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Svadhyaya
for February 8, 2014
The Search for Happiness
The people are running about; everyone is bursting
with activity. There never seems a moment of pause and reflect. Most of this
activity is spurious search for happiness, enjoyment, pleasures. All these
efforts are directed at the earning of money, to obtain greater pleasure. The
individual exercises his faculties to obtain things, which are calculated to
promote the experience of happiness. Unfortunately, he does not get
happiness. Why? For a simple reason: He is searching for it where it is not.
He is looking for happiness amidst objects of this universe, which are
imperfect, changeful and impermanent. His life is wasted away. Soon, he finds
that his temporary existence has come to an end.
The true nature of the human soul is Bliss. In the
state of embodied existence, this true nature of Bliss is hampered. There are
limitations of the body and senses. There are defects imposed upon us, such
as, heat and cold, hunger and thirst, discomfort and disease. There are
mental afflictions such as sorrow, bereavement, dejection, separation from
those whom we love, contact of those whom we dislike or fear, anxiety,
disillusionment, jealousy, frustration. All these factors in the embodied
state veil our true nature of all-bliss.
Thus you are caught up in this whirl called life,
and so closely gripped by it, so deeply entangled in its meshes, that living
takes the place of life. And naturally, with the true purpose
missing, there lies an essential emptiness within; and you try to fill it by
ever exerting to obtain external objects. But objects cannot bring the
experience of happiness within. They foment (stir up) anxiety and bring the
experience of unrest and turbulence. Happiness is a state of inner life of
the individual.
As long as one is slave to wants, he cannot be
really happy. Slavery and happiness are incompatible. Freedom makes you
happy. The state of un-manifest splendor is your true state. All-fullness is
your nature. When you realize that Fullness, you transcend all sense of want.
You will feel, “I am all-full. I have no wants, no desires.” This feeling of
plentitude within you is veritable Bliss. If this sense of plentitude arises
in your heart, then you are the master. There is no more bondage. Nothing in
this world can attract you or enslave you. Know yourself for what you really
are, and fill yourself with that Bliss and that supreme Plentitude. This is
the glorious task before you. This is the central meaning of life.
God Bless
You!
Swami
Chidananda
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Additional Reading:
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Happiness By
Sri Swami Sivananda
Ananda Mimamsa
(Upanishads)
Where to
find Happiness By
Swami Chidananda
The Bliss of
Objects (Panchadasi)
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