pursuit of happiness

Can we be happy for no reason at all?

“To be happy for no reason is the happiness we want to experience” – “Power, Freedom and Grace”- Deepak Chopra

This is apparently the Holy Grail to true happiness. And it does makes sense. If you are happy just because…happy just being.

All that you have accrued in your life, and all that you are planning to, aren’t the cause of your happiness- they are simply just there, part of life’s grand plan. And again, you are just happy, for simply no reason.

your life. People pass on, move on, jobs are lost and gained, relationships sometimes don’t make it and when they do, take you on a wonderful rollercoaster of ups and downs. So, to be nondependent on any of these for your innate and core happiness, must be truly freeing.

When I think about it, the sheer freedom this would provide is quite staggering.

While I know that life is full of ups and downs that will test you, to be able to distance yourself from them enough to ride the wave of highs and lows, without it taking away from your innate and core happiness, is a concept I can’t get my head around.

Not that I don’t believe it is possible to achieve, just that I wonder if I will ever be able to achieve it. Deepak Chopra and others like him make it sound easy enough.

On good days, I can see it, and sometimes even feel it. I sit in the park for hours simply watching the trees dance, thinking about nothing at all. I’m happier on these days and it’s a happiness that lasts longer.

However, on rubbish days, it’s a little harder. When life throws its curve balls in my direction and my attempts to dodge them fail, I can’t help but feel far from what all that these spiritual books try to teach.

It’s easy enough to surround yourself with nature and feel the inner peace seep through, but quite another to be surrounded by our world where egos are rife and still keep yourself distanced- and that’s the real challenge isn’t it!

But just how do you create this bubble around yourself that distances you enough from situations and people you love, to be able to take hits and misses with the same laughing breath as you would a day of absolute joy?

I’ve recently taken up meditation and so far it has been the best thing I could have done. Perhaps, through silencing the mind, I can finally live in a world of manic egos and keep my own ego at bay, and see life as it’s truly meant to be seen.

Being happy for no reason at all…I'm on my way!