'We are not a conduit for some supra-force but for ourselves’

Guy Sorman is a French intellectual championing free market, democracy and human rights

What does spirituality mean to you?
It has no religious dimension. It is the answer to one question : what do I stand for?
I have one life - what have I done with it, what do I do with it ? What are the ideas and convictions that I stand for?  So spirituality is to be in agreement with the ideas and convictions I decided to stand for.

Did those ideas evolve over time?
Not in my case. They were determined by the story of my family. I come from a family which was victimized by dictatorship, totalitarianism, racism. Maybe because of this family history I decided to stand for individual freedom in any field, should it be religious, political or behavioral. This is what I would define as my spirituality.


You firmed up those ideas very young?
Definitely. At the beginning it was something very spontaneous, I was very individualistic myself, including in my religious behavior. I was educated as a Jewish boy and was always getting into a fight with the rabbi, which actually is very much part of the ever-questioning Jewish tradition. I was always fighting for people being different, and myself being different. I was a contrarian and I remain a contrarian. What has changed is a more elaborate foundation for those ideas. I have enriched those ideas, but I didn’t change course.


Full interview here Indian Express

“Walking the Path” launched @ Odyssey

Frederique Lebelley, the French journalist & author since the year 1969, has won much acclaim for most of her books and has successfully launched her latest venture Walking the Path, on March 29 at Odyssey, Adyar. The author was heartily welcomed at the store and was extremely delighted to share her moments that she had spent around H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. This book captures the best experiences of her spiritual journey with Guruji.

Spirituality, she says, has always inspired her and most of her books revolve around the same. Her collaborations with Le Nouvel Observateur and her creation of the first French ecological magazine, Le Sauvage has earned much respect from many people across the world.

Walking the Path is her account of an experience that she considers the most powerful of her life based on her time around Guruji H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar since their first meeting in the year 1995.

Full report here Sify