Feel the Unstoppable Happiness in Your Life

According to Buddha’s teachings, desire, greed, or lust can bring you sorrow and suffering. But how does desire lead to suffering? Let’s make this clear. Imagine you see a Bugatti car worth $3.4 million. Now, you start to desire it. You want to buy that car and dream about driving it with your family. You become attached to the car, thinking that owning it will make you happy. But here’s the thing: you’re already feeling sad because you don’t have the money to buy it.

Now you’re wondering how you can get the money to buy the car. You’re suffering because you don’t have the means. See how you’re causing your own suffering by thinking about material things? But you don’t feel this sadness too much because you believe that once you get the car, you’ll be happy. So, you start working, doing part-time jobs, and tirelessly collecting money to achieve your goal of buying a Bugatti. Are you happy while doing all this? No, you’re suffering.

If you look back, you were happy before you desired the car. Now you’re unhappy because you want to buy it. But let’s say you earn enough money to buy the car. Are you now genuinely happy? Here’s the point: your happiness doesn’t come from owning the car but from relieving yourself of the suffering caused by trying to earn money, working part-time, and exhausting yourself to buy it. If you understand this, you’ll realize that you’ve created your own sorrow and that you’re finding happiness by freeing yourself from it.

Now, consider this: you’re causing sorrow in your mind, but you can also release it. You can do both.

So, you’ve become the owner of a Bugatti. Now you’re working hard to maintain it, washing the car, getting insurance, and servicing it. This, too, leads to more suffering. Imagine if someone damages, steals, or wrecks the car for any reason. How would you feel? Definitely not happy. You see, all this sorrow is something you’ve created for yourself.

How can you escape these attachments that cause your suffering? Don’t place too much importance on them. When you desire something, remember that all things are impermanent. You can’t keep them forever; they will disappear. So, use material things without having too many expectations. You can buy a Bugatti but know that you can’t keep it forever. Don’t dwell on it or let it bring you sorrow. Try to free your mind by letting go. This is a practical approach for your everyday life. When you practice this, you’ll find that you become happier than ever before.