Waiting for a Good Shepherd

What do we lack?

Not new resources, not new industries, not new roads or buildings. Not some election-time gimmick of a price fall or receding inflation or rise in LPG cylinder numbers. Not a party which will go to any extremes,only at the eve of elections,to appease its voters. Not a party who wont let the country to win a neighbour's friendship due to the fear of losing vote banks. Not a party who is to be led by a kid who doesnt know what he is speaking and still needs his mothers directions. Not a butcher who burned hundreads alive. Not someone who cant see beyond local politics. Not an activist who failed his believers.

We need someone who is unanimously respected. Someone who doesnt believe in dirt-hurling on an adversary and criticizing everything he says. Someone who is noble enough to applaud the good his rival did. Someone who believes in working together. Someone who prefers to work than to speak. Someone who puts people above all in his mind. Someone in whose presence no legislator would ever dare to think of pepper spray.

We need a Leader.

The Trinity Within You

Of the many abilities uniquely wielded by Man, his spiritual faculty is unparallelled. I dont believe I am the right person to talk authoritatively about spirituality, but still, I would like to share some thoughts regarding Spirituality;just only my own concepts,beliefs and ideas. I am not at all going to claim that these are the true facts or ideas, all to be swallowed without a pinch of salt. Afterall, I believe, Spirituality is purely a personal matter.

Man posesses three distinct identities: Physical Identity, Mental or Emotional Identity and Spiritual Identity. Your Physical Identity is, quiet simply put, your body; or rather, the appearance you make before other people. When you think of a friend of yours, a mental image of him/her occurs in your mind. That is his/her Physical Identity. It is the most tangible of the three identities.

Next is Mental or Emotional Identity. It is the pattern in which you think, or the style in which you react to your surroundings. It can be quiet conveniently called one's 'personality',but personality is also shaped significantly by the most important identities of all: Spiritual Identity.

Let me make one thing clear: Spirituality is not a religious concept. It is something beyond the boundaries of religion,though it can be sought through the channel of religion.It is the most innate characteristict of every human being. Well experienced and highly spiritual people will define it as the answer to the most fundamental questions of human life,the process of finding its answers or the meaning of human life.

I would like to call Spiritual Identity as the manner in which you steer your life,based on certain principles which you believe are the most fundamental. Which means, you dont want to do something which is not right according to those principles,and you will feel good if you do something in confirmation with those principles. A person with a healthy Spiritual Identity knows how to effectively control his Physical as well as Emotional Identities and manipulate them effectively. Such persons are found to be many times efficient in every respect,than others. Great personalities of human history are always those who owned an exceptional Spiritual Identity. Jesus Christ, Mahatma Gandhi and Buddha,to name a few.

Quite similar to the other identities, your Spiritual Identity can also be made better. To strengthen your Physical Identity, you go to gymnasiums or play some games. Your Emotional Identity gets tuned by the influence of your friends or peer groups,books,movies and ideas you come across. Similarly, Spiritual Identity can also be honed by a variety of ways. If you are religious,prayers and religious meditation are a good option. Meditation need not be religious. Anything under the sun could be made the subject of meditation. Just make sure that the subject of your choice is invariably positive in nature. Then you can engage in creative and healthy conversations and in association with people of your choice;people whom you feel the most happy to be with. For some people,just sitting alone at a particular spot could recharge them spiritually.

Quiet simply put,Spiritual Identity is the measure of one's ability to be happy from the depth of his heart,all the time. It is the extent of the ability to be at peace with oneself. Isnt it the ultimate goal of Human Life?