Contentment or feeling fulfilled is soothing song of soul, sense of working on a greater puprpose. It is beyond happiness, peace and beyond sense of achievement. It is the language of soul, here the tranquility felt at bottom of the heart, it cannot be easily described by words. One might feel contented in various kind of gestures, such as donating, guiding others, child's achievement, helping others, etc. As mentioned above Contentment is the language of soul, it makes the soul happy and brings the peace within. It is humane, it can be felt through heart by human beings only. The beautiful harmony between human body, mind and heart is a sole provilege of mankind and the perfect example of this is, some time an act may be physical but the soul is satisfied and heart rests at peace is a great feeling of happiness within. For an instance saving a person from suspected cardiac arrest by giving CPR and feeling happy about it is nothing but Contentment. Though the act is physical but your heart is involved in it and the soul is satisfied. It has no discrimination between good or bad within a human being. A criminal may find happiness in looting a bank, a monk may find happiness in his efforts of realization of truth and achieving salvation. However a criminal's happiness is not Contentment, it is as good as explaining the difference between love and lust.
Human beings forgotten the language of soul, gripped in greed, treachery and selfishness. Unless a human being finds contentment he will never find true value of life, which eventually leads to the greatest purpose of one's life. Unless a man finds Contentment in his life he is never considered any better than an animal which does basic minimum acts like eat, produce off springs and die. Greatest purpose of human life is to find an answer of this birth and give a meaning to it. However, contentment is just a small part at the beginning of realisation of the bigger purpose. A human being feels contentment in different ways in various stages of life through sacrifice, kindness, empathy, etc.
Contentment for a Mother:
A woman's motherhood is an amazing journey, giving birth to a new life is an overwhelming joy for her. A mother is synonym for sacrifice, strength, support, creator, etc. She finds it fulfilled or contented by sacrificing lot many things for her child, which is the basic nature of motherhood be it in animal world or human world. A mother feels the contentment when the child is healthy, grows with all physical and mental abilities timely. A mother always finds contentment in the happiness of her child. It is a selfless happiness and feels contented in the child's happiness.
Contentment for a father:
A father is a first hero for a child. A father is a first male friend, a hero, a go-getter, etc. His farsightedness, behavior, values, courage, etc., are put-in in bringing-up a child. Investing his heart and soul in upbringing his offspring is happiness within him and satisfaction of the great work he is doing fr the child is the early stage of contentment. The contentment he finds by putting efforts in up-bringing his child in a right way is a step towards contentment. However, the ultimate contentment a father may find when all his efforts, his values and up-bringing bear fruit, the child grows to be a better human being and successful in life. A father finds contentment at different stages of life differently. Ultimate contentment of a father is to see the offspring grow to be a great human being and successful in life.
A Guru's contentment:
After father and mother the guru or teacher has the highest responsibility of shaping the personality or life of future generation. In India we have the highest regard for Guru,
गुरुर ब्रह्मा गुरुर विष्णु गुरुर देवो महेश्वरः
गुरुः साक्षात्परब्रह्मा
तस्मै श्री गुरुवे नमः
in Hinduism we consider guru as none other than the almighty god Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara. The respect and regard for a teach is so overwhelming, that we named the largest planet in our solar system named after the teacher or Guru thousands of years ago before the modern world could know the planet's size (size of Jupiter was estimated recently by Cassini in 1672 ). This is the example of highest regard we hold for Guru in Hindu culture and our anscestors knew the value of a Guru in one's life. Similarly the expectation on Guru is also highest. A successful society & a nation needs able, healthy and efficient people. To continue to progress we need able future generation, a Guru plays a vital role in shaping up the personality of future generation. A guru finds contentment when his disciples acquire good qualities like moral values, wisdom and health. Guru selflessly offers all his knowledge to his disciples just to see them grow and be successful. A guru can only find contentment when his disciple grown in to a good human being with wisdom.
A human being is complete only when finds contentment in his responsibilities, in happiness, achievements, etc., else the life will be a monotonous and mundane living cycle and die one day. How Mahatma Gandhi found contentment in truth & non violence and became example to the mankind is an example to us. Vir Savarkar is an example of tolerance of the atrocity of British and felt contented in fighting for the country by sacrificing his own life. Lakhs together people sacrificed their life to the country, they found contentment in fighting for us and laid down their life. This is the purpose of human life; serve for the greater purpose and find true contentment, rather than indulging in lustful pleasures.
In different stages of human life one can find contentment in many different aspects and stages of life. Be a good friend by being side-by for all the good causes and find contentment in true friendship which is far from and beyond lustful selfishness. Be a good businessman, serve people with honesty and make profit without cheating the people. Be a good neighbor, help each-other and live amicably. Be a good doctor and serve people with humanity rather than treating the patients for money. Yes, in any acts of life one should find contentment with honesty and good cause that's the greater purpose of human life.
VISMAHI- Vijay G
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