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Narendra asked:
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What is happiness, joy, pleasure in life how one can get it? as this life is full of sorrow, unhappiness
and painful in all ways.
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I think you are aware that there are lots of books in your next bookshop or library selling just what you
want: "happiness, joy, pleasure in life". One of the bestselling authors is Joe Murphy, but there are
really a lot of them.
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But then: What did the Buddha offer or what did Jesus offer? They offered the joy of freedom and
love, the end of all sorrow, but they didn't talk of "happiness" or of "pleasure in life". So think for
yourself what makes the difference. And why do some people vow "poverty, chastity, and obedience"
without being forced to do so? There seems to be more to life than just "happiness and pleasure".
Why do some people sail around the world or climb the Mount Everest — risking their lives? Why do
some people engage in charity and work for others like Florence Nightingale?
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Much of sorrow, unhappiness and painful feelings come from all sorts of ego-centrism, of too much
interest in ones self and to much neglect of the world and the people and the tasks around. And that
was, what the Buddha and Jesus were teaching: open your heart and mind to the world and to the
things "here and now" and to your fellow men and to all flowers and animal and stars around you.
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That even has a world-historic aspect: First came St. Francis (ca. 1181-1226), preaching to the birds
and singing the light of the sun. Then came the gothic cathedrals of Paris and its environment of the
13th century with their new light and grandeur. Then came the Renaissance with a new look on the
beauty of landscapes and animals and plants and women and men (Jan van Eyck, Durer, Leonardo).
Get a good history of art with many pictures and look for the chapters on Gothic and Renaissance.
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"Open heart and mind" — that was the idea behind Athens in the time of Socrates and Pericles, that
was the idea behind Rome in the time of Virgil and Augustus, that was the idea behind Paris in the
time of the Impressionists and that was the idea behind the USA in the time of the Marcusean Revolt.
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Try to revolutionize your life too by having a fresh look on the world.
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Hubertus Fremerey
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