The Greatest Challenge

 

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The Greatest Challenge

In life we all love challenges – without challenges life becomes bland, boring, dull. If we really want challenges in life then the road less travelled is the one to choose; if you do this it will make all the difference. Life grows only by choosing challenges. You can walk into a storm, gamble, take risks and you will watch life grow.

In today’s world, I feel the greatest challenge is to walk the straight and narrow path of spirituality. There are so many distractions in the modern world, so many temptations to make you stray from your chosen path, that remaining on the path in spite of all these temptations becomes the greatest challenge.

An average adult’s routine is work through the day, ‘relax’ late into the night watching some form of entertainment on TV, wake up late and rush through the morning formalities before rushing off to office. The lady of the house is far busier, as she has to wake up early to prepare to send of the children and spouse properly fed to school and office. There is hardly any rest for the lady of the house as she goes through her own normal routine of making their house a home – this effort is not recognised nor does she get paid ‘remuneration’ for it. If she gets love, respect and gratitude, that is all the remuneration she needs.

For an average person, to turn spiritual, means turning life upside down, this requires a complete turnaround in the daily routine. I have experienced this turnaround, as all the so-called joys of partying hard, late nights, running after money – all this stopped within a year of starting to meditate under the guidance of a realised Master – my health improved dramatically – and now my day starts at 3am and ends at 10 -10.30pm. There is no loss of energy throughout the day as the mind remains calm, consuming very little energy. The outlook remains rosy and bright and living in the moment becomes normal thus ensuring blissfulness every moment of the day.

We go through a total transformation as our chakras are cleansed and purified, things start happening as per God’s will, as we learn to accept whatever happens in life as what is best for us. We learn that nothing is good or bad – everything just ‘IS’. We become existence and existence becomes us – there is no difference. A feeling of oneness with nature tells you that you have taken on the greatest challenge and come out on top.