As many of you know I spent a week in India again this month. It was another amazing trip both personally and professionally. One highlight of my trip was a discussion I had with two of my employees - one from India and one from Slovakia. The three of us went to a Shiva temple in Bangalore and as we were leaving we sat down to put our shoes back on. We started talking about spirituality, personal views, etc. Interestingly enough my Indian employee is Hindu, my Slovakian employee would call himself agnostic, and I am a Christian Gnostic. What was interesting is that none of us really disagreed with each other. We had different names and different views on "God", but our views on the nature of reality were strikingly similar.
The theme we had was on perspective. Our perspective definitely decides our reality. It changes how we react and how those around us react. This is karma as it is the intention and action energy we put into things. I was struck by some people living in what Americans would consider severe poverty. What was amazing was that many of them seemed very happy, compassionate, and open to others. I believe this is perspective - finding joy in the situation and making the best of everything. This is a hard thing for Western culture to understand, but something that is vital to our spiritual path. It doesn't mean that everything will make us happy or that everything feels "good", but it does mean that we do the best with what we have.
