As originally published in India’s premiere spiritual magazine ‘Life Positive’ (May 2016 Issue)
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Can money make life easy?
A friend of mine is a high-end equity analyst. On a daily basis, he meets big time entrepreneurs – the top notch of their respective fields. He asked me if I can spot an aspect that’s common between all of them? I said I can’t and asked him to answer.
I was sure he was going to mention a characteristic which makes them successful. But his answer surprised me. He said that the common thing is that, by and large, most of them live not just stressed but miserable lives. Well, so much for success and wealth. And yet we hanker after it!
Why You Should Have A Whole-Life Coach
I have come across more than a thousand students in my vocation as a spiritual teacher. Few of them are happy people, most are unhappy. Ask them the source of their unhappiness and many, if not all, will tell you the root cause is issues with relationships.
If you ask them, what does this lead to? Most will tell you that the health is affected. If you ask them what has caused the trouble in relationships, they will tell you that besides the gap in their individual dispositions, one partner getting over-involved in their professional life, often foments trouble for the full family. The idea to see here is how relationships, health and professional life are all inter-connected.
Why attend a training programme?
It’s unfortunate that people believe that their education is complete once they get a degree. Come to think of it, the current education system isn’t designed to give us much in the areas of spirit, systems and skills.
Spiritual education i.e. High-Quality Life Education has always been a rarity in the educational system. But even the systems and the skill training it offers is often outdated. All the current education gives is a degree that acts like a passport to work, to run around helter-skelter and somehow make money, big or small.
Group Decision-Making Done Peacefully
A group of friends or colleagues often has people of all personality types. Some are assertive, some are submissive, these being the two broad categories.
When such a group comes together to decide upon something, the dynamics are interesting. Sometimes the naturally assertive people dilute their stand to make room for the interests of others and the naturally non-assertive people speak up their minds to show participation or to prove their presence. And then they come to some consensus which is more of a middle ground. This is an unnatural way to form consensus because it results in inner discontent for all. There is a possibility that the assertive finds the decision less than optimal and the submissive feels guilty that he got the assertive to change his heart or that he himself had to exercise assertion, which is not in line with his authentic self.