In pursuit of happiness

Can we ever reach good health? No we cannot, because health is our natural state. To be healthy, all we need to do is to keep away disease from happening and cure ir if it ever happens. Disease is a distortion of health.

Can we achieve happiness? Again we cannot, because happines is absence of unhappiness. Instead of trying to learn how to be happy, we need to learn how to avoid unhappiness from enveloping us and how to get out of its shadows if it does.

The queue starts here

"Hum jahan khade hote hain, line wohin se shuru hoti hai" was a hit dialogue from the Amitabh-starrer Kaalia, a gob-stopper that had many a wannabe teenage hero turning up his collar and squinting at his pals while shooting off this ego-laden line.

This dialogue is meant to convey - hey I am strong, I am independent, I am a trend-setter, I am a natural leader, I am willing to stand against the world, I follow my own rules, I am the man to follow.

To me, it means something else. To me, it means that since I and my senses are the nodal point of all experience, the presence of my physical body is also the kingpin of my state of enjoyment. Instead of wishing that I am somewhere else, eg in Switzerland, for my enjoyment of life to peak, it is better to gather enjoyment in my arms wherever my physical body happens to be in. If we are in a nice place and happiness flows triggered by something outside, fine. Else we have to up the game where happiness flows from inside to out anyways.

Hum jahan khade hote hain, happiness ka line wohin se shuru hona chahiye.