Page 675 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
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Being the Real man has been advocated as the true goal of human life in our system of sadhana. All the practices and teaching of the systems are geared towards this goal. Further it has been explained that a Real man is one who is just and balanced under all circumstances. This to my understanding resonates fully with the topic of the seminar “The happiest man is he who is happy under all circumstances”.
Rev. Master has stated in the commentary of commandment 8th that happy disposition is a state which may aptly be taken as next to the Divine. While reading and contemplating on the message for the seminar, the central theme which I could catch on was that to be truly happy is to be truly contented. I can not put it more appropriately than quoting Rev. Sir from article (BP Vol 3, Page 12) “Determination and Contentment” – “I strongly believe the feeling of Santushti or being satisfied with what we have is the first step in becoming happy. This is the secret of happiness. If this is not there any amount of comfort or riches or fame will not give happiness. Real Santushti feeling is a by product of the awareness of transitoriness of things and events in life. There is every reason to look into our images in the mirror every day and feel happy at being what we are. We should note however that our image has been changing and we have always been happy at it.”
The way I have understood the article of Rev. Master is that He has pointed out (subtly or explicitly), one-by-one, the things which keeps us away from true happiness and how we can address those.
First he points out that we need to understand the difference between Sat and Asat. What is permanent and what is temporary. The basic lesson of Viveka and
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