What is the key to happiness?

IMO, Forgiveness is the key to happiness. For everything that we don't forgive, we are going to re-experience it is some form until we do. In a passage from A Course in Miracles it says:

"Consider the Kingdom which you have made, and judge its worth fairly. Is it worthy to be a home for a Child of God? Does it protect his peace, and shine love upon him? Does it keep his heart untouched by fear, and allow him to give always without any sense of loss? Does it teach him that this giving is his joy, and that God Himself thanks him for his giving?" -A Course In Miracles.

Isn't this hell on earth we have created just a dream, flawed perceptions, misconceptions, fear, blame, where salvation is the body and death is its god.
Heaven and Hell are at our command based on what we want to be true. If we believe the body is true, then there is great suffering at its loss. If spirit be true, then the world will transform before your eyes through complete forgiveness. There can be no exception. Complete forgiveness of self and everyone and everything is bliss and our original state of pure love. God bless you, each and everyone. Happy.

The key to happiness is NOT looking for it. Stop trying. Live your life the way you want to live and don't let others tell you what to do, and it'll come to you.

I think that happiness is our true inner state and whenever we are unhappy it is because we have become so attached to something outside of ourselves or make judgements and claim we possess the truth, we are just covering up that eternal inner light.

Money, money and uh, money.

But seriously, sex is the key to happiness.

Have enough fantastic sex with someone you deeply love and adore and for the entire time your naked you will feel pure and utter happiness. What I'm trying to say is that a close, unshakable connection with another human being is perfection.

Thanks Rebgirl420,
I agree with you to the extent that we cannot be an island in this world and be happy. I like to think that perfect happiness is the realization of perfect oneness with all creation and everyone in it. How can we separate ourselves from a part of all there is and pretend there is no conflict? Separation is in the mind of the beholder. I am glad that you have someone to love and care for Rebgirl but if we seek outside of ourselves for perfect happiness then one day we experience the loss of what we thought was salvation. This is inevitable in this world where everything changes at a whim and happiness seems like a gamble with bad odds. Even special relationships will change and that terror of loss will force us once again to ask ourselves the question "What is the key to happiness?" True, lasting and perfect peace is always available if we but realize where it can be found. Through Forgiving yourself and every grievance that you may have thought was so important to hold on to, you free yourself to experience reality as it is and not as we expect it to be. I am glad happiness waits patiently for me who has been hell bent on avoiding it.

Happiness springs forth from change.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Happy

IMO, Forgiveness is the key to happiness. For everything that we don't forgive, we are going to re-experience it is some form until we do. In a passage from A Course in Miracles it says:

"Consider the Kingdom which you have made, and judge its worth fairly. Is it worthy to be a home for a Child of God? Does it protect his peace, and shine love upon him? Does it keep his heart untouched by fear, and allow him to give always without any sense of loss? Does it teach him that this giving is his joy, and that God Himself thanks him for his giving?" -A Course In Miracles.

Isn't this hell on earth we have created just a dream, flawed perceptions, misconceptions, fear, blame, where salvation is the body and death is its god.
Heaven and Hell are at our command based on what we want to be true. If we believe the body is true, then there is great suffering at its loss. If spirit be true, then the world will transform before your eyes through complete forgiveness. There can be no exception. Complete forgiveness of self and everyone and everything is bliss and our original state of pure love. God bless you, each and everyone. Happy.

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Happiness is not a lock, therefore it has no key.

What is happiness the key to? ask yourself that now, instead.

A positive, optimistic, laid back, and faithful attitude

Thanks SSW,
thats a very good point. It comes back to the idea that the state of happiness inherently changes as you attempt to observe it and categorize it. By that time you are out of a state of peace because you believe that happiness is where you are not but somewhere where it can be observed but it can only be what it is. But I believe there is a true state of grace that makes you invulnerable to everything you think has power over you. Thanks, Happy.

yeah.. I'll take money... that'll buy all the sex I need... ;)