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Some farewell pictures.

The 7 Level of Happiness

According to Buddha, who is the Enlightened One, which means he has the perfect knowledge of everything is this entire universe. Once gain enlightenment it means you have cultivated your mind to such perfection that your mind is flawless, perfect and pure. You know the truth about everything. And Buddha list down the truth of happiness , as there are 7 all together :

3 Worldly Happiness and 4 Mature Happiness.

Worldly Happiness

1.Sensual Pleasure ( pleasure from satisfying our 5 sense mainly sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing. We definitely feel happy eating good food, watching movie, listening to songs, sexual pleasure such, but this kind of happiness does not last ! from experience im sure u noe it. )

2.Happiness of Economic Life or Possession ( u feel happy when your abundant and can use the money to help others . u feel happy to see ur money can benefit your family and friends )

3.Happiness of Performing Duties well ( being a good husband, a good friend, do your best in ur work, be a good student , we do feel happy when we can perform our duty well . )

Mature happiness

4.Happiness of virtuous life.

( Hold strong to our principles in life. Lets say u are a buddhist and U always follow the 5 precepts of not killing, no lying, no stealing,no sexual misconducts and no intoxication. U feel happy coz in your life u never kill or intend to harm anyone. This strong principe in you no1 caN steal it away. Even if you lose your wealth but U can still be happy that you are leading a virtuos life of not killing and stealing. )

5.Happiness of Unconditional Love

6.Happiness of Settled Mind through chanting and meditation. ( Your mind is calm, less fluctuations of emotions, greater control of your concentration and emotions. )

7.Happiness of Free Mind ( Enlightened and reach Nibbana , where your mind is now pure and perfect. You do not feel any emotions and sufferings are eliminated completely. You understand the truth about everything. )

The difference between these 2 are that the worldly ones only gives you temporary happiness while the mature ones are the 1 that we should seek for because its enduring and long lasting.

Life is Standardised

If you just come back from Gurney , just hang out with your friends , just back from a great party or just did something very fun and fulfilling. Wait. Pause. If you are reading this, welcome back to reality.

Lets reflect back upon our life and you will see that you are actually following the standard procedures of life , which are ; being a small baby , play n have fun and cry , go to school , study, take exams, go to university, find a job, find a soulmate and get married, raise children, care for your family, get old, retired, see your grandchildren, get sick and eventually death follows. And your son , your grandson and great grandson will be doing exactly the same thing as you did. Everyone is standardised ! WHY ARE WE STANDARDISED . If we do not wish to get standardised , what will we be doing then ? We dont have many options anyway.

Haih.

So what if your richer,smarter,more beautiful,have more friends and own big cars.

You are still as standardised as I am , as everyone else is too.

Its L.I.F.E afterall.....