SPIRITUALIZING INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: IN VIEW OF VEDANTA

Spirituality, because of its reach into the deeper depths of emotions, has intense impact on one's aspirations and thought process. Spiritual attitude trains us to live harmoniously with our environment and to meet the challenges of life, at personal, familial, professional and social levels. It thus elevates clarity and focus of mind and sharpens its incisive intellectual potentials. Harmony and peace, both collective and individual, depend on rock-solid, healthy and strong relationships. The wisdom of Vedanta offers useful insights into the subject of Inter-Personal Relationships and has made a significant contribution in this field. Swollen egotism and its asuric cohorts, afflicted with secular ‘money-ism', breeds selfishness a-dvaita. Workplace ill-health is then inevitable. So, one should try to control the shrinking egotism by developing the daivik (noble) companions and moving towards the divinity of man, which alone can resolve the conflict