Text/Gesang Flowers 79
The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle said that the ultimate value of life lies in the ability to awaken and think, not just to survive.
From ancient times to the present, the purpose of human existence has never changed, that is, to obtain happiness, but often pain is like a shadow, and it is difficult to obtain happiness, which is what we should all think about.
Kelsang began to think about this problem a long time ago, the world told me that love can make people happy, so I went to look for love, but found that love is a thing that is erratic, when it comes out and when it disappears is not something I can decide, it is uncontrollable, that is, this impermanence brings us pain, because I can't see through its essence, so I came to the conclusion: love can't bring me real happiness.
The world told me that you have to work hard to get money, so you can get happiness, so I was scrappy to work hard, I worked hard, and then I tried to start a business, but I found that my desire for material things was expanding more and more, and money could not match my desires. It made me very miserable.
One day when I was standing dazed at the intersection of the endless flow of vehicles, I looked at the cars coming and going, there were many luxury cars driving by, I was thinking, is this person driving a luxury car happy? If luxury cars and mansions can't bring real happiness to people, then what is the point of my efforts?
Since then, I have embarked on an exploration of what is truly the answer to happiness.
In order to find the real answer, I soaked in the library all day long, I consulted all kinds of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign books in psychology, philosophy, theology, education, success and other fields, and then locked in our Chinese culture, our Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, ancient sage thought, I was like discovering an inexhaustible huge treasure, every day hungry to dig, the inner answer is more and more clear, the direction and goal of life are getting clearer and clearer, and finally feel the real happiness, a kind of transcendence of matter, The satisfaction and joy of transcending worldly bitterness.
I understand the various truths of the world, and the so-called happiness we pursue is exactly the opposite of true happiness, it is reversed, so no matter how hard we try, we will not be happy.
Love is not happiness, it is a kind of pleasure, it will not last, if you want to enjoy it, you can not cling, attachment must have pain, marriage is a win-win mechanism of cooperation, nothing more, it is best not to pursue love too much in marriage, otherwise you will suffer because of disappointment.
Matter is only the basic level of life, just like the foundation of a high-rise building, the foundation is very important and indispensable, but its value can only be at the lowest level, and the real value is on the upper floor. And we shouldn't have been living for that foundation all the time, but we shouldn't have gone up to the foundation layer by layer.
If we don't build buildings up, we can't reflect our true value, and we can't get real happiness.
Our value can only be found inward, born as a human being, heaven must let everyone be endowed with their abilities, most of them are just buried.
The meaning of life is to create value, that is, when we are undistracted into a certain activity, focus on this matter wholeheartedly, play to the extreme to complete the challenge, and achieve a kind of mental unity.
Therefore, the so-called happiness, that is, you understand your own positioning, clarify the direction and goal of life, devote yourself to it, reach the level of self-forgetfulness, and thus obtain a state of inner order and peace and joy, and the resulting value is often beyond our imagination.