There are five great truths in life: the first is that we have multiple desires, the fact of the matter is that we are not a body, our body is just hardware, it’s the software that defines Who We Are; and some of our drives of course are idealistic, as well as the four elements of earth, air, fire, water – the tendencies towards laziness and sadness, towards fun and comedy, towards pleasures, towards ego, arrogance and it’s offshoot anger, which leads us to the next great truth, that because you cannot both be angry and happy, if you wish to be happy, you must rid yourself of arrogance; and you do this through five mechanisms, the first is that you “love God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your resources;” # 2 is you love others as much as you love yourself, the third is you understand that without God and his wisdom not only are we stupid, we can be cruel, as all of human history proves, the 4th is you need to be grateful, especially the first thing in the morning, as gratitude equates to happiness – for when we’re grateful, this is humbling; And last but not least remember, everything stupid, even malicious you have done…; the third great truth is that you can only feel good if doing good, for all physical pleasures continuously felt, lose their pleasurable sensation, 4 guilt is only useful if it motivates positive actions, last but not least, number 5 in order to overcome the greatest source of misery, the source of all mental illness namely fear / anxiety, you need to believe that everything that ever has, is, and will occur is specifically designed, whether it is to improve your body or soul, FOR YOU
By zevi770 · May 21, 2020