One is happy or not. contentment is perhaps the right word that we are looking for as it is stable, its a state of being. money is a tool to be used. if you become addicted to it then it will lose your contentment, and you will again end up chasing happyness.
I'm also concerned with this and I found out that two things help me most, gratitude and acceptance. I don't have lot of things, starting with lot of money, security for the few following years and so on but hey, I do have a lot of stuff, like friends, music I can listen to, people in need I can help and most of all, the ability to do all of this, the ability to sense, to see, to act, the bare life. And I haven't done anything to deserve it, I just happened to have it (well, that's based on ones religious opinion) as well as other cool stuff, parents bringing me up, education I got for free, therefor I'm grateful. and even though I have all of these, there come moments when I face bad things and don't have access to the good things. Well, I can probably do very little about it so accepting such moments looks like a good idea, not to learn from them or anything, just because I can't do anything about them. I see a lot of points in this video I can add to my own growth. I've also made a video about learning to be happy recently, I'll be glad if you watch it.
One cannot be compelled to be happy. One cannot be happy as a condition of submission to another person or institution. Doesn't a person need to be free from oppression and subjugation to truly pursue happiness? If so, How can one be happy practicing a religion that is dogmatic and authoritarian and essentially motivated by power? I disagree that ALL religions can be paths to happiness if you pursue them selflessly.
One is happy or not. contentment is perhaps the right word that we are looking for as it is stable, its a state of being. money is a tool to be used. if you become addicted to it then it will lose your contentment, and you will again end up chasing happyness.
I'm also concerned with this and I found out that two things help me most, gratitude and acceptance.
I don't have lot of things, starting with lot of money, security for the few following years and so on but hey, I do have a lot of stuff, like friends, music I can listen to, people in need I can help and most of all, the ability to do all of this, the ability to sense, to see, to act, the bare life. And I haven't done anything to deserve it, I just happened to have it (well, that's based on ones religious opinion) as well as other cool stuff, parents bringing me up, education I got for free, therefor I'm grateful.
and even though I have all of these, there come moments when I face bad things and don't have access to the good things. Well, I can probably do very little about it so accepting such moments looks like a good idea, not to learn from them or anything, just because I can't do anything about them.
I see a lot of points in this video I can add to my own growth. I've also made a video about learning to be happy recently, I'll be glad if you watch it.
One cannot be compelled to be happy. One cannot be happy as a condition of submission to another person or institution. Doesn't a person need to be free from oppression and subjugation to truly pursue happiness? If so, How can one be happy practicing a religion that is dogmatic and authoritarian and essentially motivated by power? I disagree that ALL religions can be paths to happiness if you pursue them selflessly.