Looking
at the world today, we might easily forget that the main purpose of our life-
you could call it the heart of being human – is to be HAPPY…All of us share the
same wish, and the same right, to seek happiness and avoid suffering. But often
we confuse ourselves the happiness with the state of being pleasure for the
moment. We look to experiences or material possessions to bring us
satisfaction. We should remember one thing that sense of pleasure is never long
lasting. To quote some simple examples like having a sumptuous meal, it might
delight for a while but it does not lead to a deeper happiness. Let’s not even
talk about relationships, which are typically fraught with ups and downs and
are, by their very nature very nature impermanent. So, we can easily eliminate
the word “pleasure” from the meaning of “true happiness”. Pleasure brings the
most sufferings in its wake.
How does true
happiness comes about?
There
are many ways we can train our mind in happiness like choosing loving thoughts,
words and actions. The more we cultivate love, compassion, joy and impartiality,
the more we will be a vibrant source of happiness for others and ourselves too.
When we are in touch with our true nature, our innermost essence of joy
naturally arises.
Most of us are not
even aware of our innermost essence!
We think
thoughts and emotions are the real self but they are simply like clouds passing
by in the open, clear space of our original mind. Sometimes the clouds are
white and puffy and sometimes stormy, but they are never permanent nor are our
true essence. All sufferings arise just by confusing the clouds for sky and
holding on them ever so tightly.
Seeing happiness in the other
person’s eyes is the true love, same way, knowing that the reason behind the
other person’s happiness is because of us gives the true happiness for us.
Happiness is a Journey…
It’s a continuous
search for more and more happiness because we never suffice ourselves. How to maximize
our potential to be happy? The answer to this can only be “Make the best mask you can and
put a big smiley face over your pain”
Roadmap to happiness…
Love
yourselves no matter what happens.
There
is no defect or deficiency in us that prevents us from being happy. However,
there are some false beliefs that needs to be challenged and hurts that needs
to be healed, so that we can open our hearts fully to love and to live.
When the mind goes
beyond the thought of “Me” … then there is a possibility of incorruptible
happiness…
