HAPPYness?

Isn't it what everyone is after… the ultimate goal of every human soul is to be happy… the ways and means of achieving the same depend on the individual though. The rationale behind all of human activities simply points to one direction -> " I want to be happy" . Now let's come to a fundamental question… what exactly is happiness… Considering the amount of free time I have had lately… I can confirm for sure that there are a lot of definitions… definitions based on the genre your are relating happiness to… What makes us happy is sometimes a mystery even to ourselves… we seen in our daily life that what we perceive will give us happiness, once achieved does not deliver… You start feeling maybe this was not it… and you go hunting again… somehow the cycle never seems to end… a plausible theory could be that maybe we find happiness in the hunting part than actually getting there… but I somehow feel that a very cynical way of looking at it… even so what gives us happiness is totally a personal choice, some feel that if everyone around them is happy, then they are happy… but then there are people who derive happiness from others misery – sadists…

I think the million dollar question is… "is there something called true and absolute happiness?" Is there something that can deliver the same amount of joy to everyone that comes in contact with it…? Sounds utopian right??

At this point most would point to GOD… all spiritual leaders(irrespective of religion) will tell you… that seeking god consciousness, being connected to god will make you a very happy person... you have to strive for it… work hard in that direction, you will see the effect eventually… there is just no instant gratification… But then what is wrong with instant gratification? As mentioned in the first paragraph… instant gratification only satisfies instantly... We want something everlasting, not ephemeral… So now we know why we are looking for absolute happiness.But there is something that is still not clear. Consider this, You are successful… you feel happy… so you always try to be successful… it's a straight – forward co-relation. When you are not successful, you associate it with sadness… and you strive for success i.e. happiness again… My point here would be that there is a reason; hence there is a relation (you relate success with happiness) which forms the reason and results in a action… It's not rocket science… You like to be with the people who love you… it makes you happy… Relation – love with happiness, hence you want to be with people who love you… If God is the key to all the joy in the world… then my question would be, how are you supposed to relate to it?? What is the co-relation, because the co-relation forms the reason and reason results in action… so it all boils down to how you associate yourself with that joy. Its like this, if you don't know how a chocolate tastes… then there is no desire to want it… but when you know,then you want it. With the amount of reading that I have done in this area… there is a reason, its just very subtle, very simple yet it doesn't ring a bell in everyone's head. The reason is you get tired… you simply get tired of the whole deal… the being happy, then being sad again… the whole happy-sad-happy-sad game tires you out… so you are to strive for the ultimate, which ends this happy-sad cycle… It sounds perfectly fine theoretically… but in the real thing is a whole different ball game.

All of this is my analysis of HAPPYness, tell me what makes you happy?? What is your answer to something that would give equal joy to all…? I'm sure these questions will make you think long and hard…and I'm hoping atleast some replies...