Modern-day master of the 'power of how'
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Guiding
an ever-increasing flock down the spiritual path, he knows exactly how to appeal
to the analytical mind of today’s seeker. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a
modern-day master of the ‘power of how’, finds Uma Ajmera
Against the backdrop of
glistening white stone, the golden rays of dawn pour through the skylights of
the Vishalakshi Mandap, of the Art of Living’s (AOL’s) Bangalore
ashram. The mood is intimate, the moment drenched in devotion. The satsang is
in full swing, as the Art of Living guru, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, strides to the
podium, voicing his lines in a healing swathe, filling his bhakts with
enlightenment and love.
Sri
Sri Ravi Shankar. The mystic who’s been nominated for the Nobel Peace
Prize this year and who’s just returned from strife-torn Kashmir. Says
the man whose messages of love and peace have captured the heart of multitudes,
“All humanity responds to the healing touch of love.”
“Bereft of simple
values, human civilisation lies battered and brutalised in the harsh glare of
violent struggles and divisive ideologies, shrivelled and curled up, looking
skywards for upliftment and deliverance. There’re no words to express the
tears of Kashmir. The need of the hour is not human blood, but the awakening of
human inner consciousness.”
According to the soft-spoken
Guru, real power comes from knowing who we are and what we are here to do. He
explains, “A Guru or a teacher is essentially a dispeller of darkness,
someone who throws light on your personal road map. The great challenge of
teaching is not about having a million students. It is about giving every child
exactly what he or she needs to grow into a confident, self-loving adult who
can offer something back to the world. At its best, a Guru is a healing flame we
carry inside us, a haven in a troubled world escorting us into new realms of
understanding.”
He
caustically shoves aside any pretensions of a ‘miracle power’ within
him, which magnetically attracts people towards his teachings. “Why
can’t work be accepted for simply what it is? All I am doing is simply
stressing on the importance of the five big Ss – sadhana, smile, satsang,
seva and sudarshan kriya – in our day-today lives and hope to reconcile my
scientific education with my Vedic training and find a path relevant to
contemporary needs.
Spirituality
is not a separate entity.>>
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