Page 703 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6

introduction. The introduction in the Natural Path is no ordinary event. It reminds us deep within our true nature and foments us to start our journey back which Master has called as journey to homeland. It gives a first hand experience of what happiness we are to seek. The first viveka we get thus is that now there is something beyond our desires and attachments to seek and it is certainly there within us for we are given a taste of it. The taste of Pranahuti for the first time generates that aspiration in us to seek that happiness which is beyond the existential plane where we mostly struggle for being happy.
In our journey we are to go nowhere in the sense of the term but be here in this world, discharging our duties duly and living happily up to the commandments of the Master. That is the remedy for being happy. Practice of Natural Path is unique in the sense that it does not leave us to merely following what good has been known, but by the imperience we get, we feel aspired to follow what is good. Master has summarized all the good in the form of commandments and it comes as practical experience to us that to the extent that we follow the commandments, to that extent we are happier.
We can say that we are happy in many circumstances than we would have been otherwise, meaning not following the Natural Path. However there remain circumstances having the potential to make us unhappy. We know that there are situations in life where we feel unhappy or disturbed for several factors and loose our calmness. We find ourselves in conflict and hard to reconcile that amidst tormenting states of mind, we should be happy. Many simply don’t even attempt to be happy under troubling or even mildly troubling situations in life and worst; many create unhappy situations
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