Happiness!! A myth or truth? A spiritual perspective As I scrolled my YouTube feed, a video which listed quotes on “happiness” caught my eye. Curious I was in the quest for “real happiness”. The video comprised some amazing collection of rare quotes on happiness and gave variety of perspectives on what happiness means and concluded “key to happiness lies in feeling of contentment and gratitude.  Yet, the seeker of happiness in me was still not happy.  Happiness indeed is multifaceted. On end of happiness spectrum are those who believe the word “happy” would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. I remember my father would always recall the lyrics of a Telugu song which goes ‘baadhe saukhyamane bhaavan ranivoy aa yeruke nischlanandamoy brahmanadamoy’ which translates as: it is when pain becomes comforting to the heart is when real bliss experienced. On the other end of the spectrum are those who believe it is neither the wealth nor splendor, but tranquility ...