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"In your natural state, you are happy. A dog is happy to be a dog. A cat is happy to be a cat; a flower is happy to be a flower; a tree is happy to be a tree. A star is happy to be a star. Even a stone is happy to be a stone. In the natural world, nothing other than human beings complain about being what they are.

Human beings are never very comfortable with being human. We are continually restless. We want to grow, grow and grow, more and more. We always want to know what is next. Human beings are all seekers. We feel we have lost something. The problem is that we don’t ask ourselves the most fundamental questions. What are we seeking? What have we lost? Where have we lost it? And where are we searching for it?

We have lost something that has always been with us. In the natural state of being, we are eternally happy, joyful, and blissful. We are in the state of natural spontaneity and creativity. That is our birthright. Humans, however, are not always happy. All too often, we feel a sense of frustration, of disorientation, dissatisfaction. We find ourselves thinking all sorts of negative thoughts, being caught in negative feelings and emotions. We want to get back to happiness. We start searching for our lost happiness. Where do we begin our search?"

Taken from the November Tathaastu Magazine. Written by: Sri Sri Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari