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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
Give up unreasonable ExpectaionsFollow right definition of SuccessGive up unhealthy Comparisons
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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
Give up unreasonable ExpectaionsFollow right definition of SuccessGive up unhealthy Comparisons
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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The A Factor - Thank GOD
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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The A Factor - Thank GOD
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
Give up unreasonable ExpectaionsFollow right definition of SuccessGive up unhealthy Comparisons
Appreciate & Accept what GOD has givenBe Principled
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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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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
successful, you
will win some
false friends and
some true.
Succeed anyway.Succeed anyway.
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The P Factor - It's bet'n you & GOD
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.
Be Princlipled:It's NOT between you and
them, it's between YOU and the
GOD!
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The P Factor - It's bet'n you & GOD
What you sepnd years
building, someone could
destroy overnight.Build anyway.
Be Princlipled:It's NOT between you and
them, it's between YOU and the
GOD!
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The P Factor - It's bet'n you & GOD
If you find some serenity and
happiness, they may be
jealous.
Be Happy anyway.
Be Princlipled:It's NOT between you and
them, it's between YOU and the
GOD!
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The P Factor - It's bet'n you & GOD
The GOOD you do today,
people will forget tomorrow.Do GOOD anyway.
Be Princlipled:It's NOT between you and
them, it's between YOU and the
GOD!
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The P Factor - It's bet'n you & GOD
Give the world the best you
have, and it may never be
enough.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
Be Princlipled:It's NOT between you and
them, it's between YOU and the
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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The P Factor - How Viruses increase
GAMBLING
With the hope of getting quick money, we get addicted and we end up losing more money than what we get.
Be Princlipled:How these Viruses increase?
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The P Factor - How Viruses increase
ILLICIT SEX
Be Princlipled:How these Viruses increase?
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The P Factor - How Viruses increase
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
Be Princlipled:How these Viruses increase?
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The E Factor
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 - 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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