Find your calling
We all seek happiness. It is natural tendency of all human beings. We try to find happiness at many places -- but primarily in things we do. But, what really makes one happy?
I was just thinking about this the other day.
You might say that setting a goal, working towards it and then achieving it makes one happy. True. But have you noticed that somtimes when we work towards a goal, strive for it and then achieve it, there is a sense of emptiness. Then begins another goal searching -- another journey.
Well -- that's how we tend to live life, isn't it?
I have two views on this: One either just go with the flow. I think this was Lao Tze's philosophy too. Just watch and enjoy life. You are not born with any purpose. Just being here is your only duty here.
Second view point, and that I seem to agree more on, is that just find your own calling. If you truly can find the cause that makes you happy and worth-living, just do it. Once you do it, you will no longer be trapped in this 'goal-searching' circle.
Well.. I am still searching for my own calling with hope that I will find it soon. What do you think?
I was just thinking about this the other day.
You might say that setting a goal, working towards it and then achieving it makes one happy. True. But have you noticed that somtimes when we work towards a goal, strive for it and then achieve it, there is a sense of emptiness. Then begins another goal searching -- another journey.
Well -- that's how we tend to live life, isn't it?
I have two views on this: One either just go with the flow. I think this was Lao Tze's philosophy too. Just watch and enjoy life. You are not born with any purpose. Just being here is your only duty here.
Second view point, and that I seem to agree more on, is that just find your own calling. If you truly can find the cause that makes you happy and worth-living, just do it. Once you do it, you will no longer be trapped in this 'goal-searching' circle.
Well.. I am still searching for my own calling with hope that I will find it soon. What do you think?
posted by nivant at 7:27 PM
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Siddharth started his journey in search of happiness and ended with finding of four noble truths 1. The Noble Truth of Suffering (dukkha) 2. The Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering (desire) 3. The Noble Truth of the Extinction of Suffering (nirvana) 4. The Noble Truth that leads to the Extinction of Suffering. (right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration).
If you want to be happy, there is no need to search for another 'calling'. You are right there, just follow the path that Lord Krishna and Lord Buddha have outlined in their teachings.
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