We can travel a long way and do many different things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating new experiences. It is born from letting go of what is unnecessary, and knowing ourselves to be always at home. True happiness may not be at all far away, but it requires a radical change of view as to where to find it. We may look for that which is stable, unchanging, and safe, but awareness teaches us that such a search cannot succeed. Everything in life changes. The path to true happiness is one of integrating and fully accepting all aspects of our experience. The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention. If we look very carefully, we realize that after our basic needs have been met, what we really want are certain mind states. In fact, when we talk about having a lot of money, we are really talking about mind states such as security or power or freedom. Even when people have a lot of money, they may not have these mind states. They may not feel very powerful or secure. —Sharon Salzberg
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 12:36:06 +0000
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