Is anyone here REALLY wealthy? Options

Is anyone here absolutely minted?


And did you get there via magick or guidance?

sorry kinjo but i strongly disagree with your post, almost everything of it. So i'm bringing out the axe (IMG:style_emoticons/default/butcher.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

And how do we know if we are - truely - happy?

simple, when we are happy and enjoying life. It takes nothing more than that.
Why reason about it, happiness does not need a goal of reason in itself, it just exists. There is no need to make logical sense of it.

We all have values in our lives. Money, love, friendship, family, peace of mind, adventures, etc. What do you value in life? To be precise, how do you associate these things which you think will bring the most happiness to you?

these things do not bring happiness by themselves. Things don't bring happiness at all. You yourself bring yourself happiness when you get these things. But you can bring yourself happiness without these things also.

Like one of the hermetic axioms says, everything must vibrate or die. The joy in life is not found in possessing things, but in doing things. That is the wealth of what life has to offer.

And this conflicts strongly with what you said above.
the joy of life is not found in doing things. It can be found in the way you do things.

All living things must have a purpose, or it will wither away... did you notice that a retired person will often die not too long after? take away the purpose of their lives and they will cease to exist and there goes your emptiness. They simply has nothing to life for

I strongly disagree. I know many old folks that have nothing to do, no purpose at all and are just enjoying their lives. I must say that these folks without a purpose look much more healthy than some younger folks with a purpose. It is true that some old people that are dependent on their jobs die when they retire. But that is because they are strong in ego and cannot take the lack of structure, direction and purpose in life, they are so attached to their jobs that they cannot take the loss.
The trick is letting go of such need for purpose and just enjoying life with or without your loved ones. I look forward with great joy to my retirement.

It seems to me that your definition of happiness is much dependent on outside sources. like a purpose, or things, or even the ability to do things. All these things lie in the material world and are highly dependent on material circumstances. Which means that if you are unable to do a few of those things you would be unhappy?

This post has been edited by A_Smoking_Fox: Jun 17 2005, 01:55 AM