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I’m a litigator in the federal court of Canada. Sometimes it can get pretty tense. One day, they brought in a spiritual leader from a community to smudge the courtroom. You have to imagine, we’re in a state of the art courtroom in downtown Toronto, and they bring a spiritual leader. He lit some sage and smudged the room and made everyone go through a ceremony, and asked for us all to do things the good way, together. This created an atmosphere where everybody felt peaceful, centered and that they belonged to each other. It made everyone realize that we were here to do justice, and not to fight. It was funny because this had happened in the middle of the day. In the morning, we had the usual bickering and fighting, and stress. And in the afternoon everyone was calm and everything went smoothly. It was just amazing and we said we have to keep doing this.
See, the Native people had this. The king was also the judge, but there was also a guru in every community who would give them the judgment.In India, there is also the Panchayats system, where five people who are administrators of the village reso ... -
What is love?
Well, if you have not known it, there is no way you can know it! There is not a single being on this planet which or who does not know what love is. On one hand this is true, on the other hand, nobody has known love.Love is not something that you ... -
How do we deal with financial loss?
Observe what happens when you have a financial loss, or a big sense of loss. Something happens in your stomach. You feel, ‘I earned something with so much effort, and it is gone!’ Sometimes, it is not in your control. The stock market comes ... -
Gurudev, what would be your advice to leaders in the world who have good intentions but flawed actions?
If the intentions are correct but actions are flawed, they must have come under compulsion from someone else. You always act on your intention. If you are unable to act on your intention, it means you are under some pressure from some corner. An ... -
The Sri Sri Yoga program has helped me so much, and I am sure it has a big role to play in spreading yoga around the world.
Thank you! I am so glad! Around 35 years ago, when we started yoga, it was taboo, not a mainstream thing at all. People would think that to do yoga, you have to stand on one leg, or put ashes all over your body. That was the sort of impression about yog ... -
Can we do something about depression?
Sure, we can do something about it. Do you know, depression is the biggest challenge for The World Health Organization (WHO) and possibly the world, in the next 5 years. Nearly 40% of the school teachers in Europe are depressed, and if teachers ... -
Should the change be top driven or bottom up approach?
I feel we need to drive change from both ends -- we need the top down and bottom up approach. If you ask the people at senior levels, they will say, "What can I do? If we try to do something, people resist. What to do?"Suppose the head o ... -
Gurudev, why do people resist change?
People resist change because they are afraid that they would lose something precious, or the change could bring about a disaster for them. But if you communicate to them that the change would make them better, they would definitely take it. Nobody disli ... -
Gurudev, how to protect children from negativity in the world?
You cannot bring them up in isolation, some day they will be exposed to the world and then it would be shocking for them. All we need to do is balance the negativity in the world with positive things. Talk to them about compassion, about heroic people. ... -
What is the biggest currency today, God or money?
What if they both become the same? God is the biggest currency. If you have God with you, you have everything else.Some people think money is God, money is everything for them. We are made up of both - matter and spirit. While our bo ...