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June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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  Art of Living guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on acts of kindness:  Abiding in the self, you become the Valentine for the whole world. Spirit is the valentine of the matter and vice verse. They are made for each other. If you do not respect the spirit, then nature is not pleased and vice versa.  You are the Christmas tree:  A Christmas tree bears the gifts and the lights not for itself. Similarly all the gifts you are carrying in your life are for others.  When you showed kindness towards others, your true nature comes into play. Have you ever done acts of kindness, without expecting anything out of it, and then it is considered as a worthy act and loved by all.  Our services should not be mechanical and they should be natural spontaneous.   For example,   If a girl helps an old woman to cross the road, the gratitude in the eyes of that old home is enough for that girl to being joy in her. No other special reward is essential and also we cannot measure that little charity with money.  This sort of kind heartedness brings changes in the hearts of many people. When you do random acts of kindness, you become in touch with your true nature.  God likes very much this sort of kind hearted persons.   … [Read more...]

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The art of living – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

March 18, 2010 by 2 Comments

 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the famous well known Guru of joy and a great man preached so many good things and also golden words to the devotees, which are useful in our daily life as this life is not a bed of roses but full of thorns (problems and troubles). Swamiji teachings help us a lot to lead a happy and peaceful life. These teachings suggest ways to rejuvenate and transform our lives. The teachings of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: 1. This is a technical age and machines are playing the major roll. Swami says that man’s life should not become mechanical, as humanity in us is present since our birth. A house with full of luxury items does not give comfort to us. 2. This speedy and tension life is making man to spend sleepless nights. To avoid such anxiety and tension life, our mind should be pure and in clear condition. 3. We should have the natural qualities and emotions like, love kindness, compassion, pity, charity and self- examination daily. At the same time we should also know about the bad effects of emotions like, anger, egoism, Jealousy and hatred. Tried to avoid them 4. Swami also advises us to know about the value of our life and the purpose of our birth in this world. To improve our status of life still further and in better way, the first step is –to know about ourselves. Put the following questions to yourself: 1. Is there any meaning to my existence here? 2. To which way my life’s journey is going? 3. Am I moving in right direction? But one thing you may not get immediate answers. Many people don’t know the answers for the above questions. Even if anybody knows the answers, he will not reveal them to others. That is why, man is confused state. Man needs a Sadguru (a … [Read more...]

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Art of Living: Service and Selfishness

December 26, 2009 by 1 Comment

 Man with out emotions is like a fruit without juice. You need to make your life interesting inorder to make people to be and move with you. So nurture yourself with music, prayer and services. The way to go from the state of individualness to universal conseiousness, is to share in, the others sorrow and joy. Get rid of selfishness with in you. When you expand in knowledge with time, then you are free from depression. The way to overcome personal misery is to share it with universal misery. Instead of thinking” what about myself?” think about “what can I do for this world? “.Silence heals, rejuvenates and gives you stability and brings creativity. Service leads to the dynamic experience of leadership. Lack of service motto leads the person to depression. Pain is in inevitable with its physical nature. But suffering is optional and mental. If you are not sensitive to others’ pain, then you are not a human being. Service also can bring contentment in life. Service without spirituality will be shallow and cannot be sustained for a long period. When you help others in need, good vibrations and unexpected blessings come to you. Service opens the mind which in turn leads to meditation. Meditation brings back peace of mind and smile in the face. When you sing and pray to God sincerely, your emotions are nourished and you become “lively”.  Please share your opinion on Art of Living.  … [Read more...]

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Essential Public Speaking Skills

September 21, 2009 by 1 Comment

 Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners. Public speaking within a group of people is a difficult activity. Because listeners have better access to information since the internet became common place, audiences expect more content from speakers today. If you would rather spend your time preparing your content than reading a book on public speaking, this is an article especially for you. Starting Your Speech: In modern world, Speech tends to be much less formal than they were twenty years ago. Most audience these days prefers a relatively informal approach. However, there is a certain structure to the opening of a Speech that you should observe. • Get people's attention and build rapport• Welcome them• Introduce yourself• State the purpose of your Speech• State how you want to deal with questions Make Friends from the Audience: When you stand up in front of that audience, you’re going to be really nervous. Poor speakers pay little or no attention to their audience as people. Big mistake!! If you can see your audience as a group of individuals, you’ll be much more likely to connect with those individuals. Start looking around your audience. Pick out ‘friends’ all round the room. If you see an ‘impress me’ person and get discouraged, switch your view back to one of your ‘friend’. Once you are aware that there are people in your audience who want you to succeed, you’ll be much more likely to succeed. Voice Modulation: Microphones, if used effectively will be a great tool for Voice Modulation. Very few of us use them … [Read more...]

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Tips to lead happy and stress free life

February 21, 2009 by Leave a Comment

 The most important thing here is with what sort of thoughts, our noble mind is filled with, whether with positive thoughts or negative thoughts? No other person, except yourself, would be able to read exactly what is in your mind. Although, people may not be able to tell you exactly what you think, they will more or less have an idea about your feelings. Thoughts are very powerful and affect your general attitude, which in turn not only reflects on your appearance but also affect people around you. The attitude may be positive or negative. Positive thoughts have a filling effect and admittedly invigorating and the people around the person carrying positive thoughts are usually energized by this type of attitude.Negative thought on the other hand have a sapping effect on other people and make you look gloom, sad and can turn a festive gathering into a funeral wake. Positive thoughts attract people, whereas negative thoughts repel them. Attitude is nothing but the way of looking at the world by any person. But if you choose to focus on the negative things in the world, more or less you develop a negative attitude. Hence choose to focus on positive things, so that you carry on a positive attitude. Benefits of living with positive attitude: 1. It promotes better health 2. Have more number of friends 3. Helps one to handle the situation of stress more affectively 4. Handle the problems in a better way than the negative attitude persons. A Positive attitude begins with a healthy self-image. The individual with positive attitude also make other people around him; feel with love, satisfaction, confident and self-assured. Now a days, it is very difficult to have a … [Read more...]

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10 tips for successful and stress free life

February 3, 2009 by 1 Comment

 Every body’s main wish is to have a successful and easy-going life. For this, one must develop and maintain amicable relations with his neighbors. If you fail to achieve success in your career means, you are not evincing keen interest and also not giving much importance to human relations. It clearly indicates that you are not obtaining timely and real help from your neighbors. This is the main obstacle on the way of your journey to success. Your mere hard-working work ethic doesn’t help you to achieve your goals in life, for that you also need other’s help. You know it pretty well that man is a social living-being (creature). To obtain your neighbor’s help, follow these below given guide-lines (tips), which in turn help you t reach the top of the ladder of success. 10 tips to lead a successful life:1. Sincerely convey your appreciation, whenever, they obtain success in their career or in business, etc. 2. Meet them personally and solace them, if they are in trouble. 3. Honestly give your helping-hand to save them, whenever, they are in danger. 4. Be away from your personal egos (egoism), otherwise which themselves move you away from others. 5. Make it a good habit to call your friends and other known persons by their respective names, which in turn makes them joyful, as the sweetest thing for every one in this world is “his own name”. 6. Never forget to attend to “spiritual programmes” which gives us mental peace, and make it a point to gain more knowledge about God, the omnipotent and our savior. 7. Speak always positively with others and often give complements for their good deeds, talents and also the plus points, present in them. 8. Send to the newly-formed friends greetings on their birthdays … [Read more...]

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How to be happy in 2009?

December 7, 2008 by Leave a Comment

 The WEEK magazine published an article by celebrity author Shobhaa De for happiness in life. Shobhaa De listed 25 simple acts to bring happiness in one’s life. How to be happy in 2009? 1. Family is crucial in one's happiness. Allocate sufficient time to the family members. Take care of your self. 2. Forget bad incidents in your life. They will ruin your physical and mental wellbeing. 3. Be positive and trust your abilities. Unless you trust yourself, nobody will trust you. 4. Express gratitude to the people through phone/mail. 5. Take rest from busy schedule and introspect yourself. Introspection will enhance one's life. 6. Be emotional with your family members. They need your love and exhibit it by simple acts like kissing and hugging. Life is precious and enjoy.   7. Listen with heart when others are speaking. Relations will spoil if they detect your body language. 8. Share your inner feelings with your family and friends which is good to your health. 9. Never argument. Arguments will never win you friends. 10. Try to do every work wholeheartedly. 11. Don’t be over perfectionist. It will irritate others. 12. Control anger and emotions before taking decisions. 13. Complement people for their good acts. Everyone likes to be appreciated by others. 14. Music has distressing ability. Melodious music will enhance your physical and mental wellbeing. 15. Exhibit emotions with your closed ones. Never control beautiful emotional acts like crying, hugging, laughing and kissing. 16. Help others. Allocate some money for charity. Good acts will increase happiness in life. 17. Gardening is a great hobby. … [Read more...]

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25 ways to improve your life in 2009

October 12, 2008 by Leave a Comment

 Indian spiritual master and Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar mentioned 25 ways to improve life in 2009. To improve your life, you need to get a broad understanding about youself and your priorities.  25 Ways to improve the quality of Life: 1. Review the context of life. 2. Know life's impermanence. 3. Make your smile cheaper. 4. Be enthusiastic and praise others. 5. Make meditation a part of your life. 6. Go to the most beautiful place 7. Communicate effectively. Communication skills are vital to achieve success. 8. Take out time for your self. 9. Better the world around you. 10. Nourish your emotions. 11. Plan short and long term goals. 12. Prayer is a vital tool. 13. Implement the changes if needed. 14. Identify your limitations. 15. Do not lose your friends. 16. Don't look for perfection. 17. Let us be unpredictable. 18. Have a sense of humour 19. Don't be afraid to make mistakes 20. Overcome your prejudice. 21. Feel that "I am blessed" 22. Do random acts of kindness. 23. Be a student always. 24. Dream the impossible. 25. Compare your performance. If you can follow these simple tips by great master, you are moving towards success in both personal and professional life. … [Read more...]

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Art of saying “No”

August 16, 2007 by 1 Comment

 You have determined and decided to finish an important work today itself, under any circumstances, because it is long-stand pending, and you are ready with full enthusiasm to commence to do that job. But at that time your friends arrived in group and requested you to go along with them to outside for another purpose (many times unimportant in nature), but out of modesty, you couldn’t say ‘no’ to them and you accompanied them without hesitation. Most of us face these types of situations in our day to day life. Later on we blame ourselves unnecessarily, for not finishing our job in time. Why we could not say ‘no ’to them. There are so many causes and reasons, as shown below. 1. Thinking that the other persons might suffer if you refuse their request.2. They may underestimate you and misunderstand you.3. You may be ridiculed, for your innocent behavior.4. Shyness that is naturally present in all of us.5. Lack of sufficient self- confidence in you.6. Inner desire to be praised by others, as ’’good person’’.7. under the impression that it is always well and good to be obedient that too with low-esteem to others.8. With selfish- motto, today or tomorrow that you will be benefitted by the other person’s power, wealth, intelligence, so it is better to develop good rapport with them from now onwards.9. To be great in other’s opinion.10. Treating the other person as god-like and ready to do anything for his sake, and for sustaining their friendship at any cost.11. Having slave- mentality.12. To fulfill his personal ambitions, with other person’s help.13. To pass time indulging in some habits, as he has no strong aim to achieve in life.14 … [Read more...]

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Art of Living- How to live happily?

August 15, 2007 by Leave a Comment

 Swamiji Sri Sri Ravi Shankar explains us nicely how to live happily and purposefully in this world. 1. He says firmly that we must have an aim in life and further He teaches us as follows. 2. Stream is different from flood. In stream, the water flows in a systematic way. Where as in floods, the water flows as it likes. 3. In the same manner, the energy present in us should flow like water in the river, as it has got certain direction, otherwise, nothing but confusion prevails. Now a day, majority of the people’s condition is without any specific direction, just like a ship without rudder. 4. When you are in happy moods, so much life- energy is accumulated inside the body, and never allows it to be stagnated there and get itself rotted. It should flow freely. 5. Life runs with commitment only. Every small or big things in our life, goes with certain commitment. For example: 1. Family runs on commitment, 2 Mother is committed to the child and the child in turn to the parents.3. Wife is committed to her husband and vice versa, 4. A student takes admission in a school or college with commitment. 6. Commitment is highly essential to make this life energy to flow into the right and good directions. 7. We feel delighted when we take troubles for the sake of our family members. We never take it as labor or hardship, but we feel it ‘’as our responsibility’’. It is nothing but our commitment to our family. 8. If you extend this same kind of commitment beyond your family limits, to your neighbors also you will get plenty of joy. 9. Like that creativity is also important and it springs up when you are relaxed. Unless you renounce all the work you have done that whole day, you cannot … [Read more...]

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