Is my story similar to yours ?

I will tell you a real story, my story. You may not believe it, but all this is true..

It should not have happened. I was not able to belive that after falling 20 storeys, i survived the fall. Guess where i fell was a marsh land, and i had a rifle in my hand.I was fighting enemies. There was counter-firing and the next moment, i saw a bullet hitting my friend, a guy with whom i studied for 12 yrs during my school days. But it's strange, he was fine. The bullet entered and left his body in a millisecond. He smiled and was perfectly fine ! Strange !


All this happened in the night. The next day, in afternoon, i was sitting along with my friends. I was puzzled. Why ? Well, i dont understand how all my friends knew each other. All those who had nothing in common? Some were my school friends, some college friends and yet others were my collegues in my last job ! They all were at my home, and we all were sitting on the terrace..

I thought of arraning something and started walking down the stairs.

As i stepped down the first stair, i fell. I reached the last stair rolling !! Guess what, i wasnt hurt. Not even an iota of pain ! I rose, went into my room and then i was dressed in a formal suit, going inside a discussion room.

The next thing i was doing was giving a presentation on a topic which i dont remember..It was the perfect presentation.. No nervousness.. no preparation needed.. All i could see was applause....

Whatever you read till now was not something that i was doing.. All this was in my dream..
All in the same dream.. Some call it lucid dreaming, but i am not sure what it is ? the only thing i know is that i was in control of what i was dreaming and i was dreaming as per my wish..

I guess now you understand what happened ? Why i survived the fall ? Why i met all those friends at a common place? Why all my friends who had nothing in common, knew each other so well ?Why i had no pain when i fell from stairs ? Why that perfect presentation?Well, it was me who made all that happen.. I was the one who was making that happen...all in my dream..
Though such dreams are rare, but they are compulsive. By compulsive, i mean that they make me feel sleepy. As i am the one who is giving direction to what will happen next, i avoid waking up, and when i get such a dream, i end up sleeping 1 -1.5 hrs more !
What surprises me most is that such dreams are so vivacious, so real that i have absolutely no idea that i am dreaming.
But whatever they are, they make me feel good..

So, did you ever had such a dream ? A dream where you were the master and the dream, your follower ? Do share it with me :)

Why you should join Art Of Living Course ?

Hello Bloggers !


Its been quite a few days that I havent blogged ! Well, I was busy pursuing the Art Of Living Course ( World famous course for Spiritual Awakeing and Medidation led by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar) here in Mumbai, India.

This course is practised by over 20 million people around more than 132 countries worldwide.

As the title of this post suggests- "Why you should join Art of living course?" - I will talk about my experience and other people experience who completed
this course in my batch.


The course I am talking about is Art Of Living - Part 1 Course. I had been thinking for a long time to join a course which may give me more control over my
own life. So in this quest, I landed up with this course. The course started on 14 Apr 2008 and ended on 20 Apr 2008. This one week has been a kind of self
dicovery for me and many things which I didnt knew about myself- I came to know due to this course.

On the first day, we were told that for one week, we are not supposed to touch Tea, Coffee, Alcohol, Cigarrettes. Now I am the kind of person who takes almost 5-6 Tea Cups in a day. And I thought this is just ridiculous, but now its been over a week and I havent even taken half a cup of Tea. This is just one example of my self control which I was not aware of before attending this course.


On the first day, it seemed tiresome and questionable - will we be able to take out 3 hrs per day for continuous 6 days? Well, I feel this course of 22-23 hrs ( spanned over 6 days) has been a great investment by me for me !!


Coming to what the teachers teach you ? Apart for various Asanas, Pranayam, Sudarshan Kriya, and Fun filled activities, the teachers gave us some great knowledge points and they kept repeating those for all 6 days.



Here are few of the knowledge points we gained.

1. Accept People and Situations as they are.


2. Give your 100% in whatever you do.


3. Dont be a football of other people opinion. ( Meaning- Listen to everyone, but take your own decision)


4. Dont look for intention behind other people's mistakes.


5. Opposite values are complimentary ( Meaning- If good times never last, so will be the bad times which will end one day)
These are just a few points that we would always keep in our mind.

Sunday, 20 Apr 2008 was a day of celebration for all of us. We had successfully completed our course. Each participant brought delicious food from home and we had a great breakfast together sharing food with each other. Imagine how much variety we had, as we were 42 participants and everyone bought something or other from their home.

As a Guru Dakshina( Teacher's Gift), the Teachers asked us to practice the exercises daily for 40 days. So today is my 3rd day after the course. And its a long journey. Lets see how it goes...

Feel free to ask me any questions you may have. I will surely reply :)

If you loved reading this post, then do attend their course, and hey, pls subscribe to my blog.

For more information about Art of living: please visit : http://www.artofliving.org/in-en/overview