Jan 2nd Shradha turned 5!

She is been really waiting for her birthday celebration (more because of all the
gifts she gets :-)), making Monika count days everyday from last more than a month
at least. She couldn't even wait till evening to wear new lahnga.


Monika tried (very successfully) her hands on baking a fruit cake, with lots of desi cow milk
and malai and fresh fruits into it. It wasn't that spongy but was really really yummy
in taste (you know she is also going to read this posting ;-)).


I also chipped in with my favorite tomato sauce pasta with butter topping. This time
preparation was influenced by an online recipe video (from Manjula aunty) on YouTube.
In which the corn-flower was also used in preparation of tomato gravy.


We started with our daily evening pooja at home, where all family member get together
for chanting om namah shivaya in Guruji's voice (12 time), 3-4 bhajans and a knowledge
sheet discussion (from celebrating silence). I played "Come here my dear" from Oorja
and some Avtaran bhajans mainly to get the bunch of Shradha's friends into it, which
most of them actually enjoyed. We made them play an AXL game (Zip-Zap) followed
Pasta, Chaula-Puri, Rasogulla dinner and a dance party.

With Love,
Anurag Arora

Charged Balloons!

Towards the finishing of the course, on the last day of Aligarh Part-I course, the participants were sharing their experience. Every course participant was given a balloon. As participants were sharing their experience I rubbed one balloon on my head and as you must have observed the balloon get charged after rubbing and because of this charge it sticks. While playing with balloon this balloon sticks on my hand and by lifting my hand the balloon was rising up against gravity. I have taken some pictures afterward to share it in a better way...






After some time the charge reduced and balloon was falling down on the stage. Even if my hand was above the balloon it wasn’t holding on to my hand. Then I rubbed it again and holding on and rising continued. Suddenly I realized many students in the class also got involved in this play and many of em doing the same :-)…




From one angle it looked so childish game in a class of around 50 students. Suddenly a realization dawned and I shared with the class…

Our life is like this balloon and the hand is the grace of master always there to lift you up. Now a charging your balloon is like doing the Art of Living course, Seva, and Sadhana. A charged balloon hold-on to the grace rise the way master wants you to rise :-)

With Love,
Anurag

Course in Noida!

A very committed group (as it was really cold at 6 in morning and evening) completed their part-1 course in Noida. The knowledge sessions were really good as lot of practical question relating to life situations were asked. I'll write the question/answer session on course knowledge point in my next posting. Here are few pictures:






All pictures can be accessed at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/anurag.monika/NoidaPart1Course#

With Love,
Anurag