Everybody wants to possess more money than the other person and when he has it, he is not satisfied, because he finds there is still someone else who has more than he has.  People live in a bedlam of misery created by their own desires.  An average American has much more than an average European or Indian or an average citizen in any other land. But still he is not happy.  He is besieged with anxieties and worries. So learn to be satisfied with what you get without twisting, or torturing and perverting your mind and without sacrificing your physical health and moral integrity.

          Everyone can accept the idea that the purpose of life is to seek happiness.  This happiness is nothing but the feeling that comes by constantly experiencing the presence of God, He is the only divine Joy, Sachchidananda that would never go away from your soul. So try to achieve that happiness.

          The forces of Nature constantly offer you material pleasures, but such transitory satisfaction ends only in sorrow and bitterness.  Even the most favoured person, who appears to have everything may not still be happy.  One will never be satisfied for long with earthly things, as the whole world has plunged into chaos through greed, materialistic ambition, and cut-throat competition.

          The more you exert in the external world, as an extrovert, the less you will know about the glory of the enticing form of God, Who is the dweller in every soul. The more you practise introversion, the less difficulties you would have.  Life around you keeps you more or less engrossed in earthly things.  It never allows you scope to think about the deeper realities and the real meaning of life.  The best way to be happy constantly, is to be in tune with the Form (Murti) of Shree Swaminarayan Bhagwan.  Your paramount desire should be the realization of God Supreme.

          It is impossible to deceive God because He is sitting right within your soul.  He knows what you are thinking and desiring.  If you are truly detached from the earthly things and seeking inner communion with God, He will definitely come to you.  But at the same time you must be sincerely aware that you want Him; nothing else.  Once that desire for Him is firmly rooted in your heart, He must come.

          One must make sincere efforts to please god.  Use your hands to pray in adoration before the Form of God, your feet to seek Him everywhere (i.e. visit the holy places with reverence), your mind to remember Him as Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient.

          Happiness comes by feeling that you are one with God, through absolute devotion.  Keep your mind engaged in remembering the divine glory and the Divine Leela (sportings) of God as much as you can.  If you keep your self in tune with Him, you will feel eternal peace and joy.  You will be engulfed in the ocean of bliss and peace.

Above all, develop the will to seek God, no matter what obstacles you encounter.  Then only you will be victorious in life.  This is the journey from SELF TO SUPREME.