The Root Cause of Unhappiness

 

In today's world, we see unhappiness all around us. What is the root cause of this unhappiness? इस दुःख का मूल कारण क्या है ?

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कुछ पलों के लिए कल्पना करें कि आप बाज़ार गए और वहां से आपने एक फूलदान पचास रूपए में और एक फूलों का गुलदस्ता दो सौ रुपये में खरीदा।

गुलदस्ते के फूल जो अधिक कीमती हैं, दो दिन बाद मुरझा जाते हैं, तो क्या हम दुखी होंगे?

शायद नहीं, क्योंकि ऐसा होने वाला ही हैं, यह हमें पता ही था।

और यदि घर लाने के एक सप्ताह बाद कांच का फूलदान गिर कर टूट जाए, तो क्या हम दुखी होंगे?

निसंदेह हम दुखी होंगे क्योंकि इतनी जल्दी फूलदान टूट जायेगा ऐसी हमें कल्पना भी नहीं थीं।

फूलदान के इतने जल्दी अंत की हमें अपेक्षा ही नहीं थीं, तो इसका टूटना हमारे लिए दुःख का सबब बना। परंतु​ फूलों का मुरझाना अपेक्षित था, इसलिए​ वह दुःख का कारण नहीं बना ।

इस छोटे से प्रयोग से हमें बहुत बड़ा सबक मिलता है जो इस प्रश्न का उत्तर है कि हमारे दुःख का मूल कारण (Root Cause of Unhappiness) क्या है | Expectations, या अपेक्षा ही हमारे दुखों की जड़ है | जिसके लिए जितनी अपेक्षा ज़्यादा, उसकी तरफ़ से उतना दुःख ज़्यादा और जिसके लिए जितनी अपेक्षा कम, उसके लिए उतना ही दुःख भी कम !!

तो क्यों न हम खुश रहने के लिए अपनी अपेक्षाओं पर नियंत्रण करना सीखें ?
If you want to be happy, control your expectations.     

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Thanks a lot Dinesh Vashist for sending this great thought.

Live Full & Die Empty

One of the most beautiful  book to read is "Die Empty" by Todd Henry. The author was inspired and got this idea of writing ​​this book while attending a business meeting.

When the director asked the audience, "Where is the richest land in the world?", there were different responses.

One of the audience answered, "Oil-rich Gulf states."
Another added, "Diamond mines in Africa."

Then the director said, "No it is the cemetery. Yes, it is the richest land in the world, because millions of people have departed, "they have died" and they carried many valuable ideas that did not come to light and benefited others. It is all in the cemetery where they are buried."

Inspired by this answer, Todd Henry wrote his book "Die empty." Where he did his best to motivate people to pour out their ideas and potential energies in their communities and turn them into something useful before it is too late.

The most beautiful of what he said in his book is: "Do not go to your grave and carry inside you the best that you have.

Always choose to die empty

The TRUE meaning of this  expression, is to empty of all the goodness that is within you, while you are alive. Deliver it to the world, before you leave. You cannot take it with you.

• If you have an idea, turn it into reality.
• If you have a knowledge share it with others.
• If you have a goal, work hard and achieve it.
• Love, share and distribute, do not keep it inside. Stop judging others and do not keep unnecessary grudges inside

This will fill your life will happiness and will ensure that you leave a strong legacy for the world behind you. Shall we begin to give and spread every atom of goodness inside us. Let us start the movement...

Live Full & Die Empty

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This post was sent by Meena Jain, thanks a lot for the beautiful idea.