The counterintuitive nature of happiness

[Someone here]

I had a new insight that I felt sharing with the community.  Now I don't understand the whys and the how's behind it ..but it just hit me out of the blue .its something I've been noticing since I was a little kid .

Chasing material pleasure like sex and money and luxury items will not make you truly happy .the more you do it ..the more you feel empty inside and actually starting to slip into depression.  But the more you abandon those things and live a simple sober life ..the more happy and truly satisfied you become .

So I want you to throw away this whole paradigm of chasing stuff that you think will make you happy .and just simply back into being itself.  Focus on relaxation..  Sobriety and live a simple clean life devoid of all the luxurious stuff that is tempting you all the time . And that paradoxically will make you more happy and content with your life .

Just keeping it short and sweet . Let me know if you have any questions. 

Cheers ? 

[ShardMare]

@Someone here how did this insight came to u? 

How long have u been chasing money, sex and fame? Or have u?

 

[Someone here]

4 minutes ago, ShardMare said:

@Someone here how did this insight came to u? 

How long have u been chasing money, sex and fame? Or have u?

 

It came to me because I was a hardore seeker for happiness for the whole of my life . I tried porn,junk food ,cigarettes, sugar ,caffeine, luxury items etc and none of it ever make me happy. In fact every time I do these things i end up feeling a mild existential crisis where there is a deep void or hole within me that just doesn't get enough of things and keep seeking endlessly.  So I changed my mentality and my paradigm to meditation and just accepting existence as it is without running around chasing after stuff ..and that did actually work in enhancing my overall happiness and well being. 

 

[hyruga]

 

15 hours ago, Someone here said:

I had a new insight that I felt sharing with the community.  Now I don't understand the whys and the how's behind it ..but it just hit me out of the blue .its something I've been noticing since I was a little kid .

Chasing material pleasure like sex and money and luxury items will not make you truly happy .the more you do it ..the more you feel empty inside and actually starting to slip into depression.  But the more you abandon those things and live a simple sober life ..the more happy and truly satisfied you become .

So I want you to throw away this whole paradigm of chasing stuff that you think will make you happy .and just simply back into being itself.  Focus on relaxation..  Sobriety and live a simple clean life devoid of all the luxurious stuff that is tempting you all the time . And that paradoxically will make you more happy and content with your life .

Just keeping it short and sweet . Let me know if you have any questions. 

Cheers ? 

You are a wise one. Should give you the "Post of the Day" Trophy sticker.

[Someone here]

41 minutes ago, hyruga said:

 

You are a wise one. Should give you the "Post of the Day" Trophy sticker.

Not sure if a genuine compliment or trolling..but thanks anyways