Guest guest Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 , "viorica" <viorica@z...> wrote: > 3 . A question was asked as to the nature of happiness. > > > Maharshi: If a man thinks that his happiness is due to external causes > and his possessions , it is reasonable to conclude that > his happiness must increase with the increase of > possessions and diminish in proportion to their diminution. > Therefore if he is devoid of possessions, his happiness should be nil. > What is the real experience of man ? > Does it conform to this view ? > > In deep sleep the man is devoid of possessions, > including his own body. Instead of being unhappy > he is quite happy. Every one desires to sleep soundly. > The conclusion is that happiness is inherent in man and > is not due to external causes. One must realize the Self > in order to open the store of analloyed happiness. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > TALKS WITH SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ harsha mentionned on nds the state of "having no issues"; to the questions: did you sleep well? how do you feel? would you prefer the bus or the train? some would be embarrassed to answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Dear Friends in the Sangha, I wanted to make the announcement here first. The next issue of the Magazine is out. Berit Ellingsen of Norway, as the Editor-In-Chief has done a magnificent job of design and execution of the new format. David Hodges, as our Chief Technical Officer and Gloria Lee as Editor played a critical role in the final successful outcome. Please check it out. The articles are magnificent. Love to all Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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