The Journey Home: Autobiography of an American Swami (Radhanath Swami)

I am fond of Autobiographies. It reveals worst of the times a person have gone through, the struggles behind every success. No one ever have climbed the ladder without failures but their never die attitude takes them to a place where they become “Successful Personalities”. I have read about the struggles of “Sachin Tendulkar, Andrew Agassi, Pop King MJ, Usain Bolt, The Great Charles Chaplin, Richard Branson and many more” and believe me I learned a lot from them. 

 

The Journey Home: Autobiography of an American Swami (so called Radhanath Swami), this book came in front of my eyes many a times but It’s still a mystery why I ignored it every single time. One fine day I was reading some reviews on books and found this book a must read. I ordered this book instantly and Yes!...This is a life changing book, I must agree!. 

Struggle is the most respected teacher, time is the most prestigious class and Life is the most beautiful school on this universe. This can’t be explained anywhere, one have to learn this through experiences of life and maturity (though we always remain kid from inside :-p).

This book explains the zeal of an American to get connected to the extreme power. And to get connected to that extreme power he have gone through the struggles which no one can even think of. Without money he started his journey in search of peace, he didn’t have any clue where he have to go, what he have to do. He just believed in himself and to the supreme power which showed the way to this great swami every time. He met different people across the globe during his journey to India From US to UK to France to Iraq to Afghanistan to Pakistan to India. Different people, different cultures, different religions, everything is different but one thing which is common is the Supreme Power. Where ever we go the sky will remain same, the wind will remain same, the SUN will remain same, the water will remain same, the Moon will remain same, it’s the human being who separated the world into borders, God have created the earth to attain peace not pace.

This book will ignite the spiritual thirst of your “inner you”. I got to know the miracles of India which I was still not aware of. We are really lucky to have India “The land of Miracles” our birth country. Meditation is the only way to attain peace and to attain meditation one should require years of dedication and spiritual thirst. I will again say this book gives you some hidden answers to some of the secret questions which everybody is searching in his/her mind since ages.

Life’s Greatest Battle!.

Today, while traveling to office my mind was governed with one strange but very meaningful question “what is the life’s greatest battle and with whom”.

I closed my eyes and relived my past starting from childhood. I saw the fights with my siblings – nah that was just a moment of anger not fight. I saw me fighting with my parents for my choices and demands – no that was just the materialistic desires. I saw me fighting with my classmates, teachers, friends, managers, colleagues, unknown-people etc etc – that too was just a demonstration of immaturity and cannot be termed as “battle”.

I went deep into the thoughts, what would be that, whom I am fighting with since birth. These questions were getting deeper and deeper until I heard a very loud sound shouting “You, Yourself!!.. is fighting the biggest battle with yourself. Everyone is fighting with themselves but falsely pretending themselves about the outer world enemies”. It seems these words came directly from my soul.

I compared these internal fights with other fights I had so far, Truly without surprises I realize, all other fights were temporary and have been demolished with time. The only fight which we keep continuing every day is the fight between “You vs Yourself”. We have to control our thoughts every day is a fight, we have to restrict our emotions/love/affection/care is again a greatest fight by you with yourself. You have to fight with such battles every day and you cannot escape.

These battles cannot be stopped but can be minimized. Trust, Patience, Meditation, Spirituality are the weapons which can be used against this greatest battle. Once we start winning against us, we will start climbing the ladder of peace. This will require ages or may be even more than that to win against yourself. Battles continues!!..

So rightly said:

“Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.”