What is the secret to true happiness? Bhagawan lovingly reminds us so that we are joyful and also give joy to those around.

Prahladha, as the Bhagavata text declares, was rooted in the faith in Lord Narayana and His Universal, Absolute Reality. His father, Hiranyakashipu, however, was drawn by external forms and the limiting names. Therefore, Prahladha was rooted in ananda (bliss) wherever he was, in whatever set of circumstances. Hiranyakashipu was ever worried and anxious, caught up in the multiplicity of names and forms. Those who are in such bliss as Prahladha had will have an aura around them and an effulgence on their faces. People can derive joy watching their faces and yearn to have that experience again and again. The faces of the worried and the anxious will infect others too with similar feelings. Besides, delight endows one with great power too whereas anxiety robs one of the strength one has. True delight cannot be acquired by effort or produced artificially or maintained by design. No course of Sadhana (spiritual effort) can be prescribed to enable one to gain ananda. For, one is, in fact, the very embodiment of ananda! But since he has failed to identify his truth, he is seeking it from outside, from the objects around him. For those who have realised that they are the Eternal, the True and the Pure Atma, ananda is ever accessible. – Divine Discourse, Nov 23, 1983.  – BABA