Sri Sri @ NJ, Seattle and SFO

Just in case you want to be in his presence.. Gurudev will be in NJ the July 4th weekend and then Seattle and the San Francisco. With Gurudev in picture is Swami Dheeranandha from Chinmaya Mission DC. I just learned today that Gurudev sleeps on the floor, that explains why there was no bed in his room.

Gurudev's B'day at Buenos Aires on his way to Brazil

Gurudev this week in Argentina.. ENJOY.

Positive Peace Vs Negative Peace

I came across this quote on "Positive Peace" vs "Negative Peace"

" Negative peace refers to the practices to limit and prevent war and collective violence. We’ll take a very holistic approach to violence because many of the major human rights violations can be considered as forms of violence. More often than not, the response to serious violations is enacted from a negative peace perspective in order to quell the immediate violence. Unfortunately, negative peace practices do not necessarily get at the root causes of the violations nor do they strive for substantive social change. Positive peace is more concerned with establishing life-long and life-enhancing human rights values which are a necessary pre-condition for a culture of peace. Positive peace not only attempts to understand the base causes of violence, but it’s goal is fundamental social transformation".

All of Gurudev's initiatives are for "Positive Peace" - a fundamental social transformation that changes the mind, body and spirit of every human being - touched by him and his programs!!!

Video on the 25th Anniversary of AOL At the Kennedy Center

Excellent video covering the 25th Anniversary.

GURUDEV Paves the Path to Peace

I am just back from a blissful experience with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, over the weekend with my family. I had the blessings to be with Gurudev for a few minutes while on an elevator. When majority of individuals (like me) are focusing on their profession, vacations, family, hobbies and other pursuits, Gurudev and AOL (art of living) volunteers who are inspired by Gurudev are on a journey to make this world a better place.

With his blessings I am going to start work on the following 5 tasks starting today;

• Initiate this blog primarily to describe the pathway being paved by Gurudev for Global Peace
• Work on a Book as a coauthor on How Gurudev is paving the path for pervasive peace all over the world that can also prevail (what I call Systemic Change -by changing the minds and outlook of people) - working against all odds with a smile (after doing extensive research and leveraging my Dad's wealth of knowledge in International Affairs)
  
• Promote AOL classes 1 and 2 and the impact it has on our lives
• Align with the IAHV (international association for human values) Peace initiatives (maybe co-ordinate events and conferences in the future)
• Any additional voluntary work that will be needed moving forward.

To this end this is the blog that is dedicated to the Pursuit of Peace that can be accomplished on a Practical basis (from Afghanistan to Sri Lanka).

I had a few blog entries about Gurudev in the past in my blog dedicated to my profession;

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However from now on I will compile my thoughts in this dedicated blog and review books on peace (including the impact of technology in peace), which will help me with the right background for the book as well. With the support of my Dad the book will be out by early 2010.