Ishan Shivanand argues that stress comes from chasing external success like wealth and fame while ignoring inner development. He points to celebrity suicides and overdoses as proof that achievement without spiritual grounding leaves people lonely and anxious. Building an inner sense of divinity, he says, is what actually stops the stress.
Today, why is stress such a big problem? All our great celebrities, after some point we see they have OD'd or committed suicide. And we question why? Because they were building outside, they were not building the inside. The inside, that is the most important thing. All their life they wasted on building the outside. Build the outside. I'm not saying don't build the outside, but what did you do to build the inside? You have to have some form of divinity, otherwise you are alone. And if you are alone, there is anxiety. If there is anxiety, there cannot be gratitude.
