I guess there is an honest happiness on shores distant from libidinal capital.
On 8 Sep, 17:38, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that happiness is not the highest virtue as is expressed in > the video. It IS a state for our sense of emotions. It is not the core > virtue for other major centers of the human being such as our body, > our sexual system, our thinking, our spiritual life nor even our > transcendental self. Yes, the state of happiness does affect all the > other centers just as does the clarification of consciousness does > along with other results/states. > > I think that some people, the person in the video included, reach a > level of being blessed out and, at least for awhile become blinded to > other higher states. Some people I have met even became rather > evangelical about a state of bliss….well, not exactly a state of bliss > …a state of being blessed out..different things. > > When truth and reality are brought up, even though they are, as I > implied above, associated with the whole being, they are at the center > of a different part of the psyche…our awareness in particular. So, for > clarity’s sake, I prefer not to conflate different centers/realms of > being in our discussions. > > I do agree to some extent that the attachment to happiness can produce > suffering. What I have shared from HHDL supports this. And, just > simple aphorisms/repetitions about happiness can improve ones > emotional life too. We are on the same page with ‘Everyone wants to be > happy.’ > > And, again infusing wisdom onto the mix, yes, there is a point where > one apprehends what can be called a causeless happiness. Yes, it > appears to have no reason and not to be the result of attaining or > finding something and wellbeing does exude. Yet, to reach that goal, > besides just grace, specific steps are taken, whether intentionally or > not. So, in this sense Molly, I agree with you rather than the words > of the person in the video. > > 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? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
