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Unhappiness

If you are not happy here, you will not be happy there.

If you are not happy with this, you will not be happy with that.

If you are not happy doing this, you will not be happy doing that.

Unhappiness is the feeling that something is not right, and I need to fix this. Or I am not okay with what is happening, and I try to do something to change that.

But who is this "I" who is not okay? 

This is everything that I think and I feel and I believe, and I know who I am. It thinks that it is this and that, possesses this and that, is capable of doing this and that, likes this and that, has this opinion or that, and wants this or that. It thinks that it has reached somewhere in life and in next few years it will reach somewhere else. It thinks that it has become someone and wants to become someone else. It thinks that it has accumulated so much of knowledge, wealth and power. It thinks that it is beautiful, smart and kind and everyone likes it. 

This "I" is always unhappy and restless. It thinks that if it gets this or that, it will be happy. So, it goes on and obtains that. It feels happy for some time, but then again starts feeling unhappy and restless. It acquires more. And this cycle goes on and on without taking him to the promised place where he is completely and always happy.

If this is the case, then how do I get happy? This is the question.

"I" itself is the root cause of unhappiness. This is the nature of "I". "I" is unhappiness. If this is true, then this "I" has to go for happiness to happen. I need to get rid of this "I". But how can I get rid of I? Are there two I's or two parts of I? And if this "I" is not there, then who will be left there to be happy?

That "I" was all about doing, trying, seeking and acquiring. If all doing stops, then I has nothing to do and then not knowing what to do, it starts weakening. But how will all doing stop all of a sudden? It can't. That's where understanding and knowing the true nature of "I" helps. Doing can stop only when the futility of all doing is clearly and unmistakenly understood. But then who will understand and know what "I" is? Is there somebody else out there or inside us?

We are driving towards the possibility of existence of something or someone beyond "I" who is watching and knowing what mischief "I" is playing.

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