Is your purpose not limited to your present lifespan then?
Meaning, if happiness is your "persuit", does it not end at the end of your body's life and everything worked for in this lifetime becomes meaningless at death?
Or do you mean "happiness" in terms of what makes your spirit feel good, your True Self feel fulfilled? IF so, then that's the same thing I'm talking about.
For example, lets say that you decide to work out every day doing 2-3 hours of intense training, but it has no real practical use in the physical world. Meaning, you're not doing it to train for the olympics or some UFC fight or anything like that. You are simply doing it because it makes your spirit feel fulfilled. It doesn't make you feel "pleasure" but it is fulfilling. Kind of hard to explain because the concept of "being happy" is subjective.
Happy. Fulfilled. On purpose. Inspired. These are all subjective terms, seemingly the same thing, yet totally different.
The state of being I equte with "happiness" is like laughter and joy and pleasure. THe state of being I equate with "fulfilled" or "living in spirit" is a state of transcending those and just being "stillness" (as Eckhart Tolle would say).
From my perspective "Stillness" can be achieved no matter where you are. Even if you're in prison. Whereas, "happiness" requires some sort of external circumstances. |