Russia, Sept. 5:
When we become like children, then we realize that we have greater power. It is within each and everyone. Realizing this, is most beautiful. Beauty is not in clothes. It is in the inner quality. Appearance is beautiful, but if anger, jealously or greed finds a place, then it reflects in the personality, and all the beauty is lost.
How to get back to that beauty that we are born with? Go
anywhere, to the North, South, West or East, one finds every child beautiful. Children
radiate joy and love. As we become adults, we learn skills and gain abilities
but we somewhere miss maintaining the inner beauty, that spark of love in our
life. Can we maintain those powerful skills and yet retain that beauty we were
born with? I would say yes, that is what The Art of Living is all about -
Making life a celebration; dream about a stress-free, violence-free society,
disease-free body, confusion-free mind and sorrow-free soul. Tell me who
doesn’t want all this? It is possible. In the last 30 years of The Art of
Living, we have seen that everybody needs love in every corner of this planet.
And that is what we spread.
Talking about this Russian tour, I feel absolutely at home.
Nice people here. I want this sweetness to be maintained. But we see it is
disappearing in the younger generation.
There is more stress accumulating in youth, and we need to
see that our younger generation is free from stress and depression. The World Health
Organization says that 30 percent of Europe is suffering from depression! Let
us all take commitment that we will not let it happen. We want to see a happy
world. I want every tear to be turned into a smile. That is why all this yoga, pranayama and kriya are so important to relieve this stress. In the ballet, we
observe the whole body can balance on the toes. One leg in the air and one firm
on the ground makes the dance. A solid material and spiritual foundation makes
a dance. Spiritual experience is having one foot in the air and the other firm.
That balance is power. We find ourselves in trouble when we lose this balance.
The ancient spirituality always united people of all cultures and religions. Don’t you think this is what we need today? In the name of religion, so many wars and terrorism are coming into picture. One solution is that everyone gets back to spirituality. Get back to beauty and power that is within. We communicate much more through our presence than the words. I have said all that I want to say.
Any questions?
Find the question/answer session in the next post…
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