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A Guide to Achieving Inner-Bliss
Inside the heart of every person is a desire to reach that ultimate state of inner-happiness. In a quest to achieve the euphoric state of happiness, the 7 Ancient Keys to Happiness have been uncovered. These ancient keys have been used for thousands of years by all different people around the world. For the first time, ’7 Ancient Keys to Happiness’ has collated all 7 of these keys into one succinct, practical, do-it-yourself guide to happiness. Ancient wisdom tells of a story about an old man on an ark with lots of animals, who was saved from a big flood. – even societies that were not influenced by Judaic-Christian-Muslim beliefs have archaic versions of this tale as a part of their folklore. However, did you know that according to ancient tradition, after the flood Noah was given 7 Commandments? (No, NOT the 10 Commandments – that happened much later!) These commandments were given for the benefit of mankind to help establish a new world order of contentment and bliss and they became the world-wide recipe and the basis for the 7 Ancient Keys to Happiness. In every single culture, continent and society, some of these keys are found in one form or another, which is proof of their timeless wisdom. Using these 7 Ancient Keys to Happiness we are going to be guided through an exciting, pre-tested and successful path to bliss. So get ready to open your mind to a different and ancient reality and join us on this mystical path to the City of Happiness. It’s time to LIVE A LIFE YOU LOVE & LOVE THE LIFE YOU LIVE. Imagine winning 1 billion dollars, an Olympic gold medal, being elected President, becoming famous, admired and loved by everybody – all on one day. Take all that pleasure you would feel and multiply it by every day of your life. When you master the keys to happiness, you will be able to experience this level of pleasure – AND MORE every day. A great gift for yourself, troubled-teens or anyone searching for a great life.
Nirvana – Mindful Verses for Inner Bliss
In his short book Nirvana, psychiatrist Dr Samir Parag Heble uses a novel approach – namely poetry – to give us a lesson in the ancient Buddhist discipline of mindfulness, which is the ability to fully embrace the present moment unconditionally and non-judgmentally. His intent in doing so is clear. Each poem in itself is a brief medication, using simple poetic language and images to give a taste of the blissful emotional state the practice of mindfulness is meant to help us achieve.
Dr Heble is extremely brave in using poetry for this purpose, as the good poet always reveals something of himself or herself in their poems. In Nirvana, Dr Heble is no exception. The tone of the poems is intensely personal, as he relates his own experience of meditation, the joys of nature and children, friendship, love, regret and death.
Nirvana is unique in another respect, in that a French and English version is presented of each poem. With an undergraduate degree in French literature, I feel really privileged to be able to enjoy them in both languages.
My two favorite poems are “The Breath of Life” and “A Dance with the Senses.” The language of the first is elegantly simple but full of rich images that contrast the playfulness, simplicity and purity of the mindful state with the cluttered, “tainted” brain that makes real happiness elusive. The second describes a walk in the woods with the senses wide open and is full of rich images.
I would highly recommend this book for anyone who is having difficulty learning to meditate (or disciplining themselves to do it daily) or practicing mindfulness as part of psychotherapy. The simple but sensory rich perspective each poem offers on the human condition makes each one an ideal starting point for meditation.
Inner Bliss
For life is meaningless it seems,
For she is dead, the beautiful
Death, that lives in his heart
And dreams.
She has killed him before,
But not like this,
Not in love, and not in kiss,
And then she leaves like
Yesterdays sun, morning dew, and love.
One fleeting kiss is given today,
To seal his fate of love,
For an eternity he lives,
But today he dies,
To live his life in misery.
Like all people do on Earth,
But for him, it seems impossible,
For he has done nothing wrong,
Like all people do he has lusted,
And thought about what he has done,
To deserve this pain called love.
I am telling you this today,
For he cannot,
The Devil is waiting,
As he always is,
For her to come back,
And lust again, like they once did, so very long ago.
Her name was Death, his was Devil,
A perfect match in Hell,
But then she killed him,
Now all that remains,
Besides a single kiss,
That ended it all,
Is a little thing that,
She calls
INNER BLISS
By Perrin
The Inner Vision
MOST sweet it is with unuplifted eyes
To pace the ground, if path there be or none,
While a fair region round the traveller lies
Which he forbears again to look upon;
Pleased rather with some soft ideal scene, 5
The work of fancy, or some happy tone
Of meditation, slipping in between
The beauty coming and the beauty gone.
If Thought and Love desert us, from that day
Let us break off all commerce with the Muse: 10
With Thought and Love companions of our way,—
Whate’er the senses take or may refuse,—
The mind’s internal Heaven shall shed her dews
Of inspiration on the humblest lay.
William Wordsworth (1770–1850)