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UHV II Lecture 3 - Happiness and Prosperity v4

The document discusses the basic human aspirations of happiness, prosperity, and their continuity. It defines happiness as a state of harmony and prosperity as having more than what is required. Ensuring continuity of happiness and prosperity would fulfill all desires. The document proposes understanding harmony at all levels - as an individual, family, society, and nature - through verifying proposals based on natural acceptance and experiential living accordingly. This would facilitate right understanding and feeling. Frequently asked questions address how happiness can be universal and whether pursuing one's own happiness makes everyone selfish. A question is also asked about whether discussions on right utilization and nurturing others versus accumulation and exploitation can ever resolve the issue of prosperity.

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UHV II Lecture 3 - Happiness and Prosperity v4

The document discusses the basic human aspirations of happiness, prosperity, and their continuity. It defines happiness as a state of harmony and prosperity as having more than what is required. Ensuring continuity of happiness and prosperity would fulfill all desires. The document proposes understanding harmony at all levels - as an individual, family, society, and nature - through verifying proposals based on natural acceptance and experiential living accordingly. This would facilitate right understanding and feeling. Frequently asked questions address how happiness can be universal and whether pursuing one's own happiness makes everyone selfish. A question is also asked about whether discussions on right utilization and nurturing others versus accumulation and exploitation can ever resolve the issue of prosperity.

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Lecture 3

Continuous Happiness and


Prosperity – the Basic Human
Aspirations
Content of Self-exploration
Desire-
1. Happiness
2. Prosperity
3. The continuity of Happiness and Prosperity

Let us find out:


1. Do we desire for Happiness?
2. Do we desire for Prosperity?
3. Do we desire for the continuity of both (happiness & prosperity)?
4. If continuity of happiness and prosperity is ensured then what else would you desire?

Our desires are not unlimited or indefinite


Our basic aspiration is for happiness, prosperity and its continuity

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Happiness Unhappiness
The state or situation, in which I live, The state or situation, in which I live,

if there is harmony / synergy in it, if there is disharmony / contradiction in it,

then it is Naturally Acceptable to me to be in then it is not Naturally Acceptable to me to be


that state / situation in that state / situation
(and I want to continue to be in that state / situation) T(and I want to get out from that state / situation)o be
To be in a state / situation which is Naturally forced to be in a state / situation which is not
Acceptable is Happiness Naturally Acceptable is Unhappiness

To be in a state of Harmony / Synergy is To be forced to be in a state of Disharmony /


Happiness Contradiction is Unhappiness

Happiness = To be in Harmony Unhappiness = Disharmony

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Happiness Continuity of Happiness
The state or situation, in which I live, State / Situation in which I live
or expanse of my being:
if there is harmony / synergy in it, 1. As an Individual Human Being
2. As a member of a Family
then it is Naturally Acceptable to me to be in 3. As a member of Society
that state / situation 4. As an unit in Nature/Existence
(and I want to continue to be in that state / situation)
To be in a state / situation which is Naturally
Acceptable is Happiness Continuity of Happiness
= Harmony at all levels of being i.e.
To be in a state of Harmony / Synergy is 1. Harmony in the Human Being
Happiness 2. Harmony in the Family
3. Harmony in the Society
Happiness = To be in Harmony 4. Harmony in Nature/Existence

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Our Program
To facilitate understanding of the harmony at all levels of being
1. Harmony in the Human Being
2. Harmony in the Family Proposals
3. Harmony in the Society
4. Harmony in Nature/Existence

To understand & to live in harmony at all levels of being


1. In the Human Being 1a) Verify the proposals
on the basis of your
2. In the Family NATURAL ACCEPTANCE
3. In the Society
2b) Experiential validation
4. In Nature/Existence
by LIVING
ACCORDINGLY
Right Understanding
Right Feeling
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Prosperity (le`f))
Prosperity – The feeling of having / producing more than required Physical Facility

le`f) & vko”;d lqfo/kk ls vf/kd dh miyfC/k@ mRiknu dk Hkko

A prosperous person thinks of right utilisation, nurturing the other


“ deprived “ “ “ accumulation, exploiting “ “

le`) O;fDr lnqi;ksx dk] nwljs dk iks"k.k djus dk lksprk gS


nfjnz “ laxzg “ “ “ “kks"k.k “ “ “ “

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FAQs for Lecture 3
Continuous Happiness and Prosperity – the Basic Human Aspirations
Questions
• How can meaning of happiness be universal?
Or how can happiness be the same for everyone?

• Everyone in this world is working for one’s own happiness. So is it not right to say that
everyone is selfish in this world?

 Such discussions on prosperity have been there for ages, still people are accumulating
and exploiting. Can it ever be resolved?

• ...

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Quiz
Self Reflection

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