Happy Guru Poornima... !!!

गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्‍वरः ।
गुरु साक्षात्‌ परब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरुवे नमः ॥

Guru Poornima is the day to pay our deep gratitude to all the great Gurus who have happened on planet Earth. The Guru is the one who dispels the darkness of ignorance and infuses the light of awareness into our lives.

Today, when I look back I realized How Blissful the Life is because of my Guru, Sri Sri Ravishankarji... I remember the day I met him 1st time at Rishikesh during my 1st ever advanced course.. life has been giving me something new all the time.. I couldn't have asked for more..

There are some people who show me the path, hold my hand towards the journey and I cant think about anything else but gratitude for the love they have showered on me..

• Vandana Didi & Venkie, My part one course teachers..
• Rajesh Trivedi, A dear Friend who is a Part 1 Teacher..
• Vishwas Bhaiya, My 1st DSN Teacher..
• Rishi Vidhyadharji, My 1st Advanced Course Teacher..
• Rohini Didi, My TTC Teacher who took care of us like a Mother...

& Yes, Those who contributed to my Academics..

• Atul Sir, who has the credit to teaching me complete syllabus of T.Y. in 14 days flat..
• Vakil Sir who taught me lessons of not just stenography but Life as well..

गुरुकृपा हि केवलं शिष्यपरममंङ्गलम् ।

Only by the grace of the Guru can the disciple attain his ultimate benefaction, that is spiritual progress.

Jai Gurudev..!!!

I Love Rain.....

આકળવિકળ આંખકાન વરસાદ ભીંજવે

હાલકડોલક ભાનસાન વરસાદ ભીંજવે

ચોમાસું નભ વચ્ચે લથબથ સોળ કળાએ ઉગ્યું રે વરસાદ ભીંજવે

અજવાળું ઝોકાર લોહીની પાંગત સુધી પૂગ્યું રે વરસાદ ભીંજવે

નહીં છાલક, નહીં છાંટા રે વરસાદ ભીંજવે

દરિયા ઉભા ફાટ્યા રે વરસાદ ભીંજવે

ઘરમાંથી તોતિંગ ઓરડા ફાળ મારતા છૂટ્યા રે વરસાદ ભીંજવે

ધૂળ લવકતા રસ્તા ખળખળ વળાંક ખાતા ખૂટ્યા રે વરસાદ ભીંજવે

પગના અંતરિયાળપણાને ફળિયામાં ધક્કેલો રે વરસાદ ભીંજવે

નેવાં નીચે ભડભડ બળતો જીવ પલળવા મેલો રે વરસાદ ભીંજવે

બંધ હોઠમાં સોળ વરસની કન્યા આળસ મરડે રે વરસાદ ભીંજવે

લીલોધમ્મર નાગ જીવને અનરાધારે કરડે રે વરસાદ ભીંજવે

અહીં આપણે બે અને વરસાદ ભીંજવે

મને ભીંજવે તું તને વરસાદ ભીંજવે

A Note of Thanks :-)

Someone truly said, "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

If comfort, strength and inspiration come from heaven, then this friend of mine is an Angel....


I met him at my 1st ever job at Essar Steel, Surat. I was like a kid for whom this was a 1st encounter with the real world. Away from home, this was a friend, always there for me !!!

Our destinies were different and so were our worlds. He got settled at USA. But he was always there to listen to me, irrespective of how dumb I sounded :-) (I realize it now ;-)

It was this friend who sent me for my 1st Part 1 course when I was going thru a rough phase of my life. He paid my fees and sent me there.. An amazing journey started which is never going to end..

Today, when I became an Art of Living Teacher, I want to Thank Him, who sent me for my 1st AOL course. Of course, this story is a part of my all Part 1 courses now..

Thank You Dear, I am here because of You. I found a Guru, because of You. This has been an Amazing Journey...

You made me Laugh, when I felt I would Cry,
You made me Live, when I wished to Die..

Thanks for being there for me...

Jai Gurudev