Conversations with Colleagues: What's the best spiritual lesson you have learned from dealing with your anguish?
In my previous blog post, I shared a conversation that I had with a colleague who asked me a thought-provoking question: " Have you ever experienced anguish? How have you dealt with it? " And in case you missed reading it earlier, this was my response to it. Do read it here. The second question she asked me was, " What's the best spiritual lesson you have learned from dealing with your anguish? " [ Do read my post on Karma] That got me in a bit of a fix. In my mind, I could picture all the terrific ups and terrible downs that I have been through - and I asked myself very intensely what I had learned from the toughest test that was put to me. The answer doesn't feel very pretty to share....I can tell you that much. This was my answer: The best lesson I have learned is this - I am full of ego - attachment to the body consciousness. This needs a powerful spiritual hammer to destroy it completely. I always thought myself to ...