OBSTACLES IN ACHIEVING TRUE HAPPINESS.... 1. Attachment to material things. The more things we have the more we need to take care of it. Our time and energy is wasted in maintaining these things. The possessions take us over. We become slaves to our possessions. So the trick is to draw a line between our needs and our desires. We can make our lives very simple by only having what we absolutely need. 2. Attachment to our relationships. Learn to keep a little detached from your relationships. The children that are born through you are not your possessions. You give them love and guidance but they are their own persons and must live their lives unhindered. If you were to lose anybody in your life - you should be prepared to accept it. Enjoy and be peaceful with your relationships but when it ends - let it go. 3. Attachment to your body. We spend so much time and energy to make ourselves look different than how we are. We should be comfortable with ourselves. If we are over possessed with how we look - that becomes self adulation (narcissistic). 4. Attachment to Wealth. Accumulation of wealth for the purpose of hoarding it is not part of any good society. Use what you need and share what is excess. When we are busy just making money so that we can accumulate, we have no time for anything else. There is no satisfaction and that ties us down. 5. Attachment to the past. When people have hurt us in the past, we cant seem to shake it off. We carry the anger with us in the present. That anger takes us over. When we forgive we do ourselves a justice, we free ourselves. Therefore, dont waste time and energy into things that have happened in the past. In fact, when someone hurts you - feel it for few minutes and then let go. Do you keep garbage in your house or you take it out? Similarly, remove all anger and throw it out. Finally, When you run after the world, the world never comes into your hands. The day you learn to detach (separate) yourself from this world and concentrate on your own personal happiness then the world will come after you. But you will have no need for that world because you have found peace and tranquility (calm).
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 06:20:52 +0000
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