not by Bread alone

NOT BY BREAD ALONE succeeded in achieving worldly power and position. however, do those who have managed to reach the top necessarily feel this is so? Possibly not. Wealth is not all that man needs. it can, at best, serve the body’s needs, leaving the soul to starve. The feeling of something missing spiritually disturbs people, even if they have gained it in material terms. Feeling thus deprived, they feel as helpless as an ordinary man does. Faced with an inner void, a yawning gap in the soul must be filled; it leads man to turn to something or the other for a sense of plenitude. This fact is borne out by the news item which appeared in The Times of India on January 1, 1985. despite all the luxuries at his command, Mr alfred Ford, the famous Ford Motor Company owner in the u.s.a., felt something missing in his life. his soul was not at rest; it was hankering after something else. in this state, when he was introduced to the hare Krishna movement, he felt attracted to it as it seemed to answer and satisfy the cravings of his soul. he joined the movement. afterwards, he married a hindu girl, sharmila Bhattacharya, associated with the movement. The marriage ceremony took place in one of its centres in australia. on this occasion, a photograph was published in the newspapers where he was seen in seamless clothes. here is a part of the interview he gave with the aP correspondent: “i am not a car. however, like anyone else, i am a spiritual soul,” he said. “i am only a Ford by name,” he further added.