The Pursuit of Happiness

Happened to watch movie 'The Pursuit of Happiness' this weekend. Its worth watching. It's based on true story of 'Chris Gardner', the smart salesman and family man in San Francisco.
This movie reminded me of an age old saying "Struggle For Existence".

Points that were exposed :
-> Self-Confidence in hard-time, when world goes against you.
-> Art of Listening of the Child.

This movie blossomed a fact that Self-Confidence needs a support. It's human attitude. Support may not always be from a guide or an elder. Support may be from a child, who appears to knew nothing, a mere dependent. In movie, for Smith, his Son is his base. With this base, he could able to uphold his self confidence. Love transcends anything. Its the essence of life. It boosts one's confidence, even when the whole world turns against you.

Some of my friends said this movie shows that the pursuit of happiness lies in achieving what you dream. I feel there's thin line of misinterpretation that creeps in here. Happiness is not something you have to search for and achieve it. In reality, materialistic things, which you achieve will not stand with you forever. So i say, even if you find happiness through achievement, remember its transient.

By the above thought, i am being tempted to say that happiness should come from something which is not transient, which is omnipresent and omnipotent. I feel its nothing but your innerSELF.

Dear friend, try to be in touch with your Heart, you feel the real happiness.

Feelings

By touch of its Mother, child recognizes her and calms down, feeling safety in her warmth .Science calls it as touch therapy. Strange is the technology, child uses to recognize its Mother. Feelings may be that technology. But strangely, child itself, forgets this technology as it grows up gradually.

I feel the only way to re-master it is to develop sensitivity. Sensitivity develops only through Meditation. Last week when i went to home, fortunately i experienced this feeling. I am sure that i can't pen down these feelings exactly, as i felt. However, i can pen down the circumstances which led me to experience that feeling.

Its long back, I travelled with my parents. Last week, I got that opportunity. Autorickshaw, which we took up was crowdy. My Mother sat in the front row. Just infront of the place where she sat, my father sat. There's no place to sit. My father adjusted himself to give some space for me to sit. I sat down instantly. He placed his hand on my shoulder to support me. I felt some strange feeling, at that instant but forgotten instantly, as we talked on some matter. As we stepped out of autorickshaw, i was able to feel the state in which i was, a few moments ago. This incident may be funnny to the reader, but for me, its one of the belssed moments in my life and i consider it as precious as a pearl.

I experienced the same feeling when i sat beside a new born baby, whan i was with my Guru. Such Feelings can be developed only through Love. If we see old couple, we will be amazed to see them talking to each other, not verbally, but through their feelings. For example, i can narrate an incident, which i came across. Once, relatives came to my house. My grandfather was talking with them. Its around 2 pm. My Grandmother came out to greet them. Just by a look, my grandfather could send a message. Strangely, my grand mother could decode the message and she went to prepare lunch for them. Not only this, my Grand Mother has this intuitive capacity to understand almost, every thought of my Grand Father.

Dear Friend, Feelings are precious because they evolve from Heart. Heart is the seat of divinity.Try to be in touch with Your Heart.

Education

Why should we be educated?

What is the purpose of education?

Pose this question to any school goin kid, answer would be to become an engineer, doctor or any other profession, according to the environment from which he comes. We may not be surprised to hear that its to earn money.

Is this answer correct ? What's the reality ?

I feel, education should be a training ground to prepare oneself to lead a honest life. We used to have Moral Science as a compulsory subject, in which human values such as Honesty, Faith, Surrender, Truth, Obedience,Discipline,Trust,Sanctity,Morality, Ethics, CommonSense were taught beautifully in the form of short stories. Teachers used to imbibe these values into the young minds in a smooth manner. I say, this is value-based education. This is very imporatant in addition to technology and science. Science and Technology without values is very dangerous and harmful to society.

Childrens should be inspired to Master in the subject he takes up. He should not be forced to achieve first rank in class. This is a false impression of Competition. This imbibes jealousy among young minds. Instead of concentrating on the subject, they concentrate on how to defeat his co-friend. This attitude, i feel is not an healthy sign.

I love to hear from a child that the purpose of education is to Master myself. This is the exact meaning when Swami Vivekananda say - 'Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man'.