Why can't we have a lasting peace or happiness?

Question

Thanks to all your answers. Have a great day!

Answer 1

Good question!!

I believe that life is defined by inconsistency. Life is dynamic. Living implies a will that is essentially a string of changes intended to be made. These changes we intend to make have their own impact on our self as well, even if the changes contemplated are only external. This leads to continuous change in our own self. I therefore believe that anything absolutely lasting is contrary to the very living of a being. Lasting peace or happiness is thus incompatible with a dynamic life.

On a different plane, there is also this issue of ego.... ego is an inseparable part of life.... and as long as ego is there, there would always be judgment... and as long as we judge, we can not accept everything..... lasting peace or happiness can only come through total acceptance of everything as it is, or as it turns out. The only thing we can strive for is to maximize our state of acceptance and minimize our ego driven will to change...... as we reduce the strength of our ego driven will, it improves the stability of our mind and increases our moments of peace and happiness in life. Wisdom and self control are the tools to achieve this..... we can achieve to a great extent, although as a dynamic living being, we can not achieve absolutely.

Answer 2

Lasting peace or happiness is relevant as to what dimension. The world; there has been conflict from the beginning of time. One might argue it is the way to keep the population down, to segregate tribes from earlier days, keeping the purity of the genes, to heresy of religions.

Marriage is a different topic and I would hope most of the population would be civil and respectful of each others mate in life. I know this is not always the case with the high divorce rate, especially in the U.S.. All in all, one must take responsibility for ones life toward peace and happiness. At least it is possible but perhaps not always obtainable.

Answer 3

Hi Third P.

That's a good question. You would think that people would want to be happy & to have world peace; but it is not always so.

There is so much greed in this world, so much hatred, that I believe the earth will never see true peace. There is always some country's leader who wants to take over another country or oppress his own people for greed. As long as that continues, we will never see peace.

Look at the attempts by the UN to send relief supplies to the people in Africa. The people over there are dying of starvation & illness; yet those in black-market trade continue to steal supplies. They then sell the supplies at extreme prices, just to make money. They do not care if the humans die; they only care about making money. This kind of thing happens everywhere.

Also, in many countries, it is not enough that someone is the leader, he has to torment his people to make them live in fear of him. All this for power. There is far too much evil in the world. An example of this type of leader was Saddham Hussein. He tortured & killed millions of people, even in his own country .
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On a more personal level, people often have some of the same problems, just on a much smaller scale. There is just as much greed.There is also envy, jealousy, possessiveness, mistrust & abuse. None of these things will ever allow for happy, healthy relationships to grow.

Why are so many people like this? There are many answers to this. One big answer is that it is passed down from generation to generation. Children learn how to behave from watching their parents. So, if they see their parents abusing each other, they will grow up thinking this is the normal way to treat people.

Also, there is the age-old problem of people believing that "the grass is greener on the other side." That leaves them wanting more than what they have, thinking that other people have it better than they do. It seems as if some people are never satisfied with what they have.

Basically, we humans are weak, frail. That is not to say that there aren't any people who are very satisfied with their lives, because there are. There are definitely many people who are at peace with themselves & with the lives they have chosen to live.

If we had more people like that, then maybe, just maybe we could advance towards a more peaceful existence in this world.

There is always hope.

Peace.

Answer 4

The world is in the continual flux of changing. For instance, take an artistic beautiful picture. At first glance you contemplate it and you have just fallen in love with its traits of.... But, after some while (in the second time), you will still appreciate this artistic one however, you will not feel what you have already felt at the first time, because your first feelings about cannot lasting. Ok!
There is time for laughing, time for crying, time for love….
About the inner-happiness I would say thus, the inner-peace can last if the happiness grows along with the capacity to enjoy it.
"In the ego's world of illusion, all things are in flux. But continuous change is constant chaos. When the ego sees itself as the center of so much swirling activity, it cannot experience cosmic harmony."
Maxims of Master Han Shan

Answer 5

In the world arena, there is much disparity in histories, cultures & religions. It is made of a rich, colourful & fascinating tapestry. That tapestry is shredded by the imposition of those who want to force their unique beliefs & customs on others; by greed, hatred & desire for power. If you trace back to the beginning of recorded history, you'll find the pattern the same. Different destructive methods are used, but the motivation is the same. It is "likely" this will never change.

On a personal, relationship level, as transacting with others, our perceptions of another may sometimes be distorted &/or confused. Each of us evolves in phases during our lives, & not always in the same direction as the other. Often, instead of accepting this & going on with our lives, we battle "change," or vitimize ourselves by licking "wounds" that were never inflicted on us. "Lasting" peace & happiness isn't possible, although if we have the wisdom of understanding, we "can" progress beyond the bumps along the road.
Life is in a constant state of flux. The only lasting thing of which we can be sure, is its unpredictability.

Answer 6

I don't think it is that we are incapable of lasting peace or happiness so much as it is whether er really want to or not. It would create a lack of drama and make everything boring. We as people are too greedy and love attention. However there are some married couples out there that I have personally witnessed that are quite content with eachother. Happiness is a choice that one decides for themself as to whether or not they want to be.

I'm happy, in a loving realationship and do see lasting peace in my future. I think the question you should ask should be, "why do we choose to be unhappy?" And it is that question I have no answer.

Some people just like to be miserable, i guess.

Answer 7

Because people will continue hating each other. There will always be people who hate others, whether it's because of prejudice, greed or whatever.

Since there are hateful people out there, they will pass their hate down to their children who will, then, hate others, and so on & so on.

Also, if you read the Bible, you will understand that there will never be peace in the Middle East.

And if you're not talking about the world, but about individuals & relationships, don't you realize that almost no one is satisfied? "The grass is always greener on the other side." People are almost never satisfied with what they have or their lot in life.

We humans are a sorry bunch, that's for sure.

Answer 8

understanding your genuine self and then studying to do away with your guy or woman suffering via changing varieties that reason you soreness. i think of it is finished with an excellent choose that others have the comparable. Accepting the present 2nd without judgment is the thank you to have peace and happiness. this could be a sturdy question so I gave it my superb. Sorry if my answer is slightly 'mystical' regardless of the incontrovertible fact that it relatively is sensible to me. (Buddhist)

Answer 9

Because the ruling classes of one don't like other ruling classes proselytizing their people into their religion or idea; it upsets their political control over their masses. Communist or capitalist (same thing, different mode of treachery), the bourgeois are the bourgeois.

The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative.

Answer 10

You can in God but this word is not for that. IT is the world of illusion and is temporary and full of misery due to being embodied souls it is like being in a prison. But we can transcend by being fully God Conscious. (Krishna conscious)