Fwd: Knowledge of Healing and Consciousness with Swamiji

[Virani]

Dear all,

Jai Gurudev,

Please join us on Wednesday September 24th, 2014 with your friends & family to listen knowledge of Healing and Consciousness with Swami Pragyapad ji.

Knowledge of Healing and Consciousness

with Guided Meditation

Date: Wednesday - Sept 24th, 2014

Event Time: 7:00 pm - Talk begins sharp at 7:30 pm

Best Western Plus 

1725 E Algonquin Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60173

Contact - 847 612 3495 / 847 619 3021

About Pragyapad ji:

Known as the "Smiling Swami" Swami Pragyapad is one of the most natural people you will have the opportunity to meet. Graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, he is a college hockey player, and a loving individual with a huge and compassionate heart. 

Swami is an amazing saint who transfers wisdom to those around him with his amazing presence. He is one of the select devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and the Art of Living Foundation who teaches some of the most advanced spiritual and healing work available today. During the Indonesian Tsunami relief efforts, Swami Pragyapad was involved in providing personal healing and trauma relief for hundreds of flood victims.

Swami Pragyapad is a scholar of the Vedas and ancient Indian wisdom and has made presentations internationally on Yoga and Meditation. He has also initiated and managed large social-welfare projects on education and youth empowerment. Swami teaches the most advanced programs offered by the Art of Living Foundation including the Art of Silence Course, Creating a Divine Society, and the Blessings Course which provides a foundation for deep healing and development of consciousness and practical techniques.

“The formula for happiness is simple. If you think more about yourself, you will feel depressed, think about others and you experience completeness’’, the success and reach of Art of Living courses is because there is simplicity of teaching and depth of experience. 

The Sudarshan Kriya, pranayama, and unique breathing are life-transforming instruments of bringing peace, calmness, enthusiasm, positivism and love to one’s being, for the mental pattern also has a breath pattern, which is responsible for the initiation and management of innumerable seva (selfless service) projects. 

He asserts that the person who does yoga becomes a yogi and is able to realize the opportunities at hand, “we ignite the capabilities, and lend a little support, helping the person to feel and think independently’’, the teacher talks about how the various courses work. 

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

“Swami Pragyapad, came to Pittsburgh for 4 days and what an amazing wave of Knowledge & Wisdom !”  Metha from Pittsburgh

“Swami ji gave the secrets of healthy life and happy and peaceful mind. He taught 'subtle Yoga' and this is amazing you can do it any where in your office, during flight or watching TV which is so helpful in today's fast life and can relax your body.” Michelle from Pittsburgh

“Swami ji taught the Happiness Course (Art of Living course) for around 70 people and that was just awesome and had interactive session with almost with 100 people. Since the Art of Living class with Swami Pragyapad my daily life is filled with smiles, relaxation and more intimacy with my family and friends. I really recommend this program.”  Jim from Tucson 

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION WITH SWAMI PRAGYAPAD

Q. If everything is God and God is inside me also then while praying who is praying whom?

A. In this universe everything has dual personality. For example: lifting his index finger he says:  this is a finger and also this is Swami Pragyapad, isn't it? So when we are just stuck in our small identity we are some person individually but when we are aware of the whole (God) we are part of God or more precisely we are God. 

Q. How to deal with bad habits?

A. Do not try to break the habit at once. Rather break it into small commitments. Say you are smoking 30 cigarettes a day, don't say that tomorrow I will not smoke at all rather say tomorrow I will just have 25 cigarettes then next day have 20, next week come to 10, coming week just take 5 cigarettes and slowly come to 1 cigarette a day then 1 in 2 days like that reduce the dependency and be free.

Q. How to deal with the problems? 

A. In response to this question swami asked how your body is when you are happy. It is more energetic and upbeat than when you are not happy. So when we can deal with the problem when we have more energy or less energy. Definitely with more energy. So we need to be happy to deal with the problem because that time we are more energetic. So for small problem we need small happiness and for big problem we need big happiness to begin with. So happiness comes first rather than after solving the problem.

Q. What is the difference between Art of Living course and Art of Silence course?

A. In Art of Living course the teacher sits on the driving seat and participant sit on seat next to him and teacher take the participant on the ride and shows him to see how is this is your mind, this is your intellect, this is what your ego look like and this is your true self and so on.  While in Art of Silence course (which is also called Art of Living Part 2 course or advanced course) the roles is reversed. The Participant sits on driving seat while teacher sit next to him and as a participant you go on a ride and have the experience of your own mind, intellect, ego, self etc and teacher guide him for what he is experiencing. Also Art of Silence course is like 1000 times more fun and joy than what you get in Art of Living Course!

Q. How to deal with the criticism and argument? 

A. Just see that when you work in team the difference of opinions may come and they will come. But don't let difference of opinions to create difference in hearts. Have patience and listen to other person also and tell your point of view. Remember the person is more important than everything else.  Also don't get stuck in anything. It is 100% your choice to walk out from the argument. Above all have lots of fun. After any arguments just go and have ice-cream together. 

ABOUT SWAMI PRAGYAPAD’S MASTER: SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR

About SRI SRI:

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a humanitarian and spiritual leader, an ambassador of peace and human values. Through his life and work, Sri Sri has inspired millions around the world with a vision of a stress-free, violence-free world.  He has founded courses that provide techniques and tools to live a deeper, more joyous life and he has established nonprofit organizations that recognize a common human identity above the boundaries of race, nationality, and religion.

Born in 1956 in Southern India, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was a gifted child. By the age of four, he was able to recite parts of the Bhagavad Gita, an ancient Sanskrit scripture, and was often found in meditation. He holds degrees in, both, Vedic literature and Physics.

In 1982, Sri Sri entered a ten-day period of silence in Shimoga located in the Indian state of Karnataka and in that silence, Sudarshan Kriya – a powerful breathing technique – was born. Later Sudarshan Kriya became the centerpiece of the Art of Living courses.

Sri Sri is a noted humanitarian leader who has developed and led programs that provide assistance to people from a wide range of backgrounds—victims of natural disasters, survivors of terror attacks and war, children from marginalized populations, communities in conflict, among others. The power of his message has inspired a wave of service based on spirituality through a huge body of volunteers who drive these projects forward in critical areas around the globe.

Sri Sri is a spiritual teacher.  He has rekindled the traditions of yoga and meditation and has offered them in a form that works in the 21st century. By reviving ancient wisdom, Sri Sri has created new techniques for personal and social transformation. These include a powerful technique called Sudarshan Kriya® which has helped millions of people to find relief from stress and discover inner reservoirs of energy and peace in daily life. In only three decades, his programs and initiatives have touched the lives of over 370 million people in 152 countries.

[NITA VIRANI]