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Mind Tree May 2011 MMIINNDD--TTRREEEE Volume-I | Issue-9 | May 201 Image Courtesy: www.freedigitalphotos.net Mind---Tree, May 2011 111 wikimedia.org MMIINNDD--TTRREEEE Volume-I | Issue-9 | May 2011 We are eager to have your valuable opinions @ [email protected] or [email protected] Bhakthi Yoga Bhakthi Yoga teaches people the path of Love – to love all as you Bhagwan Sathya Sai Baba is one of the love yourselves, and prosper by rarest Karmayogis India has ever pro- love. Then no harm can come to duced. He has you. It will only spread joy and wiped the happiness to all. God is present tears from the withered faces of the poor and the mar- ginalised Indi- ans. For his be- lievers, he was a demi-God who had definite mesmeric powers. Surpris- ingly, he could also attract millions of human beings towards his abode. May be he had several critics who used to uncharitably criticise him and his charitable disposition. But that did not dissuade him from his destined spiritual duty and yeoman’s service to in all beings as Love. They all en- the people around him. Undoubtedly, deavour to merge their love with he will be remembered for the amaz- the Ocean of Love that God is. ing spiritual service and the philan- Wherever Love is evident, take it Happiness cannot be experienced that it is God’s own Love. God is through spiritual practices. the greatest Lover of mankind. It can be experienced only through Therefore, when anyone decides Divine Love. – Baba to serve humanity whom He thropic works he could undertake for loves, God showers Grace in the welfare of the mankind, whereas plenty. When the human heart his die-hard critics had only one- melts at the suffering of others point agenda to “bare” him naked.He and expands as a result of that showed that serving the mankind is sympathy, believe that God is tantamount to serving the God in all present there. That is the sign of respects. Probably, there are few par- the validity of the path of devo- allels in the world for his unique way tion (Bhakthi Yoga). of spirituality. Mind---Tree, May 2011 222 Divine Speak What water can do, gasoline cannot and what copper can, gold cannot. The fra- A plum once said, 'just because a banana gility of the ant enables it to move and lover came by, I converted myself into a the rigidity of the tree enables it to stay banana. Unfortunately, his taste rooted. Everything and everybody has changed after a few been designed with a Pro- months and so I became portion of uniqueness to an orange. When he said serve a purpose that we I was bitter I became an can fulfill only by being apple, but he went in our unique self. You as search of grapes. you alone can serve your Yielding to the opinions purpose and I as I Alone of so many people, I have can serve my purpose. changed so many times You are here to be you... that I no more know who Just YOU. I am. How I wish I had remained a plum and waited for a plum lover.' There was a time in this world when a Just because a group of people do not ac- Krishna was required and he was sent; A time when a Christ was required and he You are a Masterpiece was sent; a time when a Mahatma was required and he was sent; a time when a cept you as you are, there is no necessity J.R.D.Tata was required and he was sent. for you to strip yourself of your original- There came a time when you were re- ity. You need to think Good of yourself, quired on this planet and hence you for the world takes you at your own esti- were sent. Let us be the best we can be. mate. Never stoop down in order to gain recognition. Never let go of your true In the history of the universe, there has self to win a relationship. In the long been nobody like you and to the run, you will regret that you traded your infinity of time to come, there will be no greatest Glory - your uniqueness, for mo- one like you. Existence should have loved you so much that it broke the mould after making you, so that another Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of your kind will never get repeated. You are original. mentary validation. Even Gandhi was You are rare. not accepted by many people. The group You are unique. that does not accept you as YOU is not You are a wonder. Your world. You are a masterpiece. Your Master's piece. There is a world for each one of you, Celebrate your Uniqueness. where you shall reign as king /queen by just being yourself. Find that world... Coutesy: Shri JAYAPRAKASH NAIR <[email protected]> In fact, that world will find You. Disclaimer: We have taken every care to see that copyrighted material (content or images) is not included in this Magazine. Still if there is any such inclusion of copyrighted material by accident or by mistake, the concerned authorized copyright holders may intimate at [email protected]. On receipt of which we assure that we would remove that material if it is proved to be breach of copyright. We are eager to have your valuable opinions @ [email protected] or [email protected] Mind---Tree, May 2011 333 Month’s Shankar, Swami Ramdev, Swami Mind Agnivesh and former Indian crick- Anna Hazare eter Kapil Dev,many celebrities showed their public support through Twit- Along with members of the India Against Corrup- ter. On 6 April 2011 Sharad Pawar resigned from tion movement, former justice of the Supreme the group of ministers formed for reviewing the Court of India and Lokayukta of draft Lokpal bill 2010. The move- Karnataka N. Santosh Hegde and ment gathered significant sup- Prashant Bhushan, a senior law- port from India's youth, visible yer in the Supreme Court, through the local support and on drafted an alternate bill called social networking sites like Face- the Jan Lokpal Bill (People's Om- book and Twitter.[46] There have budsman Bill). This bill provides also been protests in Bangalore, more stringent provisions and Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, wider power to the Lokpal Guwahati, Shillong, and Aizawl, (Ombudsman). Hazare began a among other cities of India. On 8 fast unto death from 5 April 2011 April 2011 the Government of In- at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to press for the demand dia accepted all demands of the movement. On 9 to form a joint committee of the representatives of April 2011 it issued a notification in the Gazette of the Government and the civil society to draft a new India on formation of a joint committee. It ac- bill with stronger penal actions and more inde- cepted the formula that there be a politician Chair- pendence to the Lokpal and Lokayuktas man and an activist, non-politician Co-Chairman. (Ombudsmen in the states), after his demand was According to the notification, Pranab Mukherjee rejected by the Prime Minister of India Manmohan will be the Chairman of the draft committee while Singh. He stated, "I will fast until Jan Lokpal Bill is Shanti Bhushan will be the co-chairman. “The Joint passed". The movement attracted attention in the Drafting Committee shall consist of five nominee media, and thousands of supporters. Almost 150 ministers of the Government of India and five people reportedly joined Hazare in his fast. He said nominees of the civil society. The five nominee that he would not allow any politician to sit with Ministers of the Government of India are Pranab Mukherjee, Union Minister of Finance, P. Chidambaram, Union Minister of Home Affairs, M. The story of Hazare s transformation began Veerappa Moily, Union Minister of Law and Jus- in 1964 at a Delhi railway station bookstall tice, Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of Human Re- after he bought a book on Swami Vivekan- source and Development and Minister of Commu- anda. Enthralled by the great sage s life and nication and Information Technology and Salman by his dictum that the noblest thing a man Khursheed, Union Minister of Water Resources can do is work for the good of others, and Minister of Minority Affairs. The five nominees Hazare avidly began reading religious texts of the civil society are Anna Hazare, N. Santosh and biographies of social reformers. And af- Hegde, Shanti Bhushan Senior Advocate, Prashant ter his escape from the Sabre jets at ,hem- karan, in September 1965, Hazare became a Bhushan, Advocate and Arvind Kejriwal. On the vegetarian, gave up cigarettes and li.uor, morning of 9 April 2011 Hazare ended his 98-hour and vowed to remain a bachelor devoting hunger strike by first offering lemon juice to some himself to public service. of his supporters who were fasting with him. Hazare then broke his fast by consuming some lemon juice. He addressed the people and set a him in this movement. Politicians like Uma Bharti deadline of 15 August 2011 to pass the Lokpal Bill in and Om Prakash Chautala were shooed away by the Indian Parliament. Real fight begins now. We protesters when they came to visit the site where have a lot of struggle ahead of us in drafting the the protest was taking place. Social activists, in- new legislation, We have shown the world in just cluding Medha Patkar, Arvind Kejriwal, former IPS five days that we are united for the cause of the officer Kiran Bedi, and Jayaprakash Narayan lent nation.
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