I am so irritated , for i don't find contentment , in anything.
Everything is short lived. One day i need this, another day i need something else.
One day i want to work, next day i feel the frivolous endlessness of corporate life.
One day i just want to read books, but then i cannot survive my life with this?
What to do ? How to find the happiness? The ultimate goal?
Am i looking for happiness or contentment in wrong places?
I think so much , what is life? What is purpose?
And i don't get any answers. Even if i get, i think , what if this is not true.
A monk told me , "Purpose is to find happiness".
A book said, "Detachment gives you most contentment"
Quora said, "Evolution , for we need to survive".
What is correct? Why are we here?
Or may be , we are just here. Do something , and die! Really?May be its that simple.
Then i read Buddhist texts, they talk about compassion and detachment. What if if this is not true?
How to get the answers?
And things are so contradictory-
May be i have too much free time ?
Or, may be i am doing too much , and getting burned out?
But i knew i needed to get the answers. I wanted to find the ultimate happiness, ultimate calmness. And i needed to be practical as well. I can't leave and detach and go to Himalayas. Haven't reached that level.
I decided two things for myself -
1. Happiness
2. Calmness
Lets address one by one.
Happiness
1. Find the things that gives you happiness - reading , writing, travelling, talking to people, dancing and music.
2. Don't try to find happiness in people's responses. Find happiness in your experience. Like - find happiness in writing and not in getting that acknowledged.
3. Embrace people as they are. Don't judge yourself, and don't judge others.
Calmness
1. Don't think too much about it. Wont fetch you anything.
2. Meditate. It helps you control your emotions. It helps you concentrate.
3. Don't work too much. Life is too short to maintain someone's else PnL.
4. Find a mentor. A guru. You know you need it.
Lets take these first steps!
Everything is short lived. One day i need this, another day i need something else.
One day i want to work, next day i feel the frivolous endlessness of corporate life.
One day i just want to read books, but then i cannot survive my life with this?
What to do ? How to find the happiness? The ultimate goal?
Am i looking for happiness or contentment in wrong places?
I think so much , what is life? What is purpose?
And i don't get any answers. Even if i get, i think , what if this is not true.
A monk told me , "Purpose is to find happiness".
A book said, "Detachment gives you most contentment"
Quora said, "Evolution , for we need to survive".
What is correct? Why are we here?
Or may be , we are just here. Do something , and die! Really?May be its that simple.
Then i read Buddhist texts, they talk about compassion and detachment. What if if this is not true?
How to get the answers?
And things are so contradictory-
May be i have too much free time ?
Or, may be i am doing too much , and getting burned out?
But i knew i needed to get the answers. I wanted to find the ultimate happiness, ultimate calmness. And i needed to be practical as well. I can't leave and detach and go to Himalayas. Haven't reached that level.
I decided two things for myself -
1. Happiness
2. Calmness
Lets address one by one.
Happiness
1. Find the things that gives you happiness - reading , writing, travelling, talking to people, dancing and music.
2. Don't try to find happiness in people's responses. Find happiness in your experience. Like - find happiness in writing and not in getting that acknowledged.
3. Embrace people as they are. Don't judge yourself, and don't judge others.
Calmness
1. Don't think too much about it. Wont fetch you anything.
2. Meditate. It helps you control your emotions. It helps you concentrate.
3. Don't work too much. Life is too short to maintain someone's else PnL.
4. Find a mentor. A guru. You know you need it.
Lets take these first steps!
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