Saturday, June 05, 2010

The Parable Of Happiness

۞ Doesn’t matter what you think of the present world. Whatever you think or however you act, you cannot get rid of the present. Your existence is your present. When and if the present world suffers, you must suffer with it. And when the present world goes through the process of enjoyment, you will need to enjoy with it. We affect the world and the world affects us. We cannot escape and cannot be indifferent to our existence or to the world.


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۞ Happiness is a myth. It can best be described as a parable. Ask yourself if you are happy and you will immediately discover that you are reflecting with a couple of points. You will either stop asking that question or you will realize that happiness eludes you. Perhaps if you stop looking for happiness and concentrate on some other things you might discover happiness. I said, ‘perhaps.’


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Every new idea or theory goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the religious beliefs. Next they say it has been discovered before. Lastly they say they always believed it.


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They say that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. I think for thousands of years it has been a known fact that the grass was actually greener on the other side of the fence. And what has fence got to do with the grass being greener. It may be that the people may have looked after the grass better and may have provided ample water. So like the Greek philosophers who carried their knowledge along with them, why shouldn’t you carry your own water and look after the grass wherever you may be?



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