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1. Happiness is another term for inner
peace.
2. One achieves inner peace through harmony between
what one does and what one believes.
3. Thus while outer events might make one happy
or sad, happiness itself is entirely internal, and at all times completely
within one's power.
4. This does not mean, however, that happiness
is easy. It requires wisdom, discipline, and love.
5. Wisdom comes slowly, through the scrupulous
pursuit of truth over time. Thus what one believes is never certain, but
can always be sincere.
6. Discipline enables one to acquire habits in
tune with one's beliefs. Behavior flows from character, which, like a mansion,
is built of thousands of details, or acts, each judged not only for itself
but for its contribution to the whole.
7. Love is the choice to open one's arms to life,
enabling one to embrace imperfection. From it flow empathy, compassion,
generosity, and acceptance. The opposite of love is fear.
8. To be happy, one must love oneself as well
as others.
9. Because inner peace or harmony is never perfect,
happiness is never achieved, and is always a question of more or
less.
10. The inner and outer worlds are mirrors. How
one shapes one's inner world through will shapes one's perception of the
outer world. Thus an unhappy person is likely to perceive a world of lust,
greed, and lies, whereas a happy one is likely to perceive a world of people
struggling in the grip of love. |
