Why Waiting For Happiness Cannot Make You Happy
People can live in this state of looking to the future for contentment their whole lives. But here is the fundamental flaw with this: The future doesn't exist. Every moment you are in is NOW… have you noticed? When you think about the future, what you are actually dealing with are thoughts, images and emotions. They have nothing to do with finding true peace and happiness now. What this activity does allow is for the mind to keep permanent control of your life.
You can never be happy and free now if you are trying to live in a future to come. This leaves you in an endless cycle of looking to the future for happiness, feeling a sense of excitement over the images your mind produces and then descending back into a state suffering. If you do not experience happiness now when will you? In the future? Like I said, that's impossible. The future is now when it comes.
What we need to see is that the only time we ever have is right now. The future only exists as thoughts in the mind. Our mind says, "Once everything is exactly how I think it should be, then I will be totally happy." It thinks the problem is outside of itself, whereas it is actually caused by believing the untrue thoughts it creates.
We believe the mind when it tells us that we will be happy in the future. We put our trust in what the mind says the problem is. But just because the thoughts appear in your head, does that prove they are true? The mind automatically weaves stories that have no truth in reality, and when we believe these thoughts and stories, we experience suffering now. Then we look to the future and imagine a point when the suffering will no longer be there.
This is the true cause of all our problems. We believe lies and then act out what the lie tells us we need to do to be happy. The only remedy to this dreadful cycle is to see the fact that what your mind tells you is not true. When you see clearly that your thoughts and feelings lie to you on a regular basis, you will automatically stop taking them so seriously.
You will begin to know that thoughts don't necessarily tell the truth. This allows you shift your attention from believing thoughts about the future to being present in your life now. That is where real peace and contentment lies. How could it be anywhere else? All we have is the present moment we live in now. That is the only place happiness can be found.
When we start questioning what our thinking tells us is true, more peace enters our life. This is the key that all great spiritual masters through the ages have tried to convey. Be happy now and let the future take care of itself. I highly recommend Guy Finley's audio album, Secrets of Being Unstoppable to anyone who wishes for a life free of stress and suffering. He clearly describes why we suffer and what exactly we must do to free ourselves from it.
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Andrew is dedicated to uncovering the truth in life and has studied with various spiritual teachers and read numerous books on inner life development. Visit his website: http://seekingtheextraordinary.com, and sign up to receive free inner life insights.
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