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IN SEARCH OF HAPPINESS
desire of becoming rich and famous, and thereby becoming 'happy’. If we are not happy in this life, we do penance to yearn for happiness in the next life. However, all this is a mirage. Happiness is available here and now in the present. But it is not in desiring things; it is in becoming desire-free. One, who cannot become happy now, cannot become happy in the next life too. It is not sure as to what will happen in the next moment, how can one be sure of the next life? Past is useless because nothing can be done about it. Future is uncertain and so we cannot do anything about it. Happiness lies in living in the present and not in thinking about the past or delving in the future. Most important is what is available at the present moment. As soon as we stop yearning and become contented with what we have in the present, we stop suffering and become happy. Happiness is within and there is no need to search outside. The moment search is over and contentment is dawn, the store of happiness opens.
