The secret to achieve Happiness, Fulfillment and Achievement | According to Rumi

A man is always keep in search of Happiness, Fulfillment and Achievement and inner peace but how can one get it? are we searching it at right way? at right place?

Here I am going to embed 2 stories which goes something like this.. 

"One of the marvels of the world is the sight of a soul sitting in the prison with the key in its hand!" There's an old story from Greek mythology Wherein they say, when the Gods created humans, they were having a discussion among themselves.. 'Where should we put the secret of man's success, happiness and fulfillment?' So one of the Gods proposed that, we should keep it on the highest mountain! Man will never be able to get there and

therefore never find the secret of his success. And the other one said, no.   This man, this creature, this animal we've created is very resourceful. He'll get there!

Let's put it at the depths of the deepest ocean, so he can never find it. And this conversation went on.. And the third one said, let's put it on the moon and so on and so forth.. Until one God finally said.. 'Why don't we keep it somewhere, where he's least likely to look for it?' 'Why don't we keep a human beings'  secret of success, fulfillment and happiness and joy, in a place, where he's least likely to look for it?' 'Why don't we embed it deep in his layers of consciousness.

INSIDE HIM!' 

The problem though is that most of us are looking for the secret of our success, achievement, joy, fulfillment in the wrong place. OUTSIDE US! 

I'm quoting one more story here, an old Jack Canfield story.. Where a man is frantically searching for his lost car keys outside, outside his home, underneath the streetlight.. And his neighbor observes this and offers to help and he joins in.. About five minutes later, still no sign of the key, the neighbor couldn't help but asked the man.. "Are you sure you dropped your car keys somewhere around here?" To which the man replies, "No, I actually dropped them in my backyard, but the light is much better here. Therefore, I'm looking for them here!" And I think a lot of people are doing the same mistake, making the same mistake. We are looking for success, peace, contentment in the wrong places. There's a lot of research, which points out that even gaining huge material rewards like winning a lottery or something.. will have a diminishing effect on your happiness, which it's not gonna last very long. 'Is there a key to unlocking our inner greatness?' 'Is there a way of penetrating these layers of consciousness and unlocking the secret of our fulfillment and joy and happiness?' Well I think there is.. I think through greater self-awareness.. You cultivate a state of mind which leads you to self awakening.. Which is putting you in a position to get in touch within your inner power. But most of us are too afraid, too scared! 

I'm reminded of Marianne Williamson who said.. 'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is not our darkness but it is our light that we are most afraid of!' We ask ourselves, "Who Am I, Who Am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?" "Who are you not to be!"

You are a child of God! Your playing small does not serve the world. It's a beautiful quote by Marianne Williamson in her reflections on a Course in Miracles.

I leave you with two daily practices, that I use to cultivate a mindset, where, you are in a better position.. to unlock your inner core of success and fulfillment, joy! 

1. SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOURSELF. Shut down the mobile phone, switch off the Wi-Fi router. Spend time with yourself. You could meditate, good gaze at the stars, you could be doing gardening. By spending time with yourself is when, when the mind is quiet that's when your inner voice begins to talk to you. And meditation to me does not involve any chanting of mantras or any particular religious practice. To me meditation is just simply focusing on my breathing, and calming the mind and just being there present in that moment.

2. VISUALIZATION: I try to practice on a daily basis and I suggest you to do in order to cultivate greater self-awareness is to practice VISUALIZATION. Put some nice music on. I call it a 'Ideal Life Visualization'. And in that what I'm trying to do, I'm trying to visualize.. My ideal self.. What am I doing, for a living, how do I look like, every aspect of my life. If it were to me according to my dreams, what I really could achieve, what would it look like? What would it feel like? I spend time in this visualization, everyday, for a few minutes. And what it helps doing .. It gives me a clear mental picture. 'Once a mind can conceive it, the body can achieve it!'