tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68818253666516628742024-03-05T19:02:05.324+05:30Gaata Rahe Mera Dil !!Tu hi meri manzil !Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-5299291173958568992011-01-12T12:44:00.003+05:302011-01-12T13:22:29.224+05:30The Immortal U....<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">This was my third consecutive year-end when I have not been on YES!+ Winter Break. A night before we were to leave for winter break on 24th december two years ago, one phone call changed the course of my life. That is a seperate story which would come up on the blog in time, or as a book by this year end released at Winter Break 2011 if the story finds an end. For now, I talk about the year end that just passed by. With no winter-break at the ashram for me, the next best option was the 2.5 days teacher's advance course happening at Vanasthali in Punjab. I had my seat reserved by sending an sms to Raman Agarwal,STC for Punjab. The course was scheduled to begin on 29th Dec and was to be conducted by Sejal. The dates later were shifted to 26th for reasons unknown to me at that time. I was fine with both the dates so it didnt matter much that the dates were changed suddenly.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Vanathali is near Ludhiana on Khanna road. By the time I reached the place it was 730 in the night and the satsang had begun. We were a batch of 22 teachers on the course. Our course teacher Tanuja arrived a few minutes later and joined us at the satsang. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After the satsang we went back, had our dinner and checked into our rooms. The course was to begin with a yoga session at 7 am next morning.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Done with the talking processes, our silence began with a hollow-empty meditation before lunch. The second night at the place was in total silence other than the satsang singing in the night. The third and final night though in silence had the bonn-fire planned !! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">By the evening we started gathering broken dry branches as well as wood. We had the pyre ready for satsang. Some local volunteers from Khanna, Mandi Gobindgarh and Nabha joined us in the celebration. In the middle of the satsang Prayag who was in the area teaching courses arrived too. With the fire full-on, gachchak and revadis distributed abundantly we were all lost in the ecstasy of the evening - dancing and singing. Towards the end Tanu maa began with a 'Jai Jai Jai Jai ....." bhajan. Prayag and I joined in leading it along with Tanu maa. This was the last bhajan before we moved in the hall to watch the knowledge video.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Prayag joined us for the session. He was now Swami Prayag. Since the silence was still on, there was no talking that we did other than a smiling glance we shared as we sat next to each other at the back of the hall.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">As the talk got over, I was the first one to walk out of the hall. For some reason there was no light in the passage from the hall to the exit door. As I reached the door, I just turned back to look at Prayag walking out. He shined in his all white attire and his presence ans gait reminded me of Guruji at that moment. He walked free. He has always had a jumpy cheerful walk.This time it was silent....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The next morning on 29th Dec, meditation session began with usual yoga session followed by breakfast and then the final session of the day. After a hollow-empty, we came out of the silence speaking the first words that came to our minds. Tanuja ma said she has to leave urgently and that we all shall chant 'Om nama shivaya' for 15 minutes. While others closed their eyes and started with the chant, I sensed something different. I walked up to her who stood in the passage next to Saurav, the volunteer from Amritsar who was assisting on the course. He said, "Prayag is no more".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">It took a minute for the thing to sink in. Tanu ma was leaving for Nabha immediately where Prayag's mortal remains were. What was to be done with the advance course participants. Tanu ma told me to reveal the news to the advance course. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">As I got the teachers out of the chanting, I shared the news with them all. On person asked , "How?". I had no response to this question. I did not even want to know at that time "How". It sounded irrelevant. He was no more. He was NO MORE. How did it matter how.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">We drove in cars to Nabha. As I walked in I saw his body covered till the face lying in the hall. My naval felt a pinch inwards, a momentary pain of immense loss as i joined everyone chanting Om Nama Shivaya.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I had no courage to see his face. Only when a few more people came in and they wanted to see his face did I also opt to see it. That one moment was a sight which is imprinted in my mind like engraving on stone. He didn't at all look like he was not alive. His face looked like that of a 15 year young boy in deep meditation. The glow and freshness on his face was seemed like a super-natural phenomena. His hair falling back from the head made the face even more clear. I had seen so many dead ones, this is the first time I felt someone is not dead. This is the first time I saw a face which looked like it was in deep meditation. This is the first time I felt death was nothing more than changing clothes. This is the first time there was no sadness but total emptiness. This is the first time death became so unpredictable, so real and life unreal...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">--------------------------------**************--------------------------------------</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">As I was writing it I was reliving the moment. I am blank again. I need a break. Will finish writing about the funeral in the next one...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Jai Gurudev...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">love</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Ramnik</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div>Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-749532845919935342010-11-14T12:28:00.003+05:302010-11-14T15:52:43.686+05:30Happeningz on 9-Nov. The DAY!!<link href="file://localhost/Users/ramnikbansal/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">When krishna was on the planet the gopis and Gopas were the luckiest ones to have spend most precious time with HIM in utter devotion ! Unexpected and unusual incidents were a common routine in the lives of these heart-stolen devotees. Sri Sri's Punjab visit is full of such beautiful moments that relive the lives of such devotees completely drenched in love.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Chandigarh had the hoardings inviting the whole city to an evening of joy and blessings in His Holiness Sri Sri's presence about 9 days before the scheduled 9-november visit. The whole city woke up to a most pleasing and unusual sight of Guruji's pictures at every roundabout, a first ever for the city! YES!+ youngsters who were handling the publicity for Gurujis visit went shop to shop and house to house warmly inviting every citizen to the historic event to be. Yet another unusual happening for the city !</div><div class="MsoNormal">Various permissions for the event got approved in a totally unexpected manner making the event organising a soothing breeze.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
Finally the Day arrived when God reached the city beautiful - 9 Nov 2010 !!</div><div class="MsoNormal">The evening mahasatsang was kept at Kalagram, largest possible venue keeping in mind parking requirements and location. All roads leading to single venue managed to get even Guruji stuck in traffic jam !! Wanting not to miss even a moment of the Guru the spaced out devotees parked their cars wherever they found land ! While a 50000 strong crowd blissfully sat mesmerised in the satsang, about 3500 vehicles got challaned for parking. The traffic policeman needed a massage to his hands from making all those challans. He must have been instructed by someone at senior level to create unwanted chaos in this divine event. But to the utter failure of this slimy plan the devotees were least perturbed choosing to let the challans be cut rather than missing a minute of the divine moments with Guruji !</div><div class="MsoNormal">The devotion- berserk uncontrollable crowd threw away professional bodyguards who looked like solid walls,flat on the ground beating dust near stage in their craziness to get closer to the master !! Finally the these guys found a real use to their profession leaving in them huge scope for improvement!</div><div class="MsoNormal">Many dropped and lost their mobiles disconnecting themselves from the maddening world in their quest for the Highest possible connection of their life with the Guru of joy ! At a sastang in a devotee's house, a old uncle ended up sitting in a child’s lap while he plonked into the sofa ecstatically looking at Guruji and not at his landing place. Many anties forgot their husbands running after Guruji while the uncles went confused searching their wives. Devotees forming a chain to protect Guruji were hand held by Guruji Himself to safe them from falling. Who is protecting whom ! The night satsang and volunteer teachers meeting with Guruji saw people pressing into the people infront leaving no breathing space only bhakti space ! Guruji jumped over the wall to dash into his car as the exit was blocked with devotees.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Since Guruji was state guest, the police jeep was provided by administration to escort His vehicle. The escort vehicle was often left away from His car by the speeding devotee cars that managed to escort Guruji's car !!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Amidst all divine chaos, Guruji was at his most compassionate and sensitive best , as always, taking care of every heart, body and soul ! At MCM DAV He was escorted by a bodyguard from chandigarh police. At the venue, the guest of honor seats next to Guruji were still vacant. A senior teacher of Art of Living was summoned to occupy that seat. Guruji asked the senior teacher to sit on his designated seat and instead offered the standing security guard to sit next to Him.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">One YES!+ boy had his whole car covered with Gurujis visit stickers. On being caught by the traffic police, the beaming boy gifted entry passes to the traffic police man who was left with no choice but to beam back and wave a go ahead to the boy.</div><div class="MsoNormal">For those eight hours the city had been transformed into a fully charged light house, glowing with divine energy!! O what a day it was !!!<br />
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luv<br />
JaiGurudeva!!!<br />
Ramnik<br />
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</div>Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-86823186671389736232010-10-27T08:15:00.003+05:302010-10-27T13:41:01.672+05:30Guruji Visits Chandigarh !!!!! SEVA ActivitiesJai Gurudeva !!!!<br />
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Ofcourse you know that Guruji visits Chandigarh on 9th November !!!!!!!!<br />
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All seva team details are below. But today we need to put up visit-posters in shops, distribute event passes and send people for YES!+ begining today. Read details below.<br />
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As of today we have following seva teams:<br />
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<b>1. Event Publicity (Mainly Outdoor)</b><br />
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<b>2. Event Funds Collection</b><br />
<b> a) Direct Donation to the organisation for the event</b><br />
<b> b) Sponsorships for different publicity material</b><br />
<b> c) advertisement in Souvenir Magazine being printed for this Historic visit of Guruji.</b><br />
<b>3. Venue</b><br />
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<b>4. YES!+ and Other Art of Living Courses</b><br />
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DETAILS<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>---------------------------------------------------</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>1. EVENT PUBLICITY (Mainly Outdoor)</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b> </b>As of now this includes all kind of publicity that you see outdoors in the form of banners, posters, fliers, passes, stickers, etc. The activities include</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> a) <b><i>Designing & developing the Print material</i></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Skills Required: Artistic Sense for Design, Photoshop/CorelDraw for Development, Grasp on readibility of fonts.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> b) <b><i>Printing the material at the printing press</i></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Seva activity: Taking the softcopy of the print material to printer ( main is in sector 38), Getting the material print job started. Collecting the material from the press. The process for stuff like stickers and posters can be more complicated. Getting it back to Distribution Centre from where the material is distributed to the seva team</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> c) <b><i>Distributing the material to seva team</i></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b> As the name suggests this involves distributing the print material to all who want to display or distribute it further. Anuj who is handling this seva at 276/Second floor, sector 15A, Chandigarh can be contacted at 9023815820 / 9779133305</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> d) <b><i>Putting the banners in different locations</i></b> in Chandigarh, panchkula, mohali. Already about 300 banners sized 5 feet * 3 feet have been put up at different temples and other locations in tricity. If you have more locations where lot of people can see them we can get you more of the 5*3 banners printed.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> e) <b><i>Distributing passes </i></b>to your friends/neighbours/collegues/ and everyone you would like to :-). please collect as many passes as you need from Anuj.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> f) Putting up Car/scooter stickers. They will be ready. When they are ready it will be updated here. Already we have some posters which can also be put up in the cars.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> g) <b><i>Putting the posters in shops in your sectors.</i></b> Now this activity needs to be done on a big scale. Please collect these posters from anuj again.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>2. FUNDS COLLECTION </b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>-------------------------------------</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">As all of us are aware, an event of this scale requires huge funds. As of now our devotees have pitched in with contributions with which our publicity material is getting ready. We are generating these funds in four ways predominantly.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> 1. <b>Direct donations by devotees: </b>Any amount of contribution big or small is welcome from you. Please contact Nirmalji our finance facilitator for chandigarh 9988535582 for this. All donations are collected with a reciept issued to you against those donations. As far as I know all donations are through cheque only. I would urge all of you to make a contribution, even if it is small. Boond boond se ghat bharta hei.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> 2. <b><i>Souvenir Advertisements by devotees / business people</i></b>. Again another way is that we are printing a classy souvenir that will be distributed to Who's Who is chandigarh and punjab. For all details contact Pranav at 9357511252. Again I would urge you all to get atleast one souvenir ad for the event.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b> 3. <i>Sponsorships for event by big business houses: </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">This means logos of the sponsors on our publicity material. This is handled by many people but you can get in touch with Sanjay ji at 9876499777 if you have any contacts who would be ready to sponsor.<br />
</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i> <b>4. Complementary Goods and services: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Some of you can give us stuff complimentary as you are in that business. Like someone gave us the passes printed complimentary. Again contact the respective teams for what you can contribute.</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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Our venue is Kalagram on panchkula chandigarh road for Gurujis event. Contact person will be updated.<br />
This activity will require work towards the end.<br />
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<b>4. YES!+ and Other courses</b><br />
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We have a YES!+ starting today 27th october at C.C.E.T , sector 26, Chandigarh for everyone in tricity. I would be teaching it. This might be the last one before Guruji's visit. So get as many youth as you can to experience it before Guruji's visit. Contact Dr. Nishi at 9872669032 or Dr. Meenakshi at 9815617939.<br />
You may also contact YES!+ Team numbers 8146959595, 9915770555. btw we also have a GCG-11 exclusive YES!+ starting today for the GCG hostelers. Contact the same team for this course also.<br />
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For all other courses please contact our Art of Living centre number 0172-2727272. Would update more numbers later but this is the easiest to remember and so was handy in my memory.<br />
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Have a Great Time doing Seva !!!<br />
Love<br />
Jai Gurudeva!<br />
RamnikRamnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-26394925621229557032010-09-11T12:00:00.001+05:302010-09-11T16:48:57.623+05:30Illayaraja - How to name it. Music I loved & would keep listening toJai Gurudeva!<br />
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As I was updating my FB profile, the question 'music you like' reminded me of my most listened piece of music ever. It is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilaiyaraaja">Illayaraja</a>'s 'How to name it', immortal violin music, I would listen to it in the liby or my room on my walkman. Those of you in the ipod generation who dont know what a walkman is, it used to be the latest music gadget that allowed you to listen to music while walking!! The mode of music storage was audio tapes called cassettes! I dont know who gave it to me first or where did I listen to first time. I think it was Myla.<br />
I ended up searching on the net for the link, have downloaded it and now its playing on my Mac !!!<br />
Music has strong memories. I am pulled back to 153/H5 IITB days !!!. My room had a beautiful tree outside the window. Study time meant Illayaraja 'How to name it'!!<br />
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Here is one of the songs from 'How to name it' form youtube.<br />
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luv<br />
Jai Gurudeva!<br />
Ramnik<br />
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luv<br />
Jai Gurudeva!<br />
RamnikRamnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-31569426331152826262010-05-04T16:36:00.003+05:302010-08-13T13:44:03.305+05:30Back to blogging<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJA3QOakvBwYQeUmYRf-pAsB9-eyZcVkOP8bFYKcmaQin_0ETWMK8Sxf4u44kMaBFDxE7HNg6YrzOKqhCg3RcYp5iNKlBMLpnI13XOHv6938WDEjqVnioOjKs47SuIPmsCPnSNKhhvMLMd/s1600/2birdsChimney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJA3QOakvBwYQeUmYRf-pAsB9-eyZcVkOP8bFYKcmaQin_0ETWMK8Sxf4u44kMaBFDxE7HNg6YrzOKqhCg3RcYp5iNKlBMLpnI13XOHv6938WDEjqVnioOjKs47SuIPmsCPnSNKhhvMLMd/s1600/2birdsChimney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSZ04cfRWksTvwlZGvudOsgy5scnoVXmaCYZEg91-o-wjkjCGe2MBu3KJ89IDdLjqhFY2STVYRbtjN0blO8jU6pduUd5fMXNmEYvuvwMGG-51kleMYJFGnGRU4xGw8RocRcXisB_E2VwT/s1600/moonblackwhite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSZ04cfRWksTvwlZGvudOsgy5scnoVXmaCYZEg91-o-wjkjCGe2MBu3KJ89IDdLjqhFY2STVYRbtjN0blO8jU6pduUd5fMXNmEYvuvwMGG-51kleMYJFGnGRU4xGw8RocRcXisB_E2VwT/s320/moonblackwhite.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Its been almost 1.5 years since I have done any regular blogging other than a few posts here and there. Starting off once again. Lets me see if I can sustain it this time:) 2009 was the most testing year in my life so far. I guess the only one, life had been on a roll otherwise. I lived a different life in this one year. It was longer than a lifetime. But it has left me rock solid strong. And ofcourse has given me a deeper understanding of life and everything.<br />
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I am living in Chandigarh most of the time. 276/II,Sector-15A. A very pretty site from the vehra (terrace). Infact a terrace is the best part of a house. You get to be with the open sky, which brings an amazing kind of vastness in the consciousness. The back of the house has a ground big enough to play cricket with fielding placed on all sides and the mango tree acting as the stumps in the centre!<br />
Behind the ground is DAV school which adds to the fresh site of school children running around raising dust in their playground bordered by Ashoka trees! And further into the distant horizon is visible the Shivalik mountain range, kasauli hills more precisely. Orange sun rising from behind the trees, birds flocking in all directions, fighter jets creating a straight daunting white trail in morning sky is a daily delight. No other city in the plains can get you this close to nature, none that I know of atleast. Many a times I sleep on the terrace under the night sky! SaptRishi and other constellations winking at you on a clear night. I miss the trees that were in the front of the house though. City MC got them cut off for road widening. I managed to get the media on the spot, involved other NGOs, created enough noise to have them stop it for the rest of the sector until a proper enquiry is done. But my trees are gone. Neighbours wanted them cut to avoid cleaning their homes of the tree-dirt and to comfortably park their cars:( The house had become unlivable after the trees were axed. Temperature shot up by atleast 5 degrees, and rooms lost all their coolness. Now just curtains and closed doors save the rooms from the harsh afternoons. The natural ecosystem has now adjusted to the sudden loss of two huge trees. For atleast a few days after the cutting all the birds had also vanished. Homeless birds and squirrels must have shifted to the nearby trees as they are visible again:) We need more stringent policies about tree cutting and road widening.Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-48152310475293379122009-09-19T12:14:00.006+05:302010-08-13T13:46:02.954+05:30Navratris in Chandigarh !!Navratris, The nine nights and days belong to mother divine. The whole time since infinity and till infinity belongs to mother divine. But navratris are considered ( and ARE) the most auspicious and powerful time of the year. Its the time for meditation, seva, silence and celebration.<br />
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Every year since more than maybe 25 years the navratri poojas are being organised at bangalore ashram. This is the time Guruji goes into silence every year. Environment becomes charged with divine energy.<br />
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I have been lucky enough to be able to sit through the navrati poojas in the ashram every year since last 10 years. This is the first time I am away from the ashram during navratis but again lucky to be able to sit through the poojas!!<br />
Navratris poojas are being conducted the ashram way in our own city chandigarh !! First time ever!!<br />
For details on the schedule check out www.navratrichandigarh2009.com .<br />
Swami Swatantratanand ji will be present during the poojas conducted by veda boys and priests from our ashram in banglore! We have lalita sahsranama, rudra pooja chantings and satsang daily from at 5:45pm, 6:15pm and 8pm respectively.<br />
The yagyas begin from 24 sep with Ganesh puja , anugya puja, Sri Maha ganpathi homa, sri navagraha homa, vastushanti homa all on 24th Sept from 8:30 in the morning!!<br />
25th sep is Maha rudra homa and maha sudarshan homa<br />
26th sep, the 8th day is Sri Nava chandi homa , the most powerful homa of the navratris!<br />
27th sep is saraswati pooja. Attend it to get good marks in exams :-)<br />
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Ok now take out time from your busy lives and sit in the poojas!<br />
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Take a few leaves from office or college!<br />
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we have a dancing rocking satsang every night ! Come swing along!<br />
And one more thing. every day Swami Swatantratanand is conducting Bhagwat Katha ( 7:30 pm to 9 pm). He is the BEST in the world when it come to bhagwat katha!!!<br />
and ofcourse invite friends, family members , neighbours, and foes for the event!!<br />
O yes the venue is Sikhya School in Sector 46 of chandigarh.<br />
if you come from another city and want to stay back for poojas we can work out some arrangements!<br />
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Jai Gurudeva!<br />
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Ramnik<br />
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Ps: Visit www.navratrichandigarh2009.com for more detailsRamnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-77706376543952521072008-09-02T11:30:00.000+05:302008-09-02T11:58:27.838+05:30YES!+ in Chandigarh from 10 Sep ! The last at current fee !<div style="text-align: justify;">Dear All,</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jai Gurudeva!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After the grand success of the last course, volunteers are again totally charged up, working for the next course! This course again is constrained by the venue size. The venue will accomodate no more than 200 people. You dont want to miss out on your friends or enemies doing this course! Do your bit once again. Earn seva points. You know anytime you get someone to do the course you have opened up a pipeline of good karma accumulated thru royalty earned everytime that person does Sudarshan kriya, goes for advance course, applies knowledge point or if you are supper lucky, he/she becomes an Art of Living teacher! You have no idea who will end up going how far! So send people for the course. No excuse is good enough for anyone to miss or postpone the course. Everything else one is doing on the planet is so very temporary. What you do and get on the course is not only for this lifetime, but all the lifetimes to come. You have to have this firm conviction about this extremely precious knowledge! So go out and make people lucky! 7 days of the course fulfills the individual's purpose for being on the planet as a human being this lifetime. And we never know who is going to last how long. ( No one comes fitted with Amaron batteries. And even they die out :-)) !</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">contact smriti 9876577183/ Mehak 9815491475 for registrations!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With increases in hall rents and other costs, the course fee for YES!+ courses increases to Rs 3000 all over the country after navratris. People will be able to register at Rs 2000 , 2 weeks prior to the course date. Rs 1500 will be gone. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Course dates: 10-16 Sep, 2008</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Timings: 5 pm to 9:30 pm everday. Sunday Full day. 9 am to 9 pm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Venue: Saint Kabir School, Sector 26, Chandigarh (To be confirmed).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Registrations on the last 2 days i.e. 9/10 Sep will be strictly at Rs 2500. So all the volunteers if you are holding any registrations please submit them with the Registrations collections co-ordinator for this course i.e. Smriti. We want to use the last 2 days working on the venue and all arrangements for the participants getting the best experience rather than running around collecting registrations. Registrations on the spot will be taken at Rs 6000 only as per YES!+ guidelines. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Love</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jaigurudeva!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ramnik</div>Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-85891841369222755712008-09-02T10:16:00.002+05:302008-09-02T11:26:54.026+05:30YES!+ DSN in Chandigarh !!<div style="text-align: justify;">So you should all be ready to begin the new year after diwali with a BIG blast of YES!+ DSN in Chandigarh! The course starts on 31st Oct and ends on 3 Nov. Now, only a 108 super lucky YES!+ graduates will get to do this course. First 54 people to register will not be interviewed. By the time you read this, you might have a very slight chance to be in first 54 if you are lucky. Last night we made a list of 43 volunteers who have not yet done DSN. The remaining will be selected after an interview. Recommendations by teachers/YES!+ volunteers, seva activities involved in, number of advance courses done, number of people enrolled for the YES!+ courses will be some of the criteria for selection. But don't rule out your possibility of getting selected even if you have just finished your YES!+ and are totally new to Art of Living and WAYE. You commitment to your personal sadhana ( sudarshan kriya), future commitment to taking responsibility for social transformation, your personal growth and involvement in YES!+ activities can also get you in. Those of you who are even faintly interested in becoming YES!+ teachers should put in all their best to get selected! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And what a DSN does to you, if you dont know find out for yourself. You might be interviewed on this! And who will be teaching the DSN, again find out for yourself! All I can say is you will want to do it at any cost!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">People who have already done the DSN and want to do it again will have to register with full course fee and undergo the interview to get selected. Your interview will be conducted only after you have completed registration formalities.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Registerations on first come first served basis only till seats last. so register now. no last minute cry babies wanting to get in will be entertained! You can call/sms 9914293433 to register. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Love</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jai Gururudeva!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ramnik</div>Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-80296468528027851762008-08-30T21:19:00.001+05:302008-08-30T23:43:30.363+05:30More about the Thapar course<div style="text-align: justify;">A vast majority of the students on the course were 1st year freshers! Also there were 8 students from Government Medical College and a few from other colleges. GMC students will now be pioneering YES!+ organising at their college. This would spread to other medical colleges in the state as well. This course was the first time that Thapar volunteers had a venue outside the campus. And the venue was split into two halls and two corridors for 200 people. During surya namaskars and sudarshan kriya, repeating students and volunteers used to occupy one of the corridors. And new students used to settle themselves in the other three regions in turns ! All of them were into total masti right from day one! At the same time they all were very sharp and picked up all the learnings effortlessly. On the 5th day of the course I went to the 1st year batch hostel and we played a YES!+ game past midnight! a very typical engineering college hostel environment. The night after the course we ( I and some of the volunteers) also watched one of the episodes of Planet Earth, a set of 5 DVDs on the planet made by BBC. Planet Earth is awesome. Its a must watch. a 6-Star for sure!!! We watched it using a projector in my guest room 1 of H-hostel! You must watch it on a big screen using a powerful projector and not merely on your laptop!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday I came back to chandigarh. I will be spending the week in the city at P.U.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">love</div><div style="text-align: justify;">jaigurudeva!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ramnik</div>Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-13461478253851344792008-08-22T14:09:00.001+05:302008-08-22T14:16:58.621+05:30Thapar is Rocking!!! Biggest YES!+ in Punjab so far!The course at Patiala started yesterday with a total of 188 participants and 13 volunteers!! . That makes it a 200+ course!. The crowd is 95% Thapar engineering college with 8 youth from the medical college. They had a great time yesterday! They dont have a choice but to have a great time. They are all very bright and their teacher is the brilliant :-)!!!<br />
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I will post more on this course little later.<br />
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now its time to get ready for the course!<br />
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love<br />
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ramnikRamnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-328215077697147112008-08-22T13:09:00.003+05:302008-08-22T14:07:39.218+05:30YES!+ Patiala 21st - 27th August, 2008. Group PhotosHere are group photos of the YES!+ at Patiala. Group captains please note down the image number of your picture in the sequence here. Email me the name, mobile , and email id of the group members in the sequence as they appear in the photo from left to right.<br />
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Ramnik<br />
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Be a teacher!<div style="text-align: left;">Jai Gurudeva!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was a quick week at bangalore for Teachers refresher meet on the ashram. It was just half the teachers as the TRM for teachers working in the southern indian states will be held seperately. VM was paaaccckked!! This is just the beginning. Guruji had once said He wants a teacher for every postal pin code in India. Thats around 33000 teachers! Going by that we are about 5000 now and quite a few generations of teachers are yet to come. Generations seperated by when they do their TTCs!</div><div style="text-align: left;">The last TRM had Guruji's physical presence in most of the sessions. This time He was doing the job thru Swami Pragyapada! And we used to have 100 teacher TRMs just a few years ago! Given that more than 70% of India and a large part of the world is in the YES!+ age group, lots more YES!+ teachers are needed to cover the whole globe. AS of now we are just 2 generations of YES!+ teachers. The first ones are handpicked by Bawa from among Part-1 teachers. The 2nd generation is the first ever YES!+ TTC that happened on the ashram! These 100 odd teachers should be starting to teach soon. A few have already started. Every year there shall be a YES!+ TTC somewhere on the globe! Most likely Bangalore ashram ! We would like to reach a target of stationing one teacher at each institute of the world! You guys would be lucky to choose YES!+ teaching as a career option. Its going to be a big hit in the years to come. It already is! Like Infosys was a big hit even when it was just about 100 people strong. just that not many knew about it. Today with 100000 people in the company the whole world knows.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Typically you spend 2 years and lots of your parents money slogging to get into an enginnering college, medical or an MBA college. You have to think of training yourself to be a teacher also on these lines. You should be ready to set a plan of atleast 2 years of intelligent consistent dedicated effort. Just like people take a drop for an year to slog for CAT, with no guarantees of getting in anywhere, you should be ready to take out an year if you wish to be on the fast lane to be a teacher. And then dont sit idle. Work atleast 12 hours in a day! Learn new skills, put yourself in difficult situations, be ready to experiment with your life, do unconventional things, take responsibility. Strengthen yourself in the areas you are weak at by taking up challenges.</div><br />
all the best!!<br />
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lots of love<br />
jaigurudeva!<br />
RamnikRamnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-22910732909702549482008-08-20T23:41:00.000+05:302008-08-21T00:07:45.051+05:30The Sky of our planet from a plane!Here are two pics of the sky on my flight from delhi to bangalore!!..when you see this you want to jump out and play on the cotton :-)...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/smskyplane1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/smskyplane1.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The vast infinite sky merging into nothingness! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
<a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/smskyplane2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/smskyplane2.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">layers of clouds hanging in the air! </div><br />
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love<br />
jaigurudeva!<br />
RamnikRamnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-18881958742214452392008-08-19T18:51:00.010+05:302009-04-15T00:05:08.247+05:30Moments on the August course captured in my camera!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While the earlier post was fotos of different groups on the course, this one is moments captured during the course at various occasions!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smfireinmountain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smfireinmountain.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While playing Fire in the mountain! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smrockgrdngrp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smrockgrdngrp.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">The gang @ Rock Garden ! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smvolunteers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smvolunteers.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Some of the volunteers!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smcleaning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smcleaning.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cleaning full swing at Rock Garden !</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smdancing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smdancing.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The joy of dancing together !!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smlunchwait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smlunchwait.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Waiting for satvik lunch ! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smeatinglunch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smeatinglunch.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">finally the wait is over!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smbliss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smbliss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smbliss.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ecstasy at display!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smdance3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smdance3.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dance dance dance !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smbalebale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smbalebale.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bale Bale !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smcollagemaking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smcollagemaking.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Full focus! Collage making in progress...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smcollagefinish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smcollagefinish.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Handling with care. The collage making continues...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smcollagedisplay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smcollagedisplay.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Creators. One of the collages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smfruitchat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smfruitchat.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fruit Chat! yumm... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smmanvinder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smmanvinder.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Singh is Sweetheart!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smtogetherness.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smtogetherness.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Smiles going miles !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smtheend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smtheend.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last session. Experiences being penned!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thats it for now!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>I am reminded of the moments spent with you all as I finish posting these two sets of pictures. The journey ends in about 15 minutes and the train halts at Sirhind for about 3 minutes! So I rush now!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">lots of love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jai Gurudeva!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ramnik</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">ps:- All my students please enter your data at http://yespluschd.youthunited.in</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Please do it NOW!! And post your comments . Bye!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smmanvinder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div>Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-56983106662774961752008-08-19T18:02:00.003+05:302008-08-19T19:23:05.009+05:30The Freedom Batch at Chandigarh 6 Aug to 12 Aug. Some of the pics!<div style="text-align: justify;">I am on my way from delhi to patiala! in shatabadi. There is a power plug on every seat! And with the reliance datacard catching the signal almost everywhere, i'm net connected virtually everywhere in india!:-)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So here are the pics from the course. Enjoy after a long wait !!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Below are various groups. Its not all of them as a few groups missed out coming over and getting their foto clicked! or rather i missed out shooting them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/sgrp2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/sgrp2.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp3.jpg" /></a><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp4.jpg" /></a><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp5.jpg" /></a><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp7.jpg" /></a><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp8.jpg" /></a><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp9.jpg" /></a><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp10.jpg" /></a><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp11.jpg" /></a><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/6aug08chd/smgrp12.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above are a little more than half of the groups. If the missing groups send me their fotos I'll put them up on the blog!</div><br />
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The remaining pics are in the second post.<br />
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Ramnik<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-525006474488602322008-08-14T23:54:00.000+05:302008-08-15T00:05:23.103+05:30The course at chandigarh began with a bang and ended with a bang!!O what a batch of YES!+ this was!!! ...Every single participant was awesome! I remember only a few names but together they all rocked!! ...and they did it literally:-) We went to Rock garden for some cleaning on saturday!... It was nonstop fun from beginning to end with a couple tough moments for a few inbetween!<br />
Overall am in love with the batch for their sheer innocence, fun and devotion. <br />
I will be writing more about it in a later post. I am in the ashram on teachers refresher meet which will end on sunday night. Till then it may be very few/short posts.<br />
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Next week of fun with me begins in Patiala on YES!+ starting from 20th Aug!!.. The volunteers there are targetting 200+ new participants. The hall has a capacity of 500 people. So you still have a chance to fit in there, even lying down, if you intend to make yourself happier by attending some/all of the sessions( if you are a repeater), and attending all if you are a first timer :-).<br />
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I clicked some fotos of the sky from the plane. Shall be posting them on the blog soon.<br />
even some of the chandigarh course pics will also be seen on the blog soon!<br />
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Ramnik<br />
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ps:- its past midnight and the session in the morning is at 6am. I dont want to miss it. SO now you also goto sleep! new people - if you are reading the blog, do post in your comments!Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-9006165824360913562008-08-07T12:23:00.000+05:302008-08-07T12:41:16.142+05:30YES!+ in Chandigarh has a rocking start !!!<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">The YES!+ in chandigarh began yesterday with 136 new participants and about 25 volunteers-cum-repeaters! Superb teamwork and perfection-at-work were visible from all the arrangements that had been taken care by all the volunteers !! :-) . The course organising was LED by a team of new-to-organising set of vounteers. They did everything on their own with inputs and help from the oldies!! <br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Technology runs in the DNA of my spirit which belongs to Guruji. Incase you didnt know this, Guruji is a B.Sc in Physics! So naturally if I meet some of my old techie friends I talk to them about stuff thats happening around and stuff they are doing. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nandu (aka Nand aka Nandkishore) was hanging around in the ashram alternating with hyderabad during the YES!+ TTC. From the starting of his software industry career around 2001 to 2008, he has transformed himself into a SAP trainer for the corporate biggies like Microsoft, Infosys etc. A cross-country runner maverick from IIT bombay, Nandu was one year junior to me. He had become my fan on the kopran project I spend a few months with him in 2001. He had caught my incurable passion for loving, developing, respecting and promoting supreme quality genius intelligent software in those months. I moved on to become full time Art of Living teacher but the intent of my software heritage had been passed on, even almost unknown to me! Nandu went to the US, did some kick-ass stuff with his software skills and soon he was in heavy demand as a free lance SAP consultant. But his greatness was that though he could do it all by himself he did it under the banner of Sumeru software. About a year ago he returned back to india and his home town hyderabad. Now to don another role. Of an SAP trainer. He was such good a trainer, his 1st batch students gifted him a colorplus shirt at the end of the training :-) To get a gift as personal as a shirt for training someone software is RARE! <br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> I started talking to him about SAP. ( The foto above is nandu's). He gave me a quick one hour session and I was already hooked. He was super good as a trainer. I said , "Can you come to chandigarh while am there and train me all this stuff during the day and I will have you sit in my YES+ in the evening ! :-) " . He had to check his schedule. Few trainings in india were in pipeline and then he was supposed to leave for Dusseldorf, SAP headquarters in Germany. He was not sure of the pipeline though. I said to myself , O maybe sometime later. Next year maybe. And then the next I know is he is ON for a training at Infosys hyderabad. Not only this he had invited me to be with him and attend the training. Stay taken care on the infy campus. Being on the training would mean I postpone two of my scheduled YES!+ courses. I have rarely postponed on cancelled my courses in the past. But this time I did it! Chandigarh was postponed by 2 weeks and Avinash took the Gurgaon course!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">20th july I was on my 11 hours sitting Volvo bus night journey to hyderabad from bangalore:-) Since it was the last available seat on this bus it was the middle seat on the last row. My back soon started to hurt from all the jumps of the bad road. I just walked up to the driver and told him I can't sit there. He said, " ok then sit on the empty seat next to me." I graciously accepted. Atleast my back would not get any jolts. But it also meant i stayed awake the WHOLE night journey with headlights from upcoming traffic straight into your eyes! And this seat doesnt recline back! Its not meant for sleeping!.:-)</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ajit, the marketing and sales star of Sumeru training division picked me up from the bus station. His wife served one of the best idlies for breakfast after I had my bath followed by a drop to Infosys city by Ajit. The training began soon after I reached. I did no blink an eyelid of sleep till 5 pm of the training. and my left brain was ON all this while!! I know you are amazed!!. Even I am amazed !:-) </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> The next 2 weeks I was in the world of a technology student! I love to learn. And if I have a great teacher to teach it to me I dont want to miss on a moment's learning! Nandu was amazing. He knew his subject so well he did not open the powerpoint presentations for almost any of the sessions. He was downright honest about stuff he did not know. And he was pointblank confident about his teaching abilities for the stuff he knew. Even as a trainer myself, I learnt a lot from him. Now the infy guys around me had been 2 to 5 years into the industry without a break! And for me it was almost 8 years of gap! I realized it doesnt matter if you start writing code after such a huge gap, if you are good you will soon be on top! And its true for everything !! On the 4th day Nandu gave an assignment for which he gave a time period of one hour to finish. 10 minutes and 3 ( yes 3 ) lines of well thought code and I was done! The class continued to the next topic after one hour :-). You have no idea how it feels to be on top of something which was your passion, after such huge time gap! Infact this inspired me to begin with making my blog in the avtaar you see it now :-)<br />
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</span></div>Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-37488556063716575552008-08-03T23:29:00.003+05:302008-08-05T12:43:38.835+05:30Dooor kahin jab din dhal jaaye...!!<div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A sunset is the most spectacular moment of the day. The vast universe with its different colors conveys so much. It takes the spirit into a different plane. It conveys the end of yet another miniscule day on the planet! Here are a few pictures of sunset at different locations. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">First two are in the ashram at the lake :-)... The first one gives a blue tint to the lake and the sky. The second was clicked a little later. Far away you can see the lights at the entrance of gurukul inviting you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/sunset/sunsetashram2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/sunset/sunsetashram2.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tranquil lake at the ashram !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/sunset/sunsetashram1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/sunset/sunsetashram1.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gurukul gate inviting you!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/sunset/sunsetway2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/sunset/sunsetway2.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunset from train delhi to chandigarh<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/sunset/sunsetway3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/sunset/sunsetway3.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again delhi to chandigarh from train !! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/sunset/sunsetway1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n397/ramnik_bansal/sunset/sunsetway1.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yet another one ! </div><br />
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Jai Gurudeva!<br />
Ramnik.Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-5798496558503782052008-08-01T16:00:00.003+05:302009-04-15T00:17:30.640+05:30Guruji - My first photography teacher!<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It was YES!+ teachers' exclusive meet with Guruji in His kutir on 23rd July 2008. We sat there infront of him for almost the whole of afternoon :-). As ever He was at his coolest best. Sitting on his chair adorned with a beautiful peacock feather! He did not talk to us much individually but infinity was getting conveyed every moment. When bawa asked , "Guruji anything you would like to say to the team", his only message was "Take bigger courses!" Bawa later said He did not say anything because all of us together are doing a great job! </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/__4hv2Va0e20/SJHCiqVkldI/AAAAAAAAAD8/ZTv_fa3K-RQ/s1600-h/gurujipeacockfthrsmall.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0pt none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://bp1.blogger.com/__4hv2Va0e20/SJHCiqVkldI/AAAAAAAAAD8/ipKtfZotIXU/s320-R/gurujipeacockfthrsmall.JPG" style="border: 0pt none;" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I captured this picture of Guruji with my canon D400 DSLR with a Tamron 2.8, 17mm-50mm lens mounted on it, my only lens so far! Notice the peacock feather, the chair, Ganesha's murthi decked with flowers, bananas on the left, and his mobile !! I can go on writing about those micro moments with Him but will come back to the title topic!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As we were sitting Prashant got in fresh coconuts from our organic farms in the ashram. Guruji's picture above pic was when he was conversing with prashant about the size of the coconuts. As i was taking His pic, I was told to picture the coconuts as well!. I took a few shots on my own without any divine interference! But that was not to be. He started telling me who should be holding the coconuts, where the subject should be standing, where I should be standing, about too much light or too little light, what should be the background, guiding alpa also to hold the coconut in a the way its visible properly!. Almost everthing about photography was taught to me by him in this quick lesson!... Ofcourse I was nervous - I did not want to miss out on any single instruction He was giving and I am totally new to photography. Its my first professional camera and I am just an amatuer at it. He knows how to stretch your limits to make you shine out in every single thing you are doing!!!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I am sure I will go a long way with my photography with such a shubh mahoorata to my photography lessons :-) </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">btw do you notice the SHEER SIZE of the coconut!!! It HUUUUGE !! It has become this huge listening to vedic chants which are put thru a speaker system in our farms!!! Its maybe enough from one small family to drink from!... There was also another vegetable in His room which was i think a ghiya. It was 10 times the normal size. I am not exaggerating! Just imagine what we can do to our agriculture with vedic farming !!! People, if you are into farming go get the fundaes from the ashram and apply them in your farms. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">love</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jai Gurudeva!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ramnik</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ps:- Please do add your comments when you read an article. It inspires me to write more you see. I read them all, and even reply back to them at times! Also I have this top commentor of the month contest ON! You sure want to win it!</span></span></div>Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-23053293430767388682008-08-01T00:32:00.004+05:302009-04-15T00:04:01.342+05:30My train journey begins in 6 hours !! C U all !! Wait for the next post!!<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tonight is the last here at infosys campus at hitech city of hyderabad. Just 4 hours more in this room that became home to the making of my blog, almost non-stop from friday night 25th july to friday morning 1st Aug. I think it could have happened in the energy of a technology packed place like this only where I would have come back to my techie energy all out!. <br />
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The journey from Hyderabad to Delhi on train is 27 hours. chandigarh journey another 5-6 hours. and then local travel and wait times amount to another 5-6 hours. A total of about 40 hours! I have a couple of good books to read on the way.<br />
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But you dont worry about your daily dose of an article from me. I have already written one. It will be on the site at 4 pm on friday 1st august while am on the train! magic u see!! ..Its one of those which has Guru moments. So I know you cant wait but you dont have a choice. Just 4 pm and its there!!... btw its solar ecllipse today between 12 noon and 6 pm. Normally its best not to eat anything at this time. I would be following it on train. You might want to , too. <br />
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goodnight!<br />
love<br />
Jai gurudeva!<br />
Ramnik<br />
(Bye bye infosys. Thankyou for all the care.)<br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-91128375963496701882008-07-31T14:25:00.004+05:302008-08-05T17:28:38.421+05:30YES!+ course organizing Full swing at Chandigarh, Patiala, Jalandhar!<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">So there are three YES!+ lined up in three different cities for the month of August. Volunteer teams at each of the cities are organising the courses full swing! </font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Chandigarh is from 6th Aug to 12th Aug. The team has touched about 100 registrations and they are targetting 300! With 5 new YES!+ teachers Tanu, Himani, Akash, Vinay and Smriti in chandigarh, the city is glowing like a sun. It has a festive mood ! This was a 100% hit ratio. 5 people from chandigarh went for the YES!+ TTC and all are back as teachers! And including me, amitesh and shruti we are now a team of 8 teachers in chandigarh!. The highest YES!+ teacher - youth population ratio anywhere in the world! Yet another record :-) I know:-) I know:-) we YES!+ers in the north have a penache for setting world records! :-). <br />
</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Send your friends, their friends, neighbours and anyone who is a human being and is between the age of 18 to 30! Get involved. Contact Hrishi 9417993916 or any other YES!+ volunteer in chandigarh!</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><br />
</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">The course in Patiala is at Thapar Engineering college. This course is from 21st August. Again the team there is targetting about 200 to 300 Thaparians to have a blast of a week! There are many volunteers to contact .Few of them you may contact are deepak 9876827979, Vidit 987692171, Ankur 9988297670, Aman 9872694212, Mayank 9915105094, Deven 9463680850, Madhav 9316802960 or Neha 9463680590. </font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><br />
</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Jalandhar team is super solid and liquid one which organised the biggest ever Art of Living course in the world, Utsav-Act 1, in the month of April with 2500 people on it!. They will be organising a course at NIT, Jalandhar. The team has already met the director and the course in on 28th Aug. Contact Dr. Jasminder at 9815510937, or Vicky and Saloni at 9872834134.</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><br />
</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Ok guys now listen :-)</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Its always a blessing to be able to get involved in organising a course. Not only a BIG blessing its sheer FUN and loads of learning. You come out as a leader in the society in the true sense. apart from all this its our world, our country and cities. You know it very well that getting someone to the course is the best thing you can do for that person in this life!</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">So what are you waiting for!..Get Set GO! </font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">C U in chandigarh on 3rd Aug. Will be boarding AP Express form Hyderabad tomorrow morning. Travelling sleeper class!:-) Its has fresh air and is cheaper!</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><br />
</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Lots of love</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Jai Gurudeva!</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Ramnik</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ps:- Do post your comments. I write for you and when I read your comments it inspires me to write more. :-) if you are one of the highest commentors your name comes in the top commentors list! I will declare top commentor of the month for the month of Aug on 1st Sep! And please do click on some google ads. it fetches us some $$! <br />
</span></font></div>Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881825366651662874.post-44187228063896365602008-07-30T02:07:00.003+05:302008-07-30T02:26:28.385+05:30I created the blog banner on my own!! First time!<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">I am quite happy with the way my blog looks now. It has a new banner I made on my own using GIMP, a freeware Mac OS based software. It took about 3 hours of playing around with the software before the simple banner was complete!</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><br />
</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">And I have also changed the code for top commentators. 'Anonymous' author of comments will not get counted ! . So you people better post with your name. I also figured out a way to change the color scheme for the blog in an easy manner. But I am quite satisfied with this color scheme overall. Also I have added an RSS feed from another blog which is completely about Guruji. My schedule is also on the blog. Check it out!...</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"> </font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"> </font><font size="2"> </font><br />
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</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Good night!</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Love and Jai Gurudeva!</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Ramnik</font></div>Ramnik Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715152184867944785noreply@blogger.com5