| Spirituality - The Missing Dimension
in Professional Excellence |
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The ocean is merely a material collection - it is a sheath
of water. The air also is a sheath of matter. What about the
mind? It is a supra-material substance. The mind being spiritual
is far above matter and energy and with such a mind there
is nothing in the world you cannot assimilate.
Various food substances you take and in a matter of three
or four hours the alimentary canal digests them, converts
them into blood. This takes place without your knowledge.
But if the mind has to assimilate something - it can only
be done consciously. For this assimilation to take place you
must support the process willfully. Am I clear? To welcome
and assimilate all kinds of inputs into the mind, arising
from persons, places or events and then, to generate the necessary
outputs whenever required, is spirituality.
How will you have this assimilative power? You will have it
by proper exposure? This is what I am providing you now. Right
from the age of 3 or 4 the child is being exposed to the worldly
knowledge. Similarly, you elderly people also need to be exposed
to the sphere of spirituality. How to become confident, how
to become un-assailable, how to become invincible, how to
become ever resolute, ever ready!
So, exposure is the first factor; reception is the next; and
thereafter, you should reflect upon what is exposed and what
you have received. We call it rumination, introspection, reflection
or contemplation.
Whenever we refer to the qualities like truthfulness, character,
goodness and behavioral elegance - all these are qualifications
referring to what? Are they referring to the material body?
They are referring to the behavior of man, the mind of man,
the intelligence of man and these are certainly not of the
material body. They are primarily spiritual. So, for any professional
excellence, along with the objective knowledge and efficiency
that you have as a professional, you must also develop the
Subject-knowledge and the spiritual efficiency, which can
only come to you by proper exposure.
I believe I have explained as to what spirituality is and
how spirituality becomes an essential component in the matter
of professional life and its excellence. I have mentioned
also that the sky is the limit of the spiritual factors and
components in you.
Many of you, perhaps, have a subdued personality. Consequently,
you may not be able to shine forth in your professional field.
Adequate maturity is not there. The spiritual understanding
may also be missing. Don't compare yourself in terms of riches,
qualifications, etc. with others. I always ask: "What
are you worth?" Are you conscious of your worth or are
you subdued by the world? The mind, instead of being over-powered
by the world, or the interactional inputs, should always overwhelm
the inputs. It should be floating with enough of flexibility
and enrichment, impersonality and impartiality. And it is
possible.
I think I have told you what I wanted to by way of exposing
you to spirituality and the spiritual strength in you. May
you all grow spiritually and be wholesome personalities, capable
of excelling in every professional and social situation you
find yourself.
Harih Om Tat Sat. Jai Guru!
