Falling in love. Note the word “Fall.” You cannot suddenly fall. Try it. Get out of your seat and try to Fall. You will fail. It’s difficult to fall while trying to fall. You just
Ram is respected because he is Maryada purushottam (maryada ki raksha karne wala purushon mein uttam …just a higher order of Krishna who is Leela purushottam). Ram never asked Sita for agnipariksha. The kingdom asked
Love is not supposed to last forever. Love Fades. Love is a formless imaginary construct in your head. Animals don’t love. Animals find partner for mating and then they move on to another partner. We
Hinduism describes life as a journey to realize the fundamental truth about oneself. It is tied with the concepts of Karma – (action) Kama – (desires, ambitions, goals) Samsara – (domestication, the continuous cycle of
Lust means the desire to satisfy your own mind and senses. People may say they love someone but when asked about the reasons, we get to hear these answers “He is a nice person and
Popularity. Don’t think so. Not everyone wants to be popular. My grandmother, she is approaching her 80’s and she does not want to be popular. Recognition. Don’t think so. Hundreds of thousands of people are
You own nothing. You don’t own money. Money owns you. You work for the money, money doesn’t work for you. You don’t own the house. The house owns you. You have to work, earn and
Attachments can never give you happiness. All of the things you have are physical attachments. We also have emotional attachments e.g spouse, children, profession etc which cannot give you happiness. Emotional attachments give you a sense of “belonging” and “companionship” but not sustainable happiness.
Happiness has nothing to do with abundance or lack of wealth. It is the absence of wealth and the chase which makes life worthwhile, not abundance.
Wealth is a necessity but most of us forget the fact that the chase to accumulate wealth is never ending. You will never have enough and if you give money the power to make you happy or sad, you will always be sad.