Indian Spiritual Science

Engagement is an outward activity. It has nothing to do with oneself. Our spirit has no engagement with the external world. It can only be engaged with spiritual activities. But, as man finds it haunting to be alone, he engages with people to overcome this fear. He compromises with the happiness of the soul, thereby making the soul feel alone. In sometime in life, man realizes that his engagement with people has not borne good fruits. It has even made him disengage with his soul. He becomes alone even when alone as he has abandoned his spirit long time back. This is the sad story of the man who dedicates his life to the world, just to ruin it. Engagement of this sort brings immense sorrow. Momentary happiness is not what we seek. We are seeking everlasting happiness. But, genuinely before we even go out to inquire the whereabouts of happiness, we tend to go astray. We engage with momentary happiness as soon as we find it! We have no patience. Precisely, outward engagement de...

We feel that the other is our friend and we too are quite good friends to them! But, just wait a gauge your friendship. Delve deeper into this relationship to find its roots. You will surely find a motive that drives your friendship. But, even then we might compromise on it by saying: "He/ She needs me and so I'm continuing." But remember that this is the response you too will receive from your so-called friend. When the basis of our relationship is questioned, we begin playing the blame game. Because, there is no truth. We are continuing our relationship, (be it with our friends or relatives), we are not truly committed to the relation but the motive that drives us. If you feel that the other is a friend, you are highly mistaken. We define friendship as a mutual bond between individuals where the driving motive is selfless love and care. Love and Care refers to selflessness. Here, individuals cherish the inner sentiments of one another and not the status, wealth o...