PREFACE
I was the happiest man on Earth.
My life experienced 25 years of achievement, success, wealth, happiness, name, fame and everything that one could dream of!
Then one day, it suddenly occurred to me – what is life all about? Is life just about making money? Or is there more to life?
We earn and earn only for others to burn what we earn. Is life beyond making money? I found that happiness doesn't come from making money but rather from spending it. So, instead of making more money, I stopped, shut down my business and decided to make a difference instead. I decided to live a life of fulfillment instead of living a life of achievement. I decided to let peace and tranquility take me to contentment and fulfillment.
My life was transformed…
For 8 years, I lived an amazing life, travelling from one country to another and spending my money doing humanitarian, inspirational and spiritual work. My life was absolutely amazing, peaceful, tranquil, joyous and fulfilling. How could somebody be happier than me? Not only did I have pleasure, I had success, contentment, fulfillment, liberation, tranquility and peace. I felt like I was in a state of absolute bliss.
To me, after working for 25 years to achieve success, these 8 years were a reward. I thought my life was absolutely fantastic! But then something happened…
After 8 years, my Guru questioned me, “What is the true purpose of life – the true meaning of life?” He provoked me to go on a search – a Talaash.
At that time, for me, life was all about happiness. In fact, the goal of life was happiness, and while I had achieved happiness first through pleasure and then through peace, I definitely felt that there was something missing in my life. It seemed like I was on a plateau of happiness and there was no further peak. I found that my life had no purpose!
I went into deep introspection and asked myself if there was a third peak of happiness, the first peak being Achievement and the second Fulfillment, and as if from nowhere an answer came to me! Yes, there is a third peak of Happiness called Enlightenment! Now was it time for another transformation – a second one? I packed up my life and decided to climb the third peak.
In this book, I share my journey and my search for the third peak and for the true meaning of life. How I discovered Ananda, everlasting joy beyond Achievement and Fulfillment – the Bliss that knows no bounds.
Let’s start the journey!