Zone of Happiness

An article published by E- Magazine of Life Positive

" A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; and an optimist see the opportunity in every difficulty" writes Winston Churchill.

Positive oriented people seize opportunity and events unfold automatically. They do not complain and grumble. Those who grouse and bleat about  are non -achievers.

There are only three in  cricketing history   namely  Garry Sobers, Ravi Shastri and Yuvraj Singh

who  struck  6 sixers in an over . They were in their zone . They were in a zone of happiness.

An uncluttered mind , is  a mind in the present moment  and is in peace with itself  and in zone. When an individual is in  zone,it remains  focused.Be it sports like cricket or soccer , or  the spiritual world or  even while  performing daily chores , which may appear quotidian or prosaic , an individual needs to give 100 percent. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in his teaching  lays importance on being in the present moment and giving 100 percent.

A child always gives 100 percent  as he is living  in the present moment . A child is in a meditative state . He does not get easily  distracted   and  luxuriates even  while eating his chocolate or playing with his toys.

Children do not complain. They ofcourse  demand attention which is quite  charming in nature.

Stephen Hawking puts it aptly." People won't have time for you if you are always complaining or angry." We have all the time for children as they are endearing , loving , caring and attentive.

Let us take a case of a harmonious household and a house filled with negative vibes . We are attracted to the former . Nature provides abundance to such households . The grace of the Divine, the grace of the Guru flows like a waterfall .Imagine a household which  has an alcoholic father , a demanding mother and irritable  irritable children! It spews of negative emotions and thought process. They keep complaining and grumbling , and lose whatever positive that  could have have bestowed by nature.

Positive thinking people should buttress on a couple of points . One be grateful and thankful after completion of the task , without waiting for the outcome and secondly  once the result is know be eternally grateful and thankful for the result even if it is not favourable!

This generates a  positive aura around us and the universe conspires to provide us with several more such  opportunities . Many times we may not get the desired result which  we aspired for , but nature or the universe blesses us in some other manner. This is a secret . We need to be happy in our disposition. Happiness begets more happiness and the magnetic aura around us expands providing us with several more  opportunities.

Can we be happy always, can we be positive always ? These doubts perennially  crop up. Such is the character of the mind. If the mind does not think about always , it will be happy atleast in the present moment. This requires relentless Sadhana  or practice .

May be knowledge alone  does not provide answers or succor to our problems. Then it is our  faith and surrender to the Divine that helps. We need to surrender our past, present and future to the Guru  and Divine. Both Guru and Divine are interchangeable.

" Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do. So throw off the bowliness, sailway from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, dream , Discover " wrote Mark Twain.

This should be the endeavor to discover and execute  with a positive frame of mind .   Then we are in a zone of happiness like a child.