SPIRITUALITY, ART, NITHYANANDA

I love my dad. His step-daughter adopted a child. She lives in the US, and the child was from Russia.  The baby was 7 months old.  It was a happy moment, but the paperwork for the child to go with his new mom to his new home took a long time.  Mom had to go back after a month. And the seven-month baby?  He stayed with his grandparents.  My dad was 72 at the time. I remember distinctly how much work this little person needs, from waking up in the middle of the night to walks in the park, diapers, cleaning, cooking, washing.  My dad's wife and my dad took all of it on themselves.  Just like that, in a blink of an eye, they turned into parents of a baby.  And they did it all.  They then repeated it every year when he came to visit, and they took care of him without hiring anyone.  He turned out such a happy, smart boy who loves them dearly.  He thinks he has two moms and two dads.  He is for sure lucky. And I feel that my dad ...

“Authenticity starts with listening, continues with listening, continues with listening. Human beings miss life when they miss listening.” - Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda

Listen to the song my daughter wrote for her 16th  birthday. "NEW BORN KINGS"  She met Swamiji when she was 9 years old.  She is 16 now.  She has "wings".  By the way, she is not the only one.  Every teen whom I met in the programs that my Guru conducts has the same spirit that Life is a Possibility . How about you?  Do you still remember the excitement to start living your own life?  So many of us after experiencing difficulties or disappointments decided that these "wings" are not real, that we can not do what we wanted to do because life is not about that; that life is a burden and you are a little part in a huge mechanism where you are supposed to follow the rules that others create for you, you need to shrink a little to fit somewhere, to be accepted and approved.   If you are not following the rules, then something is going to be wrong. It is dangerous.  By the way, we are in fact parts of a very huge thing but we need to be op...

This happened on November 27, 2013. I am still only in a process of recovery from this accident and although it is painful I would not miss this experience and if I were asked to change the past so that the break of my shoulder would not have happened, I would say No, No way. I was meeting my son and his girlfriend at the parking lot and when I was taking things from one car to another, my car started rolling back and I tried to hold it with my arm.  I know, I know, that was really stupid.  I agree completely.  Why on earth I had an idea that I could hold a car that weighs…..Anyway, I fell.   I actually had a weird feeling of "giving up".  Not sure I  can better describe it.    Then it was an sharp pain in my right shoulder.   My car was heading to hit other cars on the parking lot but my son came to the rescue, jumped in and stopped that moving machine... I remembered right away the techniques Swamij taught us when he broke his arm and h...

My daughter was finishing her 8th grade and the main question was how to continue with her high school education.  So many questions! Should we stay where we were for her high school years, should we look for a different school district, and if yes where and what to look for. During one of our trips Alice spoke to Swamiji and asked him for a support with a career in the arts. I have to tell you that I am well aware about the "practical thinking" that says that the career of a doctor or a lawyer is a much more sure thing than something with the arts.  Only it feels like creating out of limitations vs inspiration. One thing I realize that as a parent I should be striving only to create support structure for my children to be their highest possibility.  I have no right to give them my own ideas that come from my fears or lack of confidence.  Swamiji calls them "incompletions". I was not born with my incompletions, I accumulated them with or without help of others s...