Happy Now?

lobster

When I was enlightened, all I felt was happy.....

Still good!

Thought I would enjoy this as a new thread . . .
Quite often I am euphoric. One of those things I blame the Buddhist practices for.
I believe by law, Americans have a happiness clause and even the UK is going to become competitively happy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_happiness

Are you happier with Buddhism? Are you a dukkha magnet? What's the plan, does it allow happiness?

:wave:

sova

happy! ^_^

yo forreal doe changed my life in all good ways

Gross National Happiness is such a plainly brilliant notion, looking forward to it taking off. Sometimes people just need a friendly reminder "what do you really want?"

happiness, of course!

jae

sova

@jae Splendid!!

lamaramadingdong

"The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself."

Benjamin Franklin

anataman

Looks like my happy feelings are having an effect!

Laughing buddha. Ha ha ha happy!

federica

I love the thread title...
I'm sorry, it reminds me of an episode in my daughter's life when she was around three years old....
her father would always caution her against climbing walls, trees, chairs, or running everywhere, carrying to much and generally urging her to watch herself in case of accident.... whenever she seemed to not heed him, and came a cropper, he would always ask her, "Happy now?" in a mildly sarcastic tone. (It would actually piss me off on occasions, because the poor little thing might be crying.....)

But she got her own back.
In her room one day, driving a nail into the wall on which to hang a picture, she told him to 'be careful daddy, it's sharp'.... and moments later, he banged his finger full-on with the hammer.
I have to say, he managed to contain his language admirably, but she, hands on hips, head to one side, asked him....

"Happy now?"

I burst out laughing, which didn't please him at all.... but he never uttered the words to her again..... :thumbsup:

jae

That will do me x

betaboy

A wise man once told me: One who seeks happiness will never find it. One who doesn't will never lose it.

jae

@betaboy 'just be' from a not so wise person 'me'

lobster

In a private forum message someone asks what I mean by enlightened. If I can explain this Bodhi mind thing . . .
As my successful (so far) new year resolution was to become unenlightened I am sure not in a position to explain.
As for the Bodhi mind . . . :om:

Happy now? Probably not. :bawl:

Perhaps no explanation is required to know we are happy. Is being happy a good thing? Can we increase in genuine happiness? I am happy to report that happiness is possible on the far and near shores and on the raft trip.

. . . no need to row, the current will take us . . . :clap:

Jeffrey

I thought it was your 2013 resolution hehe

jae

Another blissful tune to get you in the 'happy place' enjoy...

Nevermind

I so happy I oftens talk like pseudo mystic puppy boy. Tehehehehe...

federica

If you cannot find peace and happiness where you are right now, then where else do you expect to find it?

betaboy

federica said:

If you cannot find peace and happiness where you are right now, then where else do you expect to find it?

LSD?

jae

@betaboy....with the high comes the low and if my memory serves me well acid has a dirty come down...just say no !! ..be happy

Nevermind

federica said:

If you cannot find peace and happiness where you are right now, then where else do you expect to find it?

Uh, nirvana of course. :buck:

Citta

And where and when is Nirvana ?

Chaz

Citta said:

And where and when is Nirvana ?

Here and now. In every moment.

Citta

federica said:

If you cannot find peace and happiness where you are right now, then where else do you expect to find it?

Which is just what @federica said.

Chaz

Citta said:

federica said:

If you cannot find peace and happiness where you are right now, then where else do you expect to find it?

Which is just what @federica said.

Ok then I take itback. Nirvava is over there and sometime later on this weekend maybe. After the super bowls over.

Nevermind

Mouthing the words hardly makes it so. :-/

betaboy

jae said:

@betaboy....with the high comes the low and if my memory serves me well acid has a dirty come down...just say no !! ..be happy

You're no fun. That's it .... no LSD for you. You're grounded.

jae

@betaboy....believe me I've had more than my fair share! (Can I go out now?)

sova

"grounded" haha

Theswingisyellow

Happiness for me has come to associated with the capacity to be open and not reactive to what ever is happening, for me this is embracing life.
There is no "happy place" to go find.
Nirvana is the concept you want ( while the totality of your life is going by you) looking for the promised land that will come maybe tomorrow.
Dropping the fear finally.
Dropping the anxiety and the worry.
Come what may, it is my life.
May I embrace it with the courage of a lion.
And the heart of the Buddha.

lobster

They haz tips :buck:
http://m.wikihow.com/Be-Happy

I feelz all 'New Agey' . . .

Vastmind

Yes, my Buddhism allows happiness.....how?
It presents me the lense of the now. If I'm not even
here now...how can I be happy in it?
Yes, I'm happy..... I have arrived. I am home.