Spirituality isn’t detachment in the true sense. It’s more of an attachment to the transcendental world in place of the temporal world
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Most influencers are either into self-aggrandizement or self-justification. Most often, one follows the other.
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You are in the meaning of life, but you are not the meaning. You are in the game of life, but you are not the game.-
Pleasure and happiness are different.
Pleasure is physical.
Happiness is mental.
Pleasure can lead to happiness,
but happiness doesn’t need pleasure as a prerequisite.-
People often contend over the definition of happiness, but they usually talk about only one layer of it. Child-level happiness is when one gets what he wants easily and the environment is conducive to his actions—he cannot be happy in difficult situations. Achiever-level happiness is when one achieves an artificial goal—it lasts only until hedonistic adaptation sets in, and he constantly needs new goals. Metaphysical happiness is achieved through reflection. That man can be happy even in a dystopia world.
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Wisdom is contemplative experimentation. Borrowed wisdom lacks the viscerality and nuances of self-realized wisdom, which may, in the end, be the same as trite wisdom.
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Anything absolute is unnatural to human beings. Instead of chasing absolutes, one should aim to maximize what uplifts and minimize what harms.
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Happiness is being comfortable in the 'As Is'.
'To Be' can be used only as a means to create a conducive environment for the 'As Is'.-