The Calling - Unleash your True Self - Book Review
Review of Priya Kumar's The Calling - Unleash your True Self
At a Glance:
- Title - The Calling - Unleash your True Self
- Author - Priya Kumar
- Pages - 149 pages
- Publishers - Books that Inspire
- Format - Paperback
Blurb :
The Calling is a spiritual adventure, an encounter with the truth, the wisdom and the force that is innate to us all.
At the brink of a divorce and personal breakdown, Arjun took a trip into the Himalayas, on the insistence of a Sadhu, who predicted that the journey up to Hemkund Sahib would align him to his purpose and change his life forever.
At every turn the mountains hold secrets and tests that urge Arjun to evolve into the person he had denied to be—himself. Pretenses, falsities, confusions and untruths fall apart as Arjun is forced to confront the mess he had created with his life.
What started off as an opportunity to escape reality, turned out to be an opportunity to escape from the dwindling spiral of self created misery. Filled with spiritual insights and sprinkled with light humor, this story will help you find your calling, your voice and who knows, even your true self.
My Review :
He is rescued by a Sadhu who
asks him to make a trip to Hemkund Sahib. He decides to take the trip and is
helped by a transporter Chandu whose wisdom betrays his age and occupation! As
both of them climb the trail, Arjun faces a lot of troubles / difficulties /
confusions and finally realises his calling! He realises the reason behind his
misery and at last knows what he must do to rectify them through the second
Sadhu he chances upon!
Like many of author’s book that
I have read in the past, this one too impressed me. The philosophical point of
view of life is told so well in the form of a story where you can relate to the
various ideals and reasoning behind each of the things that we are
searching an answer for.
The simple sentence – As you sow
, so shall you reap- now holds a lot more meaning and is more lucid! You can
read this book when you have a question about why life throws a curveball and
the answer is in the book, which tells you to search within yourself to solve
it !
The part where Arjun meets the
second Sadhu is my favourite. He gives Arjun 3 tests to free him and the
reasons the Sadhu gives to explain why Arjun failed each of the test really
awakened me. The explaination for his actions and why is failed is the place
where you really feel the awakening.
All in all, a very insightful
book that can explain a lot of things that you have been thinking about like
the philosophy of life, Karma,Sadhana and the likes.
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