Everyone wants to be happy and everyone is trying to happy in his own way. However, if you ask someone, "Have you met anyone who is happy all the time?" the answer will be no. You ask again, "Have you heard of anyone who is happy all the time?" and the answer will be again no. Is it not surprising that although every human being is attempting to be happy we hardly ever hear of a single person who is happy? The reason is not difficult to understand. On the day we are born as humans we inherit all that is required to become happy but we have forgotten this inheritance. It is like the son of a millionaire begging for a dollar, not knowing his father.

If you keep your happiness dependent on some future event it clearly means that you refuse to become happy in the present. The event that you hope or expect to come about may or may not come about after all and you will continue to be unhappy. Out of several things that you desire you are going to get only a few and if you go into the habit of keeping your happiness dependent on the gratification of some desire you are never going to be happy.

Destiny unfolds various events in our lives according to the law of Karma, the law of "reap as you sow". However, we can train the mind to change its reactions to the circumstances presented to us in in life. Happiness depends on the reactions of our mind to circumstances outside and hence, training the mind to transform itself constitutes the core of discipline on the Divine Path. One can say that there is nothing spiritual about it. If you want to make the journey of life and endeavour of joy, it is easy to understand that some discipline is required. The discipline has to be simple, scientific and also within the reach of the average person. The Fivefold Path of the Vedas takes into consideration all these aspects relating to psychosomatic man. It is presented ready to serve like instant coffee or a TV dinner. It is offered as a package deal to suit all requirements. It is the basis of the teachings of all saints anf prophets. Train the mind to change its attitudes and happiness dawns.

Mind may be a cruel tyrant. Let us train it to become an obedient servant. One may wave palms or sing psalms but unless one starts practising "Love thy neighbour AS THYSELF" no progress can come. This is the fundamental teaching of ancient wisdom.

The word Divine in English comes from the Sanskrit verb "DYU" meaning to shine. In Sanskrit it is DEVAYAN PANTH. In English it is DIVINE PATH. It means Path of Light. The discipline that transforms the mind from an instrument of bondage into an instrument of Divine unfoldment is the Fivefold Path. With renewal of the mind knowledge dawns. This is the Path of Light, the Divine Path.