This Is Why We're Chasing Happiness

[Princess Arabia]

Do we go around chasing our arm, our eyes, the sun, night time, daytime, or anything that is already present. Anything that is inevitable or we know is there or sure is about to come, no. We're in a relaxed state about it. We don't think about our fingers unless it hurts; and we don't focus on whether or not daylight will show up in the morning, we go to sleep knowing the sun will rise whether it's a cloudy day or not. All these things have been neutralized within our awareness and have collapsed back into oneness. When nighttime appears within our awareness it's already perceived that daytime will follow. When daytime arises, nighttime collapses back from whence it came, back into nothingness. We don't ask where the hell did daytime go and go chasing for it, we are at peace knowing it will show up. That anxious feeling isn't arising. We're at peace with all those sorts of things. Knowing our arms are on our bodies, our eyes are there, the sky is there and that our hearts are beating. 

This is how things become one with the Universe. That trigger energy didn't disappear, it collapsed and blended in with the flow. So did the happy energy. We feel happiness for 5mins then the happiness blends itself and become one again. So does every emotion. They arise and subside within our awareness. They are still potentially there; but until there's focus and attention, they lie dormant.

Happiness, joy, excitement etc, gives us such a dopamine hit that the mind doesn't want to let go of that feeling. We chase happiness because we're unsure. Unsure of it's existence. We need to see it to feel alive. Even sadness. We need these emotions to come out of their non-dual state for us to know we exist. If not, we'll feel dead inside. We will feel that nothingness. We don't want to feel like nothing; and because happiness is the feel good state, we chase it around like a cat chases a mouse. We need to feel alive. We also chase other emotions and feelings, but I'm concentrating on happiness here even though this goes for every emotion. Happiness has to collapse back into the flow of oneness because that's it's nature. It cannot be otherwise. We don't understand this, so we chase it down. It keeps coming back up, but not for long as it's a very short-lived sensation. Depression is happiness turned in unto itself. Picture an umbilical cord trapped and cannot free itself. Stopping happiness in it's tracks from birthing itself. These energies are free but the mind enslaves them. When the mind liberates itself and welcomes all these energies to flow and collapse as they are designed to do because of the Absolute nature of the Universal flow, then they're not trapped within the body. We chase after happiness because sadness is trapped within the body so is anxiety, confusion, anger, fear, jealousy, etc. All these emotions makes us feel contracted and constricted. So, we chase after what we believe will loosen them up, not realizing that they'll just surface again once the happy energy subsides. 

Ever notice happiness doesn't create a problem for us. It's because this energy is welcomed and shown love. We don't reject or hate it. It comes and goes more freely than the other ones we associate negativity with. Those one's get more attention and focus so awareness stays within this side of consciousness. They feel more intense. Anger feels more intense than happiness because of the attention we give it. We don't usually consciously chase anger because it doesn't feel good, but we are still chasing it in the silent pursuit for happiness. We will search out things and circumstances that makes us feel upset and bothered because that happiness dopamine hit wears off too quickly. Either way we're chasing emotions to make us feel something - something rather than nothing. 

 

 

[Someone here]

[Princess Arabia]

18 minutes ago, Someone here said:

Why are we desiring what's natural to us. Do we desire our arm. Do we desire our blood cells. Did he really say this, or did someone slap a quote that sounds good unto his name for recognition. 

This is why sometimes I make my posts with extra practical explanations because they're coming from a place of understanding what I'm speaking of to be able to put it into my own words and not just use some random meme from off the internet. If my post then has some flaw there that someone can point out isn't the way it is or can give me other insights or a better understanding then that leads to better knowledge and understanding of self rather than just parroting some fake meme that could just be created from someone's basement. 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 05:06 PM by Princess Arabia

[Someone here]

7 minutes ago, Princess Arabia said:

Why are we desiring what's natural to us

That's exactly what the quote is pointing to . You should not desire or seek happiness outside yourself . Precisely because its natural. 

8 minutes ago, Princess Arabia said:

Did he really say this, or did someone slap a quote that sounds good unto his name for recognition. 

Yes . Feel free to double check .uncle Google in your fingertips .

9 minutes ago, Princess Arabia said:

This is why sometimes I make my posts with extra practical explanations because they're coming from a place of understanding what I'm speaking of to be able to put it into my own words and not just use some random meme from off the internet. If my post then has some flaw there that someone can point out isn't the way it is or can give me other insights or a better understanding then that leads to better knowledge and understanding of self rather than just parroting some fake meme that could just be created from someone's basement

Relax girl .

[Princess Arabia]

18 minutes ago, Someone here said:

That's exactly what the quote is pointing to . You should not desire or seek happiness outside yourself . Precisely because its natural. 

Yes . Feel free to double check .uncle Google in your fingertips .

Relax girl .

Ok thanks for enlightening me. The happiness is within me so I must look there for the happiness that I am already. Sounds good. Could you tell me how to seek happiness within. Do you know how to do that.

Edited yesterday at 05:34 PM by Princess Arabia

[Breakingthewall]

It is a matter of evolution. Any living being is constantly evolving, escaping from something and chasing something. Humans are a special form of life, a collective entity that gives life to an immaterial living being that is the matrix, the collective ego. This being is in accelerated evolution, millions of times faster than genetic evolution, and that is why it flees and searches with much more intensity and without rest. The only way to maintain constant happiness is to understand it and detach yourself from it.

[Someone here]

1 hour ago, Princess Arabia said:

Could you tell me how to seek happiness within. Do you know how to do that.

There is nothing that you should seek for .or there is..doesn't matter ..seekers gonna seek .unseekers are gonna unseek. 

There are no shoulds or should nots. There is nothing that has to be done .everything is exactly in its right place. All is well . 

[Princess Arabia]

Just now, Someone here said:

There is nothing that you should seek for .or there is..doesn't matter ..seekers gonna seek .unseekers are gonna unseek. 

There are no shoulds or should nots. There is nothing that has to be done .everything is exactly in its right place. All is well . 

OK, you have answered the question. I wasn't really looking for a correct answer because there's none. I see the point you're making now. Thanks 

[Razard86]

Happiness, peace, goodness, love, truth, acceptance, is baseline existence. It never disappears, all that happens is sometimes you forget its there because some other emotion surfaces. 

[Ishanga]

@Princess Arabia We chase Happiness because Fundamentally everything about us, our Bodies, Minds, Emotions and Energy functions better when in a Naturally Happier State, Suffering states do the opposite, they de optimize everything that we have to use while here...

Believe it or not, but each decision You make is based on Happiness, or Pleasure seeking, the "Gaining Pleasure, Avoiding Pain" Equation is always running and always calculating to make sure Your Life is more Pleasurable than Painful, it doesn't always work or make sense but that is what is happening!

Via a Naturally Happiness State through out the entire system, then a Human Being can be capable of reaching their Highest Potential, whatever that is, because choice and freedom are now available to You, that doesn't happen when your depressed, angry, anxious, bitter and so forth!

Edited 10 hours ago by Ishanga

[Princess Arabia]

8 hours ago, Razard86 said:

Happiness, peace, goodness, love, truth, acceptance, is baseline existence. It never disappears, all that happens is sometimes you forget its there because some other emotion surfaces. 

Thank you.

[Princess Arabia]

2 hours ago, Ishanga said:

@Princess Arabia We chase Happiness because Fundamentally everything about us, our Bodies, Minds, Emotions and Energy functions better when in a Naturally Happier State, Suffering states do the opposite, they de optimize everything that we have to use while here...

Believe it or not, but each decision You make is based on Happiness, or Pleasure seeking, the "Gaining Pleasure, Avoiding Pain" Equation is always running and always calculating to make sure Your Life is more Pleasurable than Painful, it doesn't always work or make sense but that is what is happening!

Via a Naturally Happiness State through out the entire system, then a Human Being can be capable of reaching their Highest Potential, whatever that is, because choice and freedom are now available to You, that doesn't happen when your depressed, angry, anxious, bitter and so forth!

There are people who seek out pain. People will even pay to experience pain. Ever heard of Ball busting, lol. Its still a pleasurable experience for the one seeking for that experience but it's still painful. That's just one example, 

Idk about the body functioning better in a happier state. Healthy food, healthy mind and overall healthy environment seems more to be the case there.

Not sure about the "each decision" part either, sometimes people make painful decisions because it's in their best interest, e.g. deciding to end a long relationship or marriage. Plenty more examples.

Sometimes adversity can make one go out of their way to strive because of the pain and suffering they're going through, so pain can also be a motivator.