Happiness
is a human experience. It has everything to do with fulfillment. Whether we
have been able to fill a glass up to the brim, are in the process of doing it
or viewing a half empty glass as half filled; we feel happy. It is we, who
grant ourselves happiness, not the happenings around us.
What applies to a situation like
that of a glass with water also applies to our awareness of being alive or the
perception we have about our life. Just as it is very difficult to understand
the meaning and purpose of our life, it is almost impossible to say what can
make us happy. If it is difficult to predict with confidence as to what could
make us happy, then why should we keep running behind it?
Some of us want to possess more
to be happy, some want to achieve more for being happy, a few among us want to
make others happy, to feel happy; but, instead of finding a few consistent
answers from what we gather through the experiences of others, we feel ‘happy’
to achieve a status of a glorious ‘seeker’.
Our role-models are our
illustrious ancestors; some are worshiped like the Gods, incarnations of the
God, angels of the Almighty or just great preachers with impeccable character.
There are numerous descriptions, all not very divergent from the realities of
life, about how they conducted themselves in their lives. How many of them lived
just to attain happiness in their lives? Driven by circumstances, just as we
are, they also had to complete their respective journeys of their lives. They acted,
while responding to their circumstances, according to what their mind and
intellect told them to be the right way of acting, not necessarily according to
how their immediate surroundings expected them to act. We may say that
absolutely nothing, but the voice of their conscience, mattered to them, not
even their own lives, what to say of considerations of happiness or sadness in
their lives. They were not seekers of happiness; they were
committed and careful listeners of the voice of their conscience.
Perhaps, what they achieved in
their lives was “pure happiness”.
PROMOD KUMAR SHARMA
[The writer of this blog is also the author of “Mahatma A
Scientist of the Intuitively Obvious” and “In Search of Our Wonderful Words”.]
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