North America     South America  QA with Sri Sri  Q: Gurudev,
you found us in this lifetime. But since you visit this planet
so rarely, or so I think, what happens to all of us until we
meet again during all those other life times? Do we slip back
somehow? Do we continue to grow in knowledge?  Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar: There is no slipping back! This is what we celebrate on
Guru Poornima; we look back and see how much we have grown, and
how we cannot slip back, totally. If you walked 10 steps ahead,
it may appear that you have gone back eight steps, but not quite
all the 10 steps. Moreover, what may appear to you as eight
steps may be four-five steps or three-four steps. But never
mind; I don’t mind, you don’t need to either!  One thing we must
determine, 'Whether things happen or not, let me at least not
lose my joy! Let me be happy!’ By your being unhappy, things are
not going to change, for sure. You embarked on a project or some
work, it didn’t happen. Just because that did not happen; at
least don’t lose wha