the biggest belief that we will establish within ourselves is in regard
to happiness where are we convinced we can get true happiness that one decision
will determine the trajectory of our life if somebody firmly believes that
happiness is in money his entire energy his entire effort is spent in the
pursuit of earning money if somebody believes that happiness is in achieving
prestige and thing then that is where his entire energy goes if somebody
believes happiness is in God then he strives to know and love God so this
puzzle regarding happiness needs to be solved to put our life in the proper
course there was once a crew that became unhappy about his state he thought I
have this dark and ugly color if I were a swan I would be white coloured and so
happy the crew went to the Swan and said mr. Swan you must be the happiest bird
in contrast to me you have this milk white color the Swan said mr. crow I
thought I should be happy until I saw the parent and then I realized I am a
single colored bird he was a double colored bird he is the one who must be
happy the crow then went on to meet the parent
and he said mr. ballot you have this green color given to you by God and you
also have a tinge of red in certain places these two colors of yours in
contrast to my signal dye color you must be a very happy bird the parrot said I
thought I was happy until I saw the peacock and the luscious platter of
colors of the Peacocks tail that made me really miserable The Crow in his search
for the secret of happiness then continued and found a peacock he said
mr. peacock God has created you with great affection he is full your tail
blues with such rich violets and Indigo's and greens and blues you must
be really happy bird the peacock said mr. Grove I thought I should be happy
but because of all those colors I was put into the zoo if I then
such attractive colors then I would have been free bird
to grow then realized nobody seems to be happy though what then is the secret of
happiness according to our Vedas there is one kind of happiness that degrades
you if you run after it it pulls you down and there is another kind of
happiness that uplifts you the first kind of happiness is called prayer and
the second kind of happiness is called shreya the cut-open assured states
shreya pressure die you are the hottest Abu Parvati he rear tail thought you
pray or anything if you run after shreya your life will become auspicious and
blessed if you run after prayer it will be a pathway to hell what is prayer and
what is shrimp prayer is that happiness which seems to be extremely sweet right
now but later on it turns bitter like poison like for example if you choose to
have a third helping of the ice-cream to satiate the tastebuds of the palate it
is sweet no doubt but later on after a few years when your cholesterol has
started increasing and the arteries start getting clogged you realize oh my
god this is the cause of untold suffering and the other hand shreya is
that happiness which is bitter right now but later on it becomes very sweet
like for example if you have to get up in the morning and spend 40 minutes
doing your yoga salons it's not so pleasing to the mind
however in bestows you good health and a comfortable long life sir shreya seems
to be bitter in the present and that is why the mind seeks to run away from it
this is the enigmatic star beneficial are often difficult and
things that are enjoyable in the present are often harmful I remember when I was
a child I would often think at the age of seven or eight why is it that all the
tasty things are bad for health and things that are good for health
ah run tasty there is a saying in hindi mallika kaya or Baraka kaha bod may
Petacci Alta Amla is the Indian gooseberry it has the vitamin C of ten
oranges plus it is rich in antioxidants so naturally if you eat the Amla it will
build up your body immunity your chances of catching a cold or virus will reduce
by 95% if you have an Amla every day but the catch is that the fresh Amla is
bitter to taste and when the mother offers the Amla to her child the child
resists at that time the mother says my child the benefits of this you will
realize later on interestingly if you keep the Amla in your mouth for just of
two minutes that bitterness turns into sweetness in regard to shreya happiness
there is a Sanskrit verse sukar tea the entity with Nia with dirty the other
days to come so cartina could over the akuto vb
Altena suka the student who runs after immediate happiness will have to reject
knowledge and one who is a vdr T the seeker of knowledge will have to reject
immediate happiness similarly in life the good things always lie upstream in
other words to reach them we need to embrace discipline austerity hardship
and the mind rebels against it now if you listen to the mind there's a good
chance you will make a wrong decision I was once travelling in an Indian bus
and there was a cramp who came and sat on the next seat I did not realize it at
that time when we both got off on the same bus stand he started walking I
found that he had a high-heeled sandal on one foot and the other foot was bare
so he was limping along I thought were guy he's suffering so much I asked the
Tramp have you lost a sandal he said no body I
have found the sender he unnecessarily brought misery onto himself he found the
sandal he didn't have to wear it but by wearing it he has become miserable so
similarly when we choose happiness in the wrong place
that becomes the cause of our miseries hence with our intellect
we need to analyze and understand where is the real happiness that will satisfy
me one disciple went to his guru he was in the pursuit of happiness
so he sold off all his possessions made a bundle of his little treasures and
along with that money came to the girl and said guru Dave I am a seeker of
happiness can you explain to me how I will become happy the guru snatched the
bundle from his hand and started running the disciple thought I had come to find
happiness and I have lost my lifetime treasures at least let me get these back
so he chased his guru and hot pursuit now the guru would keep ducking into the
side lanes and the disciple was quickly after him finally after two kilometres
the disciple caught up with the guru and snatched the bundle by the Guru said are
you happy now the disciple said yes the guru said look
happiness is not in these objects you had the object earlier you were not
happy and now you have it you are happy the happiness that you experienced was
merely the satiation of the desires the pain that the design created was
eliminated and you are thinking I am happy the real happiness is in God
oh no no brahmadeva yonathan behave calm imani bhutani jayante are endangered on
it even t are an impregnable submission t the type-3 of nation states then he is
the ocean of happiness and upon we will become truly happy so how will
we reach God very simple when we cleanse our hearts when we purify our mind
in other words real happiness will only be experienced by growing from within by
becoming a better person from inside if we can understand this one important
point then rather than running around for external enhancements we will give a
priority in our life for internal growth think about it many of you may be in
your forties or fifties you have been running for external progress for so
many lifetimes what priority have you applauded in your life for inner growth
and because that inner growth has not taken place the external progress is not
leading to fulfillment now reverse the priority
give more importance to the inner victories make it your primary value in
life to become a better person and the better we become from insight the closer
we will find we are to genuine and happiness that satisfies you soon so let
us establish this full connection within ourselves that to be happy it's not that
we need tremendous amount of money or fame or titles or houses etc all we need
is to become better people when that is our conviction where that
is our faith and our belief then the trajectory of our life will be
auspicious will be beneficial will be uplifting will be sublime