From Frustration to Fulfillment

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Mind liberation is a process of unwinding through unlearning. A free mind is inclusive and absorbs more when in a liberated state. On the other hand, a tense mind has limited space for anything new. It clings to dogmas and detests change. Unless you learn to let go, you'll experience shrinkage of mind space-in short, frustration.

This is where the importance of spirituality comes in. Spirituality blends philosophy and psychology. Cutting across religious boundaries, you'll find that there's common ground in spiritual literature to inspire and lift your spirits when the chips are down.

In this book, the author has included case studies drawn from real-life work situations to help you through experience simulation. Come and discover the ways to transform frustration into fulfillment! From Frustration to Fulfillment is a complete recipe for corporate and family management.

Swami Sukhabodhananda is the founder Chairman of Prasanna Trust. He is also the founder of the research wing of Prasanna Foundation, which focuses on the scientific aspects of meditation.

His several books have made many discover a new way of living life. He makes you realise that if one door closes another door opens. Life is an opening.

He is a regular invitee to various forums in India, USA, UK, and Switzerland.

He has been addressing many gatherings at important Universities in India and abroad.

Leading industrial houses invite him to conduct 'In- house workshops' for their executives.

His self-development programs have benefited many in the corporate sectors of reputed institutions like banking, finance, industry, education, armed forces and police.

"The Times of India," in its recent poll on "who talks the best" places Swamiji as the one who tops the list on all counts as the best speaker.

"The Week" magazine acclaims Swamiji as one among the top five best exponents of spiritual knowledge.

Swamiji's English books "Oh, Mind Relax Please!" and "Oh, Life Relax Please!" are the top best sellers in the country and has set a new bench mark in the lives of many, from the Kargil hero Gen. V. P. Malik who swears by the inspiring content of the book to the New York Mayor who acknowledges its usefulness to diminish work pressure and dealing with the New York City press!

His other English books are marching best sellers.

Swamiji's book "Manase Relax Please" has set an all time sales record in the history of Tamil, Kannada & Telugu books and has been included as a part of curriculum in some of the schools & colleges. Leading personalities have termed that he has revolutionized Tamil literature through his books.

Change is the only constant that marks our world. It's omnipresent. If you are a keen observer, the street around us changes - new signboards, ads, people, buildings etc. Change engulfs us. Day-in, day-out.

Time is nothing but a measure of change. The clock is ever ticking. Change drives the past away from us and moves us closer to the future. The present is but a fleeting moment. There's no time in it for us to capture its stillness. Only someone who has mastered meditation can perhaps catch the present.

Change is unavoidable but brings anxieties with it. The mind needs time to assimilate change. When there's friction in that process, anxiety results and this soon grows to frustration. Frustration is like a stagnant cesspool marks the mind's inability to manage change. If the mind does not move from this cesspool, it deteriorates.

The growing demand for medications to BP, diabetes, etc., tells us that frustration has reached epidemic proportions. Frustration is on the road, in the office, schools, colleges and if one recalls the recent attacks on doctors, even hospitals are not free from it. Domestic discord and divorces, tell us that homes are not peace havens.

Change, it seems, aids frustration. If so, is 'no change' the solution? Is stillness and 'no-change' the same? If movement is behind frustration and mental ailments, will non-movement solve it? Can we not find our 'comfort zones' to steer clear of frustration?

A tortoise beautifully fits into this paradigm. It has a beautiful shell to protect it from external dangers. Any threat, it recoils into its shell. A shell is a cosy place, a comfort zone. But, it can't remain there forever. It has to move. Move to find food, water, mate etc. And, for this, the tortoise has to stick its neck out!

Life is similar too. You need to progress beyond your comfort zone. You need to stick your neck out. You have to hit the road. Yes, accidents do happen on roads. People die on roads every day. Should that stop you from driving or moving on them?

Traffic jams can be frustrating inability to reach anywhere on time, missed appointments, lost opportunities, road rage, skirmishes does that mean you avoid roads? No roads, no journey. No going to school, college, office or hospital. No shops, no friends.

No roads can be fun too. Remote islands can be like that - no roads from anywhere to anywhere. Maybe good for a holiday. Not for a living.

Once in a while, it would be nice to escape from this noise, pollution, chaos to the peace and solitude on an island. But, you can't be there forever. The island is a shell - you can be there for a while. Life beckons you; your neck has to stick out sometime.