All happiness that comes through the senses will, eventually, bring pain. All enjoyment will make us thirst for more, and that brings pain as its result...Vivekananda, pg 126
Happiness is an inside game! Making it an outside one brings pain.
Even if what we are experiencing out there is pleasant, and we are opening up to experience a little happiness inside in response to it...the outer world person, event, or situation is not making us happy. The happiness is already inside us, in that flow of energy that is a part of who we really are. Yet, if we believe something outside us is the cause of our happiness...we will soon be looking for "more" out there to keep the happiness going. This clinging and constant seeking will bring pain. Why? Because Life will never be able to meet all our expectations of how it should be to make or keep us happy. It is an inside game. Not an outside one!
The alternative?
Simply stay open regardless if life is dropping pleasant things at your feet that meet your expectations or if it is bringing unpleasant things that don't match, leaving you uncomfortable inside. Just stay open to the energy flow inside.
Stay open to the natural flow of who you are.
All is well!
Michael A. Singer/ Temple of the Universe (December 7, 2023) Learning to Unblock Your Natural Energy Flow. https://tou.org/talks/
Swami Vivekananda (n.d.) The completer Works of Swami Vivekananda. Kindle Edition
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