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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 7
of time these wishes etc., and their satisfaction are also empty and we keep on chasing something or the other. We seem to walk around with a meaningless life.
Gaining meaning to our life and being happy are synonymous. No one can be entirely happy unless all beings are happy. Happiness and love are like ‘air’ and ‘ether’- indivisible. Universal Love or no love is the logic of happiness. The way we get meaning into our life is to develop divine attributes and endeavour to create something that gives us purpose and meaning and this we know is best done by “loving him who loves all.” Sage Patanjali said “The mind becomes clear and serene when the qualities of the heart are cultivated: friendliness toward the joyful, compassion toward the suffering, happiness toward the pure, and impartiality toward the impure.”-The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 1:33. This means that we have to overcome the impulsive tendencies in us which are guided and governed by the ‘pleasure principle’.
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