Torn in two

It is true that you don���t need to reside in the Himalayas to achieve inner peace. Torn between the modern and the spiritual, what we are looking for is a fine balance between the inside and the outside.
This deliberate shift is marked by mass awareness in the form of books like The Celestine Prophecy amongst others. These books freely propagate theories like the Law of Attraction and the importance of signs and coincidences.
The new age guru is no ascetic; he resides in a Paulo Coelho who wrote life-altering books like The Alchemist, Veronika Decides to Die and The Witch of Portobello or a Robin Sharma of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari fame.
In 2008, spirituality has newer connotations and has reached a more widely accepted platform. Software Engineer Randeep Chhabra is 28 years old and a self-confessed philosopher who is constantly striving to enrich his spiritual knowledge by reading the likes of J. Krishnamurti and Herman Hesse. He comments on the growing popularity of travelling the spiritual path.
���The fact that people are indulging in spirituality to ���look cool��� confirms that spirituality has moved out of deserted library sections and grandparents��� discussions to office cabins and ambitious couples��� bedrooms,��� he asserts.
Modern gurus like Robin Sharma clearly state that being spiritual is not the same as being non-materialistic. Bestsellers like The Secret talk about spirituality as a way to focus your energies on achieving what you want���money, fame and success top the list.
It is clear that we all seek better lives and in that sense are together in looking for a ���path��� of our own. The modern day sadhu may ride in a Mercedes, party till dawn and travel to Spain for a vacation but the need to travel the long winding lanes on the inside can never be undermined.