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Why are the others getting better and better and I'm out of luck?

Happiness, the general question of satisfaction - and, that is the question it is about - is a matter of perspective. No. I'm not going to tell you, happiness is to wake up in the morning and be healthy. (Although, that's true) The reason you call "unhappiness" is because of the image you made of the world. The image of the world, that has been forced upon you - its preambles, its categories, the ladder of success.

How is success and happiness measured?

You know the answer. The global standard is simply money. At least, that's what you've been taught over the years. “Money is negative, but it makes things a lot easier”. And nobody will tell you, that you shouldn't show your success in monetary terms - if, that's how you want it. And we are still with the image of the world, that you have combined together with all your knowledge and experience.

What does it look like, my view of the world?

If you are of the opinion, that everyone else is doing better, that you deserve more in life, besides, that - the world is going to the end of epidemics and wars anyway - you are in the same boat as most of humanity - their image of life is also dark gray, at least in threatening, dark colors - existential fears threaten it. They look out of the window - they watch TV, are on their PC, mobile phone, they hear it on the radio. One talks. This is your reality, which you no longer really want to endure.

How do I see my existence?

What is it, life on this planet? A constant struggle, volcanoes of passions of every kind, envy, resentment, greed. A dense chaos, everything changes every moment, there is no real line. If an impartial psychiatrist were to judge humanity and what it is doing to the globe, he would come to the unequivocal conclusion: insane. And it is. Completely insane - because there is no real basis, nothing to trust.

Are we correctly judging happiness?

Chaos -, that is more than understandable, because after all, the world we see, which the individual experiences, completely individually for himself and only for himself, consists of his thought images, which in turn are manipulatively shaped by society. Since these assessments can never be correct - because no human being could muster even a fraction of the amount of evidence to support even a marginally correct assessment - our individual assessment of the situation is, all too clearly, quite simply wrong.

How could I turn this terrible world for the better?

The first, very simple step would be this: replace just one word. "How could I turn MY terrible world for the better?" Because it is only your world, the life, that you shape with your thought images. That is why meditation - thoughtlessness - is absolutely essential for anyone clinging to this life. This is a thoroughly practical approach, that anyone who is willing, can take.

What is behind the thought images?

The goal of every meditation is to let go of thoughts, thought patterns. Of compulsions and fears, that arise from these patterns. At the beginning of such an exercise project - because the really complete detachment, the unification of all opposites, requires a lot of time, in time - one will try to replace the thoughts about the world with a mantra. This can be a spoken or recorded mantra, an image, a figure or a color pattern.

In a superposition?

If you dive far enough into this thoughtlessness, you can detach yourself from the hardships of daily life, and you will increasingly feel a feeling of peace, comfort - yes, happiness. But real meditation, letting go - and here we are at the beginning again - also means trust. If we place our trust in the chaos of this world, in one of its idols, we become chaos ourselves, can only experience chaos.

Can you put into words the reason for the chaos, that I am experiencing for myself?

Absolutely. A single word is enough, that really explains everything. Attack. You think you have to defend the completely crazy chaos, that you call your life with hands and feet. And what defense is better than attack? Well, this, your crazy chaos, has no basis, nothing in it is constant. So you are on the move in every nook and cranny, fending off completely unpredictable blows of fate, attacking, with the clear conscience of only defending yourself. You bravely try to defeat the windmills.

Imposed, manipulated thoughts?

If you would see your life, the universe, the earth, society, the people without this thought manipulation, which you have been trained, cupped, imposed - you would fall on your knees in impotent, amazed gratitude - you would never again not even a fraction of a second wish yourself back to the chaotic madness. You would no longer be able to recognize it - because it never existed - is just a picture of your thoughts.

And why all this, if I have to die in the end?

One of your misjudgments. Think about it. Who taught you this thought construction? In what world does it have the perfectly perfect, abysmal, dreaded to the core, meaning? Only in yours, the universe of chaos, that you have constructed yourself, from thoughts, that by themselves can only be incomplete, wild speculation in madness. With the irrevocable idea of death, the ego got you in its grip of fear.

If the idea of death is just madness - do we live forever?

There is something, that stands above us humans, above the crazy concept of the world of chaos. That tenderly unites us. It's love. It is the source, the basis. She is absolute. We can put our trust in her - we let creation, love, take us by the hand and trust completely - like a small child, holding its father's hand. And love is our father, is our mother - we are part of these parents - we are made of love.

Trust and complete forgiveness?

In this trust, which also means complete forgiveness at the same time, all fears dissolve - they never existed. We trust in love, creation - we trust ourselves, as children of creation, the Father, who would never do evil to his beloved sons and daughters. Love has dissolved suffering, infirmity, sickness, sin and death, revealing its nonexistence. Bodies only end their function - only intended as an instrument to find the truth. We are not bodies. We are spirit. The sleeper awakens from the dream - into eternal love, that knows no time.

Summary

Discomfort is something very personal - it arises from a wrong view of things. It is a mistake, a misunderstanding, that can be resolved. We have learned, that we craft our own discomfort in an uncomfortable world of chaos, with nothing to trust. But if we give ourselves to the hand of the source, let ourselves be guided by creation, without wanting to enforce our own completely insane ways, fixed on the perceived world, we will be rewarded with everything we really want.