Books

At present we have the trust Library has the following books:

2012 nights
7 keys to successful parenting
7 secrets of Hindu calender art
7 secrets of Shiva
7 secrets of Vishnu
A beautiful mind
A little book of Aloha
Autobiography of a yogi
Cave in the snow
Chicken soup for Entrepreneur's soul
Divasvapana
Ecstasy and Experiences
Essential Kabir
Everybody loves a good draught
Fish
Fish for Life
Five people you meet in heaven
Forty rules of love
Happy Living
Illusions
Jaya- Mahabharat
Jonathon
Kabir
Life of Swami Vivekananda
Listening to Silence
Ma(hindi)
Monk who sold his ferrari
My experiments with truth
Oath of Vayuputras
One straw revolution
Oneness with all life
Personal Excellence
Poor little rich slum
Power of now
Prophet
Ramakrishna
Serendipity
Talks on the Gita
The Alchemist
The celestine prophecy
The five people you meet in heaven
The Game changers
The go giver
The laws of the spirit world
The little prince
The magic of thinking big
The new path
The Secret
The Secret(Rahasya)
The stone boy
The ultimate gift
The ultimate life
The white tiger
The words and inspiration of Desmond Tutu
The words and inspiration of Mother Teresa
To sir with love
To the youth of India
Tuesdays with Morrie
Valmiki Ramayana Darshan
Way of the peaceful warrior
Who will cry when you die
You can heal your life

Trust Library

I would like to first list chronologically the important event.

1. I went to a friend's place for the first time and saw more than 1 wardrobe full of books. I had a thought that noone can read so many books. And if you have read it once, you can't read them again.
2. A friend voluntarily gave me a book and told that she loved the book and thinks I will also like. She told that she loved the book and would like to have it back after I have read it. 
   I read the book and actually liked it and had no trouble giving it back because I could empathize my friend's attachment.
3. I attended "Awakin to Giftivism" retreat in December in which I met many rockstars. I had asked people which books should I read and had made a list. On the last day we received an envelope from a lady in US. I opened it at home and seeing 5000 rupees made my jaws drop for some time.
4. Post evening meditation, a noble friend shared that we might start a library with the 5000 rupees.

So these were the background stories behind what conceptualized. 
Now I had the following intentions:

1. To make people loose their attachments with books while introducing the idea of " Pay it forward" (Now modified to "Pass it forward")
2. To get the best books which people have read and got inspired by and share with others.
3. To inculcate a habit of reading among the people who haven't started loving reading.

 So the idea was formed that I'll keep record of who has which book and who gave which one and let books flow. Very soon I finished the 5000 and started investing my own money.

Learnings on the way:

1. Everyone has their own dharma, some give and some receive. People need not do both.
2. People are a bit afraid of picking a book on their own, but when given with assurance and lots of love, they all read the books and they all enjoy.
3. I am just an instrument in the hands of divine. People just keep helping on the way. 
4. Some help monetarily(some even anonymously), some with books, some with more good books suggestion and almost all with love.
5. The joy on people's faces when they receive a book is unexpressable.
6. I realize that giving is much more than giving of possessions and more of ourselves. 

Side Effect:
    I liked the spreading of smiles through this Trust library so much that I thought(again pushed by the noble friend) to increase it. So I thought why not all places having an "Awakin" start a library at their place so they also enjoy the joy of sharing and reading. So I prepared packets(the same in which I was getting the books from online shopping, so reuse of plastic) of books which I offered as seed books.
The books included:

1. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
2. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
3. The little prince by Antoine De Saint Exupery
4. Kabir by Jaya Madhavan

All these books had been read by me through the gifts by my noble friend only and I loved them a lot, so these were my list for starting library at other places. Apart from these four, I also shared "Opening Doors within" by Eileen Caddy with those people who conduct Awakin at their places, with the intention that their Awakins grow stronger and the holders of gathering through daily meditation and reading from the books become internally pure.

And effect of sharing them with Awakin groups at a "Moved by Love" retreat has also been phenomenal. All of the groups promised to start a library at their place once they go back.

Wow!!!