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Leading A Spiritual Life

his fellow men, and one who dies in solitude without
ever having benefitted others.
Spirituality fosters the development of all kinds of
constructive qualities and, in so doing, makes one a
complete, person. An individual endowed with such
qualities is one who is wanted and needed by his society
and his nation. He will be wasting his spiritual treasure
if he leaves his society and goes off to some jungle to
live alone in peace and tranquillity. This is, of course,
a manifestation of spirituality, but in a very narrow
form, and living like a hermit means a serious under-
utilization of the gifts of a spiritualized person. In fact,
the spiritualized person is a most desirable individual
when it comes to establishing a better society, a better
society being nothing but a collection of better persons.
And, it is true spirituality that turns one into a better
person.

To create a civilized society and keep it running on
course, we need professionally trained people at the
helm of affairs. Without such trained people, it is
impossible to have a properly structured society. There
is a similar need of spiritual individuals, for spirituality
makes one a better and more mature person in terms of
character and honesty, duty consciousness and mental
preparedness. As such the guidance the spiritual person
can give is of a superior nature and he is, therefore,
the best qualified to steer the engine of social existence
along the right lines.
It is such spirituality that we have called ‘applied’
spirituality. In the basic sense, spirituality is a personal
asset, but in its expanded sense, it has many applications.

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