Be Happy

 

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Be Happy

Everyone is looking for God, running here, there, everywhere – why is that? Because in finding God they believe that they will find happiness and contentment. The beauty about finding God is that one can never do so if one is constantly on the move, running here and there, looking for him. God can be found only when one is absolutely still – only then can one find that happiness and contentment.

Many times, we have to live out or karma, so God stays in the background allowing you to endure your karma and you fell that God is not there. You cry out to him, but he seems not to listen, you feel despair and start praying, visiting temples, churches, mosques, all the places of worship trying to find a solution to your problems. But the problems do not seem to go away!

Whenever we run after things, we are causing ourselves stress, because that chase is an expression of our desires – whether it is running after God or running after material pursuits – this chase will always be stressful! Stay put – say, “I am happy, I am content, I am happy as I am, I am content with whatever I have. If anything has to come to me, it will, else it is fine, I am in no hurry. I am not going to run after anything.”

When you reach that state, you are content. Contentment has set in, you are calm and happy with what you have, you are at peace with yourself. Contentment implies a purity of heart and when you have that contentment, everything appears to be golden. Rising above all our wants helps in keeping both our mind and body totally easeful and peaceful.

Naturally. If you are not searching, not seeking, not desiring, not dreaming, for a moment the mind falls into a silence, is still. There is nothing to hanker about, nothing to make a fuss about, nothing to expect and nothing to be frustrated about. For a moment the mind stops its constant chasing. In that moment of stillness, you are in a strange place, you are in a strange unknown space, never known before. A new door has opened and for the moment the mind is still and present.

Seeing this game of happiness and unhappiness, the watcher, the meditator becomes unidentified with both. When happiness comes, he knows that unhappiness will be coming, so why get excited? When unhappiness comes, he is not at all disturbed because he knows happiness will be coming just around the corner, so why become disturbed? He is neither excited by happiness nor disturbed by unhappiness. This is peace. He remains the same, in a deep equilibrium; his silence is undisturbed. Day comes and goes, night comes and goes, everything comes and goes. He remains a witness, unconcerned, cool. That coolness, that unconcernedness is peace.