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  • 20.03.2025

Inner Harmony: The Joy of Everyday Living

The definition of happiness through the joy derived from everyday tasks suggests that a true sense of happiness arises when every moment of life embodies not only external activity but also deep internal harmony. This state is achieved when daily actions—whether work, caring for loved ones, or personal self-realization—reflect the inner fullness and unity of the soul. In other words, if a person feels that they are doing everything necessary, that their actions are meaningful and resonate with their inner essence, then joy, as a pure internal feeling, naturally emerges.

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  • 20.03.2025

The Constructed World

Our active mind does not simply passively receive the world; it creates it by selecting some elements of experience and discarding others. It is precisely this process of forming our “objective” world that affects how our expectations begin to diverge from what exists independently of us. For example, according to one fragment, our sense of life and our well-being depend not so much on objective reality itself, but on the extent to which that reality conforms to our expectations. As it is stated:

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  • 20.03.2025

The Cost of Comfort: Diminishing Emotional Depth

The shift in priorities towards comfort often leads an individual to focus solely on material well-being and convenience, missing the chance to deeply experience emotional encounters. When comfort becomes the dominant goal, efforts are directed towards simplifying and speeding up everyday life, which in turn reduces sensitivity to the nuances of the emotional world. Emotions begin to manifest as short-lived, mechanical reactions, devoid of depth and stability, while one's inner life becomes impoverished due to a lack of incentive for self-reflection and the pursuit of deeper meanings in life. This results in a life marked by superficial emotional experiences, ultimately leading to overall emotional fatigue and emptiness.

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  • 20.03.2025

The Mirage of Virtual Triumph

Modern cultural models that focus on security and material well-being tend to create an illusion of success by avoiding real-life challenges. Essentially, when a person consistently opts for the easy, virtual way of overcoming difficulties, they lose the profound joy that arises from wrestling with genuine challenges and trials capable of fortifying the spirit and unlocking inner reserves.

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  • 20.03.2025

Beyond the Self: Embracing Spiritual Openness

Closedness within oneself—manifested as an excessive focus on the narrow, subjective "I"—prevents enlightenment because it deprives one of a true and profound connection with objective, primordial reality. When a person becomes immersed solely in their limited inner worlds, they lose the opportunity to experience union with that which transcends individual identity—a boundless source of being. As noted in one source, it is through delving into the "inner primordial reality" that one first establishes an authentic connection with objective reality, which in turn reveals to the individual a connection with the "transcendent foundation of being" and provides the possibility of liberation from the apparent unconditional subordination to the external world (source: 1268_6336.txt).

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Inner Harmony: The Joy of Everyday Living

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