"In pursuit of happiness, we have ripped the planet apart.

​But still, we are not any happier than what people were a hundred years ago or a thousand years ago.

It is time to stop and look… because all human experience happens within us, not outside of us.

Through both joy and misery can happen only within us, in pursuit of human happiness; how much damage we have caused on this planet?!

​This time, when this virus has made us come to a standstill, it is time to consider how we pursue human happiness..."

"You have your breath. The exhale. The inhale. This lifeforce that gently, and quietly, and unassumingly surges through you. In and out. In and out. 

Your breath enters and then leaves your body. And your body is made up of all these molecules, which are made up of these cells, which make up these systems. You are this odd blend of soul & spirit, dust & bone. You have hair, and eyelids, and toes, and elbows, and knees. 

And opinions.
And you make assumptions.
​And you have expectations.

You are this potluck of emotions, and feelings, and physicality. You are part mountain, and part ocean, and then part spirit. You are a fascinating, endless, mystery. And then you move about this world.

And there is cement and taxes and there is your insurance agent. And there is the person you buy bread from ..."

​"A flower has no intention of giving fragrance to you.

A tree is not thinking of giving oxygen to you, either.

​The earthworm is not thinking of making the earth fertile for your crops. Again, it has no such intention.

But whatever they do - they are doing good just by being themselves. They’re living according to their nature, so they don’t have to think of good things to do.

Human beings only have to think up good things to do because we are not living according to our human nature. And we often think of "good" things that are unbearable for a lot of people.
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But this is not about doing good things!"