Manisha Shah

Enjoying being a faculty with The Art of Living. I meditate everyday n love to cook, read novels, learn music, watch movies....

[Swami Vaishampayan @swamianandv]

Dear @ICICIBank,my surname has been printed incorrectly on my credit card(s). The correct spelling is Vaishampayan,but the cards carry an incorrect spelling. Despite this being the bank's mistake, your customer care insists that I pay 240 per card to replace and correct them.1/3

[Swamiji @AOLSwamiji]

There are three things: the Self, the senses, and the object, or the world. And there are three words: sukha, pleasure; dukha, sorrow; and sakha, companion. These have one thing in common: "kha," which means "senses."
The Self through the senses experiences the world. When the senses are with the Self, that is pleasure (sukha), because the Self is the source of all joy or pleasure. When the senses are away from the Self (dukha) -- in the mud, lost in the object -- that is misery. Mud, misery, mind -- they are very close.

Self is the nature of joy. In any pleasant experience, you close your eyes; you smell a nice flower, or you taste or touch something. So “Sukha” is that which takes you to the Self. “Dukha” is that which takes you away from the Self. Sorrow simply means that you are caught up in the object, which goes on changing, instead of focussing on the Self.
All the sense objects are just a diving board to take you back to the Self.

Sa-kha, companion, means: "He is the senses." Sakha is one who has become your senses, who is your senses. If you are my senses, it means I get Knowledge through you; you are my sixth sense. As I trust my mind, so I trust you. A friend could be just an object of the senses, but a sakha has become the very senses.
The sakha is the companion who is there in both the experiences of the dukha and of sukha. It means one who leads you back to the Self. If you are stuck in an object, that wisdom which pulls you back to the Self is sakha.

Knowledge is your companion and your companion is Knowledge. And the Master is nothing but the embodiment of Knowledge. So “Sakha” means, "He is my senses, I see the world through that wisdom, through Him."
If your sense is the Divine, then you see the whole world through the Divinity.

( Wisdom from @Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji )

And in Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 3 Lord Krishna tells Arjuna : The same ancient knowledge of Yoga , which is the supreme secret, I am today revealing unto you, because you are My friend as well as My devotee, who can understand this transcendental wisdom. 
स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योग: प्रोक्त: पुरातन: ।
भक्तोऽसि मे सखा चेति रहस्यं ह्येतदुत्तमम् ॥

#Friendship #Sakha

[Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar @Gurudev]

Welcomed Hon. Governor of Nagaland, @nkishoreyadav, to the Bengaluru Ashram. He shared the importance of balancing technological progress with spiritual depth, and commended @ArtofLiving’s initiatives that embody this vision.

Hon. MP from Kolhapur, Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj, also joined us for the evening satsang.

[Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar @Gurudev]

Delivered the keynote and guided a meditation for diplomats and delegates on the occasion of the second World Meditation Day at the @UN in New York, jointly organized by @IndiaUNNewYork, @ANDORRA_UN, @MexOnu, @NepalUNNY, @SLUNNewYork and several other nations. @AmbHarishP

[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi @ThisisMaharishi]

When you are appreciating creation as much as the Creator, then the Creator will ask, ‘Who is appreciating my creation as much as me. Let me see this person.’ #MaharishiMaheshYogi

[BWG | Gurudev Wisdom & Meditation @BreathWGrace]

Many of us have the problem of letting go of control. This results in anxiety, restlessness and sours relationships. Wake up and see, are you really in control? 🤔 What are you in control of?

You are not in control when you are sleeping or dreaming. You are not in control of thoughts and emotions coming to you. You may choose to express it or not, but they come to you without your permission!

Similarly, do you think you are in control of all the events in your life or in the world? That is a joke! When you look at things from this angle, you need not be afraid of losing control, because you have none! Whether you realise it or not, when you let go of your sense of control, that is the time you truly relax. 🧘‍♂️✨ - @Gurudev

#Anxiety #Restlessness #LetGo #Relationship #Emotions #thoughts #GurudevSriSriRaviShankar

[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi @ThisisMaharishi]

In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended. #MaharishiMaheshYogi

[Sunil | IIT Kharagpur | @ArtofLiving Faculty 🧘‍♂️ @asunil2001]

Do this before you go to bed and experience bliss in life ❤️

Must Watch Video by @Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji

[GAURAV C SAWANT @gauravcsawant]

India on an odd day:
Victims & perpetrators of terror cannot be equated.
India on an Even day:
Host (victim) India will play matches with (perpetrator) Terror State Pak in UAE.
No wonder Pak state sponsored radical Islamist terror has bled India for decades.
Money wins not people

[Dr. Rohit Sabharwal @drrohitsab]

@StringReveals @SadhguruJV @Gurudev Gurus & enlightened masters come in physical form for a certain amount of time but Shastras or Ancient scriptures are eternal . We have to take time & dig deep into them. Only then clarity comes. Sadguru himself claims he isn't well versed with Shastras.Hence the distortions.

[Prasad Karwa @PrasadKarwa]

I’m not against anyone. But distorting principles of Sanatan Dharma and creating fantasy stories is not right.

Shiva has always been beyond time, beyond birth and death, formless.

Time and again Jaggi Vasudev Ji has demean Hinduism. First by calling Shiva as a first human which has no basis in Vedas, Agamas or any scriptures

& then by proudly saying that he doesn’t read scriptures because he doesn’t want to muddle his head more. I still yet to understand how reading Gita and other scriptures corrupts one mind but reading news doesn’t! Also by his same logic,he should not post any videos or write any books as it can corrupt someone’s mind!

[Manisha Shah @mannajshah]

@Gurudev So True

[Krishna Dharma @KrishnaDharma]

If everything is lost except your faith you still have everything you need.

[Manisha Shah @mannajshah]

@SriSri @PMOIndia @AgriGoI Absolutely , These stunts are done to create divide and disharmony among the people of India and funded by foreign interest.

[Wealthy Mind Body @WealthyMindBody]

13. Successful people keep on learning. Be mindful of what you learn and where you learn from. Pick your sources wisely.

14. Life has three important parts: your health, your purpose, and the people you care about. That's all.

[ShishyaBOT 😇 @ShishyaBOT]

Take everything in life as Prasadam then you will not have any fear. #FamousQuotes - #Gurudev @SriSri

[Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar @Gurudev]

As we wrap up the 4th edition in the US, we have received requests from Australia, Japan, Poland, UK and Latin America to host the 5th #WorldCultureFestival

[Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar @Gurudev]

Rhythmic movement of the body is dance. When the spirit dances, its bliss. That is the cosmic dance - the dance of Shiva. Wisdom series in Washington, D.C.

[Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar @Gurudev]

Adversity awakens inner strength and spirituality helps one sail through challenges. A heart to heart with the resilient community of Ashtabula, Ohio.