Defining "feeling really good inside"

So, what does need to change within us if we accept the idea that the design of our being, whether from "God" or dominant genes resulting from natural selection, is a built-in order to learn how to feel really good inside all day every day? The answer is quite simple. We need to remove all vestige of importance from all of our thinking concerning what is important in being alive that does not allow us to be in full charge of whether or not we are feeling really good today. Impossible? Maybe so. It depends upon how much time we have to get the job done. If we have one lifetime, all most of us can hope for is growth in the direction of our singular goal. If we have eternity, then the accomplishment of the task is not only do-able but inevitable. Since no one knows whether or not there is ultimate meaning to our existence, complete with there being forms of energy yet undiscovered which could make the latest Big Bang the 40,000th rather than the first, and reasonably account for this feeling within us that there is more to life than just the physical universe with its physical laws, we perhaps must walk always half blindly towards our goal. Fortunately, this is not a problem. Because for every step we take towards our new goal of infinite wisdom, we will discover within us an increased degree of freedom and self-confidence which states of being are all that are needed to place us in the position of wanting to continue on the path.

I heard that! Someone giggled at the term, "goal of infinite wisdom." That's because you don't realize what wondrous feats are accomplished by one who is perennially embued with the necessary states to feel really good in depth (or spiritually, if the term suits you better). For it is when one has serenity of spirit, peace of mind, and a daily sense of being at home in the universe that one can be said to be feeling really good throughout one's being. When one possesses those inner qualities, what will one be doing with one's time? In every fiber of one's being, one will be wanting to help others feel as good about being alive as that one feels. That is the reality of inner happiness and contentment. One is no longer driven by ego-neediness, and one is free to give all of oneself to the joy of helping others feel better about being alive. Thus, we truly are talking about the way not only to inner happiness, but to the wisest of ways to live as well. Do you see it? As some wise person said long ago, "the only real freedom a human being can ever know is doing what you ought to do because you want to do it." [Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition pg 552]

Serenity of spirit, peace of mind, and a daily sense of being at home in the universe . . . the words are not important, the feelings behind the words are all important. Use whatever terms are comfortable for you, it still will be the same goal. My job is to learn how to feel really good inside all day every day for the rest of my life. Some of you, perhaps even most of you, will require some confession to a trusted other (we are only as sick as our deepest secrets) and perhaps also some will need to make amends to free them from the fear of the past catching up with them. If you need to go to prison, and you have no family commitments that would be impaired thereby, go to prison and know that we are all imprisoned by a cage of circumstances we awaken to every morning. Accepting that portion of the cage that we can do nothing about today, is the first step in freedom from anger, despondency, regret, and self loathing. We all find our cage confining in some way or other, the secret is to simply trust that it is precisely as we need it to be today in order for us to best grow towards our goal. We don't need a different cage, we simply need to come to terms with the cage we are in. Once there is acceptance, there is no longer a feeling of being trapped. Google the term, acceptance, read all you can read about it, and you will become familiar with the gift of wisdom it has for you personally. Herein, in this paragraph, are the basic beginnings of setting up a program for living that, when surrendered to, has been working for humans for thousands of years. Get excited! Know that you not only have the right to feel really good inside, but it is also the mandate from whatever is backing up this business of living that you feel so. More to come . . . love and blessings - Chuck