Secret of Mental Peace

Secret of Mental Peace Charles Moss Duke Jr. (b. 1935) is an American astronaut. He was on the NASA team. He completed several journeys in space. In 1972, he even travelled to the moon! In February 2008, two members of our Centre for Peace and Spirituality met Mr. Duke in New Delhi. He gifted our team with an autographed photograph of his. In this photograph, he is wearing a spacesuit and is standing on the surface of the moon! Mr. Duke kindly agreed to be interviewed by our team. The interview, which was video-recorded, was about spirituality. During the interview, Mr. Duke was asked if he was satisfied with his life and if his life was happy. Explaining his condition, he said, “I had no peace in life. I thought the moon would give me peace. I thought all these goals, all these accomplishments, this great career, would give me peace, but it didn’t. So, I thought I’ll change career. So, I left NASA as an astronaut and went into business. I made a lot of money, but I still had no peace in my life. There was still something missing.” This is the story not just of Mr. Duke alone. Rather, it is the story of almost every single person in the world today. Today, opportunities to earn money, fame and power (and, for some, to travel to the moon!) have increased manifold. People are running after such things. Many manage to obtain them. Such people are considered to be super-heroes and superachievers. But experience shows that these super-heroes and