BodyMindSoul Centre: Purpose of life

Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Positive intention

A benevolent thought and acted upon with a positive intention does not fail. Somehow, people do not realize that performing such an act for someone comes back to you in strange ways. It is because the Universe is like an echo. The same quality that you give out is returned to you.

That is why, it is said, the more you give, the more you get and not necessarily from the same place. Just the bonus that you receive is indication enough about the quality of your own deed.

So, never shy away from being generous and never use others for your own ends. Rather, give generously and be satisfied that you have been placed in a position to give.

Surekha Kothari

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Thursday, 19 December 2019

Nature of happiness

What is the nature of happiness? Someone called it an idea the other day and I was intrigued. It was quite a thought. Is it merely an idea then? So, does one make a difference between being happy and feeling happy? Are they the same thing or not?

If happiness is an idea, then it disappears if and when the idea disappears. If I feel happy, feelings can be transient and that status can therefore, change anytime.

Being happy seems to be a longer lasting concept. The “being” happy is a state of being that is not dependent on external factors. You just ARE happy. No one and nothing was responsible for that state of happiness. Evidently then, it comes from within. And that is the coveted state which all humans search for but in the wrong way.

If happiness were on sale, people would buy it in a heartbeat. But if they were offered just being happy, for no reason, the price would be too heavy to pay because it requires some difficult measures that might spill over to many lives.