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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

How to live a Happy and Peaceful Life

There comes a time when we stop to look at our lives, and start to wonder why our lives became so complicated.

As dark as it sounds, the only things we really need to survive as humans is simply to eat, sleep, have sex and die just as animals do. But somewhere along the lines of humanity, we developed an egoic mind of wanting to stimulate itself by becoming selfish of our own desires, and have dominion over others by gaining control over sex, money, and power.

Easily, a person could purchase goods whether that'd be purses, cars, coffee, if those goods will provide value to our lives; with no problems at all. But if we add a hyped brand named good into the equation, we instantly choose the brand name because it creates a sense of worth and sense of superiority over others, since not everyone can afford it.

The Buddha said within the four noble truth, that suffering was caused by desire.

If one approaches to live with no desires, he later learns to realize that if we desire to not desire, we're desiring not to desire; just as Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) paradoxically left the open statement.

There is no right and wrong in wishing to gain something; except, what is your reasoning behind it?

Are you trying to become a doctor so you can gain a high income status and to have prestige of earning the right to being called Dr. Soandso? Or is it because you have a burning desire to learn about biology and to help the sick since you've experienced a family member pass away?

If you're suffering from inner turmoil, we must first learn to let go of our attachments. If one see's unfit of themselves until he/she becomes rich and famous with driving a fancy car and owning a mansion, who would you be if we were to strip all those away?

"Kingdom of God(Heaven) is within you"
-Luke 17:21

If we learned how to live a simple life knowing happiness comes from within ourselves, we reach a point of contentment of not needing to do anything, but live. So then comes to the concluding question "why do we do anything?" "what is the point of anything?"

If you were to ask me "then why do you write?" I would ask in return "why do birds sing?"

The birds aren't required to sing when it doesn't have to, but it does what it does out of joy. Therefore, I write for the same reason as birds sing; I dig it.

No one can give nor show you happiness and peacefulness, just as you leading a horse to water, doesn't mean the horse will drink it. You must find it within yourself.

So now, I'll leave you with the question,


If we desire happiness and peace, we've missed the whole target by agreeing our lives isn't sufficient; which is not happiness and peace. Isn't it so?



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