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Putting off happiness
It seems that life can all too easily become a succession of moments in which we put off happiness.
You sit by the computer looking forward to being on the sofa. Then you sit on the sofa looking forward to watching Temptation Island. Whilst watching that, you look forward to being outside playing in the sun. When outside playing in the sun, you look forward to being back on the computer...
Our minds can easily become fashioned in this way without really noticing. And then we die...
I think this is why the world aches. If everyone could set their minds straight we'd hardly fight at all. We wouldn't need to fight because we'd have everything in every moment. To mis-quote Hardcore Zen*, living in reality is the best thing there is, because it's all there is. But then it starts getting paradoxical: If this is all there is, then even this suffering is the best there is. If we try to run from this suffering now, then we're once again putting off happiness. As I sit here, I wish I could understand that here is all there is. But once again I'm putting off happiness...
He he
I'm really determined to realize this. I don't want some spaced out trance-like guru from outer space hippy happiness full of false smiles and love, but I want to realize that here is all there is because it just so stupid to live a whole life putting of happiness. What a huge waste of time...
*I put a link to his book because I'm just regurgitating what he wrote. I don't want to pretend anything I write is mine!
posted by PA on Saturday, May 21, 2005
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