LESSON #3: GENUINE HAPPINESS = WHAT YOU BRING TO THE WORLD



LESSON #3: GENUINE HAPPINESS = WHAT YOU BRING TO THE WORLD





Early this morning on the way to the airport, I espied this familiar resplendent visage on posters around my home. Yes, it was lovely to see the smile of ‘Ramamurthy Mama.’

One of major insights from the five week ‘Cultivating Emotional Balance’ teacher training program that I completed earlier this year was that authentic sustained happiness comes from what we bring to the world rather than what we take from it. It is in cultivating this sense of ‘being’ that we find sustained bliss and flourishing.

Ramamurthy Mama epitomized this sense of being. His presence enlivened all those around him and his open laughter and warmth continue to resound two years to the date today from when he moved on. He truly ‘brought’ to the world rather than looking to ‘take.’

I got to know him over five years in Mumbai. I wish I had taken the time to spend more time with him (and his neighbour Bharath Uncle). They both simply made us feel lighter by just being around them. 

What could be a better testimony that his driver puts up these posters as a mark of his genuine affection for Ramamurthy Mama?

On my flight this morning, as I thought about this beautiful soul, this poem by another wise one, came to me.

I can see him smiling and waving to us!

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