SINGH AND MORE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE HAPPINESS OF ARGENTINA 
Feeling dejected, miserable and depressed is a story we can write over and over again if that's what we decided to do. Depression (as opposed to clinical depression) is an attitude that can become a habit. Happiness is an attitude that can become a habit.
There is a wonderful Zen riddle that reads something like this: Imagine there is a goose trapped in a bottle. The bottle has a very thin neck (I guess they call it a goose-necked bottle.) The puzzle is "How does the goose out of the bottle without hurting the goose or breaking the bottle?" The answer is simple (and do not think 20 years ago to find out) - you take the goose from the bottle in the same way you put it inside.
This does not mean that depression is imaginary, because if you really feel. But is it necessary to keep grabbing? Moods, feelings, emotions, pain and pleasure are only waves of thought in the mind (sometimes caused by glandular changes). Sometimes we can control them easily, sometimes not. But if you believe the Patanjali and Vedanta philosophies, no matter samskaras (mental patterns) that we brought into this life, you can change, just to make new channels in the river can change the course of the stream of water. Chanting and meditation create new routes for our mental and emotional energy. By using these tools do have the power to choose a nice way of joy and happiness at any point in our lives. No matter what the external circumstances, it is my perception that creates my reality.
People say they want to be happy, but the problem is often not really want to drop our misery. Sad but true, there is a peculiarity in some of us (certainly in the subconscious) that makes us think there is something to gain by being miserable and complainers. Perhaps the habit began in childhood when we get attention - and usually immediate gratification - when we cried. Babies cry when they are wet, hungry, tired, or just uncomfortable. We understand that mourn is the only way to have a baby to communicate their needs, so we rushed to comfort and console them.
Ouspensky, the Russian mystic philosopher, spoke of the many sacrifices that people are willing to do to embark on a spiritual path, but said that one thing that people refuse to give up: your suffering! Of course there are times when sadness and suffering are almost inevitable, they are a valid part of human experience. But these are - or should be - transient emotions that we recognize for what they are-temporal experiences. But being miserable when it becomes a habit, that is when we have problems. Depression is a habit. This can be changed, like all habits can be changed by substitution of a different habit.
Happiness is a habit of seeing the world and oneself in the most positive way possible. This is a repeated effort to find joy and pleasure, the good in every situation. This habit is fed by an attitude of gratitude. What if people call you Pollyanna (person from excessive optimism, optimistic, stubborn)? The saying "wrong for many, relief is" not mean you have to join the crowd.
God is defined in the philosophy of Vedanta as Sat-Chit-Ananda: Truth, Knowledge and Bliss. So the closer we get to experience God within, the happier we become. Having accepted this premise, I found myself unable to wallow in the morass of self-pity at times I had seemed justified and appropriate to lament my fate.
I had to admit that if I was miserable, it was my own fault. If I was miserable, I wanted to say was not obviously in touch with my soul. If I use my will to exercise my power of choice because of God, no external circumstance, person or situation can control the waves of thought in my mind. Looking at the stage of my life played on the television screen of my mind, just I have to change channels.
many years ago when I was learning to apply the principles of positive thinking, positive affirmations I tried to sing again and again, tears running down my face, heading to a job he hated. As expected, my perception changed, and then my mood. I recently read an article that said: "If you wear a smile in your face every day, no matter the circumstances, sooner or later be adjusted. "Swami Vivekananda taught that if you can not go to meet the world with joy, you should stay home and not pollute the air with your negativity. The smiles are contagious as well as frowns.
When I met Yogi Bhajan, he said, "If you want to be happy, forget yourself and serve others." And he gave me a service road and gave me the privilege to teach Kundalini Yoga. Teaching has been one of my greatest joys. As many of you know, the oath of a Master of Kundalini Yoga is: "I am a woman, I am a man, I'm not a person not me, I'm a teacher. "And this statement of" forgetting oneself "does allow the magic of being an instrument to give hope and inspiration to others and to share a life-changing technology. And, of course, it makes you feel wonderful.
Adapted from Aquarian Times, Winter 2001
Parwha Shakti Kaur Khalsa was the first student of Yogi Bhajan in the United States. She has taught Kundalini Yoga since 1969. She is the author of Kundalini Yoga: The Flow of Eternal Power, Kundalini Postures and Poetry and Marriage on the Spiritual Path: Mastering the Highest Yoga.
The seven steps to happiness Yogi Bhajan Happiness comes from giving, and having an attitude of gratitude. Happiness has to do with being as gods. That's not asking too much, because the essential identity of every one of us is the Spirit. That's why these seven steps to Happiness.
1. Commitment
The first step is commitment. Engage with kindness and compassion. In every life is supposed to have to compromise. That's why the word is with commitment. Commitment gives CHARACTER.
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Character Character is when all your features - all facets, defects, and the facts - are under your control. Yin and yang come together there, completely balanced. The character is a pattern of behavior in which you can clearly accountable and brought your own conscience. The character gives you dignity.
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Dignity Dignity is when you act like a god to another. People begin to trust you, appreciate you, respect you. DIVINITY gives you dignity.
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Divinity Divinity is when people have no duality in you. They have confidence in you immediately. They are not afraid of you. Divinity is when you are in danger to you and your life to serve another person or creature. The god gives you GRACE.
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grace Where there is grace, there is no interference, no difference between two people, no hidden agendas. Grace is when you have developed a presence that works. Grace gives you the power to sacrifice.
6. The power of Sacrifice
The power of sacrifice is when God sits in your heart and chairs in the head. You can endure the pain of another person. That sacrifice will lead to happiness.
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Happiness Happiness is when you can be grateful for the opportunity to these seven things.
