How to balance spirituality and everyday life for inner joy

Happiness or joy is intrinsic. It is within us. It is inner joy, always. Happiness is not just an emotion, rather, it is a state of being. Therefore, one cannot 'become happy' but one must 'be happy'. One cannot find happiness in external things like materialism, people and relationships. The happiness that one gains with these is pleasure, a temporary form of feeling happiness. It is ephemeral. It will be a fleeting feeling that will come and go away in no time. But the happiness that one experiences innately, by being in a state of Consciousness is everlasting and eternal.

- ATMAN IN RAVI

Spirituality helps one reach this inner state of Consciousness, Awareness and Mindfulness and tap the inner happiness or inner joy within oneself.

You must be wondering that I have spelt happiness incorrectly but no! According to me, happiness has 3 Ps that stand for the three ascending peaks of happiness in Spirituality - 'Pleasure' or temporary happiness. Then comes 'Peace', which is the foundation of True Everlasting Happiness and the highest peak is 'Purpose' that comes with Enlightenment. We must ideally experience all these forms of happiness but strive to achieve the third and the highest form - 'Purpose'.