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Leading A Spiritual Life
need to believe that there is someone on the coast who
can give us help when we are at our most helpless. This
is the role of God in the life of every man and woman.
One’s success is fifty per cent struggle and fifty per cent
hope. It is a source of great hope for everyone that God
is with us. There is no distance between man and God.
He is just a call away from us.
I am 91 years old, and I can say that my life has been
full of challenges, full of problems, and the only thing
that has saved me from succumbing in any situation is
my belief in God.
Spiritual Pursuit versus
Material Pursuit
It is only spiritual achievement that can give you a sense of
fulfilment. Material fulfilment is seldom achievable, but spiritual
fulfilment is achievable to the ultimate extent.
isquiet is a manifestation of discontent. How does
Dthis mental state come to prevail? The reason is that
all individuals are born with an unlimited desire for
enjoyment, without however, having any great capacity
to fulfil this desire. It is this shortcoming in human
nature that makes people live their lives in a state of
mental agitation.
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