Part II starts the moment you decide to do it!
The first Art Of Living Advance Course of Gujarat was to be held at Pavagadh, the famous hill station pilgrimage near Vadodara in presence of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in the last week of September, 2004.
Being always keen onto several self development programs; I was enrolled immediately! Besides, this was the same 3-day silence program that the student had referred! The idea fascinated me! The only apprehension was my 4-year old son – how will I be able to attend the sessions? The AOL teachers assured me that they will look after him themselves! They did & how!
On the D Day, while we were waiting for the bus to arrive to proceed for Pavagadh; many of us started getting a bit restless! A neighbor fellow participant said so truly that the Advance Course has started now! In fact it started the moment you decided to do it! Soon we started reminding each other all the keys of the Basic Course!
Upon reaching there were a number of things to be discovered. The first thing was about ‘bhajans’. Earlier, we had always either listened to the bhajans or sung them while we were alone. Now Brijitji says – “Bhajan sunne ki nahi, gaane ki cheez hai.” (Bhajans are to be sung not heard). Now we all know what Guruji says about Bhajan when He says, “When you sit in bhajans your entire body gets soaked in energy and transformation happens.”
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