| Finding Limitless Happiness Through Meditation |
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Every person wants to be happy. No one wants to be unhappy and miserable.
Whatever we human beings do, we do it out of our desire for happiness. We don’t
want to be happy only sometimes; we want to be happy always, without end. We long
for unlimited, lasting happiness – that is our fundamental human nature.
In our search for happiness we are attracted towards physical enjoyments, wealth,
power and prestige. But the mere experience or acquisition of these things doesn’t
satisfy our thirst for happiness, rather it increases our desires. That is because
limited and transient objects or experiences can give us only limited and short-lived
happiness. Only an unlimited and permanent source can give us unlimited and
lasting happiness. We can fulfill our fundamental human longing for endless
happiness only when we get in touch with or attain that endless source. What is that
source; what is permanent and unending? Does it exist - or are we born with a
fundamental longing that is doomed to remain unfulfilled?
Yogis searched for and found an answer to this question. Realizing that their sense
organs and sense perceptions were limited, they turned their attention inward. They
traced their thoughts and feelings to their source. At that source the Yogis
experienced an unchanging, unconditioned awareness, which was beneath or prior
to thought. It was pure, unlimited consciousness, which they called Atman.
Reflecting the pure consciousness at the source of their minds, they experienced
bliss. They found that their innermost self is the source of endless happiness, inner
peace and freedom.
Yoga-meditation is a systematic process of turning one’s attention inward and
reflecting the unlimited consciousness (Atman) within. By experiencing the
boundless consciousness within, we attain real, lasting happiness - the fulfillment of
our deepest human longing.
Dada Madhuvidyananda is a yogic monk, spiritual teacher and author,
who has taught yoga and meditation to thousands of people in the
United States, Europe and Asia.
Whatever we human beings do, we do it out of our desire for happiness. We don’t
want to be happy only sometimes; we want to be happy always, without end. We long
for unlimited, lasting happiness – that is our fundamental human nature.
In our search for happiness we are attracted towards physical enjoyments, wealth,
power and prestige. But the mere experience or acquisition of these things doesn’t
satisfy our thirst for happiness, rather it increases our desires. That is because
limited and transient objects or experiences can give us only limited and short-lived
happiness. Only an unlimited and permanent source can give us unlimited and
lasting happiness. We can fulfill our fundamental human longing for endless
happiness only when we get in touch with or attain that endless source. What is that
source; what is permanent and unending? Does it exist - or are we born with a
fundamental longing that is doomed to remain unfulfilled?
Yogis searched for and found an answer to this question. Realizing that their sense
organs and sense perceptions were limited, they turned their attention inward. They
traced their thoughts and feelings to their source. At that source the Yogis
experienced an unchanging, unconditioned awareness, which was beneath or prior
to thought. It was pure, unlimited consciousness, which they called Atman.
Reflecting the pure consciousness at the source of their minds, they experienced
bliss. They found that their innermost self is the source of endless happiness, inner
peace and freedom.
Yoga-meditation is a systematic process of turning one’s attention inward and
reflecting the unlimited consciousness (Atman) within. By experiencing the
boundless consciousness within, we attain real, lasting happiness - the fulfillment of
our deepest human longing.
Dada Madhuvidyananda is a yogic monk, spiritual teacher and author,
who has taught yoga and meditation to thousands of people in the
United States, Europe and Asia.
| by Dada Madhuvidyananda |