I am very happy Because I have conquered myself And not the world. I am very happy Because I have loved the world And not myself.
Interpretation
True happiness comes from self-mastery and love for the world rather than seeking external validation.
This quote emphasizes that genuine happiness stems from conquering one's own inner challenges and mastering oneself, rather than trying to dominate the external world. Additionally, it highlights the importance of loving the world and others, rather than being self-centered, which contributes to a deeper, more fulfilling sense of happiness.
In practice
In a motivational speech, one could say, 'As Sri Chinmoy stated, true happiness is found in conquering oneself rather than the outside world.'
True meditation can never be done with the mind. Very often we make a mistake when we say that we are meditating in the mind and utilising the mind. Real meditation is done in the psychic being and in the soul. It goes hand in hand with flaming aspiration, the burning flame that wants to climb up to the Highest.
Meditation is not an escape. Meditation is the acceptance of life in its totality, with a view to transforming it for the highest manifestation of the divine Truth here on earth
At last _x000D_ _x000D_ He is healed of his self-doubt._x000D_ _x000D_ Now what is happening ?_x000D_ _x000D_ He is awakening_x000D_ _x000D_ To his souls ecstasy-sun.
Meditation speaks. It speaks in silence. It reveals. It reveals to the aspirant that matter and spirit are one, quantity and quality are one, the immanent and the transcendent are one. It reveals that life can never be the mere existence of seventy or eighty years between birth and death, but is, rather, Eternity itself.
The word 'yoga' means skill - skill to live your life, to manage your mind, to deal with your emotions, to be with people, to be in love and not let that love turn into hatred.
Enthusiasm Rules his inner world. Determination Rules his outer world. Therefore Happiness has become His real name.
The rights essential to happiness. . . . We claim them from a higher source - from the King of kings and Lord of all the earth.
Happiness is an abstraction, it is a product of the imagination, it is a way of being moved, which depends entirely on our way of seeing and feeling.
It was too late for happiness - but not too late to be helped by the thought of what I had missed. That is all I haved lived on - don't take it from me now
Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
Every object, every being...is a jar full of delight.
If you really want to receive joy and happiness, then serve others with all your heart. Lift their burden, and your own burden will be lighter.
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