Tuesday June 17, 2008 8:12 PM

I read an awesome book yesterday, it was so interesting that I began in the morning and concluded in the evening and no, I certainly did not skip any pages or paragraphs. Well you’ll just have to take my word for it anyways. The book “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari” is a captivating tale in addition to a sort of spiritual awakening written by Robin .S. Sharma, one of North America’s electrifying professional speakers.

The book tells a story of a famous lawyer Julian Mantle who reigned in his profession. He pushed himself to the top of the ladder of success through nights of sleeplessness and hard work till eventually he began to get drained off his vivacity and ended up with a heart attack.

This, in a way struck a chord in his mind and caused him give up everything, to embark on a soul searching journey into the East i.e. India and into the Himalayas, to the sages or the yogis as they were called there. It is the part where he spends valuable time with a yogi called Raman that makes a person really rethink his/her life. The stay with the yogis is actually presented to the reader as Julian Mantle’s narration to his close friend and colleague.

The details take us to a zone way beyond normal thoughts. It in a way questions the basic purpose of our lives, its meaning and in a way made me realize I wasn’t actually mad when I always felt something missing or a sort of emptiness in my mind and soul and couldn’t exactly pinpoint its origin. I suppose that maybe everyone feels that way once in a while i.e. you have everything but that doesn’t just fulfill or complete you and makes you so frustrated at just ‘not knowing’ and not being able to convey it to anyone. This is a must read for those who scorn at spiritual talk because this has definitely been written by a very sensible and educated person. I have to admit though; I haven’t exactly started to follow everything in the book head on and transformed or anything, but it’s definitely a start.

It has greatly enriched my mind with the knowledge about mind control and setting goals as well a lot of other related things like the value of sheer will power. I also believe that the book can’t be fully comprehended by reading it just once. As I said this was just the beginning. I really have to thank my cousin for pointing out this book to me.