Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 hi, hariom , Friends i'm in small confusion abt happiness ??????? BEing laughin ain smilin all da time is dat we called as happiness ???? or happiness is somthing else ????????? kindly share ur knowledge abt happiness wid me ......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 ---- Original Message ---- "abheeshek_jadhav" <abheeshek_jadhav (AT) (DOT) co.in> <Kundaliniyoga> Sunday, September 03, 2006 8:10 PM Kundalini Yoga To be Happy means what ???????????????? > hi, hariom , > > Friends i'm in small confusion abt happiness ??????? > BEing laughin ain smilin all da time is dat we called as > happiness ???? > or happiness is somthing else ????????? > > kindly share ur knowledge abt happiness wid me ......... > Sat Nam! I don't know if i can help you......but once i read a quote about happiness.... «There's no way to happiness, happiness is the way» ** May the Peace prevail on Earth! ** AC Sujan Singh - - - - - - - - - - - - www.yogajap.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Dear Abheeshek For me happiness is a very strong feeling of peacefulness inside myself and being at peace with the forests, lakes, oceans, etc. It is difficult to be at peace with all of mankind in view of the cruel things we do to each other..........If I feel at peace with God or the Universe, it is a wonderful, wonderful arena. I feel he/she or something in the universe watches over me to allow me the peace within.......All the other things are just little presents we are given from time to time Teresa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Abheeshek: Good question! To me, happiness is more about the inner smile, being at peace than the outward laughing feeling. Although I do love laughter and participate in it whenever possible! When I am conscious of my connection to everything else that is, I am happy. When I am not acting from my fears I am happy. There are probably as many descriptions of happiness as there are people on this planet. I will enjoy reading the other responses. Sat Nam, Guru Gopal Kaur On Sunday, September 3, 2006, at 11:10 AM, abheeshek_jadhav wrote: > hi, hariom , > > Friends i'm in small confusion abt happiness ??????? > BEing laughin ain smilin all da time is dat we called as > happiness ???? > or happiness is somthing else ????????? > > kindly share ur knowledge abt happiness wid me ......... > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Dear abheeshek: Check out The Master's Touch by Yogi Bhajan (go/htmlos.cgi/001628.2.2052956833415987381) It is at a great price right now! I have never seen it so inexpensive! The very first chapter is about happiness. Here's the formula Yogi Bhajan gave and it is in that chapter as well, but was given by him before in some other lecture I believe. "Commitment will give you character Character will give you dignity Dignity will give you divinity Divinity will give you grace Grace will give you the power to sacrifice Then you'll feel achieved and you'll be happy" That's the formula. The way I would describe the experience of Happiness is when nothing bothers you. The negativity, the pain, the hardship, the pleasure, the bliss, it is all part of our human dance. . . there's no more suffering. It is not indifference. Happiness is being fully alive! Blessings, Awtar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 SAT NAM Awtar, This is probably the best description or you should definition of Happy I have ever heard or read so far. Thank you very much for your heart touching contents. I am so blessed to read these. Thanks Akkama kundalini_yoga (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote: Dear abheeshek: Check out The Master's Touch by Yogi Bhajan (go/htmlos.cgi/001628.2.2052956833415987381) It is at a great price right now! I have never seen it so inexpensive! The very first chapter is about happiness. Here's the formula Yogi Bhajan gave and it is in that chapter as well, but was given by him before in some other lecture I believe. "Commitment will give you character Character will give you dignity Dignity will give you divinity Divinity will give you grace Grace will give you the power to sacrifice Then you'll feel achieved and you'll be happy" That's the formula. The way I would describe the experience of Happiness is when nothing bothers you. The negativity, the pain, the hardship, the pleasure, the bliss, it is all part of our human dance. . . there's no more suffering. It is not indifference. Happiness is being fully alive! Blessings, Awtar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Dear Akkama: As soon as something is the "best" that calls for everyone to reach out deeper. In this infinite world there will always be "better"! I liked Guru Gopal and Teresa's answers because they came from their hearts. .. . Let me try coming from my heart. . . When I can see that your words that seek my answers Have more truth in them than any answer I can give That's my doorways to happiness Blessings, Awtar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Dear Awtar, its well said and i agree Happiness is when nothing bothers you.....but i am sure many of us are struggling and fighting to end "all that bothers us" , using our inner strength, will, prayers etc...... My question is how best can we be liberated from all this ......... How to pull yourself up when you are totally drown, right at the bottom of all that bothers you....... regards hk kundalini_yoga (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote: Dear abheeshek: Check out The Master's Touch by Yogi Bhajan (go/htmlos.cgi/001628.2.2052956833415987381) It is at a great price right now! I have never seen it so inexpensive! The very first chapter is about happiness. Here's the formula Yogi Bhajan gave and it is in that chapter as well, but was given by him before in some other lecture I believe. "Commitment will give you character Character will give you dignity Dignity will give you divinity Divinity will give you grace Grace will give you the power to sacrifice Then you'll feel achieved and you'll be happy" That's the formula. The way I would describe the experience of Happiness is when nothing bothers you. The negativity, the pain, the hardship, the pleasure, the bliss, it is all part of our human dance. . . there's no more suffering. It is not indifference. Happiness is being fully alive! Blessings, Awtar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Dear Harvinder Kaur: "My question is how best can we be liberated from all this ......... How to pull yourself up when you are totally drown, right at the bottom of all that bothers you......." I am so glad you asked! First that is not an easy place to be in. It is filled with traps and loneliness. . . To me it feels like being in a room filled with cockroaches and rats and snakes. . . The traps are set up by our own mind. The loneliness is a result of how we feel about our self and not realizing we have a choice. Are you with me? You can follow Yogi Bhajan's formula I gave with my definition of Happiness. Work on character, etc. Now here's one practical way to look at this problem. In the mid 90's I met a group of people who were meditating once a month and followed that with a potluck dinner. It was a very joyful group. Some days I really did not feel like joining them. I noticed it was because I felt down and their energy was so up. They met only once a month, so if I missed once, I'd have to wait another month to join them. They were my family, my support group. If I missed that one meditation time, I was missing a lot. Too much. So I had to make a choice between being down and feeling sorry for myself or accepting to meet their joy. I gave up being down and feeling sorry for myself so I had the confidence to meet them where they were, to meet them with joy. I did not have to be fully joyful; I just had to not be scared of their joy so I could join them. Do you see what I mean? That experience made me realize I had a choice. I could choose to give in to my mood or I could choose to acknowledge it but no let it be my master. Who was going to be the master in my own being? Only I could make that decision. I see a lot of people saying "if I do yoga then I'll get rid of thisif I do this then. . ." It won't work if we are in a head trip and we let our moods and emotions be the master in our being. First yoga is so we can get out of our head trip so we can see more clearly, once out of our head trip, then yoga has many other benefits. But first get out of the head trip! That's what so powerful about Kundalini yoga! You can feel blissful after only one kryia because it engages you out of your head trip if you are willing to surrender (the head trip) to the yoga. It is not always easy to see that we are caught up in a head trip, I understand. But if we are not blissful. . . we are in a head trip. . . so it is our responsibility to do something about it. That's why the definition I gave of Happiness is useful: Happiness is when nothing bothers you! If something bothers you and you want to be happy you have made the first step: You are not there yet, you have chosen to do something about your situation. The second step is to notice you have a choice about it. That is recognizing this: "Oh! Interesting I am letting myself be bothered by this!" The third step is to relax, know that it's not the end of the world, just a lesson to integrate and learn from. The fourth step is to ask yourself a question about this thing that is bothering you and be willing to listen for the answer (meditation is one good way to get there) This fourth step is to figure out what your decision is about the situation. Example: I was looking for a job in academia at some point. I had quit my job with them previously because I did not understand why I was there. But then I saw that I was resisting learning something and I needed to go through that experience. So I needed to ask for my job back. That was a lesson in humility. So they did not know whether to take me back or not and they let me teach a class. I taught that class but it was not a job, it was just being on contract. I needed to get a real job. I realized that for them to know I was serious I would have to participate in the department. For instance when there was a seminar, I needed to ask questions, be interested. That was the 4th step: my decision was to participate and I had an idea of what that meant. Then the magic started to happen, because the universe sent presenters that I felt naturally inclined to meet and talk with and be interested in being with. I had a hard time understanding technical seminars if there was no intuition in the presentation. But if I had a chance to talk with the presenter before the seminar then I knew what they were going to talk about and I was ready to prepare a question. At the end of that trimester I was offered the job I was looking for. The 4th step is key because it engages to universe to participate with you. The 5th step is to actually put your decision in practice. The 6th step is to harvest the Happiness you have generated for yourself. The 7th step is to realize there's something else that bothers you! And then there's this poem: I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost. I am hopeless. It isn't my fault. It takes for ever to find a way out. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I'm in the same place. But it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I see it is there. I still fall in. It's a habit My eyes are open I know where I am It is my fault. I get out immediately. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I walk around it. I walk down another street. At some point you learn that there's always going to be something bothersome and so you stop letting it bother you, you just feel it in your body with joy, you let go of control (the control of wanting nothing to bother you!) Many blessings, Awtar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Sat Nam, Awtar Your wisdom, love and words, have so inspired us. Thank you for such a great poem. Be blessed today. Kathleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Dear Harvinder Kaur: "My question is how best can we be liberated from all this ......... How to pull yourself up when you are totally drown, right at the bottom of all that bothers you......." .. and I forgot one point. the fewer expectations one has about self and others and situations, the fewer the fears, and the fewer the opportunities to be bothered by. The result is one comes to see the only reality as the present moment. Best wishes, Awtar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Being happy is being part of the universe, this is the celestial happiness [the geniouin one]. Sat Nam. Nabil Rizqallah Beirut, Lebanon - kat villarreal <katsbox02 > Wednesday, September 6, 2006 7:10 pm Kundalini Yoga Re: To be Happy means what ???????????????? > Sat Nam, Awtar > Your wisdom, love and words, have so inspired us. > Thank you for such a great poem. > Be blessed today. > Kathleen > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 Thank You Awtar You have said earlier 'What is Happiness....' and you have now told us how to actually lead ourself there and having/attaining it. Thank you Will cherish the wisdom. I must admit this group..... and running through previous messages in this group often lift my spirit. I must thank all of those who has been sharing their wisdom here. God bless us all hk kundalini_yoga (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote: Dear Harvinder Kaur: "My question is how best can we be liberated from all this ......... How to pull yourself up when you are totally drown, right at the bottom of all that bothers you......." .. and I forgot one point. the fewer expectations one has about self and others and situations, the fewer the fears, and the fewer the opportunities to be bothered by. The result is one comes to see the only reality as the present moment. Best wishes, Awtar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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