Authentic Happiness
By Saleem Rana
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I'm going to share ideas on how you can be radiantly
happy. Authentic happiness is a state of self-love, self-acceptance, and
self-fulfillment.
It's worth shooting for.
And, here's the best part, you can begin using this information yourself as soon
as you finish reading the article!
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"What is it that everyone is seeking? asked Lester
Levinson. "Happiness with no sorrow. A continuous happiness with no taint
whatsoever of sorrow." That is the best definition of happiness, authentic
happiness that I've ever come across.
Happiness is our basic nature.
We rarely find it because we are not in touch with our basic nature. Instead we
look for happiness everywhere where it doesn’t exist.
The world equates happiness with fulfilling a desire. Yet every goal achieved
and every possession finally owned is a fleeting pleasure.
I do appreciate what I have. Yes, I am grateful for it. However, satisfaction
and pleasure are not the same as happiness.
Again, one can be loved, even adored, and still not be happy. People, for
example, considered Elvis Presley adorable. He was beautiful, talented, and
kind-hearted. Yet, he, himself, was not happy.
What, then, is happiness?
Everybody craves it, but few enjoy it. And those that do enjoy it, do so only
fleetingly. Seasons pass and what was once considered a source of endless
delight fades in its glory.
The closest we can get to happiness is through love. Loving stimulates
happiness.
This happiness arises when we give love. It arises because love, too, is our
basic nature.
Thus, when we love, we are happy; and we are happy because we are being
ourselves, expressing our true nature.
Our true nature is happiness. This is the quality of soul. In fact, soul, in its
primal aspect, is a consciousness that is blissful, wise, and powerful beyond
measure.
However, we seldom experience our true nature and seldom get in touch with our
souls because the limitations of thought shadow the soul the way clouds hide the
sun.
It is the task of every person to discover their own soul. This quest is
fulfilled through spiritual practices.
As we shed our illusions about the nature of the world and our relationship to
it, we become more aware of our own luminosity.
When we give, love, and share, we touch upon the majesty of our soul. We bring
it out into the world. We slip out from behind the veil of mind and show
ourselves.
One who has stripped away all veneer of thought, all layers of mind, becomes
ensouled.
When the mind is quiet there is nothing left over but the infinite Self.
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