Happiness

sukha: Sanskrit word meaning happiness; real happiness is keeping your consciousness in the pituitary and above, in the state of vacuum and nothingness.

So I've had my traditional New Year's cold that I seem to catch every year from my lovely nephew and today was the first day in a week that I'm feeling better...and even though I'm not 100% it's soo funny how happy I was today just to feel a little bit normal.

So where does Happiness come from?
Yoga teaches that Happiness comes only from within. Most peoples minds are scattered, unfocused with no higher aspiration or goal in their life. Happiness doesn't come from outside as all things in life are transitory and conditioned to change. When we search for happiness outside ourselves we meet with frustration, When we find the positive center within us we become less demanding and happier. We are led to believe that certain things can make us happy.

Temporary pleasure is not to be equated with happiness. (We use golf as an example). This example will demonstrate that happiness in this case is temporary) comes as a result of our mind becoming deeply focused on trying to hit the ball into the hole with a club. If this wasn't the case we could have walked up to each one of the holes and put the ball in. So you feel happy as a result of deep concentration experienced by you- you have less or almost no thoughts at all. This brings in the experience of happiness-absence of thoughts and concentration. The mind is calm.

The more you are focused, the fewer the thoughts in your mind, the happier you feel.

Peace begins with a smile :)...holiness grows fast where there is kindness, The world is lost for want of sweetness and kindness...There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.

small kind acts, small courtesies, small consideration, small benevolence, ...habitually practiced in your social intercourse give a great charm to your character then great platform lectures, discourses, oration, exhibitions of talents etc..

Fewer the desires, lesser the thoughts. Fewer the thoughts, greater the peace, greater the mental strength and concentration.

Lead a well-regulated life respecting the natural rhythms as much as possible.
Adapt. Adjust, Accommodate
Live in the present

And as the song says "Don't Worry Be Happy"