Happiness Or Peace - Your Choice
There is a really big difference between being happy and being in a state of inner peace.
People often confuse the two but they are quite different.
Happiness is a temporary reaction to what is going on in the moment and inner peace can become that unshakable stillness that remains within no matter what happens.
When something goes right, your mind judges it and analyses it, agrees that it is right and so you are happy.
You have got your way.
When something goes wrong you also judge and analyze it but you become unhappy and dissatisfied because life didn't bring you what you want.
Life becomes a miserable place with miserable things in it.
Happiness is that temporary fix, that shallow place that comes from getting stuff, attaining position, and acquiring comfort.
When the novelty wears off, you want more to get the next happiness fix.
You go from getting, getting more and getting more but you are ultimately never satisfied with what is.
On the other hand, when you can go inside and sweep a little place clean and create peace there, you can sit quite comfortably there permanently.
Some people have done exactly that.
They can have a truly miserable experience, yet remain seated in inner peace.
Food poisoning can't shake them from that inner peace.
Neither can the death of a loved one.
Nor can a car accident.
That inner peace remains unshakable.
There is a very deep knowing that says this too shall pass.
It is only temporary.
In this person's life there is an acceptance of what is and the lesson that accompanies it.
There is a knowing that what is being experienced is perfect right now.
There is no need to get and get more.
Inner peace is that place that doesn't define itself with what is outside.
The drama king or queen has no place to emerge from.
All there is, is stillness.
Becoming peaceful inside comes from the knowing that you are an eternal being that is not defined by what you have or who you are.
It is defined by that unchanging and unchangeable place in which you reside inside.
It's finding that place amid all the rubbish, belief systems, judgments, opinions, defenses, karma, objections, and inappropriate actions and remaining unfailingly in that place.
From that place, happiness will fall away and be replaced by joy, love, intimacy and bliss.
Now the part of you that wanted all those things is no longer and what is, is just perfect right now.
People often confuse the two but they are quite different.
Happiness is a temporary reaction to what is going on in the moment and inner peace can become that unshakable stillness that remains within no matter what happens.
When something goes right, your mind judges it and analyses it, agrees that it is right and so you are happy.
You have got your way.
When something goes wrong you also judge and analyze it but you become unhappy and dissatisfied because life didn't bring you what you want.
Life becomes a miserable place with miserable things in it.
Happiness is that temporary fix, that shallow place that comes from getting stuff, attaining position, and acquiring comfort.
When the novelty wears off, you want more to get the next happiness fix.
You go from getting, getting more and getting more but you are ultimately never satisfied with what is.
On the other hand, when you can go inside and sweep a little place clean and create peace there, you can sit quite comfortably there permanently.
Some people have done exactly that.
They can have a truly miserable experience, yet remain seated in inner peace.
Food poisoning can't shake them from that inner peace.
Neither can the death of a loved one.
Nor can a car accident.
That inner peace remains unshakable.
There is a very deep knowing that says this too shall pass.
It is only temporary.
In this person's life there is an acceptance of what is and the lesson that accompanies it.
There is a knowing that what is being experienced is perfect right now.
There is no need to get and get more.
Inner peace is that place that doesn't define itself with what is outside.
The drama king or queen has no place to emerge from.
All there is, is stillness.
Becoming peaceful inside comes from the knowing that you are an eternal being that is not defined by what you have or who you are.
It is defined by that unchanging and unchangeable place in which you reside inside.
It's finding that place amid all the rubbish, belief systems, judgments, opinions, defenses, karma, objections, and inappropriate actions and remaining unfailingly in that place.
From that place, happiness will fall away and be replaced by joy, love, intimacy and bliss.
Now the part of you that wanted all those things is no longer and what is, is just perfect right now.
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