La mayor parte delas personas definen la felicidad como una emoción, una circunstancia, una relación o una persona. Pero la felicidad real no depende de ningún aspecto externo ni es temporal. Es lo que en esencia, ya somos. Podemos comprender que no es lo mismo estar feliz (un momento), que ser felices (por naturaleza). Ocurra lo que ocurra, la felicidad real o dicha es un estado que nada ni nadie te puede arrebatar. No depende de absolutamente nada. Tu ser ya está realizado, realmente. Es esa felicidad en sí misma. La experiencia de sentirte en paz contigo y con lo que surge ante ti, al igual que con las emociones, sean cuales sean, deshace toda idea de que tienes que esforzarte para ser feliz. Si la buscas, significa que has dejado de reconocer que tú ya eres eso y sencillamente, te sientes separado. Como un ave que está volando por el cielo, buscando el cielo. Esto nos ha llevado a confundir el bienestar natural con el “bien-tener”: la idea de que debemos conquistar o conseguir cosas, para ser felices. Si identificas la felicidad con el exterior, será fugaz y dependerá de un mundo inestable y pasajero. Pero si centras la atención en tu propia existencia, el motivo de tu alegría surge internamente y el sufrimiento dejará de estar sostenido por “algo” que no eres tú.
Para salir de la confusión desde la consciencia, pregúntate y observa:
¿Donde me estoy enfocando, fuera o dentro de mí mismo?
¿Qué motivos me da la mente para no estar en calma?
¿Qué me distrae de experimentar este momento en paz?
- Jose A. Manchado
Real Happiness as a state of our being
Most of the people define happiness as an emotion, a circumstance, a relationship, or a person. But real happiness or bliss does not depend on any external aspect, nor is it temporary. It is what we already are, our essence. Feeling happy for a moment is not the same as being happy by nature. Whatever happens, real happiness is a state that nothing and nobody can take away from you. It does not depend on anything. In fact, your being is already fulfilled. It is happiness within itself. The experience of feeling at peace with yourself and with everything that is happening in your experience, as well as with emotions, no matter what kind, undoes any idea that you have to make an effort in order to be happy. If you are searching for happiness, then you have stopped recognizing that you already are happiness, and you simply feel separated. Like a bird that is flying in the sky, searching for the sky… This has led us to confuse natural well-being with "well-having": the idea that we need to conquer or achieve things in order to be happy. If you identify your happiness with the external world, it will be ephemeral and will depend on an unstable and passing world. But if you focus your attention on your own existence, the reason for your joy will arise internally and suffering will no longer be sustained by "something" that is not you.
In order to get out of confusion in a conscious way, ask yourself the following questions and observe:
Where do I place my focus, outside or inside myself?
What reasons does my mind give me for not being calm?
What distracts me from experiencing this moment in peace?
Jose A. Manchado
(Translated by Fotini Gantzoras)
