Monday, July 13, 2009

When I just





Get my new car

Move in to my new house

Get that raise

Then life will be different

Were it so we would all be smiling happily

Living happily ever after even

But it does not work that way the novelty wears off and soon the car is just a means of transport

Taken for granted like all the other physical things in our life

Funny thing we keep on wanting to believe that buying yet another new object will magically change our lives

And so it just might for a short time

Like the raise for a short time it does allow us to buy more things or pay off some bills

Then back we go to wanting the next thing

Or is it wanting a fix?

Some of us learn that such things are a con they never really deliver

How can a thing give us what we want?

So what do we want?

A great big contradiction

Happiness without pain or fear

And just how do we think that this is possible?

Why we swallow all those ads that tell us to buy this and that, because then happiness on earth will be ours

Look around you

A world filled with pain, stupid use of resources, and so many other inequalities

Just how is buying some object going to solve your problems

Make yoiu feel good in a world of pain?

The change must comes from the inside

Inside you this is where it is to be found

No one else but you can change your experience of life

The zillion inch plasma tv won't do it any more than a new pair of shoes or car can

Finding peace is not something to be bought

Finding that pleasure in being alive is not bought for money

This is only attainable by our own efforts

Lots of efforts to understand how the truth of things really are

Efforts that teach us to help others
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Incorporating our understanding of the truth of things into our own lives

Moving away from selfishness

Moving towards altruism

Yes that is where true happiness will be found

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