The Art of Happiness

The Art of Happiness is a book I been left lying around for sometime.Today I decide to read it,to see why the ''diety'' head of Tibet,Dalai Lama have an impact on its readers anywhere...
Going more into the book,it brought lotsa thinkings and recaps and threw me into a mental intense state of pondering and wondering..till I was cursing and muttering under my breath,all passer-bys were dumbfounded...

The words that caught all my attention,the purpose of life,he says the purpose of life is to attain happiness. Happiness is not something that happen overnight but it can be cultivated and trained.All beings are born with a seed of happiness,you need to give it compassion to make it grow.

If you see the book in a very simple view,its simply putting your greed,anger,jealousy and all bad factors aside.But these are not enough,you'll have to live with the actual pure feeling of happiness.I read and was able to understand many parts of it and thinking aback,I think there's much much more in me understanding the purpose of life than many of my peers..

Why?Cos I been betrayed up teem times by my own close friends over monetary matters,I parted with more than 40k to my frens and none returned my kindness,the news soon was all over my friends,to my friends friends and everyone.Everyone shunned me cos they be thinking that I would ask them for help.I wont and I didnt,even asking close friends didnt work out,and from that onwards,you need friends who are beside you when you're in need,and luckily I found one and he's still with me,always there to listen and share everything together..

But amazingly,given my amount of rashness and outburst,I didnt hold it against them,I didnt harass them or spread their dirty linen around..I dont see the point,I've seen,held and spent more money than that 40k,I've even lost things more important than money.Now I'm even not interested in being seen with the lastest fashion,a luxury car,a pretty girl,no I've simply lost my interest,though only had this kinda thought recently,but I liked it..The only way to curb greed is to be contented.

But to some extend,I do feel lonely,but I didnt wanted a girlfriend,I needed self fulfillment and I'm glad I've found back some of my school friends,willing to talk,to chat and read my blogs,its something very comforting,the feeling just makes me happy.

Its true you can be happy when you have lotsa money,but that's pleasure,not happiness.You will be thinking of what to do with all the money and how to indulge in it,but still you wont feel happy forever..Because if one day,you suffer a setback,you'll fall into darkness,causing confusion and stress to your own self,mentally and physically...
Some people might think,I'm just implying how people think on myself,but this is not the case.I'm not trying to live simple and ACT happy.I know what I want in life,and thats to make others happy and I know in turn,i will make myself happy,and its something simple which is within my own hands..How many times we faced with a decision which will affect our whole lifetime..

You know the agony in the years to come if you made a wrong move..so when dont embrace life with every move you make as the only choice available,you'll feel batter,live wiser and spread more kindness to others..

I shall end my blog with an actual scenario everyone have came across.When a baby enter this way,in the first few years,its nothing but an eating,drinking and sleeping being.No contribution to the world..BUT,actually they do,because when they drink breast milk,they release the tension in the breast of the baby's mother.So in a way,they are contributing to the well-being of their mother's or care giver's mental stress.You just bought a pair of shoes,but the shoe came from the skin of the animal,hunted by the hunters With the gun they bought from gun dealers,and many changed hands during processing till the salesperson that eventually sold the shoes to you.

So many a times,whatever we eat,drink,do,provide,buy,comes from a huge cycle of numerous people and everyone is interlinked to anyone,anywhere.
Remember,kindness cultivates the seed of happiness in you,and you definitely have the power to do it..if you can open up your own humane sense then you'll get what I mean...Be happy...
PS: Although these thoughts are inspired by teachings of the Buddha or Dharma,I'm trying to let everyone,of any religion or beliefs to know what how to attain a fulfilling life is about.