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Pleasure and Vexation

Articles that delve into the true nature of conditional happiness and its intrinsic connection to vexation and unhappiness.

Your False Belief Is the Only Cause of Your Unhappiness
Pleasure and Vexation

Your False Belief Is the Only Cause of Your Unhappiness

ByJorg Wijnen September 4, 2024September 13, 2024

The only time you ever suffer is when your views and beliefs go against nature and the principle of cause-and-effect.

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The Hidden Stress Within a Moment of Joy
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The Hidden Stress Within a Moment of Joy

ByJorg Wijnen April 21, 2024April 21, 2024

Even when an expectation is fulfilled and the feeling of joy reaches its peak, the underlying search or vexation doesn’t actually disappear, although it may seem to. This hidden stress goes entirely unnoticed. As a result …

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attachment is suffering
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How Your Attachments Suffocate You

ByJorg Wijnen March 21, 2024April 17, 2024

Each attachment results in the mind fabricating a mental picture of how desired things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel. The mind constantly compares sensory inputs to these mental images, hoping for satisfaction. Yet, in reality, something else happens entirely.

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The endless cycle of conditional happiness
Pleasure and Vexation

The Vicious Cycle of Conditional Happiness

ByJorg Wijnen January 21, 2024March 13, 2024

For as long as we attempt to extract happiness through the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, physical sensations, and even our thoughts, we’ll find ourselves trapped in a vicious cycle. Until this perception changes, there’s no escaping this cycle.

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seeking happiness
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Why You Hopelessly Keep Seeking Happiness Outside Yourself

ByJorg Wijnen January 4, 2024January 4, 2024

We often find ourselves believing that people and things in our lives have the ability to make us happy. However, if they are incapable of containing happiness, why do we perceive them as sources of happiness?

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the never ending fulfillment of conditional happiness.
Pleasure and Vexation

Is Your Happiness a Leaky Glass?

ByJorg Wijnen December 6, 2023December 6, 2023

Are you still on the quest for fulfillment, believing it resides in people, things, or your circumstances? Or is happiness your default state?
Being happy and dependent on your external environment at the same time is simply not possible. Here’s why:

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the happiness paradox
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The Happiness Paradox: You Don’t Get What You Think

ByJorg Wijnen November 10, 2023April 17, 2024

Imagine that the very things you thought would bring you happiness not only fall short of delivering true joy but might even be causing your unhappiness.

It’s a profound concept that, once fully understood, can completely transform your perspective on life.

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The Illusion of Beauty
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The Illusion of Beauty

ByJorg Wijnen September 1, 2023December 25, 2023

I used to be a nature lover and traveled everywhere to find beautiful places. It’s like I could never get enough, always wanting to discover new spots and soak in their beauty. But you know what? There was something I didn’t get – I was fooling myself that such a thing could ever be truly satisfying.

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