an anarchist
Your local anarchist.
Does religion provide your primary source of happiness? Should it? In the past, I felt that religion was the only way one could be truly happy.
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What makes you happy? Religion?
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I find that there is a difference between happiness and joy. Happiness is a temperature gauge where as joy is a thermostat.
Happiness depends on whether or not things are going good. "Today I'm happy because it was a wonderful day".
Joy is a state of being. Joy, for me, came through a relationship with my new Father--God.
Because of joy, I find myself happier even in the worst of times.
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
I suppose the short answer is yes, if you mean an ongoing rather than transitory thing. That's not to say my state of mind means I view the world through rose-tinted glasses.
My children
My husband
Crawling in dank, dark caves to help excavate 25000 year old artifacts
Canoing, walking, (used to be cycling too)
Timing myself driving around a track and beating my best time previous time.
Forests, rivers, wildlife.
Life in general.
Despite religion being dominant in my early life it brought me nothing but pain, frustration and upset
My husband
Crawling in dank, dark caves to help excavate 25000 year old artifacts
Canoing, walking, (used to be cycling too)
Timing myself driving around a track and beating my best time previous time.
Forests, rivers, wildlife.
Life in general.
Despite religion being dominant in my early life it brought me nothing but pain, frustration and upset
Gargovic Malkav
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How do you feel about it now?
idea
Question Everything
"Ever desireless, one can see the mystery; ever desiring,one only sees the manifestations. And the mystery itself is the doorway to all understanding."
Happiness, joy, peace, contentment - found through letting go of desire. For evil, "this too shall pass", for good, "this too shall pass".
Happiness, joy, peace, contentment - found through letting go of desire. For evil, "this too shall pass", for good, "this too shall pass".
No and no.
an anarchist
Your local anarchist.
I'm not sure. Perhaps it's just simply different for everyone.
As do I.
I think having a sense of purpose keeps me happy, but I created my own sense of purpose, so I do not require religion for that.
In my opinion.
I would say the 'practice' of my religion brings me happiness. Otherwise, what is its point?
an anarchist
Your local anarchist.
I feel study is one of the only thing to make me happy, I just been having a hard time finding a environment where I could do it constantly. Study and the pursuit of knowledge has kept me on planet earth
No, religions often make me unhappy, as to so many negative things coming from some of them or from their followers. Given I have never voluntarily taken up any religion.
What tends to make me happy is the avoidance of issues that might make me unhappy, but given that I am now so old as to give up so many of the things that did make me happy, just staying reasonably healthy is enough, even if I am starting to notice the signs as to my mental health slowly deteriorating.
