UnbornTao

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A true visionary.

"Happier"? That's fair.

Oh I see, that one's hard to catch.

Likely experiences so keep at it. Go for what's true now, not hearsay. Good luck.

What's the recontextualization here?

Yeah, pretty much. We pursue what is assessed as lacking in the present. In the case of happiness, that might be a fool's errand.

Cheers!

I don't think there's an option to do that automatically - you might want to do some research first, though. You probably have to manually go through every note and export it in docx format and then convert it to markdown. Then, you just import those files into your Obsidian vault. Welcome to the forum, by the way.

Nice, thank you. You say it isn't found in the world of experience but then claim that happiness is contingent on positive circumstances. I suspect you're talking about two different kinds of happiness there.

You're probably going in your mind "yeah sure, shut up already." Thanks, I largely agree with you on that. Still, pursuing it sets us up for failure. It puts happiness out of reach and separates us from it. Rather, don't want it. By direct, it is meant: be (happy.) But again, this shift has to be real and not just pretended, so that is that. What you said somewhere about removing layers of the self helps in that. Less self, less suffering. It's like reminding ourselves not to wait for the lollipop (getting what we want) in order to be content now.

Have you ever been happy just because, maybe while meditating? No big stimulus is present, yet you are perfectly okay and content. There's nothing particularly exciting about the circumstances - you're just sitting, maybe focused on your breathing - and yet this joy arises unbidden. Usually, we'd ask where it comes from: What caused it? We tend to assume an agreeable experience must occur first before happiness can arise or be justified. Sure. I'd be wary of pursuing an ideal, though. If, in your mind, a neutral state is devoid of emotion and feeling, then it may not be worth aiming for. I don't think such a thing could realistically occur. Even equanimity is still a kind of feeling-disposition. Sounds good. Get enlightened and then you tell me.

No worries.