Dear One,
Jai Gurudev !
My dear, If you are an Indian national, I invite you to fill up the nation-wide Survey on Combating Corruption which will eventually be presented to the policy makers of our country. It may take you about 20 minutes to complete and it would be good learning and great awareness as well. Its ideal to send this to a few of your friends or colleagues or get it filled up by your mom and/or dad and if possible, your maid. This is 'cos we need representative samples from various sections of society. The survey is available online till 15th June midnight, but may I request you to fill it up before it becomes Urgent and Important, which is basically NOW :-) ! Kudos for being proactive and being a part of the solution to the problems of our people!
For the Survey on Combating Corruption, please click on the following link...
http://bit.ly/bYeVAl
Warm Regards,
Dinesh Ghodke
Director, WAYE
World Alliance for Youth Empowerment
The Art of Living Foundation
Blog - www.bawandinesh.name
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Q: Do you know everybody's mind?
Sri Sri: You know what happened when we were coming to Surat from Mumbai in train for Mahasatsang. There were two ladies in the same train as we were travelling in. They were longing to meet me. They couldn't meet me in Mumbai and thought it would be almost impossible to meet in Surat.
Few devotees where scheduled to meet me at Valsad station. Before we could finish the train started. Me and Rishi Nityaprogya ji (Nitin Bhaiya) ran and jumped into one of the boggies. It was a ladies coach [Huge laughter]. The two ladies were sitting in the same boggie. They started crying like anything after seeing me. Then I sat with them for half an hour and spoke to them. Longing always increases but never gets completed. Love increases but never completes.
During my agnyat vaas, I asked our driver, to drive the car in some remote village. I asked him to take left and right, here and there.Then I asked him to stop in front of a small house. It was a farmers house. Once I entered the house, everybody saw me. The whole family was so happy to see me. The farmer said he wanted to see me since such a long time but never knew how to reach me. Then I also visited a few farmers near by, they also wanted to meet me since long but would never get a chance due to their duties and work. I spent some time talking to them. They all became very happy. So you never know when I'll go where. I can come anywhere, anytime. So better keep you house neat and clean.
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The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.
Indian Version:
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.
Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.
Mayawati states this as `injustice' done on Minorities.Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.
The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance). Opposition MPs stage a walkout.
Left parties call for 'Bengal Bandh' in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry. CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and Grasshoppers.
Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.
Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the ' Prevention of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act' [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of the winter. Arjun Singh makes 'Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions & in Government Services . The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, it's home is confiscated by the Government and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV. Arundhati Roy calls it ' A Triumph of Justice'. Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice '.. CPM calls it the ' Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden ' Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly.
Many years later....
The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar company in Silicon Valley , 100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India, .
.......AND As a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the grasshoppers, . .. . . . . . . . .
India is still a developing country&!!!
Luv
Kapil
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Guruji says, there are four sources of energy – Food, breath, sleep and a happy meditative mind. We decided to get this knowledge into action!
Here’s what we dished out :-
A YES!+ special Satsang brunch with Swami Suryapaada (lovingly Chayanna) this Sunday!
Starters
YES!+ junta from all over Bangalore you never met in your life (so far)!
Main course
Soul stirring music
Rib tickling humour
Eternal knowledge
Guru Stories
Dessert
Tangible prasadam
Ain’t this absolutely energizing ! ?? Details follow:
Date, Time : Sunday, 21st March 2010, 10:15 AM
Venue : MEWS Ladies Club, 17th Cross, Malleswaram
Landmark / Venue queries : Suresh - 9972226944
The hall can take only 250 people. Tell all your volunteers & friends and get them along for this ‘not to be missed’ satsang with Chayanna.
Confirm the number of people coming with you to Karpagavalli 9886651708/ Ramya 9900180242 by 9:00 p.m on Friday, the 19th of March 2010.
These are the testimonials for Kapil:
Sucheta:
To gain confidence in one self people read 100 books.
But I’ll tell an easy way out…………..Just meet Kapil bhaiya!
Richard:
Kapil Saini is an extremely enthusiastic teacher, he lives his words and you can feel it in the passion of his voice. Has the innate ability to make anyone let their guard down and have a good laugh. Transistions between friend and teacher mode very smoothly.Even with all his knowledge, he is everready to learn from any situation .Always smartly dressed with a big wide smile for anyone! An excellent speaker and motivator, Kapil is an ideal role model for the young students at YES!+.
Ravi:
Kapil is a very hard working guy, he's always been there for ART OF LIVING and YES!+, has certainly made a lot of progress on the spiritual path and continues to inspire me a lot!
Ajit:
Kapil is one of his kind, a rare combination of wisdom, fun, commitment, energy and a great heart. He has always inspired me to look beyond the comfort zone. Kapil talks the highest knowledge effortlessly and also walks the talk. He has a great ability to connect to anyone easily. I will always be grateful to him for teaching me so many things and encouraging and supporting me to become an Art of Living teacher.
Prakash:
Kapil is the best extempore speaker I've seen so far. He can talk at length about any topic for a long time. God knows how he gets the free flow of ideas. He is also a good entertainer and never gets angry. He is a good entrepreneur as well and can carry himself very well in social gatherings. He is really good at giving advices, advices that are not boring and that one can immediately start following. The first impression that he gives you is usually that of a very simple human being, but only after close interaction, can one understand the storehouse of wisdom that he has. He is friend that anybody would like to cherish. Kudos Kapil, you've got a wonderful journey ahead!
Prathiba:
He is Cool Dude!!!!!
Suresh:
Kapil Bro is very very cute nice sweet handsome person. He is my inspiration, learned so many things from him. I understood the meaning of commitment from him. I like his company in all the time.
Vivek:
Kapil has been my dear friend ever since I met him and I know our friendship will go a long way still further. As a teacher he is very inspiring, as a mentor very disciplined, as a business partner very sincere and yet exact and as a friend very accomodative and supportive. It has been my privilege and great fortune to have been with him so close for so long .... looking forward to adventures in life with him.... (but Kapil plz don't sing :)).
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