Continuous Happiness and Prosperity- A

look at basic Human Aspirations

Noorinder Singh
 Basic Human Aspirations
• What all human beings
aspire for?
• Ways of attaining
happiness.
• Prosperity in real sense.
 Basic Human Aspirations
• Aspiration : can be stated as strong desire to achieve something , eg.
Success. Aspiration means Desire , goal and objective of life

• Long lasting happiness, becoming a joyous, loving person, attaining

peace of mind- These all exist and present in universe but reactivity is
absent!!

• We Desires many things say materialistic needs, respect,

recognisation, love, trust etc. but in the form of all these desire we
are actually looking continuous happiness and prosperity .

• Basic Human Aspiration is : Continuous Happiness and Prosperity

 Basic Human Aspirations
Happiness: “ To be in a state of liking is
happiness.” “ To be in a state of harmony is
happiness.”
:is non-contradictory, a joy without penalty, joy
that don’t lash with any of your values
Prosperity: Feeling of having more than required
facility than what is needed.
 Attaining Happiness : The two paths which
leads to happiness
Old saying : “happiness has less to do with
circumstances than with our attitude and approach of
life”
1. Preya 2. Shreya
“Preya” : what is pleasant?, gives instant happiness,
short lived. Example : eating food in good restaurant,
wearing nice cloths.
“Shreya” : What is beneficial? It doesn’t give instant
happinessbut provide happiness in long run. shreya
leads to peace of mind
 Why happiness so important
• As we become happier
1. We become better people
2. We become more compassionate
3. Able to enhance our creativity
4. More energetic , perform task efficiently.
5. Develop healthy mind , right understanding
6. Work towards creating “better” world
Attaining Prosperity : The two paths which leads
to prosperity
The road to prosperity is paired with value. Value here
means worth of . Prosperity (we are said or taught) is
wealth, but there are other factors such as happiness,
health etc.

For Prosperity
1. Identification of the quantity required for physical
needs &
2. Means and ability to ensure availability / production,
fulfill physical need
 Attaining Prosperity : The two paths which
leads to prosperity
• Prosperity doesn’t happen , you have to create it.
• Unlike happiness, Prosperity can’t be called an
attitude only. To fulfill the physical needs, one has to
work. A Persons worth can be judged by the work he
does. No matter what money/reward he is getting .
One need to do the task assigned to him with
honesty and with full dedication. The result of this
hard work may be materialistic but mixed with
feeling of happiness which makes us feel
prosperous.
Thanks