Message #25247

[guest88]

Hi Steve,

It's true. People can be temporarily happy sharing together- temporary being the key word. Happy, angry, sad etc. A friend last night told me there is a difference between happiness and joy. Joy is what comes from cultivating the heart/spirit and isn't temporary.

I am rather fond of this statement,

In selfishness there is an illusion of profit, but in the end the profit attained by selfishness proves to be worthless. Life is the principal thing to consider, and true life is the inner life, the realization of God, the consciousness of one's spirit. When the human heart becomes conscious of God it turns into the sea and it spreads; it extends the waves of its love to friend and foe. Spreading further and further it attains perfection.

I have very perverse and selfish desires that may temporarily bring satisfaction but only after acting on them can I say they aren't helping me feel more wholesome and I don't see any comfort in the long run or peace from these actions when it's my time to go.