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Originally Posted by TonyToneTone  I have to disagree with this. Your happiness should not depend on other people but rather how you feel as a person. |
Yeah, I know it sounds bad but it is actually true if you think about it. Of course, happiness comes from yourself, I don't mean depending on others as in not being able to be happy unless someone else influences you to be. I mean, you live in a world that is created with the help of other people. You could say that you could be happy just being at home alone reading but that book was created by someone, so will be the chair you sit on and the house you live in. I'm saying, recognize the collective unity of all that exists. Everything exists together. Everything around you is a reflection of yourself. If you are happy, happiness is around you. If you are selfish, selfishness is around you. Everything is a reflection of yourself. I'm not saying you can't be happy unless someone else is making you happy, no, not at all. I'm saying you can't be happy unless you're in harmony with everyone and everything around you. Understand that dependence doesn't mean reliance, you don't rely on others to make you happy, it just means that your well-being depends on things outside of yourself. Your well-being depends on food, water, shelter, love...these are all things outside of yourself.
Basically, everyone and everything should be treated with equal respect. Nobody is better or worse than you, and you're not better or worse than anyone else. This is why I don't believe in selfishness, its based on ideas that you are more deserving of something than someone else is. I don't believe this is true. Everyone deserves the utmost.
