How to Be Happy Always

Swami Satchidananda is my yogi Marsha's teacher. He is funny, insightful, and wise beyond measure.

I invite you to hear and listen, reflect and relate, and finally relax and enjoy !

Love as a nothing in return concept is foreign to many of us. We often look upon that kind of love with much suspicion. we ask, what's the catch what are the strings attached?

What are the expectations we sometimes attach to our love or our acts of kindness and service. Do we expect recognition and/or acknowledgement. Swami even makes us re-think the whole notions of sending a thank you card, which is thought to be good etiquette in our society. Is the notion of thank you note, indication that we operate in this society with expectations - we get something in return for our giving. I don't know about you but I will never look at a "Thank You" note the same again.

Can love ever be given freely? I think it can. It is in those acts of self-lessness that we get in touch with the true essence of who we really are , the embodiment of the Divine. The natural outcome of that awareness is happiness.