At the launch of a book by an IAS officer, Swami Nikhileshwarananda, head of Shri Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Rajkot, urged the state government officials, present at the occasion to include spiritual quotient in the education curriculum.
Anju Sharma, Principal Secretary, Higher education, launched her second book, Corporate Monk, on Saturday which talks about finding the right purpose of life.
Present at the occassion was Governor OP Kohli, state education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, Chief Secretary JN Singh among other academians from the city.
Referring to the book, spiritual leader Swami Nikhileshwarananda said, "Swami Vivekananda said that there is no difference between secular and sacred. Religion and spirituality are different. One may have high spiritual quotient and may no be religious or vice versa. While both may go together but it is not necessary. In the present context, there is more of hypocrisy when it comes to religion. Everyone should develop spiritual quotient. Since all the government officials are present here, I would suggest the state government to introduce spiritual quotient in the syllabus. If you yourself are convinced with the SQ, why not introduce it from KG to PG in a small story format."
He added, "While IQ tells us how to play the game of life, the emotional quotient will tell you how to play the game of life under changed circumstances whereas SQ will tell you whether to play or not." Taking ownership of our own problems, Chudasama said, "We ourselves are responsible for our own problems." Sharma in her book has drawn parallels from the Bhagwad Gita, Buddhism and ancient scriptures.
Sharing insights from her book, Sharma, who took nearly 2.5 years to write the book, she said, "My book is based on seven concepts that leads on towards spirituality but the biggest challenge was how to make it interesting. It was then I thought of the Panchatantra format and the management case study format and eventually put up a narrative to explain the concepts with help of life incidents.
The book's narrative is like that of Bhagwad Gita. There is a man named Aman, who is a successful executive but is surrounded with darkness, faces burn out and is not content from within. Because of this, he makes his life messy and drives all in his stress cycle and encounters health issues."
"He eventually connects with a life coach who connects him to a corporate monk who has found happiness in life. The book clearly states that IQ and EQ are not enough and we need SQ to find happiness in life."
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