new look

hi dere
with te fever of new looking blogs catching me in its folds, i have begun designing a template for my blog..... thanks a TON to bawa and to bawandinesh.blogspot.com

see u soon with a new look

anil

Satsang at shreyas place – august 31 2008

The last day of the month ended on a happy, hilarious, sumptuous, and soul-stirring note... here’s how….
Happy – d occasion was shreya’s (my sister who is also a yes+ teacher) birthday Satsang… she has been one new addition to the most influential women in my life… and has been responsible for how responsible I am now….

Hilarious - all the yes+ Satsang are full of hilarity…. And today was no different… (Maybe will write a blog on yes+ hilarious heroes later)

Sumptuous: FOOD WAS SUPERB, A CLASS APART. Thanks to shreya’s mom

Soul stirring: this is something that has never happened to me in satsangs before… for those of you who do not know me; I play the dholak at satsangs…. And of late have started singing… so here was shreya who was pestering me to sing this song (Naiharvaa of kabir… hear it from Vikram Bhaiya / Vivek anna for experiencing an emotional volcano of joy….my version is very infinitesimal b4 them)… so actually thoughts were reeling in… should I sing… I have sung this b4 at satsangs n my home… not outside… there were so many new people… what will they think… then I saw the photo of guruji kept there. The smile said it all….the moment I told shreya that I will sing it for her; I could see the smile on her face grow by leaps and bounds…. And as I started singing and closed my eyes… I felt the same as I have felt b4 wile at satsangs at VM (Visalakshi mantap) with guruji on the dias… I felt HE was there,, smiling and listening and it was just magic afterwards… even one of the best singers here, arun told me that the song was so fresh and raw that it just touched them all …. Well all just happens… this taught me one thing today… if the intention of an activity is to bring happiness then even if the activity itself is a weakness of te person, it will flip over as a strength…

JGD

Anil

a colorful start

Rainbow….
Today morning…. Around 5:45 am dad called me out of d house to watch this beauty and I started my day in a very colorful manner.

Luv
Anil
(PS – today is shreya’s birthday hence two pics of her smeared with smiles ( uh and cake)
We had a blast today at the satsang at her place… a blog on that’s coming soon after)

Beats of joy - part 2

hmmmm
hope you would have gone through the video of the frame-ananza
here enclosed is a video of two all time greats jamal mohammed & frddie jones on the trumpet.

note - jones was termed a very serious mmusician and in the erth fest he did something really crazy that was titally unlike him...... watch and enjoy

luv

anil
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=mWJDBJf41wI&feature=related

beats of joy .........

u may wonder why i named this blog as beats of joy...
well just bcos of the pure fun i derive from drumming... for all you music buffs there, this blog will also carry videos of gr8 drummers,
to begin with , JAMAL MOHAMMED-one of the best frame drummer's i have ever heard. For now, please enjoy an exclusive video of one of his famous solos the frame-ananza (read as frame drum bonanza)
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=zIIQclBndvY
(more about him and drumming on the next blog)
Luv
Anil
(the best part of the day to see/hear this solo is anytime... preferably if you are tired and are in an AC room... put it on and lie on the couch with the AC on, tiredness has vanished for me , hope the same 4 u 2)

spelling mistakes

Wow... feels so good after posting your first blog...
okay... i do know there are a lot of spelling mistakes and of course many words that are half backed without completing..
same will be taken care of from the next blog onwards.

This is my first blog of my first blog

Hmmm. Its been sometime now and there are various topics that are breezing through my mind… on what shall I write…shall I write about the incidents which were instrumental in me being what I am today… or abou my favourite movies… or recipies.. or the AOL Experience…. What to do….

I start with a prayer… ganesha – lead well this army of words…

The wonders of having a GURU in life

Finally I have converged on one thing that I feel would be the best opener to this blog… the wonders of having a guru in life… I still remember …about five years ago…a sunda afternoon… there used to be these midday interviews with famous ppl.. that day it was a bearded man called Sri Sri Ravishankar…DD had mis-spelt his name as Sri Sri Sri Ravishankar and the interview started on a hilarious note with the gues (my future guru) declaring that it was already so difficult to manage with 2 Sri’s and DD had bestowed another one on him……J
Also , there seemed to be some problem in the camera angles and for most of the interview only the face of the guest was closed up on the screen…. Well the screen was lterally beaming wih the smile of the man.. the same evening, my mom went and signed u for the next AOL course.

Having an extremely spiritual father has its advantages …and also its disadvantages… being a strong yengar at the same time a devout Maharishi’s TM pracionr, dad was always making fun of aol…..just for the heck of it , I used to join him too

Three years later..one Monday evening… mom wanted me to accompany her to one “satsang” where some senior teacher had come.. I went as an escort to one of the most memorable evenings in my life……..J

There was this cute couple who had just come to the satsang.the man had got a gitar and I was sitting near the door, so he asked me to hold te guitar wile he relocked the case and put it aside and ten gave me a wink and a huge smile…which left me gaping… as my eyes followed him I saw the glimpse of Si Sri on the photograph and then I don not know what happened… this man (now one of the 4 men whose bidding I do without even batting an eyelid – d other 4 r dad,bau,and dinuda- u’ll know abt them later J) started singing… and for whatsoever reason- I STARTED CRYING…the lady among this couple saw tis ad came and gave me a tight hug after the satsang….she remains one of the 3 most influential women in my life and will continue to be..


Well after that I found out that this person was a teachr of the AOL basic course and there began the journey…. From the head to the heart literally…

(well its getting really emotional now as I relive those days… will write about the AOL and Yes!+ courses sometime later)

See you soon
Love & Light
J Anil J

The Big Bang

Welcome!
This blog is going to be a confluence of the different rhythms that have occured in my life; of interesting ppl; situations; of the magic the Art of living & Sri Sri Ravishankar have brought to my life and to million others; and to all you drummers out there,some interesting things on drumming as well!!
So, lets get started...
Love
Anil