I think those who are on this path need to be able to step out of the bubble every once and a while too. Reality is that for most people alive, the notion that there is a fundamentally different way to be human, which goes beyond the habits of identification, doesn't compute.
It's not a thing, I don't think. Happiness isn't a matter of acquisition. It's the absence of misconceptions around the nature of existential angst and confusion; the cessation of an endless search for something out there that will mask or explain them away. But what do I know.
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The Buddha was like: "Hey guy, turns out we've got it all wrong! It's not all about trying to cling to pleasure and avoid pain. If you meditate you'll see that what we cling to and avoid come and go independent of our preferences, so the only solution is to end that habit."
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I'm no expert on the matter, but I think he may have been onto something.
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