Proud of being Wrong

Many times we do what we do, not because it's the best option, but only because our mind craves for it. What's more, choosing the sub-optimal option makes us feel independent - why should I follow someone else's opinion? I am free to choose my way of life. I will decide for myself - always. Thus, it's just egotism that controls our decisions, not timeless wisdom. And we are proud of it.

This false sense of ego and bloated sense of importance about one's own opinion makes us deaf to any principles that are higher than the ones we currently follow. Tragically, we even deride higher principles because they don't comply to our own sense of right and wrong.

It takes a humble disposition to open our minds to sincerely try to understand potentially higher principles even if they go against our current sensibilities.

Do you have the courage to change, no matter what age you are?

The Independence Way

Happy people make a progressive nation.

Unhappy people are seldom willing to contribute to make other things better. They are too concerned about finding happiness in their personal lives. Ironically, most leaders pretend to believe that things make people happy. So a lot of energy goes in making unwilling unhappy people work hard to make things. But things don't make people happy. So the dreary hard work continues endlessly with happiness nowhere in sight.

Contentment brings happiness, not things. Content happy people are more inclined to contribute to bigger causes, are more charitable, are more willing to make sacrifices for others, are more willing to help the needy, are honest leaders, are less demanding, are more accommodative, and so on.

Contentment comes from systematic cultivation of spiritual life. A devotional spiritual life fosters service attitude and a genuine desire to make people happy. This dynamic contentment derives its power from a deep relationship of love and service towards the Supreme Lord.

The cherished goal of all nation-lovers should be to increase the happiness quotient of their fellow countrymen. Things play their part, but contentment is the very foundation of happiness.

This Independence Day let's start our freedom struggle against unhappiness by beginning our spiritual journey - a journey down the independence way.