Mrs Sonia Gandhi has given one tight slap to the shameless BJP by just putting down the most desirable post of India - the post the Prime Minister. This is the same post most Indians want to reach in their political era, and this is the same post for which most political dramas, killings, and hypocrisy are undertaken. And we need to accept the fact that a person from Italy had to come down to India to educated us that it isn’t the post that matters but it is the values, principles and ideals that drive a nation. (I am sure if given a chance A B Vajpayee won’t mind being the PM even on his death bed!)
We salute your decision Mrs Sonia, and respect your inner call.
So what is this inner light or conscience that Sonia is talking about? My teacher told me about a scene from Kamal Hasan’s movie ‘Hey Ram’, where Gandhi when asked about India-Pakistan partition, says – ‘I cannot listen to everybody, I have to listen to my inner God’.
We all have an inner voice, but we tend to compromise on that in our lives out of fear, insecurity, force, ignorance, money, and by comparing ourselves to others.
Sachin Tendulkar flunked in his 12th grade from Jhun Jhun Wala College. He understood that he is not here to do his graduation/post-graduation and travel in a train everyday for a 9-5 job. He knew in a country like India not being a graduate is a big risk you would take. But he followed what his conscience had to say – follow your passion, fulfill your dream and become a cricketer. Rest is history.
Mother Teresa when young didn’t know what to do with her life. She prayed, and she got a divine guidance. She was asked to go to Calcutta, India, and she followed her inner voice. The first person she saw getting down from the train was a leper and at once she knew what she has to do next. Thus was born Missionaries of Charity.
Galileo said, the gravitational pull for all the objects remain the same no matter how heavy they are. He argued a 5 gm stone and a 1 ton stone will reach land at the same time when dropped from top of a building at the same time. People laughed at him. But he stuck to his conscience, but then as usual people even refused to see him proving his point.
Swami Vivekanand could have fallen in love with some woman, got married to her, reproduced children, got a govt job, retired at 58, and died by leaving some 1 lakh insurance amount and some 50 k as bank balance. He never did that. His inner call was to become the greatest SAINT of all time, and he made it. He left his body at the age of 32, but the work he has left behind will be revered for generation to come.
There are many such examples about people becoming successful just following what their conscience had to say.
So how do you find what your inner call is?
Just close your eyes, and do an instant check. Ask yourself why are you doing what you are doing? If it is out of fear, insecurity, force, ignorance, money, or by comparing yourselves with others then probably that is not the job you are supposed to do. Know the work that gives you the most satisfaction, it could be even stitching a shoe or just plain talking. That is the area you need to develop yourself in, and take my word success is assured!
Always remember follow your Inner light!