Be Happy… Always

The basic principle of the human heart is to always “be happy.” The human heart is the spiritual center of each human being. “Being happy” is the basic principle that carries the weight and structures around and above all the other necessary principles in order to conduct a peaceful and content life. “Being happy” is the complete joy that one experiences in being fully content with the true nature of his soul (atma or Self).
Each principle comprises of a different combination of human values. For example within the principle to help all are the human values of compassion, selflessness, patience, and courage. In each of these human values is the basic feeling (or bhava) of pure unconditional love. It is this pure unconditional love that streams from the heart (or the spiritual center) of the human being and one translates this love into an act of love that becomes a human value. For example one feels a strong bond of love between himself and his mother. This love then expresses itself and becomes respect. Within this respect for the mother is a stream of love that contains gratitude, faith, and loyalty.  The respect for the mother is the act of love and the gratitude, faith, and loyalty that is contained in the respect is the different proportions of human values. Both of these together form the principle of motherhood. Within this principle lie the respect of the child and the selfless giving of love of the mother.
The basic principle of being happy is the foundation and the solid ground for all principles to be laid around and layered above it. Self-discipline is when one remains rooted to this basic principle. The self-disciplined noble soul conducts his life from this very base principle and climbs slowly to the principles that remain structured around it. Little by little he stretches and reaches the treasures of goodness and Godliness that streams from his spiritual heart. Such a man in the world is called as “a man of exemplary character.” He inspires all who forget the basic principle of their center that is “to always be happy.”
There is no human being who comes without the connection to his spiritual center. Even the one who appears “lost” is trying to connect his mind back to his spiritual center. He too abhors the complexity of his mind and wishes to return to the basic principle of simply being happy. The one who conducts himself aware of this principle always finds wisdom to deal with his life moment to moment.
God has given to each one of us the insight to use the pure and unconditional love that He has placed in our spiritual hearts. When one gets attached to this truth of being happy he is able to use his intellect and through it express this love in his thought, word, and action. When one is content in this basic principle of being happy one is able to witness this entire universe in the light of this Divine love. Seeing the universe as God itself gives one a complete peace. It fills one with a wave of fulfillment. It carries one to the state of spiritual expansiveness.
The pure unconditional love is a bond between the soul (atma) and the spiritual center (heart). This bond in each one is inexhaustible and indestructible.
However the trouble lies when one sees oneself always distant from his inner happiness. When one finds the need to attain and acquire happiness one loses temporarily the vision of this bond between pure love and being happy. One begins to desire happiness and wishes to give the least love necessary in order to receive peace. That itself is the pressure under which one loses his Self only to acquire his short-term ambition. Such a life ultimately leads to frustration. One is frustrated not because he has nothing but because he feels empty within his own Self.
One has to go back to fill this emptiness by going back to the basic principle of always being happy. Our beloved Lord Bhagwan Shri Sathya Sai Baba always reminded us to return to this basic principle… “Be happy… Be happy always… Be happy no matter what… Be happy for the sake of love… Be happy to be your Self…”
Heaven lies in the heart of the good, the peaceful, the good-charactered, and in the one who is ever strong to be joyful…… See the heaven that is in your spiritual core… Bring to this world its Divine treasures… Be happy… Being simple is being happy by simply being the Self… The Self that you are and always will be!