THE PROBLEM WITH HAPPINESS IS..
The problem with
happiness is that you are fine till you find it. Our whole life is a journey in
search of happiness but we don’t know what happiness is. A normal life would be
just fine and if fact is just fine but we are not ‘happy’ with it. We want to
be happy but do not know what makes us happy. A good job, a good house, a good
meal, a good night sleep, a caring spouse, loving kids- we have all of them and
we are just fine with them but we want happiness. If all this is not, what
happiness is?
Okay, life is just fine but not fine enough to make us really happy. Really happy? What is that? Oh, I need a big car. Sure enough, save some money, take some loan and have a car. Are you happy now? You wanted a big car and you have it, so you should be really happy. You were just fine with that old small car of yours, it was running, wasn’t it? You found your new car and thought you will be happy but you are just fine only. The statuesque remains. It is the same thing when we have a bigger house, a holiday to a most aspired destination or with a large Bank balance. Will having more cars, more houses, more holidays, and more bank balance help? Does not look so. People already having all these are also feeling just fine.
The so called happiness lingers for a while but sooner than later we return to where we started from. This is about finding happiness in material possessions.
Let us talk about finding happiness in spiritual journey. The world we live in is not real. Our real purpose in life is to find happiness within and for that we need to cultivate spiritual longings. We immerse ourselves in scriptures and Yoga. We visit temples and all religious shrines in search of the happiness. We do find some peace when we are in the temples or in the company of the learned saints but that is all. After a while the feeling of just fine returns. Where has the happiness gone? Will more time in the temples and with the saints help? Does not look so. People who are here for years look just fine if not bored.
The question therefore is why are we running after happiness if being just fine is what we are going get after the long race? We are already just fine, is not that good enough?
Text Verdurian Hari Lakhera
Okay, life is just fine but not fine enough to make us really happy. Really happy? What is that? Oh, I need a big car. Sure enough, save some money, take some loan and have a car. Are you happy now? You wanted a big car and you have it, so you should be really happy. You were just fine with that old small car of yours, it was running, wasn’t it? You found your new car and thought you will be happy but you are just fine only. The statuesque remains. It is the same thing when we have a bigger house, a holiday to a most aspired destination or with a large Bank balance. Will having more cars, more houses, more holidays, and more bank balance help? Does not look so. People already having all these are also feeling just fine.
The so called happiness lingers for a while but sooner than later we return to where we started from. This is about finding happiness in material possessions.
Let us talk about finding happiness in spiritual journey. The world we live in is not real. Our real purpose in life is to find happiness within and for that we need to cultivate spiritual longings. We immerse ourselves in scriptures and Yoga. We visit temples and all religious shrines in search of the happiness. We do find some peace when we are in the temples or in the company of the learned saints but that is all. After a while the feeling of just fine returns. Where has the happiness gone? Will more time in the temples and with the saints help? Does not look so. People who are here for years look just fine if not bored.
The question therefore is why are we running after happiness if being just fine is what we are going get after the long race? We are already just fine, is not that good enough?
Text Verdurian Hari Lakhera
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