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“It’s easy to make an excuse that we had started, but nothing happened. Nothing happened precisely because you didn’t even want it to happen.” ......Acharya Ji❤️

After joining the Gita sessions, I started learning painting just a few days later. First poster colors, then acrylic, then watercolor, and this year I’m learning oil colors. This is the beginning with oil colors. Acharya Ji had explained that becoming better means being gladly prepared for hard work, discipline, and enduring hardship. After regular effort, I have reached this point, and this climb will continue ahead as well.

Despite being a working woman, I have continued learning. If I don’t get time during the day to learn, then at night I paint for an hour before the sessions, and on holidays I paint the entire day. I read Acharya Ji’s books, and along with that I also read wisdom literature. For the past few days, I have also been teaching painting to two or three children. Apart from this, I also participate in my bookstall.

Call it strength or the curiosity to learn—this arose only after the Gita came into my life. Through the sessions, I learn from you every day the art of living a true, honest, fine life. I will keep working hard to share what I have received. Gratitude, Acharya Ji💕

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Greetings Acharya Ji

For the first time in my life, I completed a 21-kilometer marathon. There was a lot of struggle, but it was also a lot of fun.

Because of your guidance, things become better; they also fall apart, are broken, and also change. Thank you very much.

The battle is still left, and we will fight and we will win.

Recently, I have competed in two National Athlete Championship events.

I have been in Acharya Ji’s close association for about two and a half years. After understanding his teachings, for the last eight months I have been trying to make myself physically fit and strong.

In this very effort, progressing through the State Championship, I also participated in three National Masters Athletics Meets.

In all the State and National events I have played so far, there hasn’t been a single event in which I did not get a medal.

In every event that I have competed in as per the rules, I have received a medal.

Just recently, at Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo, I competed in my three individual events organized by VAFI, and in all three I won Gold medals.

They are as follows:

400 metre — Gold Medal 🏅 800 metre — Gold Medal 🏅 5000 metre — Gold Medal 🏅 4×400 relay race — Silver Medal 🏅

In the fifth Khelo India Masters Games held in Chandigarh as well, I competed in three events, and won medals in all three:

400 metre — Silver Medal 🏅 800 metre — Gold Medal 🏅 1500 metre — Bronze Medal 🏅

From childhood until before I got connected with Acharya Ji, I had never participated in any athletics meet.

But after coming into Acharya Ji’s close association, on the basis of the clarity and understanding I received, I started expressing myself through sports.

And in whichever event I participated, I won a medal.

Acharya Ji, all these medals are yours. Because if I had not received your close association, I would never have been able to step onto the track.

This race is yours, because you are teaching us to run in life. This struggle is yours, because you are teaching us to do it.

In the worldly view, this victory is your victory.

Because you have said many times that you want to see every Gita participant winning in life.

How can a student who reads the Gita lose in the race of the world?

How wonderfully Acharya Ji and the Foundation have made this! 👏👏
Ask AP has also arrived in a new and clearer form, which gives more precise answers to your questions.

Now you can ask your questions on the ‘Ask AP Framework’. And truly, the answers are so clear and accurate that it feels as if Acharya Ji is standing right in front of you, replying.

Ask AP Framework - Your guide to clarity and freedom. 🔗

https://acharyaprashant.org/en/ap-framework

I used it too and got answers to my questions. The experience was amazing. Truly, the Foundation has made a very valuable tool available.

I feel blessed. 🙏🙏

For the past few months, I have been listening to Acharya Ji on YouTube, and now I have also joined the Gita sessions.

Earlier, most of my decisions came from the wrong centre. It could be called fear, ego, or emotions. I was often confused and sometimes even unable to make simple decisions in daily life. But listening to him is gradually bringing clarity.

Recently, I participated in an MUN and secured 3rd position. I have also started writing poems and stories in Punjabi.

I am trying my best to reduce the wastage of time, money, and energy. These days, I play badminton daily.

Earlier, when I used to do paath (Nitnem), I would just recite it like a parrot, without understanding, and with the fear that if I skipped even one day, God would punish me. But now, I do paath slowly, repeating it until I understand.

I sing Gurbani (Shabads), engage with it, and read it wholeheartedly. Sometimes, I even find myself smiling or laughing.

Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/VRJqYZVVqrA

This special interview of Acharya Ji was aired on the national public broadcaster DD News Chhattisgarh (Doordarshan).

After being telecast 6 times on TV within 24 hours, the full interview is now available on YouTube as well.

Watch now!

https://youtu.be/VRJqYZVVqrA

I began learning snooker about seven months ago, and it has already proven to be a sport worth pursuing. The decision to take it up was not an easy one.

Snooker, especially in Maharashtra, remains a predominantly male-dominated sport, with little to no female participation. Even across other states, the number of women players is strikingly low.

Several factors contribute to this gap, including social conditioning, body objectification, lack of infrastructure and access, and perhaps most importantly, a limited understanding of one’s own potential. These barriers often discourage women from seriously engaging in sports.

Growing up, I explored multiple sports, with tennis being the one I loved the most. However, despite my interest, I never pursued it professionally. I remained within the comfort of recreational play at my local club in Mumbai, held back by a mix of ignorance and self-preservation.

Things began to shift when I started listening to Acharya Ji’s Gita sessions. Through consistent self-observation, I gained clarity not just about myself, but also about how I approached sports. This clarity pushed me to challenge my own limitations. I decided to step into something entirely new and demanding, snooker, and committed myself to pursuing excellence in it. For me, this journey is as much about transcending physical tendencies as it is about mastering the sport.

Recently, I participated in a 6 Red Open Snooker Tournament at my local club in Mumbai. Although I lost the match 3 to 2 in a best of five frames, the experience was invaluable. More importantly, it offered deep insights into my mindset and approach during competition.

Key observations from the match:

• I approached each shot with full presence, applying everything I had learned, without being consumed by the outcome of the frame.

• While I had a strong desire to win, losing did not leave me feeling dejected. The match did not define me as a loser; instead, it became a source of learning and growth.

• At 2 - 1 down, I faced a must win frame and performed well under pressure, potting most balls and leveling the score to 2 to 2, pushing the match into a decider.

• During these high pressure moments, I was aware of the stakes, that every shot could determine the outcome. Yet, while executing each shot, my focus remained solely on the present moment, not the result.

Snooker is one of the most technically and mentally demanding cue sports, which is precisely what draws me to it. It requires patience, discipline, and sustained effort, often taking one to two years just to become competitively proficient at a high level.

For me, this is just the beginning. I am fully committed to this journey and eager to see how far I can go. My goal is to continue improving and to compete at the national level next year.

I got best attendance award for my first profesional year.😃 But what is more important is-

1. I watched all sessions of AP.
2. My Gita exam attendance was 90%.
3. I scored 72% in first proff MBBS.

There were a lot of people who used to say that I wouldn't be able to pass the professional exams.

Attending Gita sessions will make you dumb, by reading a lot of AP's book and books other than the medical curriculum, you are wasting your time. And a lot more comments.

But my result and this trophy is sufficient to keep them quite !