JHALAK... THE SPARK
Pic.: Malabika Ganguly I love these three books: Rhonda Byme ’s ‘The Secret’, Eckhart Tolle’s ‘The Power of Now’ and Byron Katie’s ‘Loving What Is.’ Honestly, more than the books, I love the authors… and, that is for the same one reason: These books were born from the darkest period in the lives of these authors… Just before the priceless philosophy was chronicled in the books (or DVDs), these authors – all of them – had been to the hell-gate to kill themselves! But, the end was not supposed to be so… It was destined to be something beautiful, sublime… Sometimes, we need to go through the dark tunnels - experience pain, stress and confusion, before we can see light… “The end of our anger and sorrow,” I often tell, “is the birth of our compassion.” And, I believe, the grace that saved Rhonda Byme, Eckhart Tolle and Byron Katie is all there waiting to save all of us. In fact, we haven’t been to such extreme cliffs… Most of us have not thought of ...