The Expanded View: Exploring Sacred Wisdom and the Way to Lasting Joy
The Temporary Nature of Material Happiness Happiness is our inherent yearning for fulfillment in some form, to gain pleasure or toavoid pain. We believe we will be fulfilled through material pleasures, but these successes willnot cause lasting happiness. The rewards are only temporary. Subsequently they will createmore desires to which we reach for again and […]
Is Happiness a Worthwhile Goal?
This is an excellent question that was posted on Good Life Zen: Is Happiness a Worthwhile Goal? It was surprising to me to see that no one of the readers discussed in the comments meditation as a tool to reach a state beyond the dualities of life (happy & sad, warm & cold, hungry & full, etc.), a state of eternal […]