MANTRAS FOR INCREASE IN HAPPINESS

‘A calm and humble life will bring more happiness than the pursuit of success and the constant restlessness that comes with it’-Einstien

The things, which become reason of our grief can be bifurcated into two types. First type of such things are those, over which one does not have any control. The grief produced by such things have to be born. For instance, monetary system prevalent in the society, which is the reason of financial injustice among people, various wrong policies of the government et cetra. We spend a lot of our energy over such type of things by reading such news and involving in wasteful discussions, but in vain. Second type of things are those, regarding  which, we can do something for alleviating them and for increasing our happiness. Whenever we encounter such type of things, we can make certain changes in our thought-process or attitude to bring happiness to us wholly and to others in some quantity. Towards increasing happiness four types of behavioural changes  have been talked of by rishis, who are scientists of olden times. These are mentioned below:

-On seeing people ahead of us, a feeling of jealousy come in us and this feeling of jealousy is a cause of unhappiness.  By effort, replace this feeling of jealousy by the feeling of enviousness and bring happiness.

-On seeing people equal to us, a feeling of competition comes in us and this feeling of competition is a cause of unhappiness.  By effort, replace this feeling of competition by the feeling of cooperation and bring happiness.

-On seeing people lower than us, a feeling of hatred comes in us and this feeling of hatred is a cause of unhappiness.  By effort, replace this feeling of hatred by the feeling of kindness and love and bring happiness.

-There are certain people, who seem to be determined in creating hurdles in our path. On seeing such people, we generally become angry and lose our temper. Ignore such people but at the same time be cautious that such people do not harm you physically or mentally. In this way, we can refuse to be unhappy, on contacting such people.

 -Thoughts of Acharya Vagish