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Happiness in Oneness

Happiness is the universal quest and pursuit of every human being. We are born happy as a child, but somehow struggle to hold on to this blissful state while growing up. We do everything possible for attaining happiness in our life, right from eating good food to wearing expensive clothes, from education to travelling across the world, from owning a dream home to buying a comfortable car and much more. Happiness still remains an elusive aspiration. Happiness has a different meaning for different people, based on their desire and its fulfilment.

Happiness that comes from fruition of desires is temporary and ephemeral. One desire leads to a second and the second leads to the third and so on, eventually becoming an endless chain of expectations. But happiness continues to be a distant dream. The reason lies in the fact that we don't comprehend the substance and profoundness of true happiness.

The utopian state where there are no attachments, enemies, illusions or fears; a state where expectations are  Till the time we identify ourselves with our body, mind and possessions, we are bound to be caught in the web of fear, illusion, attachment and ego. We need to realize our true self by knowing the Truth, which is a process of seeking and finding the vivid distinction between the creator and the creation; eventually witnessing the creator in creation and the creation in creator. This knowledge has been passed down the ages by various saints and sages, who experienced the presence of the formless One, thereby attaining eternal happiness and bliss. This realization and experience can be achieved even today. Once we realize this most noble and highest Truth of life, that One, we start moving on the path of eternal happiness. Let us talk about this journey.

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