The Euphoria trap
What is happiness? A famous Buddhist saying goes like this: “Happiness (sukkha) is that which can be borne with ease. Suffering (dukkha) is that which cannot be borne with ease.” This is about as simple and direct a definition of happiness as I have found. I have stated on many occasions that one of the greatest causes of unhappiness is the belief that we ought to be happy. Another cause is the effort to create/ we use chasing happiness combined without not knowing what happiness is. The fact is that we cannot create happiness, only the conditions favourable for happiness to arise. Rather like a huerta; with a vegetable garden…