accompaniments of Viksepa are the result of the predominance of Rajasic and Tamasic
elements in our nature. A disturbed and disharmonized mind is certainly not fit for the
vision of the Self.
- Superlative happiness from contentment.
The result of developing perfect contentment is superlative happiness. This is
quite natural. The chief cause of our constant unhappiness is the perpetual disturbance
of the mind caused by all kinds of desires. When a particular desire is satisfied there is
a temporary cessation of this unhappiness which by comparison we feel as happiness
but the other latent desires soon assert themselves and we lapse again into the normal
condition of unhappiness. We sometimes feel that we are quite desireless. This feeling
is illusory. The absence of desire in the conscious mind at any time does not necessar-
ily mean that we have become desire-less. There may be innumerable desires, and
some of them very strong, hidden within our sub-conscious mind. These in their total-
ity produce a general feeling of discontentment even when there is no strong desire
present in the conscious mind. Real and perfect contentment follows the elimination of
our personal desires which are the source of unhappiness.
It may be objected that the absence of unhappiness does not necessarily mean
the presence of happiness which is a positive state of the mind. There is a definite rea-
son why superlative happiness abides in a perfectly calm and contented mind. A calm
mind is able to reflect within itself the bliss which is inherent in our real Divine na-
ture. The constant surging of desires prevents this bliss from manifesting itself in the
mind. It is only when these desires are eliminated and the mind becomes perfectly
calm that we know what true happiness is. This subtle and constant joy which is called
Sukha and which comes from within is independent of external circumstances and is
really a reflection of Ananda, one of the three fundamental aspects of the Self.