Are you happy????

deb003 · 04-23-2009, 07:07 PM

Isn't happiness a feeling? that passes by presence and then is released?

then come anger, and passes by presence and then it's released.
The same goes for sadness, apathy, frustration, confusion, fear.

I don't know what I actually am, but I know what I feel.

I don't think I can describe in words what I am, because words cannot grasp it for me.

I can feel happy right now, but then 10 minutes later, feel very sad, but it's never a state of being, it's just a feeling going through presence.

Feelings are just that. They are not a state of being. This is where I think people get confused. We identify with the feeling and think it is who we are.

I myself will say that I feel more positive emotions lately, rather than the negative ones, but that could all change, depending on the momentum I set for myself from the thoughts I allow to have and to welcome or to hold inside my mind.

Mind wants to find something to hold on to, something to think about the future, or some recollection to think in the past. This is the mind.

Am I my mind? I don't think so.

This is just my opinion and experience. it's not right nor wrong. But my mind wants it to be right! there's the trap.

View Poll Results: How are you feeling??
I'm happy	23	63.89%
I'm ok	9	25.00%
I'm a bit down	4	11.11%
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04-23-2009, 07:07 PM	#31
deb003 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 297	Re: Are you happy???? Isn't happiness a feeling? that passes by presence and then is released? then come anger, and passes by presence and then it's released. The same goes for sadness, apathy, frustration, confusion, fear. I don't know what I actually am, but I know what I feel. I don't think I can describe in words what I am, because words cannot grasp it for me. I can feel happy right now, but then 10 minutes later, feel very sad, but it's never a state of being, it's just a feeling going through presence. Feelings are just that. They are not a state of being. This is where I think people get confused. We identify with the feeling and think it is who we are. I myself will say that I feel more positive emotions lately, rather than the negative ones, but that could all change, depending on the momentum I set for myself from the thoughts I allow to have and to welcome or to hold inside my mind. Mind wants to find something to hold on to, something to think about the future, or some recollection to think in the past. This is the mind. Am I my mind? I don't think so. This is just my opinion and experience. it's not right nor wrong. But my mind wants it to be right! there's the trap.