18 July 2014 - QA 3

Dear Gurudev, what would be the best way to stay connected with you while overcoming organizational politics?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Listen, where there are people there is politics. What does politics mean? It means people. The world has (people) politics everywhere. If you think there is politics, it appears even bigger. If you think people are different, with different roles to play, different tendencies, and it is not necessary that everyone likes everybody, then you will not see it as politics. Some people like you and some don't like you. Everybody's vibes do not match with everybody.
Why do you say politics? It is because your vibes have not matched with someone. You cannot find an escape to such things anywhere in the world. You should simply see that we are much beyond and above this politics.
We are here to bring happiness, and we should be focused that. If you focus on knowledge and know that you are connected with me, nothing can deter you from that.