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Means of Self-Realization part of the nature of one's self. This bliss is not dependent on anybody else or anything other than one's own self and hence is not liable to be taken away or to decrease or fade away.
To acquire such happiness is not so easy as it is generally understood. There is no doubt that the very purpose of meditation is to make one happy and peaceful internally and externally. As a result of meditation passions and desires should recede and love and compassion should prevail. But this cannot happen, until and unless the causes which make one suffer and unhappy, are removed or at least brought under sufficient control.
What are the causes which make one suffer and unhappy in spite of the fact that one is possessed of all possible worldly assets. riches, means, relations etc.? Persons, with such assets and means appear to be happy. but they are rarely happy and peaceful. The causes which make one restless and unhappy are not far to scek. because they are within oneself or part of one's nature and their source lies with the self. The causes are one's own caprices, desires, and passions like greed. ego. pride, attachment, delusions and over-anıbitions ctc.. which in short, can be summed up as aliaciimeni.
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