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Whyisitnotpossiblefortheordinaryperson’smindtomaintainastateofcalmness

and joy at all times?

Themainreasonisthatmostpeopleinsocietyhaveerroneouslydefinedhappiness.

Mostpeopledefinetheirexperienceofhappinessthroughtheirrelationships,work,

oractivitiestheyengagethemselvesin.Loveandhappinessarealmostsynonymous,

sincepeoplearemosthappywhentheyarein“love”withwhatisgoingonintheir

lives(beingwithaparticularpersonorengagedinaparticularactivity),andwhen

peoplearehappy,theyfeelthemostloveflowingfromtheirhearts.Thus,yogically,

wheneveronespeaksofthestateoftrue(abiding)happiness,oneisalsosimultan-

eousspeakingaboutabidinglove,andabidingpeace.However,dependingonothers

oroutercircumstancestoexperiencehappinessisasuresetupforeventualunhappi-

ness,becauselastinghappinessisnotaproductofthoseconditions.Allrelation-

shipswillhavetheirgoodtimes,andtheirbadtimes.Thebadtimesbreakuptheex-

perienceofelationand“love”thatpeopleexperienceduringthegoodtimes,and

thereforerelationshipsareincapableoffulfillingone’sdeeplongingtoexperience

peace,ease,contentment,security,loveandhappiness...ateverymoment,thatis,

abidingly.

Thismeansthatifyoudefineyourhappinessbyyourrelationships,youwillsurely

beledtothepathofillnessandphysicaldisease.Therehavebeenmanyrecentnew

reportsofstudiesthathaveconfirmedthis,thatone’srelationshipsmaybeanim-

portantcontributortohealthproblems.Considerforexampleone’scholesterollevel

andbloodpressure.Sincestressincreasesone’scholesterollevelandbloodpres-

sure,everytimeyouhaveaspatwithorexperiencedisappointmentbecauseofa

spouse,childorotherfamilymemberorafriend,youarecontributingtoblocking

yourarteriesaswellastopromotinghighbloodpressure,thuscreatingabasistoex-

perience heart diseaseand/or stroke in the near or distant future.

Likewise,withrespecttowork,whenapersonenjoystheirworkandcanapplyfo-

cusandconcentrationwhenperformingtheirtasks,thisisanaspectofthe

concentration-meditationpractice,ofcontrollingthethoughts.Sincethemindisso

focusedontheworkathand,itdoesnotallowanyotherthoughts,negativeorposit-

ive,toenterthemind,sothereisanimmensereleaseoftension,andtheconsequent

experienceofpeaceandjoy.Thus,theKemeticscripturesadvisethatoneshould

choosealineofworkthatisinharmonywithone’spersonality,andbasedonethical