Film Producer Bobby Bedi, who is known for his works like Bandit Queen, Fire and Electric Moon, calls spirituality an internal, personal process
What does spirituality mean to you?
Spirituality is the actual soul of what different religions try to portray with their practice. If you denude any religion of its practice and rituals, you find spirituality inside.
Spirituality is the actual soul of what different religions try to portray with their practice. If you denude any religion of its practice and rituals, you find spirituality inside.
It is a very internal, personal process. Some places, circumstances, or people might help us find it, but at the end of the day, we can only find it within ourselves - if we focus on it.
Has it been a focus for you?
For some years now. It started with my proper appreciation of art, in particular through my friendship with Manjit Bawa. Not that he was practicing any particular form of spirituality because that would have been religion, but just the kind of thought he had and what was going into his paintings. Trying to understand the meaning of what he was trying to do was like a trigger. Then, I could find it in many more things - in cooking, in my work, in some of my reading.
For some years now. It started with my proper appreciation of art, in particular through my friendship with Manjit Bawa. Not that he was practicing any particular form of spirituality because that would have been religion, but just the kind of thought he had and what was going into his paintings. Trying to understand the meaning of what he was trying to do was like a trigger. Then, I could find it in many more things - in cooking, in my work, in some of my reading.
Of course, you can live perfectly happily without any spiritual experience. You can endlessly bow to a stone deity, go to a Gurudwara, put a flower in your ear and never ask yourself why. But if you do ask, you have reached the first stage of inquiry. You may then realize that you are not meant to do any of these things.
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