Well, since you asked so nicely, I think happiness is like so much
else, something we enjoy in moderation. I believe myself to be
generally happy, but at times I'm not. So what can I do to be more
happy, more often?
Many would give some sort of platitude - love one another, be
true to yourself, acquire more and more, do more and more, go to more
and more places, develop more and more firends, etc. - as the secret
to more and more happiness. Others might think that moving to the
happiest place on earth would do it, or that nothing will do it so
stop expecting happiness.
The mystic in the video you cite talks about the pursuit of
happiness - happiness exists somewhere out there and if we but pursue
it strong enough we will attain it. Or we expect the encounters of
life to make us happy. But happiness can be within, not without, and
constant not transient. And the best happiness is one without cause,
without reason, so there is nothing that can be taken away to erase
our happiness. It is a cosmic peace, part of the nature of our
reality.
To attain this cosmic peace, some say meditate, others say serve
others or accept all but expect nothing.
It seems to me that like so many human emotions happiness is
transient and bestowed by events, or more precisely by our
internalization of events. So if we but change the lens through which
we internalize events (ie our philosophy) we can acheive most any
state we desire, from blessed peace to extreme anger, from joy to
sorrow, from active engagement to passive indifference.
In other words, if we really want to pursue happiness, we should
carefully examine the philosophy through which we internalize life's
events. Jim
On Sep 8, 7:50 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Slip has been bringing us back lately, to the notion of happiness, our
> duty to happiness, the source of our happiness. I think this is
> important. Our method of pursuit of happiness, I think, determines
> the ultimate result of our happiness, I think.
>
> Here is a non dual perspective on happiness by a 21st century mystic:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPDthzsyvQc
>
> What do YOU think?
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