GURUSPEAK
ONCE Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Spiritual Guru
Attaining a spiritual level is simply recognising that there is life and spirit everywhere
a a congregation of fish got together to discuss who among them had seen the ocean. None of them could say that they had actually seen it. Then one fish said, ‘‘I think my great grandfather had seen the ocean!’’ A second fish said, ‘‘Yes, yes, I have also heard about this.’’ A third fish said, ‘‘Yes, certainly, his great grandfather had seen the ocean.’’ So, they built a huge temple and made a statue of the great grandfather of that fish, saying, “He had seen the ocean. He had been connected with the ocean.’’ In life, our search for happiness is like that.What are you waiting for? Instead of preparing to be happy, be content now and resolve to remain naturally in that state. God is trying his best to see you happy. But God only helps those who help themselves. So every day make a resolution. “Today, I am just going to be happy come what may. I will not let anything disturb my happiness. I am going to be contended, cheerful.” You can experience happiness at three levels. One is the happiness in society and the environment. How can you bring about happy situations? How would you feel in a place where everybody around you thinks only about himself or herself? Would you like to be in such a group where there is no sharing, no sense of belongingness and, thus, no happiness? The second level is the happiness of one’s mind. When one accepts things and imbibes knowledge then happiness dawns in the mind. Sometimes
HAPPINESS IS OUR NATURE
