Our Soul is an embodiment of
Happiness
The
fact that everybody seeks happiness is a proof that happiness already exists in
us. We cannot look for something that we ignore its existence.
The belief that happiness depends
on objects is the root of suffering
But
erroneously we associate happiness with objects and external
circumstances. Thus we strive to get what we imagine could bring us
happiness.
To
get or to achieve what we want, implies time and effort; because in order to
get something, action is needed and every action needs time. Believing or
thinking that we need something to make us happy, automatically means that we
believe we cannot be happy here and now without any precondition. And this is
the root of our suffering.
Happiness is uncaused
Happiness
cannot be depended on time, objects and effort. If it were so, it means that
happiness could come to us and leave us at any time and it would be accompanied
with suffering (as it is) due to uncertainty to get or to lose what we want in
order to be happy, in the form of anxiety, fear, irritability, anger, agony,
uneasiness, impatience, disappointment, depression etc.
It
is not worthy to strive for something which is uncertain, which is only a
possibility in the future, which is mixed with suffering and which we will lose
when the circumstances will change, because this world is a continuous
changing.
Worthy
can be something that is always present and unconditioned; -independent of
time, causality, objects, effort and circumstances and unmixed of any kind of
pain or suffering.
Unconditioned
can be something which transcends time, forms and causality; otherwise it will
be always subject to dependency, change, decay, birth and death.
Our Soul is an embodiment of
Happiness
Who
wants to die? Nobody! In the contrary everyone wants to live forever. Why? Because
our essence or Soul is existence eternal. Every one in spite of the body
decay inside has always the same never ending feeling of eternal youth. This
sense doesn´t relates to the body but due to ignorance people think that when
the body will die, will die also this eternal sense of existence.
The
very fact that we do not want to die show us also that the experience itself
that we exist is very delightful to us; therefore we can conclude that our Soul
is an embodiment of happiness. Therefore it is natural to us to seek happiness
instead of pain or suffering.
So,
who wants to suffer? Nobody! Everyone wants to be happy because our essence is
happiness itself. Our Soul is an every present, infinite, timeless, formless
existence and eternal, unconditional happiness.
There
is no other happiness in the universe (in all dimensions) except the
Soul-happiness. The one Soul-happiness is reflected in all human minds; but
each mind according its purity and connection with the Soul (which is its
source) experiences proportionally in some degree the absolute happiness (more
accurately bliss) of the Soul.
This
happiness is always present here and now and no external condition is needed to
experience this Soul-happiness; we only have to be aware of the happiness that
already Is in us; a tranquil, serene mind focused in its source reflects and
experiences spontaneously the Soul-happiness. But due to the egoic tendencies
and mostly the desire-element the mind cannot remain steadily focused in its
source. Only a pure-sattvic mind can
rest effortlessly without a break in its source and enjoy forever the eternal
bliss of the Soul! We can acquire a pure-sattvic mind if we practice systematically
and regularly for a long time.
May
God bless you all acquire a putre-sattvic mind and live forever the Bliss of
your own Self or Soul!
NOTE
Soul*: In this text Soul refers to our innermost Self or Atman. Sat-chi-ananda is the inate nature of our essence. Sat is Existence absolute . Chit is Consciousness absolute, Ananda is Bliss absolute.
Peace, Love, Harmony