Fighting Happiness

Am I fighting for Happiness? Or am I fighting against Happiness? Or is Happiness fighting me? Or perhaps I am fighting with Happiness (side-by-side) against common foes. Whatever the distinction, it is a battle.

Perhaps it is a combination of all of the above, hence the ever-changing, concurrent battlefronts requiring multiple tactical strategies.

Keeping in mind that my definition of Happiness is Truth and Wisdom (which are unattainable Ideals), this week I feel we (Happiness and I) are fighting a common foe. The foe is the limitations imposed upon each of us by one’s physical vulnerabilities.

It is difficult to search for Truth and Wisdom in the best of empirical times. And many would claim that the distractions of physical pain or discomfort (empirical realities) would add further complications and detract from one’s ability to reason.

I might argue. I agree there is frustration that impacts one’s ability to reason, but I believe that frustration is over other’s inability to suddenly see or understand what is important. It is this frustration then that is misinterpreted as a direct result of the physical pain and discomfort. The challenge to overcome is not about pain; it is about perspective. The pain changes the perspective, and the perspective changes the person.

When forced to confront one’s mortality, empirical reality is actually simplified. No matter how steadfast the empiricist, when seriously contemplating mortality, thoughts turn transcendental. I believe this is not only additional confirmation (following up last week’s post) of transcendental unknowables, but also rids one’s daily routine of impurities, thus allowing for focus on what is important.

Regardless of your philosophical leanings, at the end we come back to Exoteric Goodness and Inner Peace, as a result of one’s personal, lifelong search for Truth and Wisdom.

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