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Happiness: Another Name for Contentment

have achieved, then you are bound to live in a state of
unhappiness.
Studies show that there are two levels of achievement:
one based on need and the second on greed. As far as
need is concerned, very few are in a truly deprived state
in this world. But, the pursuit of greed has no limit. No
amount of achievement can satisfy one’s greed. It is this
streak in man’s nature that makes him unhappy.

In this matter, everyone should be very practical.
All must differentiate between the achievable and the
unachievable. The meeting of needs is achievable for
most people, but the satisfaction of greed is hardly
achievable for all and sundry, even for the wealthy and
the politically powerful.
Although the number of things about which one
feels greedy is finite, there is no end to greed itself and
the attempt to satiate one’s greed is an unending quest.
Man demands are unlimited. This is part of his nature.
But the world in which he lives is a limited one, and is
very seldom geared up to meet his demands. It is this
difference that leads to that unenviable state called
unhappiness.

Both happiness and unhappiness are states of mind.
If you acknowledge this fact, you will easily be able to
keep your ambitions in check and will instantly achieve
happiness. Happiness is an internal phenomenon, it is
not an external achievement.
Acharya Rajneesh was an Indian mystic guru. He
wrote a book called, Kundalini Andar Base. This title is
based on a story of the musk deer. When it smells the

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