The question asked here was - How can a householder balance between worship, his householder’s duties and happiness, all together? Om Swami says that if a person irrespective of whether he/she is a householder, celibate or a renunciate, understands to do his/her duty like a sadhana (disciplined surrender) then they will not be unhappy. He says that there are three reasons as to why a person feels sad and disgruntled. One is that they have something or someone in their lives that they don’t want. Or, they don’t have something that they really desire. And lastly, they may feel that certain people do not qualify for good things in their life but actually have them. Om Swami says that if someone feels that others in the world are happier and better off than them, then that is sheer ignorance and an illusion. If a person learns to live his/her life with compassion towards oneself and learns to treat all work as one’s pious duty then all work will be like a sadhana. He says that a householder’s work is a sadhana which is in many ways higher than that of a renunciate. Attainment and liberation for a householder is easier compared to that of a renunciate. Listen to the full discourse to get the right perspective on this beautiful topic. Timeline: 00:00 Start 02:04 A beautiful story about the reality of life. 06:38 How do people react when they see a person happy and calm in their midst? 08:00 If a person cannot find happiness as a householder, can they find it elsewhere? 09:30 Is it our own tendencies that trouble us more than the outside world? Thumbnail, Intro and outro animation: Sushree Svadha Om Piano music: Adi Sharma BREATHE / MEDITATE/ SMILE / LET GO -----------------------