Girish's Blog

1.     Meaning of Guru Kabir says: “The only thing worth doing is to wake up my mind.” The God, the REAL Guru, is inside. The word ‘Guru’ is untranslatable. Neither does the word ‘teacher’ nor the word ‘Master’ have that beauty. In fact, the phenomenon of the Guru is so deeply Indian that no other language of any country is capable of translating it. It is something intrinsically Eastern. The word ‘Guru’ is made of two words, ‘gu’ and ‘ru’. ‘Gu’ means darkness, ‘ru’ means one who dispels it. Guru literally means ‘the light’ or ‘the dispeller of darkness’. 1a. The Guru, the outer Master is simply a mirror so that you can see your face, so that you can see that you also have the same face, the same possibility, the same potential. And once this has settled in your heart, that “I have also the same potential, the same seed”, a great journey has started. You will never be the same again. Looking into the eyes of a living Master, something synchronizes in you, something is ...

Recently I had to travel to Idukki in Kerala for a Residential Refresher Course conducted by the Alleppey Branch of the South India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India from 23 May to 25 May. I had a 3AC train ticket which was wait listed when I booked it. I had an emergency quota letter from a MP – curtsey of CA Ramaniji of Goa, who was to join me at midnight at Madgaon. About three hours before departure, when I checked online the reservation had come down to RAC, and by the time I got onto the train I had got seat. When I got into the train I saw that B63 berth had two people – so effectively I had got half a seat. When the TC came he said that he will check and allot another berth to one of us. Mentally I was positive that I will not have to shift. Around 9pm, the TC came and told me you stay on B63 and he shifted the other gentleman to another seat. Ramaniji to got a berth and I caught up with him the next morning. We reached Alleppey at 5pm – for...

DANDI ASHRAM – CONCLUSION OF  8 TH DEEP MEDITATION ANUSHTHAN We left for Navsari on 26 th February at 12.15pm from my office. Originally six of us had planned to travel and on January 1, I had booked two rooms at Hotel Regency – one for ladies and one for gents. But as per Guruiccha three dropped out at the last moment, and only three of us travelled with Pawanji deciding to come by train and join us at night. We reached Dandi Ashram by 4.30pm and caught the evening meditation. The atmosphere was cool and vibrant with energy. After meditation we had bhojan Prasad and reached the hotel by 9.15pm. On the way we got a call from Krupaji who said that there was some problem with booking as Ramnathji using a mobile app had booked two rooms for the 27 th of Feb instead of 26 th . I told her that Ramnath and his wife and son can stay with me, Khamankarji and Truptiji by putting an extra bed. Krupaji adjusted with Channeeji and and Kishorebhai and Prashantbhai went to Pratapbhai’s h...

Sunday, January 19, 2014 Live in the Moment, Run with the Movement Last year the charity I usually supported did not take part, hence as part of Corporate Challenge I ran for United Way of Mumbai and wore the Samarpan scarf for the first time during the run. The scarfs energy worked and this year Samarpan family officially participated in the marathon! Energy always works! This year was the first year the Samarpan Family was taking part in the Marathon. Pujya Swamiji had given His approval and blessings in July 2013 saying, “Do something different, go ahead, but take contributions from non-sadhaks,” ( This is for the Ayurvedic Medical Centre project at Sindavadar Ashram, Rajkot).This was a master-stroke as propagation of Samarpan movement and fund collection could take place simultaneously. Yoga Prabha Bharati Seva Sanstha Trust got itself registered with United Way of Mumbai, the charity partner for the movement in August 2013, thus paving the way for Samarpans first time par...