Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The Pursuit Of Unhappiness

A thing always makes you unhappy when you need it for happiness.

19 comments:

  1. Then we ought to find a way to make us more content in ourselves.
    Epicureus (spelt wrong) said, for a man to fill fulfilled, all he need do is prune his desires, in words to that effect.

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  2. Sometimes, that "thing" is a pre-conceived notion of what happiness is or should be.

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  3. so true! yet people won't give it up.

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  4. Good one, Marty. It really makes you think.

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  5. Very true, NP -- the balance of attachment and detachment. So nice to read your aphorisms here after a while :)

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  6. Nice one Marty,

    The only thing worse than having your crutch fall from underneath you is being that crutch.

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  7. I see this as a two way thing, as people do use things as a crutch.

    BUT, the things I need for happiness, I really do need! Like life, air, food....

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  8. I think we need to focus on being interested rather than happy.

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  9. That is interesting.
    Actually at first I wasn't sure if I should agree, but after having thought about it some more, I totally agree!

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  10. It's that word, need. It makes us vulnerable to loss and therefore sucks the happiness right out.

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  11. So very true whether the "thing" is an object, a person or, as Helena mentioned, a pre-conceived idea.

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  12. True... And that thing can be so many different things. I think true happiness comes when we learn that it doesn't really come from "things". Thanks for the words of wisdom.

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  13. Perhaps it is better to remain miserable and remove all doubt...

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  14. So true, Marty! True happiness only comes from within; it does not come from outside of ourselves so no need to pursue it.

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  15. Funny! so let's get rid of desire, a la Buddha! I am content this minute to scan my reader.

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  16. Funny! so let's get rid of desire, a la Buddha! I am content this minute to scan my reader.

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