The Law of Beliefs

Excerpts from ‘7 Divine Laws To Awaken Your Best Self’ by Swami Mukundananda

The Law of Beliefs – The trajectory of our life is determined by the beliefs we hold in our intellect.

We think we walk by sight, but factually, the course of our life gets determined by our beliefs.

The way to develop good beliefs, or shraddha, is to associate with the scriptures and the guru.

Ultimately, we all want happiness, and if we seem to want anything else, it is because we believe it will bring us happiness.

Though our goal is the same, we differ in our ways to attain it. This leads to the variety we see in the world.

In striving for happiness anywhere, there are three stages – before getting the object, after we have it, and when it is separated from us. Each of these stages is associated with distress.

The Vedas inform us that the various levels of material happiness look to be one higher than the previous. But when we reach the next level, we soon become discontented and wish to go to the subsequent level.

It is better to not get your feet dirty in the first place than asking for water to cleanse them. Similarly, we make desires for happiness, but these very desires become the cause of our unhappiness. We would be better off without creating them.

We make desires because we want joy. But the very same desires become the cause of our misery. And the goal of happiness remains as distant as before.

We are searching for happiness in the wrong place. If we look for something where it is not present, our chances of finding it will always be zero.

The reservoir of infinite bliss resides in us, yet we look for it in external objects.

The Vedas prescribe that the purer we become, the closer we get to God. This means that the path to true happiness is to become a better person. Plain and simple answer.

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