Inner pleasure
When the heart is full, it no longer seeks pleasure outside of itself.
The Nature of Happiness
“Are We Having Fun Yet?”
Uncommon Sense about the Nature of Happiness.
Run Into Yourself
Every time we look for a diversion to drug our unhappiness, we run away from a self we don’t want to face. Yogis don’t run away from themselves, they run into themselves.
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A Fulfilled Heart
Spiritual needs, if neglected, leave a vacuum in the heart that cannot be filled with things. Therefore, unfulfilled spiritual needs create an unfulfilled life even when your material dreams come true.
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The Happiness Formula
If you want to be happy, don’t try. Make someone else happy.
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You Are Happiness
Your nature is happiness. Striving for external happiness creates alienation from self. The more you try to be happy outside of yourself, the unhappier you become.
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Gratitude and Satisfaction
With gratitude for what we have, we are satisfied. Otherwise, we tend to take for granted what we feel we deserve.
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Acceptance of Who You Are
Satisfaction does not necessarily mean complacency; but it does require acceptance of who you are.
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Appreciation is the Antidote
Appreciation for what you have is the antidote for hankering for what you don’t have, or lamenting for what you’ve lost. It allows you to accept whatever situation you are in as a divine arrangement and thus be satisfied.
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The Nature of Matter
The nature of material things is that the more you have, the more you want. It works this way with everything: wealth, power, possessions, and prestige. Thus, people who have the most are not necessarily the happiest or most satisfied.
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Ruled by Our Rules
Our experience of happiness, success and well-being are not defined by circumstances or outcomes as much as they are by our own definitions and expectations of happiness, success and well-being.
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Real Enjoyment
Real enjoyment, divine enjoyment, comes from service, not from exploitation, control or power.
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