Wisdom is the real happiness

We all know and have heard many times “Wisdom is the real happiness”. And we all know how much happy we are. Right from the childhood, knowingly or unknowingly we are about to get happiness. We become pleased when we get something according to our wish and we become grieved when we do not get something or anything according to our wish. Happiness and grievance are not in our hands, but our wishes are certainly in our hands.  Wisdom is nothing but to wish wisely which can be fulfilled. Wisdom is the way to persuade our own thoughts. Wisdom is the theory to believe confidently and act accordingly. Events may be good or may not be. Even if we wish for all good things, we have to face some worse also. If grievance comes unexpectedly, happiness can also come in the same way. We do not put any effort to create grievance, then why should we favor happiness also. Both are the sides of a coin. They cannot be created or vanished. Happiness and grievance are just mere implementation of our own past deeds. Past deeds are gone and we do not have control over them. But we have control on our present deeds. Destiny is nothing but the situation imposed to us by such spawning events based on our deeds, but that does not mean those events can harass us. We as a pure soul are different than the bodily effects. If we believe that this is not any grievance for us, we can easily live those moments without any pain; a big sword cuts also cannot produce any pain to a warrior as he is fully mentally prepared. But if we are mentally weak and powerless to our wishes, a small scratch can also pain a lot. 

We all have many sweet memories of our great childhood, we ran a lot, we enjoyed a lot and we played a lot. We were totally careless for our body and sometimes we did not know that we are injured and we enjoyed all those moments lively. Why is it so, because we were happy with our endless joy of our game, those injury was nothing to us. However things turned when we get aged, when we know all sophisticated matters. We really become patient of money sick. Only access of money can smile us. Our thoughts work for money most of the time and we never know what exist beyond money world as well. This diversion kills our wisdom. Money savvy masters cannot find the happiness. We know all those tales where a super power King was not happy with his wealth, but a poor man of his empire was happier than his king. Why is it so? because wisdom cannot be earned by money. Wisdom can be earned by controlling our thoughts only. We can be happy without many luxuries if we have rightful think tank

Never ask for happiness to God, only ask for wisdom. Events are endless, no matters we are rich or poor. Everyone has to face them all, but wise person can be happy for all those events.

The Biggest Fool

It was a day when Sahajanand Swami Bhagwan Swami Narayan sat with his knowledgeable followers as usual.  He asked one question to all, “Dear Scholars, we discussed many things, about eternal science, physical science, humanity, sociology, psychology and many more, but never discussed about fool man. Hence I would like to ask you all that who can be said as a greatest fool according to you. Please explain.” One by one all explained the definition of fool according to the knowledge they had. Someone showed fool as mentally disordered; some said as less knowledgeable; some explained as one who is not donating anything; some showed something else. Likewise all described the fool what they believed as per their best knowledge. Lord Swami Narayan was smiling hearing all those replies. At last, one of the followers requested Lord Sahajanand Swami to explain the most appropriate definition of a fool as they all differed in some or more ways. Bhagwan Swami Narayan said, “A Fool is one who knows physics, biology, mathematics, astrology, geography, sociology, psychology, mythology, all –logy, weapons, all religious books like Gita, Upanishads etc., but he does not know his own self.” 

How effective definition it is till date! Mentally disordered is not a fool, he is a patient; but one who knows everything but does not know oneself is the biggest fool.  If the outer world has many –logy to learn to be expert, our own existence is not a small –logy. Who we were? Why we born? Who we are? And what we should be? These are the questions of our ownology. If we do not know the answers of these questions, there is no use what is attached in front of our name. It is useless to say ourselves as Doctor, Engineer, Scientist or experts. That expertise is like, we know what our neighbor does every day, but we really do not know what is going on at our own home. We know, something is burning at our neighbor’s home and we can help them also to extinguish that fire with our so called expertise. But the pity is we really do not know that our home is also burning simultaneously. We do not have any remedy for ourselves. We are doctors, we are engineers, we are experts; but for others only. We cannot apply all these knowledge when really our own home is burning. When dooms day of our life comes, when last day comes, nothing favors us. All vessels gradually start cracking; body does not help us, defecation system does not support, mind becomes unbalanced and sickness formed darkness ends our tour. Finally, our own home has been caught in the fire flames. We remain helpless as usual.

We know once we have to face this, but we never try to find any remedy. We accept our impotency like others around us. We accept to live like the biggest fool like others around us. What impact we made at last? Nothing. The world was dynamic before we came. It remains dynamic, even if we are not here. It will remain dynamic in future as dynamism is the nature of this world. If we could have really changed something, then it was our own self. This is for one who has already lost. However we still breathe and it is not our end. Please come out from the biggest community of fools. We have all rights to live like a free soul.