Guest guest Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 > > > readily. Yet, in other places, She has said that > > suffering, and not > > > happiness, is the best teacher. How do these go > > together? extra > > points for good > > > grammar and spelling ;-) Avram Avram-ji, I think you were probably referring to me when you mentioned the spelling and grammar. Your point is well taken and the feedback is appreciated- ... I think suffering is the best teacher because it leads to happiness, it truly tells us how wonderful it is to be happy. If there was no such thing as darkness would we be able to appreciate how wonderful a beautiful sunny day is? Darkness exists to glorify light, evil to glorify good, and suffering to glorifiy happiness. Actually being in a happy state is a 2 minute choice- it is only a matter of being in the right physiology- - chest out and deep breathing - raise your eyebrows as much as possible - and do a ear to ear grin showing your all the teeth and at the same time raising your cheeks(NOTE THIS)- and make sure that nonone is watching when you do this LOL if you do the above correctly, then you will feel a rush of enorphins flooding the brain regardless of what other conditions are and YOU CANNOT STAY DEPRESSED with the above physiology. and if when do this correctly, the first thing you notice is that people are a lot more nicer to you simply because they inwardly sense your joyfulness. If anyone has played around with mudras(using the fingers), you will see that it does have some benefit, but the missing key is in the face. Concomitant with the fingers, you have to play around with the facial muscles- the cheek muscles play a big role in being "happy" ever notice that people with high cheek bones are very rarely depressed. -yogaman > > > > I was just reading a talk from Sw. Vivekananda the > > other day where he > > says that both pleasure is not what we should seek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 Aum Amriteswaryai Namaha I think that happiness and sorrow are extremes and parallels of the very same emotional quality. I like the Buddhist idea that the best place to be most of the time is right in the middle. I don't to the thought that we should maintain a "happy" (aka mania) or "sad" (depressed) disposition, both would be off kilter. Of course I do consider spiritual "bliss" a different state than "happy".. I bring this to the table because I think there is a common and widespread socially generated misconception that people should be happy, and this idea leads to a sense of discontentment and disatisfaction with the "normal" state of life we generally experience. Check the American credo "Life, Librty, and the Persuit of Happiness".. happy is a sense gratification often confused for "bliss" the true spiritual gratification we are really thirsty for and this confusion leads many to "sorrow" because we look at the need to be "happy" and find that mostly we are not constantly there, therefore something must be wrong with us. Just a thought.. Jai Ma Ammachi, "childofdevi" <childofdevi> wrote: > I think suffering is the best teacher because it leads to happiness, > it truly tells us how wonderful it is to be happy. If there was no > such thing as darkness would we be able to appreciate how wonderful a > beautiful sunny day is? Darkness exists to glorify light, evil to > glorify good, and suffering to glorifiy happiness. > > Actually being in a happy state is a 2 minute choice- it is only a > matter of being in the right physiology- > > - chest out and deep breathing > - raise your eyebrows as much as possible > - and do a ear to ear grin showing your all the teeth and at the same > time raising your cheeks(NOTE THIS)- and make sure that nonone is > watching when you do this LOL > > > if you do the above correctly, then you will feel a rush of enorphins > flooding the brain regardless of what other conditions are and YOU > CANNOT STAY DEPRESSED with the above physiology. and if when do this > correctly, the first thing you notice is that people are a lot more > nicer to you simply because they inwardly sense your joyfulness. > > If anyone has played around with mudras(using the fingers), you will > see that it does have some benefit, but the missing key is in the > face. Concomitant with the fingers, you have to play around with the > facial muscles- the cheek muscles play a big role in being "happy" > ever notice that people with high cheek bones are very rarely > depressed. > > -yogaman > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 > I think that happiness and sorrow are extremes and parallels of the ULTIMATELY, we transcend all sense of duality; till we reach that, some emotions are better than others; does not Krishna say that we transcend the gunas first by fully embracing Sattwa and then going beyond Sattwa. > very same emotional quality. I like the Buddhist idea that the best > place to be most of the time is right in the middle. I don't Which is probably why Buddhism has no semblance today to what was originally proclaimed by Gautama the Buddha. See human beings are essentially emotional, so a attributeless Void is so boring. By happy I am not referring to the reckless kind of happiness which is no doubt pure sense gratification; but to a more sublime kind of happiness which involves inner peace, a positive mental attitude in the face of difficulties etc- there is no cycle here, one is perpetually happy regardless of outward conditions. The yama/niyama of Patanjali lists Santosha, which is often translated as contentment but really it means to be joyful, contended, Happy!!! > experience. Check the American credo "Life, Librty, and the Persuit > of Happiness".. happy is a sense gratification often confused The founding fathers of the United States were great mystics in the Freemason tradition which has some strong links with yogis of India, they clearly knew what they were talking about. The birth of the US was guided by some great Himalayan Masters(I will add more on this later if anyone is interested) and perhaps I may add that the US has a big role in unfolding the destiny of the planet. Which is why great masters from India have been repeatedly coming over to the United states even before the great Swami Vivekananda. And which is why the greatest AVATAR today is touring the US every year- our AMMA!! JAI MAA!! -yogaman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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