Rendezvous with Rashmin

It looks like time for a Giant Leap. From the 1st Dec to the 5th Dec the Bangalore Yes!+ team has set a humongous target of organising a fifty thousand people Yes!+ course. Just 7 months to go and preparations are in full swing. Just as a warm up to prepare ourselves we thought we would organise a small intimate mini Yes!+ course of 300 people.

Now that looks really small, isnt it? The next warm up course is scheduled on the 15th of May where we are targeting 1500 people.

It is nice to see how the mind expands, meditation becomes much deeper and all the small little insignificant issues in life start disappearing and completely lose their importance as the whole life energy (prana to be precise) gets intensely focused on something that can be considered as "this side of impossibility".

Its amazing how Guruji works. We just decided the dates of the Big course and now I have been sent again to Scandinavia for two months! Its funny I am giving a 2 people Intro to get a 20 people course and at the back of the mind I am thinking about a 50,000 people course.

That is Life with a Living Enlightened Master.

JaiGurudev
RAshmin

Millions of fleeting thoughts, unceasing waves of ever changing emotions, Notions, concepts.

Why the hell should I care? Watch, smile, Laugh and ignore. Whats the point of running after a deluded state of happiness?

Everything is changing. How does it matter?

I call this the ultimate decision. Just look at this mind as an object of absolute entertainment.

JaiGurudev

The Mind is the toy of the absolute - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

Oh My God! What an interpretation! I think you are reading much more than what I have written. What Guruji has built for the past 28 years is going to remain forever. You think any one can destroy it??? Just Relax a bit please! By the way that is also Guruji's message.

What authority are you talking about? Did you take any ones permission before you posted comments on my blog? We all have a right to express our opinions. This is my Blog. It says "Rendezvous with Rashmin". I do not force any one to read it. If you think its Bull shit DO not waste your time.

By the way I have taught many Muslims in the past seven years. Just two days back I had a few of them coming to me in an Intro talk and enrolling for the course that starts today in Bangalore. They loved me and I loved them! By the way the only Muslim, I guess who reads my blog, completely agrees with whatever I have written. Amazing is nt it?

Unfortunately even in Art of living people come for various different reasons. That is the reason for a Yes!+ course, we ask people to apply and then they have to go through an Interview. Only if they are selected they are allowed to attend. We have had incidents which I do not wish to share here. I have been teaching for the last seven years and I have also been to madrassas. Please do not ask me what happened there? Inspite of whatever is happening NO one is going to be stopped form an Art of Living course just because they belong to a particular religion. But yes! we select only those who are committed and not those who come for some "other" motives.

There are not just some good Muslims. I believe there are many of them. They sing and dance in satsang. I am not against any religion but we all have to fight against ignorance. Someone who believes that killing innocent people is holy because he apparently thinks that it was the word of God sent through a prophet who apparently is believed to be the last one that mankind will ever witness, then that one person has to be given spiritual education. I do not wish to debate about what the Prophet really meant?

Practically the problem seems to be that there are millions who think that is what he meant. I am not here to disapprove someones word or opinion about how a disbeliever should be treated. I am not so much interested in the different ways a "Kafir" is supposed to be killed but I do care when innocent human beings are brutally killed because they do not adhere to certain ideologies.

Even if a little boy speaks about anything that leads to Enlightenment accept it and touch his feet. Even if Lord Brahma the creator speaks something that is not conducive to enlightenment reject it like straw. - Yoga Vasistha.

Please read the following two articles.


http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=159&page=31
by Former union home minister Subramaniam Swamy

http://virsanghvi.com/vir-world-ArticleDetail.aspx?ID=227
by Vir Sanghvi noted Journalist


Jaigurudev
Rashmin.

Art of Living Teachers should not speak about religion because it does not suit them. Are Islamic teachings delusive? Will Muslims stand up against anyone speaking against their "Hindu Brothers". What do you mean by strong secular Hindu?

Art of "Living" includes every aspect of Life. Teachers should not just speak but do whatever they can to spread the truth. It has to be done and it has to be done only by the Art of Living. There doesnt seem to be any other hope. We do not do what others think would suit us. We do what needs to be done.

Are Islamic Teachings delusive? do your research and let me know.

Muslims will stand up for their Hindu Brothers.

Lets talk with evidence. After all the terror attacks in India how many Muslims organisations raised their voice against Islamic Fundamentalism. How many Muslim organisations preach about the omnipresence of the divine. How many of them are actively working against the absolutely brainless concept of Jehad that is responsible for the death of thousands of innocent people all over the world. Do they talk about religious equality and that one should have respect for all religious traditions? How many of them appreciate and applaud the infinite compassion and tolerance exhibited by Indians towards all the other religions in the world including Islam.

By the way if you say you are secular You mean you do not belong to any religion. You say you are a hindu, that too a strong one and then you say you are secular. Please refer to a good dictionary.

JaiGurudev
Rashmin.

7/11 2006: Mumbai Train Blasts. 209 Killed.
25/8 2007: Hyderbad Blasts: 42 Killed
Oct 11 2007: Ajmer Blasts : 2 Killed
May 13 2008: Jaipur Blasts : 68 Killed
July 16th 2008: Ahmedabad Blasts : 57 Killed
July 25th 2008: Banglaore Blasts: 1 killed
Sept 13th 2008: Delhi Blasts: 26 Killed
Sept 27th 2008: Delhi Blasts: 2 Killed
Sept 29th 2008 : Gujrat Blasts : 1 killed
Oct 21st 2008: Imphal Blasts : 17 Killed
Oct 30th 2008: Assam Blasts : 40 Killed
Nov 26th 2008: Mumbai Attack: 180 killed

Did you know that on the day of the Mumbai train blasts, the Government gave Rs 150 crores for earthquake relief in Pakistan ? Last year our Govt. has given Rs 3000 crores (600 Million Dollars) to Afghanistan? This, when victims of terror in India have not yet got aid? What’s going on?

2) Our Government has given 25 lakh scholarships ONLY to minority students..
What sin have the majority done not to deserve these?
Why cannot poor students of all communities be given scholarships instead of only Muslim children?

3) Thanks to the Congress led Government, out of 36000 temples in Andhra Pradesh, 28000 have closed down in the last five years. Do you want the same trend to continue in other parts of the country? Do you want a Nagaland type of situation in the whole of India? While government controls most of the Hindu temples, the minority community has had full freedom to organize their religious bodies.. The minority communities now have the first right over resources. Is this not a blatant violation of fundamental rights of the majority community?

4) Why have the minorities in Nagaland, Mizoram & Kashmir not got the similar privileges like the minorities in other states? Why is the Govt following different rules for different religions?

What are all the minorities doing? Are they objecting to these divisional politics of the current Govt? Forget about them, do our pseudo secular Indians even have the guts to raise these issues or are they so bothered about hurting the sentiments of the " minorities"?

I am sure none of these secular Indians have had close ones who lost their lives because of the madness of a few Islamic fundamentalist (terrorist).I am sure they have no idea what is happening in North East where villages are being burnt over night and within few hours one can see Pakistani flags hoisted.

Whats going on?

Is this secularism or just plain cowardice? We find great comfort in hiding behind beautiful concepts. If we really wish for peace in the world we need to have the courage to stand up against Adharma. Krishna did exactly that 5000 years ago. At that time the pandavas had to wage a outright War against their own family members. Was that decision adhering to the idea of "one world Family"?? Yes it was. Because Even if one person in the family is doing injustice everyone else has to unite and stand up against it. Only then one can call it a "family". Only then peace can prevail.

History repeats itself. I was wondering why Guruji has to speak about the Govts pro-minority approach. HE does because it needs to be done.


JaiGurudev