నిజమైన సుఖం -2
Reasons for unhappiness
The
scriptures emphasize that there are only three reasons for all the difficulties
of life. We were given scriptures to understand this. For every thing we use in
our daily life, we have a manual and we refer to these manuals when any
appliance, television or computer does not work. We learned to ignore these
manuals. Christianity emphasizes the Bible and the followers try to find
answers from the Bible for daily problems. Vedas (Hindu scriptures) are of
course difficult to understand, but we have simplified versions of these rules
through Bagavad Gita, Upanishads and Puranas. The three reasons are as follows;
Adhi-daivica, Adhi-bowthica and Adhi-atmica.
ADHI DAIVICA:
This is where
your problems are related to past karma. You can not change the past karma most
of the time except with the help of a Guru or through some divine help. So what
do you do when you are hit with a major disease or unforeseen circumstances,
you have to accept what ever you acquired at that time. But you have to fight
it with the help of a calm, collective mind and do what a reasonable and wise
person would do in a similar situation.
ADHI- BOWTHICA:
These are the
problems caused by the external factors where you do not have control over.
Mother Nature can cause havoc some times with various calamities.
ADHI ATMICA:
This is
related to intellectual errors and these factors are generated when we make
mistakes in our daily life. Some of them are irreversible and some of them are
correctable.
In any case
most of the problems kind of fall in to these 3 categories. People also have to
understand that death is a reality not a bargain. Who ever can understand the
death, will admit that one day every one has to die and they do not even take
any thing with them. Even this body of our own, that we all adore and take care
with such a great admiration has to be left here in this mortal world. One
should not say that “So it does not matter and I don’t care about any thing”.
Like we adore life, we have to love death also. What’s wrong talking about it
and thinking about it? People always say that to be successful in life, you
have to have the end in the mind for any project you start. So why can not we
have a plan about how we want to lead our lives. This is where the whole
problem is, because we are not sure about what we want in our life and we just
drift in the currents of societal obligations. We ignored the commandments of
life and we live for others. We buy things for others sake, in fact we do lot
of things for the society even though that does not make us happy. We keep
acquiring objects thinking that these objects will make us happy. But they
never make you happy. You have to learn to understand your mind and really see
what makes you happy.
Major culprits of this Happy-
Unhappiness cycle.
Practical Solutions
If some body
can monitor above factors with caution and use wisdom in their lives, they can
first understand their emotions. Some times our level of thinking is not enough
to understand where we are.
Albert
Einstein said, “The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by
the level of thinking that created them”. If we need to solve the so called
problems, we have to come out of this usual worldly thinking and have to acquire
some Godly characters and selfless thinking.
Every
religion or philosophy is based on their scriptures or concepts and they give
you fundamentals of life. When you follow them you have less of a conflict and
this could be the only way to happiness some times. It may be happiness in
another life or world... but none the less it is happiness. The faith plays a
major role in this happy- unhappiness cycle. You will have to face the music of
your mind unconsciously or consciously. All of these religions, sects and orders believe that there are
certain rules or behaviors that must be observed and kept, before you can be
happy.
Bhagavad-Gita
teaches us to follow the Dharma. Dharma is about expressing and acting
according to one's core nature. This eliminates potential conflicts in the mind
and leads to happiness. When ever you run away from your core beliefs, your
mind will play tricks on you.
Buddha says
that every problem arises out of desire, Kama
or lust. Ultimate happiness is only achieved by overcoming craving in all
forms.
The Buddha
practiced the following code of conduct in his own life:
1. Respect
life 2. Earn all that you have 3. Control your desire, rather than allow desire
to control you. Buddha gave eight fold path for happiness.
1. Right View
2. Right thought. 3. Right Speech. 4. Right Action 5. Right Livelihood. 6.
Right Effort. 7. Right mindfulness. 8. Right Concentration.
We have to
have right view so that we can have right desires which are selfless. They
should be causing no pain to other people and not at the expense of other
people. Then right speech is essential to have mental peace. We do not want to
lose balance so that it will create more problems for us and people around us.
We have to
adopt right kind of livelihood with some principles. To achieve this we need
effort with faith. Above all we need our full attention in what ever we do. How
can we expect good outcome with out proper mindfulness and concentration.
Meditation on what ever we do is essential.
Buddha said
that we have to recognize that our own desires have brought us this pain and
suffering, and understand that letting go of this desire can bring us peace.
If we try to
understand the human nervous system physiologically, all of our emotions are in
a way related to autonomic nervous system that is adrenaline in your blood.
When this is released in your blood, it causes damage to the lining of the
blood vessels there by causing plaques. These plaques will ultimately cause
strokes and heart attacks. Is it worth putting your body through this stress
every time you go through different emotions? By controlling your senses by
various means, you can control this. When you are able to control the
adrenaline that is released (when you get emotional), your blood pressure and
heart rate will not elevate and you handle things very calmly. So by right understanding
and by practice you can master this. This is possible by doing meditation or
prayers.
The stories
and teachings from Sri Sai Satcharita are so intricate with ordinary life and
we can not separate them apart. We really have to study each and every story
and by doing so our intellect will be at par. Then we can tread the
difficulties of life with some direction. Otherwise we will get lost in this
jungle of life. In every story there is
something to learn and we have to ask Baba to teach us the right meaning behind
each story. Baba will definitely show us the way.
Baba
explained beautifully what true happiness is! He also gave us some tips to
overcome this so called sorrow.
Mukti (Release) is true joy or happiness.
Coursing through births and deaths is unhappiness.
All the joys and sorrows of
samsara are unreal.
People, money and objects might give us some happiness but
it is not permanent.
Joy and sorrow are mere delusion.
Mere appearance of
worldly joy is not true happiness. The worldly man is forcibly drawn to it, as
he believes it to be true happiness. Our past karmas will control our suffering
and there is no escape for anyone. When ever we can understand this fact, some
relief is on the way immediately.
Even though it appears that some one else
causing havoc in our life but we are ultimately responsible.
We either pity our
condition or take care of the issue with right attitude. We need a peaceful
mind to tackle the problems of life. For hungry and poor it is just survival.
But for rich it is much more complex. Rich needs to be humble. We have to lead
this battle of life with the help of God.
Baba's tips:
So know your
true nature.
Understand where you came from and where this cycle of life and death takes you.
Understand that you have the same energy as animate and inanimate objects in this universe.
If you are a Christian, think that you are all created by only one God, we are all one family and came from one source. When we feel this reality, experience the truth and immerse ourselves in this infinite bliss, there is no unhappiness. Every thing is at a balance. Start enjoying the present, stop thinking about what will happen tomorrow but perform your actions as things come along. Use past as an experience which will help you climb to new heights.
Understand where you came from and where this cycle of life and death takes you.
Understand that you have the same energy as animate and inanimate objects in this universe.
If you are a Christian, think that you are all created by only one God, we are all one family and came from one source. When we feel this reality, experience the truth and immerse ourselves in this infinite bliss, there is no unhappiness. Every thing is at a balance. Start enjoying the present, stop thinking about what will happen tomorrow but perform your actions as things come along. Use past as an experience which will help you climb to new heights.
Great Gurus
like Sri Shirdi Sai Baba can rescue us from this dreadful situation. We need a
guide like Baba to travel in this forest of life and death.
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