The Joy of Living

Monday, February 22, 2016

The Joy of Living

Very often we find many people very morose and serious with very little smile or cheer on their faces. It is, indeed, unfortunate that many people, burdened as they are with worries, never look at the positive aspects of life. it is true that life is a blend of good and bad experiences and it requires skill to face them with equanimity.

No doubt life is harsh sometimes, very harsh for some persons. They are unhappy for variety of reasons such as poor health. Lack of food/money. ill-treatment by friends or relatives etc.

While these do affect one’s peace of mind, such worries should not be allowed to dominate one’s way of life. It has to be realized as Shakespeare said. “There is nothing god or bad; it is thinking that makes it so” Our scriptures, mythologies, literary scholars street have point that peace of mind is possible by practice of yoga, mediation, music and find arts. No problem or worry will last long. There is no point in wasting time by brooding over our problems. Every problem can be overcome by training our mind.

Most of our worries are due to passion, possession, attachment to persons and jealously . if we take note of famous Tamil Saying; “Theedhum Nanmaym pirar thara Varaa” Which means that we are the cause of good and bad thins and that there is no point in blaming others. It implies if we know how to adapt ourselves, avoid anger, harsh words, avarice and jealously, we can have peace of mind.

Money is no doubt required up to a point. We have to work hard to earn it truthfully but money cannot provide peace of mind.

If would , therefore, be fair to conclude that if we can have contentment, hard work, truthfulness and compassion for all lives including animals, we can experience the joy of living without fear or violence. This is indeed, the essence of teachings of saints and scriptures of various religions but many of the followers do not realize it. Courtesy wisdom

Quote from true Charm and Power of Vedanta

If you have good thoughts in your mind, your face will show it; if you have bad thoughts, that too the face will show. This is why the face is said to be the mirror of a man’s heart.

But is this always true? What if a man tires to hid his feelings? He may smile but inwardly he may have anger and hatred. He smiles only to deceive you so that you may not suspect his evil designs. To a shrewd observer the smile will look like a grimace, but an innocent person will be taken in by it. The face of a person often determines your future relations with him.’Love at first sight’ is not an exaggeration. You meet a person and at once you begin to like him. His face tells you he is a good man and you think what his ace tells you is right. Your first impression may not be correct, still you go by the first impression until something happens that forces you to change your opinion.

But a man is not always the same. He may change and with that his face also may change. Let us say your first impression of him was bad because his face told you so. But he may have started changing since you first saw him and the change may have been much more enormous than you thought possible. He looked savage but now he is quite human. You see the change in his face. His face is changing, changing from savage to human , from human to divine. Hindu yogis seek unity with God and they attain it. When they attain that unity they are no longer human, they are divine.

They are divine not only in character but also in physiognomy , in the face most of all . looking at a true yogi, people will stop and ask themselves. Who is he. A man or God? His face will glow with the beauty of the spirit. If they have any evil intent, a glance at his face will remove it from their mind. It will also give them comfort if they are in pain, courage if they are gripped with fear. The yogi need not say anything. His mere presence will inspire the best thoughts in others. Courtesy Vedanta in Practice.

But, if He exists? 

I drive joy There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive 4m.

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