The Happiness of To Being Virtuous
In the world of spirituality, happiness and virtue are commonly confused. True happiness lies in knowing how you can help other people and making them happy.
For us to know how to acquire virtue, we have to consider the four elements.
In the world of spirituality, happiness and virtue are commonly confused. The people who profess to be satisfied with their lives don’t want to be too happy or virtuous, because they would feel obliged to get the happiness and virtue of being totally virtuous.
It is said that happiness is only when there is no virtue. But, the truth is, having the virtue of being virtuous is necessary for happiness.
Many are the times that I have had the pleasure of knowing people who lack virtue. The existence of the lacking person has been felt for many a moment, but the presence of the lacking person does not exist. The lack of virtue is like an absence that doesn’t exist. The absence of a thing does not mean that it isn’t there.
Living in ignorance of what you need is truly a dreadful thing. True happiness lies in knowing how you can help other people and making them happy. Virtue is closely connected with happiness.
Virtue is the foundation of happiness, because happiness is nothing but virtue. So, if you want to attain happiness and do away with the causes of unhappiness, make sure that you cultivate virtue first.
For us to know how to acquire virtue, we have to consider the four elements. These elements are fire, earth, water and air. We can now see how virtuous people possess the virtues of these elements. So, if we acquire the virtues of the four elements and at the same time acquire the virtues of earth, water and air, we will be able to enhance our own happiness by means of such virtues.
When we suffer from misfortune, we do not live happily and for that reason, the causes of this misfortune cannot be seen. If we want to know the happiness of being virtuous, we must learn what causes the misfortune. Since we do not have that insight, we can never reach happiness.
Of course, we all know how the light bulb that were found out and brought out by accident is going to be taken back, and was never going to be used again. This shows that we cannot expect happiness by means of this light bulb. The same is true for the misfortune that we suffer from.
We must learn how to prevent these things from happening to us and continue to do what we need to do in order to achieve happiness. When we fail to do something because we have not learned it yet, we are ignorant of the situation. The consequences of not doing things can be very serious, such as the example of the light bulb.
We see human nature to be much like that of a light bulb, which has never been invented. Like a light bulb, the human beings are also without a light bulb. In order to survive, they need knowledge and skill so that they can fight, act, react and respond appropriately in different situations.
A constant game for humans is how to survive in their environment and satisfy their needs. The needs are fulfilled by means of the activities of the human beings and these actions, which are the means to satisfy the needs are what creates happiness. If you learn how to act appropriately, you will never find yourself lost in a situation.
Now, even as we are all aware of the things that can harm our lives, a wise man never considers these things to be really dangerous because he understands that being happy is only possible if he does not allow himself to be harmed. When we fail to make the necessary changes, the causes of misfortune often seem quite alarming.
