KEYS TO HAPPINESS

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TEN KEYS TO HAPPINESS

 

"That our mind is fickle by nature, it should not be allowed to get wild. The

senses may get restless, the body, however, should be held in check and not

allowed to be impatient. Senses run after objects, but we should not follow

them and crave for their objects." –Sri Sai Satcharitra, ch. XLIX

 

Listen to your body’s wisdom, which expresses itself through signals of comfort

and discomfort. When choosing a certain behaviour, ask your body, How do you

feel about this? If your body sends a signal of physical or emotional distress,

watch out. If your body sends a signal of comfort and eagerness, proceed.

Live in the present, for it is the only moment you have. Keep your attention on

what is here and now; look for the fullness in every moment. Accept what comes

to you totally and completely so that you can appreciate it, learn from it, and

then let it go. The present is as it should be. It reflects infinite laws of

Nature that have brought you this exact thought, this exact physical response.

The moment is as it is because the universe is as it is. Don’t struggle against

the infinite scheme of things.

Take time to be silent, to meditate, to quite the internal dialogue. In the

moments of silence, realise that you are recontacting your source of pure

awareness. Pay attention to your inner life so that you can be guided by

intuition rather than externally imposed interpretations, of what is or isn’t

good for you.

Relinquish your need for external approval. You alone are the judge of your

worth, and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what

anyone else thinks. There is great freedom in this realisation.

When you find yourself reacting with anger or opposition to any person or

circumstance, realise that you are only struggling with yourself. Putting up

resistance is the response of defences created by old hurts. When you

relinquish this anger, you will be healing yourself and cooperating with the

flow of the universe.

Know that the world out there reflects your reality in here. The people you

react to most strongly, whether with love or hate, are projections of your

inner world. What you most hate is what you most deny in yourself. What you

most love is what you most wish for yourself. Use the mirror of relationships

to guide your evaluation. The goal is total self-knowledge. When you achieve

that, what you most want will automatically be there, and what you most dislike

will disappear.

Shed the burden of judgement - you will feel much lighter. Judgement imposes

right and wrong on situations that just are. Everything can be understood and

forgiven, but when you judge, just cut off understanding and shut down the

process of learning to love. In judging others, you reflect you lack of

self-acceptance. Remember that every person you forgive adds to your self-love.

Don’t contaminate your body with toxins, either through food, drink, or toxic

emotions. Your body is more than a life support system. It is the vehicle that

will carry you on the journey of your evolution. The health of every cell

directly contributes to your state of well being, because every cell is a point

of awareness within the field of awareness that is you.

Replace fear-motivated behaviour with love-motivated behaviour. Fear is the

product of memory, which dwells our energies towards making certain that an old

hurt will not repeat itself. But trying to impose the past on the present will

never wipe out the threat of being hurt. That happens only when you find the

security of your own being, which is love. Motivated by the truth inside you,

you can face any threat because your inner strength is invulnerable to fear.

Understand that the physical world is just a mirror of a deeper intelligence.

Intelligence is the invisible organiser of all matter and energy, and since a

portion of this intelligence resides in you, you share in the organising power

of the cosmos.

(Written by Christian Wisener)

 

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

In quest of happiness, man chases the shadow-shapes of pleasures, possessions,

power. Happiness is loving and being loved.