short-term and long-term anxiety and insomnia.

Herbal remedies made from sweet basil are used in the treatment of epilepsy, migraine and whooping cough.

Sweet basil is applied on insect bites as an external herbal ointment.

The herb is used in malaria, catarrh, bronchitis coughs, headaches, lung problems, abdominal distention, arthritis, nasal congestion, nerve tissue strengthening, sinus congestion, and gastric disorders.

It purifies the air, clears the lungs, and proves to be an effective heart tonic

Basil also lowers blood sugar levels and its powder is used for treating mouth ulcers.

Caution

Intake of basil seeds in large quantities is harmful for the brain.

- Sri Eswaran

Sanjeevi Mooligai in Siddha Maruthuvam

Sanjeevi Mooligai in Siddha Maruthuvam 

Mooligai maruthuvam in Tamil nadu is a very popular disease treatment method with out any side effects. Sanjeevi Mooligai is a type of Nalam tharum mooligai kayakalpa medicine used to treat many incurable diseases. It stands first in the list of mooligai Ulagam. Sanjeevi Mooligai Siddha Maruthuvam gives treatment to all types of demonological, bone and muscular diseases. It gives strength to the brain nerves and protects the brain from danger. It prevents unnecessary tension and stress, improves blood circulation and digestion.

Sanjeevi Mooligai Tips

It is denoted in Mooligai books that Sanjeevi Mooligai has great powder to absorb more carbon dioxide and release the life gas oxygen. When in contact with the miraculous mooligai leaves all the poisonous germs are killed immediately. If you smell the pleasant odor of Sanjeevi, the cold and cough never attack you. It is one of the best Siddha Maruthuvamto treat the life threatening diseases like pneumonia, malaria, dengue and typhoid.

The best mooligai vaithiyam in Tamil nadu for cold is herbal medicine. The leaf juice of Sanjeevi Mooligai is taken for a week to treat of cold and congestion which usually affects the kids Kuzhanthaigal. Generally to increase your immune resistances soak a bunch Sanjeevi Mooligai in 200ml water for eight hours and drink 50 ml every day morning and evening. It will also change your skin tone and remove the skin wrinkles. In olden days people used the ground paste of Sanjeevi tree root and drumstick tree roots to get natural fairness.

This plant is uses one of the best medicine for chest pain. A bunch of leaves and 4 tsp honey was boiled by adding 500ml of water. It was boiled until reaches the half of the total amount. This medicine was 4tsp to cure chest pain naturally. Mooligai Agarathi states that the paste made by the combination of Sanjeevi Mooligai and pepper is the best medicine for viral fever.

Mooligai maruthuvam books in Tamil language stats that, sanjeevi mooligai was also used to treat poisonous snake bites and chicken pox. The leaf juice is good for eyes. The dried leaves powder is taken with milk for throat infection, sinus and for continuous sneezing. The powder made by using dried amla seed, neem flower, jamun fruit seeds and a bunch of Sanjeevi Mooligai are the best medicine for diabetic mellitus ( Blood sugar) problem.

Sanjeevi Mooligai is popularly called mooligai marmam due to its great and unknown medicinal properties.

- Sri Eswaran