What does it take to be Happy?

What does it take to be happy? Is there something in your life that you can re-interpret to release yourself from the roller coaster of discontent? Listen to this episode to release yourself from the roller coaster and discover the beauty in simplicity.

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Do you look for things to make you happy? Or maybe you seek happiness to abate sadness.

When we rely on things to make us happy – people, places, events, material goods, food, alcohol, drugs – we associate happiness with feelings of elation, which are temporary.

To have true lasting happiness, we must find contentment. In the Sufi teachings, contentment is a high station. It is learning to be content with what life brings – the highs, the lows, the mundane, and everything in between.

Seeking more and more and more in an attempt to find happiness has driven our world into a cycle of consumption and waste that depletes the earth’s resources, clutters our homes, and makes us less healthy and less happy.

A quote from Peace Pilgrim:

“I talked to one person who thought I was being deprived of some of the “pleasures” of life. But none of the things I do not use or do not do were taken away from me. I just did not include them when I was choosing a harmonious life.”

Choosing contentment does not mean that you do not seek change. Peace Pilgrim was a huge advocate for change. It doesn’t mean that you give up and tolerate what causes pain or disharmony.

It means that you take guidance and wisdom from your life events and find meaning that leads you to basic truths. Basic truths are what will sustain us and our planet. They lead us to simplify our lives so we can live more peacefully and harmoniously.

“...one thought I was being deprived of some of the “pleasures” of life. But none of the things I do not use or do not do were taken away from me. I just did not include them when I was choosing a harmonious life.” ~Peace Pilgrim Share on X

Muhyiddin ibn al-‘Arabi said:

“Intention gives meaning to your actions.”

“Interpretation gives meaning to your life.”

Is there something in your life that you can re-interpret to release yourself from the roller coaster of discontent? Is there something you can simplify to find contentment and live a more harmonious life?

This is the topic of this Meditation & Healing Circle. Listen to this episode to release yourself from the roller coaster of discontent and discover the beauty in simplicity.

Have a beautiful blessed week! Did you receive insights or guidance or healing for yourself, your family, your community, or our planet?

If so, please share in our Community for Conscious Living facebook group. We are all here to walk together and learn from each other.

I’ll see you next week for an all-new episode of the Community for Conscious Living Meditation & Healing Circle and Self-Care for the Soul podcast.

You’re welcome to join us live on Sundays. As always, bring your prayers for personal struggles, challenges of and with those you care about, for peace, for fulfillment, and for the health and sustainability of our planet. If you’d like to join us live, there is time for Q&A and sharing at the end of the call – off the recording.

Bring whatever is on your heart. Come as you are, receive, heal and grow. Please invite your friends to join us, too.

See you there!
Debra

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