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.
Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.
The opposite of play is not workβthe opposite of play is depression.
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.
If you don't wake up and have your own thing, whether it's writing or reading or traveling or acting or dancing or singing or being a mother or a father, something that drives you, then it's all worth nothing. One of the key elements in happiness is purpose.
If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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