Life Positive — January 2018

to go out and not have non-veg
food. But now, I have turned
vegetarian.

Did it happen with some effort
or was it a natural organic
process?
There was no effort. I just
decided to quit eating meat
and that’s that. One day I
was meditating and began
questioning my habit of eating
meat. After that meditation, I
decided never to eat flesh. As a
matter of fact, I was supposed
to go for my nephew’s birthday
on the same day. I thought that
my sister must have cooked
non-veg for me, thinking how
much I love it, and if I refused
to eat, she would be very
disappointed. But as soon as I
entered her house, I saw that a
big havan was being performed.
I was greatly relieved to see
that only vegetarian prasad
was being served to the guests.
For me, it was a sign from the
Universe that my decision was
the right one.

Which spiritual practice do
you follow in your daily life?
I think, for a person who
desires to evolve, the practice

is every minute, every second,

every moment. You cannot

practice for an hour or half an

hour a day and think that you

are done. I don’t think that’s the

luxury we have. I was having

a discussion with a pretty big

industrialist friend of mine and

he mentioned to me that he

prays for half an hour a day

and that nothing is changing

within him. He doesn’t feel any

different from what he was

before.

I said, “You are in business, so

if you did business for only half

an hour a day, do you think that

something major will happen

in a year? It does not happen

that way. You do business 24x7.

You think about it all the time.

Even when you are doing your

spiritual practice, half the time

your mind is going towards

your business. Every moment,

you think of your business, and

that’s the reason your business

is growing. So how can you

expect your spirituality to grow

if you pray only for half an hour

a day? It has to be a practice

that has to be lived every

moment and every minute of

your life.

Which aspect of your

personality is stronger, the

businessman or the seeker?

I think it’s the seeker in me who

is stronger.

Spirituality is a practice that has to be

lived every moment

Aditya Ahluwalia

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