Perplexing Thoughts (Flux)

Recently I went to the book fair held in Delhi with mom. Having gone there since my childhood, I realised there is less to benefit from the fair if you go with a fixed set of books/genre on your list, rather explore them with an open mind, you never know what you get your hands on.

So here I was on the first day it self and taking the advantage of the information not yet passed well to the larger general public about the book fair being open to all. Enjoying the experience of going through so many thoughts and words, I had no idea what I was looking for. All of a sudden I find myself standing in front of this whole section of books on investing-in stock market, MFs et al. And the next moment I was going through them and sure enough after a thorough search, I had one in my hand.

Being satisfied that I found something of my interest, I simply saw ma freely going through books and there she picks up a thin 200-page book- Sidhartha, by Herman Hesse. I enjoyed the reading experience of this book, would recommend it to everyone. And, reading the Stock market investment book is another learning experience by itself (a very slow one though!)

Sidhartha is about a life journey of a Brahmin boy, brought up by his loving parents with devotion towards God. The book answered a lot of questions and the importance of the word “OM”, that in order to attain the goal of spiritualism one needs to experience all the ups and downs in life, be it a beautiful relationship with your loved one, or a sour one with your child. You need to experience all sets of emotions to realise that the source is one. That good and evil, heaven and hell, all are one. The distinction is made to simplify things. That the drain and the river go into the same sea.

On one hand, I am reading how to multiply my money by clever investments and on the other hand I am reading about how to avoid the maya as we all call it. And I enjoyed reading both the books, gained a lot spiritually through Sidhartha and mentally through Mr. N.J. Yasaswy’s knowledge about investments. Well the outcome was the decision to join Yoga and a course on stock market investments!