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  1. I am from the Research field. I find it very difficult to invent new things and innovate. What advice can you give to researchers like me so that we can enhance our creative talent?

    You should meditate regularly. Meditation and Vairagya (dispassion) will really help in this. Every once in a while, you should just sit back and realize that this entire world is just like a dream. This entire world will come to an end one day ...
  2. Gurudev, I am young and smoke to relax my mind. People taunting me makes me sad. How can I change my mind-set. I find meditation very boring, so please don’t suggest that?

    You want to change, isn't it? The process has already started. If you find meditation boring then do Yoga. If you find that boring then stand up and dance. Dance so much that you feel tired, after that when you lie down and relax, meditation happ ...
  3. I love my soul mate so much, that I fear that it does not leave much room for me to love the Divine.

    I have no experience of a soul mate.Why not? I don’t think there is any hindrance. If you have a soul mate, and you found some new love, you can as well see that as a gift to you.Your friends are a gift, your partner is a gift to you ...
  4. Gurudev, after the Asaram Bapu incident (referring to a recent scandal wherein a spiritual leader was accused of inappropriate conduct with a female devotee), my friends have started questioning my faith in the Art of Living. What can I say to them to convince them that the Art of Living is different?

    What can one say? Just tell them not to be paranoid. Tell them that sometimes accidents do take place on the street. But just because accidents happen, you do not stop walking on the street, isn’t it? If you do that, then that is called mental imbalance or ...
  5. How to choose the right career?

    You should see what your tendency is and what you want. There is nothing called Job-Satisfaction. This word should be removed from the dictionary. Satisfaction comes only through service. Do you get it? Service is a different thin ...
  6. I am not able to continue my job due to tension.

    No. You just keep smiling and do your work, no matter what people say. Don’t quit your job just because someone said something. You just walk like a king, and if someone asks you to do anything wrong, just humbly say that you will not do it. ‘I d ...
  7. Many people get the clarity in their mind from a young age of their passion to become doctors, engineers, teachers, etc., and they stick to it. Unfortunately I do not feel that way. I am not young anymore and this lack of direction scares me. What can I do?

    No, don't worry. Life is all designed. If you don’t have the clarity of what you want to do, then meditate and go by your intuition. I tell you, all professions are the same. People of no profession are happy. Look at doctors they are so miserabl ...
  8. I feel that I can’t live these values at my workplace. Do I need to change my Job?

    No! You can create these values at your workplace. Don’t worry, stand up and keep talking to people. For a couple of days, they may think you are crazy and you are talking something crazy, never mind! You continue talking. They will start realizing an ...