Are you aware about this TRUTH, The great majority of people lead unhappy lives,(the secret sorrows)?

Question

During the course of your life, you have met a great many people. As well as those you encounter every day in person—your family, friends and your colleagues at school and work—you see dozens of people from all over the world in the newspapers and magazines. And on your TV screen, you watch the behavior of hundreds more.
Think for a moment about these individuals you recall in your memory. Try to call to mind facial expressions and conversations you have grown accustomed to since your childhood... the comments some have made about their lives, their concerns and worries and the ways they express them... the remarks that colleagues repeat daily, and what others say amongst themselves about their families and financial problems.
Try to recall in your mind's eye the people you've seen in the street, waiting at a bus stop, trying to battle their way home through dense traffic, or being splashed with rainwater by passing cars.

Remember the images of actors in TV programs, those who act the part of happy people, seemingly enjoying themselves in front of the cameras and who claim to the press that they're friends but behind one another's backs, say unbelievably bad things. Think about their spiritual state and the state of those unable to protect themselves from jealousy, hatred, rivalry or other such emotions—and who, while trying to entertain others because it is their job to do so, betray their own unhappiness in everything they do off-stage and off-camera.
Examine the lives of people who have attained the highest possible worldly rank, who have enough money to buy whatever they want whenever they choose, who live in the finest houses and own the latest model cars, who wear the most expensive clothes and who—because of their achievements— are most respected and listened to in their community.

When you carefully consider all these people, you will come across a very important truth. Whatever their circumstances may be, there is one significant feature they have in common: The great majority of people lead unhappy lives.
The goods and property they own, the jobs they perform, and their loved ones are not enough to make these people happy in any real sense. These people's lives are ruled not by happiness, tranquility, pleasure and joy, but by negative emotions like melancholy, pessimism and hopelessness. A great part of most people's time is spent in this mood. When compared to true happiness, those moments when they are capable of being happy are fleeting and extremely shallow.
Sometimes, too, they may be driven to deceive both themselves and those around them. Yet deep inside, they are experiencing a secret sorrow that prevents them from taking pleasure in all the good they see around them.

So why are these people unhappy? Why do they suffer such deep inward sorrow and lead lives that lack tranquility?
The reason why they suffer from sorrow and feel unhappy even in the best of circumstances is because they live at a distance from Allah(God). Allah grants people happiness only through faith, and only in this way it is possible to take full pleasure in the beautiful things of life. So long as no sincere faith in accordance with the Qur'an exists, it is impossible to achieve true happiness by any means whatsoever.
This book(the link below):
http://www.harunyahya.com/books/faith/secret_sorrows/secret_sorrows01.php
will highlight this important truth and call on people to live out true and sincere faith. It will explain that people really create with their own efforts the systems that prevent them from being happy and enjoying life's blessings, and which plunge them into sorrow.

It will make it clear that the only way to be protected against secret unhappiness is to believe in Allah with a sincere heart. It will remind the readers that so long as people do not achieve this sincerity towards Allah, they cannot experience real happiness by any means whatsoever—and that the secret sorrows of this world may well turn to eternal torment in the Hereafter.
In a verse of the Qur'an, Allah tells us that those who find happiness and salvation are the faithful:

It is the believers who are successful. (Surat al-Muminun: 1)

Useful link:

THE MIRACLES OF THE QUR’AN (VIDEO)
http://www.harunyahya.com/m_video_detail.php?api_id=1267

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Answer 1

First I don't watch much TV or any of that, but I do feel happy when I am fulfilling my obligations to myself, my family, and my world. You really need to compress your question

Answer 2

Ironic, isn't it, that while you are promoting theism, most people claim to believe in either God or Allah, and yet at the same time you are claiming "most people" are unhappy!

Did it ever cross your mind that theistic views of the world might be the CAUSE of misery? Can you name me more than one or two wars in history that were not between two groups with opposing theistic positions?

You don't need a god or a bogus book of scripture to be happy or fulfilled, that's just the lazy way out; in fact, it might be that deep down, most people realize that they have taken the lazy way out and that's why they feel "unfulfilled".

All of man's gods are basically imaginary. There may be a real 'god', but if there is he's not interested in you or me, and reveals himself only in the wonders of the universe.

Ramen, my friend.

Answer 3

People that lead unmindful lives are unhappy. Emotions such as greed, pride, jealousy, etc. cannot see the beauty in the moment, the beauty in simplicity. I do not believe that there is one particular way to obtain happiness in life (religion); however, spirituality is vital. If you sincerely believe and practice your religion with a pure heart you will find peacefulness. I subscribe to Buddhist beliefs on suffering and happiness.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama says this: "There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."

Simply love everyone and everything and you will find yourself.

Answer 4

What you say may be true...But as Abraham Lincoln said: Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

No one moves through this life untouched by pain, sadness, death of loved ones,frustration,etc.

Maybe it is not meant to be that way...and maybe it is.

No one has to stay in a situation he or she is miserable in...there are always options..if you are willing to pay the price.

As for putting on a 'mask' in public or while around people you work with or live with...this is part self-protection and partly what is expected of us in society..no one wants to hear us whine and cry...everyone is so wrapped up in his or her own life that they really do not care about your own particular woes. Unless they are family, of course (and sadly, sometimes not even they do)

those old sayings made sense...one of them is: Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.


But...always remember that everyone is able to get out of or change a situation that is frustrating, not satisfying or unhappy. People need to realize that and make their moves.

When you're in a situation you can't change, i.e., stricken with a debilitating and long-term illness.. you still have the option to try to find some hope, try to make the best of a very bad situation and try to smile through the tears..or to collapse in a self-pitying heap and turn your back on the rest of the world...and believe me, I'm not criticizing if that's what you do..only saying that no matter how bad a circumstance you find yourself in...there's something you can do about it.

Answer 5

I agree that spiritual people can be happy, but not all of the time.. Even muslims will occasionally feel sadness at the the state of the world and for their own sins. Nothing can be the answer to everything.

Answer 6

I write down every petty slight that anyone has ever made against me. Every slight is given a numeric rating from 0 - minus 10. If someone racks up -100 points I deal with them. I deal with them REAL GOOD.

Answer 7

Yes, we all have "secret sorrows", nobody's happy. Happiness is an illusion, we feed ourselves from the "mask" we wear and try to live on with this. Lies are what keeps us alive, human.

Answer 8

It has been said, that most people live lives of quiet desperation.
That said, over 50% of all people supposedly are suffering from some level of schizophrenia. If you are mentally sick, you won't be very happy. Well educated people, it has been found, can hide that extremely well.

Answer 9

You just depressed me.