16 August 2014 - QA 4

Is being successful related to spirituality in any way? I have friends who are atheist yet very successful. Is being spiritual just a support for the mind?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Being spiritual enhances your intelligence, intuition and innovative ability. It also gives you inner strength. Someone may say, ‘I am an atheist’, but he is surviving on the past luck, not earning anything new. They may appear to rise high but you will see that the fall will also be very fast.
You can never brand somebody an atheist. They may not be going to temple, or church, or mosque, but they may be doing something good. In their heart they may be praying silently. You never know.