Happiness is Union with God | SSSE Play @ 2024 SSSGC USA Region 2 Retreat 

SSSE Play @ 2024 SSSGC USA Region 2 Retreat
Today, in this Kaliyuga, everyone is after happiness. We are all eager to want good jobs, comfortable lives, vacations, newer models of cars and the list goes on. But there is no eagerness to pursue true happiness which is within us.
In looking at the external, we have neglected to look at the internal and we beg to answer the question, “Why can’t we just be happy?”.
If happiness is union with God, and we are not happy, it is because we do not have Union with God! And why do we not have Union with God? Because we have forgotten that our natural state is Bliss and because the three defects of the mind - which are Mala, Vikshepa, and Avarna - affect the reflection of our true nature.
Let's see how to "Have Union with God" and unlock the secret to "Eternal Happiness".
00:17 - How can we “Be Happy Always”?
01:42 - Why do we not have Union with God?
05:40 - What are Mala, Vikshepa and Avarana?
08:31 - Sage Bharadwaja prepares to perform the Savitr Yajna
13:39 - Sage Bharadwaja goes to invite Lord Shiva and Mother Parvathi to this Yajna
15:07 - Lord Shiva and Mother Parvathi are pleased with Sage Bharadwaja and bless him with a boon
18:55 - How to Steady the Mind
20:29 - The story of Jnandev and Namdev
25:21 - How to Cleanse the Mind
26:29 - A King seeks answers for three important questions
33:26 - How about the ignorance that hides our true Self?
34:46 - The way to get rid of the six vices
41:56 - The Secret to Eternal Happiness!
44:44 - Thank you, Swami