Are we chasing an ILLUSION, leaving a REALITY?

Can we claim that we are really happy?

In our quest for happiness are we walking on a relevant road leading to our cherished destination?

Or we are adapting to an illusion, thinking that we are reaching this destination and will be happy ever after.

Probably the concept of what is ‘Being happy’ has not yet been understood by us in its true essence. We have picked up a short route, getting convinced and consumed by consumerism of modern age.  Are we not in a fierce competition of hoarding physical assets, thereafter showcasing our possessed glitter and glamour to the world; imposing upon others to believe, happiness is easily make-able like making instant coffee. In thinking so are we not being engulfed in a black hole of virtual reality? Can we deny the truth of creating a situation, of becoming bundles of unhappy beings, tussling in chaotic realms, unable to tune with our inner and outer worlds. In consequence, we are making happiness look like a mirage, never attainable.

Chanie Gorkin, an 11^th grader of Brooklyn, NY opines-

One can be happy when
the world around is good.

Psychosomatic illnesses arising from distorted image of deriving happiness has already ruined many of us. This malady has now turned endemic. Our decline is so steep that Futurists are programming the children, offering courses on happiness. Researchers are spending sleepless nights exploring possibilities to real happiness.

   

Swami Vivekananda, the great sage and thinker of Modern India commented once---

Help comes from within us,

We answer the prayers ourselves.

His words are so relevant which make us to reflect. We have become intellectual giants but emotional dwarfs. For we are totally alien to the world, our emotions, that reside within us. To nurture this potential, in order to achieve a state of happiness; requires thoughtful and organized efforts. First, we actually wish to be happy, this need is to be acknowledged. Second, our relevant endeavour to nurture this need. Third, we need to practise and attain a state of happiness.

Surrendering the efforts half way, with misleading thoughts; that the effort is dropped in an ocean of chaos, will prove self-sabotaging. Actions generated from this state of equilibrium and mind will then permeate outside, creating a world much vibrant and an abode for human beings. The choice of making a world of this vision rests upon our attitude.

Elevating our inner world is the way to happiness and abundant life.

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