I Want Happiness

[jovipeorliohacokijo]

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A man asked Lord Buddha
"I want happiness."

Lord Buddha said

first remove "I" that's ego.
Then remove "Want" that's desire
See now you are left with only "HAPPINESS"



True happiness can only be achieved when there is no ego and there is no desire. What do you think?


This thread is all about having no ego and desires, the practice of humility for true happiness.

[jovipeorliohacokijo]

"The humble person feels he deserves nothing and so is always celebrating."

Moses' Secret
This is what is written about Moses, "And the man Moses was very humble, more than any man on the face of the earth." Although Moses knew his own greatness, that he was on a higher level than any other person, nevertheless he remained the most humble of men. He was able to do this because he felt that all this was given to him from above. After all, when he was born his mother saw even then "that he was good." So Moses reckoned that if such abilities were given to someone else, that person would also be on such a level—and perhaps higher, since he may bring out these abilities even more.

This type of humility is a channel for joy. For as soon as you begin to feel your own existence, you have lost the opportunity for true joy. That sense of feeling oneself is the primordial snake and it's well known that a snake is by nature always depressed.

Superficially, it would seem quite the contrary, that a person who feels himself very strongly should also feel the good that he has received much more. If so, he should be happier than someone who doesn't feel himself so much. But no, his happiness is never complete, and this is for two reasons:

Firstly, because he believes the world owes it to him, so what's there to celebrate? A person is especially happy when he receives a gift, but for this person there are no gifts, since in his mind he is just getting his due reward. He takes into account how good and upright he is and figures that whatever he gets is owed to him, and so his happiness is never complete.

Secondly, because he feels himself so strongly, nothing is ever enough. "He who has one hundred desires two hundred…and no one dies with half his desire in his hand."2 If so, he is never able to fully rejoice. In truth, within whatever happiness he does achieve is buried a certain sadness, since he remains essentially dissatisfied. How much more so when he's not getting what he feels he deserves—then he is truly depressed.

The humble person feels he deserves nothing and so is always celebrating
The joy of a humble person, on the other hand, is complete. He is perpetually celebrating. After all, since he doesn't feel himself so keenly and he doesn't consider himself so important, he feels that he doesn't deserve anything at all. For him, whatever he receives is a gift, and so cause for great celebration. And if the influx of life is sometimes lacking, that doesn't sadden him either, since he feels he doesn't deserve anything anyways, so why should he be depressed?

Besides, since he is hardly an entity in his eyes, he lacks nothing, and whatever happens to him is justified. For that reason he is never depressed and on the contrary, he rejoices in his lacking as well.

Humility and a sense of nothingness, as it turns out, are the receiving channel and the cause for happiness.

[THE KID]

are you happy?

[jovipeorliohacokijo]

are you happy?

always happy, always rejoicing

how about you? what can you say about true happiness can only be achieved without ego and without desires? and with just humility?

[Dorothea]

It's not possible to be happy 24/7

[jovipeorliohacokijo]

It's not possible to be happy 24/7

it's possible! basta no ego and no desires. basta humble lng, you are always happy.

[MoonGlow]

Happy is just a word
Happy is nothing but a dream
when you wake up
vanishes like smoke
smoke is better than mere word

[Dorothea]

it's possible! basta no ego and no desires. basta humble lng, you are always happy.

Mao nay giingon nga possible but highly improbable LOL

[MoonGlow]

Mao nay giingon nga possible but highly improbable LOL

frank contradiction.........

[rans23]

paeta sad anang walay desire oi, it's in our genes naman na. pero kung nakaya nimo TS, congrats!