The Monk who enlightened Me

After 7 months of hiatus I have decided to write about One-of-the-life-Changing-book I have ever read. (I haven’t read more than 10 non-academic books so far but, that’s a different issue J ).Some bibliophile would have correctly identified the name just by this blog’s name. This book will be a worthy treasure for those who are down in the dumps and who want inspirational words to be cast on them to achieve big in their life. It is for those who frantically chase their passions and for those who want/need to surmount the insurmountable.

Honestly I heard about this book just 3 days back and wanted to lay my hands on it so fervently that I couldn’t do it until yesterday’s night ,that too by some ridiculous luck. Since I have been working in night shift for the past couple of months, the hard-loneliness I feel is very inexplicable but yesterday night I felt that I was in the middle of friendly rejuvenating thoughts. At around 10 PM while I was going for a cup of coffee, I happen to see the dazzling thing I have been looking for the past 3 days. Yes, as you have guessed, it was the “The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari by Robin S.Sharma ” [someone named Vijayakumar (same name as I) accidentally left it in the office] and I was exhilarated at seeing the book but I thought someone would have gone for coffee like me leaving the book there. After half-an-hour I went to that place again where the book was and as I suspected, it was not left by someone, for coffee but for home. What else? Hooray! I just picked it up and finished it at 5 AM in the morning without pausing for a single moment!! But don’t question me “Is it why you go to office? “.You know, I juggled both the work and the book such one didn’t come in other’s way (chuckles).

It was such a book that never makes you bored or annoyed at any point of time provided if you are one among those determined people who wildly chase their dreams. In the same time it will never let you to lay it down too: such gripping thoughts throughout the book.

Let’s get down to the business…

Adages are strewn throughout the book though; some might sound clichéd but should be etched. There was a quote which I liked “Success in the outside world is nothing until you have succeeded within” –though not the exact verbatim, I guess some people could get the inner-meaning of the above quote and realize how true it is. I’m 150% sure that this book can bring radical change in you if you embrace its ideas open-heartedly (i.e.) you should be an empty cup – book’s jargon!! It was written in very-plain-Indian English that even a child can read it comfortably without any difficultly in comprehension and vocabulary. I assure you that “You will never be the same“from the moment you start reading this book to the moment you dare to stop following its ideas .He explains the whole concept of happy-living by a very simple story with 7 trifle things: Japanese Sumo wrestler, Light House, Yellow Roses, Diamonds, Yarned-Pink rope, stop Watch and Garden and as you go on, the real meaning of these trifle things is unfurled which will surely enlighten you like it did to me.

I can myself just list out all the things about the book but you would not feeling the taste of “Real fruit” until you taste it yourself. Through there are several enticing thoughts/ideas discussed throughout the book but let me say about one thing and for sure only one thing.
Everybody is having their own Strengths and Weakness and all of us are afraid of our Weakness. This book suggests “The only way to get rid of your weakness is keep on doing the weakness-thing again and again until you are comfortable with it - Nourish your spirit. Do the things you fear. “. And that is exactly what I‘m doing right now as Writing is one of my weaknesses and I have decided to confront all my weakness as per this book’s didactic words.

I’m not sure whether I have provoked you people to read this book at least once. Had I, the purpose of this blog is doubly-filled (I guess you know what I mean).

As Always,
Your Vj