Reposing in this nothingness, in this unbound freedom is the only longing of the mind, is the only thing that the mind desire for. Craving n desire of mind for any Name, Fame, Money, Power, Position doesn't matter, they all look immaturity of my own mind. They all have a cost attached, the cost is pain. None of these comes without the tinch of pain attached. So does the pleasures of five senses pleasure of taste, smell, sight, hearing and of touch. Falling even a bit for any of these false charms makes this mind so week and fragile.
Being in this "I'mness" is my lordship, being in this "I'mness" makes my all peripheries to merge into my center, every pain, every pleasure, everything dissolve into that nothingness. Which has infinite capacity to accept and consume everything. Which make every cell of my being so full of joy, which makes my every cell to resonate love and peace.
With Love,
Anurag Arora
On a very busy (five courses a week) week in Agra, I happen to be with He-man's beautiful Art of Living family to celebrate Rathore Bhaiya and Vimlesh Ji's Marriage Anniversary. A honest, humble and committed administrator in UP government, Rathore bhaiya never misses his daily Sudarshan Kriya even with his very demanding current role of CDO Firozabad.
Vimlesh Di has development into a Ayurveda expert by doing lot of naturopathy and ayurveda experiments on herself. She experimented many of her home made Kadhas (hurble syrups) on me and Himanshu as well to treat our cold :-)). A very natural person, an excellent cook and a great host. She is always there on the dinning table to sit and serve the meal, which adds so much taste to having food with them.
Youngest member of family, a very sincere student, one amongst the toppers in class, Deepanshi's regularity in her daily Kriya is exemplary...
It was great to be with such a blessed Jai Guredev family :-) ...
Love Anurag.
The Jail youths participation in Sudarshan Kriya and some team games was really inspiring for me! The simplicity and glimpse of innocence is still alive in them.
Capsicum suji Toast
Ingredients for 12-15 toasts:
1. Wheat Bread
2. Suji 8-10 table spoon (125-150 grams)
3. Milk Malaie/cream (2-3 table spoon), Milk (I use and recommend desi cow milk) 100-150 ml
4. Cucumber (half peace)
5. Capsicum (one peace)
6. Green beans (6-8 peaces)
7. Tomato (One peace)
8. Green Coriander Chopped (One tea spoon)
9. Ginger small amount (as per your taste)
10. Black pepper powder (Half tea spoon)
11. White Salt
12. Garam Masala Powder (It’s a mix of all masalas in powder form, know as garam masala), as per your taste, I use approx. one quarter of spoon
13. Desi Cow Ghee/olive oil
Preparation:
1. Chop all vegetables separately into small peaces
2. Mix suji powder with milk and malaie. Mix properly
3. Mix all vegetables into this paste. See that you have nice balance of vegetables and the paste. Get the medium density of the paste neither too solid nor very liquidly.
4. Mix salt, black pepper powder and Garam Masala powder in the paste
Cooking:
1. Heat tawa/pan, apply some ghee/oil
2. Apply paste on the one side of the wheat bread toast, cook this side of the toast first.
3. Now you have options of both side topping toast or one side topping toast. In case of both sides topping toast, apply paste of the other side of the toast as well (while other side is getting cooked).
4. Cook both sides of the toast nicely (The surface color should be brownish white, neither it should be blackish and too much white).
5. Serve it with your favorite sauces and drinks, I love it with ginger-eliechi-tulsi-desi-cow milk
My mobile camera could not capture the taste but tell you all children including my daughter loved these toasts.
love
Anurag
Chappal management was messed as it was very crowded!
Signboard in front of Taj Toilets 
In Narad bhakti sutra Gurudava explained this mudra very beautifully, he says Upper hand's mudra depicting “Wait, don’t be impatient” and lower hand is saying “I’m giving na!”. God says "Wait I'm giving". Here is an experience of my last two birthday's :-), enjoy...
June last year, I went to Banglore Ashram, two days before a program that I had to attend, to celebrate my birthday with Gurudev :-). I reached ashram on 15th, did my morning sadhana on 16th morning, dressed myself with a nicely washed and pressed Lucknow chiken kurta-paijama and reached the secretariat office (Kashchapa in front of Vishalakshi Mandap in Ashram) . Full of expectation, I sent an appointment request through Shabnam in secretariat “Guruji it’s my birthday today and I just want to be with you for sometime”. With a thought that I should get it (after all I’m a full time teacher doing so much service :-)), I was in waiting queue with other few 5-6 people on the pathway to Ganga kutir in Ashram. As my waiting had a touch of impatience into it, every time someone comes down from the pathway to the Kutir, I use to look at them with a hope. My hope started turning into disappointment as someone else use to get the call. This continued for around two hours and cumulative sum of disappointment was beyond my capacity :-).
With mind already started grumbling I went back to my room. Birthday celebration in evening satsang looked usual to me as many people went on the stage myself and Ujjal (another fulltime teacher who also has his birthday on the same day). Guruji did not even paid much attention and it went just like that :-). I started my next day applied my part-I course point (You can guess which one I should have applied :-)) , evening my mind got real clarity when Guruji shared in the satsang that “Agar main tum ko laat bhee maru aur tum phir bhee vaapas aao to tume Guru ke paas aana aya” (Even if you feel that I insulting you, I’m treating you badly and you still you come back to me, them only you have learn to come back to Guru).
This year June, I again happen to be in Ashram for an Advance and SriSri Yoga Teachers Training Course did not have any expectations or desire whatsoever on my birthday. I came to know that Guruji is meeting people in Badri Vishala in afternoon, I went in darshan line, had a very good darshan and little chat with Guruji. Shardaji from back shouted "Guruji, its Anurag’s and Ujjal’s birthday today". “Oh yes yes, we will celebrate.” Said Guruji. As Guruji prompted that, secretariat people allowed us to be I Ganga kutir with Guruji after darshan.
Few of us got to spend around few hours in Ganga kutir in His presence and you ask anyone who had experienced this, it is a lifetime experience. In the evening satsang, he pointed me and Ujjal in “Ha ha both of you come…”. And after cake cutting a group of teachers with us moved to the Ashram canteen for further celebration. And end of it, I was thinking this somewhat I desired last year and now I’m getting exactly in the same way. As I was thinking this, Abhishek a teacher from Rajasthan came running to me and said that Guruji has sent a message for you that he will you birthday gift tomorrow. Icing on the cake, more than what I expected. Next day more time with Him in kutir. He asked “Tumhari Jaroorat kaya hai” (What do you need?)”. Word came out of my mouth, “Guruji meri jaroorat to app hi ho” (You are my one and only need). He said “Oh mai to huin he naa…”, he came out with two kurtas. One for me and one for Ujjal. “Will it fit you?”. And this Kurta is made for my fitting, I love it!
And I was remebering "Wait I'm giving na..."
Love, Anurag
People around got this idea of getting together and pushing the truck back so that it could cross the slope on the back. We all pushed the truck backward and after few unsuccessful attempts people started looking for other solutions. Suddenly I got an idea. To overcome the impediment caused by slope behind the rear tyres, I started placing the bricks in from of the tyres. So as truck moved little back these bricks stopped it from moving forward again. In few rounds of this brick dropping the truck actually crossed the bigger slope behind. Everyone including me got a sign of relief and traffic moved forward. 
The team at work...
Last few years, a team of Art of Living volunteers of Indirapuram and Noida-62 area lead by teachers Rajendra and Sonia ji are nurturing these plants.
