Right Thought, The Fulcrum Of Happiness
As humans we have an instinct for curiosity and complex behaviour. The urge to achieve more is unending there is no satiation. Making more money, achieving high positions, fame and name-all these goal-oriented pursuits are not significant in themselves. The more you achieve, the more you crave for. Any experience of happiness orjoy is short-lived.What makes a life significant or insignificant? Why does one pursue those goals? What makes one happy? If only we knew the answers to these questions, we would be able to come up with ways to tune up our consciousness. From Krishna and Buddha to Socrates and Gandhi, evolved individuals were more than willing to adviseus on how to live a happy life. Theirs were all Bhagwad Gita taught all about karma and selfless action. Gautama Buddha gave us the eightfold path. Socrates believed the best way to live was to focus on the pursuit of virtues rather than the pursuit of material wealth. Gandhiji gave the message of non-violence, truth, simplicity and sacrifice as the path to happy living. Happylivingmeans thinking right without hankeringfor more material gains, the acquisition of which may cause behavioural problems like anger, impatience, intolerance and dejettion that subtract from our happiness. Stress due to outstanding debts may cause anger, impatience and intolerance and your behaviour might get out of control. If you’re not Then mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia may overpower you and push you to take extreme measures like taking your own life. The drama of life and human reactions and consequent behaviours are strange indeed. Your near and dear ones might get closer to you when the going is good but may distance themselves from you in the hour of need and grief. How does one deal with the ups and downs of life and face challenges with strength andequanimity? We need to first come to terms with the fact that pleasure is derived from something outside whereas joy arises from within. The cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but it is allabout the thought. Therefore, separate the thought from the situation and let the thinking, for it is thoughts that ultimget translated into action. Contentment is something thatenders right living and helps one firwithin. When one feels satisfied, a cness is experienced and there is no to acquire more even at the cost of promising one's health or relationsCraving for more and more is attributed to lack of resistance agmaterial allurements. The Gita desuffering caused byfaulty thinkirperspectives, beliefs and attitudeswhich are taxing our emotional stThe solution for all problems liesresolving them through transforof our understanding of them. People can train themselves to bhappier by changing the way they tand perceive the world. People are who live simple and think right. Thless stressed and less depressed become.
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Courtesy: Vijay Hashia and Speaking Tree , Times of India
Right Thought, The Fulcrum Of Happiness
As humans we have an instinct for curiosity and complex behaviour. The urge to achieve more is unending there is no satiation. Making more money, achieving high positions, fame and name-all these goal-oriented pursuits are not significant in themselves. The more you achieve, the more you crave for. Any experience of happiness orjoy is short-lived.What makes a life significant or insignificant? Why does one pursue those goals? What makes one happy? If only we knew the answers to these questions, we would be able to come up with ways to tune up our consciousness. From Krishna and Buddha to Socrates and Gandhi, evolved individuals were more than willing to adviseus on how to live a happy life. Theirs were all Bhagwad Gita taught all about karma and selfless action. Gautama Buddha gave us the eightfold path. Socrates believed the best way to live was to focus on the pursuit of virtues rather than the pursuit of material wealth. Gandhiji gave the message of non-violence, truth, simplicity and sacrifice as the path to happy living. Happylivingmeans thinking right without hankeringfor more material gains, the acquisition of which may cause behavioural problems like anger, impatience, intolerance and dejettion that subtract from our happiness. Stress due to outstanding debts may cause anger, impatience and intolerance and your behaviour might get out of control. If you’re not Then mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia may overpower you and push you to take extreme measures like taking your own life. The drama of life and human reactions and consequent behaviours are strange indeed. Your near and dear ones might get closer to you when the going is good but may distance themselves from you in the hour of need and grief. How does one deal with the ups and downs of life and face challenges with strength andequanimity? We need to first come to terms with the fact that pleasure is derived from something outside whereas joy arises from within. The cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but it is allabout the thought. Therefore, separate the thought from the situation and let the thinking, for it is thoughts that ultimget translated into action. Contentment is something thatenders right living and helps one firwithin. When one feels satisfied, a cness is experienced and there is no to acquire more even at the cost of promising one's health or relationsCraving for more and more is attributed to lack of resistance agmaterial allurements. The Gita desuffering caused byfaulty thinkirperspectives, beliefs and attitudeswhich are taxing our emotional stThe solution for all problems liesresolving them through transforof our understanding of them. People can train themselves to bhappier by changing the way they tand perceive the world. People are who live simple and think right. Thless stressed and less depressed become.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Vijay Hashia and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Vijay Hashia and Speaking Tree , Times of India