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No doubt the world will be paradise, but for that we have to work very hard
suggestions being given to the mind. The individual mind which is a part of the First Mind got itself identified to its own tiny creations and attached to transient things of the world and such transient things can at best give only transitory comfort and happiness. The moment there is a change in the transient thing, the happiness also disappears and dejection and depression set in. The only solution is to get oneself attached to the one, which is permanent and eternal so that enduring happiness can be tasted. The Viveka focuses on the trasitoriness of human life and Vairagya makes one attached to the Divine and show due attachment to the worldly matters. It is in this context we have to resort to union with the Divine which provides a state of happiness. Our Master has stated that the goal of life is to be oneness with the Divine and stop not till the goal is reached. Such oneness with the Divine manifests in the form of happiness. Happiness is a state of mind. It is not related to the fulfillment of wants and desires. One has to be happy at all times- whether he has miseries, afflictions, pains or adversities. In liking what we do, lies happiness and not in doing what one likes; it then becomes pleasure, which is sensory in nature. One of the attitudes required is to feel contented and accept as such whatever we get. This acceptance comes out of the faith and conviction that we get what we deserve and everything- whether it is palatable or not, whether it provides comfort or pain- is to be taken as God’s gift or Prasad. One is therefore required to toe in line with the Will of the Divine or live in His Consciousness or orient all the organs to perform His acts to be in a state of eternal happiness rather than resist it or try to superimpose what our mind dictates or desires so that
conflict and disharmony can be avoided.
If we observe the third set words used, one can note it is not ‘hard work’ Master refers to but ‘to work
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