Accept the moment

What is Happiness?

Happiness is a state of mind. Then we have to condition the mind to be happy always. I would like to share some of my views to condition the mind.

Accept the moment as it is. Whatever is happening around you, you can't change it and whatever has happened, has already happened, again, you can't change it. Then why to break our head about what has already happened? Look at the issue, not the persons. For any issue, there will be a solution. When the mind is calm, we can think. When the mind is disturbed, we lose the sense of balance and of course, decisions taken at that time, may not be the right one.

I will give an example. When the mother is lighting the "sacred lamp", the child unknowing switched on the fan. The light went off. What the mother has to understand is that the light has already gone off and the fan is "on". She can put off the fan and light the lamp again. She cannot undo of what had already happened. What normally happens is, the mother will shout at the child, sometimes beat also, and then carry on the act with tension in her mind. By this act, what is achieved is "tension" only. By a conscious approach, this can be avoided and the child also will not be upset.