Wednesday 15 January 2014

FUNDAMENTAL HAPPINESS Series 22 - All of you who honestly find yourselves mostly on the edge, usually on the short fuse, tensed up, restless...

All of you who honestly find yourselves mostly on the edge, usually on the short fuse, tensed up, restless, impatient, unable to concentrate, with reduced attention span, off mood or sullen, you have a wonderful opportunity to transcend all of that and get on a joyful journey towards FUNDAMENTAL HAPPINESS.
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FUNDAMENTAL HAPPINESS Series 22

 Now let us come to my new post:

If you honestly find yourself in the category mentioned at the head of this post, you have both the opportunity and the motivation to make a paradigm shift in your life and taste un-caused joy.

There could be some internal debate on whether you fall in this category. Well you have to be truthful to yourself. You don't have to proclaim to the entire world that you find yourself in this troubled state, and have decided to make a shift. You can quietly do it. Others may or may not notice the change in you. Chances are they will respond to you better, enjoy your company more than before, and above all, may trust you more.

 Interestingly, it is easy to spot many others who fully fit the description I have given as the title of this post. You will notice them among your colleagues, friends, fellow travelers, neighbors, public at large, and even family! Don't you find them everywhere? But when it comes to honestly facing up to ourselves, we probably don't muster enough courage. We may go for the 'reasons' why we are upset, sullen, in a bad mood, restless, on the short fuse, or plain depressed. There could be real reasons; I do not deny that. But only a small part of what you are feeling is probably directly linked to that external 'reason'. The rest of it is innate, un-caused - that FUNDAMENTAL UNHAPPINESS that is a deep seated part of the spirit in most humans. 

 As I keep saying: there is no way 'out' of this pain. But there is a wonderful way 'through' it. Honestly face it, observe it, surrender to it, give up all resistance to it, feel it fully - it will melt away in time. It might increase in intensity for sometime until it fades away. As you master this art, you will see that the moment you honestly accept any hint of this basic human unease, it almost instantly gives way to spurts of joy! Also, whatever unhappiness you feel on account of real, external reasons, will appear less intense than before.

 Even while you are on this journey, it will be possible to make friends with this pain we carry within. It will not overcome you the way it was doing earlier. You and this inner unhappiness can become partners in life, where you acknowledge its presence all the time. So, even before this pain completely melts away to pave way for FUNDAMENTAL HAPPINESS, you will be able to witness a certain degree of peace within. Your existence will turn deeper and richer. Your vision will be of a new kind. You could become more creative. Hence I keep saying that the journey towards FUNDAMENTAL HAPPINESS is itself joyful and satisfactory.

 I have stated this before, allow me to recapitulate, do not waste time or effort in trying to distinguish between the two kinds of unhappiness, circumstantial and fundamental. Take any unhappiness and observe the pain without mental analysis. 

 If you rewind a bit and take a re-look at Series 16 posted by me on Nov 22, 2013, you will be able to read the example of the typical bad day that we sometimes run into. At the end of the day, instead of analyzing the reasons behind what went wrong, I suggest you just observe your body, yourself, and notice the pain manifest in different functions of your body - breathing, heart beat etc. Just passively observe. Don't analyse - our mind just loves it! And ego collaborates, to make matters worse. Come one, try - its not as difficult as it appears to be. 

 You will find overlaps between different posts of this blog. I purposely do it, for it helps to keep revisiting the basic theme from different perspectives. It is certainly not a difficult concept. Rather, it is fairly straightforward. The problem is that we are used to thinking in a certain way, and I am asking you to stop thinking. The mind, as I have stated again and again, has no role to play, other than the initial understanding and appreciation of the paradigm that I am suggesting.

 Meanwhile, remember the baby pigeons on my window sill flower bed? I had posted their pictures in Series 20 on January 1, 2014. Well they have learnt to fly now - short distances. Here is the picture:


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 Cheers!

Deepak Chatterjee

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