Many people had recommended to do the Art of Living from many years since they knew I was interested in spirituality and religion. But I was quite stubborn and arrogant in those days. I thought i was already a reiki practictioner and i had read many books on spirituality, so I was not interested.
Also the course was for 6 days and I felt i could not spare such a long day in the middle of my busy schedule. Then one day my colleague Mr Vitappa Prabhu came and told me with much more enthusiasm and energy than usual to enrol for the course. He told me it was just for 3 days and in the evening time. I felt that the timing was convenient and anyways just for 3 days. More importantly he was my colleague and had supported me in the past and I didn’t want to disappoint him.
So I committed to him I will attend the program. As usually happens, I had a customer meeting on the first day of the three day course and I missed the first day. I thought anyway I have missed the first day , let me attend the course next time. Next morning Mr Vitappa called me and the words he said I will never forget. He told me “I had already registered you for the course and you didn’t come. I am very disappointed”. One hearing such strong words I felt guilty and I requested if I could join the course from second day. He spoke to the teacher and got special permission from her and asked me to come early so I could recap the previous day. I went half an hour early and some volunteers taught me the 3 stage pranayam.
Then the course started. The teacher taught us bhastrika pranayam. And then she instructed us how to do Sudarshan kriya. And then we directly started the kriya.
The first kriya experience blew me away. When it was happening it was so intense and I felt so much energy and when I rested after my first kriya by lying down, it was the most wonderful experience of my life till then. It was as if the stresses and tensions of entire lifetimes were being released and I experienced a deep relaxation and rest, which I had never experienced in my life till then.
I had enrolled in the course with zero interest and expectations, but the Sudarshan kriya gave me the experience of a new dimension. The next day kriya was also equally good. The teacher also shared some good knowledge points which I really appreciated. In the experience sharing, at the end of the Course I shared my experience. I told “ I have been a spiritual seeker from last 15 years. I have read books, met various sages and swamis, attended workshops, gone to many temples, but what I experienced in the last 3 days is equivalent to 15 years of seeking. I had read a lot of theory on Spirituality but this is for the first time I have had a practical experience and I truly salute you (the teacher Dr Vinaya Poornima) for teaching the course and Guruji for designing this course”. This truly started my real journey into spirituality.
There were 2 miracles which Guruji created to give me chance to join Art of Living.
1. I had know Mr Vitappa for past 5 years and he had told me many times about the art of living course , but he was not able to convince me about the course. He had just completed DSN course which the Art of Living conducts which instils a positive and dynamic spirit in people and that is why he was so convincing and forceful and able to convince me to enrol into the course.
2. Normally the Happiness program ( basic course as it was called then ) is of 6 days. I would never have joined the 6 days course as per me I could not spare 6 days in my busy schedule. Dr Vinaya had just tried the three days course as a experiment. This as per my knowledge was the first and last time she did the course for three days. So I believe it is the Divine which inspired her to teach a 3 days course to give a chance to stubborn people like me to come into contact with him.
I humbly bow down to him once again for accepting me as his disciple thru his grace.
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