Your True Nature is Happiness
Your True Nature is Happiness

10 July 2020 (with subtitles)
10 July 2020 (with subtitles)

People all over the world, they look for this thing,
People all over the world, they look for this thing,

searching for happiness.
searching for happiness.

But often, you're looking for happiness
But often, you're looking for happiness

in things you do and who you meet,
in things you do and who you meet,

and maybe who you'll marry, or getting a good job,
and maybe who you'll marry, or getting a good job,

believing that these things will bring you happiness.
believing that these things will bring you happiness.

But we have discovered a happiness without even trying.
But we have discovered a happiness without even trying.

We're not working at trying to be happy.
We're not working at trying to be happy.

There's a happiness which comes from inside you,
There's a happiness which comes from inside you,

which is the happiness that comes with not living in the ego-mind state,
which is the happiness that comes with not living in the ego-mind state,

but in your heart.
but in your heart.

And that happiness, it doesn't really go away.
And that happiness, it doesn't really go away.

And it's not a practice of happiness.
And it's not a practice of happiness.

You can practice other things.
You can practice other things.

You can practice meditation, you can practice Vipassana.
You can practice meditation, you can practice Vipassana.

You can practice many things.
You can practice many things.

But the real happiness is natural.
But the real happiness is natural.

It's like the natural perfume of who you are,
It's like the natural perfume of who you are,

of your beingness.
of your beingness.

And it just felt like this.
And it just felt like this.

I was just sitting here looking at those plants,
I was just sitting here looking at those plants,

and that butterfly is landing on the plants and just moving around.
and that butterfly is landing on the plants and just moving around.

Everything is moving in their own dynamics, in their own spontaneous way.
Everything is moving in their own dynamics, in their own spontaneous way.

I feel that in Monte Sahaja,
I feel that in Monte Sahaja,

although we have our jobs to do and things to do,
although we have our jobs to do and things to do,

it seems to unfold
it seems to unfold

in a natural sort of field of happiness that pervades the environment.
in a natural sort of field of happiness that pervades the environment.

But it begins inside the heart of each one,
But it begins inside the heart of each one,

who has come to find that the less there is of a person,
who has come to find that the less there is of a person,

the more there is of just the presence.
the more there is of just the presence.

And this presence is very natural. It's not a hasty thing.
And this presence is very natural. It's not a hasty thing.

It's not practicing for something.
It's not practicing for something.

It's already there.
It's already there.

It's funny that we spend a lot of our life
It's funny that we spend a lot of our life

in activity to try to find something that won't stay with us.
in activity to try to find something that won't stay with us.

It will always go.
It will always go.

But there are some who search for that which they don't have to create.
But there are some who search for that which they don't have to create.

They don't have to improve it.
They don't have to improve it.

They only have to discover it and bring their attention to it.
They only have to discover it and bring their attention to it.

If you love something, you don't have to practice to attend to it.
If you love something, you don't have to practice to attend to it.

You naturally want to attend to it.
You naturally want to attend to it.

And the happiness just flows from knowing and being your Self.
And the happiness just flows from knowing and being your Self.

I just want to remind people that it's a natural thing,
I just want to remind people that it's a natural thing,

and that it's possible to be truly happy
and that it's possible to be truly happy

without it being some performance,
without it being some performance,

or some kind of struggle to be happy.
or some kind of struggle to be happy.

I find that too much struggle to be happy,
I find that too much struggle to be happy,

trying too hard to be happy is quite a sad thing, actually.
trying too hard to be happy is quite a sad thing, actually.

Because you've missed the fact that we are naturally happy.
Because you've missed the fact that we are naturally happy.

Our own mental processes and believing in them,
Our own mental processes and believing in them,

and identifying too much personally,
and identifying too much personally,

bring in the sense of unhappiness which hides our natural happiness.
bring in the sense of unhappiness which hides our natural happiness.

That's it.
That's it.

Now I see the bee and the flies,
Now I see the bee and the flies,

they seem to love this flower outside.
they seem to love this flower outside.

I'm looking at them and I just feel,
I'm looking at them and I just feel,

they're not thinking about anything. I don't feel like that.
they're not thinking about anything. I don't feel like that.

They are so spontaneous in their actions,
They are so spontaneous in their actions,

so, so,
so, so,

so natural, so ...
so natural, so ...

As life is, in fact.
As life is, in fact.

The plants they're landing on are not trying to host them.
The plants they're landing on are not trying to host them.

It's just there. Everything is just in its right place.
It's just there. Everything is just in its right place.

And the river of the energy of life,
And the river of the energy of life,

just flows between and in all things.
just flows between and in all things.

The more human beings become aware of their own natural inner being
The more human beings become aware of their own natural inner being

and the flow of the life force doing it's thing,
and the flow of the life force doing it's thing,

without identifying personally with it,
without identifying personally with it,

the more we will discover that natural happiness that
the more we will discover that natural happiness that

is the natural perfume of all of life, in fact.
is the natural perfume of all of life, in fact.

So, something which is so inherent in us
So, something which is so inherent in us

has become kind of an ideal, sort of a goal to reach.
has become kind of an ideal, sort of a goal to reach.

To reach that goal, you don't have to travel.
To reach that goal, you don't have to travel.

You only have to see through the unreal.
You only have to see through the unreal.

When the unreal, which is always unstable,
When the unreal, which is always unstable,

is seen for itself,
is seen for itself,

and from a place which is not identified with it,
and from a place which is not identified with it,

you don't have to look for the real anymore,
you don't have to look for the real anymore,

because it's seen in the presence of the real.
because it's seen in the presence of the real.

That's it. That's all I want to share while I'm sitting here.
That's it. That's all I want to share while I'm sitting here.

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