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dreamer101
post May 9 2010, 08:37 AM

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QUOTE(Beastboy @ May 5 2010, 01:57 PM)
The problem I have with defining happiness as satisfying one's desire is that it is a double edged sword. I buy the car of my dreams, I am satisfied & happy. But for that I have to pay back the loan for 5 years. I develop a fear of losing my job which will mean separating from the thing I love. Fear is the opposite of happiness.

Same thing if you have a beautiful girlfriend, the girl of your dreams. You are happy but the problem is, 20 other guys may also think she is beautiful. Sometimes that create problem for her and for you. You fear losing her. Fear is the opposite of happiness.

Wherever there is sunshine there is always a shadow. Not trying to be negative minded but just describing something obvious from my point of view.
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Beastboy,

The PROBLEM is you get caught in DUALITY.

You BELIEVE that is GOOD and BAD. But, they are Ying and Yang. They co-exist. The GOOD and BAD is just from YOUR POV. It does not change the FACT that they are Ying and Yang. Neither good or bad. It just IS.

http://www.101zenstories.com/index.php?story=31

<< Everything is Best

When Banzan was walking through a market he overheard a conversation between a butcher and his customer.

"Give me the best piece of meat you have," said the customer.

"Everything in my shop is the best," replied the butcher. "You cannot find here any piece of meat that is not the best."

At these words Banzan became enlightened.>>

Everything is BEST.

To be enlightened, you have to TRANSCEND the DUALITY.

Dreamer

P.S.: It is VERY SIMPLE. If you want to be HAPPY, then, you are HAPPY. If not, you are NOT. It is ALL up to YOU. You DO NOT NEED anything else. It is ALL within YOU.

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post May 9 2010, 09:22 AM

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QUOTE(Beastboy @ May 9 2010, 09:17 AM)
What u say is true, dreamer101.

If percpeptions make reality, I would say 99.99% of the world population is caught up in duality.
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Beastboy,

There are NO REALITY. There are ALL ILLUSIONS.

Your eyes see something and YOUR BRAIN interpret it to be something. Everything that you SEE is an interpretation by YOU BRAIN. You have NO IDEA what that thing is anyhow. You just have AN ILLUSION or APPROXIMATION of what it IS.

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post May 10 2010, 09:12 AM

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QUOTE(Deadlocks @ May 9 2010, 07:15 PM)
If that's the case, what is the meaning of unhappiness when it's obviously an experience most will shun?
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Deadlocks,

Experience is an event. It is UP to us to interpret whether it is HAPPY or UNHAPPY.

A) Most people are AFRAID to be HAPPY.

B) Most people are AFRAID to take responsibility of their feeling.

C) What is WRONG about being UNHAPPY anyhow?? It is just an emotion. It will pass too. Ditto on HAPPINESS.

Nothing is PERMANENT.

You may interpret an event as UNHAPPY. But, later on, you may interpret it differently. It shall pass too.

Event is just it IS. It is OUR Interpretation that gives it meaning.

http://sstc-online.org/2006/pdfs/JB1365Notes.pdf

If you are INTERESTED, the above URL is an article on Satir Interaction Model. Aka, how human being interpret and communicate.

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