From BTG India: “Recession – Adversity or Opportunity” comes at a time when the world is facing the worst economic scenario after the great depression of 1928.

Collapsing business houses, plunging sensex and dried-up economies have downsized millionaires and brought lakhs from the security of a job to an unemployed life on streets. The title of book promises to turn this grim crisis into a bright chance, but, as the pages unfold, it presents not a prescription to money making—as the title might have suggested—but a deeper perspective of personal growth.

The book views the recession as a man-made horror born out of malpractices of greedy brokers, bankers and customers. The beginning with its descriptions of birds soaring effortlessly in the vast sky has a magical effect of soothing a passionate heart and preparing the reader for a more attentive and focused reading.

Then it discusses recession, its pathogenesis, world-wide effects, and then embarks upon the treatment plan. The first process offered is a sane advice to simplify your life—live with modest means and resist the compelling call of a lavish but expensive lifestyle. Clarify your inner vision is the next step inviting the reader to discover the power of clear thinking and mental power born out of spiritual education.

A clear thinking pattern also begs for avoidance of contaminations and the next chapter brings out the positive purifying habits that deals not just with association with God and His people but also tells us how to develop meaningful, loving and enthusiastic relationships—something that is sure to act as a soft shock-absorber in the current turbulent times.

Well, all this may seem simple common sense, something you may tell that you always knew in the back of your mind, but the credit goes to the author to bring these subtle truths right under the spotlight. The simple facts of life are exposed by specific case studies—both from the modern life as well as tradition—to present human response in uncommon situations. It seeks your focus and stirs your intelligence bringing you to the point of putting your faith in the principles and more importantly, convincing you to go for the change.

As Ralph Waldo Emerson, an ardent fan of the Bhagavad-gita once said about it, “I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad-gita. It was the first of books…the voice of an old intelligence which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us.”

The wisdom worked for him; and it will work for you.

From BTG India.

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