Spirituality ought to be on your ‘to do’ list

The demands of modern life make it difficult for us to strike a harmonious balance in the development of our spiritual, intellectual, and physical spheres. The pressures of life force us to give more weight to intellectual growth, for that is what counts in our studies and career. Society, as a whole, values intellectual and physical growth and not spiritual development.

Whether we are working in business, education, medicine, information technology, or running our family, it is good to sit down periodically to take stock of our goals, assess how far we have met them, and how to set priorities towards their attainment.

It is helpful to stop and ask ourselves where our attention focused? What are our priorities? We may find that we spend too much time on the monetary aspects of our life or on our careers at the cost of neglecting our families, personal growth, and spiritual growth.

Many of us become so absorbed in trying to amass money and possessions in our everyday life that we not only miss out on the beauties of nature and the joys of relationships with other people, but also on our spiritual riches.

What is interesting is that we struggle so much in life and say “we need to do this and that,” and work hard for those things, but little do we realise that each of us could go at any moment. Once we are gone, who cares about things which we cared for so much! There is nothing wrong with attending to our responsibilities as well as to our spiritual development by regular meditation.

As we recognise the importance of this life and reaching our goal of self-knowledge and realisation, we will definitely be able to find time for our spiritual practices. We should list priorities, and devote some time daily to meditation, selfless service, family and our jobs.