Daily Grind and Daily Unwind

Mood swing Mood swing Mood swing!!!! For some time now I have been observing, that mood swings keep happening so many times within me. Just to recollect, everytime I think about getting back to India from Dubai, my mind goes on a trip and gives all reasons to feel really horrible, about being alone in Dubai, away from family, but there are other times when I feel grt being in Dubai, when Iam with my friends, doing art of living work, teaching courses etc.

I relaised that Iam giving too much importance to these mood swings.

It comes shockingly to my realisation that I go through so much. A little imperfection in something causes anger, frustration, a little bit of uncertainty about something causes fear, anxiety, some one said something you dint like, hatred comes. Some one didn’t say something, sadness….so on and so forth. These different emotions come like wave after wave in the ocean. Sometimes noticed, yet sometimes unnoticed. Whether noticed or unnoticed these create stress and imbalance in my system.

This is when Sadhana comes in, a technique that systematically allows me to unwind of all the knots created during a day. Guruji says there is a rhythm in every aspect of nature and same way there is a rhythm in us, and every time this rhythm is disturbed we get stressed.

Iam glad I have been gifted this technique, I will encourage more and more to go for it, to have your own fool proof daily unwind.

Om Shanti Shanti
JGD
Vivek

Behind the Scene

In addendum to my post on Guru Story on 7 Jan 2010. My father volunteered to add some more details which were behind the scene types. So enjoy reading, the music post will be next

PS: If you have not read the 7Jan 2010 post on Guru Story, first read that.

While the cyclones in the two families are at its initial peak, one day morning I got a call from Gala (Anjana’s dad) that he wanted to meet me urgently. We planned to meet in my friend’s office ot Chembur that evening. I am meeting him for the first time. He came there at the appointed time.

He was looking like the most harassed dad this side of Suez. I could clearly see in his eyes the love he had for his daughter and also the shock and anguish she had given him. He was confused as to how to handle the situation.

Immediately he started “what is happening.. the children don’t understand. How can they marry. We are Jains.. You are south Indian..Hamare khandan me aise hua nahin.. etc etc. My wife and daughters are crying all the time.” . He was sounding helpless and didn’t know what to do.. I could understand his feelings and I was feeling a little sorry for him.

I told him to relax a bit and have tea. Over tea, I told him that my wife and I are also equally concerned about the matter. In fact, we did not know how to resolve the issue. However, I suggested that for the time being let us leave it as it is. And after 6 to 12 months if they continue to strongly feel for each other we can then review.

He agreed reluctantly. Probably having no other option.

The rest was narrated by Vivek.

PS: There was no formal engagement ceremony. Muhurat date was fixed by Chayannaji. The wedding took place on February 6, 2003 at Ashram. Most of the relatives from both the sides were present for the marriage at the Ashram and blessed the couple, along with blessings from the whole batch of would be Art of Living Teachers.

Recipe of Tomato Rasam

There are many types of Rasam.let us start with simple yet delicious Tomato Rasam.
Ingredients
1. Imli - 1 lemon size ball.
2. Basic Water - half a litre
3. Fresh Hing or Hing Powder
4. Little Haldi, Salt to taste
5. one tomato
6. Rasam Powder - 2 small teaspoons
7. Toovar Dal - 1/2 Cup

So let start,put all ingredients mentioned except toovar dal  together and boil for 15-20 min,
Boil the toovar dal in cooker for 4-5 wistle and 5 min slow in the pressure cooker.
Mix the cooked Toovar Dal in boiling rasam
For Tadka
1. Heat 1 tablespoon of Ghee put Mole or rai, Jeera, Curry leaves,
little Pepper powder or 2 cloves of garlic ( For little for spice and taste . OPTIONAL)
Mix the tadka and garnish with Corinder.

P.S -
-Making rasam in lead vessel add up the spice and taste. once done transfer in normal container.
-Shakti rasam powder is the best in the market, you get lovely rasam.
-Can use rasam as Appetizer, soup or with rice. Need nearly nothing to prepare it.Simple and Quick
So enjoy making our receipes, will post more.

A Brilliant Joke!!! Enjoy

A Woman was out golfing one day when she hit the
ball into the woods.
She went into the woods to look for it and found a frog in a trap.
The frog said to her, "If you release me from this trap, I will grant you three wishes."
The woman freed the frog, and the frog said,"Thank you, but I failed to mention that there was a condition to your wishes.
Whatever you wish for, your husband will get ten times of it!" The woman said, "That's okay."
For her first wish, she wanted to be the most
beautiful woman in the world.
The frog warned her, "You do realize that this wish will also make your husband the most handsome man in the world, an Adonis whom women will floc to".
The woman replied, "That's okay, because I will
be the most beautiful woman and he will have eyes only for me." So, KAZAM-
she's the most beautiful Woman in the world!
For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest woman in the world.
The frog said, "That will make your husband the richest man in the world. And he will be ten times richer than you. "
The woman said, "That's okay, because what's mine is his and what's his is mine."
So, KAZAM- she's the richest woman in the world!
The frog then inquired about her third wish, and she answered, "I'd like to have a mild heart attack."
Moral of the story: Women are clever. Don't
mess with them.
Attention female readers:
This is the end of the joke for you. Stop here and continue feeling good

The man had a heart attac ten times
"milder" than his wife!!!
Moral of the story : Women are really dumb but think they're really smart .

Recipe of Gujarati Patra

I learnt how to make Patra, here is the recipe.
Today we learn how to make for 4 people.


Patra or Aloo Wadai
English name: colocasia
15 leaves with nearly black stem
*Green steam makes patra bitter*

Ingredients.


Besan or chana atta - 3 cups
Jowar atta - 1 cups
Wheat atta - 1/2 cups
*Jowar and wheat makes patra soft*
Til and Aajwin - 1 full teaspoon each.
Ginger & garlic paste -1 full teaspoon

Little hing, haldi,salt to Taste.
Imli Paste - small lemon size ball
jaggery - 2 table spoons
Corinder Powder - 1 spoon.
Oil - 1 tablespoon.
Water - adequate to make a loose paste

Mix all the above ingredients except the leaves to make the paste as shown above.
 

Apply the Paste on leaves.

Placement of leaves on each other as shown in the picture. Fold it from edges and roll it from bottom to top.
Steam the roll leaves for half an hour properly. cool it 10 min.
Cut it into round pieces and put Tadka.

 For Tadka(seasoning)

Heat 1 Tablespoon Oil, little mustard seeds OR rai(mole)

then garnish with coriander & coconut

It Looks lovely and taste yummy + Declicious.
Try this and comment

Impersonalised World

These are times of great innovation and cutting edge technology. Little there is needed to highlight the contribution of this innovation and technology to make our lives more comfortable and easier. Let’s look at communication for instance. The email technology, cell phone technology, messaging and texting, and probably there are many others that Iam missing. This has really helped us to establish and remain connected, which would have been considered a dream a few decades back.

But this post is not to highlight the advantages, infact to highlight the fact that everything that has advantages also has some disadvantages. To give you an example when I was a teenager in early 1990s, we had the disadvantage of not having a cell phone, or computer for emailing, and no other technology other than personal meetings and letters to be connected to friends and relatives elsewhere. But the advantage was whatever friends we were connected, we had a personalised touch, as there was no other option. These friends go a long way when we weigh them against true meaning of friendship. And I attribute mainly this to the personalised relationships we maintained, like spending time together, discussing common interests, playing together, everything that one could imagine.

However, I see a lot of youngsters these days have naturally developed a way of impersonalisation, as that is the norm. I guess what I am trying to say here is in case there has been an impersonalisation in relationships specially with friends and relatives, (which is obvious considering the number of friends one has these days), it may be a good idea to give way for some personalisation and value what we have, to make the best of it. One good way to start is to make more opportunities for personalised communications and connections.

Next post on music….keep reading.

Lovely Dispassion

We presume "Dispassion" comes to Spiritual Kin.

We understand Dispassion as leaving or renouncing everything, keeping a long face, being dull or murky. We have completely misunderstood it. Dispassion means living everything 100% filled with celebration and joy.

Dispassion is enjoying everything without getting stuck to it. whenever you get stuck, you lose the beauty and life becomes BORING( A word that youth use soo often).

BAWA once rightly said “Live life as if you have come  for a vacation on planet Hotel earth." whenever you stay in hotel you don't buy a refrigerator or TV and stay forever.
So perfect.

After hearing this, my Life had a new meaning. I had such a subtle attachment to my bed. Bathroom...etc. Their role in our life is small but by not having them, brings discomforts. Once u start staying in ashram u are free from small attachments..haaa..haa...
Big shift in attitude has also come after implementing  Viveka and Dispassion in relationship.
when we are bonds with friends, family, volunteers. Little misunderstanding in relationship causes soo much pain. we become very excited in happiness and very depressed in conflicting times. Dispassion help me sooo much with all relationship. If grace and knowledge would not have been there i would have been shaken and shattered in Life. Behavior, speech and action transformed after being with YES!+ & knowledge. How to be sensitive and not sentimental in relationship? I learnt from the Art of living.

Viveka is just knowing, nothing is permanent. Everything is changing. Wow!!!
Now i know DISPASSION is soooo Cool and Beautiful.