Happiness

Happiness doesn’t exist as an independent object that can be experienced permanently- it’s a condition that’s subject to change. Knowing that it’s a condition, and being the directors for this movie called life, we can go about creating the conditions for happiness to arise. Life being life, the conditions for happiness and unhappiness, joy and stress, excitement and frustration, can arise naturally as we work, eat, play and rest. But knowing that one moment conditions the next, we need to work out what conditions actually cause happiness to arise- having awareness of our needs and creating favourable conditions on a daily basis, helping to grease the gears of life. So, work out the conditions for suffering to arise; work out the conditions for suffering to cease; apply the conditions for suffering to cease. Similarly, work out the conditions for happiness to arise; apply the conditions for happiness (or perhaps more accurately, contentment) to arise.

See you in the sauna.