Despite the contradiction, does anyone agree?
2006-07-09 20:52:15 · 15 answers · asked by robert d 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Thanks to you all for your opinions.
I don't think that it was a saying of the Buddha, but I feel that it is a part of the Dharma.
2006-07-09 22:49:04 · update #1
very good. Happiness is a direction and speed gauge, not a place you can get to
2006-07-10 22:15:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
it is not a question but, it is your belief. In my opinion, this belief is a reality at the least for the century in which is very fugitive, fetishized and commodified. the relations among the human beings are the relations among the commodities. the illusion is that the very essence of life is concealed with sublimation of individual and individualism.
If we accept that the human beings is the product of natural evolution like the other animals we can have oppurtunity to destruct the illusion. by the way we can be fullfilled...
2006-07-10 04:13:06 · answer #2 · answered by baris o 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand what you mean....
If you keep aiming higher, you will never be happy with and appreciate what you have actually got in the here and now.
Stop comparing with things, possessions and people who you think are better than you, and instead draw on the things in your life that make you happy, or are an achievement, and see how lucky you really are to have those....keep wanting more, and you will never feel satisfied.
Appreciate the small things in life, ignore the unobtainable, you will be as fulfilled as you are ever likely to get.
2006-07-10 04:01:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes fulfilment comes in different ways for us all from e.g. some people a good life is working , having a family and for others its much more like being the best at everything .
i think fulfilment comes down to your own expectations and if your never fulfilled then you've set them too high , why reach for something that you cant get too .
i have no expectations out of my reach , that protects me from failure ! i might lead my life in a more boring way than some extremists but its fine for me . so to sum up make realistic expectations and then you will feel fulfilled in life ...
2006-07-10 04:00:31 · answer #4 · answered by j.j. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don`t agree. Fullfillment comes from doing for others.
2006-07-10 03:55:48 · answer #5 · answered by jaantoo1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Totally. Happiness is a decision. Unless you get to a point in your life where you think "This will do" you will never feel fullfillled
2006-07-10 04:24:12 · answer #6 · answered by Jennie H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then you admit that you have fulfilled yourself.
Contradiction is at the base of your logic; therefore, it's incorrect.
Fulfillment is a humanistic search for accomplishment.
2006-07-10 04:01:20 · answer #7 · answered by Doctor Mercado 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I'm fulfilled, I'm happy, I love life.
I feel sorry for you with such a cynical view
2006-07-10 03:57:56 · answer #8 · answered by Patchouli Pammy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats a stocking filler.
2006-07-10 03:54:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure not with material plessures. But we can be fulfilled with life.
2006-07-10 03:56:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋