Struggling with Life?!

So did we…

We have had our share of spectacular failures and extreme disappointments.

Both of us were Introverts

You may not believe this, but it is true… We had hardly any friends throughout our school and college years.

Dinesh was frustrated and angry because he wanted to make a difference to society, to the people around him – but he was held back by his family and his introverted nature.

Bawa was a social pariah in his community – because he was simply not interested in things he was expected to be interested in. Cars, bikes and branded clothes. He chose to study, read and play the piano.

Bawa failed several times

I made several bad decisions about what I wanted to study, and who I wanted to be. I was forever starting stuff, and in a short while giving up. I was a confused, angry person. I failed multiple times during my time in IIT.

Dinesh’s family vehemently opposed his choices

We were a small middle class family entrenched in tradition. Especially my mother. She expected me to have a “normal life” and at one point even threatened suicide if I went to “that ashram again”. They were shocked and dismayed that I chose to become an Art of Living teacher, instead of taking up an extremely high paying job in the US.

We were falsely accused of stealing

The truth came out eventually, but it hurt that so many around us thought that we had actually done something like that. Going through this made us realise who were truly our friends.

Bawa had multiple health challenges

I had two herniated discs in my lower back that were torturously painful for years. I have a genetic deficiency in my blood that compromises my immune system. Poor lifestyle choices meant I struggled with insomnia, anxiety and terrible panic attacks.

We were embezzled by people we considered our family

Looking back, we still cannot believe that people who we so totally trusted and loved stole almost all our life savings. We had to literally start from scratch.

Dejection, Frustration, Helplessness, Desperation, Fear

We have been through them all…

BUT

SPIRITUALITY CAN

transform everything.

We survived.

More importantly – we kept our Smiles.

Challenges and obstacles continue to come

but our lives only get better.

Spirituality can

transform Everything

We survived.

More importantly,

we kept our Smiles.

Challenges and obstacles

continue to come

but our lives only

get better.

We started our foray into Spirituality early in life.

Drawing inspiration from our beloved Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, we were barely 21 when we became Art of Living teachers.

Bawa – “I was solving partial differential equations by day, and teaching people meditation in the evening. I didn’t even apply for a job on campus – I had found my calling.”

Dinesh -“I worked at Infosys for a while – I wrote code during my working hours, and like Bawa, taught Yoga and meditation in the evening. In less than two years, I quit my job and began to teach with Bawa.”

Soon, we were inseperable and became a formidable team.