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The German philosopher Schopenhauer asked the question, "How can we determine whether a man is happy or unhappy?" He defined true happiness as the complete satisfaction of all desires.


Number of desires fulfilled
Total number of desires


In this desireless state, we don't expect anything.When we don't expect anything, we don't play games with ourselves and others. We don't manipulate others because we don't expect anything from anyone.

How do we destroy our inner condition and our humanness?


Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur spoke about, "More and more of less and less." What is he talking about?

He is talking of desires: more and more of less and less desires. When you look at it in a mathematical way, you see so much wisdom in that simple statement. If you want to have infinite happiness, infinite bliss, then minimise your desires, from more and more to less and less and finally to zero! Make peace with yourself. "My Lord, whatever you have given me and you continue giving me in the future, I am happy." Does that mean you should not have an iPhone? You think about it.

Kamlesh D. Patel

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