There is a Way to Eternal Happiness
The whole world is seeking Happiness,
We want Joy, Peace and Bliss.
But as long as we don't know how to Live Life,
This treasure we will Miss.
There is a way to eternal happiness, a life of seamless joy and everlasting peace. Somehow, we human beings have got into living life like a merry-go-round. We keep going round and round in this journey called 'Life' as we pass day and night. We experience pleasure and pain, loss and gain, sun and rain, and we do this again and again. Before we realize it, life is over! We believe that this is life, that this is the way life is meant to be and so, we struggle through life. Not only do we struggle through this life, but our ignorance also makes us live as body and mind, that suffers physical pain and mental misery. As the ego is agonized and lives in anguish, we are trapped in a prison of misery.
Our ignorance makes us suffer as we believe that eternal happiness is just a dream. We think nobody can experience everlasting joy and peace. Just like every rose has a thorn, every pleasure must end in pain. Not only do we live through life experiencing suffering, but we also die without realizing the truth. Then, we are born again to suffer once more, and this never ends. The suffering goes on and on and we don't discover the way to eternal happiness.
What is the way to eternal happiness? What is eternal happiness? It is that state of bliss and peace that is not interrupted by misery and suffering. It is like being at the North Pole on a mid-July night, with the sun never setting. There are 24 hours of sunlight. Is there a state where we can actually experience such everlasting joy? There is good news. There is a way to eternal happiness. We must learn this art before death makes us depart.
We all know the way to be happy, to live with pleasure, to experience bliss. But no sooner than we are enjoying life, that there are disappointments. Our desires, expectations and cravings are not fulfilled all the time and thus, our heart breaks. We cry as we lose that state of joy. So, is it enough to give up all desires? Will that give us everlasting happiness? While it will reduce our disappointments and misery, it will not give us eternal peace.
Some people think they have learnt the 'secret'. They stop chasing success and start living with fulfillment. They are fully satisfied and content. Do these people experience eternal happiness? While their life is peaceful and blissful, they are not insured against suffering and the world continues to throw sorrow at them.
As long as we live as a body that experiences physical pain, as a mind that becomes miserable and as an ego that screams and shouts in anger and anguish, we can never experience seamless happiness. Seamless happiness is only achieved when we realize who we are and why we are here. Then we are transported to a new state of consciousness.
What is this consciousness that guarantees eternal happiness? A rare few blessed people are graced with the realization of the truth that they are not the body, mind and ego that suffers. They become conscious of their true self. They realize they are the Divine Soul. The Soul doesn't experience any suffering. It is a manifestation of the Divine, the very life that makes us walk and talk. While all other aspects of our life, both our gross body and the subtle body suffer, the Soul is devoid of all this as long as we live with Soul consciousness. The moment we are able to transcend the body and its senses, the mind and its wanderings, the ego and its passionate craving for its identity, we automatically experience a state of Ananda. Such a state makes one feel that they are floating in an ocean of happiness, where there is nothing else except happiness.
To reach such a state, one must be committed to the realization of the truth and one must develop a resolve to live life moment by moment being conscious of their true identity. As long as we live as the Divine Soul, not the body that we wear, as long as we are able to keep the monkey mind tamed as a monk, and as long as we realize we are not this – the body and mind, and we are That, the Divine Soul, we are blessed with eternal happiness and everlasting peace.
Do you want to achieve a state of Ananda? Then stop living a miserable life. Stop being fooled by sensual attractions that take you away from true happiness. Stop being a prisoner of the mind that makes you jump from the future to the past. Overcome the ignorance of the ego that only lives to make us suffer. Become conscious of our real Divinity, become an observer of this drama called 'Life'. View every comedy and tragedy with equanimity and you will be floating in Ananda as you live life moment by moment in joy and bliss, far away from the suffering of this world.
Remember, while there is a way to eternal happiness, there is a price we have to pay for it. We must transcend the ego and the mind, just as we must control the cravings of the senses of the body. This is the price to pay for eternal happiness but it is definitely possible. There is a way to transcend all suffering and to live a life of bliss, peace and joy. If we read the Life Manual and we learn how to live life, this will be one of our biggest gifts - eternal happiness.
IN A NUTSHELL