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You Are the "Love and Happiness" Itself
Vitaly Geyman
Author of the book Wealth
Secrets Of The Ancients and an
internationally published fine
art photographer.
Goodwill Ambassador of
the
Innompic Web Games
Over the last month i have created for
myself a full time spiritual sabbatical in
my own home:) I have been
meditating a lot,
reading
of
wisdom
of
ancient masters, and
updating myself on the latest discoveries in
neuropsychology, quantum physics etc. My aim
is to go deeper into "what
makes us happy". Not the superficial, momentary
happiness that dissipates as soon as we
achieved the next goal or possession but
"Lasting Happiness" that sustains itself
even in the most difficult times.
I am sure you heard the expression "Happiness Is An Inside Job". Well little did
I know the true meaning of this before I
started on this journey 20 years ago.
What I discovered even in this 30 day
sabbatical that before we can truly address
this topic of happiness we need to answer or
at least attempt to answer this question:
Who or What am I, at the very core?
Am I just a collection of atoms, put
together through evolution?
Is there anything more then just my personal
identity and all the labels I have put on
myself?
It seems both science and ancient wisdom
keeps pointing to the fact that only when we
let go of our attachment to the personal
identity (ego) can we truly
be happy. Ego
has its place in daily life but it is a task
master that is never satisfied. Not an easy
thing to do, to let go of ego... But
when
we do, we inevitably uncover
true love and
intimacy with everything we come in contact,
including the people we work with and
the
work itself. But most importantly we realize
who we truly are
− the "Love and
Happiness"
itself.
It is really hilarious that most of us
search for happiness through others
(relationships), work, possessions, status,
security
etc... undergoing so much suffering
in the course of it. But yet it is not
there. It is our own
true self.
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