In the previous posts in the how to be happy series, Part 1 and Part 2, I discussed what True Happiness is … what Authentic Happiness is.
I explained that True Happiness is not the absence of negative emotion and the presence of certain positive emotions.
I explained that True Happiness is Experiencing all emotions without names, descriptions and labels.
You may have understood and resonated with what I shared.
You might not have.
Or it might have seemed impossible to achieve in your day-to-day life.
You already know how to be happy all the time, you’ve experienced it many times …
Actually, you’ve experienced what I call True Happiness or Authentic Happiness — exactly as I defined it — many times already without knowing it.
Let me give you 4 examples, although you’ll find many more in your memory banks, so to speak.
Example 1: Riding A Roller Coaster
When you ride a roller coaster (or any high-speed ride at an amusement park) — if you enjoy that sort of experience — you experience many emotions.
They whiz by very quickly. What I call The Mind Machine does NOT stop the flow to say “This is fear, this is adrenaline rush, this is excitement.”
The emotions just whiz by without labels, descriptions, or judgments.
Because the context of an amusement park ride is to have fun, The Mind Machine doesn’t intervene like it does in normal life. That’s True Happiness!
Example 2: Reading a Great Novel
When you read a great novel, you experience many emotions as the story unfolds. Like riding the roller coaster, those emotions just whiz by as you turn the pages.
You’re aware of them all, but The Mind Machine doesn’t label them, describe them, or judge them.
Because the context of reading a novel is entertainment, The Mind Machine doesn’t intervene like it does in normal life.
That’s True Happiness!
Example 3: Watching a Great Movie
When you watch a great movie, you experience many emotions as the story unfolds. Like riding the roller coaster and reading the great novel, those emotions whiz by as the minutes pass.
You’re aware of them all, but The Mind Machine doesn’t label them, describe them, or judge them.
Because the context of watching a movie is entertainment, The Mind Machine doesn’t intervene like it does in normal life. That’s True Happiness!
Example 4: If You’re A Phase 2 Player
If you’re a Phase 2 Player and have been actively applying The Teachings and using the tools, virtually every time you’ve applied The Process, you’ve experienced a moment, maybe longer, where The Mind Machine disengaged and you Experienced the pure, raw emotional energy — without labels, descriptions or judgments.
That’s True Happiness.
If you’ve been playing the Phase 2 Game a long time, you’ve therefore had the EXPERIENCE of True Happiness hundreds, maybe thousands of times without realizing it.
Have you noticed a pattern here?
When The Mind Machine doesn’t intervene, you experience True Happiness — no matter what’s going on. It just happens … without you having to “do” anything.
When The Mind Machine does intervene, when it observes the flow of inner energy called emotion, separates out segments of the flow, labels them, describes them, and judges them as positive or negative, you’re rarely happy.
So, the key to how to be happy all the time, no matter what’s going on around you, is to have a consistent Experience in which The Mind Machine doesn’t intervene.
Easier said than done, to be sure, but do-able, day-in, day-out, 24×7.
I live that way as do many others worldwide at this point in time who’ve embraced The Teachings.
As the old saying goes, “put that in your pipe and smoke it” for a while.
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