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Colombian President hails Gurudev's role in the historic ending of the 52-year-old war between FARC-Colombian govt.
Gurudev played a crucial role in ending the 53-year-long conflict between Colombian rebel group FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and the Colombia government. He was responsible for getting FARC leaders to negotiate with the government in 2015 ... -
The Art of Living's techniques are helping thousands of Syrians cope with war
Syria is grappling with the most devastating war of the 21st century. Over 4.8 million Syrian refugees are struggling to find safety, dignity of life, and emerge out of the trauma of war. The Art of Living and its sister organization International Associa ... -
The Art of Living efforts in North East: Conflict-resolution, peace and social welfare
The North-Eastern region of India comprising seven states – Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Tripura, and Sikkim – is much more than a mere political construct. It is a unique civilization in itself with its own rich historical and cu ... -
Hope and Healing for Molenbeek’s Stricken Mothers
In a world where terrorism is affecting every country, Europe has sprung a sad surprise: Belgium reports the largest numbers of youth departing as fighters to the civil war in Syria, leaving their families, especially the mothers, devastated with a terrib ... -
Through The Master's Eyes
One day I left the Ashram. Another devotee accompanied me. I think it was Kashi bhaiyaa. So I just left. And nobody came to know where I went. We went to a faraway village. And then I asked the driver to stop the car outside a house. When I went inside th ... -
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Through the Jungle of the Mind
(This article is a continuation of the previous article- A Space of Higher Living ) “We would guard through the night, in shifts, 1 hour shifts… after the hour we would go and wake the next comrade for his hourly… that night, I didn’t wake the other com ... -
A Space of Higher Living
‘Militants’ – today, this word has a commercial value. It has also got a pictorial representation in most of our minds, most of them polarized. Not only has it got politicized, it has also got religion tainted all over its letters. Believe it or not, a co ... -
Towards A Fresh Breath of Life
Have you observed what happens when rain falls on parched earth? When the skies open up to a free fall of unbiased, all encompassing, loving, fresh rain? That is what Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji’s visit was to Assam. “ He did not go to blame, point fi ... -
Love In The Time of Insurrection
How simple it is, to characterize an event as black, or white. This is exactly how the sordid Assam riots have been viewed, or made to be viewed. ‘Communal, anti-national and violent,’ have been the common sentiments, printed or verbal. But the truth lies ...