They say that happiness comes from within. So if that is the case then is man truly a social animal. Do we really need someone to be with us to be fine. Can a person be happy by himself without any outside factors. And truly if happiness and peace, which kind of goes together, comes from within then what are we looking for outside of us in different people and in different places.
By observations, people are happy after they successfully drive a car for the first time, we are happy when we get a nice lucrative job, we feel happy when we help someone and so many other things. Similarly we feel sad when something wrong happens or something bad happens. But the thing is that none of it is eternal. With time both of those emotions start fading. The next thing that comes to mind is whether there exists an enlightened permanent state wherein you grow beyond these temporary emotions.
I would say we are made self-sufficient to the point where we don’t really need something, someone or some particular lifestyle in life to be happy. We end up spending our whole life running after some materialistic dream. There are two possible outcomes: either we fulfill it or we don’t. If we do it we are elated and if we don’t we are sad. But to think of it is any of these states permanent. Probably not. Both of those emotions are just an instant reaction to a realization which crops from fulfillment of a materialistic dream or otherwise. As the source, even that state is temporary.
Probably the key is to identify that it’s all within instead of looking for happiness outside; in different places or people. To get to a state of permanent peace we probably have to know ourselves and identify what we are actually longing for. And after identifying our ultimate goal, go for it.
But the difficult part is to get over so many distractions that are placed for us. How do you get over the feeling of having fun with your friends or getting married or the satisfaction that you get by fulfilling your parents’ dreams. The question to ask is: Do we have to do that? Do we have to get over these things to get to permanent steady and happy state. I am not sure. But the logic says that to get to a permanent state of peace and no confusion, we probably shouldn’t be affected by temporary things. Once we reach a point where the things from outside don’t affect us we can enjoy those materialistic things again and this time with no sense of attachment. But the thing that remains is: would we care about them once we reach that state.
Lots of questions. I guess asking questions is at least a nice start towards getting to a clear and big picture.
By observations, people are happy after they successfully drive a car for the first time, we are happy when we get a nice lucrative job, we feel happy when we help someone and so many other things. Similarly we feel sad when something wrong happens or something bad happens. But the thing is that none of it is eternal. With time both of those emotions start fading. The next thing that comes to mind is whether there exists an enlightened permanent state wherein you grow beyond these temporary emotions.
I would say we are made self-sufficient to the point where we don’t really need something, someone or some particular lifestyle in life to be happy. We end up spending our whole life running after some materialistic dream. There are two possible outcomes: either we fulfill it or we don’t. If we do it we are elated and if we don’t we are sad. But to think of it is any of these states permanent. Probably not. Both of those emotions are just an instant reaction to a realization which crops from fulfillment of a materialistic dream or otherwise. As the source, even that state is temporary.
Probably the key is to identify that it’s all within instead of looking for happiness outside; in different places or people. To get to a state of permanent peace we probably have to know ourselves and identify what we are actually longing for. And after identifying our ultimate goal, go for it.
But the difficult part is to get over so many distractions that are placed for us. How do you get over the feeling of having fun with your friends or getting married or the satisfaction that you get by fulfilling your parents’ dreams. The question to ask is: Do we have to do that? Do we have to get over these things to get to permanent steady and happy state. I am not sure. But the logic says that to get to a permanent state of peace and no confusion, we probably shouldn’t be affected by temporary things. Once we reach a point where the things from outside don’t affect us we can enjoy those materialistic things again and this time with no sense of attachment. But the thing that remains is: would we care about them once we reach that state.
Lots of questions. I guess asking questions is at least a nice start towards getting to a clear and big picture.
I guess 'being with' the questions constantly should either lead to answers or make all possible questions immaterial.....
ReplyDeleteprobably..mabbe that is the ultimate state where u have grown beyond a point where u dont have questions anymore
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