anyone ever notice this? im sure it doesnt just apply to me...it applies to everything tho...i want it cause i cant have it or cause its a real hard challenge to get...then once i obtain it..i dont care abt it no more...goes with everything from women to materialistic things...so i started thinking what happens when i finally get everything i want...what then? will there be a point to living for me? since right now my whole point of existence is to get these things that are nearly impossible to get...hmmm.......makes u wonder....

Happiness comes inside out, that's why

I was going to give a rather long explanation on this, but I don't know if this is a serious thread, and I wouldn't like to spoil the joke if it is one

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actually its not a joke just a random thought...thought i should share so ppl could discuss....so go ahead and post ur explanation id love to hear it

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Originally posted by Delay Llama Happiness comes inside out, that's why I was going to give a rather long explanation on this, but I don't know if this is a serious thread, and I wouldn't like to spoil the joke if it is one

Are you Buddhist by chance?

I have pretty much everything I want.

happiness stems from beer and genital stimulation however one gets that. Some people may disagree, but they are the same people who blush when someone says "masturbate", pansies.

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Originally posted by Orbax happiness stems from beer and genital stimulation however one gets that. Some people may disagree, but they are the same people who blush when someone says "masturbate", pansies.

that's the most brilliant thing i've ever read!

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Originally posted by Orbax happiness stems from beer and genital stimulation however one gets that. Some people may disagree, but they are the same people who blush when someone says "masturbate", pansies.

wanker

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Originally posted by DJ-Fuq wanker

Everything in life is like a little challange, they all differ in depths.. like for example, the chase of a girl, getting her and all... its much better when you have something to work for.

you pretty much know this.. but im not sure what you wanted to discuss about?

We all have things that we hold dear to us, we value those things because it has taken strength to achive for example goals of education, for sum marriage, and for sum getting a house and family...

Life will never end, if we would be immortal, thats why we must die one day, and the choices we make now are what determines what sort of life we will live, it might not be the best.. but it is yours, and nothing can take that away from us.

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Yeah, well, kinda logical. When you have something, there's no need for wanting it. When you don't have something, wanting it gives you a reason to gain it.

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Thats probably why there's a saying "You always want what you cant have".

Still, it's good to want things you haven't got, it gives you something to aim for. As for getting everything you want, very few people actually do, so I dont think you'll have to worry about that.

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All right then, Vivid, there you go And, Orbax, if you don't mind, I'm gonna use your example

When you get happiness from drinking beer for example, this satisfaction is just temporary because of a simple reason: Beer is finite and you can't be drunk forever. I realise this sounds obvious, but people are bound to forget it because of the pleasure they get from it. Once you drink the content inside the bottle, there's no more beer (unless you obviously buy more, but let's think of the worst case scenario here, in which you've got no money either). What happens? Hangover, and the problem now is that there's no more beer for you to be drunk again and forget/ignore the pain. This way, pleasure led to pain.

If you realise that beer will lead you to pain, you won't drink it. You'll realise that we don't have control on the things we can touch: we can control the way we feel things though (this is why happiness comes inside in). Parents, girls, cars,... they don't belong to you, and you can lose them (hence you can't get real pleasure FROM them, since they're not part of you and may be gone one day).

(I've got to go now but I'll be back with the second part of it in a couple of hours if there's any doubt or misunderstanding due to my English and hurry ).

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Originally posted by Omegasox Are you Buddhist by chance?

It depends... here's why:

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Originally nicked from buddhanet.net In one way being a Buddhist means belonging to a particular community of people and following a path of life taught by the Buddhas (enlightened beings). Members of the Buddhist community are formally joined by taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma (the teaching) and the Sangha (the community of noble disciples).

I temporarily studying the Dharma on my own, which means that I'm not a part of any Sangha right now (long story). Thus, I don't think I can be religiously labelled as Buddhist - maybe just philosophically, if you will

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