Origin of misery:
Origin of misery is foolishness. A fool is one who has no knowledge of soul [spirit]. A wise man is always happy whether he is rich or poor. A wise man is one who has the knowledge of soul [spirit].
It is a must for all human beings to have this essential knowledge of soul [spirit] else he is no better than animals or plants. It is very much possible that all human beings become wise and be happy by having this knowledge of soul [spirit]. This way all people can be simply happy with no misery!
All the miseries of the world are due to worldly [material] mindedness. If one is spiritual minded, then, there is only happiness
i.e. no misery in this world because in the spiritual realm where we [our souls] originally belong to, is all bliss divine!
Attachment to the worldly [material] objects is called worldly [material] mindedness and it is the cause of our miseries/sufferings
in the world. Spiritual minded person also uses all the worldly [material] objects but with non- attachment.
He is like a lotus in the mud and dirt, yet beautiful and clean! We all can bloom like lotus and be happy while living in this
world.
How is this possible?
Please read on to know how.
Death is happiness:
According to worldly-minded people death is full of misery, a great loss but to a spiritual person, death is nothing but the change
of a new body for the soul [spirit] and so a happy event. Don't you feel happy when you get a new dress? So, death is happiness!
Old age is happiness:
Worldly-minded people think that old age is misery. But a spiritual person accepts the stages of life as new experiences in
the journey of the soul [spirit] with patience & joy. He/she does not suffer in his/ her old age because of his/her spiritual deeds
in the early stages of life.
He/she has all the helping hands when he/she becomes old: old gracefully, peacefully & happily. It's all a happy journey, a
fulfilled life with no misery at all. So, old age is happiness.
Diseases are happiness:
Worldly-minded people think that diseases are miseries but a spiritual person takes them as a means to purify the body for the
better health. So, the process of curing a disease itself is a happy journey to a healthy body. It's a part of the journey towards happiness. So, diseases are happiness.
Poverty is happiness:
Worldly-minded people think that poverty in material sense is misery but to a spiritual person it is a way to purify oneself
with right conduct, to honesty, dutifulness, sincerity, devotion to God etc. So, poverty brings out the real good person out of us.
So, poverty is happiness.
Spirituality is all happiness:
In this way, whatever you think as suffering/misery in this world in the material sense, are all nothing but happiness in disguise! A
person with spiritual eye can see that hidden happiness behind the veil of seemingly sufferings/miseries of the world.
So, in truth, there is only happiness in the world provided all people become spiritual minded.
It is a fact that all people are spiritual in origin and so there is no reason why all people should not be happy in this world by reviving that status of ours that we truly are ever! People just need to realize who they are.
This is intelligence and this simple intelligence, everybody can achieve. So, all people can be happy.
It's all in the mind.
Where there is spiritual love, there exists no enemy.
Where there is spiritual outlook, there is no misery.
So, spirituality will bring happiness to all.
Wishing you all happiness in life,
* Gajendra Naorem, Founder-Director, Happy World, Kakching - Manipur, contributes regularly to e-pao.net .
The writer can be contacted at happypeoplesociety(at)gmail(dot)com .
This article was webcasted on November 29th, 2007
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