And a bit naïve, too.

In a way and somehow it can be done, because we can research and explore and learn about it for sure, but all of that still doesn’t provide us with a method.

Because it’s not how WE work.

It’s like trying to create a method for falling in love, by interviewing people.

‘How did you do it?’

‘Well, first you go to the supermarket to get some cucumbers, late in the afternoon. And then, while contemplating buying a bunch of yellow pears, you run into an unknown person with a red hat and a scruffy dog and you drop your fruit to the floor, while getting lost in their eyes with your mouth wide open.’

Nah.

Natural things are just natural.

They happen because they happen, or they are already there and we simply don’t notice them.

Like happiness.

The State of No Mind.

The childlike high, the subtle buzz of joy.

There’s no technique to get you to where you started life.

You can’t force your heart to sing.

So how come happiness is such an elusive thing?

Why is it so damn hard to find?

Because we keep looking for it.

We treat it like something we have to add to what’s already there.

Like a trophy.

An Instagram destination.

A thing.

But happiness is more like The Big Absence.

The absence of worries, restrictions, suffering, judgment and doubts.

Happiness is basic awareness, stripped from mental activity.

The place where stories don’t exist.

The blue sky of now.

Happiness is being in love with life.

So you can stop trying so hard.

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