What Is Self Satisfaction?

[Barik]

WOnder sometimes, what really self satisfaction is?

How does it effect us in living our day to day life.

If self satisfaction is what ever we have we should stay happy and thank God for it. If we can only afford a small house, we shouldn't dream or carve for a big house instead we should thank God for giving us shelter for living.

But it leads into another question to me: wht is self fulfillment? Is it "what ever we want, when we get it, we have fulfilled our self need?"

Thou Gurbani teaches us that "What ever God has given us, we should be thankful of it and should be satisfy" and do not fell in to greed.

And self fulfillment, i think it goes like this, what ever we want ofcourse we should make an effort to get it.

Few examples: If we want to do path in the amrit vela, we have to make an effort and get up early in the morning to do Amrit Vela.

If we want to chant "Naam" we have to make an effort to chant the "naam", go to sangat and everything. But if we make an effort to get some "worldy thing" then is it called a greed? I don't lnow

Please help me understand these two aspects

Self Satisfaction &

Self fulfillment

[singhni84]

We can acquire as many worldly comforts as there are available, but none bring real satisfaction or fulfillment. Why not? Because they are all only temporary. What good is that which goes up in smoke and that which gets left here when we leave this world?

If we seek satisfaction and fulfillment from life, we will never find it unless we search within Sikhi. When we feel "fulfilled/satisfied" but we have no Sikhi at all, we are only being fooled by the five thieves...lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego...they fool us into thinking we're happy, but inside, we know we're still empty, still missing something.

True satisfaction and real fulfillment can only be found at the feet of the Guru. Everything else is temporary and will be of no use to us in the long-run.

[Barik]

We can acquire as many worldly comforts as there are available, but none bring real satisfaction or fulfillment.  Why not?  Because they are all only temporary.  What good is that which goes up in smoke and that which gets left here when we leave this world?

If we seek satisfaction and fulfillment from life, we will never find it unless we search within Sikhi.  When we feel "fulfilled/satisfied" but we have no Sikhi at all, we are only being fooled by the five thieves...lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego...they fool us into thinking we're happy, but inside, we know we're still empty, still missing something.

True satisfaction and real fulfillment can only be found at the feet of the Guru.  Everything else is temporary and will be of no use to us in the long-run.

141870[/snapback]

Nice...

So isn't it better for to surrender our self to Guru?

But why don't we? tha'ts the problem

[ms514]

Sat Sri Akal:

Here's a mathematical formula:

Desires < Achievements = Satisfaction/Contentment