My attraction towards philosophical books.

Yesterday, I was there in this Book fair. I like philosophical books a lot. The Isha Yoga has attracted me a lot in recent times. For people who are not aware, Isha Yoga is practised and taught by a non-profit organisation called 'Isha Foundation' led by Sathguru Jaggi Vasudev.

I bought some books from their stall in the Book Fair and still in dilemma to buy two more similar books. When talking of philosophy and spirituality, the reason I am being attracted towards them is as follows:

In this fast-moving wordly life, every human being ultimately lives for himself/herself. Everybody lives with a purpose and works in achieving the same. Whatever you encounter, happiness or sorrow, its the mind that decides whether the situation you are encountering is sad or happy. For instance, when you get a good job in a decent organization, you feel very happy about it and when something goes against you, you feel sad and angry. Now on the back of these events, who or what decides that you should be happy or sad or angry or anything for that matter ? Its your mind. Its the inner self ruled by your mind that determines your current state.

And when your have a control over your mind or inner self, think of the life that you will lead. Every day, every single minute, every single second is ruled by your thought. And this thought has a process too. When you get to know and control this process and when you go beyond this, you almost get to know the truth. The ultimate search for the purpose of life. But again, a notable point here is that this doesnt happen to you overnight. It takes a lot of effort. Constant effort. This effort, unlike other efforts in life does not consist of struggle. For something to achieve in life, you generally struggle and work hard to achieve it; you learn things only when you work hard. But while you work in realizing your inner self, you never really suffer. Rather you enjoy while learning and change your life in the process.

So why dont we give it a try, after all ?