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Mind at Rest is a Temple of Joy!: Thinking About It

2,862 views · Published 7 December 2017 · 2:32 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: ChinmayaChannel · 2017 · Education

Remember the last time you badly wanted something? Remember how its thought simply never went away from your mind? Remember the ultimate joy you experienced after you finally got that thing?
► The happiness you felt was not from the object you got. It was actually from the stillness of mind that you faced when your desire was fulfilled. Swamini Supriyananda explains that every thought is like a ripple in water, and when we have numerous same thoughts, they all add up to almost become like a storm. These thoughts are always of the same nature, start with "I want", "I wish", or "If only" and cause so much restlessness that our mind is not able to feel any peace. But the minute our desire is fulfilled, in that moment, the mind becomes completely quiet. And so that perfect reflection of joy we felt was not from our fulfilled desire, but actually from the stillness of our mind. Therefore, Pujya Gurudev, Swami Chinmayananda, illustrated that a "Mind at rest is a temple of joy". Comprehend this, and you will realise that to experience happiness, all you need to do is still the mind. 
►Nothing outside needs to change, because it's there all along... inside.

Mind at Rest is a Temple of Joy!: Thinking About It

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