Stumbling into Infinity, the book will play a vital role in it, I think. No other Art of Living book , in published history has garnered so much Attention as this one and its important because a large number of people like to be docile, sitting at home and reading rather than doing something adventurous ( like Yes+). This is specially true about the West. This book does not only connect deeply with all the Art of Living people but also gives a glimpse of what goes on inside with a Realised Master. People who have not done the Art of Living will also relate and appreciate it. In short it will open a window of hope for them and basically inspire them enough to do the course.

Written by Mike, who has a vast experience as any , with the organisation and Guruji, the book is like a diary of events starting from the  early 80′s . I don’t want to go into the details as I had written a Review of the book in My Blog , right in August , when the book was not released in India yet.

As far as I know , the book garnered rank #85 in the Best Seller’s list in Amazon and rank #1 in Spirituality category. It means a big deal.

Have you read the book , what are your thoughts, speak your experiences in the comments here !

“We at the ALF believe just like prayer helps us connect spiritually with the Supreme being, food is also one of the mediums to connect to God,” Rishi Nityapragya of the foundation told reporters.

“Devotees of Guruji (Sri Sri Ravi Shankar) would be attempting to prepare 5000 vegetarian food items, totalling around five tonnes, using over 250 community kitchens here on November 2,” Nityapragya said.

“The present Guinness record is of 4600 food items, and we would be attempting to break it in the presence of Guruji himself who will bless the people during the event which we call Annan Brahm or annakoot,” he added.

The unique thing about this big kitchen would be that all the ingredients used for cooking shall be organic, chemical free and the preparation would be based of ayurvedic principles.

As many as 1.25 lakh people from across the country are expected to participate in the event.

These people are not professional, but common persons from all walks of life, Nityapragya said.

Nityapragya further said devotees would prepare specialities according to their regional affiliation.

The food items prepared would be distributed by Guruji as Prashad to nearly 25 thousand underprivileged children in the city, he added.

Nityapragya said that this was an occasion after nearly six years that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was visiting Gujarat and would be staying for nearly a week.

During his visit to the state, he would also be conducting puja in Rajkot and Vadodara, besides conducting a mega course on Art of Living.

Nityapragya said that according to Guruji, India has seven unique things whose diversity and richness were unparallelled in the world which include music, dance, food, tourism, attire, Yoga and ayurveda.

Source:- DNA.

Art of Living (AOL) Foundation as part of its “Mission Green Earth (MGE)” campaign, to create environment sustainability, has joined hands with BBMP. AOL will plant trees in all BBMP parks to utilize the space available to its maximum and run awareness campaign in the areas around parks for people participation in creating green Bangalore and restore its climatic conditions and eco balance.

Date 5 June 2010

keep yourself free…. send your contact details in the comment section, to participate and volunteer in this tree plantation drive.

We are happy to announce the launch of our Season 2 of Yuva Bharat
Special Episodes with The Art of Living on ETV Channels. These special
episodes are in the form of a 20 part series to be aired on 11
channels of ETV Network every saturday, starting coming Saturday, i.e.
* 12.9.2009* as per following telecast schedule.

Channel Name    Telecast Time

*(Monday to Saturday)*

ETV- Bangla        09.30a.m

ETV-M.P.             10.30a.m

ETV-U.P.             10.30a.m

ETV-Bihar           10.30a.m

ETV-Rajasthan    09.30a.m

ETV-2 (Telugu)   11.30p.m

ETV-Oriya           10.30a.m

ETV-Gujarati       08.00a.m

ETV-Marathi        09.30a.m

ETV-Urdu            10.30a.m

ETV-Kannada     11:30p.m

So on the above mentioned timings, the special episodes will be aired
for 20 weeks as per following episodic details:

Episode-1 (telecast date 12-09-09)

Guruji on imp. of humanism and compassion
Byte of Student Niharika Kakdesharing her experience in Art Of Living.
Nadisodhan-by Dinesh Kashikar
Profile feature on Bawa & Dinesh

Episode– 2 (telecast date 19-09-09)

Guruji on Yes +
Experience of art of living Students(Kanisk, Abhilasha, Mohit Lalwani)
Youth Programs of AOL
Dinesh Ghodke on life is short but eternal

Episode– 3 (telecast date 26-09-09)

Bawa & Dinesh on Love

Episode– 4 (telecast date 03-10-09)

Guruji on youth culture & values (2.56 mm.)
Sanjay Mazumdar – Gausala story (6:45 mins)
Bawa & Dinesh on healthy Food & Environment

Episode– 5 (telecast date 10-10-09)

Guruji on success
Bawa & Dinesh on success

Episode–6 (telecast date 17-10-09)

Guruji on youth leadership & youth participation
Radhika Chandle and her experience in Art of Living.
Vikram Hazra on youth empowerment (11.26 mins)

Episode– 07 (telecast date 24-10-09)

Guruji on importance of guide
Prajakti Desmukh – Her experiences with the Art of Living
Bawa & Dinesh on Guruji’s Knowledge Sheets.

Episode–8 (telecast date 31-10-09)

Living in harmony -Bawa & Dinesh on Life style

Episode–09 (telecast date 07-11-09)

Guruji on individual’s quest for spirituality
Students bytes (Twinkle Sethi & Shravanth)
Vikram Hazra (The promise of spirituality)
Shalini Singh byte (How art of living brings the positive change in you)
Bawa & Dinesh on Anger

Episode– 10 (telecast date 14-11-09)

Handling Failures.
Guruji on Success & Failure
Bawa & Dinesh on handling failures
Jitendra Bansiwal (law student, Jabalpur) –Anxiety problems

Episode– 11 (telecast date 21-11-09)

Guruji on youth culture & values
Bawa & Dinesh on Life Sutras

Episode– 12 (telecast date 28-11-09)

Guruji on healthy Food Habits & Spiritual Practices
Bawa & Dinesh on Controlling Anger
Feature on Kusum Mussadi – Her experiences with the Art of Living

Episode– 13 (telecast date 05-12-09)

Understanding Traditions-I
Guruji on Indian heritage & culture
Bawa & Dinesh on Indian culture & rituals

Episode– 14 (telecast date 12-12-09)

Bytes of students(Ratul Arora, Harshit, Pranab)
Dinesh Kashiker demonstration of relaxation techniques
Bytes of (Justin & Jack Johansson)

Episode– 15 (telecast date 19-12-09)

Understanding Traditions-II
Guruji on youth, Indian heritage & culture
Bawa & Dinesh on Ancient Scriptures
Bawa & Dinesh on nature of Guru
Bawa & Dinesh on sadhana, seva & satsang

Episode– 16 (telecast date 26-12-09)

Guruji “nurture our roots & broaden our vision” (2.46 mm.)
Bawa & Dinesh on commitment
Bawa & Dinesh on (aim & fantasy)/(creativity)
Experience in Art of Living -Sunithi Damani — the professional billiards player

Episode– 17 (telecast date 02-1-10)

Bawa & Dinesh on Astrology & Vaastu Sastra
Bawa & Dinesh on Astrology & Vaastu Sastra
Profile of Saurav Ghosh, Table Tennis champion, His experiences in the
Art of Living

Episode– 18 (telecast date 09-1-10)

Guruji on dreams & practical wisdom
Bawa & Dinesh on Reality/Fantasy/ Dream/Goal
Shridhar Mahuli byte (Benefited from Art of Living )
Vikram Hazra on Satsang
Dinesh Kashiker – on relaxation techniques

Episode– 19 (telecast date 16-1-10)

Guruji on Tabacco & prevention
Vikram Hazra on culture of meditation
Vikram Hazra on civic sense/citizenship
Dinesh Kashikar on ‘Bhaastrika’ & ‘Nadisodhan’

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