I know that it is possible for one to speak of many things for hours and hours, but no matter how much one speaks, these words will be empty unless one has experienced the ideas at hand. Prime examples of this are love and happiness.
Love. Is it an overused word nowadays? Definitely. The pop music industry and the hormone-fueled storming emotions of adolescents are put to blame, along with the catalysis by social networks. 'Love' is everywhere. It's sickening. The thing about love is, those who are in it will wholeheartedly agree with the fact that it is the best 'thing' they've ever felt. It lifts them up to the ether, where all is beautiful... and it leaves them there. How long they stay and how fast they'll fall depends on how much the other person they're in love with can help them sustain that illusion. It will always grow, like an addiction that cripples the heart with joy. But once it ends, all will fall. It is possibly the strongest illusion that mankind has known. Wait.. is it an illusion? I'd say not. But, if it's not an illusion, then why do people fall out of it? I'd say it's because love is an idea. And, like all other ideas, it will only control one for as long as they believe in it with everything they have. They must have faith. Once they doubt that idea, even with the slightest doubt, the illusion falls. Love is not within us. It is an idea that we were destined to understand without knowing any language. One can't stop himself/herself from falling in love with anything. They can only deny it for as long as they want... but this denial makes them grow old and frail, young and free though they may be.
Happiness. I will not explain this myself, for others have managed to put this to words much better than I have. The following is a quote by U.G. Krishnamurti, about happiness: "Is there any such thing as happiness? I would say, no. So, the quest for happiness is a cultural input, and that is the common desire that we know exists everywhere, in every part of the world. That is what we all want, and that want is the most important want in human beings everywhere. Happiness, if you want to use that word, is like any other sensation. The moment thought separates itself from what is called the sensation of happiness, the demand to keep that sensation going longer than its natural duration also occurs with it. So, any sensation, however extraordinary, however pleasant it may be, is rejected by the body. Keeping that sensation going longer than its duration of life is destroying the sensitivity of the sensory perceptions and sensitivity of this living organism. That is the battle that is going on."
The quote above is from the following e-book (download link available): http://www.holybooks.com/thought-enemy-conversations-ug/
I just wanted to speak those two thoughts on my mind.
God bless.
(:
Love. Is it an overused word nowadays? Definitely. The pop music industry and the hormone-fueled storming emotions of adolescents are put to blame, along with the catalysis by social networks. 'Love' is everywhere. It's sickening. The thing about love is, those who are in it will wholeheartedly agree with the fact that it is the best 'thing' they've ever felt. It lifts them up to the ether, where all is beautiful... and it leaves them there. How long they stay and how fast they'll fall depends on how much the other person they're in love with can help them sustain that illusion. It will always grow, like an addiction that cripples the heart with joy. But once it ends, all will fall. It is possibly the strongest illusion that mankind has known. Wait.. is it an illusion? I'd say not. But, if it's not an illusion, then why do people fall out of it? I'd say it's because love is an idea. And, like all other ideas, it will only control one for as long as they believe in it with everything they have. They must have faith. Once they doubt that idea, even with the slightest doubt, the illusion falls. Love is not within us. It is an idea that we were destined to understand without knowing any language. One can't stop himself/herself from falling in love with anything. They can only deny it for as long as they want... but this denial makes them grow old and frail, young and free though they may be.
Happiness. I will not explain this myself, for others have managed to put this to words much better than I have. The following is a quote by U.G. Krishnamurti, about happiness: "Is there any such thing as happiness? I would say, no. So, the quest for happiness is a cultural input, and that is the common desire that we know exists everywhere, in every part of the world. That is what we all want, and that want is the most important want in human beings everywhere. Happiness, if you want to use that word, is like any other sensation. The moment thought separates itself from what is called the sensation of happiness, the demand to keep that sensation going longer than its natural duration also occurs with it. So, any sensation, however extraordinary, however pleasant it may be, is rejected by the body. Keeping that sensation going longer than its duration of life is destroying the sensitivity of the sensory perceptions and sensitivity of this living organism. That is the battle that is going on."
The quote above is from the following e-book (download link available): http://www.holybooks.com/thought-enemy-conversations-ug/
I just wanted to speak those two thoughts on my mind.
God bless.
(:
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