The 10 Steps to Happiness

1

Reduce Your Needs & Increase Your Responsibilities

If you sit and make a note of all your responsibilities and all your needs, and if you find that your needs are more than your responsibilities, then life will lead to misery. But if you take more responsibility and have fewer needs, then you will be happy. This is the secret.

When you take more responsibility and your needs are less, everything simply comes to you - enthusiasm, happiness, creativity, etc.

2

Look At People Who Have Bigger Problems than You

Once a wise man drew a line on a board and told his student to make the line shorter without touching or erasing it. How would you do it? You have to shorten a line without touching it.

The student then drew a much longer line underneath that line. So, the line automatically became shorter. The lesson here is that if your difficulties appear to be very big, lift your eyes because you are only focused on yourself.
If you lift your eyes up and look at those who are in a worse condition than you, you will suddenly feel that your burden is not as bad as you thought it was. If you think you have some big problem, look at people who have a greater problem. Suddenly, you will get a confidence that my problem is much smaller, and I can manage it.

So to be happy is to see those who have greater problems, then your problems will appear smaller. The moment your problems appear smaller, you will get the energy and confidence to deal with it or solve it.
In simple words, serve those who are in greater need.

3

Don't Be Unhappy About Being Unhappy

Never mind if you are unhappy for a little while, so what? If you think I should never be unhappy, then that becomes a cause of unhappiness.

4

Drop Unpleasant Memories of the Past & Live In the Present Moment

How can you be happy if you’re holding onto unpleasant memories of the past? Unpleasant memories are the biggest hindrance for you to be in the present. The nature of the mind is such, it leaves all the pleasant memories and it grabs onto those few unpleasant events and chews on it. We have advanced in technology but we have not used that technology for our mind.

If you are happy now, the past will not torment you and the future will take care of itself.

5

Know That Everything Is Temporary

None of the events are permanent; pleasant or unpleasant, all pass and move away.
When you realize that everything is temporary, and it all fades away, then you can be perpetually happy.

6

Dedicate Your Life to a Larger Goal

The key to happiness in life is to not stay stuck in 'Me, me, & mine'. Dedicate your life to some larger goal or to the service of others around you, then you will find that only happiness flows through your life.

7

Take the Decision That 'I Will Not Allow Any Situation to Bog Down My Happiness'

You Have To Take This Decision, Nobody Else Can Take It For You. 

There is nothing great in smiling when everything is normal, and when everything is going the way you want. But if you awaken the velour inside of you, and say, ‘Come what may, I am going to keep smiling’, you will notice tremendous energy rise from within you. Then problems will feel like nothing; they just come and disappear.

Being happy, keeping the environment around you happy, and not losing your smile come what may, is the real sign of enlightenment.

8

At All Costs, Save Your Mind!

In your day to day life, people come and put some negativity in you, and that makes your mind and your determination shaky. Don’t let this happen. Put a filter to your ears and just smile through it.

It is natural and common that people will put out some negativity, but when you are deeply connected with your Self, and when you have intuition, then you will just smile through all such incidents. You will put a filter in your ears.
That is how the world is. There are some pleasant and some unpleasant things. How we manage them and keep our direction that is what is most important.

9

Have Faith Because Faith by Itself Can Make You So Happy 

What you need to remember at all times is this, 'There is someone who loves me very dearly, and is taking care of me at all times. He cannot be without me and He is capable of removing any lack that I have'. 
Knowing this too brings such joy in one’s life. 

10

Share Your Happiness with Others & It Will Grow

When you are content; when you are happy, you want to share it. 
The nature of joy is to share with others. Joy has the tendency to spread, and whenever a person is genuinely happy and joyful from within, they want to just share it with the whole world.

YOUR BEST FRIEND IS ?

☘️Your best friend is the one who's laughed with you, cried with you, and despaired with you.

☘️Your best friend is the one who loves and accepts all the strange or quirky things about you.

☘️Your best friend is the one who's shirts are stained with mascara from your tears.

☘️Your best friend is the one who can look at you and have a whole conversation without moving their mouth once.

☘️Your best friend is the one who's seen you at your worst, and said you were the best.

☘️Your best friend is the one who fought for and defended you-even when they knew you were wrong.

☘️Your best friend is the one who can honestly say "I love you" and not think twice about how it was taken.

☘️Your best friend is the one who crashes on your couch at four in the morning.

☘️Your best friend is the one who kicked you in the ass and straightened you out when you were about to make a big mistake.

☘️Your best friend is the one who knows you inside out. 

☘️Your best friend is the one who never has to ask- they already know the answer.

☘️Your best friend is the one with whom you can't play twenty questions because they already know the answer to every question.

☘️Your best friend is the one who fought with you, missed you, and made up with you after many bitter exchanges were made.

☘️Your best friend is the one who stood by your side when you were having a hard time, and always forgave you for being wrong.

☘️Your best friend is the one who doesn't expect an apology but deserves one.

☘️Your best friend is the one who covered for you to keep you out of serious trouble.

☘️Your best friend is the one who never judged you for what you had done, never called you a dirty name because you had been less than good.

☘️Your best friend is the one who is your main partner in crime.

☘️Your best friend is the one who will always need you and miss you in times of need when you can't be there, but knows you would be if it was possible.

☘️Your best friend is the one whom you may need most, who will always seek your company, but will push you away to avoid pulling you down with them when they know they can't win.

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जय श्री कृष्णा

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         🤏। कर्षति आकर्षति इति कृष्ण: । 

     🤏।।कृष्ण यानी मेघश्याम गहन नीलवर्ण  ।। 

        जहां कर्षण होता है , ऊसका वर्ण हमेशा गहननील ही होगा ।  जीस रंग मे प्रकाश तथा गरमी भी खींच ली जाती है वह रंग गहननील ही है । विश्व की ग्रहमाला मे जीस स्थान पर  प्रकाश, उष्णता, उर्जा ईतना ही नही आपीतु विकिरण (radiation) एवं वस्तू (matter) भी खैंच ली जाती है ऊसे

कृष्णविवर  (black hole) का नामाभीधान है । समझने के लिए आसान है परंतु यही गहननील रंगत का अनुभव साधक जनो को शरीर त्याग के समय आता है । 

। आपुलेची मरण, पाहिले म्या डोळा ।

। तो हा सोहळा, अनुपम । 

यह एक मराठी की अभंगवाणी है । जिसका अर्थ है । 

।।अपनी ही मृत्यु , मैने स्वयं अपने नेत्रों से देखी ।।

।। ये तो ऊत्सव है , अद्भुत अनुपम ।। 

          केवल साधकजन ही जीवित अवस्था मे गहन ध्यान मे ईस अनुभव को कर पाते है । मृत्यु का अनुभव कृष्ण वर्णी यमराज का वर्ण भी वही साकार कृष्ण भी वही अंतीम समय मे तार लेने वाले । माॅ कालीजी का दर्शन भी वही अंतीम समय का परम आनंद।  मुक्ती का प्रथम सोपान ।। अध्यात्मिक मार्ग मे भौतिक सांसारिक बंधनो से षडरीपुओं से मन को दुर रखना एक मृत्यु ही तो है जो आपको ईश्वर के चरणों के ओर ले जाती है । 

         कृष्णजी को एकबार समझ गये तो जीवन का अर्थ भी समझ ही गया साधक । जीवन क्या है यह समझना चाहते हो ना बस कृष्ण को ही समझ ले ।। 

         भगवन के दस अवतारों मे आंठवा अवतार है पुर्ण परब्रह्म कृष्ण वासुदेव देवकी जी की आंठवी संतान भी कृष्ण जी ही है तो अष्टांगयोग मे आंठवी और अंतीम पुर्ण अवस्था जो है वह है " समाधी " योगीयों का राणा वह समाधी केवल नाम लेने से ही अपने भक्तजनों को दे देता है जो योगीयों को भी कष्टसाध्य है ।

         प्रभु श्रीराम जी "मर्यादा पुरुषोत्तम" राम नाम सीधा जीवन भी सीधासाधा । सांतवे अवतार श्रीराम जी ने अपने जीवन मे कीसी भी मर्यादा का उल्लंघन कीया हो एसा ऊदाहरण वाल्मीकी रामायण मे कहीं नही मीलता तो ऊसके ऊलटे आंठवे अवतार मे प्रभु श्रीकृष्ण जी ने कीसी भी मर्यादा को नही माना । सभी वीद्याओं मे प्रवीण थे वह । श्रीराम जी जन्म दीन मे बारह बजे का तो श्रीकृष्ण जी का मध्यरात्री मे बारह बजे का श्रीराम जी को शत्रु भी नितीवान मीले तो श्रीकृष्ण जी को शत्रु  कपटवीद्या मे प्रवीण मीले । 

       । या निशा सर्वभूतानां, तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी ।

        (भगवद्गीता अध्याय -२ ,श्लोक क्रमांक - ६९ ) 

              साधना करनी होती है रात्री मे सभी चराचर जगत निद्रावश होता है वह भैरव काल भी कहलाता है । ईसी काल मे भगवान शिव भैरवरूप मे समाधीलीन होते है ईसी समय जगत तारक कृष्ण जी का भी जन्म होता है आत्मा के तारक का ।।

      जन्म होते ही जन्मस्थान को छोड़कर गोकुल आना पडा । गोकुल, गो + कुल,  गो यानी इंद्रिय व कुल यानी स्थान यानी अपना शरीर. ईस शरीरका  संर्वधन क्यु करना है 

         ।। शरीरं आद्यम् खलु धर्म साथनम् ।।

शरीर यह साधन (device) है और आत्मा का अनुभव यह योगीजनो का परम साध्य है ।।

।।देह ईश्वरीय मंदिर भीतर आत्मा परमेश्वर।। अब काफी कुछ समझ गये होंगे 

।।गोकुल मे  कृष्णजी केवल कुमारावस्था तक ही रहे ।।

।। यानी राधा रानी केवल ऊसी अवस्थातक कृष्णजी के साथ रही है ।।

        भारतीय संस्कृती मे कई शब्द एसे है जो ऊस संज्ञा का स्वभाव दर्शा देते है । सिंह का ऊल्टा हुआ हिंसा , अब राधा का ऊल्टा हुआ धारा । धारा समझने के लिए कुछ योगसाधना के अनुभव आवश्यक रहेंगे । साधकों का अनुभव होता है की साधना करते समय बदन मे कंपकंपी होती है लगता है जैसे शरीर पर सांप घुम रहै है । साधना मे प्रगती के साथ ही कुंडलीनी भी चलायमान होती है ।

आज के विज्ञान ने भी DNA की रचना सर्पाकार (spiral) बताई है । यही धारा का अनुभव है । योग नाडीयां यही है वे दीखाई नही देती है परंतु ऊनकी अनुभुती होती है । अत्यानंददाई । 

यही राधाकृष्ण का प्रेम है । 

समझने वाले के लिए जगत का ग्यान है यह ।। 

कृष्णजन्मोत्सव पर्व की असीम शुभकामनाए 

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