Offbeat Spirituality

He had started to realize that it wasn’t going to happen for him. He was in his fifties.  He was suffering from a disease that had led to muscle weakness and fatigue.  Hepatitis B had already finished his liver by 75 percent.  His new venture had collapsed.  He had to mortgage his home to pay loans.  After decades of unparalleled success, his fortune had changed and he became bankrupt. That was Amitabh Bachchan before he began his second innings in Bollywood and bounced back to a stage all of us are aware of. Today, he has an international following and is worth more than ₹ 3,000 Crores ($400 million). We all get bad days. It is one thing to have a bad experience, but occasionally life takes us through entire stretches of time when nothing goes right. Like a row of dominoes, one thing after another comes crashing down. Overcoming difficult situations certainly takes time, but it also requires grit, self-awareness, and recognizing the moment when to take a break...

I’ve never seen the man raise his voice in his entire life. His parents never had any complaints, neither ever his co-workers. They always saw him as a quiet, peaceful individual who loved the outdoors and always saw the best in others. That man, a close friend, has awesome control over himself.    He doesn’t raise his voice or argue to prove his point, and never utter words that leave the listener wounded. In other words, he radiates ‘inner peace’. Is it easy for some to have that kind of control over themselves? Or to never react, no matter how worse are the situations/people around them? Inner peace is that state of psychological or spiritual calm that defines a being. It is important to our existence. It exhibits itself despite the potential presence of stressors such as the display of anger and frustration by others. It is the unmistaken ability to enjoy every moment of time, disinterest in judgment or actions of others, and total loss of inclination in getting into ...