Presented by Vedic Oasis for Inspiration Culture and Education ( VOICE, PUNE)

Presented by

Vedic Oasis for Inspiration Culture and Education

( VOICE, PUNE)

Vedic Oasis for Inspiration Culture and Education, Pune

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Topics

Defining happiness The ESCAPE Formula

The E Factor The S Factor The C Factor The A Factor The P Factor The E Factor

How are your "PIES"?


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What is Happiness?Happiness is the state of mind and the state of being

Happiness is NOT the physical acquisitons or the social prestige.


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Measuring Happiness

Mathematically, Happiness = Resources (R) / Desires (D)

Abhyuday

a

Nihshreya

s

"Don't kill desires,

cure

them !"


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Measuring Happiness


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The ESCAPE Formula

Give up unreasonable ExpectaionsFollow right definition of SuccessGive up unhealthy Comparisons

Appreciate & Accept what GOD has givenBe Principled

Endure difficulties with Faith


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The E Factor

Give up unreasonable Expectaions


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The E Factor - Hotel vs Hospital

Unreasonable

Expectation:

HOTEL vs HOSPITAL


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The E Factor - I'am the Controller

Unreasonable

Expectation:

I AM THE CONTROLLER


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The E Factor - Expectations

.

NOT MET?

MET?


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The S Factor

Give up unreasonable ExpectaionsFollow right definition of Success


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The S Factor - Sprint vs Marathon

Wrong Deifinition of Success:

100 m sprint vs

100 km marathon

Life goes on

Th

e lesson

I'v

e

learn

t

in th

ree w

ord

s

can be summarizedLIFE is a

PROCESS

not a PRODUCT


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The S Factor - Give Your Best

Right Definition of Success:

Not only in getting the Best , but also in giving the BestWhy you

asked me to do

something which I can‘t?

What‘s the use of

pushing if you can‘t

move?What did I ask?

To push it... When did I

ask you to move it?

Look at your

musceles!!!


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The S Factor - External vs Internal

Right Deifinition of Success:

EXTERNAL or INTERNAL


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The C Factor



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The C Factor - Fern vs Bamboo

Give up unhealthy Comparisons

FERN vs BAMBOO

Fern

BambooH

eig

ht

Time


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The C Factor - Everybody is Unique

Compare with

yourself and

take

inspirations

from others

Everybody is unique in his thoughts, behavior, personalities & nature

Give up unhealthy Comparisons


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The A Factor


Appreciate & Accept what GOD has given


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The A Factor - Thank GOD

Appreciate GOD's blessings

If your basic needs are covered, you are richer than 75% of the rest of the worldIf you have some savings, you are part of 10% of the most prosperous people in the world.

If you woke up today with no pain, you are luckier than most people


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Appreciate GOD's blessingsIf you have never known

the dangers of war, loneliness of prison, you are better off than 500 million people of the world.

If you saw you parents grow old together, you are almost unique

If you smile and appreciate life, you are lucky, because lots of people can, but they don’t


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Appreciate GOD's blessingsIf you have

someone whose hand you can hold, or you can hug, or even just a shoulder to touch, be happy - you will never be lonelyIf you

can read this, you are blessed.

Because more than two million people on this world cannot read. They don’t have their eyes


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The A Factor - Greatful / Great Fool

Appreciate GOD's blessings:If you are not greatful,

then you are a GREAT FOOL ! ! !


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The A Factor - Advertising Industry

Appreciate GOD's blessings:Ungratefulness is created by

the Advertising Industry

Their aim is to create

the needs and let

people feel that they

lack their products


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The A Factor - Advertising Industry

Appreciate GOD's blessings:Ungratefulness is created by

the Advertising Industry

Have you ever seen an

advertisement for the

basic needs like air,

water, chapatti, rice,

vegetables etc?


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The P Factor




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The P Factor - The Horse Story

Be Princlipled:Don't try to satisfy

everyone !


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The P Factor - It's bet'n you & GOD

Be Princlipled:It's NOT between you and

them, it's between YOU and the

GOD!If you are kind,

people may accuse

you of selfishness

and ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.


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GOD!If you are

successful, you

will win some

false friends and

some true.

Succeed anyway.Succeed anyway.


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If you are honest and frank,

people may call you naive, or

may cheat you.Be Honest and Frank anyway.

We are looking for somebody who thinks big on a small salary.



GOD!


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What you sepnd years

building, someone could

destroy overnight.Build anyway.



GOD!


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If you find some serenity and

happiness, they may be

jealous.

Be Happy anyway.



GOD!


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The GOOD you do today,

people will forget tomorrow.Do GOOD anyway.



GOD!


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Give the world the best you

have, and it may never be

enough.

Give the world the best you have anyway.



GOD!


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The P Factor - Don't Forget to Live

Be Princlipled:Don't forget to

LIVE!

BODY

HW

SOUL

USER

MIND

SW


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The P Factor - Viruses of the Soul

Be Princlipled:The Viruses of SOUL!

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The P Factor - How Viruses increase

Be Princlipled:How these Viruses increase?

INTOXICATIONWhen we get intoxicated – by drugs or by liquor - then

we lose track of reality. And then we indulge in self destructive activities.


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GAMBLING

With the hope of getting quick money, we get addicted and we end up losing more money than what we get.



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ILLICIT SEX



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MEAT EATINGThose who sow the seeds of pain and hate cannot expect to reap the fruits of love and joy. As long as we slaughter animals, we will be slaughtered in the war fields.

I feel that purely from the physical affect on human temperament, the humanity will be much better of by shifting to vegetarian diet



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The E Factor



Endure difficulties with Faith


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The E Factor - Which Circle

Endure Difficulties through faithO God, please give me the

strength to change the things that

I can change, the endurance to

accept the things that I cannot,

and the wisdom to know the

difference.


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The E Factor - The CAKE Recipe

Endure Difficulties through faith

GOD's plan may be likeThe CAKE Recipe

Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them !


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How are your PIES?

Physical Quotient - Prasad

Intelligence Quotient - Svadhyaya

Emotional Quotient - Satsang

Spiritual Quotient - Sadhna


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PQ - Prasad

It's not just the small morsel of sweet handed out after religious rituals,It's the MERCY of the

LORD.


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IQ - Svadhyaya

Real intelligence is not just

the ability to process

information.Intelligence is the ability to discriminate between the short- term and the long-term, the material and the spiritual and the harmful and the beneficial.


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EQ - Satsang

Real satsang is the association of those who have sadachara.

The ability to responsibly manage our own emotions and maturely respond to the emotions of others comes by observing and imbibing the example of selfless saints


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SQ - Sadhna

Our daily spiritual discipline, sadhana, rejuvenates us through contact with God and helps us stay focused on our life's goals - spiritual and material

The easiest and most effective sadhana in the

current cosmic age is chanting of the holy

names of God


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ABC for Inner Happiness

Association of Spiritualists

Book Reading

Chanting Maha-Mantra


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A - Association of Spiritualists

"Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you

who you are"


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Ralph Waldo Emerson

B - Book Reading

I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad Gita. It was the first of books. Nothing small or unworthy, but the voice of an old intelligence, that in another age had answered the same questions that exercise us today.


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A - Association of Spiritualists

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