Life
Why Spirituality Has Never Been More Important

Up until the third millennium, it was okay to philosophize moral conundrums and propose all kinds of abstract solutions while being absent to their practical repercussions. A typical philosophical scenario that can be touched on along the lines of this argument is called the Trolly Problem.
Here’s how it goes:
“There is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead, on the tracks, there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are standing some distance off in the train yard, next to a lever. If you pull this lever, the trolley will switch to a different set of tracks. However, you notice that there is one person on the sidetrack. You have two options:
- Do nothing and allow the trolley to kill the five people on the main track.
- Pull the lever, diverting the trolley onto the side track where it will kill one person.
Which is the more ethical option? Or, more simply: What is the right thing to do?”
Now bring a driverless car into the picture and all of a sudden this grueling philosophical problem becomes an engineering problem. How?
Our world has advanced so much as to reach a point where the only way we can further that progress is by providing practical answers to the hard philosophical questions we have been shunning for so long.
Imagine a scenario where our driverless car is heading towards a dangerous collision with an innocent passer-by. The only way to save him is to make a quick turn and drive the car off a cliff, killing the passenger on board. Who is to be sacrificed and why? The driverless car has to make a decision now.
To answer such a morally loaded question essentially means to implement morality into our technologies. In other words, any proposition we make, we cannot make it without the knowledge that we will have to live with its consequences.
That’s a hard practical problem right there — hard enough to turn a forward-thinking engineer into a pragmatic philosopher.
“Spirituality is not the renunciation of life; it is the art of living fully” – Acharya Prashant
How Spirituality fits into this equation
If you look at it from a limited viewpoint of individual happiness, spirituality may not relate so much as a tool that can demystify problems of moral and philosophical nature. But if you widen its boundaries and let it shape the thought processes that concern a world beyond your own, then spirituality can play an unprecedentedly important role.
You just can’t arrive at a universally acceptable moral decision without the help of a clear, all-embracing, and least prejudicial mind. And spirituality, as far as the human experience knows it, appears to be the only tool we can use to help us attain these rare higher qualities.
What’s more, there’s a fairly general application of spirituality in the lives of modern humans. We are surrounded by and immersed in the tools, devices, and mechanisms that may have given us the material comforts we needed, but have also made us sacrifice something of much greater value: our spirituality.
In the presence of all these modern inventions — the communication devices, the internet, entertainment tools, digital games, and all other kinds of mechanical tools/apparatuses — we can hardly practice the good old exercise of meditation and self-reflection. It’s only through thinking and observing the flow of our own inward thoughts that we can come up with practical answers to the moral questions — questions that concern the whole of humanity and our world at large.
This, I believe, is a time in history where we are faced with elusive emotional, psychological, and physical problems that can only be squared off with a mix of intelligence and spiritual force.
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Failing is More Important Than Succeeding
Failure is an integral part of life as life is incomplete without failures.

People often consider failure a stigma. Society often doesn’t respect the people who failed and avoids and criticizes their actions. Failure is an integral part of life as life is incomplete without failures. Not to have endeavored is worse than failing in life as at some stage of your life you regret not having tried in your life. (more…)
Life
5 Indicators of Unresolved Attachment Trauma

Trauma caused during specific stages of a child’s development, known as attachment trauma, can have lasting effects on a person’s sense of safety, security, predictability, and trust. This type of trauma is often the result of abuse, neglect, or inconsistent care from a primary caregiver.
Individuals who have not fully processed attachment trauma may display similar patterns of behavior and physical or psychological symptoms that negatively impact their adult lives, including the choices they make in relationships and business.
Unfortunately, many people may not even be aware that they are struggling with trauma. Research estimates that 6% of the population will experience PTSD in their lifetime, with a majority of males and females having experienced significant trauma.
Unresolved attachment trauma can significantly impair the overall quality of a person’s life, including their ability to form healthy relationships and make positive choices for themselves. One well-known effect of unhealed attachment trauma is the compulsion to repeat past wounds by unconsciously selecting romantic partners who trigger their developmental trauma.
However, there are other less recognized but equally detrimental signs of unprocessed developmental trauma.
Five possible indications of unresolved attachment trauma are:
1. Unconscious Sabotage
Self-sabotage is a common pattern among individuals with unprocessed attachment trauma. This cycle often begins with hurting others, which is then followed by hurting oneself. It is also common for those with attachment trauma to have heightened emotional sensitivity, which can trigger this cycle.
This pattern can manifest in lashing out, shutting down, or impulsive behavior that leads to feelings of guilt, shame, and self-loathing.
Many people with attachment trauma are not aware of their wounds and operate on survival mode, unconsciously testing or challenging the emotional investment of those around them, and pushing them away out of self-preservation and fear of abandonment.
This can lead to a pattern of making poor choices for themselves based on impulsivity.
3. Behaviors That Block Out Trauma
4. A strong need for control
5. Psychological Symptoms That Are Not Explained
What to do next if you’re suffering from emotional attachment trauma?
There are several ways that people can work to overcome emotional attachment trauma:
- Therapy: One of the most effective ways to overcome emotional attachment trauma is through therapy. A therapist can help you process your experiences, understand the impact of your trauma on your life, and develop coping strategies to manage symptoms.
- Support groups: Joining a support group of people who have had similar experiences can be a great way to find validation, empathy, and a sense of community.
- Mindfulness practices: Mindfulness practices such as meditation, pilates, prayer time with God or journaling can help you become more aware of your thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations, and develop a sense of spiritual connection and self-regulation.
- Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT): This is a type of therapy that is specifically designed to help individuals process and recover from traumatic events.
- Building a safety net: Building a support system of people you trust, who are there for you when you need them, can help you feel more secure and safe in your life.
It’s important to remember that healing from emotional attachment trauma is a process and it may take time. It’s also important to find a therapist who is experienced in treating trauma, who you feel comfortable talking with, and who can help you develop a personalized treatment plan.
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3 Simple Steps to Cultivate Courage and Create a Life of Meaning
we cultivate meaning in our lives when we pursue our calling

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Grit: The Key to Your Ultimate Greatness
Grit is an overlooked aspect of success, but it plays a critical role.

A grit mindset is an essential key to your greatness. It’s what separates those who achieve their goals from those who give up and never reach their potential. It’s also the difference between success and failure, happiness and misery. If you want to be great and achieve your dreams, then you need grit. Luckily, it’s something that can be learned. Please keep reading to learn more about grit and discover four ways to develop it. (more…)
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