Monday, February 2, 2009

Freedom and Happiness part 1

What is true happiness? Is it the feeling you get when you buy something, the feeling when you go a surgery done and your breasts are two sizes bigger now or your nose finally straight, the feeling when you take a hot bath on a cold winter day, the feeling you get when you the new album of your favourite band comes out, the feeling when you just had amazing sex, the feeling when you earn 1,000,000 $ in one go?
I could give a million examples and I believe you might be able to give me even more. And you might answer this question with a smile and a simple “Yes!”
… and you may say that you are the happiest in those moments. But I got to disappoint you: it’s not happiness that you feel. It’s joy – pure joy.

Joy is what you receive from the world around you. Happiness is something deeper, something from inside.

We spend whole lifetimes searching for happiness around us. We want to earn a lot, we want to be appreciated in what we do, want to be loved. And we keep searching and searching and will never find it because we are searching for it at the wrong place: You have to start searching inside you.
Positive energy is what we need to be happy and we have it inside us. It’s just waiting to be revealed. Now, how do we reveal positive energy?
Through love, unconditional love. You have to start loving yourself and the world around you, love every feeling, believe in the good in people and love them for that. Negative feelings like jealousy, envy or hatred will just take away your energy, so don’t waste it on them. I give you an example for unconditional love: a family. A child is born and doesn’t know anything about his parents, whether they have been good or bad people, but he will love them. And when he grows older he might to mistakes in his life, which might hurt his parents, but they will still love him.
To reach the point where you are only filled with love and therefore happiness, it might take a long way, but don’t give up. There are things in the world which might help you, like mediation, yoga, or even a simple walk through nature.
Once you have found real happiness, you may cry and be upset or angry – you will still be happy inside.
So we don’t need joy in our lives? I believe we do, because we live for joy as well.
It’s never wrong to have pleasure in life that doesn’t harm anyone – but you should know that it is not the way to find happiness.

Love and Light.
You'll be happy if you just try. And if you are not happy right now and you dont believe me, still try because you dont have anything to lose!

Freedom and Education part 1

There is nothing like freedom. But do you realize how free you really are?
Ask yourself
Can you chose your occupation?
Can you chose what to wear?
Can you chose your eating habits?
Can you speak your mind?
If you live in a democracy, the answer to all four questions was probably yes!
But are you really that free? Let's talk about school. A school does not only teach you knowledge but also a hidden curriculum, including values. Do you question those values and if you do, are you given the chance to question them openly? Usually a teacher will not accept a view that he does not see as "right". You are being judged which then reflects on your grades. I give you a very simple example: Suppose your dream is to become a magician - will your teacher support this dream or will he call it a chimera. I am talking about the majority here since I know there are exceptions, but usually the teacher himself has been taught what are "good" and "silly" careers and will try to teach the same to you.
Marxists believe that school prepares you for working life, teaching you to listen to the authority, not question anything you are being told, follow rules and stay quiet.
Feminists believe that discrimination starts in school, starting from the sex of the teacher to their behaviour with the students to the behaviour within mixed-gender groups of students. I guess many female students have heard a science or maths teacher saying: You are a girl, you can't do it anyway.
These are just two views out of uncountables, since variety in views is as big as variety in people.
I'm not saying that any of them is THE right view, but they should give you a little reason to think and question the system you are in.
Love and Light. Always question what you are asked to do before you are doing it!