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'Incidents like Mumbai gangrape make one boil with anger': Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Friday expressed profound grief over the gangrape a photojournalist in Mumbai, and said that such incidents make one boil with anger. "It's so unfortunate, it really makes you boil with anger. It's so unfortunate I have no words to say the pain, the suffering this incident has inflicted," he said. The incident took place last evening in Lower Parel area where 23-year-old woman had gone for an assignment. The woman was working with an English Magazine as an intern. According to police, the men tied up the friend who was accompanying her and raped the woman. The victim, who was admitted to Jaslok Hospital, had sustained multiple internal injuries. She is stated to be in a stable condition now. The Centre has sought a detailed report on the gangrape incident. Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today said that he has spoken to the Commissioner of Police on the gangrape incident in Mumbai urging for stringent action. Source: Business Standard                 Note: Unable to see the above images? Please click on 'Display images' in your mail Art of Living Universe: Facebook | Twitter | Google Plus | YouTube | Pinterest

What is real freedom

There are two kinds of minds. One is an open mind; another is a closed mind. A closed mind is that which says, ‘‘This is how it is. I know it. That is it’’. An open mind is, ‘‘Oh, may be! Perhaps! I do not know!’’ Limited knowledge and conformity to it makes a mind very hard. Whenever you seem to understand a situation and label it - ‘‘This is how it is’’, that is the beginning of your problem. All problems always arise from knowing, not ‘not knowing’. Whenever you think injustice has been done to you, whenever you think you are a victim, whenever you think something bad has happened to you, all this falls in the category of ‘I know it, this is how things are’. Suffering is a product of limited knowledge. A question is a sign of limited knowledge. But when there is amazement, patience, joy, waiting, then you are in a state of ‘I don’t know, may be, something, Oh, what is it? I don’t know.’ Something you cannot pinpoint. The whole life is a shift from the limited ‘I know’, to all possibilities. This is not just one world, there are many layers in this world. When you are upset, you are not just upset for no reason. There is some string that is being pulled. When your mind is open to all possibilities, an event happens and there could be many possibilities for that event to be that way, not just in the gross but some other reason in the subtle as well. Suppose you enter your room and find that someone at home has made a big mess in your room. You are irritated and attach that cause for your anger to that person who is there. But at that moment something else is in the air but you could only see that person creating a mess around and you attribute all the anger to that. This is what limited knowledge does. Even after experiencing that you don’t see something beyond. There is a proverb in India that says: you fell in the well in the daytime, which you could see in the night. You saw the pit in the night, you were careful, you avoided and walked, but in the daytime you fell in the same pit. This means that you are not sensitive enough to see and recognize what is going on. As we attach events and emotions to individuals, the cycle continues. You will never be free from that. So first detach an event and emotion from that person, space and time. If you go deeper and deeper, it is one existence, one Divine. If a pin is pricked into your hand, your entire body knows it, feels it. So every cell is connected with the whole of you. In the same way every body is connected to the entire creation, to everybody, as there is only one life at a very subtle level, though it appears to be many in the gross. So the wise person never labels individuals; in fact, in a wise person, all individual existence ceases. That is why one should not see any intention behind the other’s mistakes because one thoroughly knows and understands that it is nobody’s mistake. You can be at ease with the uncertainty of the world when you realize the certainty of the consciousness. Often people do just the opposite. They are certain about the things in the world and uncertain about God. They rely on something that is not reliable and get upset. Many times, people who are uncertain don’t act, they simply sit and wait. Acting in uncertainty makes life a game, a challenge. Being in uncertainty is letting go. Uncertainty causes craving for stability and the most stable thing in the universe is our Self. The world is of change, the Self is of non-change. You have to rely on the non-change and accept the change. People think that certainty is freedom. If you feel that freedom when you are not certain then that is ‘real’ freedom. If you are certain that everything is uncertain, then you are liberated. Jnanappana a philosophical poem authored by Bhaktakavi Poonthanam, which is the essence of Vedanta, will be rendered by thousands at the Art of Living International Centre today at 4:30 p.m. Event open for all. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, spritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation. Source: The New Indian Express                 Note: Unable to see the above images? Please click on 'Display images' in your mail Art of Living Universe: Facebook | Twitter | Google Plus | YouTube | Pinterest

Webcast Schedule: Upcoming Satsang with Sri Sri

Dearest Ones, Find the above flyer with details on upcoming webcast with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Link to watch webcast: www.artofliving.org/webcast                 Note: Unable to see the above images? Please click on 'Display images' in your mail Art of Living Universe: Facebook | Twitter | Google Plus | YouTube | Pinterest

Beautiful snapshots of Sri Sri's recent visit to Boone

Dear Ones, Spellbinding pictures of Sri Sri's recent visit to Boone is uploaded for you! Click the link below to view them. www.artoflivinguniverse.org/2013/08/Sri-Sri-Ravi-Shankar-in-Boone-2013-photos.html Visit www.photo.artoflivinguniverse.org to view beautiful albums of Sri Sri's Tour and Art of Living Ashram photos. Share with everyone.                 Note: Unable to see the above images? Please click on 'Display images' in your mail Art of Living Universe: Facebook | Twitter | Google Plus | YouTube | Pinterest

Live Satsang Webcast in August!

Jai Gurudev Dear Ones, In August, we will have live webcast on all Thursdays at 7 pm IST in every week, in case the schedule changes then it will be updated on the link below. Link to watch is www.artofliving.org/webcast Do share with everyone. Om namah Shivaya.                 Note: Unable to see the above images? Please click on 'Display images' in your mail Art of Living Universe: Facebook | Twitter | Google Plus | YouTube | Pinterest

India Pakistan must solve Kashmir issue amicably: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Srinagar: Humanitarian and spiritual leader of India, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who is in Kashmir Tuesday said that India and Pakistan should come forward and resolve Kashmir issue in an amicable way. “Both Pakistan and India should sit across the table and resolve all the disputes including Kashmir issue amicably,” Sri Sri told CNS adding that Hurriyat leaders should also shown keenness in meaningful dialogue. Click here to read more.............                 Note: Unable to see the above images? Please click on 'Display images' in your mail Art of Living Universe: Facebook | Twitter | Google Plus | YouTube | Pinterest