Ohhh Buck, your dome badge just keeps getting further and further away.....
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > It's beautiful pr. Incredibly on message just like Maharishi was. > > Sri Sri ought to walk the Fairfield Square some day. That would be worth a > photo. > > And do the Fairfield Sondheim Theatre sometime too. There is quite an active > satsang of AOL people in Fairfield. There already have been some pretty > famous saints and spiritual teachers there at the Sondheim. We'd all welcome > him too. > > Jai Guru Dev, > > -Buck in FF > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > the audience at Lincoln Center Sunday night was youngish - average age > > about 35 or 40 I would say. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > April 11, 2011, 5:09 pm > > > > > > Seeking Bliss Among the Honks and Hisses > > > By COREY KILGANNON > > > > > > > > > [Indian Meditation Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar] > > > > > > Richard Perry/The New York Times / The Indian meditation guru Sri Sri > > > Ravi Shankar takes a walk through Times Square. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, 54, the Indian spiritual guru, said it was his > > > first time in Times Square, as he walked up Broadway on Monday morning. > > > > > > "It's a nice place for a stroll," he said. "A lot is > > > happening." > > > > > > Indeed there was. The Crossroads of the World was as hectic as ever, > > > teeming with traffic and sidewalk crowds toward the end of the morning > > > rush. > > > > > > Mr. Shankar stood, taking it all in: police officers, tourists, office > > > workers, vendors, bomb-sniffing dogs. Even for Mr. Shankar, who lives in > > > the city of Bangalore, this might seem to be sensory overload: a news > > > "zipper" sign overhead trumpeted items like "Long Island > > > Serial Killer Taunting Victim's Teen Sister." > > > > > > The guru smiled broadly he always seems to be smiling and > > > ambled up Broadway, dressed in sandals, a flowing, white robe, and a > > > tan, wool scarf. He has a full, dark head of hair and beard, and suffice > > > to say, he stands out even in a crowded Times Square. > > > > > > Mr. Shankar was in town to offer a workshop to inaugurate the program I > > > Meditate NY, which provides meditation classes to deal with city stress. > > > On Sunday, he conducted a program for 2,700 people at Avery Fisher Hall. > > > > > > "There is so much energy here, you need help to cope with it > > > all," he said, looking across Times Square. "When you have so > > > many people of such diversity squeezed together, you need a lot of > > > it." > > > > > > Urban life would especially lend itself to his form of breathing and > > > meditation, he said, with its goal of rejuvenating participants > > > physically, mentally and emotionally. > > > > > > "People who have a lot to do in life, they have a greater need to > > > meditate," he said. "When you live in the middle of this > > > hustle-bustle, and you have a lot of responsibilities and demands on > > > you, you naturally have a greater longing for it." > > > > > > "It is important for people to take a few minutes every day to sit > > > with their eyes closed and look for inner peace," he said, walking > > > up Broadway, and passing a panhandler holding up a cardboard sign with > > > the words, "I listen to your problems for $2." > > > > > > "You need a source of silence and sanity and it is healthy to > > > clearing the mind," he said. > > > > > > Mr. Shankar said he envisioned a world free of stress and violence and > > > said that meditation helped nurture the individual love, compassion and > > > enthusiasm to reach these broader goals. > > > > > > Every few moments, he was interrupted by passers-by who recognized him. > > > At 45th Street, a group of Indian immigrants bowed to him and smiled, > > > and a half-block later, an English tourist, Charlotte West, 20, stopped > > > him and said she took his meditation class at an ashram in India several > > > years ago. > > > > > > Then a truck rumbled down Seventh Avenue and the driver bellowed out: > > > "Sri Sri Ravi, you're the greatest." > > > > > > The guru's followers stared at each other and burst out in > > > incredulous laughter. Mr. Shankar simply smiled and kept walking. Still > > > smiling, he then passed Foot Locker, the Swatch store and a souvenir > > > shop displaying "I Love New York" T-shirts. > > > > > > That logo has been imitated by his group I Meditate New York, with the > > > heart replaced by a sitting meditator. > > > > > > Mr. Shankar founded the nonprofit Art of Living Foundation in 1982 to > > > help spread the use of meditation to alleviate stress and societal > > > problems and violence, he said, conducting programs for people of all > > > religions and cultures. > > > > > > Mr. Shankar's father was an auto executive, but young Ravi took a > > > spiritual path early on, and by age 4 was able to recite from the > > > Bhagavad Gita. He was born on the same day of the year as the Hindu > > > philosopher Adi Shankara and followed the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, > > > developing a rhythmic breathing exercise to help relieve personal > > > suffering. The technique came to him in 1982 "like an intuition" > > > after a 10-day period of silence on the banks of a river in India, he > > > said. > > > > > > He calls the technique Sudarshan Kriya and has made it the core of his > > > Art of Living courses. > > > > > > "It gives you a deeper rest than sleep," he said. "It adds > > > dimension to your life, and it is so suitable for today's busy > > > life." > > > > > > Standing at the curb at 46th Street, an Indian man stopped next to him > > > and did a double-take. The man, Sunin Elias, 42, and his son Nikhil, 13, > > > shook the guru's hand. Mr. Elias said he lived in Bangalore, where > > > he runs a software company. > > > > > > A stylishly dressed woman standing on the sidewalk in front of the > > > DoubleTree Hotel was next to approach Mr. Shankar. The woman Kavina > > > Trujillo, 38, a skin care specialist from Seattle said she had come to > > > New York on business and taken his meditation lecture and workshop in > > > Manhattan on Sunday. > > > > > > "I kept falling asleep," she told Mr. Shankar, who in response > > > kept smiling but did not speak. > > > > > > "You're making me nervous," she said with a giggle. Finally > > > she shook his hand again and said, "You changed my life." > > > > > > At 48th Street, he turned and began walking down Seventh Avenue. He > > > passed several husky men standing next to an inflated 12-foot-tall > > > bedbug and handing out notices attacking a local business. In front of > > > Planet Hollywood, he was greeted by a young man wearing a gold chain and > > > a red baseball hat. > > > > > > The young man, Kenny Pena, 23, a music producer from Brooklyn with the > > > nickname Nyce and a production company called Money Game, shook the > > > guru's hand. > > > > > > "I felt a lot of positive energy just shaking his hand," Mr. > > > Pena said. > > > > > > Mr. Shankar's handlers were anxious to rush him to his next > > > appearance, but he said he enjoyed walking Times Square. > > > > > > "Once in a while," he said, and piled with three other handlers > > > into the back of a waiting car, smiling all the while. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/seeking-bliss-among-the-hon\ > > > ks-and-hisses/?ref=nyregion > > > <http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/seeking-bliss-among-the-ho\ > > > nks-and-hisses/?ref=nyregion> > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/3otqcwk <http://tinyurl.com/3otqcwk> > > > > > >
