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Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
Our Master, in his message delivered during Ashram Inauguration at Shahjahanpur in January 1976 says, “The happiest man is he who is happy under all circumstances.”
In regular understanding ‘happiness’ is understood as ‘joy’, which is an opposite of ‘sorrow’. If we ponder over what our beloved Master is saying we can clearly say he is talking about a happy state which is the same under all circumstances. But if we look at our lives or any ones else’s life we can clearly see that the state of joy is not present under all circumstances.
Therefore we need to look at the real meaning of the word happy here. Master is referring here to a state of balance when our mind comes to a harmonious state where circumstances & environment will have no effect on it and there will be no disturbance within. Peace and tranquility shall reign all through under all circumstances. Now the opposites like joy/ sorrow, likes/ dislikes, interest/ disinterest etc. will seize to exist. All desires, passions, excitements lose their intensity. Then we can say we are talking of real happiness, which is the state of a spiritual person.
But now the question is how is it possible to be happy under all circumstances?
Master says till we are attached to the changeable (not real) we will keep moving in these planes of opposites experiencing its push or pull. Whether we label them as desirable or not desirable; like or dislike it does not matter much both ways it is a bind. We need to stay connect with Real - Truth.
Let us walk through a scenario where we see how attachment binds us and causes us to lose balance.
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