Excellent .. One of the best I have read in this forum for quite a long time. Good work Chord.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Chord <purev...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > There are many brilliant artists in this world who achieve great, long > lasting success. But, there are very few who are able to control their > success and instead, their success controls them. ARR is someone who always > stays in control. How? > > When someone achieves great heights, great fame, fortune, recognition, > etc., it's extremely easy for the human mind and spirit to get caught up in > the frenzy and taking that success too seriously, ultimately, succumbing to > that success and surrendering to the ego. Take a look at Himesh Reshamiya as > an example. I don't listen to his music, but I have to admit, he had the > guts, the energy, the vision to carve out a nice niche for himself and he > has achieved great success, built up a huge fan base, etc. etc. An ordinary > artist cannot do what he did. Unfortunately for him, he took his success and > himself way too seriously and is now in my eyes a victim of his own > arrogance and narcissism. Sure, he still has his fans and he may continue to > belt out commercial hits, but let's face it, the party's over for him. > > Look at it this way: When you climb up against gravity, the more weight you > carry, the harder the climb becomes and ultimately, you stop climbing and if > the weight you build up becomes too great to handle, you could fall, and > fall hard. If you climb without a lot of weight and don't accumulate weight > on the way, you will keep going, God willing. > > Now, look at our man, ARR. Despite being in the industry for years and > years, he has always maintained a dominant and successful position in his > career. Yes, he has had peaks and valleys in terms of commercial success > along the way, but his general status, the respect he's given and earned, > the goodness that people associate with him remains the same. ARR has done > what not many artists are able to do, and that is to create some space > between himself and his success and to not let his ego become too heavy. > It's his strong family values, incredible faith and spirituality that allows > this type of detachment. He never lets his success control him. He is always > wary of overexposure and takes nothing for granted. He has the ability to > generate a healthy, broad perspective on his career, his life, his > relationship with the ultimate divine that he does not allow himself to > surrender to his own worldly success. It takes a very unique combination of > personal elements and life experiences to maintain this attitude and > strength of mind. But, his is an example that we can all learn to apply to > our own lives. > > If ARR has taught me one thing about life, it is the value of detachment > and not taking too seriously those things that are worldly and temporary. > ARR has reinforced to me the value of creating space between ourselves and > our actions and consequences, thereby helping to create a strong anchor > against the winds and storms of life. ARR is surely enjoying the ride that > is his life, but he remains in the driver's seat of his own success, while > ironically, surrendering to the almighty. He maintains control of his > success despite surrendering himself to permanence and because of that > surrender at the same time, helping to create that healthy detachment. > > Thanks to a good friend with whom I had a discussion about this with last > night, helping to stimulate these thoughts within me and posting them here. > > >
