Kadappan shares a very inspiring poem:
Sipping the divine
I lost the respect for the wine
For the hunch it gives lasts all time
And makes me more aware at the same time
Available wide open at no cost
But still it's very difficult to get lost
Constrictions have I made in the form of my mind
Poses restrictions to imbibe the kind
Surfing its ocean for quiet a long spell
I am yet to dive in, to find the pearl
Oh how stolid am I
To still stall on this narrow board of I
Hence without his cocktail mix
I definitely don't have any other fix!
Taken from here: http://thatwhichrules.blogspot.com/2010/12/divine-vs-wine.html
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What to give you in return?
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Labels:
Isha Yoga,
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,
spirituality,
yoga
Karen expresses her thoughts in a wonderful poem:
NEW DISCOVERIES
Did you happen to know
I'm not so pure as the driven snow.
Driven yes, but not by choice
Compulsions are the way I hoist.
Squandering gifts too precious for words
Falling from Grace, back with the masses and herds.
So why you keep playin’ that tune so sweet?
The one that makes me shiver and shake
Out from my hole like a hungry snake.
And how many times will you take my hand
So tenderly guide me through this land?
Will you forgive my ignorance and blunders yet again?
For now I see it is only You I will be in the end.
Silly questions to a Being so beyond and akin
But I must know for this new found devotion blazes within.
What to give you in return?
Only me, but first I must burn.
You can visit her blog here. http://iyogacafe.blogspot.com/
NEW DISCOVERIES
Did you happen to know
I'm not so pure as the driven snow.
Driven yes, but not by choice
Compulsions are the way I hoist.
Squandering gifts too precious for words
Falling from Grace, back with the masses and herds.
So why you keep playin’ that tune so sweet?
The one that makes me shiver and shake
Out from my hole like a hungry snake.
And how many times will you take my hand
So tenderly guide me through this land?
Will you forgive my ignorance and blunders yet again?
For now I see it is only You I will be in the end.
Silly questions to a Being so beyond and akin
But I must know for this new found devotion blazes within.
What to give you in return?
Only me, but first I must burn.
You can visit her blog here. http://iyogacafe.blogspot.com/
His journey inward
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Labels:
inner engineering,
Isha Foundation,
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,
yoga
Raj Arora shares his experience of completing the Inner Engineering Program:
"As I said before it's a journey inward..I got the tools...now on my path to Joyfulness, though miles to go."
To read the complete post, please go to: http://raj-arora.blogspot.com/2010/08/inner-engineering-journey-inward.html
"As I said before it's a journey inward..I got the tools...now on my path to Joyfulness, though miles to go."
To read the complete post, please go to: http://raj-arora.blogspot.com/2010/08/inner-engineering-journey-inward.html
Fortunate that Isha happened
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isha volunteering,
Isha Yoga,
samyama,
spirituality,
yoga
Nanyar shares his most fruitful one year with Isha.
"Its not that I got enlightened, but I was initiated into a different dimension altogether. A dimension I failed to touch with all my scholarly reading, and half-baked meditation."
Read the complete post here:
http://mind-101.blogspot.com/2011/04/one-year-with-isha-yoga-experiences-and.html
"Its not that I got enlightened, but I was initiated into a different dimension altogether. A dimension I failed to touch with all my scholarly reading, and half-baked meditation."
Read the complete post here:
http://mind-101.blogspot.com/2011/04/one-year-with-isha-yoga-experiences-and.html
Letter to a friend
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Labels:
poem,
spirituality,
yoga
A Poem from Isha Meditator, Charlotte, NC:
What is it that makes this heart beat?
What is it that makes the Sun heat?
What is it that makes the planets go around?
What is it that keeps you and me on the ground?
What is it that gave birth to the sea?
What is it that lets you and I see?
What is it that gave flight to the birds?
What is it that speaks these words?
What that is and is not, is far-out,
Damned if you and I weren’t inspired to find out.
What is it that makes this heart beat?
What is it that makes the Sun heat?
What is it that makes the planets go around?
What is it that keeps you and me on the ground?
What is it that gave birth to the sea?
What is it that lets you and I see?
What is it that gave flight to the birds?
What is it that speaks these words?
What that is and is not, is far-out,
Damned if you and I weren’t inspired to find out.
Shambhavi
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Labels:
inner engineering,
Isha Yoga,
shambhavi mahamudra,
spirituality,
yoga
Parul, an IE participant from Delhi shares his experience of Inner Engineering.
She's called that cos' she's feminine. I liked the way its sound melted in my mouth, so well, that it fills me up even just to say it.
Shambhavi, its a way of meditation. It is offered and recieved, in a particular way, in the presence of a guru. It can't, be taught and learnt like the usual kriyas, asanas and other forms of yoga or meditation.
That's what is said, and I believe it, at the time it is offered to me, while it is also offered to 1000 odd others present with me in the stadium on 19th of Dec 2010.
Believe it or not, it has you the first time you do it. People say they experience ecstasy. It fills you up with an energy, of a kind, inexplicable by ways of communicating that you already know. That's why, its called ecstasy I guess.
My first time, it sent chills down my spine, and every bit of me froze as if I was inside a freezing water body. As if I wouldn't breathe again, or breathing itself was effort. And without any emotion and lots of pain, I cried.
I cried as I havent cried before. As I don't wish to cry again. If I had let go of myself, that last one percent, I might have shocked those sitting next to me. And then when it was done, when everyone relaxed, stood up and danced, I was still crouching to myself, frozen, empty and exhausted. Tears wouldn't stop. Shivers won't give away.
Later, a teacher explained: Shambhavi is feminine in nature. Feminine, cos it yields easily. You don't need years of practice before she yields for you. She is tender that way. And I loved the way he explained it. Shambhavi, it made sense. It made sense suddenly.
That day, they made us do it again (twice ie.) ; tears yet again, shivers yet again and a long blank, followed by a yearning to be held, consoled, drift away in slumber. Never experienced a blank like that before, like I didn't know where I am, what I am here for, not even an emotion, just cold and the pain.
-Parul Tongaria (Corp HR) BHEL
She's called that cos' she's feminine. I liked the way its sound melted in my mouth, so well, that it fills me up even just to say it.
Shambhavi, its a way of meditation. It is offered and recieved, in a particular way, in the presence of a guru. It can't, be taught and learnt like the usual kriyas, asanas and other forms of yoga or meditation.
That's what is said, and I believe it, at the time it is offered to me, while it is also offered to 1000 odd others present with me in the stadium on 19th of Dec 2010.
Believe it or not, it has you the first time you do it. People say they experience ecstasy. It fills you up with an energy, of a kind, inexplicable by ways of communicating that you already know. That's why, its called ecstasy I guess.
My first time, it sent chills down my spine, and every bit of me froze as if I was inside a freezing water body. As if I wouldn't breathe again, or breathing itself was effort. And without any emotion and lots of pain, I cried.
I cried as I havent cried before. As I don't wish to cry again. If I had let go of myself, that last one percent, I might have shocked those sitting next to me. And then when it was done, when everyone relaxed, stood up and danced, I was still crouching to myself, frozen, empty and exhausted. Tears wouldn't stop. Shivers won't give away.
Later, a teacher explained: Shambhavi is feminine in nature. Feminine, cos it yields easily. You don't need years of practice before she yields for you. She is tender that way. And I loved the way he explained it. Shambhavi, it made sense. It made sense suddenly.
That day, they made us do it again (twice ie.) ; tears yet again, shivers yet again and a long blank, followed by a yearning to be held, consoled, drift away in slumber. Never experienced a blank like that before, like I didn't know where I am, what I am here for, not even an emotion, just cold and the pain.
-Parul Tongaria (Corp HR) BHEL
Notre premier poste français
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Labels:
meditation,
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,
spirituality,
yoga
Dev shares a poem on Sadhguru
"Sadhguru, mon dieu,
Votre présence est suiffit,
Je dis mille fois et plus,
Vous êtes seule parmi"
Read the complete poem and more articles here: http://devsurabheeyaduvanshi.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/sadhguru/
"Sadhguru, mon dieu,
Votre présence est suiffit,
Je dis mille fois et plus,
Vous êtes seule parmi"
Read the complete poem and more articles here: http://devsurabheeyaduvanshi.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/sadhguru/
Watching the air in the water...
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Labels:
esoteric,
meditation,
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,
samyama,
spirituality,
yoga
'Soul' shares in delirious banter the impact of Samyama:
"To able to experience this in water, my place of fear, my place of no control, that jus show how much my inner engineering has changed my Being.
So much laughter that tears of gratitude came. Thank you, Father."
Read the full article here: http://sufferingisblessing.blogspot.com/2010/04/samyama-definitely-got-something-5.html
"To able to experience this in water, my place of fear, my place of no control, that jus show how much my inner engineering has changed my Being.
So much laughter that tears of gratitude came. Thank you, Father."
Read the full article here: http://sufferingisblessing.blogspot.com/2010/04/samyama-definitely-got-something-5.html
Hooked!
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Labels:
Inner Engineering Program,
meditation,
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,
spirituality,
us,
yoga
A 'village guy' shares his experience of the Inner Engineering program:
"The first day, after the intro, I got hooked actually liked sitting in the class."
Read the post here: http://varakalpet.com/?p=108
"The first day, after the intro, I got hooked actually liked sitting in the class."
Read the post here: http://varakalpet.com/?p=108
The Other Side
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Labels:
Bhava Spandana,
isha yoga center ashram,
mahima,
meditation,
spirituality,
united states,
yoga
Eleanor shares her experience of Bhava Spandana program:
"By the end, I never wanted to leave. When it was time to go home, I bid farewell to my dear, new friends and started thinking about what was next for me in the world of yoga. All in all, it was an unusual, wonderful and worthwhile experience.."
Read the complete article here: http://itsnotacult.com/bhava-spandana-program/
"By the end, I never wanted to leave. When it was time to go home, I bid farewell to my dear, new friends and started thinking about what was next for me in the world of yoga. All in all, it was an unusual, wonderful and worthwhile experience.."
Read the complete article here: http://itsnotacult.com/bhava-spandana-program/
The incredible fortune
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Labels:
inner engineering,
meditation,
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,
spirituality,
yoga
Shibani shares her experience of Isha Yoga:
"No longer am I a part of it... I was for so long, and it seemed endless... So fortunate am I, that life is becoming more and more effortless... So deeply grateful am I, that I am being taught to move beyond it all..."
Read the full article here: http://shibanimanchanda.blogspot.com/2010/04/incredible-transformation.html
"No longer am I a part of it... I was for so long, and it seemed endless... So fortunate am I, that life is becoming more and more effortless... So deeply grateful am I, that I am being taught to move beyond it all..."
Read the full article here: http://shibanimanchanda.blogspot.com/2010/04/incredible-transformation.html
Blooming and Blossoming like flowers around!
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Labels:
isha home school,
isha volunteering,
spirituality,
yoga
Samia Khoreiche shares her experience of teaching in the Isha Home School:
"All I could think of during my first term of volunteering was, “How happy those children are!” Their smiling faces and their twinkling eyes drew me closer to them and I couldn’t think of a more worthwhile place on earth where I would want to be"
Read the full article here: http://ishahomeschool.org/blog/my-experience-at-isha-home-school
"All I could think of during my first term of volunteering was, “How happy those children are!” Their smiling faces and their twinkling eyes drew me closer to them and I couldn’t think of a more worthwhile place on earth where I would want to be"
Read the full article here: http://ishahomeschool.org/blog/my-experience-at-isha-home-school
Walking trees in the 'shram..
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Labels:
isha home school,
isha yoga center ashram,
spirituality,
yoga
Home School students musing about the 'walking trees' in the ashram:
"From an adult to a child, whoever looked at the trees on the move, a smile escaped their lips."
Read the full article here: http://ishahomeschool.org/blog/the-walking-trees
"From an adult to a child, whoever looked at the trees on the move, a smile escaped their lips."
Read the full article here: http://ishahomeschool.org/blog/the-walking-trees
On String theory, quantum mechanics and Patanjali
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Labels:
isha yoga center ashram,
meditation,
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,
spirituality,
teachers training,
yoga
Ravindra watches in bemused amazement as Sadhguru chats with NSF people about fundamental physics..
"Now I am all ears, I had never seen sadhguru speak about fundamental physics like quantum mechanics and theoretical physics so deeply. Now sadhguru goes deep into this and starts explaining how certain aspects of string theory are flawed and the man agrees..!! I am totally at shock...Well my imagination ran wild and I started imagining what would be the effect if Warren buffet or Bill gates became realized people?"
Read the full article here as shared by Ravindra in his facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/notes/ravindra-kempaiah/what-am-i-doing-with-my-life/386577009867
"Now I am all ears, I had never seen sadhguru speak about fundamental physics like quantum mechanics and theoretical physics so deeply. Now sadhguru goes deep into this and starts explaining how certain aspects of string theory are flawed and the man agrees..!! I am totally at shock...Well my imagination ran wild and I started imagining what would be the effect if Warren buffet or Bill gates became realized people?"
Read the full article here as shared by Ravindra in his facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/notes/ravindra-kempaiah/what-am-i-doing-with-my-life/386577009867
Inner Engineering in the 'Real World'
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Labels:
inner engineering,
isha yoga teacher,
meditation,
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,
spirituality,
yoga
Manoj of The Chennai Business School shares his experience of being introduced to Inner Engineering:
"All his words are of utmost clarity. He was right in saying “be human first”- forgetting humanity, divinity is just farce. No two humans have the same capability, if you function to your full potential you are a fortunate being and would always be blissful, and inner engineering is a starting point to realise your full potential. Mr. Ravi Venkatesh asks in the video, “If you are unable to manage yourself, how could you be a manager managing others?” This made all us future managers to think."
Read the full artcile here: http://chennaibusinessschool.blogspot.com/2010/04/enhancing-our-spiritual-quotient.html
"All his words are of utmost clarity. He was right in saying “be human first”- forgetting humanity, divinity is just farce. No two humans have the same capability, if you function to your full potential you are a fortunate being and would always be blissful, and inner engineering is a starting point to realise your full potential. Mr. Ravi Venkatesh asks in the video, “If you are unable to manage yourself, how could you be a manager managing others?” This made all us future managers to think."
Read the full artcile here: http://chennaibusinessschool.blogspot.com/2010/04/enhancing-our-spiritual-quotient.html
Eleanor on the IE Train....
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Labels:
inner engineering,
isha yoga teacher,
meditation,
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,
shambhavi mahamudra,
spirituality,
united states,
yoga
Eleanor shares her Inner Engineering experience:
"It was all a little strange to me at the time, but after hearing him speak and reading the book, I found him to be funny and endearing, and everything he said made a lot of sense."
Read the complete article here: http://itsnotacult.com/inner-engineering/
"It was all a little strange to me at the time, but after hearing him speak and reading the book, I found him to be funny and endearing, and everything he said made a lot of sense."
Read the complete article here: http://itsnotacult.com/inner-engineering/
What she REALLY wants...
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Labels:
isha volunteering,
isha yoga center ashram,
meditation,
spirituality,
yoga
Srividhya muses about what she really cares about and what she really wants to do:
"How I long to be in that pure atmosphere, where everything is done out of love and offering.It is where I truly understood and experienced love, which is so different from the context it is used in the society today."
Read the full article here: http://decembertrance.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/what-i-really-want/
"How I long to be in that pure atmosphere, where everything is done out of love and offering.It is where I truly understood and experienced love, which is so different from the context it is used in the society today."
Read the full article here: http://decembertrance.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/what-i-really-want/
Crescendo in the hills of Tennessee
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Labels:
Bhava Spandana,
mahima,
meditation,
spirituality,
us,
yoga
Desh shares his experience of Bhava Spandana Program:
"The flowering of the beyond, however, creates a perfume that invades every corner of your being and the existence, where nothing seems any different. You start feeling the pain of even a small grain or a leaf. Sunlight becomes part of you. You become the wind that blows."
Read the full article here: http://drishtikone.com/blog/one-spiritual-step-death-self-hills-tennessee
"The flowering of the beyond, however, creates a perfume that invades every corner of your being and the existence, where nothing seems any different. You start feeling the pain of even a small grain or a leaf. Sunlight becomes part of you. You become the wind that blows."
Read the full article here: http://drishtikone.com/blog/one-spiritual-step-death-self-hills-tennessee
Innocent Joy in the Fifth Estate
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Labels:
isha home school,
isha yoga center ashram,
spirituality,
yoga
It is with mixed feeling that we would like to share on what can only be termed as inevitable..The Isha Home School Blog! While we have been scouting the Internet for Isha Bloggers, an oasis of innocent exuberance has been blooming. The Isha Home School Blog has articles written by both the teachers and the students.
Starting off, here is a haunting poem from..hold your breath..a junior student from IHS.
"The cool breeze made me wish I were back on the tree snuggling with all my friends, but I had to leave them"
Read the full article here: http://ishahomeschool.org/blog/i-am-a-leaf
Starting off, here is a haunting poem from..hold your breath..a junior student from IHS.
"The cool breeze made me wish I were back on the tree snuggling with all my friends, but I had to leave them"
Read the full article here: http://ishahomeschool.org/blog/i-am-a-leaf
Anachronisms Galore!
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Labels:
meditation,
project green hands,
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,
spirituality,
yoga
Jonathan Daniel Harris of the Huffington Post shares about his interview with Sadhguru:
"Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is a powerful character -- but wholly unintimidating. He frequently cracks jokes upon meeting a new group of people and his BlackBerry seems quite anachronistic given his appearance."
Read the entire article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/14/national-volunteer-month_n_538108.html
P.S: It is heartening to see Project Green Hands featured in the home page of the Huffington Post!
"Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is a powerful character -- but wholly unintimidating. He frequently cracks jokes upon meeting a new group of people and his BlackBerry seems quite anachronistic given his appearance."
Read the entire article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/14/national-volunteer-month_n_538108.html
P.S: It is heartening to see Project Green Hands featured in the home page of the Huffington Post!
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