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knowledge unless he develops himself in 'Attitudes and Skills'. ASK -
Attitude, Skill and Knowledge, provides the competence that’s needed to
succeed in today’s world. Anything at the cost of the other, does not help
man to actualise or maximise his potential. So, we go to various mentors,
coaches, training organisation and other specialists in these fields of
human dynamics to develop ourselves in attitudes and skills.

However, ASK provides growth only under favourable circumstances. The

simple plain truth is life is never going to be a series of favourable
circumstances. That's where 'Philosophy' comes in at the next higher level
of the pyramid. You begin to align yourself to the thought processes of
those thinkers, who have lived their entire life in contemplation of life.
This is where the Gurus and Swamis come in. We learn from them, as to,
how to see life. We begin to surrender our ways of thinking to their ways
of thinking; for they, from a higher consciousness, have an evolved view of
life.

The more and more you align yourself to philosophical view of life, the
more and more you start feeling the call of religion. The word religion has
its Latin roots: Re Ligare, that is, Re (again) Ligare (to reconnect). One of
the essential purposes of religion was to help you to again reconnect to
your origin, which is your formless source. So, when you begin to seek
religion, you end up seeking God, that formless source. You become a
theist. A theist is one who believes in the presence of a higher force, called
God. Now, the big question is, “Is there anything above God?” Though your
instinctive whisper must have been, “There can be nothing above God,” but

there is…