How can we be happy in an unhappy world? That seems shallow. I think emotions and thoughts balance things out so one can be happy with particulars of your own little world but disgruntled with the general mess of things. The lens is a good image. I do think happiness is a state of mind rather than something one can control plus we are given a wealth of emotions and responses to cope with life and events.
On Sep 8, 11:27 am, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
