Crazy weekend going to Chicago and celebrating Jaspreet's bday with a lot of his friends. Drank all 3 nights I was there, each night more so than the previous lol. Idk why I was drinking so much. Might be because he knows me of my drunkenness in college and wants to take me back to those times. Of course it was fun but I can say definitively that the way I feel when having profound insights while journaling or the relaxation I feel when meditating or doing Tai Chi are different than the fun I feel when going out and drinking.
We've been trained as a society to connote and associate fun with drinking, drugs, sex, etc. Things that are stimulating for the senses. Happiness in the now. These and other sensual pleasures like eating unhealthily all provide happiness in the now. But the things that are truly good for the soul provide happiness not only in the now, but also in the future. Happiness is present regardless of the state of time. Drinking provides happiness in the now but the morning after I'm hungover and the next day is heavily impacted. So you're telling me, I can drink enough of something and the next morning and part of the afternoon, I'll feel like shit, with a part headache, wanting to cleanse my body and half my day just recovering? Why would I do that? And you're telling me, I can meditate for just 5-30 min a day, have energy for the entire day, require less sleep, be more focused, have my body and mind just feel better not only as I'm doing the activity but even after I've completed it? Then why wouldn't I just always do things like the latter and none like the former?
Happiness comes from within basically then means the 'fun' is from the soul. Everything else has external triggers for happiness.
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