A New Earth
the sameness of being in every human. He then left and became the pupil of
another master. He returned to his former disciples eight years later,
enlightened.
HAPPINESS AS A ROLE VS. TRUE HAPPINESS
“How are you?” “Just great. Couldn't be better.” True or false?
In many cases, happiness is a role people play, and behind the smiling
facade, there is a great deal of pain. Depression, breakdowns, and
overreactions are common when unhappiness is covered up behind a smiling
exterior and brilliant white teeth, when there is denial, sometimes even to
one's self, that there is much unhappiness.
“Just fine” is a role the ego plays more commonly in America than in
certain other countries where being and looking miserable is almost the
norm and therefore more socially acceptable. It is probably an exaggeration,
but I am told that in the capital of one Nordic country you run the risk of
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