Is being happy O.K.?

I have been feeling "happy" a lot lately, I look around at where I am physically and I see chickens and flowerbeds and trees and vegetable and herb gardens and a messy but comfortable home that I have put a lot of effort into, children and siblings and family members that I have healthy relationships with, and I feel a sense of satisfaction that I don't recall having at any other part of my life. I am working at a temp job for a crappy wage, but I am building things and that makes me happy too.
I have been trying to take life in one moment at a time and, yes, avoiding the valley of the trauma of my past and the depression that always brings. My energy level is good right now, better than it has been in a long time and I just feel good, but, I am always looking over my shoulder when life is good for the incoming whatever it might be to knock me down a few notches.
I was re reading part of Ancient History today looking for something I remembered reading about Catharism and ended up finding parts of the C's transcripts that Laura had inserted in chapter 12 about consciousness and archtypes and densities, the tree of life, chakras, the archetypal stories and how they are played out in every aspect of our lives, atoms and how their existence is only possible with an observer and that the observer must be a consciousness and it all suddenly hit me, a glimpse of understanding that pulsated through me like a bolt of energy, that is the best way I can describe it. It goes through my body and makes me catch my breath and I almost vibrate and become light headed, It is like I would imagine a glimpse through the veil would be experienced.
It was not the first time this energy spike or whatever hit me through reading and contemplating Lauras writings.
A little history about me…I first found the Cassiopaea site in 1998 shortly after a serious bout with depression that culminated in an attempted suicide. I was very disillusioned with my whole world and very much in need of a “reason to go on “ Lauras writings so fascinated me that I just had to keep reading and thus gave me something to look forward to, and that very much helped me get through an extremely difficult period of my life.
I remember waiting impatiently for each new chapter of the Wave to get posted as she was writing it and after reading the first 12 chapters or so and having a couple of these energy spikes while contemplating what I had read and suddenly getting a glimpse of understanding what I was taking in I noticed that the next chapter she posted would contain a lot of things that had been wandering through my own thoughts, Like just reading and contemplating the material led to a thought progression that hooked into the same wavelength. It was kind of disconcerting 10 years ago, but I’ve gotten over that.
Anyway, The psychopaths that run the world piss me off, the way people around me that lean that way treat others pisses me off, Life in the U.S is tough right now, everywhere I look people are so focused on their “I want mine” attitude they cant see the forest for the trees. There are also many good people around me, and many of them are clueless about the actual state of our world, but, trying to, even gently, warn or enlighten or “give bread to” usually results in a glazed over look and headshaking like I am the crazy one.
I still cannot figure out why I feel so unafraid, satisfied with where I am but willing to continue with the work, reading, growing, smiling and ‘talking’ with my chickens, collecting beautiful eggs daily, waking up early every day feeling good, pulling weeds and planting, building office furniture, etc…. It is O.K. to go through some happy satisfied times even within the context of learning discernment, gaining knowledge, and doing the work, isn’t it?
 
Hi Laurelayn

Just for info, below are a few threads where the concept of happines cropped up before on the forum

hope it helps

al

http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=8917.0
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=5833.msg162344#msg162344
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=12428.0
 
SAO said:
Iconoclast said:
but i definitely think it is fine to be happy even though the world is in flames as long as there remains compassion and empathy towards those who are in a less fortunate position.
people who are unhappy and have major issues with themselves are rarely in a position to offer help.
Happiness is a funny lil critter. We can go from being blissfully ignorant to being woken up and falling into depression about how horrible the world truly is. Then after fuming about the world being all "wrong" and "broken" we may realize that all things are exactly as they should be given the maxim of everything being lessons. Humanity reaps exactly - no more and no less - than it sows with its own ignorance and subjectivity. But no matter how well we understand this, I'm not sure it is possible to ever be completely "happy" on every level. Our empathy won't allow us to stop trying to help others grow and learn, and as long as there are others to help, this job is never finished. But simultaneously our drive to discover and learn new things cannot be quenched as long as there is something left to learn and discover. In an infinite universe that means until "level 7" we basically have our hands full.

But that's not necessarily "unhappiness", I don't think. Having a drive, having a reason to continue to exist and not sit in one place actually makes happiness possible. I think it's analogous to darkness, which makes light possible - and vice versa. You can't have balance unless there exists such a thing as imbalance. No such thing as straight unless there's something that can be "curved" or not straight, etc. So same thing here - you can't have happiness unless there's such a thing as unhappiness. You cannot have satisfaction if there's no possibility of dissatisfaction. So just by being dissatisfied with being in one place and knowing what we know now, we literally create the possibility of satisfaction from the very act of learning and growing. Perhaps that's at least part of the reason why the C's say that "learning is fun", as it seems that the concept of "fun" is created by the very existence of things we still don't know or understand.

This helped. Just reading Ancient History one goes through up/ down/ sideways thought processes. Some of it is horrifying and all of it is fascinating.
Thank you alphonse.
 
Hi Laurelayn.

For anyone who is aware of or becoming more and more aware of 'the horror of the situation', I would say try and enjoy whatever moments of happiness you find while involved with nature, children or stuff like that.

I understand you are currently "avoiding the valley of the trauma of my past and the depression that always brings" and I am certain when the time is right you will be able to deal with whatever needs dealing with.

I have had the same reactions reading Laura's writings. Back and forth between the pleasure of learning and the horror of the implications...back and forth. As it all starts blending together though, the back and forth between happiness and depression will minimize, OSIT.

Congrats for being a part of everything since the beginning of the Wave! :flowers:
 
Laurelayn said:
I have been feeling "happy" a lot lately, I look around at where I am physically and I see chickens and flowerbeds and trees and vegetable and herb gardens and a messy but comfortable home that I have put a lot of effort into, children and siblings and family members that I have healthy relationships with, and I feel a sense of satisfaction that I don't recall having at any other part of my life. I am working at a temp job for a crappy wage, but I am building things and that makes me happy too.

Sounds to me like you are happy for all the right reasons. We were talking about it earlier and I commented that, when one starts looking at reality as objectively as possible, it is essential to have good, close personal relationships that bring some simple pleasures into life. The soul needs high aesthetic impressions as a form of food. We enjoy each other, simple pleasures like cooking together, gardening, home projects, etc.

Laurelayn said:
I have been trying to take life in one moment at a time and, yes, avoiding the valley of the trauma of my past and the depression that always brings. My energy level is good right now, better than it has been in a long time and I just feel good, but, I am always looking over my shoulder when life is good for the incoming whatever it might be to knock me down a few notches.

As long as you keep one eye on the "over the shoulder" view, you can be ready to make adjustments for incoming issues. That's healthy.

Laurelayn said:
A little history about me…I first found the Cassiopaea site in 1998 shortly after a serious bout with depression that culminated in an attempted suicide. I was very disillusioned with my whole world and very much in need of a “reason to go on “ Lauras writings so fascinated me that I just had to keep reading and thus gave me something to look forward to, and that very much helped me get through an extremely difficult period of my life.

I'm glad that it helped. Curiosity is a good thing!

Laurelayn said:
I remember waiting impatiently for each new chapter of the Wave to get posted as she was writing it and after reading the first 12 chapters or so and having a couple of these energy spikes while contemplating what I had read and suddenly getting a glimpse of understanding what I was taking in I noticed that the next chapter she posted would contain a lot of things that had been wandering through my own thoughts, Like just reading and contemplating the material led to a thought progression that hooked into the same wavelength. It was kind of disconcerting 10 years ago, but I’ve gotten over that.

It's nice when you accept that the Universe does dance with you and you know it is normal!

Laurelayn said:
Anyway, The psychopaths that run the world piss me off, the way people around me that lean that way treat others pisses me off, Life in the U.S is tough right now, everywhere I look people are so focused on their “I want mine” attitude they cant see the forest for the trees. There are also many good people around me, and many of them are clueless about the actual state of our world, but, trying to, even gently, warn or enlighten or “give bread to” usually results in a glazed over look and headshaking like I am the crazy one.

Join the club!

Laurelayn said:
I still cannot figure out why I feel so unafraid, satisfied with where I am but willing to continue with the work, reading, growing, smiling and ‘talking’ with my chickens, collecting beautiful eggs daily, waking up early every day feeling good, pulling weeds and planting, building office furniture, etc…. It is O.K. to go through some happy satisfied times even within the context of learning discernment, gaining knowledge, and doing the work, isn’t it?

Yup. Knowledge brings that awareness and its sometimes a bittersweet mixture; but mainly, you learn to appreciate things - simple, clean things - deeply and that brings a kind of ecstatic pleasure that is soul deep. It's not a bad place to be. Yes, you know there will be challenges, but you also know that while there are simple things to be enjoyed, it's good.
 
I feel the same way too.

I'm generally happy, life's good as it gets on this planet

Good for you, I'm happy for you!

Brewer
 
I don't see anything wrong if you are only devoted to finding ways to enhance happiness through pleasure, engagement, and meaning. But too much happiness that is unreasonable can lead to bad things, often you could get the sense that your on such a high horse nothing can bring you down, but once your up there only the slightest bump will knock you down And if. if you're too happy, something small can send you into a depression in some instances.
 
Hey CarlZ

I noticed you're new here. Welcome to the forum! :)

Have you had a chance to check out our Newbies section? It's suggested that everyone make a little intro about themselves in order to get better acquainted and start the networking process. You don't need to give personal information or anything just a little hello & how you found your way here would be lovely :)
 
Laurelayn said:
It is O.K. to go through some happy satisfied times even within the context of learning discernment, gaining knowledge, and doing the work, isn’t it?

Most definitely! From my understanding, positive disintegration is only necessary at certain periods of time when parts of the false personality are put into question. But finding laughter, joy and making true connections in the face of all the hardships that are around us is a great way to dispell fears and anxiety, which is, as you may or may not know, is how 4D STS mainly feeds.
 
It seems to me like your happiness is a good thing and also that you are making good progress. :)
 
I was tutoring a young Japanese student of mine recently. We were together interpreting the text "To Kill a Mockingbird". Happiness came up as a concept. Although he is Japanese, he is also now an Australian and shares an interest in our history. I explained to him that the pre-colonial Australian aboriginal culture was of a much higher standard than our western culture. I explained that for 40,000 years they had a culture in which they built no roads or houses anywhere on the land, they made use of very few technological devices and they lived well and were known to be a very happy group of people. Happiness comes from life and living in simplicity.

Our western culture, though it appears advanced, is really the opposite, degenerate and largely full of unhappy individuals. The idea of progress is a meaningless concept to me. What was that song that was written by the guy who committed suicide...'Don't worry, be happy'? Tsk.
 
Thank you for the replies everyone.
I really have to check myself constantly to stay awake and aware and I was concerned that happiness = complacency.
awareness requires a lot of effort, dosent it?
 

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