| Today most people believe
that money can buy everything, even happiness. If this were true, the newly moneyed
people would be the happiest on earth and would have nothing to be concerned
about. However, the above report is one among many that shows that even rich
people have concerns about how the wealth will impact their children and their
spiritual values. There are many such concerns regarding children of rich parents
becoming spoiled rich children. As rightly pointed out by Mr. Cooper: "Wealth
can be an enhancement and a peril."
For that matter, too much of any object,
be it excessive eating, or obsession with love or career, that gives us happiness
can be a cause of great unhappiness. Hence, the very object which gave us pleasure
at some point can later give us pain. This proves that happiness does not lie
in the object, but in us, and these objects are nothing but external triggers
that temporarily expose the happiness that lies within us. At the same time,
everything around us is ever-changing, including its ability to expose the happiness
within us.
Is there a way to permanently tap into the happiness within? Spiritual
practice* is the inward journey that helps us tap into this unlimited source
of happiness, namely, the Blissful, divine soul within. |