True happiness is uncaused and this cannot disappear for lack of stimulation. It is not the opposite of sorrow, it includes all sorrow and suffering.

~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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The ONE who is prior to the appearance of the elements is always there.

~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Then why did you accept this birth? What are shastras or scriptures? It is merely the do’s and don’ts on how we should behave in the world. Don’t bring that here. Whether you accept this birth or not was the original question. Why bring in all this tall talk? Reading scriptures is all right for the ignorant. The next step is to give it up and try to understand what you are.

Shake off all that you have read and try to understand now. You must apply- your discrimination. It is of no use just blindly accepting what the scriptures have said. Accept them up to a certain stage – after that you must be strong enough or mature enough to use your discrimination.

Nisargadatta