Quite often our experiences in life shape who we are as a person. Recently, actor Anupria Goenka opened up about her experience with godmen over the years. The ‘Padmaavat’ actor shared an episode from her life that taught her to have faith in her own capabilities.
Sharing that she does seek guidance from an astrologer, she was quoted saying by TOI, “Whenever I am flustered or clueless, he is my go-to person. He gives me a sense of peace. It’s almost like hearing the voice of God, it’s a treasure to have someone like that.”However, the ‘War’ actor clarified that she is not going to give the reins of her life to anyone,
“Having said that I need to be laying my faith in my hard work and my capabilities. In case if certain things don’t work out for me they are either because of my shortcomings or not meant for me. A human cannot turn your life upside down and do miracles for you. I can trust someone but cannot empower that person to control me and lose my instincts.”
She further spoke about her father’s tryst with spirituality and how it impacted her family,
“My father was extremely spiritually inclined. My definition of spirituality is believing in the universe, believing in the existence of some external force that is above us, believing in good thoughts, and doing things to help others. I like to believe there’s God as it makes me feel better. But for my dad, spirituality was always finding babas and godmen, going completely berserk, and dedicating one’s self to a certain Aastha. He lost focus and it harmed the family as it incapacitated him to work and put all of us in a difficult spot.”
The ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ actor even opened up about a bitter experience with a spiritual leader when she was 18-years-old,
“My family trusted him very heavily. Even I had started to believe in him. He sounded reasonable and said just the right things, he sounded very practical. But he tried to take advantage of me. I was 18 then. That scarred me for a very, very long time.”
The brave actor further added,
“Thankfully, I did not let him take advantage. I was able to escape the situation. I knew I had to hear my instincts, though I had to fight them for a while. I had started to see signs and gauged from prior meetings that something was amiss. I kept doubting myself because I had believed in him for so long and didn’t think it was possible.”
Blindly trusting anyone is never a good thing. We should always look out for ourselves and do what’s best for us. Kudos to the brave actor!