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Enemies of Happiness 6

Friends, I hope you must have reflected on the two Enemies of Happiness that originate and grow in the mind. After Anger and Fear, I proposed to talk about Jealousy in this post. Jealousy: Jealousy is quite common in our competitive world. It’s important to recognize the reason for the jealousy. You must also identify how much time and attention it takes you to contemplate on this daemon. Jealousy can be really debilitating. It doesn’t allow you to reach your goals. Once you admit to yourself that this ugly dragon keeps creating problems in your mind, you must seek corrective measures.   Some suggestions: 1. Reflect on your achievements. Count your blessings. And then try to achieve more. When you are busy in making and implementing your plan to achieve your goals you will not have time to waste with this malady.          2. You must accept yourself as you are. Assess your strengths. Try to leverage these strengths for your achievements. Meanwhile you mus

Enemies of Happiness

In my last posting I had mention that as a 1 st step we must identify enemies of our Happiness. These are broadly speaking of two types. Enemies of happiness residing within ourselves. Enemies outside. These could be people; this could be a tasks which you don’t like or environment. In today’s posting I like to tell you about enemies of Happiness which are within are our own selves. I have listed eight. There could be more. Based on these 8 you can prepare your own list. Because Happiness is of prime importance to all of us, we must apply our mind deeply to correct the situation. Following is the list of enemies of Happiness residing in our own Body and Soul. Anger                      5. Attachment       Fear                        6. Hesitation Jealousy                 7. Procrastination Indecision               8. Greed Today I will talk about 1 st four i.e. Anger, Fear, Jealousy and Indecision.         My personal experience and those of my