https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness.jpgSpiritually SpeakingEveryone wishes to live a happy life and makes efforts towards that aim. Each person has their own idea of what constitutes happiness, and the pursuit of that determines, to some extent, the course of their life. Happiness is multifaceted and come...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingAccording to Christian mythology, it was pride that changed angels into devils. It is humility, then, that makes humans angelic. Humility has been exalted as the solid foundation of all virtues. It is said that if we wish to rise, we have to begin...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWhen relations between two people are not good, and they realise that there is a problem, the tendency for both of them is to think that the other person is the problem. It is seen as a realistic view of the situation. But on deeper thought we fin...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingYesterday, India celebrated its 75th Republic Day, marking the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect. When the country gained independence in 1947, its laws were based on British colonial legislation. On 26 January 1950, the Con...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThose of us who live in a city are usually exposed to noise of some kind. There is the sound of vehicular traffic, construction work, the whir and hum of appliances and gadgets, and television and music players. Such noise has become so much a par...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThere is a well-known passage in the Bible about the importance of time: ‘There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot…’ The truth of t...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWhen we aim for self-improvement, to become a better person, we may take several steps, such as set a goal, identify the challenges on the way, and make a step-by-step plan to achieve our objective. There is a plethora of self-help books offering ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingPurity – in intention, thoughts, words, and actions – is the key characteristic of a great soul. The basis of purity is determination – to maintain an elevated consciousness. This may involve being discerning about what we watch, read, and l...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingUpward mobility is defined as movement towards a higher social position, usually in which you become wealthier.  A lot of people wish to be upwardly mobile, to improve the quality of their life, social status, and financial security. Education is ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingA lot of people like to believe that they are honest, as they do not tell lies or cheat anyone. But are we completely honest, in everything? One who is fully honest will be so with themselves, with others, and in whatever they do. They will do eve...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWhen we move on the path of self-improvement, several challenges come along the way. Most of them stem from our ego, desires, fears, and ignorance. One way to protect the self and overcome the challenges is to engage in service. Service, when done...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingContentment is an underestimated virtue. It is often mistaken for passivity or lack of motivation, whereas it is really a state of stability and fullness in which one is free from desires and expectations, and is not influenced by any situation. I...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingMillions of devout people across the world have great love for God. Few among them, however, seek to know Him as He is. Their love does bring rewards in the form of happiness, peace, and Divine love, but they are short-lived, and vanish when their...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingIntrospection is an important step in the process of self-improvement. When we turn our attention inwards, observe the kind of thoughts and feelings we have, identify where they are coming from — is it ego, jealousy, fear, or a critical nature — a...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingA person’s actions reveal their thinking. Powerful and benevolent thoughts produce like actions. If our thoughts are confused or selfish, our actions will be the same, and the results will be ineffectual or cause sorrow. No matter how much we clai...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingHaving a high aim in life improves the quality of our thoughts and actions. As is our awareness, so is our state of being. This is the easy method of self-improvement: keep an image of what you want to be like in front of you and that will remind ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThose who take the spiritual path to self-improvement sometimes come to a halt when they lose sight of their goal. Doubts and uncertainties begin to trouble them, due to which they slow down. They lack courage to remove the obstacles before them, ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThoughts are spiritual lifts that take us up or down. With our thoughts we can attain an elevated state of consciousness. The ability to use the power of thought at will to reach a high stage is the sign of a powerful soul. The soul, or the mind, ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingMany people feel they are powerful, they know their strong points, but success eludes them. They are knowledgeable and have agreeable qualities, such as being loving and peaceful, yet they are not always content. They are also disciplined and dili...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingTwo major defects hinder our efforts towards self-improvement: Arrogance and ignorance. Arrogance can be very subtle. It makes us intolerant of even the most innocuous suggestion offered by someone for our progress. Any such suggestion leads to th...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/from-happiness-to-bliss/August 24, 2024, 12:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Happiness-300x169.jpgSpiritually SpeakingIt is said that God is truth. Truth is that which is real, genuine and eternal, not imaginary, artificial or temporary. When we believe or say that we are truthful, is that really the case? Are we — our thoughts, words and deeds — trul...