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Originally Posted by iamthat
We all seek happiness. Many people look for happiness in consumerism, worldly pleasure, ego activities, material success, etc. Do they find the happiness they seek? Whatever satisfaction and fulfilment is found in these activities is temporary. The material world is limited so any happiness based on the material world is also limited.
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Disagree. Sounds like rubbish to me. There are many moments in our life, all fleeting, all temporary, and yet good memories are kept. Many activities make people happy, as do the people in our lives. Many of them are temporary, yes, but to suggest that people cannot find happiness and would only able to find it in something eternal is rather fundamentalist. What's still stopping you from living in a monastery and eschew the world? Yours is a very sober and depressing world view.
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Originally Posted by iamthat
This is why people eventually look within and embark on the spiritual journey. We realise that the material world will never give us what we want. We can enjoy the material world and all that is has to offer, but we do not look to the material world for deeper fulfilment.
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I think everyone can speak for themselves.