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There is only one cause of
unhappiness: The false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread,
so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them. Because of
these false beliefs you see the world and yourself in a distorted way. What
makes it even worse is the fact that most people are so brainwashed that
they do not even realise how unhappy they are.
What are these false beliefs
that block you from happiness ? Here are some examples.
You cannot be happy without
the things that you are attached to and that you consider so precious.
False. There is not a single moment in your life when you do not have
everything that you need to be happy.
Think of that for a minute.
The reason why you are unhappy is because you are focusing on what you do
not have rather than on what you have right now.
Another belief: Happiness is
in the future. Not true. Right here and now you are happy and you do not
know it because your false beliefs and distorted perceptions have got you
caught up in fears, anxieties, attachments, conflicts, guilt and a host of
games that you are programmed to play.
Yet another belief: Happiness
will come if you manage to change the situation you are in and the people
around you. Not true. You stupidly squander so much energy trying to
rearrange the world. If changing the world is your vocation in life, go
right ahead and change it but do not harbour the illusion that this is going
to make you happy.
What makes you happy or
unhappy is not the world and the people around you, but the thinking in your
head.
As well search for an eagle's
nest on the bed of an ocean, as search for happiness in the world outside of
you.
So if it is happiness that
you seek you can stop wasting your energy trying to cure your baldness or
build up an attractive body or change your residence or job or community or
lifestyle or even your personality.
Do you realise that you could
change every one of these things, you could have the finest looks and the
most charming personality and the most pleasant of surroundings and still be
unhappy ?
And deep down you know this
is true but still you waste your effort and energy trying to get what you
know cannot make you happy. |
