Friday, March 19, 2010

Fleeting Joy

What is Joy? Is it being happy on your own, with others, or feeling satisfied with making others miserable? Perhaps it is all three because we are all shades of grey and not black or white. The common quality in all aspects of joy is that it is fleeting and not long lasting. All happiness which is linked to achievement evaporates after some time. The same holds true for malicious pleasure. The only constant is the craving for pleasure. A person's whole life will be spent in sampling and deciding what makes him or her happy. There's no harm in this, so long as another person is not hurt in this process. Happiness and pleasure will vanish after a while but negative feelings of hatred or dislike which are aroused by hurting others will continue.
We have to discriminate whether this momentary pleasure is worth hurting people close to you or not. Careful judgement is needed.
Beyond the manifold experiences of worldly pleasure is understanding the nature of lasting joy.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

very well written baba