- Looking for happiness with an empty heart, what you find is only a substitute for happiness.Do you remember your first new car? Remember the excitement of driving that car for the first time? Are you like me, you look at your new car from time to time in the first few days of ownership, and if someone compliments you on how good your new car looks, it will make you feel refreshed.
But then what? You should be well aware of what's going to happen, and soon we'll start to get used to it, and after a while, when we're driving, there's no more excitement or joy. Is that right?
We can see ourselves going through the same process in our daily lives, such as getting a raise, a promotion, getting recognition and praise from our colleagues, buying a new shoe or a favorite bag, all of which used to make us excited, but soon, our emotions return to square one.
For example, eating and drinking, eating delicious food, shopping in large quantities, etc., these pleasures often make people feel good and happy, but then feelings of depression and emptiness come flooding in. In other words, all pleasures are short-lived, they cannot and will not last, and they can even turn into pain.
That's why the Buddha said that even happiness is suffering, and that happiness and unhappiness are in fact the same thing, but people are often deluded by the illusion of time and think that they are separate.
It's like a skydiver who feels like he's flying, but in fact he's falling, and if he falls a little slower, he mistakenly thinks he's flying.
In fact, all happiness is falling, because when you are happy, your soul still cannot be truly satisfied, so you are more persistent in striving for more, how can such happiness last?
External pursuits are short-lived and endless, and finding happiness with an empty mind is only a substitute for happiness.
The water of the pond overflows from the inside out, and true happiness also springs from the inner spring.
To have joy, we have to go deep into our hearts. When a person realizes this, he becomes a seeker and begins to move from the outside to the inside, and the whole process of turning inward is a journey of seeking the truth. So many people will help themselves to return to their inner self through meditation, meditation, and the true source. By discovering the source, one discovers eternal joy.
Happiness is like a faucet, and joy is the water in the tower. There is water in the water tower, and as long as the faucet is turned on, there will be water. If there is no water in the tower, no matter how many taps you replace, it will still have no water.
If you have money, you can buy a new car, you can hire a driver, but it's the same person who sits in the car. If you don't have happiness in your heart, no matter how many new cars you get, or even if you change planes, it won't work, and soon your mood will drop.
Joy goes inward, joy goes out. To go outward is to go downward, and that is why we often go down in a mood that not only does it get better, but it also goes down after being happy or having pleasure.Joy comes from the heart, without pretense, and its roots are in one's own heart, and that is why some children and enlightened beings can be happy without any reason.
Many people confuse happiness with joy and strive to pursue happiness outward, but instead lead themselves further and further away.