Contentment with whatever you
have is the greatest path to happiness. Comparison with those better than us
makes us discontented. Comparison with those who are worse off makes us proud
and arrogant. Shanti or a peaceful, calm mind, suffused with affection and compassion,
makes our field a happy one while spreading like a fragrance to embrace all
those around us. Everyone has only two choices—life-enhancing and life
destroying. An event is not as critical as is your reaction or perception of
it. It continues its life inside you, a nuclear landmine of memories that wreak
far more destruction than the actual event. The more mindspace you allocate to
unhappy memories, the more time you spend in the past while being a spectator
in the living present, the more you miss the joy the present moment offers. At
any given time, the past should not inhabit. The ability to planning our
future, should be devoted to a rational
planning exercise, not aimless daydreaming that nibbles at your day like a rat
in a godown of rice.
All of us need a tender, loving
caretaker within who nurtures us, not an internal drill master who victimises
us in an insulting and disparaging tone, sucking out all our energy, enthusiasm
and happiness.
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