Big Bird of the Storm

Elephant-style living is the only successful way to live in this world. ‘Big bird thinking’ is only another name for spiritual thinking. Spirituality is not something mysterious: it is a well-known discipline and can be defined as a form of positive thinking. All spiritual people are positive thinkers and all positive thinkers are spiritual in nature. Spirituality and positive thinking are almost synonymous with each other. There is a beautiful story in Hindu mythology: once a man became furious and he kicked Ram in the chest. Ram’s response was quite unique. He said: ‘Mere lokhan seene se tumhare komal panwen ko chot to nahi lagi?’ (I hope your soft leg was not hurt by my iron chest) It is this kind of positive response that is called spirituality. Spiritual behaviour is friendly behaviour towards every human being – to both friends and foes alike. Spiritual behaviour is like the behaviour of the flowers that can live with all their fragrance in the neighbourhood of thorns. An Urdu poet has beautifully expressed this: Gulshan parast hun mujhe gul hi nahi azeez, katon se bhi nibha kiye ja raha hun mein. (I am a lover of nature, I don’t only love flowers, but I can live normally with thorns as well) Spirituality is good for the all-round development of the human personality, making one tension-free and friendly towards one’s fellow men. Spirituality is the way to all kind of success. Positive thinking makes you a ‘big bird thinker’ and ‘big bird thinking’ imbues the human character with