7. How To Follow The Rules And Be Happy!

Everything around us in our society and our values are based on the situation.

Consider this. In many countries when deer population becomes too much, it becomes legal to hunt them. When the deer population is low killing that animal will become a criminal offense!

In the same way, once upon a time in Bharat, there were too many cows. The cow population was too much. That was why they started giving away cows in the sacrifices. The practiced followed for some decades when suddenly the people realized that cows were becoming scarce. Once the cow population became low, people began to worship the cows.

Sanatana Dharma, the original name for Hinduism, declares that Smriti can be changed. From time to time, the Enlightened Masters create new Smriti became the social laws and morality change based on the situation.

The Enlightened Masters know that no morality can remain as morality forever. What is morally wrong at this time of the society might have been right at one time. What is morally right at this time might have been totally wrong at one time. This happens in every society, every time.

Moral values also provide guidelines that help the society, community, or a nation to function harmoniously. When we all live together, we need to have basic understanding abut how to live happily. For instance, you will not try to kill anyone so that the person will not try to kill you. We both can live without fear if we have that basic understanding. Slowly, this becomes a rule. Then, it becomes established as a morality.

Here comes the problem we all face. As long as we understand the root of morality, we neither behave immorally nor get unduly perturbed by the laws of morality. With time the understanding is lost. The rules continue to remain. Once we do not understand the rule, it becomes a forced rule. We are trying to follow something someone told us to do somewhere. We will not only try to escape from that rule, but we will also harm ourself by creating a deep guilt when we break the rule every time.

Take time to understand the basis of the rule. When we understand any rule can become a technique to live a blissful life. With this understanding, we can create a happy and blissful life for ourself and everyone else around us.