The Truth of Material Happiness (From "Towards the Love Divine" by Swami Prakashanand Saraswati)
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As a general rule two opposites do not exist simultaneously at one spot. But you yourself are an exception to this. You feel happy when you are having a good time, but at the same time, your inner conscious declares a discontentment that appears in the shape of 'desire to have more' of that happiness. Have you ever thought of finding an answer to this situation of discontented happiness? If not, learn it now.
The happiness you receive from the world reaches to a certain depth in your mind, but the proclamation to receive total contentment comes from the very bottom of your mind (which is next to your soul). Material joy, happiness, pleasure, and felicity can never reach the bottom of your heart and mind. There remains a big gap, and that gap can be observed by you if you sincerly think over it alone. This is the fact of life, and the truth of material happiness.
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Then how to receive our desired contentment? First try to understand the above mentioned truth, and then try to develop faith in the second truth which is Divine. Material truth is the experience and perception of temporary discontented pleasure in the material life, with a growing hope for fulfillment in future that can never happen because 'the present' is always wholly or partially discontented. The Divine truth is God himself, Who is Bliss, Love and Beauty; Who is loving, kind and friendly; Who is eternally yours and always with you in every situation.
Your innermost conscience is already desiring God's love and His association. The moment your conscious mind begins to believe this fact, you begin to feel a kind of secured fulfillment in your life.
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