God Happiness
God Happiness
God Happiness
GOD
HAPPINESS
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Realize God and discover
the Ultimate Secret of Happiness
by
NO MATTER
WHAT RELIGION YOU BELIEVE IN…
GOD
HAPPINESS
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Realize God and discover
the Ultimate Secret of Happiness
by
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We are all seeking Happiness…
at most of us don't find.
We search in the wrong places…
When Happiness is Inside.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
What is Happiness? 01-11
CHAPTER 2
Understanding God 12-25
CHAPTER 3
God and Happiness - e Connection 26-37
CHAPTER 4
What makes us miserable? 38-45
CHAPTER 5
Overcoming Ignorance 46-52
CHAPTER 6
Realize God within 53-67
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 7
Realization = Happiness 68-74
CHAPTER 8
Liberation creates Peace and Bliss 75-83
CHAPTER 9
God = Happiness - Realize the secret 84-93
AFTERWORD
My personal experience 94-110
POEM
GOD = HAPPINESS 111-114
There was once an old lady who had dropped her diamond
earring and she was frantically looking for it right outside her
house. She attracted the attention of her neighbours who
joined her in the search for her lost treasure. As they all looked
for the earring, a smart neighbour came up to her and asked
her, "Where did you drop the earring?" She answered, "Oh
well, I dropped it inside the house." "Then why are you
looking for it outside the house?" he questioned in wonder.
She answered, "You don't understand, there is no light
inside, so I am searching for it outside!"
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WHAT IS HAPPINESS?
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CHAPTER 1 SUMMARY
WHAT IS HAPPINESS?
Ÿ The rst and most basic instinct of a human being is,
"We want to be happy."
Ÿ Everybody wants to be happy, but different things
trigger Happiness for different people.
Ÿ The Happiness that comes from pleasure is just the
rst peak – Success, Achievement, Name, Fame,
Money, and Pleasure. Probably 80% of the human
race, is seeking Pleasure and Achievement – the rst
peak of Happiness.
Ÿ About one-fth of humanity is lucky to evolve to the
second peak of Happiness. They live a life of
contentment and fulllment.
Ÿ Less than 0.00001 percent of humanity discovers this
third and the ultimate peak of Happiness – a peak
called Enlightenment, that comes with Realization
and Liberation.
Ÿ While most people are happy, whatever peak they
may be on, they often experience misery and sorrow,
and sometimes they are glad and sometimes sad.
Ÿ Those who want to be happy, ultimately realize that
Happiness is all about NOW, this MOMENT.
Ÿ While all this about happiness is known, there is one
common Truth - we go to God for our Happiness.
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UNDERSTANDING GOD
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Understanding God
Why do we pray?
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Understanding God
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Understanding God
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Understanding God
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Understanding God
While we all seem to know who our God is, how many
of us have gone on a quest, a search to nd out where
God is? We go to several places of pilgrimage just as we
visit temples, mosques or churches to pray. But does
God live there? Can we meet our Lord in these places of
worship? We know we can't. The Bible says, "The
kingdom of God is within you". The Quran says
"Wherever you are, I am". The Hindu scriptures say,
"You are the Divine Spirit, the Soul." While all religions
primarily speak of God inside, within us, we search for
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Understanding God
What is God?
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Understanding God
rivers and the seas, the gardens and the owers, the birds and
the bees…how could all of these amazing creations just
happen out of a big bang? Some intelligent power must have
caused all this to happen. Stuck to his own convictions, the
atheist refused to believe this.
The next day, the atheist visited the saint to say goodbye, still
oblivious of God's existence. As he was leaving, he saw a
beautiful globe on the desk of the saint. It was made of dark
blue marble inlaid with gold, "Where did you get this
beautiful globe from?" asked the atheist. The preacher replied,
"I don't know. One morning when I came to my ofce, I just
found it here." The atheist got upset and said, "How can the
globe just appear on your table? If you don't want to reveal
the secret of where you got it from, just say so. But don't tell
me it just appeared on your table!" The saint grabbed the
opportunity to explain and said, "All these days, you argued
that this entire earth, the universe and everything on it just
appeared out of nowhere! But you are unwilling to accept that
this tiny globe on my table must have a Creator or a source."
The atheist realized the Truth in a ash!
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Understanding God
Who is God?
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Understanding God
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Understanding God
Those who love God, live their life with peace and bliss
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Understanding God
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CHAPTER 2 SUMMARY
UNDERSTANDING GOD
Ÿ Religion is the kindergarten to spirituality. Most
people believe in a religion and in God.
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GOD AND HAPPINESS - THE CONNECTION
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GOD AND HAPPINESS - THE CONNECTION
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GOD AND HAPPINESS - THE CONNECTION
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GOD AND HAPPINESS - THE CONNECTION
Man thinks that there are 3 factors that will give him
Happiness. He, himself, his equipment or instrument to
make any work happen and the action he performs. It
may be a painter painting a sunset. It needs all the 3
factors – the painter, the paintbrush, paints, canvas as
well as the act of painting. While all the 3 factors are
present, there are times when the result is not as per his
expectations. He then realizes that there is a 4th Factor
that controls the results of all man's actions. We can do
our best, but there is a power that controls the rest, a
power that can make us happy or miserable. That is the
reason why when two farmers who work equally hard
to plough their eld or when two students study
equally hard for their examination or when two
businessmen work equally hard to win a business
contract, one is rewarded with Happiness and the other
with disappointment and misery. What caused this
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seemingly unfair result? It is the work of the 4 Factor,
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We, human beings, live our life like the musk deer.
Throughout life, it goes round and round in circles
searching for the musk that has an amazing fragrance.
It doesn't realize that the musk it is seeking lies inside its
own navel. One day, while searching for the fragrance
along the steep cliffs, it falls and dies. Hunters tear open
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First, they realize the truth that they are not the body,
nor the mind but the Soul. This realization liberates
them from misery and sorrow. From self-realization,
they go on to God Realization. They realize that the
Divine Soul is the source of life, the very energy that
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CHAPTER 3 SUMMARY
GOD & HAPPINESS-THE CONNECTION
Ÿ Happiness and misery are beyond human control
and common understanding. They are in the control
of a Power, a Power we call God.
Ÿ People go to God to fulll their desires because,
despite man's best efforts, the results are not in their
hands.
Ÿ The Law of Karma states that what you give is what
you get. Thus, when we experience misery or
Happiness, it is inferred that it is due to past bad or
good deeds.
Ÿ Man often thinks that only 3 factors cause Happiness
- He, his equipment or instrument and the action he
performs. But there are times when the result is not
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positive because there is a 4 Factor that controls the
result of all man's actions.
Ÿ To understand the real connection between God and
Happiness, one must observe the life of spiritual
people. They live with tremendous faith, trust and
hope in God.
Ÿ Spiritual aspirants go on a quest to realize the truth
about God. They discover a profound secret, GOD =
Happiness when they realize the truth of who they
are and who God is.
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WHAT MAKES US MISERABLE?
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What makes us Miserable?
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What makes us Miserable?
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What makes us Miserable?
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What makes us Miserable?
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What makes us Miserable?
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What makes us Miserable?
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CHAPTER 4 SUMMARY
WHAT MAKES US MISERABLE?
Ÿ Human beings experience unhappiness, either
physical pain of the body that makes one suffer or
misery of the mind.
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OVERCOMING IGNORANCE
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Overcoming Ignorance
Who suffers?
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Overcoming Ignorance
Just like the body suffers, the mind also suffers, but it
suffers far more than the body. It is a rascal, constantly
producing thoughts, creating fear, worry, anxiety,
regret, anger, and other negative emotions and
thoughts that create so much suffering. As long as we
believe that we are the mind, we suffer along with the
mind. The moment we distance ourselves from the
mind realizing that we may have a mind but we are not
the mind, we start to observe the mind suffer, but don't
become one with it. We have to overcome the ignorance
that we are not the body and the mind to overcome
misery.
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Overcoming Ignorance
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Overcoming Ignorance
If only we realize
who we are and who God is,
We will find everlasting Happiness.
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CHAPTER 5 SUMMARY
OVERCOMING IGNORANCE
Ÿ To be happy, one must overcome the ignorance of
who actually suffers.
Ÿ It is ME (the Mind + Ego) which is enveloped in
ignorance that suffers.
Ÿ When man overcomes ignorance and realizes that he
is not the body but he has a body, he will not
experience physical suffering.
Ÿ The mind is a rascal, constantly producing thoughts,
creating negative emotions of fear, worry, anxiety,
regret, and anger that lead to suffering.
Ÿ To be happy, one must transcend the mind. This is
not easy, but with conscious effort and Divine grace,
one can do it.
Ÿ To realize the Truth, one must go on a quest to
discover the Truth and to eliminate misery and
sorrow.
Ÿ When we realize the Truth of who we are and where
God is, then we will discover the secret, 'GOD =
Happiness' and experience eternal peace and joy.
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REALIZE GOD WITHIN
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If we are not the body and we are not the mind, then
there is no other option than to believe that we are the
energy that gives us life. Can we doubt our own
existence? We know that we are alive and when
somebody is not alive anymore, we say that they are no
more, they are dead. What happens at death? The Life
Energy inside a person who is alive seems to escape into
the vast Consciousness that is everywhere. We seem to
be that Life Energy that gives breath, without which
there is death. It is this Life Energy that is known as the
Soul, some people call it spirit, Chi, Prana or Atman. We
have no other choice than to believe that we are the
Soul, that arrives at birth and departs at death. There is
no doubt that it is very difcult to realize this because
the ME (Mind + Ego) doesn't let us realize this Truth.
The moment we do, the mind and ego cease to exist and
the body becomes a mere vehicle in which the Soul
continues its journey till it reaches its ultimate goal.
There is no doubt about the truth of these facts. If we are
fortunate, through our persistence and the gift of
Divine grace, we can realize this Truth – that we are not
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While the physical eye cannot see where the Soul or Life
Energy departs to, the spiritual "eye" realizes that the
Soul merges into the Cosmic Consciousness that is
everywhere. If we take two pieces of dead rubber
balloons, they are lifeless. The moment we blow air into
them, they seem to bounce with energy. We can
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CHAPTER 6 SUMMARY
REALIZE GOD WITHIN
Ÿ To experience eternal bliss and peace, one has to
realize the one Divine Truth – that God resides within.
Ÿ A question that man often faces – if we are not the
body, or mind, who are we in reality?
Ÿ The conclusion then is that man is nothing but the
Life Energy or Soul that arrives at birth and departs
at death.
Ÿ When the mind and ego cease to exist, the body
becomes a mere vehicle in which the Soul continues
its journey until it reaches its ultimate goal.
Ÿ Even scientists through their theory of Wave-Particle
Duality, conrm that the whole world that seems to
appear as it is, is in reality, nothing but energy.
Ÿ What is God? God too is Energy, a Cosmic Energy,
Universal Energy.
Ÿ God is the cause, man is the effect. God is the very
energy that is within man.
Ÿ Our joy starts with self-realization and goes on to God-
realization. When we realize God within, we experience
a deep sense of joy and peace that is eternal.
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God is within
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CHAPTER 7 SUMMARY
REALIZATION = HAPPINESS
Ÿ Self-realization leading to God realization creates
ultimate Happiness unknown to man, and
eradicates all suffering and misery.
Ÿ The body and mind together suffer as the ego. Man
gets attached to people and things and this makes
him suffer. Suffering steals Happiness away.
Ÿ Realization of the Truth that man is not the body or
the mind liberates him from misery and sorrow.
Ÿ When man realizes that he is the Soul, the Life
Energy, a manifestation of the Divine, he realizes
that God is within.
Ÿ When God is within, then the source of all
Happiness is inside.
Ÿ The challenge is to be conscious about the Truth that
God is within. The Mind and ego can defeat this.
Ÿ When the realization is complete, man will
transcend ego, mind, and body and live with the
consciousness of the Truth, in unending bliss.
Ÿ When one realizes God within, one sees God in
everything beautiful. This creates unparalleled
Happiness, a joy that has no bounds, peace that sees
no sorrow.
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LIBERATION CREATES PEACE AND BLISS
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CHAPTER 8 SUMMARY
LIBERATION CREATES PEACE AND BLISS
Ÿ The key to Happiness is liberation, liberation from
misery and sorrow that comes from the realization of
the Truth.
Ÿ Realization is not an easy game. Maya stops us from
realization.
Ÿ Mythology creates many rituals based on superstitious
beliefs and man gets caught in a vicious circle.
Ÿ The journey of liberation starts with purication. We
purify our lives by eliminating bad habits, negative
beliefs and as we purify our life, we are illuminated
with the Truth.
Ÿ Illumination is realization. The darkness of ignorance
is replaced by the light of Truth.
Ÿ After purication and illumination, we evolve to the
ultimate step of unication.
Ÿ Once unication is complete, man can no longer be
defeated by the myth of ego, mind, and body.
Ÿ Liberation leads to the realization that - I am not this,
I am that. I am that Divine Energy, God Energy.
Ÿ The consciousness of the Truth and constant union
with the Divine creates bliss and peace.
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Coming this far and realizing that we are not the ego,
mind, and the body that suffers, realizing that we are
the Soul, the Divine Life Energy that is a manifestation
of God, this itself, should create an awareness of the
equation GOD = Happiness. It is no more a secret. It is a
principle that we have realized. When we realize that
God lives within the cave of our heart, the very God that
we go to for Happiness, what more can one seek? The
challenge is to live the realization, to be liberated from
misery and sorrow, knowing that we are the source of
the very Happiness that we seek.
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who you are not. Then you are liberated from misery
and sorrow as you become conscious that the very God
who gives Happiness is within.
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CHAPTER 9 SUMMARY
GOD = HAPPINESS - REALIZE THE SECRET
Ÿ Achievement does give pleasure, but not true peace
and bliss.
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AFTERWORD
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
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While I have lived a life of faith and belief right from the
time I was a child, it was only when I almost turned 50
that I truly discovered the secret, GOD = Happiness. I
knew God was the Giver Of Destiny. But I always
thought my God to be one with name and form. I
prayed to Lord Shiva for 40 years. Only in the last
decade I realized that God is one! Religions should
unite humanity to believe in that one universal God, a
God that encompasses all religions. It was only when I
went on a quest to realize my purpose of life that I
eventually discovered the secret, GOD = Happiness.
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I too used to pray for Lord Shiva to pour His grace upon
me so that I could be happy. By and large, I have had a
very happy life and I always count my blessings.
Whenever there were problems, I would pray to Lord
Shiva and either my problems were solved or He would
give me the strength to face the problems and defeat
them. Like anybody else, my prayers were prayers of
gratitude, prayers asking for favours and some prayers
sharing my fears. I used to communicate with Lord
Shiva actively and I believed that He communicated
with me through the superconscious mind. I would get
ashes of inspiration and creative ideas as if they were
messages from God. I even wrote a thousand Bhajans
(Indian spiritual hymns) and each Bhajan it seemed
was a direct transmission from Lord Shiva to me. I did
nothing. It seemed as though He was doing it through
me. I prayed constantly, in the morning when I woke
up, before every meal, before anything and everything
important and when I went to sleep. Whenever I used
to write anything, I would start my writing with a chant
Om Namah Shivaya.
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trees came from? They came from a seed, but where did
the seed come from? The seed came from a tree. If one
contemplates, it is not difcult to realize that
everything is a manifestation of God. Everything is
energy, God energy. From this realization, came the
consciousness that God was within. I became conscious
of God every moment as the fear of death disappeared.
The body will die, but I, the Divine Energy, will become
one with the cosmic energy, the universal God energy.
God is in command
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mountains and the seas, you and me, all these are not
created by God but are a manifestation of God. All this
is God, appearing as God's creation. When I realized
everything beautiful is God, I started seeing everything
as God, not as a beautiful creation of God and this led
me to evolve to a higher level of ecstasy and Nirvana.
My discovery that GOD = Happiness was transcending
to new heights.
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AFTERWORD SUMMARY
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Ÿ For the rst 40 years of my life, I lived a life of faith
and belief. I prayed to Lord Shiva as a God with a
name and form.
Ÿ I built a huge temple of Lord Shiva and believed that
He communicated with me through the
superconscious mind with ashes of inspiration and
creative ideas.
Ÿ I developed a strong connection with my Guru, my
spiritual master, and mentor, Dada J. P. Vaswani.
Ÿ My Guru inspired me to shut down my business and
to do H.I.S. work (Humanitarian Inspirational and
Spiritual).
Ÿ It was Dada, my mentor, who guided me to go on a
Talaash, a quest to realize the Truth. I went on a
quest with 9 questions that had no answers.
Ÿ After spending a couple of years in the mountains, in
retreat, alone and in meditation, I found answers to
the 9 questions. I realized the Truth.
Ÿ Am I this body? Of course not! The body will die. It
is just made of the 5 elements – earth, air, water, re,
and space.
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Ÿ Am I the mind? The mind is an illusion. It does not
exist.
Ÿ Then what was I? I realized that I was the Soul, the
Divine Life Energy that gives us breath and without
which there would be death.
Ÿ I realized that we are all a manifestation of the
Divine. The earth is a humongous stage, where the
drama of God is enacted.
Ÿ I realized that the body will die but I will not die, so
why fear.
Ÿ God manages the cosmos through cosmic laws.
Since God is in command of everything, He is also in
command of Happiness. And more so, since the very
God who is in command is within us, we ourselves
are a source of Happiness.
Ÿ Therefore, I live in Divine consciousness of the
Truth, in peace and bliss, without fear, worry, and
anxiety, conscious of God's Divine presence within
me.
Ÿ I realize God is Happiness and therefore, I am the
happiest man in the world
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POEM
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POEM
We know that God can do anything
He made Heaven and earth
He is the giver of Happiness
The one who gave us birth
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POEM
But we don't know who God truly is
In fear, we bow our head
Instead of loving the Lord within
We suffer until we are dead
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POEM
But we don't know who God truly is
We all believe in the myth
We don't discover that God lives within
We fail to reach the zenith
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the Truth. Instead of chasing Success to be Happy, we
should try to be Happy. That is true Success. We must
realize that Success is not Happiness, Happiness is
Success.
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