Living Dhamma.

The thing that you need to be clear about is 'what is it that I want?' If you can't find clarity in that, you need to ask, 'what is it that I don't want?'

These are huge questions because ultimately, the ending of unhappiness and frustration in life comes from the relinquishing of a self identity. Just that very notion demands a deep investigation.

In the end it is only ever this narrow and limited self identity who struggles with life. This apparent being who desires and fears, who chooses one life above another, who loves and hates. When there is no attachment or belief in this self identity there is only the harmonious flow and the resultant beingness with life. 

No fight, no struggle, no pain.

Chasing happiness by continually following thoughts and endless desires will always in the end, be disappointing.

It's the trick of the mind to think, once I have all the things I can imagine as life fulfilling I'll be happy forever. The cause of our unhappiness is the mind's relationship to life. It is the beginning and ending of our suffering. This is the place to start. Even if you complain about your life, you are still blessed. You have food, clothes, money, freedom, all those things, but it's still not enough. Reflect, when will it ever be enough? If you have £1,000,000 you want £2,000,000.

If you want a worldly life that's fine of course, and there are many things you can enjoy, but whether your path is spiritual or mundane, you still have to make your own effort. There are no quick fixes for anything that has value.

 

May all beings be happy.