Dear All,

Here are a number of beautiful extracts that I found by Sri Chinmoy
on the topic of happiness.

"True happiness comes only from our increasing sense of perfection
which we can achieve only through self-transcendence."
(http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/sri-chinmoy-answers/part2/16.html)

"True happiness
Is not a mental hallucination.
True happiness
Is not a complacent feeling.
True happiness
Is the spontaneous feeling of joy
That comes from knowing
You are doing the right thing
And leading a divine life."
(http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/sri-chinmoy-flower-flames/part91/25.html)

"No fame can buy
Any lasting happiness.
True happiness is in
Sleepless self-giving."

(http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/sri-chinmoy-aspiration-plants/part125/59.html)

"We all must exterminate
The doubt-mind-insects
If we really want
True happiness in our life."
(http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/no-unreachable-goal/4.html)

"The longer your mind refuses
To bow to your heart,
The further you are away
From true happiness."

(http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/sri-chinmoy-aspiration-plants/part205/12.html)

"Come out of your mind.
Let your heart love you
And claim you.
You will then feel
What true happiness is."
(http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/sri-chinmoy-aspiration-plants/part83/91.html)

"True happiness is achieved
Only when the body, vital,
mind and heart
Have completely surrendered
To the express will of the soul."

(http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/sri-chinmoy-aspiration-plants/part168/70.html)

"If you can see and feel your heart-river
Flowing into the vast sea,
You will have true inner happiness."
(http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/sri-chinmoy-service-trees/part15/103.html)

"We want happiness and we need happiness. In this life of ours there
are many things that we want but actually do not need. But when it is
a matter of happiness, we not only want it but we also need it. There
is no happiness in mere seeing. There is no happiness in mere
feeling. There is no happiness in mere achieving. Happiness can be
found only in our conscious surrender to God's Will."
(http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/salutation-australia/part2/13.html)

With love and oneness,
Jayita