If you see suffering all around you, can you ever truly be happy? A question that all of us must answer for ourselves. Most of us mistake happiness for obtaining pleasure or enhancing our self import which stems from the fact that we consider ourselves as separate from everything around us which is the illusion. We are all One but unfortunately, save a few realized souls, the rest of us cannot see the unity of things and keep chasing pleasures/self import as means of happiness, consequently experience suffering as the inevitable cyclical end of the chase… And life goes on and people wonder why there is so much suffering in the world since the happiness as experienced by us is just a blip in a series of suffering…
The only way out is to realize the unity of things through the path of silence (not only of words but also of urges that take you without instead of within). It is just a matter of dis-covering your true nature that is covered with such a lot of accumulated dirt that it takes sustained practice of silence to break through. Instead we start with all gusto to change the world to make it a better place….
Umar bhar Ghalib ye hi bhool karta raha.
Dhool chehere par thi aur aina saaf karta raha…
Bodhisattva 