Eudaimonia. The dictionary meaning of it is pleasure, contentment, joy and good fortune..the English translation of this Greek word would be "Happiness." In Western world, happiness is often defined through material things e.g. wealth, employment and beauty. but in Eastern philosophy, the material world is all an illusion. It's really about letting go of those things which separate us from one another, becoming one with the Universe or God...or as the Persian poet Rumi said: "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase “each other” doesn’t make any sense."
How can one paint happiness? Would it be a blank canvas? A yellow smiley face? To me, nature is happiness and that's where I'm most relaxed. I need to go back to this spot.
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