Inner joy is never dependent on outer things. A person with inner joy can feel as peaceful in a prison as in a mansion. Nothing external matters to inner joy. That means a person can be “old,” “ugly,” and seen as “totally useless” by others and still feel great gratitude and happiness for just being alive. They forgive the poor sinners that treat them badly and find rest within themselves and a glowing inner world.
Our societies have been on a childish path of acquiring more toys for centuries now. The view of happiness being an accumulation of objects that easily decay or can be destroyed is not logical. But to a childish mind it makes sense. Like a child at Christmas surrounded by all the toys and candy but still crying. He wants that one toy Santa Claus didn’t bring. He also ate too much candy and his stomach hurts. He’s cranky.
Maybe one more toy will do the trick. No. We have seen that the world is not happier with all the abundance of riches and luxury. It is an old joke now that People Magazine should be called, Miserable Folks Who Self-destruct in Mansions. It is not real. It is a false path. But it is a path people on this planet must take on their evolution towards higher consciousness.
Our societies have been on a childish path of acquiring more toys for centuries now. The view of happiness being an accumulation of objects that easily decay or can be destroyed is not logical. But to a childish mind it makes sense. Like a child at Christmas surrounded by all the toys and candy but still crying. He wants that one toy Santa Claus didn’t bring. He also ate too much candy and his stomach hurts. He’s cranky.
Maybe one more toy will do the trick. No. We have seen that the world is not happier with all the abundance of riches and luxury. It is an old joke now that People Magazine should be called, Miserable Folks Who Self-destruct in Mansions. It is not real. It is a false path. But it is a path people on this planet must take on their evolution towards higher consciousness.
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