SPIRITUALITY AND SUCCESS

Dear Balarishi,

      There is an allegation that whoever is not competent enough to survive in this materialistic world use spirituality as a mode of escapism. How do you see this?

Spirituality is a path for higher things in life. It is unfortunate that, many think spirituality is just a tool to see that their prayers come true or a way to attain certain siddhis. They seldom realize that spirituality is a path and tool for greater aspirations and clarity.    

  In materialistic life, there are people with a spiritual insight and there are people who have only materialistic outlook. Those who are with a spiritual insight are clear about what they do and they take firm decisions. But many people who have only a materialistic outlook, often take the wrong path. They feel so insecure that they opt for any crooked means to win a deal. They see jealousy, vengeance and anxiety as the part of the game and succumb to their own limitations. They cannot take even a small setback and it's unfortunate that they assume these to be the normal traits in running their business successfully.

Such people cannot understand the calm and composed manner of the people with spiritual insight. They have no idea how someone can handle failures with calmness and clarity. So they misconceive that people with spiritual insight are not competent enough. The fact is spirituality gives people the strength to stay away from negative feelings like jealousy or vengeance. They have the right attitude towards their business and progress patiently in whatever they do. They succeed with full satisfaction. So whoever has spirituality as their tool can always exhibit balance in their thoughts and emotions .Escapism is something totally different. We shall discuss about this later.