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MEIRA KUMAR is the Lok Sabha Speaker

What does spirituality mean to you?
It means there is a level at which my existence is not only physical or mental, it can transcend those barriers and reach out.

Was it a gradual discovery or were you always aware of it?
These are things that were told to me as a child. Maybe I was not able to comprehend it back then. But gradually it occurred to me.

Was it a religious home?
It was a very religious home but in a broad-minded sense, open to many different religions and traditions.

How does this awareness manifest in your daily life?
It is there all the time, whether I am conscious of it or not. I may think I am taking a decision consciously. But I realize later that I was influenced by this awareness subconsciously. And if I take a decision against it, then I feel bad afterwards.

Is it like an inner guidance?
Not that. But I know that when I later feel bad, it means I made the wrong decision, I didn’t listen to my subconscious.

Life can be such a busy race, full of people and responsibilities, how do you manage to always be aware of it?
It’s not something I have to listen to, or be aware of. It is just there, like air. I take it for granted, as much as the fact that I breathe air, that my blood circulates in my veins, that my heart is beating, that certain things happen in me unbeknownst to me.

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