Apparently.
For me, though, I think this comes from just knowing who you are. Staring at a wall all day is bound to just make you delusional and that knowledge of "everything" is probably just the mad result of boredom of the mind. Borderline insanity.
Knowing yourself, and who you are, and then being able to place yourself in the context of reality is the closest I believe anyone can come to total awareness, or perhaps enlightenment, to borrow a concept from Buddhism. However, the only issue I have with using the term 'enlightenment' here is that this is how happiness is represented in Buddhism, and I'm not sure that knowing everything is the key to happiness.
Happiness is such a complex topic, and such a sneaky emotion. It creeps up on you. Well, it does to me and to be frank, I hate not being able to depend on it sticking around. On the surface, it seems so simple. Happy itself is just a nice, easy word yet what it represents differs so much across generations, genders, cultures, countries etc. etc. It is defined by the princeton dictionary of the internetwebz as being 'a state of well being characterised by emotions ranging from contentment to immense joy'. I must say, I am so glad the definition isn't ambioguous in the slightest.
'Happiness...is not a fish that you can catch' is the name of an album released by a Canadian alternative rock band. I like fish, and when used metaphorically they are even better. So now I am happy. For now. As I just said in the original sentence.
DISTRACTED MID POST AGAIN.
Philosophical ramblings aren't so fun when you have to research stuff first.
I stole flowers.
I stole beauty.
I stole the hard labour of some.
I stole the good fortune of others.
Why do they look dull on my bookshelf? They are nothing but empty flowers; their colours intertwining in my vision and blurring to create a meaningless sense of rebellion.
Why Do You Pray? Should I Pray? Kaitlyn Answers Some Questions.
well it edifies you
and you pray in the spirit because it says in the bible to worship in spirit and in truth
and because theres a verse in the bible about when you pray in the spirit, in holy spirit makes intercessions and speaks unspeakable groanings of the heart
so if you're having trouble articulating exactly what it is you're having prayer for. . thats what the holy spirits for
and it also makes you feel much better about everything
and brings you closer to god
so i guess in that sense, yes, it does intensify when you pray
because its like you're making a conscious decision to open up communication lines.
Because this post (like the one before it) sucks just so much in terms of planning and the development of opinion/plot/anything at all really, I'm going to post another one about the French Revolution after this.
Au revoir. For now.
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