Most of us need a reason to feel happy. Only a Jnaani (wise person) is happy without any reason - because he knows that his nature itself is happiness. He alone knows that happiness is no where outside you; it does not reside in money or in worldly pleasures or in worldly objects. On the other hand, you may be surprised to know that happiness, which has been eluding you all your life, is not far from you; it is right within you. Are you not staggered by this statement? You should be. Because happiness is right within you, you do not find it, when you look for it outside yourself. You are the happiness that you have been seeking all your life.
Sorrow appears in the mask of joy and joy appears in the mask of sorrow (Bhagavad Gita 18.37 and 18.38). The ignorant persons are misled by the masks. All the sorrow you experience in life pertains to your egoistic self (body-mind complex). Our real self is ever blissful. Sorrow is not our nature. Happiness is our nature. You are the “Aaanada” – and “Aananda” means absolute happiness or fullness. Absolute happiness, unlike the worldly happiness, is not conditioned by the state of the mind; it has nothing to do with the state of the mind. You continue to experience the Aananda – no matter what the state of your mind.
Bhagavad Gita (2. 29) says that you are the truth (Satya) of everything; you are the source of all happiness; you are the source of anyone’s happiness. Every creature in the world picks up small flakes of happiness (Aananda), all of which are from the original ocean of Aananda, which is you.
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