I beg to differ with the guru on the following counts: If spirituality could have removed poverty and other evils from this society, spirituality prevails in india since times immemorial, but not even a tinge of evil has been removed. On the contrary it has inreased multifold. A starving soul cannot be calmed with all kinds of spiritual intakes. Infact they make him all the more dependant on someone and something.What he actually needs is a bowl of something to eat.So if spirituality can feed someone in need or show ways of earning to feed himself, then yes..Spiritualty zindabad!But if spirituality is for those who are afraid to lose thier wrongly amassed wealth which is the case as on today, then...down with spirituality!! How rightly Karl Marx said (iam not a Marxist)" if poverty knocks at your door, honesty flies out of the window". My sincere submission to the Guru and all his ardent semiconscious followers is to think of those who are at the moment blind and deaf of hunger to reach their ears and eyes and ultimately their heart through their stomach first. Spirituality is only for the supposed to be fearfully contended, and not the daringly hunger. So lets preach reality.
RE:spirituality Vs Reality
by Sushmita on Feb 21, 2006 10:10 PM Permalink
Dear Ranipeta Sudhakar, If you truly understood what is spirituality, you would have understood what the Guruji means. I am not a follower of this Guru nor have i taken the Art of Living course to support his point of view. Even then I have been able to understand what he means by saying Spirituality can remove the problems India is facing. It is like saying "there is no God because if God exists why there is evil". I think you need to understand what spirituality really means. You should not mistake it with religiousness. To tell you just very briefly - Spirituality is a way of life and its a way of living in harmony with your conscience. That means you live your life performing the duties as a child, sibling, parent, friend and also as a citizen of a country. If everyone does this, do you think we cant solve problems. I have learnt the true meaning of Spirituality from my parents and I am glad that I know that i can solve my problems as well as help in solving my country's problems. I feel sorry that neither you know this important truth nor that you should not to call the followers of any Guru as "Semiconscious" especially when you dont even know them. Wake up my dear friend.:)
RE:spirituality Vs Reality
by ravi on Feb 21, 2006 05:41 PM Permalink
Dear friend, Ya to some extent if u see u r right since u hav seen it from circumsfrance so wat ever u feel is correct.Actually siprituality is for those who understand the need of it and who hav risen from the basic wants of living. that is it is not for a bread earner but for the person who is seeking the knowledge to understand the higher goals in life and luks beyound being a bread earner.Stil guru ji is doing at least a bit to make the common man and the bread earner person to at least hav som knowlege of the art opf living so that may be he will require at one point of life to kno what he did and wat was the purpose of him being a human being.Guruji is simply trying to make people to understand they are human being first and then somthing else which our society has forgot so there is no need to criticise if some one is doing good to the society at least we can keep silent than critisisng any body doing a noble job for man kind
RE:spirituality Vs Reality
by MP Raju on Feb 21, 2006 06:18 PM Permalink
It's the spirituality IN SURROUNDING SOCIETY that help the poor & hungry to get food and a livelyhood.
