Synopsis

The east has gifted the world with wisdom for self-mastery. Ancient mystic texts like the Gita are considered solutions manuals for life. This book showcases this timeless, universal wisdom in a unique 21st century setting, giving the world simple practical solutions. Like in the Gita, it is a conversation between an ordinary individual, Jiva, and his doctor, Dr. Shankar, who also becomes his spiritual guide. The story starts with a dispirited Jiva turning to his doctor for counsel on a war waging within him. The doctor cum Guru then reveals the five root causes of misery and the three buckets all problems fall into: Health, Wealth and Relationships. Convincingly, the doctor expounds that only holistic solutions for happiness, encompassing the body, mind and spirit, are sustainable.  A synthesis of three ingredients is given by the doctor both, as a prescription for Jiva's despondence, as well as, the way to liberation.  

Will Jiva emerge victorious in the war within? Will the doctor's key to wisdom lead Jiva to self-mastery in attaining that freedom and bliss within?

Table of Contents

A Personal Introduction

1 How to have a healthy body?

2 How to be spiritual and successful?

3 Worries about children and parents

4 How to handle relationships?

5 How to handle difficult situations?

6 How to handle misery, old age, illness and death?

7 How to manage the mind?

8 How to live from the heart?

9 Creation and Cosmic Consciousness,
Science and Spirituality

 10 The Three Gunas, 
Divine and the Demonic

11 Liberation, Wisdom and Bliss