{"id":4649,"date":"2024-08-07T18:40:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksrini.life\/journal\/?p=4649"},"modified":"2024-08-20T13:38:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T08:08:27","slug":"sitas-dilemma-the-secret-recipe-for-happiness-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksrini.life\/journal\/sitas-dilemma-the-secret-recipe-for-happiness-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SIta\u2019s Dilemma &#8211; The Secret Recipe for Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Are we too struggling with our choices? Do we know the Purpose of our existence or what could give us Happiness\/Peace? Sita\u2019s dilemma explores the concept of \u2018Holistic Dharma\u2019 and \u201cNew Age Maslow\u2019 to explore a possible path for discovering self.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe did not evolve from Apes to become Rats.\u201d ~ K Srini<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our purpose and existence are beyond self and the immediate gratifications we obtain from materialist gains. Many a times, we realize that an imbalance between Self \/ Others and Righteous \/ Any Means necessary, attitude leaves us with a feeling of Vacuum \/ Unwanted \/ Loneliness.<\/p>\n<p>For the holistic approach our theme should be to co-exist and serve others and in here by others we mean and include a wide range of stakeholders ranging from our\u00a0\u00a0 immediate family to community to Nation to mankind as a human race itself.\u00a0 Let us examine each of these Dharmas \/ duties.<\/p>\n<p>*In the context, for this study we will define Dharma as \u2018Our action (service) to the best of who we are and what we can do each moment of our life without feeling obligated to do so\u2019<\/p>\n<p>We will further define Dharma across the 7 dimensions based on our life\u2019s journey or the criticality (importance) \/ our favorites with no particular order. However, what is important is that we need to appreciate and spend time across all these 7 dimensions at least once every 7 days (week) so as to ensure we have a holistic approach towards our life and not be limited to self-serving alone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The seven dharmas are:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vocational <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Vocational Dharma in simple words is your \u2018Calling\/objective in this life\u2019<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Self Well Being<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Self-Well-being is about Sleep, Food, Breaks \/ Vacations etc. a good healthy balance between these becomes fulfilling an especially important dharma which is &#8211; Taking Care of Self.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Occupational<\/strong> (Job)\n<ul>\n<li><em>Occupational Dharma is the \u2018Accepted Responsibility\u2019 which we do either as part of life such as studies during the student life or Job as part of adult life.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Universal<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>As a Race (Human Beings) we have obligations and duty too and those who fall under Universal Dharma. Our duty towards the Environment, Ecology, our planet environment are equally important and critic-a<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Relationship<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Relationship Dharma focuses on this love, connection and emotional energy between us and our spouse \/ children \/ friends\/parents \/ siblings \/ co-workers even pets etc.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Community<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Community as a dharma encompasses our responsibility towards our neighborhoods, town, village, city, state, country etc.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Spiritual<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Nurture our Soul and move towards Transcendence.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By K. Srini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are we too struggling with our choices? Do we know the Purpose of our existence or what could give us Happiness\/Peace? 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