Plant a tree..

The world war III, if so, would be after water. That water would ever be sold, was out of question a decade ago. You could quench your thirst with much ease in those earlier days. Its no far that the earth would be in such dearth of water that there will be survival of only the fittest.

We need to take responsibility asap. I always had a notion that how would my planting one tree make a different to the earth's resources. Until I did my first DSN course, hardly did I ever realize how supportive people are when once you are in hegemony of doing something good. I still remember the fruit wala in Kishangarh taking ownership of the sapling we planted near his rehdi. He said," I will take care of this." We planted almost 200 trees as a part of our seva project in DSN and would again be gathering on 31st to own some more saplings and get attached to their lives till they grow independent.

And still 'dialectically' what I found:

If not Earth, where?
If not Now, when?
If not You, who?

Think global, Act Green :)

Guru g always makes it easy :) By Mission Green Earth, what a beautiful platform he has provided to serve our motherland! Mission Green Earth is a global programme to fight global warming with a target of 10 crore tree plantation. This is a part of UN sponsored Millenium Developement Goals Programme and in now called mission green earth standup take action 08 program. To get more details about this programme, visit http://www.standuptakeactionaolun.com/take-action.html

Contact your nearest Art of Living volunteer in case u r geared up for some plantation :)

Love,
Bhanu

The Emotional Garbage

How to deal with our emotions? Big problem! Although we have grown older - beyond the ‘teenage’, we more often fail to grow beyond ‘teenage’ mentally. You know, our body grows in a particular sequence. In the first seven years, the physical body grows but the intellect does not grow; then up to fourteen years, the intellect grows. The period from 14 to 21 years is for emotional maturity. So the general belief is that you become physically mature, then intellectually mature and finally, you become emotionally mature.

However, many do not grow to that maturity at all. Lack of emotional maturity is always worrying about your emotions - feeling as though you are a victim of your own emotions: “Oh! I feel like this! I feel like that! What to do?” What will you do? Who cares about your feelings? Why do you worry so much about your feelings? Your feelings keep changing. Sometimes you feel bad; but the bad feeling doesn’t stay with you forever. It changes and you start feeling good once again; but even that ‘good’ feeling does not stay forever. Nobody can feel bad or good ALL the time; the good and bad feelings come like waves. You can’t stop a wave that has already arisen; nor can you make a wave rise just like that. Just as waves come and go, clouds come and go, so also emotions come and go. Waves of different emotion come. And they disappear. But we make it such a big issue: “Oh, I feel good! Oh, I feel bad! I feel this way, I feel that way, nobody cares for me…” - all these complaints keep bombarding our minds. This emotional garbage is so useless; and it is also a sign of emotional immaturity.

Jai Gurudeva :)

Chak de fatte...

Yes!! That was how the youth of 6th Aug batch of Yes Plus was! Kudos to their effortless happiness and undeterred childishness :) The fluctuations of hallelujah and silence in the hall kept phenominally ecstatic and austere ambience throughout the course. The hall was blooming with the charming eyes of blithful spirits. It was all together a different level of energy, with Ramneek bhaiya in the full flow!
The last day of the course, and people did not want to leave the hall. I can remember people sharing their experiences with bubbling joy. "I was in a marriage and I danced like I have never danced before. My friend asked me 'kehdi peeti aa'?", remarked a boy and vowed not to consume alcohal the rest of his life. Another pretty doll was all excited when she told that she can be with this knowledge for all the rest of her life. People also shared how they feel like a miracle has happened when they have shed their negativities in the meagre span of 7 days of their life! I still visualize the glitter of those innocent eyes when they shared their belongingness to each other in the last moments of the course!! It is really amazing to experience heaven on earth when you such a play of love!

The infy junta at the course was elated, much as others, to have learnt the "Art of Living" ! I saw Sarv smiling with full enthu which had never happened before. The feeling of togetherness was so visible in them. Vikas seemed to have touched a high of his life :) In Vaibhav I could see a sense of satiation. Neema was already dancing in joy! Laveen got her form back, and big way this time :) We missed Sabharwal though ;) Saurabh was all the time sighing to have a camera click with bhaiya, and finally I got him the success with my Nokia N 73. Here are the cheerful infy smiles for you......

It was already 10:30 when we were dancing outside in rain with Ramneek Bhaiya. Munish showered the litters again for the last time before bhaiya left for university. We dropped Vibhore and Rohit to the hostel and set out to find a food venture in Chandigarh at 11:30 in the night. To our perfect delight, we were to taste those yummy paranthas that the food ventures of the entire city were closed and we landed up at ISBT, Sector-17. Saurabh brought a great sense of relief to the hungry souls by enlightening us about the fame these paranthas had in taste. Earlier in the day, me and Saurabh were both missing to have catched up with Rohit. But ah! We got a pleasant surprise when we met Rohit at the bus stand. We all had our tummy-full dinner and Gaurav's tummy satiated with 3 paranthas! Making it clear before hand though, it was no induction.

All in all an eventful day ! Also, an amazing completion of two years of Yes Plus in Chandigarh :)

Energy on heights !

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance :)

YES!+ Chandigarh begins today with Ramneek Bhaiya. Some more lucky Chandigarh youth is ready to drench in knowledge. The energy wrapped days are back again!! The masti, khapp, raulla is back with a bang to enhance the inner silence...

I attended my first Youth Empowerment and Skills workshop 2 months back, thx to Amitesh bhaiya and Tanu di. It changed my outlook to life and turned me inwards. I could better handle my emotions and stabilize my mind. I came close to myself. I could observe things more keenly and with clarity. The discrimination became easy and the goal became clear :) I arose more confident and came out of the course bubbling with joy. The traits of childishness are back. No longer do I need to say....If I were a child !...haha..Its back in me, I can feel the energy, joy, expression, committment, free-ness and natural-ness of a child ;) I can now relate better to my brother, parents, friends ,colleagues. Love was already in the air but I grabbed it just after the course. So, I am in love with almost everyone and everything on this earth. Made some great friends during the course: Paras g, who is a wonderful person and an Art of living teacher too!...and Saurabh and Gaurav are the gems I discovered during the course. These two guys are also from infy and before I met them at the course I had no idea that they belonged to the same department in my office :p Will let you know some interesting Saurabh Gaurav stories later. Another beautiful gal I met was Radhika, who can cook the most delicious meethe chawal I ever had! Then there was the ever cute Hrishi with great photogenic capabilities.

The world seems a One World family :):)..Vasudeva Katumbhakam !!

Go and do the next YES!+ now! :):)

Lots of love,
Jai Gurudeva,
Bhanuja

The best lines I ever read...

Wana be happy right now? Wana end all your worries? Wana start your journey to success? Wana make your life a celebration?

When I read this, I come out as a winner..Would love you to go through these. Its by our dearest divine Guru, Sri Sri and here they go...

About me.... LoVe Is My VeRy ExIsTeNcE......

am freedom...come AnD be a part of it..


I Celebrate when I am alone
I Celebrate when I am in crowd
I Celebrate the silence and
I Celebrate the noise.
I Celebrate life and
I Celebrate death.....


A PROMISE BY HIM....

If I had to promise you something, what would it be ?

I can't promise that you'd always be comfortable……
Because comfort brings boredom & discomfort.
I can't promise that all your desires will be fulfilled…
Because desires whether fulfilled or unfulfilled bring frustration.
I can't promise that there will always be good times…
Because it is the tough times that make us appreciate joy.
I can't promise that you will be rich or famous or powerful…..
Because they can all be a pathway to misery.
I can't promise that we will always be together…
Because it is separation that makes togetherness so wonderful.

Yet, if you are willing to walk with me,
If you are willing to value love over everything else
I promise that this will be the richest & most fulfilling life possible.
I promise your life will be an eternal celebration,
I promise I will cherish you more than a king cherishes his crown.
And I shall love you more than a mother loves her newborn.
If you are willing to walk into my arms,
If you are willing to live in my heart,
You will find the one you have waited for, forever…
You will meet yourself in my arms….
I promise….

--Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Jai Gurudeva,
Bhanuja

Why blogging?

"Why so Serious?" ..this blog aims to spread love, laughter and happiness. It would contain everything which interests you and me. Its about mine and your world. And, also about how we make a better world! Its the turn to pen down everything exciting, lively, adventurous and worth catching as a memory.

So, the celebration begins..Lets celebrate for what we are, where we are or how we are !

Thanks for reaching out here :) Keep posting to be in touch.

Lots of Love,
Bhanuja