If whatever we do is in search of happiness, then why is there so much pain and misery in the world?

If whatever we do is in search of happiness, then why is there so much pain and misery in the world?

Q: I think of things to do but I feel like resting before I can convert it into action.

Guruji : Do the action and then rest.

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Q: If whatever we do is in search of happiness, then why is there so much pain and misery in the world?

Guruji : There is a story of Mullah Nasserudin. His wife was pregnant and the time of delivery had come. But the baby was not coming out. When doctor told this to Mullah Nasserudin, he ran to the market, bought a toy, and kept that toy in front of her wife. He said, “After all this is my child, so he will surely come out with greed”. Whole our life we keep on running behind things with the hope of getting something. We keep on looking for some kind of profit. How would such person experience happiness? Neither does a greedy person get happiness nor does a person who is bombarded with too many desires. The one who relaxes in his consciousness, is happy. One who is centered, experiences the true happiness. I am not saying there is no happiness in the outer world, but the happiness you get when you go within is incomparable. The world is running in search of happiness. The body gets baked, the mind gets baked, the intellect gets deluded but still we keep on getting stuck in the same repetitive cycle. When you meet the Guru, you come to know that you are the source of happiness. Then the mind calms down, and you realize that you are the one in whose search you kept on running here and there.

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There are three things to keep in mind: We have to do something for society, We have to spread the knowledge that we have received in our lives, How many of our acts have pleased others? How many have pleased us? If we only do things that please us, then others will be unhappy. And if we only act for the happiness of others, then we will be unhappy. We have to be attentive to this balance

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Sharing and Caring

There are two tendencies that are within us, one of taking and the other of giving. What is worth noting is which value system we are imbibing in our children.
If they are hesitant to take or ask, then that is a sign of good values. But if they are hesitant to give then there is something wrong there.

It is a good sign when people feel hesitation to put their hand out to take. But if people hesitate to extend their hands out to help then we need to change the direction of society.

We have got to imbibe the value of giving and sharing in children; happiness in giving and sharing. And they should feel hesitation to put their hands out and ask.
There are people who have enough yet they keep asking for more. This is very strange.

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In the world, you resolve one conflict and another one comes up. Without any intention, misunderstandings happen. It's not up to you to try to resolve them. Ignore them and be alive.

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When hearts are united, then whatever one talks, it is music. That’s why when lovers repeat the same thing ten times, one likes to hear it. That is because our relationship is from our hearts.

Om Namah Shivay