Wish you a very Happy , Prosperous New Year 2022

Year 2021 is behind us. Post March 2022 , we will be entering plava nama samvatsara which sails us through all turbulence faced in last two years of Vikari(Turbulance) and sharvari ( darkness) samvatsaras. Great time is ahead, from darkness to light.

Let us prepare for benefitting from the good times by being " be good and do good" . That is the way to God. 

Following are the seven sutras for success , happiness and peace as per ancient Indian teachings , primarily Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita. Bhagavad Gita , the celestial song of teaching from God to Man ( Krishna to Arjuna , when Arjuna completely surrenders to Krishna in despair  and his mind was ready to accept the teachings of Lord Krishna)   alone is enough for one to reach the heights of Glory, happiness, peace , success. Name it and you get it.

Wish you and your family and well-wishers a Great, Happy and Successful year 2022.

Love Thyself:

First step towards success and happiness is self love.  Realize that each one of us  is unique and outcome of millions of decisions and actions made in this life and past lives. Our virtues and defects are the result of millions of such causes over millions of years ( Coal or Diamond). Worrying about them is not required and no way helps . Give value to yourself and take care of health and physical wellbeing.

Act Now

Course correction is always possible. Start today. Today is the first day of rest of our life. What ever you want to do, start now. Don’t think I should have done this, that and all. Nothing is lost. It is a journey. Take the new path today if you view that you were on wrong direction. Think what you need and start working. Nothing is impossible for human being as we are God or God is in us. Let your thoughts, words and acts be in alignment. This is the only requirement for success and happiness.

Learn Detachment:

Learn to be detached from the sensual pleasures. Krishna in Ghagavad Gita chapter 2 says , when you contemplate on the sensual pleasures, you develop attachment to them and desire arises . Desire leads to anger when unfulfilled. Anger clouds your judgement and that leads to bewilderment of memory.  This further leads to destruction of intellect which finally ruins you. You will lose power of discrimination and commit sin or irrational acts. While enjoying the pleasures of the senses, keep in mind not to associate you with them. You are not the senses, not the mind, not the intellect, you are pure consciousness is what Krishna teaches. Keep detached from all these and control and guide all these.

Don’t desire for that which doesn’t belong to you:

We have come to this life empty handed and also leave empty handed. Take whatever you deserve.  Don’t take or desire others wealth. Learn to Give. It is said whatever you have donated is in the form of good deeds stays with you and whatever kept accumulated will go to others later. Be charitable. Ishavasya Upanishad says that this whole world belongs to God and he is there in all these. Whatever he has given us we have to eat and not long for others wealth. This is the only way for happy life. ( Ishaa vaasyam-idam sarvam, yatkincha jagatyaam jagat , tena tyaktena bhunjeethaa, maa gridhah kasya svid-dhanam)

Treat every one the way you want to be treated by others:

Love and care for every living thing in this world is the way for happiness and success. Never abuse any one whatever be the situation. If some one is abusive , keep away from him. He will suffer for his bad deeds, let’s not be party to that by abusing in return. Always radiate love and care and same will come back to you in abundance. All living beings are source of joy and well being. Value them and be benefited. This is law of attraction. You attract whatever you think and act.

Be Thankful for everything every day:

Identify all the blessings we have and be thankful for that. That makes you aware of all your positives and blessings which you have to further build on. This shows how fortunate we are.This will bring happiness and peace in you and removes all the worries. Thank God for all that he has given us.

Examine your thoughts constantly:

Watch your thoughts. It is not the situation that is making you unhappy. It is our perception, way of looking at the situation that makes all the difference. Never think about any situation as it should not have been this way. This way is the fact of life at this moment. This can always be changed. Change your thinking about the situation and understand no point in brooding over the situation and only think what can be done to reach a stage or situation where you want to be . Act on that. Your subconscious mind has enormous power and brings your thoughts and beliefs, good or bad , into reality . It doesn’t discriminate. Just makes your thoughts come true. An “Asthu”  devatha blessing constantly as yes to your wishes. Have good thoughts and you will attract all goodness, happiness and success.

Ancient Indians have identified six inner enemies  which are the cause of all our failures, ill-health, unhappiness and misery.  kama (desire), krodha (anger), lobha (greed), Mada (arrogance), moha (delusion), and matsarya (jealousy). These are called as Ari Shadwarga. Winning them through any  or combination of the yogas , Karma yoga, Jnana yoga, Bhakti yoga is taught by Upanishads and Gita.

Lead us from unreal to real  , Darkness to Light, death to immortality. ( Bruhadaranyaka Upanishad)