life journey......................

Read in: English | മലയാളം | தமிழ் | ಕನ್ನಡ | తెలుగు | हिंदी How to depict a raga from lines? I had an experience with Guru Nithya Chaithanya Yathi. Once he drew a diagramatic pattern with a single line without lifting his hand from the paper and then he asked me to translate that picture on my violin. I was stunned for a moment. Never before that have I thought of such an idea. But if Guru says, I just do it. I have nothing to think about it. I simply started. To my wonder, a beautiful raga emerged. Guru was listening with his eyes closed. I felt like a kid walking holding it's father's index finger. The lines took me through hills and valleys. That was an incredible journey..............

Read in: English | മലയാളം | தமிழ் | ಕನ್ನಡ | తెలుగు | हिंदी Manoj Pavitran: I still vividly remember the day when you were given initiation, I remember the difficulty of calling you Anandanadh instead of Ma nu, I still remember the poise and determination you had on your face after receiving Guru’s blessings. Now you have come a long way, you have put aside the saffron clothes, shaven off your beard; you have entered into a married relationship and now living in the US. If you don’t mind can you please share with us your journey? What made you go beyond the conventions of saffron life? How did it enrich your journey? Anandnadh: I've shared my experience of spiritual initiation at:  http://anandnadh.blogspot.com/2011/01/gurukulam-life.html  . That day,   Guru told me all these costumes are insignificant and irrelevant. He told they should be used only as a device to cross the threshold if it helps to protect myself from the heavy current of the material world within....

omana thinkal kidavo......lulluby sung for my daughter to sleep Just at the age of three-and-a -half she started to catch up with the musical notes I played or sang. She's so playful about it but pitching is quite natural to her. Her interest in music is incredible. She always reminds me to teach her music. If I sing a small song for her to repeat she wants the svara first. In my music classes for other older children, she'll just sit through and listen without disturbing. She has got a beautiful voice and inherent talent. Grateful to you Nandu, to have born as my daughter........... Nandu making her on two minutes maagi noodles. In between she is asking whether it is properly boiled or not.  She likes to be called as Nandootty! Nandootty observes her mom cooking and she wants to try it out all by herself. working  4th b'day  laughter drawing surprised hot sun!  before prayer! naughty happy oh m...

Read in: English | മലയാളം | தமிழ் | ಕನ್ನಡ | తెలుగు | हिंदी My parents................... Very pious people. So blessed to have born to such simple but great souls. Father left so unexpectedly just when I began to realize and express my love for him. Never thought of responsibility until he was around. All the qualities and traits and all that I am, I humbly attribute to this couple. The gratitude can never be put into words. The best thing about them as parents is that they never imposed what we have to become or what we have to do as children. They just created an atmosphere for us to naturally blossom into our potentials. Prostrations.................

salutations......... Yoga at the beach during sunrise is so refreshing..................... travel continues.... happy family With Jaya and Nandu. They added more fulfillment and meaning to life. An experience of universal love at the nuclear level. It is the same bond that binds the whole world. the stars, galaxies, oceans, mountains,................................  as Sri Ramakrishna................. During kairali tv Ragolsavam shoot........ the musician.........   with Christ & Gandhi..... This role was at the talent show in sivananda yoga vedantha centre during the one month residential international yoga teacher training program-2003. it was all fun.

Read in: English | മലയാളം | தமிழ் | ಕನ್ನಡ | తెలుగు | हिंदी Music is therapeutic. Human system responds wonderfully to the vibrations of musical sounds. Listening to music immediately changes our energy patterns as well as the body chemistry. There is scientific evidence for the effect of music on the good health of plants and animals too. Some plants were allowed to grow in ordinary favourable conditions and a few others in addition were exposed to music. Those plants which grow listening to the music were found to be the healthier species. Similarly animals were also found to respond to music in a positive manner. In music there exists, inherently the power to communicate simultaneously on different levels of consciousness. This is why music plays an important role in almost every religion.      Don. G. Campbell, the director of the Institute for Music, Health and Education in Colorado says : " Sonic energies activate and harmonise the conscious mind, ...

Read in: English | മലയാളം | தமிழ் | ಕನ್ನಡ | తెలుగు | हिंदी   In my school days I used to fantasize myself traveling to places without other people seeing me. Later I became interested when I heard about Astral Travel. I obtained a small practical book, 'The Secret of Astral Projection' by David Savage. In certain workshops also I learnt a few techniques of Astral Projection. During casual discussions some of my friends narrated their Out-Of-the-Body-Experience (OOBE) to me. For them it happened automatically and unexpectedly. They even did not realize that to be an Astral Projection.          One friend said he saw his physical body separate from himself while he was suffering from severe fever. Another friend had a blissful experience of floating in the sky when she was lying on a lawn watching a bird soaring high in the sky. Yet another close friend of mine described how she felt thirsty during her sleep in the night. She tried to go to the kitc...

Read in: English | മലയാളം | தமிழ் | ಕನ್ನಡ | తెలుగు | हिंदी A BIRTHDAY GIFT I reached there on a cool and crisp sunny morning during the summer. The Gurukula in 'Fernhill', 5 kilometers above from Ooty, seemed to be more calm and isolated. My mind was saturated in a beautiful silence. I Felt much confident and at peace standing at that important turning point of my life. From my childhood I had high regards and respect to the saffron robed people. But then I never knew that I am marching to be one among them. When I told my parents that I am going to get initiated into sannyas from Guru Nithya Chaitanya Yathi, they happily said "okay", because they never believed that I could be one at that young age of 23. As I got a chance for a private dialogue with Guru, I opened my heart's desire to him. He just said, "good". Then I told him that my wish is to get initiation from him. I sensed an inner smile blooming in his eyes. Without agreeing or ...