We are infinitaires

You believe happiness is in the world. If so, an object should give the same quantum of happiness to all. This is not so. A cigarette gives immense pleasure to one person and intense displeasure to another. Is happiness in the mind and not in the object? Are we chasing a mirage all our lives when the oasis is elsewhere?

The Bhagwad Gita gives the formula for happiness. Happiness = No. of desires fulfilled/No. of desires harboured. To enhance your happiness, you try to increase the numerator. As you fulfil your desires, you seem to add more. Your happiness shrinks.

So, shift focus to the denominator. Bring down the desires, and your happiness increases exponentially. Nothing in the world impacts your happiness. But the world is agog with objects, and you are enticed to want more. Do you sink into the quicksand of desire or opt for happiness?


Desire comes from emptiness. Despite fulfilling many desires, emptiness does not go away. Because it is not real. When a child gets separated from his wealthy parents and grows up as a beggar, he does not need more alms. He only needs to know he is a millionaire. So, you do not need objects from the world. You only need knowledge of your fullness. We are not just millionaires, we are 'infinitaires'. Ignorant of our real worth, we go out as beggars, asking for paltry, petty things. Gain knowledge, and your life will transform.